Mystery: When the Fool Meets the Masked Fool

Chapter 206 Mushroom God Birthday Festival
Emlyn clenched his fists nervously.

Although he couldn't understand what "Bo Lao Zai" meant, he roughly compared it to those poor guys who were infected by the Seal of the Sun Path.

"Emlyn, there's really no need for you to take this risk. Even if you give up completely and sincerely believe in the Church of Mother Earth, what's the harm? It won't have any impact on your life. Look, Bishop Utravsky didn't force you to divorce your puppet wives," Ceris comforted him.

Emlyn scratched his hair a little hard, making his originally tight hairstyle a little messy.

"You won't understand. This is the pride of a vampire. Even if I really betray the moon that day and believe in the Mother... the Earth Mother, I hope that I will do it voluntarily, not under duress."

Klein glanced at Emlyn in slight surprise. He hadn't expected him to be so persistent.

Suddenly, Klein thought of something and asked.

"Aren't you afraid of being forced to believe in the Fool after praying to him?" Klein asked.

"Then you will be a trusted slave of the three families," Serris added.

Klein was too exhausted to criticize Serris's choice of words, so he chose to ignore it and continued, "If you're determined enough to sacrifice everything for this, then the answer is very simple. But... in the end, this matter is ultimately up to you to weigh."

"No one else can give you advice," Klein concluded.

"If it's for the entire vampire clan," Emlyn thought for a long time with a grim expression, then gritted his teeth and said, "I can try."

"What if the price is your dolls?" asked Cerus.

Emlyn was stunned for a moment, then glared at Serris fiercely.

He gave Klein one soli as a "consultation fee" and left without even looking at Ceres.

"I'm anxious." Serris spread his hands.

Watching Emlyn walk away, Klein suddenly asked.

"Cerris, does the potion...have hidden dangers similar to Emlyn's?"

He meant that people were being guided subtly, becoming no longer themselves and having their own will distorted.

"That depends on what kind of potion you're asking about." Cerus walked to the dining table in the private room, pulled out a chair and sat down.

"Just... a normal sequence potion." Klein touched Padmeow on his shoulder.

"Digestion, acting, you have been acting out the names of the potions. Of course, your true nature will change, and it will subtly change you. And when you become a demigod, you will gradually begin to develop divinity, and naturally become less and less like yourself." As Serris spoke, he casually turned the tray on the table.

"What about the fate potion?" Klein took Padomeow off his shoulder and placed it on the table.

"It's the same." Ceres replied with a smile.

"Same? Then why are you asking me what kind of potion I was asking about just now?" Klein raised the corners of his mouth and smiled in agreement.

"Are you scared?" Ceris easily saw through Klein's smile. "Don't worry too much, actually. A person is always changing. It's the same with me and you. It's just that people usually call this thing 'growth'."

"Okay, why take it so seriously?" Serris tossed out a plastic-wrapped candy. "Or are you feeling lost?"

"I have some here too," Klein said, tearing open the candy bag and tossing it into his mouth. He didn't answer Serris's last question.

Ceris smiled and stood up. "You've clearly already moved on from the Candy Knight stage and become an Echo Artist. Why haven't you figured it out yet?"

"We are all just candy knights on the table, unable to escape the fate of being eaten. But before that, you have to wear wrappers of a hundred flavors, bungee jump in a gravity well, sing in the diamond wind. The universe is illusory, and only happiness belongs to you."

After bypassing Klein, Serris also pushed the door and left, leaving Klein and Padomeow alone in the box to think.

Suddenly, Klein felt something shatter inside him. He touched his chest in confusion. He should have already digested the "Candy Knight" potion. Then, a smile suddenly rose from his lips, revealing a genuine smile.

On the other side, after leaving the box, Serris walked out of the tavern casually, turned a corner and walked into the Church of Mercy.

As always, the church was empty.

Even Amon's clone, who occasionally came to the church for show at the beginning, hasn't been here for a long time.

"Heh." He let out a meaningless laugh and found a random seat to sit down.

He closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair, as if he was falling asleep.

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At sea, the Future.

Today is Frank's birthday, which makes the ship quite lively.

Most importantly, it wasn't just a few crew members of the Star Pirates who came to celebrate Frank's birthday.

The deck was filled with noise and cheers, and all kinds of strange-looking animals and plants with legs were running around cheering.

But that's not the point because they are just "pets", and there are a bunch of mushrooms on the deck that don't fall into the pet category.

These are all Frank's inventions.

It is not entirely true to call it an invention. It can probably be considered a form of life development, a completely new species produced by hybridization.

Each mushroom has its own name and personality, and their IQ is generally around that of an eight to ten year old child.

Although it is difficult to break down, the emotional intelligence of the mushrooms is really high. Cattleya noticed that her crew members have completely become friends with the mushrooms.

This forced her to include them all in the crew list, and also allowed them to get rid of their "pet" status and gain enough "rights"

Now Cattleya can already imagine such a scene.

One day, when the Star Pirates held a crew vote, a large number of mushrooms cast a solemn vote, changing the pirate group's name to the Mushroom Pirates and passing the "Equality of Humans and Mushrooms" treaty...

In fact, mushrooms have begun to fight for the right of "wood ear" and "matsutake" to obtain wisdom.

It's literally World Mushroom Day.

Although she was already used to it, Cattleya still couldn't help but want to cover her face when she saw a boat full of mushrooms singing birthday songs around Frank.

To the mushrooms, Frank is both their father and their king.

As Mr. Frank's pharmacist, the mushrooms see her as a grandmother.

Out of respect, they gave both the pharmacist and Frank honorific titles.

The pharmacist is called "Big Sagittarius King" and Frank is called "Little Auspicious Mushroom King"

This was Frank's first birthday since they were born, so the mushrooms were extremely excited.

They designated this day as the "Mushroom God's Birthday Festival."

(End of this chapter)