Secrets: Priestess

Chapter 64 Blasphemy
Sharon and Haner had no objection to joining the Night Watch as civilian staff.

Sharon was clearly having an amused attitude.

Haner, on the other hand, was attracted by the 3 pounds weekly salary of the Night Watchman clerk.

Haner followed his senior Brett to familiarize himself with the clerical work.

Sharon was assigned to Claire's side.

Claire was prepared for this arrangement, after all, Dunn had informed her in advance.

But Claire was not prepared for Sharon's incessant "100,000 whys" questions.

Sister, where is your elegant image?
"What's the potion? What's the sequence?"

"Claire, what's your method?"

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"...If I accumulate enough merits, can I become a Beyonder like you?"

"Yes. This is how Klein, Cornley, and I became Nighthawks."

"How did Claire accumulate enough credits?"

"Once you have enough authority, you can go to the data room to check it yourself."

After taking Sharon to familiarize herself with the office, lounge, entertainment room, bathroom, armory and other places, Claire became numb to the various questions bombarded by Sharon.

After lunch at noon, Claire climbed into the holy coffin and said to Sharon, "I'm going to sleep. You haven't slept all night either. Aren't you sleepy?"

Sharon looked at the pure black coffin in the lounge in surprise and blurted out: "Sleeping in a coffin?"

Claire lay down in the holy coffin, her hands resting on the edge, and replied, "It's quiet in the coffin."

Sharon fell silent after hearing this.

That expression looked like he was about to cry.

Although she suspected the woman was pretending, Claire still explained, "I'm not talking about you. I always hear sounds that others can't hear. Lying in this holy coffin can block out all sounds."

"It works so well?" Sharon leaned against the holy coffin, her expression becoming eager to try. "Actually, I sometimes hear some messy noises too. How about I lie down in there with you?"

With a snap, Claire closed the holy coffin.

"If I'm not allowed to sleep, then I'm not allowed to sleep..." Sharon muttered as he walked away from the holy coffin and lay down on the bed beside him.

After lying down, she still secretly glanced at the holy coffin.

Crazy ravings...

Sharon sighed softly in her heart and closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Claire slept comfortably in the holy coffin.

The Night Goddess's power of sleep allows the extraordinary people on the "Sleepless" path to restore their full spirituality in a very short time.

Claire, who slept in the holy coffin, recovered even better.

Less than two hours later, Claire woke up refreshed.

But Claire did not open the holy coffin immediately.

Lying in the holy coffin, Claire silently chanted the four-line spell that could connect her to the gray fog world. She calmed her mind and tried to use her spirituality to connect to the gray fog space.

But her attempts were unresponsive.

The shielding effect of the Holy Coffin is more powerful than the sealing power of the Chanis Gate.

Here she could not hear the whispers of the hidden sage, nor could she connect with the mysterious world of gray fog.

"The Holy Coffin is a gift from the Goddess... so it's very likely that this is also the Goddess's exclusive territory?"

Lying in the holy coffin, Claire speculated, then sighed:
"It seems that it's impossible to attend Mr. Fool's party in the Holy Coffin..."

It's almost three o'clock.

Claire quietly climbed out of the holy coffin.

Sharon was still sleeping on the bed next to her. The woman had taken off her clothes and was only wearing her inner lining, which made her sleeping posture even more seductive.

Sharon tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep. She must be very sleepy.

Claire glanced at it, brushing off the distracting thoughts, took off her coat from the hanger, quietly opened the door and slipped out, then locked the door of the lounge with the key that the Night Watcher had given her.

As the gathering time set by Mr. Fool approached, Claire checked that no one was using the alchemy room. She locked the door and lay down on the rattan chair that Old Neil had placed in the alchemy room.

Claire took out her pocket watch and checked the time.

Just as I estimated, it was indeed 2:58.

Claire was a little nervous, wondering if she would have to climb up by herself this time.

After two long minutes, the crimson light enveloped Claire on time.

Claire regained consciousness in an instant, and she no longer had the headache she had when she connected to the gray fog world.

Sure enough, climbing up was like sneaking across the river, which would deplete one's spirituality and cause headaches, and the pain would continue to intensify over time.

But when invited by the fool, there is no spiritual consumption.

Claire quickly compared the difference between "smuggling" and "being invited" in her mind and looked around.

Inside the magnificent palace, familiar figures gathered around a long table made of mottled bronze.

Not one more, not one less.

As usual, Miss Justice stood up and took the lead in bowing to the person at the top, lifting her skirt and saying, "Good afternoon, Mr. Fool."

Justice then said, "It's a pity there's no good wine here, otherwise we could drink to the success of your attempt."

The Hanged Man also praised: "Your strength is far beyond our imagination."

It looked like they had all prayed to Mr. Fool as requested and received a response. Claire thought about this and said, "Congratulations to you and to us, Mr. Fool."

The "Queen" did not speak, and it was unclear whether she did not try to pray or simply did not want to speak.

Claire secretly observed the Fool's reaction.

Shrouded in thick gray fog, Mr. Fool stretched out his right hand and pressed it lightly, speaking in a calm tone:

"This shows that we are on a fruitful path. In the future, if you cannot attend the gathering on Monday, simply inform me beforehand by holding the ceremony."

"Just change the 'praying for a good dream' or something like that in the spell to a specific reason."

This ritual would indeed be much more convenient. It would prevent Mr. Fool from pulling my consciousness over at inconvenient times.

Next, Audrey told the Fool in a light tone that she had collected a page of the diary.

Except for her, everyone else got nothing this time.

Mr. Fool comforted him, "Don't worry. The period of collecting diaries is destined to be long."

Justice "expresses" the diary.

Claire discovered that she could still peek into the content of justice by sacrificing a certain amount of spiritual power.

Those words stirred Claire's thoughts.

"The Sequence Path is called God's Favor, God's Path."

"Then why is the slate that records the complete twenty-two sequence pathways called the Blasphemous Slate?"

"'Blasphemy', who exactly is being blasphemed against?"

At the last gathering, the Hanged Man mentioned that there were two "blasphemous tablets."

The secret card created by Emperor Roselle was based on the second stone tablet that appeared at the end of the Third Era.

The first stone tablet appeared in the Dark Ages.

That was the second era when humans, under the protection of gods, fought against extraordinary creatures.

There are no written records of the Second Age in current history books, but some historians speculate that humans in that era had a hard time surviving under the ravages of certain ancient creatures.

Claire, who has been studying the scriptures and myths of various sects recently, privately found "Apocalypse of Night" by the Goddess Church, "Book of Storms" by the Storm Church, and "Scripture of Steam and Machinery" by the Steam Church for comparison.

The records in the "Revelation of the Night" itself clearly state that the goddess had been sleeping until the end of the Second Age, so there is no description of the Second Age in the scriptures.

There is no record of this in the Holy Book of Steam and Machinery.

However, the Book of Storms records that in the Second Age, the "Dark Age", the protagonists of the sky, sea and land were dragons, giants, elves, aliens, demons, phoenixes, magic wolves and undead.

But in the end, the Lord of Storms, the Eternal Sun, the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, led humanity to victory over these extraordinary creatures.

"We can only confirm that the Storm Lord was active in the Second Age. And these three righteous gods..."

The three righteous gods, the Lord of Storms, the Eternal Sun, and the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, are described together in many important descriptions.

They are often inseparable.

For example, the creation myth in the wisdom book chapter of "The Revelation of the Night" also describes that "His spirit turned into the eternal scorching sun, the lord of storms, and the god of knowledge and wisdom."

“He” refers to the Creator.

All signs indicate that among the seven gods, these three have a closer connection.

While making such speculations, Claire actually felt that the "archaeologist's" potion had shown some signs of digestion.

Is it correct to use scriptures and myths to speculate on history?
Claire wasn't distracted by this hint.

"The followers of the Seven Gods and the followers of the evil god call each other heretics..."

"But even in mythology, the seven true gods' active moments are not the same... Moreover, in their respective teachings and in myths circulated throughout the world, many descriptions actually corroborate each other."

"So... didn't the Seven Gods appear at the same time?"

"If the gods in this world are not born naturally, then there must be a way to become a god..."

"Is the potion system really the path to godhood? Are those above Sequence 1 Angels true gods?"

"The Blasphemous Slate, Twenty-Two Complete Paths."

"whole……"

Claire's thoughts raced, and she came up with a rather frightening guess: "Was it the Seven Gods who were 'blaspheming'?"

Thanks to the enhancement of "Comprehensive Knowledge", Claire's memory is clear and traceable.

She clearly remembered Dunn telling her when she became a Nighthawk, "The clues to the desecration of the slate have the highest response level in the church!"

Dunn also vaguely stated that the Blasphemous Slate was the product of an evil god.

"The Blasphemous Slate originated from the evil god?"

Although this information comes from a trustworthy captain.

But Claire was skeptical.

Since she came to this world, the evil gods she had come into contact with one after another included the Hidden Sage, the Original Witch, and the True Creator.

They are all crazy and indescribable things.

Most of their followers, members of hidden organizations such as the "Moss Ascetic Order", "Witch Sect", and "Aurora Society", also have clear crimes.

For what purpose did the evil god create the blasphemous tablet?
Do you want to overthrow the religious rule of the righteous gods through the magic potion system?
If the twenty-two paths to godhood on the blasphemous slate could threaten the seven righteous gods, then why didn't the Church of the righteous gods, which had a huge influence on the secular world, ban the potion system?

Claire thought of this and reviewed the thick stacks of incident reports from the Nighthawks.

In addition to handling strange incidents and cleaning up the fallen...

There are also many cases of capturing wild extraordinary people!

(End of this chapter)