I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Roland said, "Catherine, speaking of which, Richard said yesterday that he suggested I marry into the Orbis family. It's really a case of the devil seeing the bean. Cough, I mean, it seems that the Orbis also feel that the relationship between us is too tense right now."

Catherine said, "Father intentionally released some information beforehand, and in the eyes of the Church, the differences between Alaye and the King of a Thousand Eyes have been growing ever larger since the negotiations began."

Those charlatans are good for nothing else, but they have a very keen sense of smell. The matter of Brianna was a test, but only the beginning.

Roland, whatever you encounter over there, keep your temper in check. Remember, they need a traitor who's on the same page as them, not an idealistic revolutionary.

Roland nodded and said, "Senior, do you think Orbis really intends to marry Alaye?"

"Why not? Maybe it's Brianna, or maybe it's someone else."

Catherine said, “The Kingdom of Heaven has made its decision. The union of God and Alaye will create a new order. The Orbis will naturally want to get on board—and it would be even better if they could push the Thousand-Eyed King off the train.”

Roland said, "Given my reputation, this simple strategy of using beauty is indeed very effective. A princess of Orbis and a son of the sun, their political value and beauty combined can easily surpass Catherine's."

But Alaye would never allow the Thousand-Eyed King to be pushed off the chariot. He would definitely be juggling three women.

At this point, Roland's expression stiffened slightly. He had been so engrossed in the story of 'the traitor Alaye' that his words sounded as if he had actually considered dumping his senior.

He secretly glanced at his senior's face and found that she was expressionless.

Seeing Roland's cautious demeanor, Senior Catherine found it somewhat amusing. She said, "What if we kick him down? What if we don't? Heaven and the Church have been flipping through cards for ages, and they've drawn two, but both of them are our people."

As she spoke, Catherine touched her lower abdomen and added, "Roland, no matter who you marry, no matter what king or god you become, I will always believe in you."

And no matter what you do in the future, I will only have one wish in my heart: that you will come back safely.

The senior's vision was so grand that Roland was almost moved to tears.

At this moment, a flood of emotions surged within him, but all his words ultimately boiled down to one sentence: "Catherine, you are the true queen, not because of your stature, ability, or value, but because I love you."

Because you are my true wife.

"Roland."

The two exchanged some more sweet words until Catherine reminded Roland to "deal with the Book of Rest as soon as possible before Olivia wakes up," at which point they ended their communication.

Looking at the photo in his hand, Roland reached out and touched it, changing it from 'Lorenz's Family Portrait' to 'Roland's Family Portrait'.

The original Isabella sisters in the photo have been replaced by Catherine and Anna, while Lawrence has been replaced by Roland. The bearded old man Gawain has been replaced by an elderly Leonard.

After thinking for a moment, Roland stretched out his finger and drew a few strokes in the photograph, and then a young woman with white hair appeared in the painting—the White Queen.

After looking at the photo for a while, Roland carefully put it away. What he didn't notice was that the woman frowned slightly, looking puzzled, after appearing.

Roland picked up the 'Book of Rest' again, played with it in his hands for a while, and then tossed it into the air.

Then, the Book of Rest transformed into a beam of white light and flew toward carriage number 1.

Roland did not make any changes to the Book of Rest, not even deleting the parts about Roland stealing the book and talking to Catherine. Instead, he simply sent the book back to Olivia.

After doing this, Roland picked up the Book of Alaye and examined it for a while, then fell into a daze.

A moment later, his eyes flickered slightly, and he reached out and gently pulled the top and bottom of the Book of Alaye. Instantly, the book turned into two books.

Upon closer inspection, the extra book looked exactly like the 'Book of Rest'!
After opening the book, Roland recounted what happened after he stole it, and then changed today's content to 'Roland woke up and left the private room immediately'.

Then, he blinked at the book, and immediately the book disappeared as if it were a hallucination.

"Just as I thought," Roland muttered thoughtfully.

He retrieved a brand new magic book from the snake ring and began writing down his thoughts for the day.

Just like back in Valeria, when the senior student made a bet with Roland about learning magic, Olivia underestimated Roland's abilities.

She believed that once Roland discovered she had come to steal the book, he would be able to guess why she stole it, and might even find a way to obtain the Book of Rest from another timeline anytime, anywhere in the future.

But she never imagined that Roland would need such a short time.

In other words, if Olivia had actually tried to force herself on Roland last night and woke him up, Roland might have been able to obtain the Book of Rest and modify it right in front of her.

It can be said that after yesterday's events, Roland now has a way to deal with Ovilia.

But he encountered a new problem: baptism.

Just as the Thousand-Eyed King said, it was not a good idea to have the Queen have a big one in front of all the gods on the day of her baptism.

Roland was also very reluctant to do this, so he could only pray to the Goddess of Fortune once again, hoping that he could find useful clues in the Holy Court so that the gods would not be able to see his and the Queen's true identities and that he could successfully complete his baptism.

Before he knew it, Roland's magic book was already full. He pondered and consulted the books in the carriage and the snake ring, while using his mental power to manipulate the magic calculation matrix within the Hall of Sanctuary to aid in his deductions.

The scenery outside the window had long since changed, and many people had already gotten up, but Roland did not notice.

It wasn't that he hadn't noticed; some young ladies had bothered him, but Roland had chased them away in a very unpleasant manner.

Seeing that Roland was immersed in his own world and refused to communicate with the outside world, the ladies had no choice but to give up.

It's no wonder Roland was so focused, because his insights were related to 'Lady Heracles'.

Therefore, in the process of summarizing his experiences, Roland thoroughly analyzed the situation of 'Lady Heracles'.

Upon this analysis, Roland discovered that he was wrong again—his assessment of the 'Queen's Three Faces' was seriously flawed.

Like Olivia, the eldest sister and the queen have very stable self-anchors. They deeply know who they are, so once they enter into this kind of memory and cognition, it is very difficult for them to switch into another person.

Moreover, their identities are real, so when they question who they are, these real memories and identities act like a lock, preventing them from believing they are something else entirely.

But Diana was different!
She had no idea who she was—she was actually the nameless and faceless 'Red Saintess,' a mysterious creature made of hair. Even her thoughts were pulled into her fold by Roland during a dream!
She herself has no identity, or rather, her most original identity is the spider-like Red Bride that Roland saw on the slave ship during a moment of divine encounter (dream) while chewing on a giant leech!
No one knows what the Spider-Red Bride really is. But she is Diana's true identity!

The so-called 'Wendysa' and 'Diana the Shepherdess' are identities that Roland gave to Diana through a series of shady maneuvers.

Especially 'Diana the Shepherdess', when Roland first gave her this identity, she even corrected Roland, saying that she was Heracles.

It wasn't until Roland repeatedly revised 'Diana's Diary' that Diana fully accepted the false identity of 'the shepherdess'. Therefore, unlike the other two faces, Diana's own anchor is extremely unstable; she doesn't even know who she is. And even her own identity is a lie!

If Olivia and her older sister's self-perception is built on solid ground, difficult to shake and hard to succumb to, then Diana's self-perception is built on a false bubble!

Her mental state was the most unstable.

Not only that, Roland even suspected that Diana was the strongest one.

Thinking back to Diana, she displayed the ability of the 'Final Observer' back when she was on the Storm.

She said, 'Lance saved herself from the bandits,' so Roland went back in time and saved her!

She even proposed to her senior classmate—the entire course of world history was changed because of Diana's words!
Isn't this the power of Goddess?

Perhaps there is no such thing as a 'fourth face' at all.
Diana is the fourth face; she is the 'Goddess'!
She just didn't know it herself.
This Goddess believes that the world will become what it is.

However, this Goddess is sick.

So when she saw herself as a pitiful and weak shepherdess, she only had the strength of a shepherdess.

But once the shepherdess's false, bubble-like identity is exposed and she realizes who she truly is, she will be as omnipotent as God!

Diana had never had any problems before because she possessed the 'Amber Essence'—in essence, Diana was Roland's alter ego!
Therefore, Diana used to share SAN with Roland. Roland's SAN value was terrifyingly high; he could stare directly at the 'Mad Old Gods' every day without any problems, so Diana naturally wouldn't have any issues.

However, Diana has now completed the closed loop, achieved self-unification, and reshaped herself.

She has completely replaced her physical body. And who knows where that so-called amber essence went!
The more Roland analyzed and deduced, the more afraid he became.

He was so worried that he had no interest in talking to anyone, so much so that he chased away several young women who had bothered him.

He was completely immersed in his own world until he had sorted out all his thoughts, then he wiped the cold sweat from his brow and returned to reality.

'Looking at it this way, it's actually quite good that Your Highness sees herself as Olivia.'

Roland raised his head and suddenly had a question.

If all my previous knowledge about 'God' and all my judgments about 'God' were wrong, then wouldn't my judgment about the Book of Rest also be problematic?

Or, to put it another way, are the Queen’s cognition, memories, and behaviors truly based entirely on the Book of Rest?

At least the claim that 'the Queen's hearing was affected by the book' is questionable—judging from the contents of the Book of Rest, after Mary used the Book of Paradise, Roland's conversations and inner thoughts with many people were no longer recorded in the Book of Rest.

However, the Empress still heard many things!
However, she selectively ignored some things.

Judging from many past events, the Empress's actions are indeed influenced by the Book of Rest. However, the underlying mechanisms are not something I have truly understood.

At this moment, Roland couldn't help but recall the story in the Old Testament called 'Oasis, Drought and the Ant Empire'.

In the oasis, there exists a great ant empire. This empire is incredibly ancient, having existed for a full seven years!

They have killed many great creatures in the oasis—such as terrifying snakes.

Even the powerful lizards dared not approach that place.

One day, a drought came, and the oasis was about to disappear.

The great ant empire faced an unprecedented test. The clever ant scientists discovered that all the calamities originated from that 'little fireball' in the sky.

So the ant queen commanded the empire to launch an attack on the 'little fireball' in the sky.

Three days later, it still didn't rain. The oasis vanished completely, and the ancient ant empire perished with it.

Ants are very intelligent. Through rigorous research, they observed the truth: drought comes from 'little fireballs' in the sky.

They believe they are close to the truth, that they know the truth about the world. But the distance between them and the true truth is longer than the distance between heaven and earth.

The ants never truly understood what the sun was.

I have never truly known what 'God' is.

Compared to the distance between me and God, the distance between me and an ant is clearly much closer.

Roland sighed deeply.

'God is not truly controlled by a book; He merely believes He is controlled.'

However, if she suddenly faints and forgets who she is, then even if her identity is written in the Book of Rest, she will suddenly become something else.
Therefore, in the days to come, the Empress may not always remain Olivia.

Roland felt he was probably right.

"Whatever, it doesn't matter. No matter what face it is, there's a chance it might go crazy."
Of course, if I had a choice, I still wouldn't want to take Diana to the Holy See. After all, she's the most unpredictable.

If the Empress were to remain in Diana's state... oh, to be precise, if the Empress were to remain in the state of 'God'...

So what if? We can just do something big on the day of baptism, in front of all the gods.

The gods will be very happy, after all, they haven't seen that 'mad and evil God' for 70,000 years.

Hehehehehe.

Roland rubbed his forehead, covered in sweat.

Seemingly seeing that the master finally had some free time, a kind and restless maid carefully brought over a cup of coffee.

Roland casually accepted the coffee.

"Thank you," Roland said.

"No, you're welcome," the maid said cautiously, her face flushed—the master had looked so fierce when he chased Helena and Joan away; the maid was almost scared to death. (End of Chapter)