"…"
Bernadette was stunned for a moment.
When the gray fog disappeared, she jumped up from the swing and ran away screaming in fear: "Wow! Evil God! Help me!!"
She ran to her father's study without hesitation, but when she saw the closed door and the two uncles guarding the door, she sniffed aggrievedly, then turned around and ran to her own room.
As soon as she rushed into the room, she closed the door, locked it, jumped onto the bed, got under the quilt and covered her head - all in one go.
She knelt on the bed, the quilt covering her body bulged up, and she could vaguely see that she was shivering. Bernadette closed her eyes tightly and covered her ears with her hands: "There really is an evil god! That guy is an evil god!"
Although the child had great confidence in his father, he was not confident enough to think that he was strong enough to defeat the evil god, so he was filled with fear and did not know what to do for a moment.
She didn't know what would happen if she kept her promise with the "evil god" and didn't tell anyone.
But if I break the agreement and tell my dad, not only will my nose get longer, but the evil god will definitely be angry, right?
"Huh?"
Bernadette suddenly poked her head out from under the quilt. "But...if he is really an evil god, why isn't he scary at all? I didn't encounter any danger."
She scratched her head. "Besides, he told me a long time ago that those three sentences were the spell to contact him. It's normal for him to answer me after I finished the spell, isn't it?"
"Besides, he just answered 'no'."
Thinking of this, Bernadette quickly got out from under the quilt and clenched her fists, as if to convince herself: "I must be overthinking!"
"But it's normal for evil gods to lie."
She raised her chin with a frown, and after a while her eyes became firm: "Hey, for the safety of mom and dad, I will pretend to believe him first, and then... slowly figure out his plan. This time, I want to protect mom and dad!! "
She carefully reached out from under the bed and took out the little mermaid doll. With a light touch, she came to the beautiful island with soft sand and coconut trees again, and saw the melodious singing little mermaid again.
However, the doll that gentleman gave was really good.
She held her chin and watched for a while, and suddenly thought: "Ah, no matter how beautiful it is, it's fake. It would be great if I could really see a mermaid!"
But my dad said that mermaids are all in the deep sea, and I am too young, so he can't take me there.
So boring!
She looked down at the doll in her hand again, her blue eyes flickering with thought.
...
Above the gray fog.
Seeing Bernadette run away in fear after hearing his reply, Edward was speechless. You asked me a question and I answered you, how did I become an evil god?
He is indeed a little child, easily startled.
Suddenly, Edward's mind moved, and he discovered that among the deep red stars floating quietly in the boundless gray fog, one of them suddenly lit up and spread out light like water!
It expanded and shrank, shrank and expanded, and was extremely conspicuous - it was not Bernadette's.
Currently, only Bernadette knows his three-part honorific name. Even with her ability to [Keep Secrets], she cannot tell anyone else in any way. So this star should be someone who, like Audrey or Alger in the beginning, relies on certain items to connect with Sefirah Castle.
As Edward's spirit reached out, the crimson "star" that expanded and contracted revealed the images and sounds it contained:
A blonde woman in a gloomy and complicated black dress was curled up on the ground in agony, wriggling in pain and twisting. Small patches of something like bark grew on her smooth skin, and tiny branches grew out from between her fingers.
She clasped her hands together and held a small puppet tightly. The puppet was carved into a bound man and emitted a faint light.
It seemed that the puppet was the one that connected her to Sefirah Castle, and it was also the puppet that protected her from further harm.
It's puppets again.
After coming to this time and space, I have a strong affinity with puppets.
After complaining, Edward was suddenly startled: "By the way, this woman looks...very familiar."
He tapped his forehead lightly: "Reinette Tinicole!"
Tsk, the brain is still growing on the neck, I almost didn't recognize it. · I? Place + Book? City / ! First · Release_
Has she been eroded or contaminated by the Mother Tree of Desire?
As a follower of the Bound God, Renette Tinicole established the Highland Kingdom with her father at an early stage and became the leader of the Rose School (Temperance School).
But later, the Bound God was captured and corrupted by the Mother Tree of Desire, forcing Him to separate a portion of Sequence 1 and give birth to the evil god Suea. The Rose School changed, the Hedonistic Faction became more powerful, while the Temperance Faction was brutally suppressed, and it was only with the prestige that Renette Tinicole had accumulated in the past that the School was able to maintain itself with difficulty.
Until shortly before the start of the original story, Sua officially launched an internal war and wiped out the temperance faction. Only Renette Tinicole escaped with a few people including Sharon and Maric, but Renette also died and turned into a spiritual creature.
What Edward didn't expect was that two hundred years ago today, the Mother Tree of Desire had already taken action against Renette - this was not surprising, as it could be said that ever since the Mother Tree of Desire captured the Bound God, it had wanted to completely control the School of Rose.
The temperance faction is undoubtedly a stumbling block.
"Since in the original book, Reinette was fine until two hundred years later, that means that even if I don't help her this time, she can still resist the erosion of the Mother Tree of Desire."
"But, you've seen it all."
Edward's spirituality surged and poured into the deep red light that flowed like water, and then he easily established a mysterious and solid connection with Renette.
Then he pried the status of Sefirah Castle onto himself, reached out to Reinette and stole her.
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He directly stole the polluting power of the Desire Cassava that had invaded Renette's body. Anyway, neither he nor Sefirah Castle was afraid of this little bit of pollution.
Almost at the same time, the changes in Renette's body stopped, and the branches growing on her body quickly withered and fell off.
She sat up with a look of surprise, and looked around with her bloodshot eyes, trying to find out who had helped her.
"Tsk, what a contradiction. If you come into contact with these characters abruptly, you may accidentally affect the future development and lead to unknown consequences."
"But, whether it's digesting the arcane potion or looking for Lilith, there's no way to avoid that group of familiar people."
Why--
If you travel back to the past, how can you avoid changing history unless you find an isolated place to hide?
Wherever you go, you will leave traces.
I can't get enough of it. If I stick my head out, I'll get stabbed. If I hide my head, I'll still get stabbed. I can't do anything right if I don't know what to do.
Edward's spirituality spread out again, and Renette's figure instantly appeared on the left side of the round table, sitting two chairs away from Edward.
Renette seemed a little dazed, and obviously had no idea why she suddenly came to such a small garden surrounded by gray fog.
Her body tensed as she quickly observed the surroundings, finally focusing on Edward: this was a man wearing a magic robe she had never seen before, with a blurry face and unclear features.
But Renette could clearly feel that this person had merged into this mysterious area, as if he was the endless gray fog and the gray fog was him.
Edward sat quietly in his chair, observing Renette's every move: compared to Miss Yedanshu two hundred years later, Renette at this moment seemed to be more "popular".
This is normal. Although the temperance faction is suppressed at this time, it can still barely compete with the hedonism faction. Therefore, both the members of the temperance faction and the people in the kingdom who believe in her are her anchors and can better help her maintain her humanity.
After a period of silence, Reinette looked at Edward warily and asked, "Did you help me, mysterious being?"
"That's right."
Edward nodded.
"Thanks."
She bowed and thanked him, then asked softly, "May I know why you helped me?"
"Well, is disliking the Mother Tree of Desire a reason?"
Reinette was silent for a few seconds. "Excuse me, what can I do for you to repay your kindness in helping me?"
"Don't worry about this."
Edward imitated Klein's usual behavior and knocked on the table. "Before that, aren't you going to introduce yourself? This should be the most basic etiquette."
Renette was silent again.
The emergence of a Mother Tree of Desire in the Rose School was already enough to make her feel powerless, and now a being suspected to be an evil god has appeared and is targeting her - do we really like to provoke evil gods?
However, this person had helped me first after all.
Thinking of this, she whispered, "My name is Renette Tinicole, and I am the leader of the Rose School of Temperance. Thank you again for helping me, great and mysterious being."
"Don't call me a great being. I am at most a little mysterious, but not great at all. From now on... just call me president."
Edward smiled and said, "I might select some people to organize a small party later, and I will be the chairman of this party."
"But right now... the personnel have not been decided yet, and there is no theme yet. I will let you know when I have thought it over."
At this point, Edward leaned forward slightly and said, "However, I can give you a small spoiler. This meeting will have a little to do with the fate of all the participants. If you don't attend, you will definitely regret it."
"destiny?"
Renette's heart moved. Could it be that this mysterious existence was the god of destiny?
But why would a deity organize a gathering inexplicably?
Her thoughts raced, and she quickly came to three conclusions: First, the thoughts of the gods were unpredictable, and perhaps He was simply looking for fun; second, He wanted to organize a group of people to help Him preach, absorb believers and faith, and establish His own church; third, He had not yet been truly promoted to a god, and this gathering might be related to His role-playing and promotion ceremony.
But even if it is the third type, the other party is not a god who can easily dissolve the pollution of the Mother Tree of Desire and bring himself, a Sequence 2, to this mysterious and unknown place. This power is definitely not something he can resist.
A bold idea suddenly emerged in Renette's mind:
"If... I can let this mysterious being in front of me fight against the Mother Tree of Desire, can I use this to free the Rose School from the quagmire?"
Thinking of this, she lowered her head and said, "Reinette awaits your call."
"Okay, welcome to join us."
Edward smiled and said, "In order to make it easier for all members to address each other and understand each other in the future, I will give you a simple nickname."
"How about calling it [Brainless]?"
"???"
Renette didn't understand and was very confused.
"Oh, I almost forgot. If you need to contact me, you can recite these three sentences."
Edward remembered something and added:
"The eternal ruler of the dimension,
Deconstructor of the endless story,
A person who transcends the past and the future. !白\马!书.院* ~勉_沸¢悦¨黩¢"
Renette's pupils fluctuated slightly, and she uttered a three-part prayer - He was indeed an evil god.
"Well, see you next time, Miss No-Brain."
Edward waved his hand lightly, breaking the connection with her, causing her figure to quickly disappear in Sephira Castle.
"Heh, the secret magician's potion has indeed been digested. Although it's not as good as Medici's, it's still pretty good."
He looked at the crimson stars in the depths of the gray fog and said, "Tsk, we haven't even decided what kind of party to hold, and we've already welcomed the first member. It's hard to predict what will happen in this world."
Huh?
My spirit mage potion seems to be starting to digest?
...
Southern Continent, Star Plateau.
In the base of the Rose School of Temperance, Renette opened her bright and enchanting eyes and climbed up from the floor.
She used her slender fingers to wipe the "bark bumps" on her skin, restoring it to whiteness. Then the cold air under her feet surged, freezing and crushing the branches that fell to the ground.
"President?"
What kind of existence is he?
She clenched the puppet of the Bound God in her hand, "What does He mean by destiny?"
...
In the future year 1349, the spiritual world.
Renette Tinicole opened her eyes in her black castle, and she seemed to hear the voice that was not malicious but made her feel uncomfortable again: "Miss Brainless."
Strictly speaking, this nickname does not suit her - although she has no head on her neck, she holds four in her hands. I not only have heads, but also many more!
So, what you said about my destiny at that...party was actually inaccurate!
At this time, Sharon, wearing a black Gothic court dress and a small black bonnet, walked in. Her face was no longer as pale as before, but it looked a little more distorted. "I have successfully advanced to Sequence 4. Fox Love, Smell Blood, correct content."
Reinette turned around and looked at her disciples with all eight eyes. She said one by one: "Very good... A few days ago, the leaders of the Hedonism Faction... suffered a severe... blow... It's time for us to... unite the remaining people of the Temperance Faction... "
"I see!"
"This is... where they are now... You and Maric... go together."
"OK."
Sharon nodded and her figure gradually faded and disappeared.
Just as Renette was about to leave as well, her blood-red eyes suddenly stared in one direction at the same time, and then she stretched out her hand, tore open the crack in the spirit world, and emerged from a ball of candlelight.
Then he held up four bright heads, looked at Klein, whose appearance had changed, and asked:
"Are you…" "Calling…" "Me?"
Klein quickly looked around and made sure that he hadn't attracted any attention. He waved and said hello: "Hello again, ma'am."
"You summoned me this time... so that I could become... your messenger...?"
"That's right."
Klein asked seriously:
"Are you really willing to sign the contract and become my messenger?"
The hem of Reinette's skirt moved slightly, and the four heads with blond hair and red eyes nodded at the same time:
"Sure. +k\k^x′s?w~.-o/r?g\" "Every time..." "One..." "Gold coin."
ah?
One gold coin for each letter delivered?
You also said that before!
Can I return the product?
...
1160 years in the past, Trier.
late at night.
When Edward was awakened by the sound of prayers in his ears, he finally empathized with Mr. Fool's experience - No, can't you tell me what's going on during the day?
Do you have to choose the night?
Do you have to choose the early morning?
He rubbed his eyes and logged into Sephira Castle. He saw Bernadette's star flickering at a glance.
"…Good evening, Mr. Mysterious."
"I'm going to sleep too."
"Have a sweet dream~"
"Good night."
Edward read little Bernadette's message with an expressionless face, and was ready to retaliate immediately - using the loudest and most ferocious voice to wake her up from her sleep!
But her star began to twinkle again.
As spirituality spreads, Bernadette's image reappears:
She was wearing cute pajamas, locked in bed, squinting her eyes and clasping her hands together in a prayer gesture: "Mysterious sir, can you take me to see the real Little Mermaid?"
"Ah! Sorry, I was just talking nonsense, I didn't say anything!"
"Good night!"
She twisted her body and buried her head in the quilt.
Edward curled his lips. "Where can I take you to see the real Little Mermaid? She doesn't exist, okay? It's just wishful thinking."
I don't want to bother with you.
He couldn't help but regret that he had used Bernadette as an experiment and told her the three-step method. Otherwise...
Just cast a forgetfulness spell on her tomorrow.
As soon as this thought came to Edward, he suddenly thought:
But...what if Lilith encountered the same situation in the past?
"Why--"
After a while, Edward sighed and ejected the gold coin: "It's dangerous to go find Bernadette now."
Numbers facing up indicate a negative.
He immediately returned to reality, took out his invisibility cloak, and added [Virtual Reality] to further hide his tracks, and stepped into Bernadette's room.
Bernadette regretted it as soon as she made the wish. After all, even if that person was not the evil god, he was still a stranger of unknown origin. She... actually made a wish to a stranger.
So stupid!
She huddled under the quilt, acting like an ostrich, and kept muttering, "I didn't hear it, I didn't hear it, he didn't hear it."
"I heard it."
Suddenly, a faint voice was heard.
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"ah!!"
Bernadette was startled and almost screamed.
She hastily poked her head out a little, revealing a pair of eyes to peek - in the dim room, a figure was standing one or two meters away from her, looking at her with his arms folded.
It's really…really coming!
Bernadette was terrified and said in a trembling voice, "What...what are you doing here?"
Edward suddenly laughed angrily: "Didn't you say you wanted to see mermaids? And you actually asked me what I wanted to do?"
"ah?"
She grunted and sat up. "Is there really a little mermaid?"
"The little mermaid in the fairy tale... no, but mermaids really exist. Do you want to go and see them?"
Bernadette was in a dilemma. "Well...well...I want to go...but..."
Before she finished her words, she felt her body lighten, the darkness in front of her eyes suddenly became bright, and everything in her sight became rich and colorful.
It feels like I have really come to a fairy tale world.
"Wow!!!"
She blinked her eyes, looking at everything around her in a daze. The worry and fear in her heart quickly dissipated, and she became excited and excited. "This place is so beautiful!"
Soon, she made similar movements as Lilith had done before, stretching out her fingers to touch the creatures and objects around her, whether near or far.
Even though she couldn't touch anything, she remained interested.
"Swish!"
At this moment, the colorful colors in front of her eyes faded away, and her vision suddenly became bright.
"Hey? It's dawn?!"
The God War Ruins are several hours ahead of Intis, so of course it is already dawn now.
But this kind of thing probably can't be explained in a short time, so I won't explain it.
Edward carried Bernadette and flew in the air using the power of Storm Path.
"Tsk, that's embarrassing. I only remember that the mermaid is hiding further east of the God War Ruins on the east side of the Sonia Sea, but I don't know exactly where it is."
After all, he didn't meet her last time.