Mystery: Who has seen my brother?

Chapter 68 Great Existence
Klein and Leonard came into the lounge.

Leonard sat down on the sofa, lowered his head and urged in a low voice: "Old man, old man, think of a solution quickly!"

Klein frowned. He felt that things were not as simple as he thought.

Leonard also knew the "audience" behind him and wondered if his current reaction was a bit too much.

"What happened?" Klein approached Leonard and immediately asked, "Leonard?"

Leonard opened his mouth and whispered, "Klein, do you know that Mr. Wild Beyonder is actually lying... um... misleading us?"

Klein nodded.

"Klein, you've only just started working here, so you probably haven't encountered this yet," Leonard said softly, head bowed. "When we interrogate people, we usually check their dreams. People can't control their behavior in dreams, so what they say is the truth. And that gentleman's situation wouldn't exist."

No, I have, Klein retorted in his mind, and the subject of the investigation was myself.

"So, the captain and the others didn't enter the dream." Klein thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "It's not just because of the 'audience'."

Leonard looked up at Klein in surprise. "How did you know? Did that being tell you?"

Poet classmate...

Klein didn't know what to say for a moment. He felt that Leonard's IQ was like that of his older sister, sometimes reliable, sometimes not.

Leonard only asked casually. He didn't wait for Klein's response before continuing, "The old man said that the captain and the others didn't enter the dream to check. Besides the audience, there was another reason."

"It was spiritual intuition that protected the captain and the others, telling them not to check."

Klein's brown eyes widened slightly.

What secrets does Lanevus hold?
"What's the problem, sir?" Klein asked with a frown.

Leonard stared at Klein, his lips moving twice as he whispered, "He has the divinity of a great being within him."

The divinity of the Great Being?
Klein took a deep breath. Although he didn't know what divinity was specifically, he could tell from the name that being related to God couldn't be easy.

Klein paused and looked at Leonard. Just as he was about to ask what would happen if Lanevus had the divine power of a great being within him, he heard a familiar voice echo in his mind.

"It might become a vessel for divine descent."

Sister?

God's descending container?

Klein was stunned for a moment, subconsciously clenched his cane, and pursed his lips.

It can't be what I think, right?
Could a god possibly descend upon Tingen through Lanevus?
"That's right," the gentle female voice continued, as if it could read minds. "The gods can infuse their consciousness into other people through certain rituals or objects. Those infused with divinity gradually become vessels for the gods' descent."

"Lanevers is currently unaware of the existence of a hidden consciousness within him, meaning that the divine power's erosion of him is not severe."

Klein's palms broke out in sweat. He clenched the silver-inlaid cane in his hand and looked up at Leonard.

"We must find a way to tell the captain about this and report it to the Holy Temple," Klein said immediately, "and..."

Klein paused. "That 'audience' doesn't seem to want Lanevus to be exposed. Or at least, they don't want him to be exposed to the Nighthawks."

"They might be collaborating, or perhaps the audience is secretly using Lanevus to do something," he said, taking a deep breath. "Perhaps this is related to the divinity within Lanevus. Of course, this is just a guess. But since we don't want the Nighthawks to discover it, we must investigate."

Leonard exerted force on his waist and sat up immediately. His face was serious, and his mind was racing. "We definitely can't tell the captain and the others directly. Perhaps we can find a way to reveal Lanevus's danger and have the captain send him to the Backlund Archdiocese or the Cathedral for examination."

"But Lanevus might escape or be rescued," Klein frowned, pointing out the drawbacks of this question. "Simply revealing the danger will cause the captain and his team to seriously underestimate this matter and it won't receive the attention it deserves. If we explicitly tell the captain that Lanevus possesses divinity, we'll also risk being exposed. The secret entity will likely have its own forces and might try to rescue Lanevus. Furthermore, they're bound to take this operation very seriously, and the force they'll deploy will be substantial. Even with Lord Cesimus and the captain escorting them, they might not be able to stop it."

"What should we do then?" Leonard rubbed his hair. "Lanevers..."

Leonard paused, a hint of doubt and thought flashing across his beautiful deep green eyes. He asked hesitantly, "Do you think Lanevus knows that there is a great being's consciousness within him?"

"Laneverus doesn't know," Klein said. His sister had already told him about this.

Snapped!
Leonard snapped his fingers, propped himself up on the sofa with one hand, and stood up. He walked towards Klein. "What would his reaction be if he knew?"

Klein was stunned for a moment, then felt that this seemed feasible. If Lanevus didn't want to die, he would definitely reveal this matter to the Nighthawks. Perhaps he would lie and conceal some things, but this matter would definitely be revealed.

But he felt it was too risky and not safe enough.

What if Lanevus was a fanatical believer of that great being, and still willingly became a vessel for God's descent after knowing the truth?
"It's too risky," Klein said. "We can't guarantee that Lanevus will have the reaction we want after learning about it. Furthermore, it might also expose us."

As he said the last sentence, Klein secretly glanced at the Holy Emblem of Night on the wall, then quickly looked away.

This is the second time.

Klein felt a little guilty and silently praised the goddess in his heart.

"It's okay. We'll disguise ourselves so he doesn't recognize us," Leonard said with a smile. "If Lanevus doesn't react well, we'll erase his memory."

Erase memory?

How to erase his memory? Beat him until he loses his memory?

Klein almost laughed at his own thoughts. He quickly recovered his wandering thoughts and asked, "How do I erase my memory?"

"The old man is fine," Leonard patted his head. "I just found out too. Ever since the being behind you gave him a Beyonder characteristic, his condition has improved a lot."

Klein nodded.

Seeing that Klein had no doubts about the Beyonder characteristics, Leonard chuckled, "It seems the existence behind you treats you well."

Then he leaned in front of Klein, eyes full of curiosity, and asked quietly, "What is your relationship with that being?"

"I don't know either." Klein wanted to roll his eyes to express his dissatisfaction with his sister for throwing this difficult problem to him, but this action was really ungentlemanly. At most, he could do it to his sister. He still had to maintain a gentlemanly image in front of others, so he gave up.

"What about you?" Klein asked.

"Uh..." Leonard rubbed his hair, "I don't think the old man and I have any relationship."

After saying this, Leonard lowered his head and pondered. Could it be that the being was in the same situation as the old man? But he didn't look weak.

Although he still didn't know the relationship between Klein and that being, Leonard didn't ask any further. Perhaps he, like himself, had been inexplicably sought out by a mysterious being. In that case, Klein and him were similar.

Leonard curled his lips, extended a hand to Klein, and said, "It seems we are both the protagonists of our times."

How childish! Klein complained in his mind, but he still reached out and held Leonard's hand.

Leonard shook Klein's hand, leaned forward, patted Klein's shoulder, and whispered, "See you tonight."

……

Eve took Klein into His storage room.

Klein looked at the storage room in surprise.

Second Age, Third Age, Fourth Age...

The words on the note were all written in Giant. After teaching Klein about potions and secret organizations, Eve began to teach Klein Giant, Elvish, and ancient Hermes. With the help of the Fortune Teller's potion, Klein learned quickly, so he could understand them all.

"These..." Klein tightened his cane and asked in disbelief, "Are these all true?"

"What's real?" Eve was rummaging through a large box with a note saying "Fourth Epoch, Clothes" on it. When she heard Klein's words, she asked without even looking up.

"Are these really antiques?" Klein asked after taking a deep breath.

"Yes." Eve said.

Klein's expression suddenly became vivid. He stood there motionless, afraid that he would accidentally break one and then even sell himself to pay for it.

"If you want to see it, go ahead. Don't worry about damaging it." Eve took out a half-silver mask with golden patterns from the box and put it on the table.

Klein then carefully surveyed the room, looking at the antiques with curiosity.

As soon as he came in, he saw the bookshelf that could make historians faint with surprise, and immediately walked over quickly.

There are only three bookshelves, from the Third Age to the Fifth Age, but not the Second Age and the First Age.

Klein took a quick glance and skipped over the "Fifth Epoch" bookshelf. Many of the books on it were Russell's works, and most of them were circulated on the market.

He then came to the "Quaternary Epoch" bookshelf and randomly pulled out a few books. He flipped through them. Many of them were novels, and there were also some popular science books. There were no history books, which made Klein a little disappointed.

Many of the books on the "Third Age" bookshelf are novels, but what is concerning is that the top shelf of the "Third Age" bookshelf is completely empty. The other two bookshelves also have empty spaces, but they are all at the bottom.

Eve organized the bookshelf quite carefully, according to the author's arrangement. Judging from the placement of the books, they should have been arranged from top to bottom.

Why are the books on the top shelf of the "Third Age" bookshelf gone?

Klein thought about it but didn't ask. These were Eve's memories. No matter what the reason, they probably weren't good memories.

He walked into the big boxes and opened them one by one. Some of them were very heavy, and Eve considerately moved them to the ground with spider silk.

Klein discovered that this was indeed a storage room. Although the items here were all priceless antiques, it was still a storage room, not a collection room.

The items were placed randomly, and many of the antiques were ordinary items. Only a few were obviously valuable at first glance, such as the tarot cards of Emperor Roselle.

Klein was stunned for a moment when he saw this deck of tarot cards.

It seems that my sister really stored these items here as ordinary daily items. No, maybe they are really daily items to her.

Klein stroked the note with "Ouroboros and Medici" written on it, thinking with some discomfort in his heart.

He remembered his sister telling him that Ouroboros was one of his family members, so what about this "Medici" whose name was put together with Ouroboros?

Klein also saw many unfamiliar names here: Amon, Adam, Amanesis, Mikhail, Trunsoest...

For the first time, he clearly realized that He had been in this world for thousands of years.

"Found it," Eve found a long black cloak from another large box. She turned to look at Klein and saw him looking at a piece of paper with a name on it. He pondered for a moment and said, "Don't mention these names when you get out, especially this one."

Eve ran over to Klein and pointed at the note with "Adam" written on it. "Don't even think about this. As long as you mention His name in your mind, He will sense it immediately. So don't even think about it. If you can't do it, I can tamper with your memory."

"You guys..." Klein hesitated for a moment, swallowed it back, and said, "You do something."

"Alright, I'll give you a little curse," Eve said. She extended a hand and tapped Klein's forehead. "Alright."

Klein tried to recall, but could only remember that there was such a person but could not remember the name.

"Will this curse cause me any harm? How can it be removed?" Klein asked. Based on his experience from the novels and movies he read in his previous life, curses are generally harmful and have ways to be broken.

"The danger is to make you forget this name. As for the solution, I will tap you between the eyebrows."

Klein nodded. It seemed that although the High-Sequence Beyonder abilities had evolved to become nearly omnipotent, they still had to follow the most basic rules. Even the Angel King's curse could be broken, but it would be impossible to break it without His help.

As for the harm, honestly, it's not really a harm. Being forced to forget certain memories does seem to be a harm if you ignore the cause and effect.

Wait, is the standard for judging harm not based on facts, but on my sister's will? As long as my sister determines it's harm, then it's harm? But there should be limits, right?

Klein told Eve his guess.

Eve smiled after hearing this and said, "Not bad, brother, very smart."

It seems so, Klein thought to himself. High-Sequence beings are truly terrifying.

"Do you want to take another look?" Eve asked as she hung the black cloak on her arm and picked up the mask on the table.

Klein shook his head, paused, and then asked, "Can I take some books out?"

"Sure," Eve said. "A lot of those books are popular novels."

Klein nodded, indicating that he understood.

He walked quickly to the "Quaternary" bookshelf, pulled out a few books, held the books in his arms, and walked back quickly.

(End of this chapter)