Secrets: Priestess

Chapter 48 Sick
After hearing Claire's question, Mr. Fool didn't respond immediately. Instead, he tapped the table lightly, tilted his body slightly, and looked at the Queen.

The current Queen, who was listening, tilted her head slightly and chuckled, "Then let me answer this question as a greeting to you all."

Even through the disguise of the gray fog, the Queen's voice still sounded familiar:
"The origins of the Gnosis Society are suspected to be related to the angel family, the Tamara Family."

Angel family, angel?
Claire was surprised. She now knew that only Sequence 2 and Sequence 1 could be called angels. Those were holy names recorded in the canon, and each possessed authority close to that of a god.

The power of a family that can be named after an angel is very impressive.

The Queen continued without pause:
"In the Fourth Epoch, the Age of the Gods, families with angels were called Angel Families. The Tamara family was one of them, and the Sequence Path they mastered was the Judge Path."

"They are related by marriage to the Abraham family, who mastered the 'Apprenticeship' path, so they also mastered some of the 'Apprenticeship' recipes."

"But later, due to various changes, some members of the Tamara family split away. It is very likely that it was these Tamara members who split away that led to the emergence of the Gnosis Society."

"The core belief of the Gnostic Society at that time was that the spirit was the essence of humanity, and the body was a prison that bound the spirit. While there were some extremes, only a minority of members resorted to extreme means to commit bloody incidents."

"Later, the Witch Cult infiltrated the Gnosis Society. Their ideology became radicalized, believing that destroying the body was liberation. They spread disasters and massacred ordinary people, becoming the notorious evil organization they are today."

Miss Justice interrupted, "All major churches love the world, so the Beyonders within the churches are doing their utmost to eliminate the Spiritual Knowledge Society."

The Queen remained silent, paused, and then said:
"The witch sect is more secret knowledge."

"The earliest source is the family established by the descendants of the 'Original Witch' in the Fourth Epoch."

"The evil goddess 'Original Witch', also known as the 'Chaos Witch'?" The Hanged Man exclaimed.

But the Hanged Man immediately glanced secretly at Mr. Fool above him and shut his mouth in fear.

Claire saw the Hanged Man's attitude.

Apparently, the Hanged Man secretly believed that Mr. Fool was also an evil god.

Claire secretly observed that the Fool did not move, so she continued to ask, "Is the Witch Cult also a family?"

The Queen nodded gently. "Yes, it is a family. The core of the witch family has always been the descendants of the 'Original Witch', but they also recruit or develop 'assassins' from other families, so it is now called a sect."

"The Witch Cult controls all potion formulas and most resources of the 'Assassin' Path."

"As for wild 'Assassin' path Beyonders, the Witch Cult's attitude is 'recycling'."

Zhengyi also asked naively: "How to recycle?"

The Queen chuckled and said, "Recruit or kill to recover Beyonder characteristics."

It's very overbearing, but in fact the Church of the Seven's approach is quite similar, just a little milder.

Just like the Nighthawks wouldn't let wild "Sleepers" wander around, the same goes for the Mechanical Heart, the Mandated Punishers, and even the rest of the Orthodox Church.

However, these extraordinary organizations of the Orthodox Church generally recruit or imprison these wild extraordinary people.

And because it was a recruitment by the Orthodox Church, basically no one refused.

Just like how some wild "Sleepless Ones" have even taken the initiative to join the Nightwatchmen. After experiencing the hardships of wandering, who wouldn't want to rely on a formal organization? The Queen added, "The Witch Cult is extremely hostile to female Beyonders of the 'Assassin' Path, and will kill any they see."

Miss Justice asked in surprise, "How is that possible? I heard that the leaders of the Witch Cult are all women."

The Queen was silent at this time.

Claire was also surprised.

Although she had previously guessed that the hidden dangers of female witches were greater than those of male witches, she didn't expect that they could be directly eliminated physically!

The Gnosis Society alone is difficult enough to deal with, and when coupled with the witch sect with an evil god background, the living conditions for female witches are truly difficult enough.

Seeing the Queen remain silent, Claire sighed and spoke out what she had previously learned: "When the 'Assassin' Path reaches Sequence 7, 'Witch', all men will become women. I'm afraid the higher-ups in the Witch Cult are all men who have become witches..."

The Queen glanced at Claire and then spoke again, "Yes, without exception, every 'witch' in the Witch Cult was once male."

"As for why this happened..."

The Queen chuckled softly, "Heh... Because the 'Original Witch' was originally a man, and during the process of becoming a god, she was completely transformed into a woman. As a result, her mind became twisted and filled with pain. She influenced the entire 'Assassin' path!"

"And the Witch Cult claims to be close to the origin. Anyone who doesn't repeat the experiences of their gods is a heretic."

The secrets involving the gods made everyone hold their breath.

Especially since this secret is so crazy and twisted.

Claire, who also held her breath, keenly grasped the phrase "He influenced the entire 'Assassin' path."

Why could the gods affect the potion system? Claire buried this question deep in her heart.

After a while, Miss Justice whispered, "So, is it safe for female assassins to be promoted to witches? All witches are female. Can the Witch Cult still tell whether they were male or female?"

The Queen shook her head and sighed, "The Witch Cult has a strict system of screening, such as background checks. For example, the witches all keep photos of themselves with men. This facilitates screening, and it also speeds up promotions."

The Queen paused, then suddenly added a playful tone, "Even though it's called a sect now, aside from the core descendants of the original witches, the witches of other surnames are also organized into families. Do you know why?"

Claire had a bad feeling in her heart, and subconsciously, for the first time, she didn't want to listen to the secret knowledge.

But the Queen's narration did not take the audience's mood into consideration. Her sweet voice was faintly filled with sarcasm and madness:

"Those witches who transformed from male to female, after experiencing similar pain and suffering as the 'original witches', became extremely twisted. One thing these 'witches' particularly like to do is find men to bear children, send the baby girls away, and keep the baby boys to repeat their lives."

At this time, Miss Justice was so physically unwell that she became autistic.

But the Queen's story was not over yet: "What's even more interesting is that the fathers of those children eventually became 'witches'."

Even Claire, who had experienced the information explosion and could be considered knowledgeable, was shocked by the stories of these witches. She looked at the figure of the queen in the fog and was speechless for a long time.

Since she could describe such a thing as "interesting", Claire judged that the Queen's mental state was somewhat problematic!
(End of this chapter)