Chapter 652 The Fool Received a Whole Roselle Diary

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Hobert continued reading the contents of the notes, which described the three factions of the Tamara family.

The first faction, represented by Tamara, worshiped evil gods, willingly becoming their servants, hoping to regain the Beyonder characteristic of the "Hand of Order" and allow the family to once again have a great angel.

Another faction, led by Pedi, strongly opposed family members worshiping evil gods, believing that it would make Beyonders cold, especially family members above the demigod level, and even become less human due to the influence of evil gods.

The internal conflict of the Tamara family mainly existed between these two factions.

According to the records in the notes, this conflict actually appeared very early on. When Old Tamara had to contribute his Beyonder characteristic to the Six Gods, Tamara began to establish contact with that evil god through the clues about evil gods obtained by the family.

Gradually, Tamara began to force family members to change their beliefs.

Before that, family members generally worshiped the angel in the family, that is, Tamara himself, so at the beginning, he easily changed the beliefs of a group of members.

However, there were still some members who might not have been so devout in their belief in "Balancer" Tamara and were always unwilling to convert.

The seeds of internal family conflict were planted at this time.

Later, Pedi Tamara escalated the family conflict until a civil war broke out.

Pedi always pretended to support Tamara and was highly trusted by Tamara, but this was all an illusion he showed in order to obtain advancement opportunities.

After the Tamara family obtained the Beyonder characteristic of the "Duke of Entropy," Pedi stood out among several candidates for advancement to angel, obtained the advancement opportunity, and then began to publicly oppose the worship of evil gods, and quickly became the leader of the opposition.

Therefore, under the condition that both sides had comparable strength, a civil war broke out.

Later, Tamara, who had a certain advantage, compromised and stated that family members had the right to choose whether or not to worship evil gods, and thus formed the family's council, which was the highest decision-making body in the family.

The cracks caused by the civil war were barely repaired.

In addition, there was another faction in the Tamara family. Initially, they were members of the Abraham family who had marriage ties with the Tamara family and came to join the Tamara family.

Some of them also left the Tamara family because they were unwilling to accept the protection of evil gods.

It is said that they later joined the "Primordial Demoness."

The person who wrote this notebook was also very strange, wondering why that part of the members switched from one evil god to another.

Hobert smiled and said to himself: Evil gods are different from evil gods.

Later, the remaining members of the Abraham family who stayed were willing to worship evil gods, and they formed a relatively loose faction, which was the third faction in the Tamara family.

They once hoped to cultivate an angel of the "Apprentice" pathway, but unfortunately, they could not complete the corresponding ritual, so this faction has always only had two or three demigods and has never had an angel.

In the subsequent continuous intermarriages, they were almost diluted by the other two factions, but they have always been the mediators of the other two factions.

Combining some of the information obtained before, Hobert basically knew the entire history of the Tamara family.

This family rose to prominence in the early Fourth Epoch, during those chaotic decades. Later, it joined the Solomon Empire and gained Solomon's trust, secretly helping Solomon contact the "Uncertain Mist" and find a way to become a Great Old One.

After the collapse of the Solomon Empire, the Six Gods took away the Tamara family's Beyonder characteristic of the "Hand of Order." In order to take revenge and restore their strength, Tamara completely leaned towards the "Uncertain Mist."

In Hobert's opinion, a family supported by hatred is difficult to last for a long time.

The Tamara family's civil war, in addition to their disagreement on the concept of treating evil gods, the fundamental reason was actually whether or not to live for hatred?

The family members led by Pedi firmly resisted the belief in the "Uncertain Mist" precisely because they did not want their lives to become sacrifices for revenge.

Hobert sighed: It's a pity that with the arrival of Erebus, the balance between the two factions of the Tamara family may be broken.

He continued to read on, Pedi, in order to protect some family members, would help them cover up their tracks and help them leave the family with their consent.

This is how the Glaint family came to be. That Beyonder family first hibernated for decades before starting to operate in the outside world again.

At this time, a series of wars broke out in the Northern Continent. The Loen Kingdom first broke out the "Twenty Years' War" with the Feysac Empire, and then the "White Rose War" with the Intis Kingdom.

The Glaint family used these two wars to obtain a title of nobility and pass it down to modern times.

Some of the later notes were unremarkable, basically recording the lives of generations of viscounts.

On the last page of the notebook, a few scribbled words were written: Remember, don't investigate the cause of my death, it is likely to attract retaliation from the royal family. Be a good viscount and continue the family! As long as there is continuation, there is hope!

Although this sentence was a bit nonsensical, but combined with Glaint's previous narration, this should be what his father wrote to him.

Hobert thought of Rex and smiled slightly: For many people, "the truth being revealed to the world" is not the most important thing.

Then he thought: Old Viscount Glaint may have known about the royal family's excavation of ancient tombs, but was unwilling to collude with the royal family, so he was murdered by the royal family.

The only difference from Xio's family is that Glaint's family was not purged, probably because Old Viscount Glaint never intended to inform the church about this matter, but was just unwilling to help the royal family.

It may also be the result of Vincent's mediation.

Judging from some previous events, Earl Vincent did provide some help to Glaint, and it is likely that he silently helped his good friend's family through the difficulties.

If Vincent had been guarding against Glaint, he would not have allowed his youngest son, Karl, to hang out with Glaint.

Of course, this is just Hobert's guess. The behavior of these nobles is often difficult to explain.

In addition to the records of the Glaint family's history, there were also two other notebooks, one of which recorded lots of knowledge and theories.

This should be the "standard configuration" of Beyonder families. With such a notebook, the descendants of their family can well understand this world.

The other one recorded much history, especially some neighboring pathways or families of the same pathway, all had relatively detailed information, and even actively conducted some investigations.

Hobert glanced at it and found that the information about these families was already outdated.

The description of Trunsoest was still stuck in "divided into two, one branch hiding somewhere in the Hornacis Mountains, and one branch relatively active, establishing a law firm in Backlund to digest potions."

Decades ago, these descriptions were correct, but now huge changes have already taken place.

Especially after the "Creator" began to systematically recruit members of the Trunsoest family, this information was basically useless.

Another reason is that Glaint chose to become an "Apothecary" in order to avoid being monitored, and this information was equivalent to information from another pathway for him.

However, if Glaint has children in the future and wants to return to the "Arbiter" pathway, this information is still useful, at least knowing which families are of the same pathway or neighboring pathways as his.

After reading these notes, Hobert sent them to Glaint.

In the study of Viscount Glaint, the young viscount was silent for a long time looking at the three leather notebooks.

He carefully stroked their surfaces, as if afraid that they would be broken because his movements were too rough.

Hobert knew that over the years, these notes had been entrusted with all of Glaint's thoughts for his father.

After a long time, Viscount Glaint choked up a little and said: "Sorry, I was just distracted."

As he spoke, he opened the secret room of the study and took out three sealed items from it: "According to the previous agreement, you can choose any one of them."

Hobert nodded and casually took one.

They were all Grade 2 Sealed Artifacts, and he currently had almost no great need for sealed items of this level.

However, the help of a demigod was more valuable than a Grade 2 Sealed Artifact, so Hobert was not polite with Glaint.

"What we have to face is the future, not the past." Hobert smiled and said: "Look forward, there is a bright future waiting for us. If we only look back, we can only be buried by helplessness and sadness, because there is nothing we can do to change the things of the past."

Glaint showed a forced smile: "Thank you."

Hobert waved his hand at him and used "Travel" to return to his study.

At this time, in his mind, like a movie playing, scenes of the past year or so flashed through his mind. He thought of the Tamara family, of his mother, of his father, of his adoptive parents, of Fors and Audrey, of Donna and Tyron, of Klein and Leonard.

All of this eventually turned into a smile: "Time flies so fast!"

That night, Hobert hardly rested. He first lamented his life, and then began to make short-term and long-term plans.

Thinking about these things easily made him excited, so he couldn't rest well.

The next morning, Hobert first went to "Earl's Light" to take a look and understand the sales of the telephone.

Preparations for the sale of telephones began a long time ago. Previously, when laying cables in some places, telephone lines were also laid at the same time.

Even in places without telephone lines, it is relatively easy to lay them as long as there are utility poles.

However, there are still many areas not covered by telephone lines, so the current constraint on telephone development is the insufficient laying of telephone lines.

This cannot be rushed and can only be done slowly.

After having lunch with Audrey, Hobert went to Longtail Island in the afternoon to attend the Tarot Gathering with Fors.

Before today, Hobert had attended the Tarot Gathering three times, but those gatherings were very brief and nothing new happened.

As usual, Hobert and Fors lay on the bed a few minutes early. Fors said, "Dorian has accepted my invitation and plans to visit Longtail Island tomorrow."

Hobert nodded: "Great, in that case, I'll stay on Longtail Island for the next two days."

Fors added: "In Tussock Harbor, some navies are recruiting pirates to participate in naval battles, promising land, official positions, and even titles."

"Let them recruit," Hobert said. "As long as it doesn't affect the order of the port, don't interfere."

After all, Longtail Island nominally belongs to the Loen Kingdom.

Fors nodded: "Okay."

Hobert then asked: "I haven't been to Longtail Island for a while. How is the construction progressing? Are the industrial areas operating normally?"

"We have repaired the most dangerous sections of the dam and built a large number of canals and ditches, virtually eliminating flood disasters." Now Fors knows everything about Longtail Island:

"With the recruitment of a large number of skilled workers from the southern coast of the Inner Sea, all factories are basically operating. The only problem is that we haven't connected with suitable buyers for the products produced by our heavy industry."

Hobert smiled and said, "It's not time yet. When the factories in the Southern Continent are also operating, we will be able to digest some of the production capacity ourselves.

"In addition, with the development of the war, maybe by next year at the latest, we will be able to export some industrial products to the Northern Continent, of course, provided we have enough for ourselves."

Just as they were discussing this, their vision was suddenly covered by a layer of gray fog. The next second, they appeared in the Great Hall, on either side of the bronze long table.

As the two were slightly dazed, "Justice" Audrey curtsied and greeted the uppermost figure: "Good afternoon, Mr. Fool~."

This crisp greeting also signaled the official start of this Tarot Gathering.

While greeting the others, Audrey habitually began to observe.

First, she noticed that the fog around Mr. Fool was denser and more agile.

Audrey was overjoyed, generally indicating that Mr. Fool's abilities had further recovered.

Hobert also noticed this. Unlike Audrey, who was polite, he directly glanced at "The Fool" Klein. "The Fool" was indeed more distant, like a shadow far away from everyone.

This made Hobert realize: Klein has advanced to Sequence 3!

Continuing to greet the other members, Audrey also noticed that Ms. Hermit's mental state and body language indicated that she was worried about something.

Audrey curiously pondered the possible reasons: Is it related to the "Queen Mystic"? Or is it another issue?

With Audrey's further advancement, she had already drawn a "psychological portrait" for Ms. Hermit through observation, believing her to be a rather contradictory Beyonder. Most of the time, she looked experienced, knowledgeable, calm, and capable, but for some reason, she was bold and reckless in some aspects, like a minor girl.

Based on the analysis of some basic information, Audrey believed that Ms. Hermit's personality should be related to the "Queen Mystic".

Meanwhile, sitting below "The Magician" Fors, "The Hermit" Cattleya's mind was filled with two questions: Why did the Queen send so many diaries at once? Is the Queen in some kind of trouble?

Finally enduring until the gathering officially began, Cattleya restrained her worries and said to "The Fool": "Great Mr. Fool, this time I have collected an entire book of Roselle's diary."

An entire book?

Hearing "The Hermit's" words, several members, including "The Hanged Man" Alger, were visibly stunned.

Even "The Sun" Derrick, who was the least concerned and most insensitive to such matters, noticed a trace of abnormality.

The other members knew that "Queen Mystic" Bernadette was the eldest daughter of Emperor Roselle, and it was normal to provide an entire diary. What was abnormal was the act of giving an entire book at once!

Cattleya didn't care about everyone's gazes and continued: "These diaries are not continuous, but they all originated from Emperor Roselle's later years."

"Very good," Klein nodded slightly, signaling "The Hermit" to begin manifesting.

Page after page of slightly yellowed diary successively took shape, soon covering an entire book.

Fortunately, Cattleya had already advanced to a demigod, and her pathway was related to knowledge, otherwise, it would have been impossible to forcibly memorize so many diaries.

After receiving the diary, Klein flipped through it casually without actually reading it, and put it down, saying to Cattleya: "You can ask your questions."

"Including the previous accumulation, a total of ten questions."

Cattleya was immediately a little headache because the "Queen Mystic" Bernadette only asked her to ask two questions this time.

She deliberated for a moment and said: "Respected Mr. Fool, can I ask in batches?"

"Yes," Klein said with a smile.

This was exactly what he thought. Answering ten questions in one breath would also be a difficult thing for "Mr. Fool".

Cattleya secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said: "There are two questions this time.

"One is, when George III attempts to become a god, will Adam Himself help George III?"

Alger and the others were stunned. According to the clues obtained from the Emperor before, George III's becoming a god was closely related to Adam, and it even seemed to be planned by him.

Then, when George III's plan is hindered, isn't it normal for Adam to help George III?

At this time, Klein said in his heart: "'Queen Mystic' and I thought of the same thing. The war has already broken out, and Adam should be waiting for the opportunity to become a god.

"Judging from some evidence, the cooperation between Adam and George III may have ended, because their respective goals have been basically achieved.

"The start of the war is equivalent to Adam having the opportunity to become a god. And George III has also obtained the opportunity to become a god because of Adam's plan.

"Theoretically speaking, they no longer have the need to continue cooperating.

"One of the evidences is that I successfully killed Qonas and found the hidden ruins of the royal family.

"Although I didn't find the specific conspiracy of the royal family in the end because of someone's betrayal, if Adam was still very concerned about George III's becoming a god, then I should have lost Qonas due to various coincidences at that time.

"There are many similar evidences. Adam should not have the mind to care about George III's affairs at this time, and will only send subordinates to help at most."

Klein believed that the "Queen Mystic" should have thought of this based on her own mystical knowledge, so she wanted to ask "The Fool" for confirmation.

Although he was quite sure of his guess, he still didn't say too much: "Based on the current situation, Adam should not provide too much help to George III."

If Adam provided a lot of help, then sorry, the situation has changed, not that "The Fool's" information is wrong.

Except for Hobert, everyone was a little confused by "The Fool's" answer.

Won't provide too much help?

Alger was the first to react and seemed to understand what The Fool meant.

The others were trying to recall information about Adam and had their own associations.

Cattleya controlled her chaotic thoughts and said again: "The second question is, where might the Emperor's undiscovered secret mausoleum be?"

Fors suddenly sat up straight: Secret mausoleum? Undiscovered? This is definitely a best-selling theme with popular elements.

Audrey keenly sensed another thing from this question: Roselle's eldest daughter may have been pursuing the traces left by Roselle, hoping to find clues to the Emperor's resurrection.

Because Hobert hadn't announced the specific process of the "Black Emperor's" resurrection before, she could only think of this step and didn't know the role of those mausoleums.

"The Star" Leonard was more concerned: Roselle left a secret mausoleum? I wonder what's inside?

Klein was prepared for this. He smiled and said: "Perhaps in the Fog Sea, on the hidden primitive island or Abyss that Roselle once discovered."

Abyss?

Alger recalled the information about the abyss he traded with "The Emperor" before: Wasn't it affected or corrupted by the unknown? Oh, right, Emperor Roselle was also corrupted by the Outer Gods. The Emperor built a mausoleum there, probably because he was affected by something.

It took Cattleya several seconds to recover, not expecting that Emperor Roselle's secret mausoleum would involve the abyss.

But after thinking carefully, she found that it was not surprising that such a level of struggle would involve anything.

For a moment, she hoped that the Queen would not pursue this matter, but in the end, she suppressed this idea, because she felt that if it were her, she would make a similar choice.

These thoughts flashed through her mind, and Cattleya said: "Thank you for your answer, I have no questions today."

Hobert looked around and smiled, saying in his heart: Looking at your expressions, I know that you have perfectly avoided the correct answer.

Regarding Cattleya's thanks, Klein nodded slightly: "You can begin."

Hobert immediately said: "I hope to communicate with Mr. World alone."

"The Fool" gently nodded, creating a space for them to communicate privately.

Hobert said to "The World": "Didn't I mention before that when the family curse is lifted, I hope to get your help?

"The development of the situation has become more complicated than before. I now need Mr. Fool's help."

For a moment, Klein suspected that Hobert had discovered his "playing an alt account" scheme. Otherwise, why wouldn't Hobert directly ask for Mr. Fool's help, instead of seeking out The World?

But considering that he hadn't made any mistakes, he asked: "Why don't you directly pray to Mr. Fool?"

Hobert was already prepared for this question: "I'm not sure to what extent Mr. Fool's power has recovered."

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