Life has dealt a heavy hand to a weak demigod like me.

Theresa didn't know why Ciel chose to hide here, unnamed, but she felt it must be for some important reason. She couldn't let this melancholy hurt Ciel—even though Ciel didn't care. She felt that this was their shared secret, one that needed to be protected together.

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Chapter 224 Chapter 104 Some things make you angrier the more you think about them!

"What are you talking about?" When Theresa was thinking about something with sweetness and melancholy, a familiar voice appeared in her ears.

Turning her head, she saw that Charles had appeared behind her without her noticing. At this moment, Charles, who was slightly bent over, had his cheek less than a centimeter away from Theresa. As she turned around, her nose and lips accidentally touched Charles' cheek.

"Although I know what you mean, Theresa, this is a bit too bold~" Charles said with a smile.

Theresa's face flushed red, and then she hit Charles hard on the chest.

Charles stood up, pulled a chair and sat between the two of them, then turned his attention to Peroz.

Peroz, who was looking at the painting, greeted Charles and then saw Theresa's pitiful expression.

She blinked once, then handed the painting in her hand to Charles with a smile.

"Locks, come and take a look. Have you seen the pattern on the clothes in this painting?"

Theresa looked at Peroz with a face full of grief and anger, while Charles came over with interest.

"This is..." Charles looked at Peroz in surprise, "Where did you get this painting?"

"I found it during a previous expedition. Although the clothes seem very ordinary, I don't know why I always feel that the contents inside are not simple." Peroz explained with a smile.

Teresa on the side breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Peroz with a fierce look.

"This is the clothing of a follower of Lady Doom." Ciel smacked his lips and then said, "But the painting shouldn't be black."

"Ms. Doom?"

"A true god who once existed in the world, a great being who controlled misfortune. I've seen descriptions of her in the academy's collection. Also, my last adventure with Professor Endsworth, although we only unearthed some gold and silver treasures, also yielded some books containing secret information."

The expedition with Endsworth was just after he came to this world. After replacing Charles' identity, he cooperated with Endsworth to find an ancient noble's tomb in order to make himself rich. While harvesting treasures, Charles also mixed in some private goods.

Some knowledge that Charles shouldn't know can be attributed to that adventure.

"Ms. Misfortune...this name sounds familiar. I always thought that she and the Goddess of Luck were fictional characters in novels." Peroz said with some surprise.

"I'm not sure if Lady Luck exists, but Lady Misfortune is real," Ciel said with conviction. "Although tens of thousands of years have passed since her time, her traces remain on this world."

Lady Doom... This is one of the few nightmares that Ciel doesn't want to recall.

While walking, he encountered a space shift and mistakenly entered the spirit world. He was then entangled by some ghosts. He ran all the way to the shadow world and was almost transformed into a shadow creature by shadow matter. After finally returning to the main world, a meteorite as big as a small mountain hit his face - he was stunned at the time. There was not even a star in the sky in the Five Gods Era. God knows where the meteorite came from!

Similar things happened every day, and during that period he really had to sleep with his eyes open.

No... I can't think about it anymore. Charles felt that if he kept thinking about it, he would burst into tears.

"Lady Doom?... There should be records of her legend at home."

"But how can you be so sure? The clothes in this painting look very ordinary."

Both the dress and the hat looked very ordinary to Peroz, except for the color. Basically, he would always meet a lady wearing a similar style dress at every dance.

"Take a closer look at this hat." Charles picked up the oil painting drawn by Theresa and placed it sideways in front of Peroz.

"The pattern on it is grey, and the base colour of the hat is black. Most people would ignore the pattern and just mistake it for a black hat."

“However, in this painting, the unique beauty of the black base and gray patterns is well displayed.”

"Look at it from this angle, excluding the black, what do you think you see?"

Eliminate the black and only look at the gray pattern?

Peroz narrowed his eyes and focused his gaze on the gray pattern.

This is...

"snake?"

"It's the Disaster Serpent. According to legend, Lady Doom is the incarnation of the Disaster Serpent. Therefore, both the statues of Lady Doom and their followers like to have a gray snake tattooed on their hats or bodies."

This snake seemed to be no different from an ordinary snake except that it was gray all over, had triangular scales, and had a tail that was vaguely divided into two. But Charles knew how powerful this "snake" was.

He's simply the walking god of death.

"The person who painted this picture has good painting skills, but perhaps because the mural has faded over time, some of the colors have faded, causing the painting to be somewhat distorted." Charles ate her cake under Theresa's angry eyes and commented.

"In my study, I have a book written by a follower of Lady Doom about her. If you're interested, I'll have Teresa send it to you."

"There are many things recorded about Lady Doom, one of which is that she hates the color black."

"Therefore, neither Lady Doom's followers nor she herself will ever wear black clothing, not even with black patterns or decorations."

Thinking of a demon that looked like a human peacock or a pheasant, Charles stopped describing the Lady of Misfortune.

No, if I say any more, he will recall the unbearable past.

Some things make me angrier the more I think about them!

When he becomes the truth, if he can still find Ms. Doom, Charles swears that he will lock her up in a small dark room and dye everything from her prison uniform to her food and water black.

She's so angry!

But after thinking about it, Charles still felt a little unsafe.

The secondary God and the true God are two different concepts.

When he is promoted to the Truth, although he is generally not afraid of the True God because of his cheating ability, he can even kill God.

But it is still difficult to capture alive a true god who controls misfortune.

If there is no other option, he can wait until he is promoted to a true god. If Ms. Doom is still alive, he can then carry out this plan.

"Doctrine is something that changes over time."

"Perhaps the book you obtained, Rocks, records that Lady Doom hates the color black, but at other times, Lady Doom's followers worship the color black."

"After all, after the true God disappeared, it's only natural that the teachings would be distorted."

Charles nodded. This was possible. Perhaps after that guy disappeared, her followers experienced some setbacks and distorted her teachings, and then fell in love with black.

The Church of the Five Gods has managed to survive to this day, and faith still exists. But Lady Doom...is now not far from being completely forgotten. For a moment, Ciel felt a strange sense of melancholy.

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Chapter 225 Chapter 105 Peroz: Want to Hit Someone

Time is truly the most powerful force in this world. No matter how powerful you are, if you cannot leave your mark in time, your final outcome will be being completely forgotten.

Charles hated Lady Misfortune and didn't want to recall any of her memories, but looking at the black dress and hat, he felt extremely sad.

She is an existence that is one with the concept of doom, just like the relationship between the eternal blazing sun and the sun hanging high in the sky. As long as the concept of doom exists, she should always be engraved in the world.

Today, misfortune still exists for this world, but Ms. Misfortune is just a legend.

In hundreds or millions of years, perhaps even this legend will disappear.

"History is as fascinating as ever..." Peroz's eyes were filled with fascination. "It's as if I can peel away the fog surrounding time and understand what exactly happened over the countless years."

This is her ultimate goal as an archaeologist.

A goal that is out of reach, even impossible to achieve.

"That's a great goal..." Charles encouraged with a smile. He didn't have much curiosity about the past and history. Apart from a small number of things that happened in a short period of time, most of history was always repeating things.

"Why did the topic become so serious while we were chatting?" Teresa said with some dissatisfaction as she looked at the two of them.

"By the way, Rocks, how did you find this place?"

"I originally wanted to come to the commercial street to pick out two new clothes for Mernadette, but I saw your carriage halfway." Charles said nonsense seriously. It was obvious that he was scared because he found that most of the things he could do today were related to men, so he came to find them.

"You...all you do is bully Mernadette." Peroz complained helplessly.

"I obviously love her, otherwise I wouldn't come out in the hot sun to buy her new clothes." Charles said seriously.

Time had unknowingly arrived in summer, and it was almost a year since Ciel came to this era.

As soon as he finished speaking, the two of them showed a hint of disgust.

The two of them were also very familiar with Charles, so their interactions with Mernadette gradually increased. The two of them liked Mernadette's gentle and kind nature very much, so they also learned about some of Charles' "evil deeds".

"Then why isn't Melnadée with you?" Theresa asked with a smile.

"She has her own things to do." Charles said with regret.

"Well... although Mernadette is not here, it does mean that you have no one to accompany you." Peroz looked at Theresa thoughtfully.

Theresa blushed a little when she was looked at by her, then she stood up and was about to pull her mouth.

"You don't look like a lady at all like this~" Peroz teased while dodging.

In terms of physical fitness, there was no way Theresa could possibly beat the other person. In the end, she could only sit back in her original position panting and looking at her dissatisfiedly.

"You know how to bully me!"

Peroz glanced at Charles, who was smiling, and shook his head after hearing Theresa's words. "You and Rocks should have said this to each other when no one was around. It feels weird saying it to me~"

"Who would say something like that to him alone?" Teresa's face flushed. She was a little afraid to argue with Perozzi - who knew what embarrassing words she would say next...

Ever since Peroz's first adventure, Theresa had noticed a change in him—this guy could say words and phrases that made her blush and her heart beat fast without any effort.

You're not acting like a girl anymore!

"Well~ this won't do~ If you don't say something like that, what will happen to you two in the future~" A narrow smile appeared on Peroz's face.

"Okay Perozzi, I can't stand you bullying Theresa like this."

"So I'm going to punish you." Charles said seriously.

"Punish me?" Peroz blinked, "I think you should thank me, after all, I did this for you~" As she spoke, she put her hands together and made some movements that made Teresa blush and her heart beat faster.

"Thank you then."

"It's summer now. It's not good for a lady to always dress like this. I think Perozzi needs some decent clothes."

Looking at Peroz, who was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, dressed as if he was going on an adventure, Charles said seriously.

"Decent? As long as the clothes are comfortable, why do I need to be decent?" Peroz shook her ponytail and said seriously.

"That's not up to you~" While Peroz and Charles were talking, Theresa slipped behind Peroz and hugged her tightly.

So, Peroz was put on the carriage, half being held hostage and half accompanying Theresa in a prank.

Perhaps because they hadn't seen each other for a long time, she didn't rush to leave. Instead, she looked at the clothes that Charles had chosen for her and Theresa with interest.

However, less than a quarter of an hour later, she regretted it.

"Is this the dress you chose for me?" Perozzi's expression was a little subtle.

Ciel nodded seriously.

"Do you think this dress is more decent than what I'm wearing now?" she said with gritted teeth.

Charles looked at the short-sleeved shirt and shorts that Peroz was wearing, thought for a moment, and nodded very seriously.

Peroz rolled his eyes.

A pleated skirt, white stockings, a blouse, and... bunny ears!?

"Don't you like it?" Charles scratched his head, then silently changed his pleated skirt into a miniskirt.

A tic-tac-toe gesture crossed Perozzi's forehead. She began to understand why Melnadette didn't like, or rather didn't dare to, accompany Charles shopping.

Is this about the skirt?!

"Still don't like it?" Charles glanced at Peroz, as if he was disgusted by her pickiness, and then silently changed his white stockings into black stockings.

At this moment, Peroz missed Charles very much when they just met.

Thinking back to Charles' attitude towards him then, and then looking at Charles' attitude towards him now, Peroz felt relaxed and happy, but also a little tired occasionally.

"You're really picky..." Charles sighed again, and then changed the last white shirt into a suspender T-shirt.

"Teresa, you must hold me." Looking at the increasingly cool outfits, Peroz said seriously to Teresa beside him.

"Huh?" Theresa was a little surprised.

"I was afraid that I would soon hold him down and make him try on the clothes he had chosen," Peroz said seriously.

But just as she finished speaking, Theresa's eyes brightened.