Secret: Those years when I was a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

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"The honorific title given to Frank in the Eastern Continent has changed from saint to angel. How could I have such a dream?"

On top of Sefirah Castle, Klein rubbed his nose, listened to the prayers of Moon City and Silver City, and comforted himself with sweat profusely:

"Well, in fact, angel is just a common honorific. It is a normal compliment to praise others as angels... It seems that Yuecheng's situation has recovered well. Their strength is relatively well preserved, and their population is larger than that of Silver City. It should be given They sent a batch of purification, uh, purification mushrooms to help them get rid of the changes in their bodies..."

Klein sadly realized that Frank had a complete monopoly on technology. There was no extraordinary item that could compare to this harmless and non-dangerous group purification drug. He had no choice but to recognize the reality and give up thinking:

"When the degree of collective mutation in Moon City is reduced, I will ask them to search for other city-states in the dark depths... The two cities are a bit far apart, and there are unknown dangers in between. It is unlikely that they will meet for a while. , let’s develop in our respective areas first.”

"I don't have the ability to go to the Eastern Continent to bring them out now. If they find all the survivors in the God's Abandoned Land, they can find a way to come out... Where is the real way out of the God's Abandoned Land? The Creator didn't tell me, he probably thought I could find it. 'The Sun' said that the chief suspects that the way out is at the Giant King's Court, well, let them explore it, and then I'll make some ideas based on the situation."

The matter of Silver City and Moon City leaving the Land Abandoned by the Gods will not be resolved for a while. Klein feels slightly relaxed. As expected, there is only one thing that needs to be resolved at the moment, and that is the ceremony of George III.

It was the dead of night, but Klein did not fall asleep. Instead, he came above the gray mist early, waiting for something.

Today is the Sequence 5 promotion ceremony scheduled by Miss Justice.

The other party is about to become a Sequence 5 "Dream Walker", and he has promised that he will personally help her perform the ceremony to prevent accidents.

In the suburban manor of the Hall family, in Audrey's bedroom.

After Susie, the big golden retriever dog, received the look, she opened the door and went out and sat down outside to prevent anyone from disturbing her.

Audrey took out the "Dream Walker" extraordinary characteristics, corresponding auxiliary materials and vessels for preparation from various hidden places where things were hidden - most of these auxiliary materials came from Silver City, and they can be obtained with little merit. As for the reward for what she got in exchange, Audrey hasn't paid yet because the little "Sun" hasn't decided what she wants yet.

After skillfully mixing the potion, Audrey looked at the liquid that was dimly dotted with gray-white light spots. She took a step back, clasped her hands together, placed them in front of her mouth and nose, and recited in a low voice in ancient Hermes:

"A fool who does not belong to this era..."

As soon as her prayers subsided, countless shadows with indescribable shapes appeared before her eyes.

They swim and interweave quickly, as if they are active in the sea, and the top of the sea is seven clear lights of different colors that seem to contain endless knowledge.

Above these seven pure lights is an endless gray-white mist. Above the gray-white mist, there is a majestic and majestic palace.

At this time, the palace door opened, and a figure condensed with golden light flew down and landed in front of Audrey. The twelve pairs of flame wings covered the blond girl in layers.

Such a scene only lasted for a second or two before disappearing, like an illusion, but Audrey was always immersed in this sacred and sublime feeling.

She calmed down and thanked Mr. Fool sincerely.

With the "Angel's Embrace", she can stay awake in her dreams and wake up whenever she wants without worrying about being addicted to it and unable to extricate herself.

This is equivalent to her having performed the ritual corresponding to "Dream Walker", and the effect is definitely better than the original version.

The potion was not as unpleasant as she imagined. It was a little sour, a little sweet, a little bitter, a little psychedelic, a little stimulating, just like a dream of wanton indulgence.

Before Audrey had time to feel the effect of the magic potion on her body, her mind suddenly went into a trance, and she soon regained consciousness.

She saw outside the window that the night had entered the morning, and the sun was rising in the sky, turning it red.

In the garden, flowers bloomed one after another, and crystal dewdrops swayed slightly on the tips of the green grass.

Audrey seemed to have become the master of this world, her consciousness floated, and she saw scenes one after another from a bird's eye view:

Her father and mother held hands, walking along the garden paths, bathing in the morning light and smelling the fragrance;

Her brother, Alfred, has never died. At this moment, he and Hibbert have eliminated the estrangement, riding horses, taking attendants, and laughing continuously into the woods on the outskirts, competing to see who has more hunting results;

Ambassadors or special representatives from Feysac, Intis, Feneport and other countries, and even the Balam Empire and Highlands were also involved, because the Northern Continent recognized their legal status as countries, and normalcy was established between the countries. Diplomacy of equality. They signed an agreement at Thordrak's Palace in Loen, declaring to the whole world that the war would not happen, and the dark clouds in the sky dissipated;

them.

Audrey's eyes froze slightly.

This dream is closely connected with her understanding of the real world. What appears in Thordrak's palace is not the emperors, kings and political leaders of various countries that can be seen in newspapers and portraits, but vague human shapes, which are symbols of gods. .

This scene suddenly woke her up. She turned her head silently and looked into the distance of this imperfect dream.

She saw that George III announced his abdication and that families who disappeared during the human trafficking received state subsidies. The newly enthroned Govington II is a benevolent king. With the promotion of the king and the church, Backlund's smog situation is getting better and better. Every factory has passed the alkali industry prosecutor and the "Air Pollution Investigation Committee" Double review and promote such standards to other countries;

Audrey sighed softly.

She didn't expect that the incredible thing "George III abdicated" would appear in her dream, but she couldn't deny that she was looking forward to this scene happening, and she also placed her hope that Luen would get better again in the crown prince brother Winton. On Augustus.

But the reality is that these families are still living with the pain of missing family members, or their entire family has been abducted.

The king stepped on their bones and blood, preparing to ascend to the eternal throne.

There is a feeling of falling from the clouds to the ground. The floating joy and mist disappear, and a corner of the cold real world is revealed.

All of these were dreams and fantasies. She was losing interest in this dream now. Even without the help of Mr. Fool, Audrey felt that she might be frightened and wake up when the gods from all over the world gathered together.

However, in this dream, there is also a future that seems to be achievable:

The maximum working hours and basic working environment for workers have been met, various industries are developing better and better, the number of homeless people has been reduced to an unimaginable level, and various security plans led by the Kingdom cover all groups of people. ;

Children no longer need to enter factories when they are young. They laugh and play, run into classrooms with bright windows and clean tables and chairs, open textbooks, and begin to listen carefully. If they don’t study, it’s just because they don’t want to, not because they don’t have the conditions;

Women are no longer discriminated against because of their gender. Even a female starch worker can rely on learning, gain knowledge, and find a better job. They are reporters, teachers, police officers, soldiers, miners, and government employees. They can be found in every formal industry;

Various mechanical creations appear in the streets and alleys, bringing convenience and joy to the people;

In the square in front of the church, white pigeons sometimes fly up and sometimes fall down. People sit, stand, or play, enjoying life to the fullest...

Wild Extraordinaries no longer need to be frightened. As long as they undergo regular physical examinations and mental state assessments, they can walk in the sun and use their extraordinary abilities to make money legally.

"This is really beautiful... Unfortunately, there are also some unrealistic parts. It seems that the more I know, the less beautiful the world will be, but this is the real world..." Audrey stared at such a dream. , I felt a burst of emotion in my heart.

Above the Source Castle, Klein paid attention to Audrey's changes. Seeing that her mental state was very stable and that there were no abnormalities in her astral body or spirituality, he knew that the other party's promotion was most likely successful.

At this moment, bursts of prayers came to Klein's ears, and the pattern of "The Fool" behind the high-backed chair rippled.

He looked at the crimson star that was expanding and contracting indefinitely, and judged from the blurry image that it was a prayer from the "hermit" lady.

Klein stretched out his hand a little, and the prayer scene appeared in front of him:

Ms. "Hermit" Cattleya was staying in a spacious but crowded room with her eyes closed and mumbling something - Klein knew that these two words were contradictory, but they were true. Because the room itself is very spacious, but the floor is piled with astrology, wrenches, gears, occult books and all kinds of messy things, making it impossible to get down - so Ms. "Hermit" is floating in the air and praying.

"Dear Mr. Fool...I am about to pray to the Sage to gain knowledge. I hope to receive your blessing..."

Sage? Oh, Hidden Sage.

Klein thought of the pair of transparent eyes floating in the air, made of starlight, flickering.

Then, Klein looked behind Cattleya wordlessly.

Those starry eyes were floating behind Ms. Hermit, seemingly watching her every move curiously.

Klein saw these eyes as soon as he opened the screen, and his intuition told him that these eyes were attracted by the prayer. Combined with the content of the "hermit's" prayer, he almost instantly felt embarrassed that he was assisting in cheating and was caught on the spot by the invigilator.

But these eyes gave him no spiritual warning, and Cattleya's prayer did not give him any warning. Maybe the "sage" would not be detrimental to them.

Seeing that the eyes made of starlight seemed to be turning around, Klein immediately closed the prayer screen, then thought for a while, took out the citrine pendulum, and decided to divine whether Cattleya would be in danger.

Klein quickly wrote down the divination statement:

Knowledge indoctrination poses a fatal danger to the "hermit".

Citrine rotates counterclockwise in the medium range, which means that the subsequent knowledge infusion is somewhat dangerous, but not fatal. Knowledge instillation has always been like this. If there is no fatal rounding, there is no danger. Klein decided not to respond to Cattleya.

…

In the dormitory of the secret peepers in Feilun, Cattleya immediately felt the gaze of the great being as soon as she said the content of her prayer.

She waited nervously for a moment, but nothing happened.

Mr. Fool glanced at me and then left? She suddenly had such a strange idea.

Or maybe He has already given me blessings, but I didn’t notice it, or maybe He is dissatisfied with my request, but... no, no, we can’t speculate on God. No matter what the “fool” does, there must be His reasons. of.

So she silently landed on the ground, cleared an open space for her to stay, and prepared to hold a ceremony to seek knowledge from the hidden sage.

She took out a stack of drawings and prayed with piety and thirst for knowledge:

"Dear Hidden Sage, you are the emperor who transcends knowledge and the hermit who controls mystery. I pray to you that you can give me the optimized structure and efficient propeller of the stratospheric airship based on these completed drawings. Design and thermodynamic modeling…”

…

Half a minute later, Klein heard Cattleya's screams.

He glanced at it, and his starry eyes were constantly passing on knowledge. After confirming that the other party was indeed in pain and showed no signs of losing control, Klein coughed and turned his head back as if nothing had happened.

He doesn't want to have anything to do with the "Hidden Sage" just yet.

On the other side, Miss Justice's promotion seemed to have been completed, and she was happily thanking Mr. Fool.

Klein breathed a sigh of relief, regained his spirituality, and turned his attention to the copper-green cross placed on the mottled long table.

This was an item recently sacrificed by two members of the Tarot Club, "Magician" and "Judgement", saying they were thanking Mr. Fool for all his blessings and hoping to please this being.

It looks like the level is not low... Klein picked up the spiked cross and used divination to quickly grasp the extraordinary abilities and negative effects of this magical item.

The two are actually one.

This bronze-green cross can purify the forces of corruption, filth, corrosion, darkness, evil, disease and other fields, allowing them to quickly dissipate until nothing remains.

Based on this principle, this magical item can also remove the mental pollution within the extraordinary characteristics.

It is precisely because of this powerful and pure purification that the copper-green cross excludes contact with other magical items and extraordinary characteristics, and cannot coexist in the same person. Moreover, it also excludes the holder's extraordinary characteristics, but it is relatively less obvious: As time goes by, it will let the characteristics of the Extraordinary come out bit by bit!

It can be used to recover characteristics from Extraordinaries who failed to advance but did not die or lose control... The ability of this cross is very similar to the "Darknessless One" of the "Sun" path... Klein nodded thoughtfully.

"It appeared in the hands of Viscount Stepford, who was suspected of being a member of the Psychological Alchemy Society. He also claimed to have participated in the killing of Mason Dill who discovered the king's secret. Sure enough, it means that George III and the Twilight Hermit will have a closer cooperation?"

"The Twilight Hermits must also have angels, oh, for example, Hermes...I wonder where he is now, and whether he continues to support George III..."

Klein's brows frowned slightly.

In the history of occultism, Hermes is undoubtedly a great person, and if possible, he would not be willing to make an enemy of such a person.

"If Hermes is really one of the believers of the former Sun God, as said in the story of Silver City, then I think he may not necessarily support George III... But it is difficult to say that divinity and time will gradually change a person. Human.”

"Huh? Yes, this magical item is also a cross."

I recently tracked down George III and killed Qonas Kilgor. Could this be a warning to the Twilight Hermits? No, they don't need warning at all. With the silent hypnosis and psychological suggestion of the "audience", as long as the Sequence 3 or the angels consciously teach me a lesson, I may have started to have problems as I have just been promoted... So what does this mean? Could it be a hint from Hermes? No, how did he know that Forsi and Xio were the "magicians" and "judges" of the Tarot Society? How do you know that they will kill Viscount Stepford and sacrifice these things to me?

He looked at the cross, trying to dig out some hints from it.

After thinking for a long time, Klein could not come up with an answer. Klein reached out for the citrine pendulum wrapped around his wrist, but his hand stopped in mid-air. After thinking about it, he gave up the idea of ​​divination.

"The only thing that's certain is that the Dark Cross that came into my hands was definitely not a simple coincidence, but someone's push."

"I want to find the Fool, or contact me."

And this thing is not suitable to be worn on the body. It will make people gradually lose their extraordinary abilities and cannot coexist with other sealed objects.

"In this case……"

Klein muttered, grabbing the patina-covered cross and returning to the real world. The disappearance of Qonas Kilgor did not bring much shock to Mei Ge Manor. After all, it was not strange for the major general of MI9 to suddenly leave for special reasons.

He quickly left the manor, and when he came back, he had a new marionette in his hand - a completely ordinary person, a robber caught from outside who happened to be doing bad things. Klein simply modified the marionette's appearance and body shape, and then inserted the Darkless Cross into his body.

A hole was opened in Marionette's chest, and the Darkless Cross was swallowed in, and then the flesh and blood slowly merged, leaving no trace of scars.

"This way there is no need to keep it in Source Castle to prevent any strange things from happening."

"Ordinary people don't have extraordinary characteristics to extract. If the Marionette changes due to the Dark Cross, I can feel it immediately."

Next, Klein tried to adjust the position of the Darkless Cross and left a seal. After the adjustment, he suddenly felt that the operation was a bit strange... just like those secret prayers who use their bodies to hide things.

Sure enough, it was a side effect of working with the secret puppet... Klein laughed dryly and asked the secret puppet to put on the clothes of a manservant in the manor and blend in seamlessly.

…

A flash of orange lit up on the horizon, and one manor after another on the north bank of the Tasok River woke up in the morning mist.

The tall and fat Franmy Cage came to the guest bedroom where Qonas Kilger slept last night. He raised his hand and knocked on the door, then pushed it open. After taking a look, he shook his head in disappointment:

"The Major General hasn't come back yet."

Congressman Macht, who happened to get up with him, also looked around the empty room, smiled and comforted:

"It may be that the mission has not been completed and the major general needs to leave suddenly. It must be a big matter that will take some time to deal with."

"I guess so."

The deputy director of MI9 often behaved similarly, involving national security secrets, so Congressman Macht and others did not panic. Franmi did not doubt Qonas's strength and did not dwell on this topic.

Hazel did not look into the room this time. The intuition of the "decryption scholar" told her that something abnormal was happening inside, but promotion and the powerful fear of the unknown stopped her curiosity.

At this time, Dwayne Dantès slowly walked down the stairs and greeted the guests:

"Good morning, everyone, did you have a good rest last night?"

"Very good. It's quiet and comfortable here, suitable for vacation." Representative Macht smiled at his friend, and Franmi nodded.

Dawn walked down the stairs and took a look at Qonas Kilgor's room as he passed by. Seeing that it was still empty, the things belonging to the military intelligence major general were placed intact inside. He couldn't help shaking his head and sighing softly. :

"The Major General hasn't come back yet. This is because I didn't treat you well."

Franmi quickly spoke:

"Don't say that, Dawn. Your Excellency, Major General, is really looking forward to the vacation at Mei Ge Manor. It's just that something happened and he had to leave."

"Is that so? Then I hope I can make it up in the future."

Dawn said half-jokingly, and then walked to the restaurant with the guests chatting.

The servants have prepared sumptuous food, and lunch is even more colorful, as is the case every day on vacation. As a courtesy, the host will use the rare wine from the manor's cellar, and the guests will never hesitate to praise the host's generosity and food.

Dawn noticed that the servants in the restaurant were putting the morning newspapers they just bought today on the shelves in the restaurant for people to read. He moved slightly and asked Congressman Macht and the others to get their meals first, while he walked towards the place where the newspapers were placed. and magazine racks.

George III liked to use newspapers to highlight himself...probably because he could call himself "Emperor" in newspapers, haha.

Klein cursed and picked up the newspaper with a smile.

His eyes widened slightly, and as expected, there was quite important news written on the second page.

This page is neither big nor small, and occupies a relatively important position, but it is not on the first page, giving people a weird feeling, as if it is hidden but not completely hidden. The report contains some condolences from His Majesty the King, who is about to become the emperor, for the city's reconstruction. The picture is of a huge podium that has been built. According to Klein's impression of Backlund, this podium should be at——Backlund's. In the city center, on the square in the Hillstown area.

It is indeed here... Klein has already inspected Backlund's situation.

If George III wanted to find a site for collective ceremonies that could accommodate a large number of residents, it would have to be the town square.

"...Delayed by bad weather and various objective reasons, the ceremony stage has been set up as of today."

"In the past year, Backlund and the people have experienced a lot together. His Majesty the Emperor will deliver an important speech on the current situation and future. The speech will start on time at nine o'clock in the morning on October 4. We hope that all citizens will actively participate. Location: Hillstown Central City Square”

Klein frowned, and then he slowly looked up and saw today's date on the front page of the newspaper.

October 1st.

"It was said to be within half a month... but it actually only took ten days." Klein was stunned for a few seconds at this date, and things suddenly appeared in front of him, and he had only been promoted to Sequence 3 until now. Just five days.

George III moved faster than he thought.

TBC

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