Volume 7: The Inverted Man Chapter 38: Facing Up

　　In the deep blue waves of the stormy sea, which seemed to never stop, the “Future” was just like a leaf, sometimes being thrown up, sometimes being knocked down.

　　In this sea, there are still some pirate ships sailing, and they are so used to the similar situation that they feel it is as natural as the rising of the sun.

　　”General Star Above” Kadriya returned to reality and pondered for only a moment before spreading out her paper and putting pen to paper to write a letter.

　　She wanted to ask the Queen what had happened recently.

　　In fact, even before Mr. “Fool” announced that K would be going into a deep sleep, Gloria had already smelled the coming of a huge change.

　　Whether it was the sudden closing of doors and windows, or the shooting stars that streaked across the sky and illuminated the world, it gave her, as a “Master of Prophecy”, a certain amount of inspiration, and she saw some vague images.

　　Of course, limited to its own level, status and identity, she did not have enough understanding of what exactly happened, and it was difficult to grasp what exactly prompted Mr. “Fool” to choose to sleep, so she had to ask the “Queen of Mysteries”, who had been promoted to angel, led a mysterious organization, and controlled a number of powerful seals, about it. “Bernadette inquired.

　　Just as she summoned a messenger to take away the written letter, she was suddenly stunned for a moment.

　　At that moment, the purple color in her eyes became extremely intense and flowed slowly like a river.

　　She sensed that Mr. Fool had entered a deep sleep.

　　Uncontrollable uncertainty, confusion, and a bit of sadness welled up in the heart of the “General above the Stars”.

　　For some reason, she felt an inexplicable stirring, and two tears slipped from the corners of her eyes.

　　She seemed to understand something, but she didn’t understand anything, she only knew that Mr. “Fool” didn’t know how long it would take for him to wake up from his slumber.

　　Removing the heavy glasses from the bridge of her nose, she wiped the corners of her eyes and let her emotions return to normal.

　　She then walked over to the window and looked out onto the deck.

　　Frank Lee was enthusiastically inviting the crew to taste his new “beer”, but none of the pirates dared to try it.

　　”Luckily, I sent Sharf to the Queen ahead of time, now I just need to keep an eye on Frank …… Without Mr. ‘Fool’ watching, I have to be more careful and more attentive, well, I have to find something for Frank to do other than research. Well, we’ll have to find something for Frank to do other than research, he’s the first officer, he can’t always be doing his job ……” “General Starbuck” Gadelia thought with a slightly more serious expression.

　　Considering how to keep an eye on Frank, and how to arrange the small number of pirates belonging to the “Earth” and “Moon” way to other ships, and not often in contact with Frank, Gadelia shifted the center of gravity of the thinking to the “Hidden Sage”. Hidden Sage”.

　　Although she was already one of the ten pillars of the Moss Ascetic Order, because of her origins and less influence from the “Hidden Sage”, she had not been trusted by the president and the rest of the senior management, and belonged to the marginalized group, with its own circle and its own power.

　　In a sense, her relationship with the Moss Ascetic Order was closer to that of a collaborator, needing a power and a strong man to carry out her will over the five seas, and at the same time desiring to obtain the corresponding knowledge and materials.

　　In order to get the information about the sudden coming to life of the “Hidden Sage”, the symbolic deity, and to confirm K’s current status, she had to become a core member of the Moss Ascetic Order.

　　”With my current status, it’s no problem at all to participate in the decision-making of the internal affairs of the Moss Ascetic Order. Only by truly participating in these will I be able to access more information and raise my own status …… However, this will be quite dangerous, even if the ‘Hidden Sage’ is in the wrong state and doesn’t interfere much in the specific functioning of the Moss Ascetic Order, the other higher-ups will be infringed upon due to the infringement of their rights and the ever-present suspicion, make some degree of counterattack …… At least two of the ten pillars I can’t see through, making me instinctively feel dangerous ……”

　　”And confirming the current state of the ‘Hidden Sage’ will be even more dangerous, the slightest mistake will immediately be eroded and contaminated by k ……” “The star above will be “The more she thought about it, the more difficult she found the task given by Mr. Fool.

　　She has been wandering from the edge of the Moss Ascetic Association, active as a pirate, in fact, also has this concern, afraid of too deep involvement in the internal affairs of the organization, will reveal the fact that he is still in contact with the “Mysterious Queen”, afraid of suddenly one day by the rest of the ten pillars at the same time as spies, on the spot to eliminate.

　　At this moment, Gadelia even wanted to give up the mission of Mr. Fool and the identity of the ten pillars of the Moss Ascetic Order, and return to the Dawn, return to the side of the Queen.

　　That way, she wouldn’t need to worry about this aspect of things – if there were any problems, the Queen would be able to block them.

　　Ever since she left the Dawn and had to take on everything by herself, “Star General” Kadriya had always felt a sense of exhaustion, and her shoulders had always been heavy.

　　However, she gave up such thoughts after only a short while.

　　She sighed softly, realizing that she would never be able to return to the carefree stage of a little girl.

　　She was now shouldering not only her own life anymore, but also the fate of Frank, Heath, Nina and other crew members.

　　Also, she foresaw the end coming, and hoped that when that time came, she would be the Queen’s most powerful helper, and join her in doing something for the world.

　　Kadriya then closed her eyes and whispered to herself:

　　”Then go and face it.”

　　Go and truly immerse yourself in the Moss Ascetic Order and gather the appropriate information.

　　After making this decision, “Star General” Kadriya no longer concealed her strength, raised her hands, and used a fairy tale magic.

　　In the eyes of the members of the pirate ships sailing around, the “Future” and its affiliated ships became illusory and turned into countless bubbles.

　　These bubbles reflected dreamy colors under the light.

　　Then, they melted into the sea water little by little.

　　The “Future” and its affiliated fleet just disappeared in the eyes of everyone.

　　Many knowledgeable pirates were first shocked and stunned, and then a thought arose at the same time:

　　”A new king of the sea has been born.”

　　”The Queen of Stars!”

　　……

　　Berkland, inside a house.

　　Before Hugh, who had returned to the real world, could clear his thoughts, he saw Forsyth’s silhouette flying outlined in front of him, yelling:

　　”That mission of yours is too dangerous!”

　　Hugh froze, instinctively pointing out the other man’s problem:

　　”You didn’t knock.”

　　That was the worst thing about living with an “apprentice” pathway demigod.

　　Voorhees was self-reflective for a second, then justified himself:

　　”You left the door open.”

　　She pointed to the half-open bedroom door.

　　I can’t believe I didn’t close the door, also, this is an impromptu party, completely unprepared beforehand …… Hugh opened his mouth, but failed to say anything.

　　Both of them looked at each other speechlessly for a while, and no one broke this silence for a long time.

　　Finally, Voorhees decided to forget about the accusations he had just made and shifted the focus back to the mission itself:

　　”A mission involving Sequence 1 and Uniqueness is really too dangerous.”

　　After saying this, thinking about the fact that Hugh had already accepted Mr. Fool’s gift, her eyes turned slightly red and she couldn’t help but mutter a few words:

　　”Remember to ask for my help. At least, at least I’ll be able to escape with you.”

　　As far as they were concerned, they had experienced very few things that involved the Sequence 1 level, except for Mr. “Fool”, “The World” Germaine Sparrow, and maybe being watched by a certain being who could not be named.

　　The rest of the time, they had at most done some very minor work on the margins of the corresponding events, and had never come face to face with an enemy that could be called “k”.

　　Therefore, when she thought that her friend’s mission involved the extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 1, or even uniqueness, and a true god, she was uncontrollably nervous and worried.

　　Hugh smiled and said:

　　”It’s just looking for clues and investigating the truth, it’s not like we need to face the Ks directly.”

　　She paused for a second and then added:

　　”The end is near, something has to be done.”

　　”Look, even Mr. ‘Fool’ is going into a deep sleep, let alone little people like us. If we can’t become demigods as soon as possible, there might not even be a way to try to do something, now, now there’s at least some hope, we can at least try to wake up Mr. ‘Fool’.”

　　Fools had also been through a lot and had long understood this, just now it was just a pure emotional outburst, and now it had calmed down.

　　She thought for a moment and said:

　　”What do you do next?”

　　”It’s definitely difficult to rely on my own investigation alone, and will inevitably have to rely on MI9’s intelligence network. I intend to find a suitable opportunity to let them know that I have become a Sequence 4 Demigod. In order not to be suspected, this might require Miss ‘Justice’ to give some hints and make some arrangements.” Hugh replied seriously.

　　Voorhees thought electrically:

　　”I’ll make up a script for you, uh, I’ll play the villain, simulating a madman who tries to advance to Sequence 4 ‘Law Mage’ and then gets defeated by you ……”

　　As she spoke, she already had a story taking shape, and immediately sat down at Hugh’s table, took out a pen and paper, and brushed it off.

　　”When the story is made up, let Ms. ‘Justice’ make some changes to make it seem plausible enough.” Voorhees said as he wrote.

　　As a “Secret Mage”, she was undoubtedly able to keep their conversation from leaking out.

　　Hugh pondered for a while and said:

　　”Isn’t your most important task now writing biographies and stories?”

　　”Ha, that one’s easy, I’ve long thought of too many plots within my head, there’s plenty of material, no, there isn’t ……” Forsyth mumbled a couple of words before focusing all his attention on writing a script for Hugh to be recognized by MI9.

　　Seeing her best friend focused on her own business, a small smile gradually appeared on Hugh’s face.

　　She whirled her gaze to the half-open room and heard her brother, Lo Dilcha, seemingly reciting Gufthak words, a necessary precursor to studying law to become a lawyer.

　　Their mother, on the other hand, was instructing two servants to remember to sweep the parlor.

　　Those sounds reached Hugh’s ears, causing her expression to grow steadfast.

　　Although it was unknown what would happen if she went to face the top management of MI9, although it was unknown what dangers she would encounter if she accomplished Mr. Fool’s mission, and although it was also unknown what would happen when the end of the world came, Hugh knew that if she didn’t do anything, if she didn’t take a certain degree of risk, and if she enjoyed the beauty of the family in this way, she would end up being like most of the unprepared people who faced the floods. unprepared people face a flood, flopping around twice before being completely drowned.

　　And now, at least there is a path full of thorns, with at least a glimmer of light sprinkled along the way.

　　That needs to be grasped with the awareness of sacrifice and with courage.