Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 961 The Magical Use of Historical Power

Iris Winery on the outskirts of Backlund.

Angel had already changed into her nightgown, ready to enjoy a rare high-quality sleep, when she suddenly felt her spirituality touched. She looked around inexplicably, and her spiritual vision also began to develop, but she gained nothing.

Weird, it doesn’t seem like a real-life problem. Could it be related to my “man in the mirror”?
She was careful not to enter the mirror world and directly enter the mirror projection of the "City of Disaster". Instead, she chanted her own name and refused to respond, allowing the prayer to be transmitted to the "person in the mirror" for her to respond.

Soon, a voice that was exactly the same as hers, but with a slightly different tone, returned to Angel's ears in the form of a "grant":

"I also felt spiritual touches. It was caused by someone calling your 'historical pore image'. Because the situation was unclear, I refused."

What is that thing... Angel was confused for a moment, then asked the same question through prayer.

The "person in the mirror" who was communicating with her through prayers and responses to the same honorable name across the mirror world patiently replied:
"This is an ability only high-ranking 'diviners' have. They can summon power from the 'history' of people and objects they have come into contact with. For 'people', it is to summon an image that has some abilities but not much self-will, similar to our 'mirror stand-in'...

"Have you met any high-ranking 'fortune teller' recently? Could it be that Zaratul came to you?"

Did she know Zaratul?

Angel thought for a moment, shook his head and replied:

"It's unlikely. If little Zaratul really took action, he would have to make sure that Backlund's Orthodox Church would not interfere. Then Klein and I would have already..."

At this point, she suddenly thought that in addition to the Sequence 1 archangel, there was another "high-ranking fortune teller" who had a closer "contact" with her.

Klein Moretti will be promoted to "Ancient Scholar" tonight!

"Does this ability you're talking about require advancement to the 'Ancient Scholar' level?"

She asked with some speculation, and immediately received a positive answer from the "man in the mirror".

It was indeed him... If Klein completes his promotion in the evening and takes a rest to recover, he will probably try out his new ability at this time... Angel's expression relaxed, and he immediately asked:

"The summoner should be Klein. Hmm, he just advanced to Sequence 3, and he might be using us as test subjects... What does it mean to accept his summons, and what will be the result?"

The Man in the Mirror answered in a gentle tone:
"I remember that this ability requires the fortune teller to have close contact and good interpersonal relationships with the person being summoned, otherwise it is almost impossible to succeed. In addition, if the person being summoned is still alive and has a high status, and can sense that his or her 'historical image' is being summoned, he or she can use various methods to make the 'original body' temporarily lose its sense of existence. According to the unique principle of time and consciousness in mysticism, the disappearance of the original body means the activation of the historical image. At that time, you can treat it as a mirror substitute..."

"You mean, if I 'agree' to the summoning and hide myself in the 'mirror world', I can make my real body replace the 'historical image' and appear directly in front of the summoner?"

Angel suddenly realized and took over the conversation.

"That's right, but this is a power that should only be possessed by the 'Disaster' witch. Because of the 'City of Disaster', you and I have mastered the mirror double to a far greater degree than the current sequence, so we can do this in advance. Therefore, the range of the 'response' is limited... It's about the same as the range of the response to praying to you."

In other words, it is roughly the range of the Backlund region, but Klein should stay away from Backlund and try to advance, so as not to be discovered by Zaratul who is watching here. The probability of a successful response is very low... Angel thought about it, considered it for a moment, and nodded:
"So how do we respond?"

"His attempt has ended. If you encounter this kind of 'summoning' again, I will not try to stop it. By then, you will have a stronger sense of it. Concentrating your spirituality is equivalent to rejection. Otherwise, he will succeed... You must be careful and first identify whether it is an enemy or a friend, and then respond."

The "Man in the Mirror" said this in a rather helpless tone, as if he was worried that Angel's guess was wrong and he would fall into Zaratul's trap.

Apart from Klein, she should be the person who cares about me the most. This is different from the description of the "man in the mirror" that I heard before. It's as if we have been close friends from the beginning and there is no stage where we need to strive for reconciliation... Angel muttered, and took the initiative to cut off the "prayer" connection, waiting for Klein's next attempt.

A few minutes later, the spiritual throbbing just now appeared again. Without the "man in the mirror" to actively block it, the touch was indeed stronger, and Angel could feel that the summoning power was extremely gentle and warm, rather than cold and exploitative.

It's him... After confirming again, Angel released his spirituality, actively responded, and then quickly entered the mirror world, trying to sense his own "mirror substitute" around him.

As expected, a brand new mirror double appeared in the direction of the east district. It seemed to have just been created and was quickly leaving the mirror world and returning to reality.

With a thought, Angel took the initiative to exchange positions with it. Then he felt his eyes brighten and his feet stepped on solid ground.

In the narrow room, his windbreaker, top hat, and vest were scattered all over the floor. Klein, who was only wearing a shirt with two buttons undone and trousers with his belt loosened, looked at her blankly, his eyes dimming under the flickering gas light.

Did he really summon "me" just to test out new abilities?

Looking at the disheveled Klein, Angel forced a smile and took the initiative to step forward, almost sticking to his body, and stroked his cheek with his hand and asked softly:

"You feel lonely at night, so you secretly summon me to cheer me up without telling your true self?"

"I'm not, I didn't!"

Klein took two steps back, distanced himself, and denied it fiercely.

He then looked around and realized that after being promoted to "Ancient Scholar" he was too tired and took off all his clothes after returning to the East District safe house. This could easily cause misunderstandings, so he immediately added:

"This is what I took off before going to bed. Look, the nightcap is still on the bed!" Following the direction of Klein's finger, Angel indeed saw a nightcap with a funny ball of fluff hanging on the top.

It seemed that he was indeed sleeping before, well, just sleeping normally... Angel was relieved, and then he remembered that Klein had never had any substantial contact with his "man in the mirror" at all, and did not meet the prerequisite for summoning the "historical image".

"Hmph, that's pretty much it."

She folded her arms and muttered.

This familiar look immediately made Klein realize that what he summoned was indeed the real person, not the "man in the mirror."

Fortunately, I explained it quickly, otherwise who knows what would have happened... He blinked guiltily, and suddenly realized that he was testing his new ability openly and honestly, and there was no need to be so scared. What's more, what he summoned was just a historical image, not the real person. Was he being paranoid...

Thinking of this, he straightened his chest and asked confidently:
"I'm here to test my abilities, what do you want to do?"

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After a fight, Klein finally realized that the person in front of him was not the "man in the mirror" or even the "historical image", but Angel's real body. He could only pick up the clothes on the floor dejectedly, pull over a chair, and sit opposite Angel, who occupied the only sofa.

He summoned two glasses of yesterday's sweet iced tea, handed one to the other, took a sip himself, and leaned back lazily in his chair, listening to Angel explain how she used her control over the mirror world to come here directly.

"I see. This way, I can directly pull your historical image over and bring you to my side in the same way. It will be similar to the transfer in Groselle's Travels, but with a better effect..."

After understanding the cause of this "accident," Klein immediately found a positive way to use it, and said with some surprise.

"Unfortunately, this is limited to the range I can respond to. Otherwise, what you summoned would have been just an ordinary image... Perhaps after I advance to Sequence 2, the range can be expanded to the entire world, just like praying with the Honorable Name."

Angel said regretfully.

"That's enough. If we plan well, we can use this method to transfer between several mausoleums that are close to each other. I can even summon my own historical image and let it summon your image, and appear in several attack positions at the same time..."

As he imagined the application of his new abilities, Klein suddenly changed the subject and asked:

"How's Annie's progress? I've been busy with my promotion lately and haven't paid attention to the situation in the Dream City."

"She and Geldruf are still looking for a suitable location to place the Dream City. The progress of dismantling the Disaster Witch trait is a little behind schedule. It is estimated that it will take about ten days... Fortunately, the laws of the city have been reestablished, and Amon's clone can no longer do anything. If necessary, Annie can use the floating city of the Ghost Empire to attack the mausoleum. In the state of utilizing rather than containing the Hand of Order trait, this is roughly equivalent to a state slightly weaker than a Sequence 1 Archangel. Combined with the characteristics of other Sequence 2 Beyonder, it is equivalent to a true Sequence 1."

Angel explained with a serious expression.

"As long as she doesn't meet George III himself, other royal angels will not be her opponents. But I am not only worried about these royal members, but also the most important one, the Angel King..."

Klein pursed his lips and said, reaching out for his sweet iced tea. Suddenly, he discovered that the remaining half of the drink had disappeared along with the cup. Even the sourness of the lemon and the sweetness of the syrup in his mouth disappeared without a trace, as if what he had just drunk was just air.

He looked carefully and found that the paper cup in front of Angel was gone.

"Wait a minute, I'll have another drink..."

With an awkward smile, Klein reached out and grabbed the sweet iced tea in history.

The moment he felt the weight in his hands again, he suddenly realized that the ability to summon strength from the gaps in history could be used in another place, a place where he had been defeated repeatedly...

Bang, bang.

With his heartbeat speeding up, Klein quietly stuffed the sweet iced tea back into the mist of history and took out a bottle of Sonia blood wine.

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On another Monday afternoon, as the clock pointed to three o'clock, crimson lights flashed in the gray fog in front of Klein, and the members of the Tarot Club gathered together again.

After my promotion, I became more and more suspicious that this gray fog was actually a kind of "historical fog", so I could use my high status to summon various items here, and as I was promoted, I became more and more adept at controlling this power, but this might not be a good thing, because it is very likely that it is not approaching me, but I am approaching it...

Klein the Fool thought with some melancholy as he waited for Miss Justice to take the lead. After everyone saluted him, he announced the official start of today's party.

After the brief transaction phase, Justice Audrey looked around and finally fixed her gaze on World Klein. She said solemnly:

"Mr. World, what you warned us about has finally happened...

"The eldest prince of the Kingdom of Loen, Govington, died on the front line of the Amanda Mountains."

(End of this chapter)