Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1167 Cross-Cultural Communication

"I'm already here."

Following Klein's answer, Roselle's expression on the high platform changed again. His eyes, which seemed to be covered by shadows, turned to Klein, who looked light and fluttery, transformed from a paper man, and said in Chinese:

“I knew that I couldn’t be the only one who traveled through time.

"She too?"

Before Klein could speak, Angel replied in the same language:
"Me too."

The overly fluent Chinese made Russell laugh again, and his hoarse voice echoed inside the mausoleum.

"That's good. Our communication can be simpler and more efficient," he spoke again, using Intis. "I don't know how old you were before you traveled through time, or how long you have been in this era, but I am now more accustomed to the language here..."

Then, he looked at Angel again and continued:
"Thank you for letting Bernadette complete the seal just now. That was a great help to her. Haha, I can see that you and Annie have a temporary contract. I hope you can spend more time with her after this. She doesn't seem to care about anything, but she is actually very lonely inside..."

Angel nodded and replied:

“When I met Annie, she asked me to destroy the ghost ship in the spirit world so that she could be free from the shackles of your orders and sleep peacefully.

"It wasn't until I mentioned to her that Bernadette was still alive that she gave up the idea."

Roselle fell into a brief silence. His tall figure became a little hunched over, and a sigh came out:
"Maybe my words in the early years had an impact on her...Apart from Bernadette, she is the one I feel most sorry for."

His thin lips moved, as if he wanted to ask more about Anne, but in the end he did not continue the topic and said:
"You all should have understood the truth about 'Doomsday'?"

Klein's "paper substitute" nodded and replied:
"Got it. This includes the starry sky, the 'old days' outside the barrier, and... this is Earth. We are only traveling through time."

"That's good to know. I didn't dare to write too clearly in my diary, so as not to harm those who came after me," Roselle nodded. "Of course, after I landed on the moon and saw everything, it was too late. I was also unknowingly contaminated. I didn't even think in that direction. I just subconsciously avoided writing in my diary in such an extreme state. I didn't want to expose my true thoughts..."

"Go to 'Black Emperor' and use resurrection to clean up the pollution?"

Angel asked.

Russell laughed at himself and replied:

"On the one hand, the best outcome of jumping to a non-adjacent path is half-madness. But as long as I am killed and resurrected in the mausoleum or the astral realm, what will return to my body will be pure uniqueness and three copies of Sequence 1 characteristics, without any other characteristics and the contamination that comes with them.

"On the other hand, after learning the truth about the end of the world, I desperately wanted to become a true god. Only in this way could I protect the people I wanted to protect. At the very least, I could take them away from Earth and go to other planets in the universe to rebuild civilization and order. The 'Perfect One' and 'Hidden One' paths were no longer viable options... Now that I think about it, this radical and extreme thought might have been caused by the pollution on the moon. Of course, Mr. 'Door', who communicated with me from time to time, has also been influencing me."

Perfect and Hermit? They should refer to the Sequence 0 of the "Generalist" and "Peeper" paths... Angel thought about it and took over the conversation:

"That pollution and the 'new' power on this island all come from the 'Fallen Mother Goddess', who has another name, 'Original Moon'. Mr. 'Gate' Bethel Abraham was also polluted by her."

Fallen Mother Goddess… Roselle, sitting on the high platform, silently repeated this honorific name, and sighed again after a moment:
"It seems that the initial contamination came from this island. I did the corresponding treatment and purification and thought there would be no more problems. But then I accidentally contacted Mr. Men and tried to land on the moon step by step. I'm afraid it was all guided by the Fallen Mother Goddess... You should know these things after reading my diary."

In the diary, Mr. "Gate" was simply a close friend with whom he could talk about anything, but from Klein's latest conclusion, Bethel Abraham in that state was the polluted, crazy personality. On the other hand, before Russell became an angel, he had no idea how serious and difficult to deal with the old pollution would be. By the time he became an angel, he had already been polluted without realizing it... He had a good relationship with the Steam Church at that time, and his second son Bonois even became an angel of the church. But no one dealt with Russell's pollution. This was their dereliction of duty...

As Angel's mind was filled with thoughts, Klein beside him had already answered:

"Including what your daughter Bernadette provided, I think I have read all the diaries you left behind, including the sentence 'The taste of being a witch is really good'..." Ah, why did he say this... Angel immediately straightened up, his expression became serious, but his eyes secretly glanced at Roselle.

"I was too young at that time, and sometimes very naive." Russell interrupted his narration quickly, "Come to think of it, this lady should be the Sequence 2 'Disaster' Witch... Um, have you done it?"

what? !

Angel couldn't believe that the shadow of the "Black Emperor" in front of him, Roselle who was once the Emperor of Intis, would ask such a question. His breathing stagnated and he was tongue-tied, not knowing how to answer.

Klein beside her chuckled and asked:
"'As long as I'm not embarrassed, it's others who are embarrassed' right?"

The two smiled at each other as if they had exchanged a secret signal, making Angel feel that he shouldn't have come here.

Seeing her frown, Russell shook his body in his seat, put away his smile, and said seriously:
"Sorry, it was just a joke. But I really didn't expect that the one who kept us in Sefirah Castle would choose targets worldwide, not just one country... If I had known, I would have written a copy of my diary in English as well."

Klein no longer used his Chinese proficiency to joke with Russell, but shook his head and said:
"Although I chose the 'Fortress of Fortune Teller' path and was able to enter Sefirah Castle and see the many spirits preserved by that being, including people from various countries, but she... Angel is not our roommate, but comes from the 'City of Disaster'."

"Well," Roselle's reaction was beyond the two's expectations, and he didn't seem very surprised. "I've long noticed that the 'Source Material' has a certain impact on reality, not just the 'Source Castle' that we traveled through..."

He didn't wait for the two to answer and continued to speak to himself:

"When I was making the 'Pale Death' mask, I realized that the Death God of the Southern Continent might not have completely fallen, and left many clues for his resurrection, some of which were related to the source substance 'Eternal Darkness River'. This path to contact the source substance began long before the previous Death God fell...

"The 'Night Emperor' Trunsoest, who was supported by the gods, was also contaminated by the power of the 'Land of Disorder', becoming the target of public criticism and perishing in the 'Four Emperors War'. He was contaminated because a certain Old One wanted to... well, wanted to be resurrected, I guess.

"In addition, the 'Blood Emperor' who fell in Trier during the Fourth Epoch was suspected to have prepared many means of resurrection. Of course, most of them were destroyed for various reasons. However, there were too many source substances in Trier during the Fourth Epoch, which means that He had come into contact with various source substances including the 'City of Disaster'. He might have left some of his own marks...

"It's a good thing you didn't choose the 'Red Priest' path."

What he meant was that if I became a "Hunter" and had a certain connection with the City of Disaster, the "Blood Emperor" Alistair Tudor might be resurrected in me, just like Salinger tried to resurrect Mr. Azik?
Judging from the conditions, they are indeed met. The three "Conqueror" characteristics must all have Tudor's extremely powerful spiritual imprint. This can be seen from the experience of Fomonda Soren and the fact that no one from other families dared to advance to Sequence 1. The pollution of the City of Disaster on the "Blood Banner of Salinger" also came from Him... But if this is the case, why are the two blasphemous cards of "Witch" and "Red Priest" left in the projection of the City of Disaster at the same time? Doesn't that give me the basis for jumping to the adjacent path...

Thinking of this, Angel took out his three blasphemous cards from the mirror space, showed them to Roselle, and asked:

"These 'blasphemous cards' you made have helped me a lot, but I have a question, are they all made by you?"

The cards turned over, and two identical "Red Priest" cards and a "Witch" card with Emperor Roselle in women's clothing appeared in Roselle's eyes. The latter was slightly stunned, stretched out his hand to take the three cards into his hand, and observed them carefully.

"Two 'Red Priests'?" He said with surprise in his tone, "I only made a complete set of 22 'blasphemous cards' based on Tarot cards. There can't be two identical cards. Also, the image of the 'witch' card is wrong... It should be a complete woman, not a man in women's clothing like now."

As he spoke, he glanced at Angel and Klein and added:
"That's just the anima that everyone has in their hearts. It's not that I have any quirks."

I understand, I understand, you don't have to explain it like this... Angel held back his laughter and watched as Roselle tentatively activated the three blasphemous cards, causing the illusory book to open, with various images of him appearing one after another.

"Both of these 'Red Priests' are real, but I have only made one. And now it seems that the production process not only required the power of the 'Knowledge Emperor', but also was influenced by the 'Original Moon', which gave it the anti-divination and anti-prophecy properties that even the gods could not find... There is no way anyone in this world could forge it..."

As he spoke, he suddenly paused, as if he had noticed something. After a few seconds, he said in a vague voice:
“No, there may be another person who meets all the requirements…

"My 'man in the mirror'."

(End of this chapter)