Mystery: A Spark

He had already told his servants that he was going on a trip for a while to prevent anyone from visiting him during that time.

I wonder who Arthur will send to help me get into the Forsaken Land. Could it be an angel? Or perhaps the Mysterious Queen? No, the Forsaken Land is isolated from the world and not so easy to enter. Even the Mysterious Queen might not have the ability. So who could it be? Klein wondered to himself.

He had a backpack on his back containing the supplies he had prepared.

The land abandoned by the gods is without sun all year round, so it's impossible to find any decent food there.

Therefore, Klein specially prepared a backpack to carry dry rations for this mission.

Although he was able to extract food from the gaps in history after becoming an ancient scholar, such food was ultimately fake, only able to deceive the taste buds, not the stomach.

When the time comes, he will still be hungry, and Klein is not willing to deprive himself of food.

Besides food, a light source is also needed to walk in the land of the forsaken, but this can be done with historical projections, so there is no need to prepare anything special.

Time passed slowly, and Klein finally received the helper that Arthur had sent him.

When he saw his helper, his eyes widened in surprise.

"Leonard!?"

"Don't be so surprised, I wasn't the one who really put in the effort this time," Leonard said with a laugh.

"Is it the one inside you?" Klein suddenly realized.

“That’s right.” Leonard looked Klein up and down. “By the way, why are you wearing this look when you go to the Forsaken Land? Nobody there will recognize you.”

“…I’m used to it.” Klein rubbed his face, his appearance returning to what it was like in Tingen.

“It still looks better this way,” Leonard said with satisfaction. “By the way, I have some good news for you.”

"What good news?"

"I'm getting married."

"Really? Congratulations!" Klein was genuinely happy for his former colleague who had found love. "You must invite me to your wedding."

"Of course."

"By the way, who is your fiancée?"

"Her name is Hazel. She is a member of the Earth Mother Goddess Church's Ranger Squad and a colleague of Benson. You should know that."

"It's her." Klein realized.

He did know of such a person; he had paid special attention to her when Benson told him about her, because this girl was a rare thief.

"By the way, how are the captain and the others doing now?" Klein asked.

“They’re all doing well. Since we left, Tingen hasn’t had any major incidents. They’ve handled most extraordinary events relatively well. Would you like to go back and see them?” Leonard said.

"This...maybe I should just forget it? I'm not really suited to be in front of them." Klein hesitated for a moment, but ultimately rejected Leonard's suggestion.

“Okay, this is indeed a rather troublesome matter.” Leonard fiddled with his hair a couple of times, then seemed to suddenly remember something and chuckled.

"Speaking of which, the captain might be getting married soon. Guess who his bride is? Here's a hint: it's someone we all know."

"Someone we all know?" Klein was taken aback at first, then realized, "Is it Ms. Daly?"

“That’s right.” Leonard’s smile was somewhat subtle. “Daly had always been somewhat hesitant about her relationship with the captain, feeling that she wasn’t good enough for him. And you know the captain’s personality. If it weren’t for external factors, I estimate that the two of them could have dragged this out until the end of the world.”

"So, you're the external factor that's driving them?" Klein asked.

“Of course,” Leonard said. “I’m getting married, so naturally I had to tell my colleagues and friends. That’s how Daly found out. She expressed her envy of me, but at that time she still didn’t seem interested in taking things any further with the captain, so I told her the news.”

"what news?"

“I lied to her that the captain was getting married too, and that we would be having a group wedding together. She panicked immediately and hurriedly asked for leave to go back to Tingen.” Leonard’s smile was tinged with smugness, clearly very satisfied with his move.

"You're amazing." Klein gave him a thumbs up, quite admiring Leonard's daring and reckless courage. "I hope Ms. Daly won't kill you when she gets back."

As a wealthy man and a devout follower of the Goddess of Night, Dawn Dantes had considerable knowledge of the church and had naturally heard of the reputation of the church's genius bishop, Daly Simone.

This young bishop lady initially grasped the role-playing method entirely through her own wisdom and advanced rapidly to Sequence Five.

According to rumors Klein had heard, Daly had even reached the threshold of demigodhood, and with the holy artifact bestowed upon her by the Church of the Night, her combat power was comparable to that of the goddess's sword, Kreste Cecima.

"It's okay, Daly won't kill me anyway, and the teacher will definitely help me," Leonard said confidently.

"You're overthinking it. I won't interfere in this matter," Pales's aged voice rang out.

Leonard's face immediately froze.

"Good luck to you," Klein said, patting Leonard on the shoulder with pity.

"...The captain should protect me, right?" Leonard's confidence was wavering.

"Don't you think it might turn into a mixed doubles match between husband and wife?" Klein teased.

"It's not that serious." Leonard waved his hand dismissively, burying his head in the sand like an ostrich.

"Let's go, let's go to the ruins of the Gods' War first. After this is over, I'll go back and get together with Hazel... *sobs*..."

"That's enough for now, anything more could cause trouble." Klein withdrew his hand from Leonard's mouth.

"What do you mean? Why would something bad happen if we kept talking?" Leonard asked, puzzled.

"Well, I once heard an old saying that if someone says something like, 'I'll go back and get married after this is over,' before embarking on an adventure, then the adventure will definitely go wrong, and that person is very likely to die during the adventure."

Klein glanced at Leonard. "So you should say less of that kind of thing in the future."

"……understood."