In the palace above the gray fog, the "magician" made a request to the "world", hoping that the other party would occasionally take him to different places to record the local characteristics.
*This commission is simple, but the reward I need is very special. The World pondered for a moment and said, "Collect recent ghost stories from major hospitals in Backlund and write them into a novel for publication or in a newspaper."
Shit! Had she forgotten how terrifying that guy was? She actually took the initiative to increase her chances of contact with Gehrman?
Danitz secretly glanced at Fors beside him. She didn't look like a brave person.
Melissa was very interested in the reward Klein requested. As someone who had experienced the war in Backlund, she was also very familiar with the widely circulated strange story of a "clown angel who looked scary but saved countless people!
It looked like it was really Klein. Was this what Miss Edwina meant by acting? Melissa was both curious and terrified.
Knowing the dangers and strangeness of the Extraordinary World, it was difficult for her to remain calm about her situation. Fortunately, she knew that Low-Sequence beings wouldn't encounter too many dangers, and Klein was secretly protecting her.
Xio recalled that during that time, in order to avoid being pressured by Gehrmann, Fors was far more diligent than on any of her previous novels, often working overnight to meet deadlines... Unfortunately, her laziness eventually overcame her fear of Gehrman.
Klein sighed inwardly. After interacting with Miss Magician, he had a completely new understanding of procrastination. She was clearly terrified every time she saw him, yet she dared to use the excuse of frozen ink to delay updating!
In the dark alley, Fors saw Gehrman emerging from the shadows. Her body stiffened as she waited for him to grab her shoulders and teleport her.
Traveling through the strange spiritual world, Fors, with her head bowed, raised her head and said, "Thank you... Where are the people?"
She looked around blankly. Did she just leave me like that? Did she really just want to teleport me?
It's Gehrman's style indeed!
Some people who were almost brainwashed by Klein's image once again recalled the horror of the crazy adventurer.
He's so ungentlemanly, he'll never be able to find a girlfriend... Benson, who is still single, is worried about his brother's life.
Fors hijacked three pirates, found a quiet room, and began writing under the pirates' terrified gazes.
...I have to say, imitating Mr. World's stance against pirates feels pretty good....
The scene shifted to Fors's notes, where her notes were visible:
"The atmosphere here is very open. If women like a man, they can also make an offer. Similarly, men can like men, and women can like women. According to my three pirate friends, when drifting at sea, due to the long period of depression and boredom, some people are bound to try taboo behaviors..."
"Also, the one they fear most isn't Nast, the 'King of the Five Seas, nor the various terrifying legends, but the crazy adventurer Gehrman Sparrow. Every pirate is warning each other not to drink too late, not to walk at night, and not to relieve themselves in alleys, as that could lead to their disappearance. Rumor has it that the murderer is that gentleman..."
Fors paused, thinking, Perhaps I should finish Mr. World's commission first. I don't want him to hold a gun to my head while I write a novel..."
Seeing the pirates' fear of Gehrman, several people who often sailed at sea expressed empathy. That man was the most terrifying legend on the sea! The source of all danger!
Others who didn't have a deep understanding of the situation at sea only knew that Gehrman had killed several pirate generals, but they didn't understand such low-level things. They were surprised and amused to see the open atmosphere at sea and Hermann's deterrent power among ordinary pirates.
The World's Gehrmann disguise seemed perfectly suited to life at sea; at the very least, it helped him create a powerful and terrifying image. Was this intentional? Was there some other purpose? Alger subconsciously began to ponder the deeper meaning of The World's move.
Klein, who just wanted to make a joke, was very satisfied with the impact he had made. How could he be called Gehrman Sparrow if he wasn't powerful and scary?
It seemed that Fors adapted to the new environment quickly, and the pirates' descriptions seemed to have made her even more afraid of Mr. World. I'm afraid Fors was always worried during that time... Audrey's eyebrows curved, and she didn't hide her smile.
Leonard read the Pirates' description of Gehrman and thought about his former colleague's record so far, with mixed emotions.
Klein, do you still remember that you are just a fortune teller? The auxiliary sequence that makes the main body fragile?
Xiou really wanted to comfort her friend, as she knew best the psychological trauma the name "World" had inflicted on Fors. However, due to the distance between them, Xio gave up the idea and decided to let her friend overcome her difficulties on her own.
In the dim room, a mirror was placed in front of Fors and Xio.
Suddenly, ripples appeared on the mirror's surface, and dark red words condensed into words: "You have summoned the great Arrodes..."
"Besides you, who else is the protagonist of those romantic dreams of yours?"
Arrodes once again used facts to let everyone present know how terrifying it was. The second victim, Fors, covered her face, which was about to burn, and felt that it would be better for her to become a Beyonder sooner.
Danitz looked at Fors with a complex gaze that suggested "we're both wanderers in this world."
Maric was very thankful that the mirror was very quiet when he used Arrodes, and did not ask such embarrassing questions.
"Why did Klein go through so much trouble to find clues about the Miracle Worker? Wouldn't The Fool be more convenient and authoritative?" Every time Pales spoke, he discovered a key issue.
Klein knew He was asking him, and he quickly came up with an excuse: "Since He can solve this problem Himself, why trouble my Lord?"
"Well... well, forget it. I don't think you'd answer even if I asked." Pales interrupted himself. "Maybe I'll see the answer next."
Klein's smile remained unchanged, looking fearless, but he was frantically wondering what new problems Pales had discovered and what flaws he had not yet covered up.
The others also turned their attention back from the magician and saw the question lingering on the screen. Almost subconsciously, a thought popped up in their minds: So who is the other protagonist in Fors's dream?
Fors asks The Fool to convey that the hunting operation still requires preparation and hopes that the World can wait patiently.
Soon, gray-white mist filled the picture, and the "Magician" and the "World" appeared alone in the palace.
As soon as he took in his surroundings, the Magician displayed a strong desire to survive. "Mr. World, what I just said is that it's best if you have patience. It will make things easier. But if you don't, that's fine. We will start the hunt as soon as possible."
After finally successfully recording her ability, Fors collapsed on the bed upon returning to the real world.
Seeing Fors, who had no image on the screen and exuded a sense of insignificance, everyone turned to look at Fors, who was slumped in her seat, no longer trying to save her image. They sympathetically did not continue to provoke her.
I never thought such intimate scenes would be released! How could a person peek into a lady's bedroom?
Well, this space or its owner certainly doesn't seem to be human. In every aspect, they're not human. They might reveal some of my dark history later…
Fors felt the same way as the protagonists of the previous videos. Is this social death?
Emlyn watched Fors's performance. Although he hated to admit it, it was indeed very similar to his usual state. He couldn't help but start to worry about his future. What if this space released an image of him enchanted by a doll?
"Look carefully, " Pallez's voice echoed in Leonard's mind. "If you don't work harder, you'll end up like that."
After hearing the reminder, Leonard, who was watching carefully, resisted the urge to roll his eyes and leaned back in his chair. If he hadn't been concerned about the people at the same table, he would even want to put his feet on the table.
The old man always looks down on me. I work so hard now, how could I become that kind of useless person?
This is one-on-one online teaching...
Klein seemed to see a poor student who was called in by the teacher for individual tutoring because he couldn't keep up with the progress. He seemed to be listening obediently under the teacher's intimidation, but in fact, the knowledge had not entered his mind at all, and he just wanted it to end quickly.
Cattleya felt quite disappointed with Fors's decadence. Being able to record demigod-level abilities at Sequence 6 was such a rare opportunity. Not everyone was like the "world" who could easily find a bunch of angels.
Although he had guessed it a long time ago, seeing that "the world" could borrow the Seagod's scepter at will, and Fors recorded its repeated use of power, Alger, who was accumulating contributions in exchange for Seagod's authority, felt even more jealous.
Is this how followers of the Fool are treated?
The alarm clock rang, and Fors startled, sitting up suddenly, and reaching out to grab at the void.
Gehrman's historical projection was dragged out, his eyes rolled, and he regained consciousness.
He nodded slightly, and in less than a second he "teleported" away, disappearing in front of Fors.
Fors was stunned for a moment before she said with a slight twitch of her lips, "I feel like I'm just a tool..."
The scene began to fast forward, and Fors's face quickly turned pale, and then she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
The screen jumped a bit, and the subtitles below showed: Two hours later
Fors woke up and reached out again, pulling German out of the air in front of him.
Gehrman glanced at her, and this time without even nodding, he simply "teleported" away.
The scene fast-forwarded again, and soon, Fors, who was lying in the easy chair, suddenly sat up, and the blood vessels on her forehead became visible.
Almost the next moment, she fell back into the easy chair, a look of despair on her face.
Everyone couldn't help but look at Fors with sympathy. They felt like she had the word "miserable" written all over her. She was truly a tool! As soon as this ability was recorded, it was immediately put into use, as if it were a humanoid self-propelled special item.
Melissa looked at Fors beside her worriedly, only to see that she was slumped in the chair in a posture very similar to the one in the picture.
"Are you okay? Did Klein's actions have any negative impact on you?"
"No, I was just very tired at the time. The feeling of being completely spiritually drained was very painful..."
Thinking back to the time when "The World" was in the God-forsaken Land, Fors felt a headache.
Danitz looked at Fors with pity, thinking that the two of them could take the lead in establishing something like an "Alliance of Those Persecuted by Gehrman, calling on all victims who had psychological traumas from Hermann to join.
Miss Magician seemed to be in a bit of a bad situation... But there was no other way back then. If she wanted to return to Backlund, she could only rely on her abilities... Might as well compensate her. From now on, Miss Magician's compensation will be reduced by 50%... Klein soothed his conscience.Fors, who had been promoted to a demigod, finally had a normal communication with Mr. Door, but she planned to consult The Fool before deciding how much to tell the Abraham family.
Above the gray fog, The Fool gazed at the screen with the Magician and tapped the table lightly.
An illusory blood-red full moon appeared before him, seemingly forming some kind of connection with the red star representing the "Magician." Мг. Door's frantic voice echoed directly above the gray fog: "Don't save me..."
The language and tone were completely different from the previous communication with Fors.
The image disappeared, but no white appeared.
"Take a break and go straight to the next stage."
Although the voice said so, everyone present was immersed in Mr. "Door's affairs and could not adjust their mindset to wait for the next part of the movie.
Fors was the most confused one, and she wasn't even happy that her dark history was finally over.
She had been tormented by the full moon's whispers for so long, and had always believed that it was a cry for help-even Mr. Fool had told her so. But why did Mr. Door's words change when they reached Mr. Fool?
Pales figured out the reason, and a sigh echoed in the white space.
"Excuse me, what is going on?" Fors cast a confused look at Merlin.
In her opinion, he was one of the strongest people present and should know a lot. He also believed in Mr. Fool and was naturally on the same side as her. Therefore, when she encountered a problem she couldn't figure out, the first person she thought of was this mysterious magician.
Even though Azik and Bernadette had some thoughts in their minds, they waited for Merlin's explanation along with the others.
There was probably no one present who knew more information than this person.
Klein sorted out the relevant matters and briefly shared his speculation about Mr. Door.
"You've probably all heard of the pollution from the starry sky, but you have to wait until you reach the angel level to know the details. Otherwise, even just understanding it will pollute you."
The World had mentioned this matter at the Tarot Club, and even those not in the Tarot Club had sufficient sources of information, so most people present expressed understanding.
The few who were unaware, such as Danitz and Benson, though they had their doubts, knew the seriousness of the matter and did not ask further questions.
"The 'Apprentice' path allows one to roam the starry sky at Sequence 3. Mr. 'Door' may have been contaminated by then, but it wasn't obvious enough to be discovered."
Fors suddenly felt a chill on her back.
Although she didn't know how long it would take for her to be promoted again, the thought of even Mr. "Door" being quietly corrupted almost completely extinguished her already weak desire for advancement. If it weren't for the threat of doomsday, she would probably have wanted to maintain the status quo forever.
Bernadette thought that Roselle's situation was very similar to Mr. "Door".
"Mr. Door was probably even more thoroughly corrupted after being exiled, which is why he keeps shouting at his family descendants and others, which is known as the Full Moon Whispering. The lucky few who can communicate normally are lured to the starry sky by him or rescued by him, such as Russell and Miss Fors."
When Fors saw Merlin looking at her, the hairs on her body stood on end. She didn't think this was a lucky thing at all!
Bernadette had long suspected how Roselle was contaminated, and Merlin's words now only gave her a definite result, so she was not too surprised.
"However, Mr. Door's will was strong enough that he retained a modicum of clarity and humanity over the long period of time. That's why he occasionally cried out, 'Don't save me.' His return would bring even greater disaster, perhaps even the beginning of the apocalypse."
Klein finished his speculation with a sigh. He wasn't afraid of making any mistakes. After all, no one could confirm the truth of these things.
Moreover, this was the most reasonable explanation he had come up with after obtaining enough intelligence.
Fors raised her hand tremblingly. "Every full moon, I still hear Mr. Door's words. Will I be tainted by this?"
"No, as long as you don't actively explore anything, He won't be able to contaminate you. Or you can ask Miss Audrey to hypnotize you and make you forget the relevant things. As long as you don't understand these things, they won't be affected."
Klein intentionally changed his usual way of addressing the Tarot Club members to avoid being discovered.
Audrey was happy to help, and it wasn't a difficult task. "Well, if anyone else wants to forget something, they can come to me."
She focused her words on Benson and Melissa. They were too low-level, but because of this accident, they knew too many secrets. If they returned to the real world like this, there would be adverse consequences.
The brother and sister understood this, so they nodded to Audrey with gratitude.
"Then I'll wait until I leave here and ask Miss Audrey to hypnotize me." Fors felt a little relieved.
Because we knew that the next part of the movie was about to start, everyone stopped talking about anything else and waited quietly for the screen to light up again.
[Under the night, Emlyn held a simple brass key in his hand and used it to quickly pass through one wall after another.
Until he rushed into a building, the picture zoomed out, and the subtitles of the church were added: Backlund, Harvest Church.
Fors stared at the video in a daze and came up with a bold guess.
She still remembered that the Tarot Society had launched a joint operation to punish the vampire, with the ultimate goal of luring him to the Harvest Church. At that time, she had also warned Mr. "Moon" not to be caught by the priest in the church.
When "Moon" introduced himself, he said he was preaching. I thought he went there because he knew that the Earth Mother Goddess was their ancestor. Now it seems that he has converted a long time ago. No, this probably doesn't count as conversion? Xio couldn't give an accurate description of this situation.
Most of the people present also gradually understood what Emlyn would face next, and began to look forward to the show.
Anderson was already laughing silently.
Emlyn's face twisted a little, and he opened his mouth, unsure how to explain. But when he thought about the Earth Mother Goddess being the ancestor of the vampire race, his embarrassment faded. He had never changed his faith! Never!
[In the dark basement, Emlyn slammed the stone door hard, shouting "Let me out".
The sound of conversation could be faintly heard outside the door. The camera angle was adjusted, with the stone door as the dividing line. On both sides were the basement where Emlyn was and the stairs outside.
An overly robust priest stood at the bottom of the stairs, and a man with a face painted so that his original appearance could not be seen stood above him. A line of subtitles appeared above his head: Klein/Sherlock
Before Klein left, Emlyn shouted, "Remember, my name is Emlyn White!"
Leonard's mouth twitched. Klein really did remember to conceal his true identity at all times.
He even used Sherlock's identity and put on a layer of paint on his face.
Pales sighed in his mind, "Look at your former colleague. If you were half as smart and cautious as him, I would have saved myself a lot of trouble."
Emlyn suddenly felt a surge of worry: Although he had not changed his faith, this experience of oppression did not seem very glorious. Would they not show the part where our family could not defeat the priest next?
Klein thought for a moment and decided that Emlyn-related content should have nothing to do with him. After all, even during the Sherlock era, the two of them didn't have much in-depth communication. After that, he changed his username, and their only interaction was with the Tarot Club.
That key seemed to be closely related to the "Apprentice" path. It could open doors and also had a curse... Having just watched the video featuring Fors and heard about Mr. "Door," Cattleya subconsciously connected the master key with the Abraham family.
[Emlyn, now dressed as a missionary, distributed the Holy Communion to the believers and then sat down next to Sherlock.
Shouldn't this guy be locked up in the basement? Didn't he keep shouting about sticking to his beliefs and never obeying Bishop Utravsky's ideas?
Sherlock lowered his voice, "Your parents are sending a commission to find you."
The priest looked down at them and replied with a gentle expression, "Emlyn can go home anytime."
Sherlock glanced at Emlyn, raised his right hand, and drew the triangular holy emblem on his chest.
Leonard was filled with questions. Why was it that Klein, the Fool's favored disciple, could not only draw the Crimson Moon's hand gestures so effortlessly, but even the Church of Steam and Mechanicus's hand gestures without any difficulty? Wasn't he really afraid of incurring divine punishment?
Mr. "World" was acting recklessly again, relying on his fake identity. However, Mr. "Moon" was too miserable. Not only was he deceived by the priest, but he was also bullied by Mr. "World"... Audrey looked at Emlyn with sympathy, and her impression of "World" changed a little.
Mr. World does have some perverse tastes, and enjoys persecuting innocent people, such as Danitz and the Moon. I wonder if Star, who is also familiar to Mr. World, has ever been harmed... Of course, this doesn't affect Mr. World's inherent gentleness.
Melissa had been paying attention to Sherlock, but her attention was drawn to Emlyn. This vampire, no, a vampire, was so adorably silly. Not only was he easily tricked into converting, but he was also bullied by Klein.
Maric asked Emlyn curiously, "What's in your room? As soon as he heard it, he immediately shouted nervously that he wanted to go home.
Klein wanted to answer, but considering that Merlin probably didn't know about Emlyn's private life, he resisted the urge to speak.
*...Puppet. Considering that a related scene might appear next, Emlyn confessed without hesitation.
Besides, this isn't some shameful hobby! Emlyn raised his chin inwardly.
This vampire actually likes dolls? After hearing his words, some people looked at Sharon in surprise.
Besides, this isn't some shameful hobby! Emlyn raised his chin inwardly.
This vampire actually likes dolls? After hearing his words, some people looked at Sharon in surprise.
Sharon frowned slightly.
"I like real puppets that can't speak or move!" Emlyn noticed the others' gazes and explained, "My puppets can't have their own thoughts!"
Sharon glanced at him, her frown becoming more pronounced, and a hint of disgust in her expression