Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1113 Can't Tell

The seemingly unchanging orange-red dusk light of the Giant King's Court has been replaced by the blazing midday sun.

Two figures stood in the sun, the shadow of one of them condensed into a faint haze under his feet, while there was nothing under the other's feet.

"Is he summoning your historical projection?"

Klein, who had lost his own shadow, crossed his arms and asked Angel in front of him in a positive tone.

The latter frowned slightly, sensing that his "history" at a certain time in the past was being summoned, and subconsciously rejected it, then nodded and said:

“He’s trying.”

The left half of Klein's face had normal facial features and skin, but the right half was made of transparent worms. He shook his head slightly and said as if he was sighing:
"This is the trickiest part. The shadow that was split off by the power of the Giant King's Court has all my abilities and memories. Therefore, he thinks that he is 'Klein' and I am the traitor who took away part of his spirit and power.

"He will try to summon your historical projection, try to find the exploration team of the City of Silver, strengthen his own strength, and then fight me, and after killing me, he will regain his lost power and split spirit.

"And if he succeeds, perhaps all power will be controlled by the Dark Angel Sasriel, and everything will be irreversible."

Seeing Klein, who was half-recognizable but pretending to be calm while analyzing the situation, Angel felt distressed. She pursed her lips and thought of a solution:
“Can you ask Mr. Fool for help? He should have a way to solve this pollution and return your shadow to its original form.”

That magical gray fog could even remove most of the hypnosis and suggestion of the "Angel of Fantasy" Adam, so the pollution of the Dark Angel should be no problem.

But Klein shook his head and said with some regret:
“I tried to ask Mr. Fool for help, but He did not respond. Perhaps it was because the war between gods in the outside world had reached a critical moment, and He also had his own things to do.”

When I reported to Him about the war situation in the northern continent before, He did not respond... Angel seemed to be thinking about something, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Klein and continued:
"So, is there a possibility that the one who tried to summon me just now was the real Klein, and the one in front of me was the shadow who thought he was the real person?"

The last time she met the "real and fake Klein", he borrowed the "Nightmare Candle" to try to cure his negative personality, but ended up being trapped in a dream, letting the nightmare full of negative energy control his body. Fortunately, the nightmare's performance was too poor, and Angel recognized it in an instant. He used a sleeping spell to send it back to the dreamland, allowing the real Klein to purify it.

But this time it was indeed more difficult as "Klein" said. Both sides had complete "ancient scholar" power and all memories, and both believed that they were the real Klein. Due to the same personality, it was difficult to distinguish the true from the false through conversation...

While Angel was thinking, Klein nodded with a smile and replied:

"It is indeed possible, and I have no way to prove that I am the 'real person', because he can do everything I can do, and vice versa.

"Besides, you know all my secrets, and there is no way to prove my identity by any agreement between the two of us..."

As he spoke, Klein raised his right hand, which was made of transparent worms, and pinched the collar of his windbreaker with three twisting fingers.

Indeed, he knew the agreement of even this kind of hand gesture, and he couldn't tell it apart at all... Angel's eyes lingered on those worms that looked like "spiritual worms" for a moment, and suddenly said:
“There is a secret I don’t know yet.

"The relationship between you and Mr. Fool doesn't seem to be that of a god and his favored one, or an organizer and participant of the Tarot Club."

The half of Klein's face with normal skin and the worm-distorted half was frozen.

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The exploration team that set out from Silver City arrived at Afternoon Town with ease. After a short rest, the assault team consisting of "Silver Knight" Colin Iliad, "Black Knight" Lovia Tiffany and "No Darkness" Derrick Berg, and an escort team of ten people carrying extraordinary weapons and sealed objects set out again, following the mountain road that they had explored before, and entered the "Giant King's Court" with countless magnificent palaces and towers.

But at this time, the buildings were shrouded in brilliant sunshine. The light that brought warmth and peace of mind made every resident from the Silver City, which had been trapped in darkness for more than two thousand years, stand there in shock, their hearts extremely shocked.

If it weren't for the still dark sky above their heads and the occasional flash of lightning, they would almost think that they had left the land forsaken by the gods and were standing under the sunshine of the "outside world".

Colin's eyes lingered on the magnificent buildings in the sun for a long time. After a moment, he whispered to Derrick beside him:

"Aren't they here yet?"

According to the agreement, Mr. Fool’s two followers should be waiting here in advance.

Mr. Fool asked me to pray to Him before I set off, but neither He, Mr. World, or Miss Queen responded... Derrick was thinking, and just as he was about to respond, he noticed a figure walking out from behind a collapsed tower in front of him. He was wearing a windbreaker and a top hat. It was Mr. World... He breathed a sigh of relief and took a few steps forward. Just as he was about to say hello, he suddenly realized that the right side of the face of the person in front of him was the same as the "German Sparrow" in his memory, but there were protruding worms crawling on his left face, which was extremely hideous.

Other members of the exploration team also noticed something unusual. Those who had never seen Klein took alert postures. A huge shadow appeared behind the "Black Knight" Lovia, whose expression was hidden in the visor. Only Chief Colin had a calm expression and asked in a deep voice:
"How is this going?"

He told his teammates that he knew this person and also expressed his doubts.

Klein raised his left hand and pressed down his silk hat, covering the half of his face that was made of worms. However, he accidentally revealed his wrist made of more worms in the gap between his sleeve and glove. He smiled and said:

"I entered the Giant King's Court before you, intending to eliminate some hidden dangers, but something unexpected happened when I opened the door to the Giant King's residence, causing dusk to turn into noon. This also brought negative effects to me, as you can see."

This was almost a loss of control, but it was only limited to half of the body... Derrick, no longer as naive as he was when he first joined the Tarot Club, pondered over it, and worries grew in his heart. Half of him was worried about Mr. World's condition, and half of him was worried that the trip to the Giant King's Court would encounter setbacks before it even began.

Colin, the "chief" beside him, nodded. However, Lovia narrowed her light gray eyes behind her black mask, and glanced around Klein and behind him, and asked:

"Where's the other helper?"

"I am here."

The voice that was already familiar to Lovia sounded from the side, and Angel's figure in a dark dress appeared out of thin air, with long light golden hair shining in the sun.

"Everyone else leave except you three," she continued in a cold tone.

Colin, the "chief" of Silver City, nodded and asked the team, which was originally only responsible for escorting, to return along the original route. He, Lovia, and Derrick stayed where they were. The three of them looked at "Angelica" who had appeared out of nowhere with some curiosity.

The latter was different from the aura that was a little cold but not repelling when they met in Silver City before. There was a coldness in his purple eyes and his expression almost froze the surrounding environment.

"Let's go." Seeing that everyone who was going to enter the Giant King's Court had gathered, she began to give orders, as if she was giving orders to her opponents.

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"Mr. Fool does have some special feelings for me, but your Man in the Mirror has reminded me of this before. I will tell you after I advance to Sequence 2."

My mirror image said so? Wait, this means she already knows this secret, and I am kept in the dark... Angel quickly dug up his memory and guessed that his mirror image met Klein during the battle when he pulled Zaratul's projection into the mirror world, but he couldn't understand why the other party concealed this matter.

However, since the "Klein" in front of her knew about this, it meant that he should be the real person... No, she almost fell into a misunderstanding. The memories of the real person and the shadow were exactly the same. There was no information gap between the two... Her expression changed slightly. She had left the mirror substitute in place and went into the mirror world herself, praying to the person in the mirror inside the City of Disaster, but she never received a response.

In desperation, Angel could only respond to the prayer himself and use the prayer light to observe Klein in the real world, trying to see if there was anything wrong with the other party from a high-level perspective.

In her sight, the left side of this "Klein"'s body was completely normal, with no "worm of time" lurking inside, and no abnormal power shrouding him. However, the right side of his body made up of worms was shrouded in a black shadow, like a condensed and concentrated shadow.

Half normal body, half shadow... This is consistent with what he described. I wonder if the other Klein is the same... It's hard to judge. Can we only ask the audience to guess?

Angel muttered, returned to reality, and met Klein's eyes. The latter's mouth corners curled up slightly, making the protruding and twisted worms on his face more active:

"See what's wrong?
"I actually have some doubts as to whether I was taken away from my shadow's true body, or whether I was separated from the shadow of my true body."

Angel was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said:

"Not yet, but I will keep an eye on your actions."

"This is the right choice," Klein nodded slightly in agreement, "but we should be able to see my shadow soon. He was fleeing in the direction of Afternoon Town. Perhaps he will return to the Giant King's Court with the Silver City exploration team soon."

"When the time comes, you just need to deal with him immediately. My split shadow and power will return to my body and be restored to fullness. By then, you should be able to tell whether 'I' is really me or not."

Or on the contrary, let the shadow completely occupy everything of Klein... Angel added silently in his heart, following the man in front of him, slowly walking into the Giant King's Court shrouded in sunlight.

(End of this chapter)