Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 897 Everyone Exposed
Huh? What's going on? What's Klein's expression?

Angel was a little confused, and the "voice" in her heart was expressed unreservedly in English in the hall and heard by everyone.

But this time, even Audrey and Leonard frowned slightly, and their expressions changed.

Did they...understand?

After a brief moment of shock, Angel understood what was happening as he was surrounded by the words spoken in his own voice.

In order for people from different countries and different times who come to "Groselle's Travels" to communicate with each other smoothly, there must be an "automatic translation" mechanism. This book left by the "Dragon of Imagination" allows everyone to understand each other's expressions by peeking into everyone's mind, or solidifying some kind of rules of understanding language, so that everyone can communicate naturally without learning a new language.

It seems that even if I think in another language, this "mechanism" can quickly adapt and open my heart...

Angel's muttering was amplified and echoed in the "Hall of Honesty", and she switched back to Loenese directly to stop wasting her energy.

At the same time, she could also hear the distinctive inner monologues of her other three teammates.

“I’ve never heard of the language Christine used just now… It’s a Northern Continent language that didn’t originate from the ancient Feysac language. It has a lot of tongue-biting sounds and a strong sense of pause… Ugh, I’m not saying there’s something wrong with this pronunciation…”

"What is Angel saying... Hey, I can actually understand it? Is it the effect of this palace? Miss Justice called her Christine... Could it be Christine Theresa? No wonder I thought her purple eyes looked familiar!"

"This is the language I just heard... Concentrate your thoughts, concentrate your thoughts... The Fool who does not belong to this era, the mysterious master above the gray fog, the Fool who does not belong to this era..."

Klein's expression was a little tense. His voice, solemnly reciting the first two parts of Mr. Fool's name, began to echo repeatedly in the palace hall, causing the other three companions who were also followers of the Fool to quickly calm down.

After her scattered thoughts were interrupted, Angel's inner monologue finally decreased. She quickly looked at Klein, who had also controlled his inner thoughts, and simply spoke directly:
"Do you want to leave here first?"

The Hall of Honesty immediately helped her add her thoughts:
"'Darkless Cross' will be able to extract his characteristics in an hour... Time is a bit tight. If I carry him, I will also have to give him the magical items on me. His combat power will be significantly improved..."

"No, let's explore this palace as quickly as possible before leaving. It may not be so smooth next time we come in."

Klein frowned, and his thoughts were amplified by the hall and heard by Angel.

Audrey also used her own way to control her emotions and thoughts to gather her thoughts, pointed to the right side of the magnificent hall and said:
"I agree. Let's start with the mural over there. Once everyone is in a synchronized discussion, their thoughts won't be too divergent."

Angel and Klein nodded at the same time and walked over there.

Only Leonard's mind was still full of various thoughts, which spread throughout the palace in a nearly roaring manner:

“It turns out that the lady who often goes to St. Samuel’s Church to donate is Angel… I even asked her in my dream if she knew Angelica Sage. Can she resist dream censorship?
"'Justice' is not surprised by this. It seems that she has known about this for a long time, and I am the only one who is kept in the dark..."

As the other three people approached the mural, browsing and communicating with each other, he calmed down, joined the conversation, and put away all his random thoughts.

These murals are hundreds of meters high. Although the style is rough and the details are missing, their size alone is enough to shock people. They start from the entrance of the palace and extend to the half stone pillar in the depths that serves as the throne of the Dragon of Imagination. They depict the history of the founding, migration and development of a country, as well as the ending where adventurers of different sizes and blurred faces kill a giant ice dragon.

Finally, some of the dragon-slaying adventurers pushed open a big door and disappeared from the screen, and a new city-state was established on the land where the ice and snow melted. Another part of the adventurers stayed here and started their new life.

Isn't this the scene we left after killing "King of the North" Jurisian? The mural ended with the city of Pesot filled with ice and snow, just at the time we came in. It has been recording this world?

Angel said in surprise as he looked at the familiar dragon figure and the huge double doors.

"No, maybe it's the other way around. First there's the complete mural, then there's the whole 'Adventurer Slays the Dragon' story..."

Klein's calm analysis rumbled into everyone's ears in a not-so-calm tone.

"Was this painted by the 'Imagination Dragon' himself? Did he make the contents of the mural come true?"

Audrey thought with some excitement.

"Look at the painting on the other side to be sure."

Angel suggested, looking towards the mural on the other side that was obscured by the central pillar.

No one objected to this proposal, and the four of them walked to the left side of the palace. On the way, Klein's divergent thoughts continued to ring:
"It is not difficult to make the world in the book develop as planned. The adventurers who are sucked into the book must kill the ice dragon before they can leave. This gives this travelogue the possibility of guiding everything back on track..."

"Yes, the faces of those adventurers are very blurry. This is the author's way of leaving room for 'accidents'. In this way, even if we hadn't joined that time, the strength of the 'King of the North' would have been weakened accordingly, allowing Groselle and his team to win by a narrow margin and achieve the ending of the story."

Angel also "said" in agreement.

"Hmm, do they usually communicate like this during their expeditions? Naturally and tacitly, with a mutual understanding. If I could join in... Wait, they all heard it! This hall is so embarrassing..."

"Justice!" Audrey's whispered voice came from all directions.

It is indeed embarrassing. Hey, when I think about it this way, I feel even more ashamed...

Angel listened to his own voice echoing in his ears with a somewhat vague look in his eyes, until he came to the other side of the hall and stood in front of a mural that required him to look up. He was attracted by the content and did not care about his inner feelings being exposed.

The mural depicts a giant with gray-blue skin and one eye holding a dark brown-covered book.

That person looked almost identical to the giant Groselle they had just seen!
Of course, in the eyes of most humans, all giants look the same, so the one in the painting may not be the protagonist of this travel book, but combined with the parchment-bound "Travels of Grossel" in his hand, it is almost certain.

As the mural extends toward the throne of the "Dragon of Imagination", the images centered on this travelogue keep changing. It falls into the hands of an elf, and the story it tells progresses; it is found by a group of devout believers, and disappears on the way to be offered to the gods; it passes through the hands of merchants and is bought by a young noble in asymmetrical clothing... until this book with a thick and simple cover flies up to the clouds, arrives at the sea of ​​stars, and falls into the claws of a giant dragon.

The faces of the people in the murals were extremely blurry, but based on the background environment and exaggerated movements, Angel guessed the specific people and events depicted in each painting.

That was what happened to Siatas, Snowman, Mobet and others who were sucked into the world of the book!
When her eyes came to the penultimate mural, the image of a thin man wearing a top hat and holding a book leaving a sailboat and falling into the sea no longer surprised her. Audrey and Leonard's eyes fell on the owner of the mural, Klein. The latter's expression did not change, but his inner surprise was fully displayed through the "Hall of Honesty".

"The mural here seems to depict the experience of Groselle's Travels in the material world... and it actually depicts the scene where I obtained the travel notes. Did it automatically expand the picture according to the external situation, or was it like the mural on the other side... predicting the occurrence of these events?"

Not caring about his inner thoughts being completely exposed, he looked at the last mural on this side.

Compared to the previous pictures with background and plot, this ending mural is extremely simple, with only two things presented:

A book that connects all the murals, and an antique feather pen.

“That’s 0-08!”

Leonard, who had been trying to avoid saying anything he shouldn't, let out a surprised voice in the hall.

Except for Audrey, the four people present were all victims of the Tingen incident and participated in the operation to encircle and suppress Ince Zangwill. They were no strangers to this feather pen that could turn written stories into reality.

Therefore, combined with his previous experience and the murals on both sides of this "Hall of Honesty", Angel immediately thought of a possibility:
"Does this palace and this travelogue have properties similar to Sealed Artifact 0-08?"

Before she finished her words, Klein beside her shook his head.

"It's unlikely. 0-08 can only affect the scope of a city. The 'Writer' of Audience Sequence 1 is not much stronger. It is very likely that 'Uniqueness' has always been in Adam's hands. Where does the 'City of Miracles' in the book get the power to ensure that its prophecy can come true?"

Angel also analyzed with quick thinking:
“Since this is the kingdom of the ‘Imagination Dragon’, it must have been built when He was still a god. At that time, He had collected three copies of Sequence 1 and ‘Uniqueness’, so perhaps He was able to do all this… He used the ‘brand’ in the collective subconscious to pass these stories through the deep consciousness of generations of living beings, thereby promoting the development of the story?”

"It seems that Angerwede's goal was to make Groselle's Travels and 0-08 finally meet. Unfortunately, almost all the murals became reality, but were destroyed by Adam at the last step... Did the Angel King secretly plan to destroy the plan of the Fantasy Dragon just for that moment?"

Klein obviously shared the same idea as Angel, and his words that materialized his thoughts carried a tone of approval.

"Three copies of Sequence 1's characteristics and 'uniqueness'... is that a necessary condition for becoming a god? Miss Queen and Mr. World are amazing. They were able to analyze so much information based on just one mural. They must have been collecting information on mysticism and ancient history to be able to do this... Hmm, I was too straightforward in my praise. It's really hard to get used to their unconsidered inner thoughts being exposed directly..."

As Angel and Klein looked up at the mural and analyzed its contents, Audrey's unreliable thoughts could not help but burst out and reached their ears.

Leonard's teasing voice also echoed beside him:
"Heh, Klein was like this when he joined the Nighthawks in Tingen. He seemed to be a university student majoring in history. Angel was more of an action man. I didn't expect him to have so much inner drama..."

"Shut up!"

Klein immediately turned around, glared at Leonard, who was at the end of the team and whose thoughts were constantly wandering, and shouted in his real voice.

But this could not prevent Audrey's overly sensitive thoughts from being led astray:
"Tingen, History Department... Klein Moretti? I was wondering why this name sounded familiar... No wonder I didn't find his detailed information at that time. It turns out that Mr. World joined the Nighthawks." His files should be kept confidential. So, Miss Queen is also from Tingen. Mr. Star just called her Angel... Oh, I can't think about it anymore..."

Hearing that his and Angel's names were completely exposed, Klein could no longer hold back his expression. His eyes were fixed on Leonard, who was smiling awkwardly. Angry words continued to float out from beside him:

"Perhaps the only way to make him shut up is to turn him into a secret puppet... or we can tie him to the 'Darkless Cross', so that we can sell Beyonder characteristics at the Tarot Club next week..."

Leonard's expression froze, but his spirit actually showed a hint of alertness, which meant that the other party's thoughts might turn into actions in an instant.

Angel also looked at Klein with some concern, muttering in his heart:

"Leonard has always been so frivolous and careless. You know that. Oh, Miss Justice was also punished by Mr. Fool after investigating our information last time... Alas, the characteristics of this hall make it too easy for the situation to become chaotic. If we are not careful, everyone will expose each other's privacy..."

Her words sounded like complaints, but were actually words of dissuasion, which made Klein quickly calm down. He withdrew his hand that was about to take out the "Darkless Cross" and slowly looked away.

Audrey pursed her lips tightly as she watched the interaction between the three people, and her eyes behind the mask gradually lit up.

"Ms. Queen is so gentle, and Mr. World seems to listen to her very much... This reminds me of the night when she saved me from Ms. D of the Aurora Society... Eh? Susie, Minnie, Mela..."

At the critical moment, she forced herself to gather her thoughts and used the method of reciting names to cover up her subsequent thoughts. One name after another replaced her thoughts that were crooked to the sky, echoing in the grand palace, and successfully attracted Leonard's attention:

"Susie? Who's that?"

"It's my pet dog."

Audrey replied with a smile in her voice.

"Well, it will soon be promoted to Sequence 6 Hypnotist."

Angel thought subconsciously.

"What? A mid-sequence dog? Is that a real dog? Or is it some kind of, uh, popular name for servants among the nobles?" Leonard's somewhat astonished "words" came immediately, and the divergence of his thoughts made Audrey stunned, "Wait, Ms. D... I remember that when Angel was still 'Erin', he rescued a noble girl. She also raised a dog that liked to squat in the corner and quietly watch other people. Daly and I also investigated this matter... She is the daughter of Earl Hall's family, her name is... Audrey?"

His eyes suddenly widened as he looked at Miss Justice, who was wearing an expensive lace dress and had a silver mask covering most of her face. At the same time, the latter seemed to have thought of something, and turned her gaze to look at him.

A soft, gentle voice came between the two of them:
"There were official Beyonders who came to my house to investigate me... I remember there was a Ms. Daly Simone, and a male Official Beyonder whom I had never met. I remember it was Mr. Leonard Mitchell?"

This "voice" belongs to Audrey, who looks thoughtful.

Hearing that Leonard, who had been constantly revealing other people's secret information, had also revealed his name, Angel and Klein looked over with suppressed laughter.

The four of us looked at each other, and for a moment we fell into a silence that even the "Hall of Honesty" could not describe.

There were no secrets left between the four of them.

(End of this chapter)