Volume 7 The Inverted Hanged Man Chapter 7 Poor Aroldus
Kline didn’t go to see Benson and Melissa, because the level he was involved in was already too high, and getting close to his brother and sister would only bring them disaster – for the existences that didn’t know Kline’s original identity, similar behavior would help the k’s to understand the relationship between Benson, Melissa, and Kline, and for existences that knew what Kline had been through previously It would confirm to the k’s that Kline is still human and still cares about his loved ones.
So staying away from Benson and Melissa is the best way to love them.
Of course. Klein has long been in touch with his brother and sister through Ms. Justice:
Benson in the war in the Ministry of Finance to show his sophistication and smooth, and received a number of promotions, has become the Fifth Division of the Deputy Director of the salary of 300 pounds a year;
Melissa was favored by her tutor, Portland Mormont, who gave her a chance to become an extraordinary person – the president of the Birkeland Technical University is a believer in the “God of Steam and Machinery”, and has long since stepped into the extraordinary path, and is currently a Sequence 7 “connoisseur”. The president of the Birkeland Technical University is a believer in the “God of Steam and Mechanics” and has long entered the extraordinary path, and is currently a Sequence 7 “Appraiser”, and he hopes that Melissa will become a Sequence 9 “Generalist”, so that she can learn better, improve her memory, and lay a good foundation for her future development in the field of mechanics.
This is Melissa’s secret, but not hidden from the demigod level “audience”, and Audrey definitely told Klein that Melissa is inclined to agree, and will make a decision in the next few days.
For this matter, Klein’s attitude is acquiescence, on the one hand, the “generalist” pathway to enhance the inspiration is quite limited, Melissa is unlikely to hear voices that should not be heard, see images that should not be seen, on the other hand, with the approach of the end of the day, the possibility of the lower sequence of magical potions to cause insanity is further reduced, and there is still him, the “miracle worker”. “miracle worker” to help reduce the risk of losing control.
”For a mechanical enthusiast, Sequence 9 ‘Generalist’ is enough …… Momonte’s attitude is the same, he does not want to let a “Goddess of the Night He didn’t want a follower of the “Goddess of the Night” to get too many copies of the magic potion from the Church of Steam ……
”Well, the end is approaching day by day, the invisible barrier is getting weaker and weaker, the erosion of this world by the outer gods will become more and more obvious, the probability of ordinary people encountering transcendental events will definitely become progressively higher, from this point of view, it’s also a good thing for Melissa to become a Transcendentalist, and if she can successfully advance to Sequence 6 ‘Artisan ‘, that is, ‘Mechanical Object Making Expert’, she can satisfy her dream and protect herself and Benson at the same time ……
”Let Miss ‘Justice’ find a chance to tell Melissa about the ‘Playing Method’ without revealing it, and after that, it’s up to her to see how far she can grow, and I can at best give her some good luck with the, uh, recipes, materials …… I’m really like a worried brother, heh, it was supposed to be …… Does this count as a ‘wish’ fulfillment of sorts?
”Wait, Melissa must have a wish to bring Klein back to life, would I get enough feedback if I just walked up to her now?
”…… Forget it, it would be devastating for her and Benson ……” Klein shook his head, stopping himself from making excuses.
He then clicked his bowler hat on top of his head and turned into a nearby inn, pulling out a gold pound and getting a room.
The gold pound was real, an item that Klein had brought back to reality some time ago.
–In the previous war, Klein donated 14,800 pounds of banknotes, 14,200 pounds of gold bars that were worth before the war, and nearly twenty high-quality gemstones through Ms. “Justice”, and now, in addition to those strange items that were placed in the miscellaneous pile. There were only 39 Ruin gold coins and ten high quality gems left on his body.
Glancing at the Soule and pennies returned by the innkeeper, Klein casually put them away, entered the room, and walked over to the full-length mirror.
Immediately afterward, he took out a pen and paper and drew the incantation to summon the “Magic Mirror” Arodes.
Time passed by, but there was no abnormality in the room.
The mirror remained silent.
After a few more seconds, Klein let out a low laugh, raised his eyebrows, and took out a gold coin from his clothing pocket.
……
Clunk, clunk, clunk.
A smoke-spewing steam train ran over the tracks, heading west of the continent.
A messy-haired Iconser and a member of the Mechanical Heart team stood in one of the carriages, staring intently at the metal cage in front of them.
On the cage, a single metal spike stretched outward, glinting with a slightly dull light.
”Deacon, after going to Intis this time, are you still planning to return to Rune?” The “Mechanical Heart” team member with a typical Rune look looked out of the window at the rapidly sweeping plains, and couldn’t help but ask.
After the end of the war, the Steam Church, which had taken the wrong stance, had to swallow the bitter fruits of its defeat, and had to transfer all of the extraordinary people above the level of Demigod and all of the seals above the level of “2” out of Ruen within the deadline set by the two churches, the Black Night and the Storm.
In other words, they lost their original status, and in the future, they could only preach in Rune like the Earth Church, and could only maintain a small number of churches.
If it wasn’t for the fact that there were too many people who believed in the “God of Steam and Mechanics”, and some of them were key players in the post-war reconstruction, the Church of Steam might not have been able to retain even this kind of treatment.
Similarly, a small number of churches would require only a handful of Mechanical Heart members, and most of the Steam Church’s extraordinary people in Rune would have to migrate to Intis.
Ikonser was silent for a few seconds and smiled bitterly:
”I have to listen to the arrangements of the archbishops, but I will take the initiative to apply to return to Rune, here are my childhood, adolescence, youth, there are too many memories that I can not let go of …….”
As he said this, he let his gaze drift away and seemed to see that capital of all capitals again.
Just at this time, that metal cage full of spikes suddenly shook.
A silver-white electric light arose out of thin air and fell one after another, all of which were absorbed by that metal cage and flowed through several rubber-wrapped wires to the ground outside the steam train, dragging out a shower of sparks.
Bang bang bang!
That metal cage seemed to have invisible hands slapping at it, but they couldn’t get that barrier open.
”The ‘Magic Mirror’ is reacting fiercely ah …… it had been quiet before.” The “Mechanical Heart” member who had asked earlier spoke up in confusion.
At the thumping sound, Ikonser subconsciously touched his hair:
”It’s not like that, there are times when it shows its crazy side, and if it wasn’t for those things that happened, we would still be treating it as a ‘2’ level seal.”
”That’s so, huh, I hadn’t come into contact with it before, I thought that the ‘Magic Mirror’ didn’t want to leave Berkland.” The “Mechanical Heart” member laughed and teased.
Snap!
A bolt of lightning struck down and was sucked away by the metal cage.
Bang! Bang! Bang! The slapping sound gradually lengthened, as if in a final and most feeble wail.
Ikonser took out a slightly old, delicate pocket watch and pressed it open to look at it:
”It only lasted two minutes, much better than in the morning.”
The “Mechanical Heart” member who had just been transferred next to him was about to ask a question, when he suddenly heard the thumping sound stop violently, as if it had been affected by some irresistible factor.
”Is this the style of the ‘Magic Mirror’?” He asked instead.
Ikonser frowned slightly:
”Not really.
”Normally, it would have held out for another twenty or thirty seconds with little force like.
”There seems to be a bit of a problem ……”
”Deacon, don’t worry, there are really big people on the train, big people above the Archbishops.” A nearby member of the “Mechanical Heart” gave a reassuring remark.
There were too many dangerous seals on this steam train, and if there were no powerful people watching over it, something would go wrong.
Ikonser nodded, indicating that he wasn’t worried.
On a country road more than ten kilometers away from this steam train, Klein was sitting on the summoned carriage with a mirror in front of him.
He had just finished outlining the symbols of “concealment” and “peeping” when waves of light appeared above the mirror, and one after another golden Lune text emerged:
”Supreme Master, you have come at last! Your humble, loyal, and poor servant Arodes has missed you so much!”
咦…… Klein shrinks back unnoticeably as he can’t take the enthusiasm.
If “Magic Mirror” Aroldus’ previous currying favor still maintained a trace of dignity, then now it was complete flattery, even letting Klein see a hint of crying.
”The incidence of peachy news in Trier far exceeds that of Birkeland, which should be to your liking.” Klein laughed and snickered at Aroldus.
”Because you, master, do not want to go to Trier.” The golden words on the mirror’s surface receded in color one after another, turning into light silver.
Klein gave a dark “tsk”:
”There is something I want to ask you.”
”Feel free to ask your questions.” Arodes responded rather humbly.
”Do you know who the ‘Mother Goddess of Earth’ really is?” Klein went straight to the point.
The mirror became ghostly all of a sudden, and the pale silver words were tinted bleakly white in droves:
”I don’t know …… but during the God War, I had heard a voice coming from within the ‘Deep Ember Heaven’, k was shouting a name …… that was, that was the blood race’s Patriarch’s true name.”
The “Magic Mirror” didn’t dare to show the name Lilith directly.
Lilith? Surprisingly, it is Lilith …… Klein was surprised and felt that many doubts were explained.
Then, he thought of “Moon” Emlyn.
This vampire has been around and around, and he’s a self-starter, but in the end, he didn’t change his beliefs.
If Emlyn had Anderson’s character, he would have said to the grand dukes and marquises of the blood race, “Oh, you’ve come to believe in the Mother Goddess too.”…… Klein imagined a funny scene while saying to “Magic Mirror “Arodes said:
”It’s your turn to ask questions.”
”Supreme Master, you continue to ask, I’ll ask together at the end.” The ghastly white words returned to their pale silver hue.
Klein thought for a moment and said:
”How is the situation now? For example, the situation within Forsak.”