Mystery: Undead don't die from passing fire

Chapter 134 Do You Mind If I Do That To You At Your Adult Ceremony?
"45 days."

Klein leaned back against the back of the chair, and said in a leisurely tone:

"It has been 45 days since the first day you disappeared."

After a pause, Klein suddenly asked again:

"You went back in time?"

"I think so." Ember nodded slightly.

"Really."

Klein felt inexplicably emotional, although he had already guessed earlier.But actually hearing from Ember that he had personally admitted that he had returned to the past still made Klein feel restless for a long time.

For the world view of "Dark Soul", it is not difficult to go back through time and space, because the time and space of Dark Soul is extremely unstable.The reason for this is the instability of the initial fire.But if Ember can also travel through time and space in this world, then Klein has to reconsider the definition of 'first fire'.

Klein actually wanted to know what happened to Ember in the past, and what he did in detail, but he couldn't take the initiative to ask.

"Then, let's continue our topic from last time."

Klein tapped the long bronze table lightly with his fingers, and said slowly, "The original world."

Ember's expression moved slightly, she sat up straight, and placed her hands folded on the long bronze table.

"During the first era, the 'Original World' was drawn by an inexplicable force, but it finally came at the end of the second era."

After a pause, Klein then smiled and said:
"Going back to the past this time, I think you should be able to understand the meaning of this more deeply."

Facing Klein's questioning, Ember's expression remained calm, with no trace visible on her face.

The timeline he traveled back to should be at the end of the second era.At that time, the ancestor of the blood race had already fallen due to the betrayal of the giant king, and only three of the eight ancient gods remained.And this can completely fit with the legend recorded in the City of Silver——

The eight ancient gods divided up the authority left by the Lord and became the gods who ruled the sky, the earth and the sea, the reality, the spirit world and the astral world, and all races, the real gods, the ancient gods.Some of them fell in the struggle with each other, and some of them were deprived of their authority after the "creator of all, omniscient and omnipotent God" woke up.

From the embers of history, it can be clearly judged that the ones who fell in the records were undoubtedly Lilith and the other two ancient gods.And the so-called 'Creator of Everything' that the City of Silver believes in is most likely the 'Sun God' he saw.

As for the reason why he would go back to the past, Ember already knew that it was because he had unintentionally met the conditions—time is not the point, the point is the conditions.One of the conditions is that he is on top of the gray mist, an area with great power that spans time.

Above the gray mist itself may not have the ability to travel through time and space, but it must have existed in the second era or even an earlier era, and it has continued to this day, unchanged from ancient times.This satisfies the first condition.The second condition is that someone "just happened" to summon him at the past time node.

And the reason Lilith was able to summon herself was definitely not because of the cross, but because of the ring itself.Because Ember felt the familiar power in it, the power from the first fire—it was a ring forged by the first fire!

"Mr. Fool."

Ember restrained her thoughts and said slowly, "I hope to return to the real world as soon as possible."

Klein obviously had expected it long ago, smiled and said in a calm tone:

"Okay, but do you want to go to the area where that member is?"

Ember pondered for two seconds, then said slowly:
"If possible, I hope it's Miss Justice. I have some important matters and I hope to have an interview with her."

"it is good."

Klein nodded slightly. Although he was curious in his heart, he didn't want to explore it—but it was inevitable to make up his mind.

While thinking about it, Klein spread his spiritual touch to the crimson star representing Miss 'Justice', sent it the message that Mr. 'Lover' wanted to come in her area, and asked her for her opinion.

And at the same time.

Queens, in Earl Hall's luxurious villa.

The aristocratic girl in a light yellow long dress with many lace decorations is sitting on the piano, pressing the keys with both hands and playing the Croatian Rhapsody composed by Emperor Roselle, which has been passed down for hundreds of years and is still regarded as a classic.

On the side, her personal maid Annie and her teacher, the famous pianist Mr. Vicanal are enjoying the girl's playing with their eyes closed.

But suddenly, the girl's playing hands stopped, because a dense gray mist suddenly filled her vision covered by eyelids, and a tall and majestic figure looked down on everyone's belongings and said:

"'Lovers' has returned."

Embers are back already?Audrey's eyes fluttered, and the corners of his mouth turned up a little bit.But then I heard Mister Fool asking if she would like to arrange a ceremony.Of course Audrey would not refuse, but the problem right now was that there were other people in her room.

The girl lowered her eyes slightly, looked at the two people beside her out of the corner of her eye, thinking about how to let them leave without a trace.

The personal maid Annie asked very intimately:
"Miss Audrey, what happened?"

"Sorry, Mr Vicanal."

Audrey stood up, bowed gracefully, and apologized, "I suddenly remembered that there are still some important things I haven't done, so..."

"It's ok."

Mr. Vicanal immediately showed a clear expression, stood up voluntarily, and said helplessly, "It happens that I still have some things to deal with, so I will leave first."

As a qualified pianist, he actually didn't want to leave just like that. This was irresponsible to the students, and also irresponsible to his teacher's morality. After all, Earl Hall gave money, and it was a lot.

But Earl Hall also told Audrey that if Audrey needs more free time, please do his best to satisfy it——pay for it.That being the case, Mr. Vicanal naturally had no reason to persist, and quickly left the room under the leadership of the maid Anne.

Audrey blinked, and looked at the big golden retriever squatting obediently at her feet:
"Susie."

"Wang!"

Without Audrey's instructions, the golden retriever immediately stood up, wagged its tail, walked to the door, stood up skillfully and turned the doorknob.

Seeing Susie's skillful appearance, Audrey didn't know what to say for a while.

"Crack!"

After Susie left the room, Audrey went to the door and closed it, locked the door from inside, and then drew the curtains.

Only then did I take out the auxiliary materials prepared early in the morning from the drawer, and prepared to pray to Mister Fool, arrange and hold corresponding ceremonies.

This is different from the normal summoning ceremony, and the corresponding incantation is more complicated:
"The great 'fool';
"You are the ruler above the gray mist;

"You are the yellow and black king of good fortune.

"I pray for your favor;

"Pray for your gaze;
"Pray for the power of secrecy and change.

"I!

"In the name of the great 'The Fool' I call:

"The ashes of life and death, the retinue of the king of yellow and black, the wanderer of endless time and space."

A sentence of Hermes words echoed in the room, and the flames at the top of the candle suddenly expanded, intertwining into an illusory door full of mysterious patterns.

"It's done!"

Above the gray mist, Klein, who was sitting on the bronze throne, raised his eyebrows.

At the same time as Miss 'Justice' held a ceremony and recited the spell to summon the 'Illusory Gate', above the gray fog also appeared the 'Illusory Gate' condensed by rippling light patterns. The summoning gate full of mysterious symbols!

That's right, this is Klein's version of 'Gate of Summoning'!
The essence of this summoning ceremony is not complicated. Klein pulled Ember's 'spirit' above the gray fog in advance, waited until the 'summoning gate' was established, and then opened it for Ember to let him pass through, and the whole thing was settled.

Initially, Klein used this ritual to summon his own spirit in order to achieve some ulterior motives.And ever since Ember disappeared because of a hastily held 'giving' ceremony last time, Klein has learned a lesson and learned from the pain.He began to think about how to make Ember return to the real world normally after returning, instead of disappearing into the long river of history as before.

There was already an accident in the simple 'giving' ceremony. Although it may not be the fault of the ceremony itself, Klein didn't want to gamble again.So he improved the "summoning ceremony" that could only be used to summon himself, and converted the target into embers, so that he could return to reality smoothly. ——Of course, this is also the conclusion he reached after divination.

Seeing that the 'Gate of Summoning' had been established, Klein nodded slightly to Ember, signaling that he could leave.

However, what Klein didn't expect was that Ember just took a deep look at the summoning door, and didn't act rashly.

"Is there something wrong with this door?"

Klein couldn't help but feel doubts in his heart. He wanted to ask but couldn't, and he got stuck.But when he was struggling, Ember had already made a move, and he passed the 'gate of summoning'.

Klein subconsciously turned his gaze to the projected image of Miss Justice when she was praying, and a figure belonging to Ember slowly walked out of the "Gate of Summoning" in front of her.

"call!"

Seeing this scene, Klein finally breathed a sigh of relief.If the embers disappeared again this time, it would really be impossible to wash them off even if they jumped into the Yellow River.

……

"Welcome back, Ember."

When Ember left the door of summoning, a girl's soft voice came from beside her ears.Hearing the reputation, the blond noble girl was looking at him with a smile.Ember was in a trance for a while, as if seeing the overlap of history and time, and Lilith's smiling appearance appeared in front of her eyes.

Ember quickly recovered, smiled and said:

"Good morning, Miss Audrey."

"It's almost noon."

Audrey covered her mouth and smiled lightly.

"No difference."

Ember said without changing his face, "If you get up at noon, then noon is morning, and lunch is breakfast."

When Audrey heard Ember's unreasonable words, she wanted to disregard her image and roll her eyes without manners, but she held back in the end.

Ember looked at the fine and fluffy white snow falling from the window, and suddenly frowned and asked:

"What time is it now?"

"Wednesday, December 12th."

Audrey knew that he wasn't asking what time it is, so she answered Ember's question earnestly, and said word by word, "It's been 45 days since you disappeared."

Ember shrugged, he had already heard this conclusion from Mr. Fool, just to confirm, he asked casually:

"Did anything happen during this period? Well, I mean those big events that are particularly important."

Audrey thought about it carefully, then shook her head slightly:

"There's nothing major happening in Backlund. There might be something happening with Miss Fors, but I'm not particularly clear about the specifics. Maybe you can ask her in person."

Ember nodded thoughtfully, the matter on Forsi's side was nothing more than the Abraham family.With the 'healing tears' recorded by him, there must be no problem in solving the curse, and it is reasonable to say that there will be no accidents.

But it cannot be ruled out that the Abraham family is not only not grateful to Dade, but also wants to avenge their kindness.

Ember seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly asked:

"Audrey, I remember that half a month later is your coming-of-age ceremony?"

The corners of Audrey's lips rose a little bit, and said with a smile:
"Yes, at the New Year's dinner held in the palace, I remember I invited you before."

"That's it."

Ember showed a pensive look, and asked slowly after a long time, "Audrey, I have a very important question to ask you."

Audrey looked at Ember's serious appearance, and subconsciously thought of a possibility, her voice became a little flustered:

"What, what?"

"Do you mind if I'm at your coming-of-age ceremony..."

Audrey raised her heart unconsciously, her hands were tangled together, her heart was extremely nervous.

Is to agree to him or reject him?She wasn't ready for this kind of preparation, obviously she was just covering up their identities at first, and she was just acting in front of her parents, but what should she do now in this situation?
agree?But the relationship between them doesn't seem to have reached that point yet.

refuse?But she doesn't seem to hate this kind of development... After all, even if she is a Extraordinary, she is still a noble girl.In fact, Audrey was mentally prepared very early on. As the daughter of Earl Hall, her marriage was bound to be accompanied by politics.Instead of reluctantly marrying the heirs of dukes or marquises who have never even met a few times, Ember is a very good choice.After all, they had known each other for a long time, and Ember was also the best among the men she knew.

But on the other hand, with Earl Hall's family background, if it is not a special situation such as a financial crisis, it will take a long process to reach a marriage, which must be strictly considered and compared before they can make a decision, because it is not only The affairs of the two young people also involve family alliances and mutual assistance.

On the other hand, although Audrey can start thinking about marriage after declaring adulthood at the age of 18, according to statistics, the time for noble girls to start a family is usually around 26 years old.In other words, she actually still has enough time, and there is no need to rush.

and so……

With an extremely nervous mood, Audrey looked at Ember's extremely solemn expression, and waited for Ember to fully utter those words with a feeling of anxiety or anticipation.

"Assassinate George III."

"I...you..."

"Eh?"

Audrey plucked up her courage, and was about to give an answer when she suddenly froze and blinked in doubt, as if she didn't listen.

"I mean."

Ember thought she didn't hear clearly, and repeated, "Do you mind if I assassinate King George III at your coming-of-age ceremony?"

"..."

Audrey breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt a little regretful for some reason, and muttered in a low voice, "So it was the assassination of King George III, I thought..."

"Why?"

Ember was a little puzzled.

"I thought……"

Audrey's eyes flickered and wanted to avoid this topic, subconsciously began to recall what Ember said just now in her mind, and finally realized something was wrong, her lips parted into an O shape:
"Assassinate His Majesty the King?!"

"Yes."

Ember nodded slightly, and said calmly, "I think this should be a good opportunity to make a move."

Audrey's eyes widened, and Ember's calm tone made one feel as if he was going to kill a fish, but in fact what he wanted to do was to assassinate George III, the most powerful person in the entire country, and Ruen King of the kingdom!
"you……"

Audrey opened her mouth, she hesitated to speak, but then she wanted to speak.She felt that she should persuade Ember, but she found that she didn't seem to have the ability to dissuade him, and she didn't know what position she was trying to stop Ember from.After thinking about it carefully, she realized that she just instinctively felt that assassinating the king was treasonous, so she wanted to stop it.

But if it is really necessary to stop Ember just because of this, is it fair to Ember?In the final analysis, she didn't even know why Ember wanted to assassinate George III, since they had never even met each other...

There was a complicated expression in the girl's eyes, and she asked in a low voice:
"But why? Why did you assassinate His Majesty the King?"

"Need a reason?"

"Don't you need it?"

Facing Ember's question, Audrey raised her small face, staring at Ember with bright eyes, trying to get an answer from him.

Ember pondered for two seconds, then said slowly:
"Do you remember the Black Emperor?"

"remember."

Audrey nodded slightly, of course she would not forget.At first, she only knew that Ember was looking for the Black Emperor, and that the Black Emperor was related to the royal family, and then she learned from Mister Fool that Emperor Roselle's bookmark was the 'Black Emperor Card'.But more information...

A trace of confusion flashed in the girl's eyes, and she didn't seem to know much.

Ember looked at the girl's bewildered look, and slowly said:

"Mr. Fool has a card of blasphemy."

Audrey was so upset that she couldn't help answering:

"I know that it is the Black Emperor card, which contains a complete sequence of 'Extraordinary Pathway'."

"Why do you call it an extraordinary pathway?"

Ember asked back, which made Audrey hesitate for a moment, wondering if she had said something wrong, but what Ember said next made her completely stunned.

"You should call it the path of God, because the apex of this path is God."

Audrey's mind became chaotic, as if a supernova exploded in her mind, all her thoughts were disrupted and then reassembled, like a bunch of entangled threads that were randomly piled up, and she couldn't make any sense at all.And the girl thought of the information Mister Fool had revealed, and there was only one thought left in her mind:
"The Black Emperor is Sequence 0? Sequence 0 is the level where the True God resides, so the Evernight Goddess..."

"Yes."

Ember nodded slightly, "The Evernight Goddess is also a Sequence 0, that is to say, the so-called True God is just a stronger Extraordinary."

"Why did you say it?!"

Audrey opened her mouth, and looked at Ember with a complex emotion that even she didn't know what she was feeling.Although she has already guessed the truth, but knowing and speaking out are completely two different things!

Because this sentence itself is the greatest blasphemy against the gods!

(End of this chapter)