Miss Witch's Forbidden Book Secret

—How could the Golden Fire be made into such a grotesque shape!

But Scarlett didn't dare to send anyone to interfere. It was better to leave something she couldn't understand to Commander Hogger, who was about to arrive.

“Proceed with it this way. Don’t touch those Sequence Fours yet. Wait until Miss Anna arrives before you take them to court. Oh, and remember to have the finance department settle Miss Anna’s commission—she’s about to return to Heaven.”

In the office, Scarlett, who hadn't slept for two nights, finished giving her instructions and quickly signed the documents.

Scarlett hadn't realized how tense she was while overseeing things at Fontaine Palace, but now she was so sleepy that her eyelids started to droop after sitting for a while.

Just as the spirited young lady was about to rest her head on the table for a nap, a shimmering light appeared in the distant glass, and with a thud, an elf with long, pointed ears and light green hair stepped out with graceful steps, bowing and saying:

“Miss Scarlett! My mistress, Tia Sulph, is looking into the situation in the city—she is in the chapel of the St. Pantheon University. Please arrange for the chapel to be sealed off as soon as possible to prevent a major disturbance.”

"Ah, okay, okay..."

Scarlett rubbed her eyes, feeling a moment of disorientation, as if she were back in the Great Harbour Police Station.

—How come even after becoming the consul, I still have to work overtime for Commander Sulph!

"By the way, please arrange for Miss Vera and Miss Bridget to meet with my Lord. She is preparing for her Sequence 3 ascension ceremony."

"Huh? Advancing to Sainthood?!"

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After receiving Branna's message, Tia hung upside down in the sanctuary for half a day, and only brought her soul back to the material world the next morning.

The small chapel was very quiet in the early morning, with sunlight filtering through the mosaic windows and the occasional chirping of birds from the garden and greenery outside.

The rain has stopped and the sky is clear.

Chapter 432 The Prophet's Ambition

The cool morning breeze swept through the Nore Manor residence. The handsome and refined Governor Nore Matthias, holding a glass of wine, walked briskly down the long corridor, followed closely by his scribe, the young girl Erza, as they entered the spacious and bright study.

Noel knocked twice, and after hearing the great sage's warm "Come in," he pushed the door open and stepped across the threshold. He saw Jeremiah already sitting behind his desk, nodding with a smile.

Jeremiah laughed and said, “It seems there are quite a few good things.”

Nor said, "Thanks to the blessing of the Seven Seas Wind, the war in Mistmoon City can finally be considered over. After so many years of fighting between the two factions, you can finally have some peace and quiet."

"The situation is still at a standoff in the Silver Mist Border Region, but it shouldn't be long before they start preparing for peace talks. Without the Hand of Transformation, those nobles won't dare to act recklessly."

“But to be fair, Jeremiah, you were really thinking ahead. Marne organized the Constitutional Council. With the Constitutional Council, the peace talks will probably go much more smoothly.”

This had nothing to do with him. It was purely the Empire's own mishap. He hadn't let old Kamas eliminate Marn because he saw Marn's embezzlement of Imperial funds and tribute as timely and even somewhat unifying.

Jeremiah smiled without saying a word. "As expected. The fact that news of Scarlett's rule could reach Golden Moon Bay shows that their spatial lock has a significant flaw. And Sulph's deployment was timely; the Morrol Legion's artillery was able to arrive ahead of time, meaning Nara's side had already lost. Not to mention that the Morrol Legion had already been mobilized."

"What intrigues me even more is that Santis didn't seem to be able to stop Sulph. And Bloodthorn was also destroyed. Is there any news from Mistmoon City?"

Noel sipped his wine, also quite interested, and said, "According to the sorcerer who intercepted the train, it was Sulph who single-handedly stopped Santis—a rising star! Sulph also made a great contribution to the Bloodthorn incident. According to those substitution scholars, Sulph arrived at Saint Pantheon before the ritual was started and promptly destroyed the ritual and the Bloodthorn's physical body."

That's entirely possible.

The ritual could not possibly succeed, since the Bloodthorn Sanctuary had already been stolen by the prophets.

Jeremiah even fought a battle with the "Great Prophet" Donya Bahram at the Wisdom Palace on the shores of Politics, and Donya's purpose in coming there was quite simple:

Escort the Bloodthorn Sanctuary back to Heaven.

The only highly suspicious thing is that Dongya seems to have a great interest in Mistmoon City as well. This Sequence Two Prophet certainly couldn't be after power.

The only person Jeremiah could think of was Sulph in the city of Fogmoon—she had just inherited the Tower of the Moon.

The prophets began their attempt thousands of years ago in the Year of the Prophets to establish a "star chart of destiny" that could fully predict fate, but this was quickly interrupted with the arrival of the Year of Faith and the rise of the Church.

Then came the Golden Year of Forging, when the Prophets, led by the Black Witch, rebuilt the Palace of Wisdom and restarted the Star Chart of Destiny. Then, Emperor Solomon, who had risen to Sequence One, led his army to utter destruction.

Then came the turbulent year of the Great Plague. Just as Tianfang had recovered from the collapse of the empire and restarted the Destiny Star Chart three times, he was severely weakened by the slave revolt.

Eight hundred years have passed since the Age of Prosperity, and the Age of Alchemy may arrive at any time. And as for the end of the Age of Alchemy—no one knows what will happen.

Prophets and astrologers claimed it was the "end of the world," the "final years," "Ragnarok," and that "the seas will rise and engulf the entire world."

—Because the tenth book in the alchemical canon is the "Book of the End."

The oracle said that the Great Judgment was about to take place, after which the Kingdom of Heaven, the Father of all things, would descend to save mankind.

—Because the alchemy of the number 7 is followed by the ouroboros of the number 8, and the ouroboros are connected head to tail, thus linking to the Creator of the number 0.

As for the King's Order Keepers, the Sons of the Hammer, and the Druids, they considered this pure nonsense and believed there was no inevitable destiny. They faced the future with even greater courage.

The thugs wielding knives didn't care at all; they were just wondering whether Egypt was going to be the end of the world or not.

However, the prophets were always filled with fear of the coming of the last era, otherwise they would not have tried to establish a prophetic system that could control chaos in order to find a foothold for themselves.

And it's not just about creating such a "star chart of destiny".

They also want to project the star map of destiny into the deep sea.

The deep sea is the domain of the ouroboros, and therefore it shares the same characteristic as the ouroboros – “head and tail connected”.

Erza, the scribe standing to the side, was completely bewildered. She raised her hand and asked, "Are you saying that the surface deep sea and the bottom deep sea are actually the same thing?"

Seeing this, Jeremiah explained, "Of course not. This is part of nightmare studies. If we divide the deep sea into three layers, we can get a model like this: the uppermost critical layer, which is above the Mohorovičić discontinuity, is the closest to the material world, and most supernatural beings and spirits reside in this layer."

"Then comes the middle layer, the domain of slumbering spirits and saints. It has almost no influence on the material world. The middle layer spans a vast area, even reaching millions of meters underwater. It is the repository of human history, containing everything recorded and unrecorded, the experiences of mortals and saints, even the experience of watching a sheep graze—it is just the tip of the iceberg."

"As for the lowest level—that is, the one that astrologers call the Gutenberg discontinuity, which is where the beginning and end meet. The lower level is the Truth Layer, where all the laws of the material world are contained; it is the world book left by the Creator. Some contents of the middle level will slowly fall into the Truth Layer over time, thus having a tremendous impact on the world."

"However, this time is very, very long, and it needs to be measured in thousands or tens of thousands of years."

Jeremiah paused, then smiled warmly and said:

"And if the prophets want to project the star map of destiny into the deep sea, they must use the sanctuary. The more powerful the sanctuary, the better. This way they can project it into the middle layer, or even below the Gutenberg surface."

Noel put down his wine glass, smacked his lips, and said, "So Dongya has her eye on that tower too? She's your junior, right? Aren't you going to try and help her?"

"I already helped her a long time ago. Hmm... Miss Cameron, the assassin from their Assassin's Court, also helped a lot. She should be close to advancing to Rank 3 by now, right?"

"Sequence Three?!"

Noel was also taken aback.

To advance from Sequence Six to Sequence Three in such a short time, even without the help of the Fogmoon City rebellion, is enough to accomplish a "grand miracle"!

This content is somewhat beyond the scope of the curriculum.

Erza didn't understand at all. She tried to understand some of the details and things, but the more she thought about it, the more her head ached, so she quickly stopped.

Jeremiah smiled at this.

He didn't expect this clerk, who was only at Sequence 8, to understand him. These words were more for the others to hear, to discourage them from taking action.

For example, the great prophet who was eavesdropping on their conversation.

Chapter 433 A Magnificent Miracle

St. Pantheon Campus, 105 Tower Street, Inner City of Fog Moon, diagonally opposite Ludwig Glory Square.

Through the birch forest and holly bushes after the rain, one can see nearly a hundred reporters crowding into the garden and green space.

They were holding cameras and lenses, surrounding the front door of the chapel, and in the crowd, a girl in a white linen dress could be vaguely seen waving and introducing the thrilling night she had spent there, as well as her heroic feat of saving the day and preventing the gods from descending.

The Silver Knights who were closely guarding her all around, the Great Guardian Lady Fernina Bonaparte who had just arrived and grasped her left hand, the Commander Hogier who had recently visited her, and the President Scarlett all corroborated the credibility of these exaggerated claims.

This immediately drew gasps from the reporters, who quickly jotted down Tia's heroic account and then began inquiring about the details of the previous night.

"Envoy Sulph, did you personally defeat twenty-six powerful wizards...?"

"Lady Sulph! Lady Sulph! You mentioned that you personally ended the Bloodthorn and shattered His divine kingdom. Could you demonstrate this to us?"

"Is it true that your power is now on par with President Jeremiah?"

"Of course! What kind of silly question is this? President Jeremiah is already in his sixties or seventies! I heard you were able to kill the Sorcerer Supreme..."

"When you said you surpassed Chairman Ulrich, what did you mean by...?"

"Are you interested in serving as an elder in the Council of Twelve Elders of the Theocracy?"

While the exaggeration is somewhat exaggerated, the reporters were still quite shocked by the "sun" that descended from the sky last night.

—Those famous saints are indeed powerful, but their special effects are nowhere near as amazing as Miss Sulph's!

The girl nodded repeatedly without arguing.

Tia said seriously, "Of course! To be honest, my power is no less than that of President Ulrich, and may even be slightly weaker than the Supreme Mage of the Empire. But as long as he doesn't dare to stop me from entering the Glass Palace, that so-called Emperor Pinnock will be as easy as taking his head from a baby!"

She needs "grand miracles" to advance to Sequence Three, and the more stories of her great achievements in suppressing the Mist Moon Rebellion, the better.

As for whether it's water or not, the more the better!

The reporters cheered again, their cameras flashing incessantly.

A reporter asked excitedly, "Your Excellency Sulph! We are from the Brumaire Times. May we schedule an exclusive interview?"

The Fogmoon Times is one of the top newspapers in Fogmoon City, so she immediately nodded and said, "Of course, no problem!"

"May I shake your hand?"

"No problem!"

Tia saw that the reporter was actually a pretty older woman with a large bust. She jumped one step and reached out her hand to shake hands with the reporter.

Are you married?

"No, cough... this."

"Could you show us your miracle from last night again?"

Tia declared righteously, “No! I am badly injured, gentlemen and ladies. I was seriously wounded while trying to stop Bloodthorn’s evil plan, and it has been my sister, close friend, partner, and beloved Miss Funina Bonaparte who has been taking care of me for the time being!”

"She knows me very well! So, Miss Bonaparte, please explain what happened last night!"

Tia pushed Vera forward, nodded to the stunned Lovisa, and turned back to the chapel to discuss the matter of advancing to Sequence Three with Brigitte.

To make the performance more convincing, before leaving, Tia even leaned closer and kissed Vera on the lips.

This immediately caused another round of gasps.

Click, click—

To be honest, Vera was feeling dizzy, but her body wasn't reacting. She was using a doll, hastily made by alchemists, without even a body temperature module, so her face and body showed no change whatsoever.

However, besides the spirit authorized by Tia, only Eleanor can control the puppet. Therefore, Vera first shared her senses with Eleanor before controlling the puppet.

Eleanor, who was wrapped in a blanket in bed, curled up like a cream-filled cake roll, and fast asleep with her eyes closed, suddenly woke up and felt a kiss on her face. She let out a soft "ooh" and felt her body getting warm.

The princess was in a daze and didn't know what she was dreaming about. She was talking in her sleep and sucking her fingers.

Vera immediately sensed a strange emotion, along with the smell of someone sucking on her fingers. She wondered what kind of fragrance Eleanor was using, as her fingers had a faint floral scent.

Eleanor's side is not mentioned.

Vera, who was playing the role of Funina Bonaparte, looked completely bewildered.

—This wasn't in the script!

Didn't you ask me to help you prepare for the ceremony to advance to Sequence Three? I brought the Philosopher's Stone Solution and the Saint-Simon Edict Scepter!

So you're making me hold a press conference?

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Although Vera was always timid, Tia always felt that Vera was someone special.

As the saying goes: "Like father, like son; like mother, like daughter."

As Vera's aunt, she was a great alchemist who manipulated Bloodthorn in the palm of her hand, so Vera must be no less capable.

—At least that's what Brigitte heard from her.

But she could somewhat understand why Tia suddenly let the reporters in.

The criteria for ascending to sainthood include "the origin of knowledge," "the perfect prototype," and "a grand miracle." However, there is no fixed standard for a grand miracle.

Just as Solomon conquered Herod and unified the continent, it can be called a "great miracle".

But Pope Peter's reconstruction of the Basilica of St. Simon, his promotion of large-scale industrial projects and welfare relief, can also be described as a "grand miracle".

Essentially, it refers to "historical significance".

Tia believed that the combined prestige gained from the suppression of the Mist Moon rebellion and Bonaparte's reputation should be sufficient.