The Secret Code of Monsters

Chapter 281 Ch.280 Diary

The thick book Rebecca Fiennes found did not record any secrets.

The dark blue cover was similar to the color of the afternoon sky in Bristol.

It was made of solid cardboard, and the spine was sparsely dotted with gold powder.

There were many pages inside, so it felt heavy in the hand.

This is a diary.

The line of cursive words on the title page was from the Book of Eden:

‘The benefactor turns all disasters into blessings. ’

In the corner of the title page, there was a crossed-out name: Brent.

Below was written in black ink, different from the blue cursive words:

‘It's mine now, old bastard Brent. ’

‘Ram Fiennes. ’

Obviously, this diary came from two different people who should know each other.

Fiennes was not the first owner of this diary.

Roland flipped through the next few pages and found something interesting:

Under the blue handwriting representing ‘Brant’, there is usually a black ink mark representing ‘Ram Fiennes’.

Some are long and some are short.

But they are not written every day, and the time jumps are very large.

-Sometimes a page is mostly occupied by blue handwriting, and the black will be written on the back of this page.

It's like a conversation across time and space that follows.

Very interesting.

Page 1.

Neither color says much.

Blue writes: "Executive life is too boring."

Black writes: "You complained too many times when we drank, old bastard."

There is a large blank space below the two lines of words.

Page 2.

The blue words read: "Marlott killed another person... no, it should be said that he burned him to death. I could clearly hear his wailing in the flames, his painful struggle, and the pungent smell that almost made me vomit on the spot."

"I can't forget that scene."

"But."

"I don't pity the man who was burned to death."

"His stupid behavior led to the death of his wife and two children. Although he knew nothing about it, he killed people out of ignorance and should die out of ignorance."

"Marlott did nothing wrong."

Next, the black words, Ram Fiennes' words.

Very short.

"I never knew you had such a womanly past, old bastard."

Roland turned the page and couldn't help laughing.

Page 3.

The blue one says: "Today, a friend of Marlot's - I think he runs a tavern? His place was robbed, and three boys under the age of twelve were arrested."

"Thank you!"

"The bailiff shouldn't be involved in this matter!"

"He knocked out all the teeth in the mouths of the three children!"

"I don't know. I don't know if it's right, but that's Marlot's friend..."

The black one says:

"What is the bailiff? A policeman with power far beyond that of ordinary people."

"If it were me, I would never show mercy to those who do evil, regardless of age and gender."

Page 4.

Brent - there are a lot of blue words.

Almost taking up the entire page.

"I am getting more and more confused."

"Since 'that thing' happened, the courtroom has been in a panic. Some people have never appeared again... I heard from Marlot that they left with the 'big sin'..."

"Or were executed with him."

"Who knows?"

"We discussed it privately, but we didn't dare to discuss it too much. The new chief judge seems to have relaxed the requirements for the executioners, and most people are very happy about it - they need some relaxed power, free, and a scale that they can control."

"That's good...right?"

"I don't know."

"Marlot beat a woman in the street today because she asked for three more shillings after serving him because 'it took too long'..."

"She is not a cultist, the benefactor is above..."

"Is this really a good thing?"

"We shouldn't have such authority, we shouldn't do such things."

"Marlot is wrong."

The pages after this paragraph have no black ink.

Next.

Page 5.

"Marlot is dead."

"Died at the hands of three cultists."

"When we arrived, he and the two women working were wrapped in a "skin" - I can't describe what we saw when we cut the skin with a dagger."

"The executive officer shouldn't have died like this."

"My captain shouldn't have died in a cowardly way on the bed of two cheap women..."

"This is the fault of the cultists, and also the fault of Marlot - my captain. He indulged in playing with this power that came from the sky, gradually lost his vigilance, and was more keen to listen to those flattery and false praises..."

"I will never do that."

Page 6.

"I became the captain."

"I don't know if I can do this job well, I'll try my best."

Page 7.

"To be honest, I never knew it was so easy to find an easy and well-paid job for my son."

"The tavern owner, a former friend of Marlot, has opened a new one at the port."

"He thinks my son is very suitable for this job and offered a salary three times higher than usual."

"Why shouldn't I agree?"

"There is a radiant friendship between us."

Page 8.

"I hate people making fun of me."

"Really, I think I've done a good job, compared to Marlot."

"I don't charge too much money, and I won't knock anyone's teeth out in the street."

"Why do the church's scumbags ridicule me?"

"Just because I sold a cross for three pounds?"

"They use some stone carvings and pious expressions, and after listening to those nonsense for no reason, they easily take a lot of money from the pockets of believers - we executives never do that."

"So."

"Three pounds, so what?"

"After all, I have a wife and a son, I have to think more."

Page 9.

The handwriting on this page is very sloppy.

"I have to transfer."

"The reputation of the executive officers is getting worse and worse, almost like a stray dog ​​on the roadside."

"Damn it."

"Do those executives have to make their reputation like this?"

"The presiding judge did nothing, and the authority that once belonged to us and was in our hands was taken away by the white-robed 'creams' of the church."

"That was originally ours."

"I have to transfer."

"As soon as possible."

Page 10.

There is no blue ink on this page.

The whole page is full of Ram Fiennes' words.

"Old Brant died."

"In a battle with ghosts."

"It's eye-opening."

"I actually witnessed the birth and fall of an executive officer with my own eyes - to be honest, this line of work does not require full of ambition, but it also requires the most basic firmness of faith: obviously Brant had it once, but then lost it."

"He lost himself in power."

"He naturally thinks that things that do not belong to him are his own - we don't need power, we don't need anyone's praise, anyone's worship."

"Things that will corrode justice and holy flames in our hearts."

"I am about to become the sword of the benefactor, but I witnessed the birth of a fallen person."

"Soon, I will be promoted to a higher level under the leadership of the captain."

"Of course I can guarantee that, I will never be like him or Marlotte in his writing."

"I have a more determined heart than them."

"I will leave more records in this diary, recording my promotion, starting from the apprentice until the moment of stopping - then, I think this diary will represent a devout believer's silent irony to the unbeliever."

"Oh, right."

"This thick diary has a total of 480 pages."

"From today, I will write one every week until I hand it over to my apprentices in ten years - by then, I should have become the captain, right?"

"Ten years, I have to have at least four rings."

"I will never be like them."

"See you next week."

"-Ram Fiennes, an absolutely extraordinary ritualist in the future."

Swish.

Roland pinched the old paper and turned the pages at the back.

All blank.

No more, this is the last page.