Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1244: The Secret Waiter

When his assistant "Vivian" turned into a mirror substitute and his real body disappeared into the mirror world, Merlin Hermes' expression also underwent a momentary, imperceptible change.

He became another secret doll, while Klein's spirit and will returned to the secret room under the Church of Fools and returned to his real body.

Of course, at his level, the difference between the secret doll and the original body is no longer so obvious. As long as there is a "Spirit Worm" in the body and as long as it is within the range of interchange, any of his secret dolls can become the original body at any time.

But now is a critical moment, he cannot confuse the "primary and the secondary", the real body must be the real body, Klein Moretti, and not a false identity whose life direction he has set.

If he confuses this key distinction, when he is promoted, he may be contaminated by the imprint of the Extraordinary characteristics and the residual spirit of the previous Extraordinary.

That’s right, Klein was now only one step away from being promoted to Sequence 1 “Attendant of Mysteries”, and that was taking the potion.

His city of Yharnam has already given birth to a corresponding area in the spiritual world, and during the wedding process it was anchored by itself, by Angel, and by the existence of the angels participating in the wedding. It was as real and credible as those cities that have existed in the world for hundreds of years.

"We have finally come to this point..."

Climbing up from the bunk bed he had slept on for nearly half a year, Klein recalled the ritual requirements of the "Mysterious Servant" in his mind while commanding the clone that was hovering above the gray fog to "bestow" on him the nine spiritual specialties that had been prepared long ago and the Sequence 1 characteristic from Antigonus.

Klein was already very skilled at this kind of "giving to oneself", but as he was promoted again, his mastery of "Source Castle" continued to deepen. He believed that he would not have to go through so much trouble soon. The gray fog and the source essence would completely belong to him, and the things stored in them would be at his fingertips.

The premise is that I am still myself later, and not transformed into "Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun"... He said self-deprecatingly, took the specialties of the spiritual world that were either irregular fragments of light or condensed into a ball of shadow, put them into the small pot he had pulled out of the mist of history, and finally picked up the extraordinary characteristics of the "Mysterious Servant".

At the same time, the secret dolls that stayed in the Church of the Fool noticed that the "former secret attendant" Antigonus, who was watching the wedding in the corner, raised his head consciously, looked around, and looked at the floor thoughtfully. His sight seemed to penetrate the thick ground and stare at the characteristics he once possessed.

This means that “He” can still sense his spiritual imprint, which is a good thing. What I have to fight is not the pure “Tianzun” and the original creator, but the consciousness of another extraordinary person. This is not 1+1=2, but a fight between three or even more beings. It will only benefit me... Klein smiled and didn't care about the reaction of Antigonus, the "victim". He threw the extraordinary characteristics into the pot, and the spirituality spread out, wrapping all the materials, allowing them to merge and shrink in a blue-black vortex, and finally become a dark potion like the sea water at night.

He put it into a glass bottle with a sense of ceremony. Klein picked up the light-as-air bottle and used the perspective of his avatar in Sefirah Castle to look around the entire Yharnam City. Finally, he inspected his own territory.

The "Queen Anne's Revenge" is docked at Yharnam Harbor, with all artillery on standby; in the "City of Dreams", the "Hand of Order" is guarding against any possible unrest on the entire island; in the New Silver City, Chief Colin Iliad holds the "Proof of Glory" and is ready to provide support at any time; in the "Fool" Church, "Archon of Death" Azik, "Balancer" Anne, "Sage" Bernadette, and "Weather Warlock" Glade all have a premonition and their expressions become serious.

Archon Geldruf Amon took off the monocle on his right eye and put it in his pocket, then smiled with his eyes narrowed.

Even Leonard, who had been snuggling with Sherman in the lively atmosphere of the wedding, raised his head in confusion, then tilted his head, as if listening to something.

Klein also knew that the "Secret Servant" Arianna had always hidden herself in the shadows. When necessary, this follower of the goddess of night could let her spirit descend for a short time.

The "disaster" witch Angel, the follower of the source "City of Disaster", has also returned to her mirror world, ready to deal with enemies emerging from the dark. Once an angel king appears, her mirror person will immediately turn into the "doomsday" witch, and she will hold high the "Salinger Blood Flag", turning all the angels present into her own army to conquer any invading enemies.

This might be the area with the highest density of angels in the world, not to mention the many Level 0 sealed objects... Klein thought with relief and clenched the glass bottle in his hand.

All the angels who could come have already come, and those who shouldn’t come don’t seem to have appeared yet. There won’t be a better time.

He originally planned to "fish" for Amon or Zaratul, but the former did not dare to show up, and the latter disappeared after saying that he wanted to be a real "Attendant of Mysteries", which gave Klein the illusion that he had become George III, and that if fishing failed, he would "get promoted".

Could it be that I have been arranged to do this as well? He smiled bitterly, raised his head and drank the potion.

In an instant, all the spiritual lines and "spiritual worms" connecting him were disconnected, and his body completely disintegrated, turning into complex, abstract information and merging into the ubiquitous spiritual world.

All the secret dolls in the entire Yharnam city came to a standstill at this moment. The spiritual worms in their bodies forgot who they were, where they were, and what they were supposed to do. It was as if they had been fooled and forgot everything.

The "Fool" Church, which was full of joy and had already entered the band's performance, became silent. A few "outsiders" like the travel writer Monica looked around in confusion in this eerie silence.

But Klein could no longer care about these things. He only had the basic self-awareness consciousness that barely remained, floating in the information formed by his disintegrated body, floating in the colorful but indescribable wonderful spiritual space, as if he would merge with it in the next moment and completely integrate into it. Once this step is reached, the existence of "Klein Moretti" will completely disappear. Even if his body is restored, it will no longer be controlled by this human, but by an unknown monster.

At this moment, an area deep in the spiritual world established contact with his remaining consciousness.

That is a corresponding area formed by a real city called "Yanan", where people of all kinds live their own lives, have their own identities and lives, interact with other places in the outside world, and entangle with each other, imprinting complex and complete information in the spiritual world.

The characters that Klein carefully designed, the events that resulted from their interactions, their joys and sorrows, their laughter, anger, and scolding, their happiness and despair all pulled Klein's consciousness, combining him with the spiritual projections of the thousands of real puppets in Yharnam.

He seemed to be everyone, including Alesu who was working hard to write best-selling works, Anderson who could not speak due to damaged vocal cords and could only express his thoughts through paintings, Wendy who liked to make various special sandwiches, and Tracy who did not want to be a mistress of a rich man and just wanted to develop her own career...

The six months of life of the five thousand residents of Yharnam City added together was a hundred times the years he had lived. The accumulated emotions almost overwhelmed Klein, who had only basic consciousness left, and made him forget his true identity.

He instinctively began to peel off these identities and search for his own essence.

At this time, the deathly silent "Fool" Church became noisy again, the puppets with frozen expressions and sluggish movements came back to their senses, and the four newlywed couples on the red carpet also smiled. They held hands and danced to a melodious tune played by an amateur orchestra composed of Yharnam residents.

It was Angel. She used the "Master of Secret Dolls" ability she shared from Klein to regain control of these out-of-control dolls and allow them to continue with today's wedding.

At this moment, Klein woke up under the gaze of Angel, Irene, Angelica, and Christine, and remembered what his most essential identity was.

He is Zhou Mingrui who traveled through time, Klein, the night watchman of Tingen City, Sherlock, the private detective of Backlund, German, the adventurer who traveled across the five seas, Dawn who returned for revenge, and Merlin, the magician who performed miracles.

But these are just identities and names, their essence is only one...

These identities quickly emerged from the spiritual projection of the Secret City and looked towards the infinite heights of the spiritual world together with other residents.

At the end of their sight, a symbol composed of an "eye without pupils" and a "twisted line" gradually appeared. With it as the core, Klein's figure was outlined.

The "spiritual worms" that had been disconnected from him, their extraordinary characteristics that had disappeared into the spiritual world together when his body disintegrated, as well as his refined self-awareness that truly belonged to him, flew in from all directions and merged into his translucent body, giving it gradually substance.

After a few seconds, Klein opened his eyes.

The "Spirit Worm" integrated into his body is more than before the promotion, and the same is true for the extraordinary characteristics. In addition to the "Miracle Worker" part, there is also a whole set of "Mysterious Attendant" characteristics.

This makes him a true "secret servant".

As soon as the thought came to his mind, a grayish-white mist appeared behind Klein, connecting all the historical fragments. At the top of the mist was a hazy palace. In the center of the palace stood a blue-black door made up of countless light balls.

This door also appeared between Klein's eyebrows, transforming into complex and incomprehensible symbols printed on it.

That is the mark of "Source Castle".

At the same moment, Antigonus in the Church of the Fool, Pallez in Leonard's body, Zaratul on an unknown island, Amon in a village in the south of Intis, and even Bethel in the gap between reality and the starry sky all sensed something and looked in this direction.

They all realized that at this moment, Sefirah Castle truly had a master.

PS: Thank you to the big brother "永永之亭" for rewarding the leader again (づ￣ 3￣)づ~☆

(End of this chapter)