Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 602 Divinity and “Anchor”

At 2:30 pm on Monday, Angel locked himself into the study next to the bedroom in advance so that he could start this week's Tarot session at any time.

For the housekeepers and servants, this is the fixed reading time for their mistress every afternoon. No one will disturb her unless she receives explicit orders or has urgent matters.

This does not mean that Angel can have leisure time. She reads various newspapers of the day at her desk, focusing on the entertainment section and local news in Backlund. These contents that are of interest to the upper class will be the content of the salons and salons she attends this week. The conversation at the dinner gave her something to talk with the professors, lawyers, and aristocratic ladies.

Of course, I will occasionally take a nap on the couch in the study.

"I always feel much more tired than before... When I was in Tingen, I just had to go to work on time and handle simple interpersonal relationships. When I came to Backlund for the first time, except for completing the tasks of the 'Witch Cult', I had free time the rest of the time. After arriving at sea, they have been traveling relatively undisciplined... It seems that the upper class society is glamorous on the surface, but in fact it is a life of hard work..."

Angel muttered, glancing over a local news item from the "Backlund Post".

"An accidental explosion occurred on Dirham Street in Backlund Bridge District, and a group of high-level gang members died... Usually such accidents are not accidents. They just don't know who they have offended. Is it the revenge of other gangs, or the action of some extraordinary person? ?”

She folded the newspaper and put it on the table with a little boredom, took a sip of the cold coffee, and prepared to wait for the Tarot session at three o'clock.

"I'm no longer interested in this kind of 'ordinary' news... Is this because of the impact of being promoted to a high-sequence? At the dance the night before yesterday, I was still laughing secretly at Miss Hazel Macht's claim to be an extraordinary person. You look down on every ordinary person, and now you are trapped in a similar mentality?
"This kind of thinking must be curbed. Although I don't know why, my intuition tells me that this change may cause loss of control... Fortunately, I have figured out the way of playing 'Despair', which is similar to 'Pain', giving others despair, Or your own despair can help digest the potion. Actively digesting the potion can stabilize your own state and resist the possibility of losing control.

"No wonder Panatia wants to create a big smog that affects the whole city. Just this one time may be enough for her to digest the 'despair'... And the battle between Triss and I seems to have briefly plunged her into despair. , actually made my potion digest a little bit more... Except for the early acting caused by the heavy smog and the 'despair' caused by 'Adam' to me, this is the first time since my promotion."

After coming to the recliner by the window and sitting down, Angel summarized the gains from coming to Backlund after being promoted, and looked at the minute and hour hands of the wall clock forming a right angle.

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"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool~"

"Justice" stood up first and said hello to the Fool at the head of the long table. The other members also greeted each other one by one and sat on their own high-backed chairs again.

Audrey seems to be in a good mood. Has she completely digested the "psychiatrist"? "The Hanged Man" Alger looked at me because there was information about "Crazy Captain"? Klein still had that unsmiling look, but he was weak, as if he was bent down by the heavy life. Didn't I give him the gold coins that belonged to him...

Angel observed all the members of the Tarot Society, and finally his eyes rested on the "hermit", who happened to say:
"Mr. Fool, I brought three pages of Emperor Russell's diary."

"I also have three new pages in my diary this time." Audrey continued.

I... don't have a page. After returning to Backlund, I was just busy looking for a house, hiring servants, attending salons and dances...

Angel looked at the others with a guilty conscience, and found that except for "Justice" and "The Hermit", everyone else was as silent as her, and then she felt relieved.

The reason why she didn't bother to look for the diary was not only because she was too busy, but also because in Backlund's underground market, under "Justice" Audrey's extraordinary financial resources, the diaries in circulation had basically disappeared, unless she broke into the warehouse of the Church of Steam. , grab the original copy of Russell's diary, otherwise it will be difficult to collect new diaries.

Thinking wildly, Angel waited for Mr. Fool to finish reading the new diary like everyone else, looked at the female members, and said with a smile:
"As a reward for collecting diaries, you can make your own requests."

"Dear Mr. Fool, I want to see the two new 'blasphemous cards'."

Audrey did not surprise Angel and made a request that she had been eager to try half a month ago.

"Okay, does anyone else want to join the deal? Short-term debt is allowed."

"The Fool" Klein's eyes swept across all the members, and finally stopped at Cattleya, but saw her shaking her head hesitantly and said:
"I want to know if Emperor Russell has joined a very ancient and secretive organization."

Her question was very targeted. The three-page diary she submitted happened to have relevant content. It seems that these diaries were provided directly by the "Queen of Mysteries" Bernadette. Although the latter could not read Chinese, she was able to find it from her memory. When Russell wrote this part of the diary, guess what events it would involve... Klein smiled slightly and replied:

"Yes." At the same time, he thought of the short Internet jokes he had seen in his previous life:
During an exam, a poor student handed a note to his classmate who was a top student, writing, "Do you know the last question?"

The note returned by the top student said: "Yes."

I can only blame you for asking the question in the wrong way, and as a mysterious "Fool", I am unlikely to answer too many proactively, which would appear to be insufficient... He muttered silently, and seeing that the others had no intention of joining the transaction, he Blocking everyone's vision and hearing, he turned over the two blasphemy cards stored by Angel, with the front facing "Justice".

Of course, it only shows the tarot card form with the name "Sequence 0", rather than reading it spiritually. You can see the complete content of all the potion formulas in this path. That way, let alone the three-page diary, you can't replace the three diaries. A chance to check it out...

"The witch, and the red priest...the former should be Sequence 0 of the 'Assassin' path, but what about the latter?"

"Justice" exhaled contentedly after a brief shock, bent down and saluted: "Thank you for your generosity."

"Actually, you should thank the 'Queen'. She collected these two 'blasphemous cards' and temporarily stored them with me. Therefore, there is an extra cost to watch them."

Klein said in a deep voice while tapping the table to restore the other members' vision and hearing to normal. The next second, everyone's eyes were focused on Angel, who huddled into the high-backed chair at a loss, looking petite and helpless.

I didn't want to draw the focus to her, but if the owners of these two blasphemous cards were not revealed, it would appear that "The Fool" was coveting the credit of others. Moreover, "Queen" is now a Tarot Club card, so she can be more confident... Looking at Angel's little actions, Klein chuckled and continued:
"As compensation, I will give her a part of the translation of Russell's diary that will be helpful to her."

After saying that, "The Fool" tapped the table again, and a piece of parchment densely written with Rune characters appeared in front of Angel. It was surrounded by a faint gray fog, making it impossible for even Audrey, who was sitting next to her, to read it. Clarify the specific content.

"Excuse me, can we also exchange for this...reward?"

When others looked at the parchment with confusion and shock, the "hermit" suddenly asked, his voice trembling, as if he was extremely excited.

"Of course, I have always followed the principle of equivalent exchange, but you won't be able to use this part of the content for the time being."

Klein replied calmly.

This was the purpose of giving "compensation" to Angel on the spot.

According to his estimation, as Russell's eldest daughter, "Queen of Mystery" Bernadette must have one or more "blasphemous cards". After he hinted that the "blasphemous cards" could be exchanged for the "clear text diary", Bernadette might entrust "The Hermit" to conduct a similar transaction. If he could exchange for the cards of the "Soothsayer" path and obtain all the formulas needed for future promotion, then there would be no need for him to take the risk and break into Chanis Gate. Stealing the Antigonus family notes, or asking Angel to come forward and try to make a deal with the church.

Of course, what he said "no one else can use" was not wrong. Some of the contents of the diary he obtained this time were related to demigods or higher sequences, which he thought it was necessary to tell Angel.

At this time, Angel, who was sitting next to The Fool, was stunned for a short time. He picked up the parchment in front of him with gratitude and quickly read it regardless of the envious eyes of others.

“After the death of a high-sequence extraordinary person, the extraordinary characteristics that are released will leave a strong spiritual imprint, which can be taken as a potion material. Unless there is a similar spiritual body, there is a high probability that promotion will fail.

"Even direct descendants who can withstand the influence of the spiritual imprint will gradually be affected by it after taking the potion, evolving step by step and becoming the carrier of the resurrection of the high-sequence extraordinary person. The higher the sequence, the more obvious the influence.

"In addition to the spiritual imprint, the potion itself also represents madness and despair. Starting from Sequence 4, the promotion ceremony will show the characteristics of the path itself, which is often a collection of cruelty and negativity. In Sequence 2, this kind of madness It will allow the Extraordinary to gradually break away from the will of 'human nature' and transform into 'divineness'. In order to fight against this madness, He needs other people to serve as 'anchors' to position himself, and this kind of 'anchor' cannot be prepared temporarily and must be prepared in advance. !”

These contents have obviously been compiled and reorganized by Mr. Fool, and are not presented in the form of a diary. The choice of words and sentences is very Loen style, probably to take care of her as a "Loen native".

But the content in it pointed very clearly to the various problems that "high-sequence extraordinary people" will face, especially when used as an "anchor" to position human nature. Angel inevitably thought of the Orthodox Church, the seven gods and the relationship with their followers.

"Could it be that gods spread faith in order to maintain their own humanity and not be affected by the spiritual imprints within extraordinary characteristics, lose control or become 'another self'?
"Mr. Fool compiled these contents for me because I have been promoted to Sequence 4 and have divinity. I may face similar problems?"

Thinking of this, Angel looked at the "Fool" at the top of the long table, and found that the mysterious existence hidden in the gray mist seemed to be looking this way.

(End of this chapter)