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The key point is that, during the whole process, Edward did not reveal more actual information except for using a half-true and half-false illusion to present the two people's "death" in the future - however, even so, Edward could not guarantee that it would not affect the future direction.
But, in order to digest the potion, he had no choice.
——For all performances that require an "audience", there are generally two ways to do it. Either find a small number of High-Sequence Beyonders and digest them quickly; or find a large number of ordinary people and digest them slowly.
Edward felt that the latter would most likely have a greater impact than the former.
"Fortunately, all the adventures were not in vain."
The spiritual mage's potion digestion progress has reached one-half, and the secret mage's potion has reached more than two-thirds.
As expected of two angels, they are so efficient!
Unfortunately, this method of digestion is likely to have only a one-time effect.
Everything that happened today was enough for them to remember Edward for the rest of their lives.
In other words, we have to change our target next.
By the way, why hasn't that Medici guy pronounced my three-part honorific name yet?
Edward knew that this couldn't be because he was sealed and couldn't speak. Many times when praying to the gods, it was not necessary to recite them aloud. It was just as well to silently recite the name.
Does that mean that Medici is simply a coward?
If not, go and have a look again when you have time.
"By the way, that Medici guy should know how to contact Mr. Door-to-Door."
Although Medici once belonged to a different camp from Mr. Men, the fact that he later cooperated with Amon to deceive the descendant of Abraham to release Mr. Men from the starry sky shows that he still had a certain understanding of Mr. Men.
After a moment, he extended his finger and injected spirituality into the crimson star that symbolized Roselle, holding his chin and saying casually, "A free reminder. You and your family are being targeted by the Hidden Sage. Go find Stiano. Zero o'clock. Book* ¢Has been published~ Published\畞+薪/璋·结\"
He flicked his fingers and sent the footage.
Chapter 499 Cattleya
Trier, the luxurious villa of the Roselle family.
After Russell bailed out Edward and Dubois, he returned to his villa. Not long after, William and Perri brought back the news.
It seems that the grandson of Earl Cleare was really seriously injured and could not be a human being. Earl Cleare is extremely angry now. The housekeeper is definitely gone, and he will definitely vent his anger on Klein Sparrow next.
"Sir, your action of bailing out Klein Sparrow will surely make Clear, who is already very dissatisfied with you, even more angry. He may even use some special means."
Russell sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, curled his lips and said, "It's as if this never happened. That old guy is just as nice to me as he is to me. It's only a matter of time."
"Let him vent his anger on the housekeeper. Anyway, I have Klein Sparrow safe. If I can't even save the benefactor who saved my daughter, how can I, Roselle, survive in Trier in the future?"
He pinched his chin, thought for a moment and added:
"If it doesn't work, I'll go find the archbishop and owe him a favor by letting Klein serve as a priest in the church. I don't believe that old man would dare to touch anyone in the church."
"Ah, it's a pity for the housekeeper. William, Pearly, have you seen what she looks like?"
The two were speechless for a while.
Green on the side said, "It is said that it was a woman wearing the sexy suit you invented. She was very beautiful and had a great figure. Otherwise, the grandson of Earl Clear would not have been so lusty that he lost his mind."
"Sex suit?"
Russell was stunned. "Wearing a sexy outfit to go out? This Klein... is having more fun than me. +Small `tax^C?M·S- ^First `post^"
"Oh wait, you're not talking about the OL suit, are you?"
He couldn't help rubbing his forehead. He swore that the OL suit was originally invented to be pleasing to the eye and to play with the temptation of uniforms, but it was really not intended as a sexy suit.
Who knows what those nobles were thinking? They directly distorted my own ideas. It's really... the world is going downhill and people's hearts are no longer the same as before!
Must condemn!
Heavy condemnation!
In front of those ladies wearing OL suits, I deeply condemn them!
Just as he was thinking about this, Russell's eyes suddenly blurred, and he sat up straight, seeing the diffuse gray fog, and the mysterious existence sitting in a high-backed chair deep in the gray fog, overlooking everything:
"A free reminder. You and your family are being targeted by that Hidden Sage. Go find Stiano."
After a few seconds, everything disappeared.
Roselle's heart was pounding, and his expression was horrified: Hidden Sage? !
Isn't that an evil deity from the Path of the Educated?
He first heard about it when he was learning Extraordinary Knowledge. It was about an evil being who particularly liked to inject excessive knowledge into the minds of Extraordinary people who were peeping into the secret path, causing people to go crazy, lose control, and even die.
They also like to exploit the weaknesses of others and force them to behave irrationally - but they still end up losing control and dying.
But, there is no one in our family who can spy on the secrets of people, so how could we be targeted by that evil god?
Could it be that the guy above the gray fog did this on purpose?
grass!
"Get ready and come with me to Trier Cathedral."
Roselle stood up and gave quick instructions, then walked out quickly to find Matilda and Bernadette.
Bernadette undoubtedly stayed in bed again today, but last night's experience was even more exciting than the last time.
Although we still didn't see the mermaid, the "collective dream" that we could enter after falling asleep was obviously more interesting than the mermaid.
It was the first time she knew that it was possible for many people to dream together, see each other and even communicate in dreams.
Unfortunately, except for Mr. Sparrow, everyone else was in a daze and unconscious, as if they were sleepwalking, and behaved strangely.
And I... am special!
I can stay awake in my dreams!
Every time she thought of this, Bernadette was very proud and wanted to tell everyone the news. However, she knew she couldn't say anything.
If my father finds out, I may never have the chance to hang out with Mr. Sparrow again.
"Hey, I don't know why Mr. Sparrow suddenly reacted so strongly later. What did he see in that book?"
Bernadette curled up and sat on the bed, thinking, "Is it because of the special characters that Daddy 'invented'? But wasn't that character invented by Daddy? Why did it appear in my dream?"
"Oh... Could it be that it appeared because of me?"
"In that case, if I steal Dad's diary and give it to Mr. Sparrow, will that help him?"
Boom boom boom.
There was a knock on the door, and dad Russell pushed the door open and walked in, "Baby, are you awake?"
Bernadette immediately stretched and yawned and said, "Wake up, good morning, Dad."
"Good morning?"
Russell walked over and said, "It will be lunchtime in a little while."
"Ah, really?"
She touched her stomach and said, "No wonder my stomach feels flat. I'm a little hungry."
Russell sat down beside the bed and pinched his daughter's nose: "Did you stay up late last night? Tell me! What bad things did you do secretly?"
"I didn't do anything bad!"
Bernadette slapped her father's hand away and said with a grin, "I went on an adventure to the sea with Snow White, Cinderella and the others last night. I saw the blue sea, the blue sky, many ancient buildings, and also visited a magical world in my dreams."
She spoke the truth whenever she spoke.
Of course, Russell didn't believe it and said with a smile: "Yo, you are like Alice in Wonderland."
"Alice in Wonderland?"
Bernadette immediately became interested, "Is this also a fairy tale? Dad, tell me about it!"
"No hurry, let's go to church with Dad first."
"Ah? Why go to church? It's not even the day for mass."
Roselle threatened her, "Because... there is a terrible evil god targeting us. We need to pray to the God of Steam and Machinery and ask Him to protect us."
"…"
Bernadette's heart suddenly started beating wildly: Ah, does Dad know about Mr. Sparrow?
Seeing his daughter froze for a moment, as if frightened, Russell quickly touched her head and said, "I'm just trying to scare you. I'm just going to the church. Come on! Go wash up."
"oh oh."
She smiled happily, jumped off the bed with her smooth legs, and ran into the bathroom.
Half an hour later.
A luxurious carriage drove away from the Roselle family's villa and headed towards Trier Cathedral.
Russell's family of three sat in the car. Matilda held her daughter and whispered something, occasionally making pleasant laughter. Russell looked at his wife and daughter quietly, with a smile unconsciously appearing on his face.
He felt that even though he smoked, drank, dated girls, and slept with women, he was still a good father and a good husband - at least he always kept those messy fools out of the Russell family's door, and they had almost no impact on his wife and daughter.
"Matilda."
Russell suddenly spoke up, with a hint of pride in his tone, "Dubois admitted his defeat to me this morning."
She smiled faintly: "Congratulations."
"Do you know what I'm going to do next?"
Matilda hugged her daughter and thought for a while, then asked, "A treat, a drink, or accept her as a dog?"
"???"
Russell was shocked. "Are you a time traveler too?"
She was no longer surprised by the strange words that often came out of her husband's mouth. She smiled and said, "This is what you told me when you were drunk before."
"Oh, ahem, that's right!"
Bernadette's eyes kept looking back and forth between her parents. She suddenly felt that since Mr. Sparrow appeared, had her parents' relationship become much better than before?
She took her father's hand, then her mother's hand, and held them together, then held them tightly with her own little hands.
This scene made Russell feel quite uncomfortable, but he did not break free. Instead, he looked at his daughter and said, "Bernadette, when we go to the church later, I want you to do Dad a favor, okay?"
"sure!"
"Yeah, so good~"
...
The year 1349 in the future.
What he had experienced in the past few days had been quite stressful and exciting for Klein.
He encountered three of the seven pirate admirals: Admiral Disease, Admiral Dusk and Admiral Deep Sea.
Among them, Admiral Tracy of Disease was considered an "old acquaintance". This time she came for the "witch" on Simim Island. The two sides met at the dock and had another brief fight.
However, this fight was more like a "greeting", and then Tracy publicly announced that he was the moody Gehrman Sparrow, which made Klein digest a lot of the potion at once.
As for Vice Admiral Dusk and Vice Admiral Deep Sea, the former attacked the passenger ship Klein was on. Klein had to take action for self-protection and successfully injured him; the latter came for Gehrman Sparrow, but was eventually destroyed by him using Poseidon's Scepter and the crew escaped.
At the same time, the news that Gehrman Sparrow had destroyed Admiral Hell had also spread far and wide. As a result, Gehrman Sparrow's nickname had gradually changed from "Moody" to "Pirate General Hunter" -
Seven pirate generals: Admiral Blood was killed, Admiral Hell was captured, Vice Admiral Disease was almost killed, Deep Sea and Dusk were injured and escaped in a panic, and now only Admiral Star and Vice Admiral Iceberg have not had any contact yet.
But a game of gambling had quietly begun on the sea—when would German Sparrow take action against the other two pirate generals, and when would he take action against the four kings.
Coupled with Klein's insistence on not leaking out and using Poseidon's scepter to play the role of Poseidon, the Faceless Man's potion was almost completely digested without him noticing.
In other words, he needed to prepare for advancement to Sequence 5.
The Sequence 5 of the Fortune Teller is the Master of Secret Dolls. Its main materials were "friendly sponsored" by Master Rosago a long time ago, and the remaining auxiliary materials have also been gathered. The mermaid song required for the promotion ceremony requires a trip to the mysterious queen's sea palace.
It is a small island called Lasha located in the Misty Sea. It takes nearly 20 days to get there by ordinary ship from the Rorsted Sea. If you take some special ghost ships, it can save half the time.
Therefore, Klein decisively chose to seek help from the mysterious queen, so on the morning of three days later, he met the fourth pirate general, Admiral Xing, at an abandoned dock on Blue Mountain Island.
The Admiral of the Stars' pirate ship is a huge sailing ship. Its flag is an eye surrounded by ten stars, an eye without eyelashes. It is the admiral's pirate ship, the Future.
The Future stopped a few dozen meters away from the coast, and then a little bit of bright starlight fell, condensing into a long transparent bridge in the air. A lady stepped onto the long bridge and just walked in the air.
She was wearing a black classical robe with numerous symbols and magical signs painted on it, and an astronomical globe, a short scepter and other items hung around her waist.
She came in front of Klein and asked, "German Sparrow?"
Klein still looked as if he didn't want anyone to approach him: "It's me."
"Please follow me. I will take you to Lasha as quickly as possible."
"Thank you very much."
Soon, the two walked on the transparent long bridge back to the Future. Klein immediately felt the gazes of the crew members. They were obviously curious about this "Pirate General Hunter", but the first question she asked was:
"How do you know Her Majesty the Queen of Mystery?"
Chapter 500: Roselle keeps breaking new ground
Klein said calmly, "We are members of the same extraordinary organization."
Cattleya pondered for a few seconds: "Elemental Dawn?"
"Of course not, it's other organizations."
Cattleya was very surprised. As the leader of the Dawn of Elements, the mysterious queen actually joined other organizations. This was beyond her expectation.
Klein saw the curiosity in her dark purple eyes behind her thick glasses and said calmly, "For details, you should ask the mysterious queen herself."
After a pause, he said, "However, I heard that Admiral Xing seemed to have fallen out with the mysterious queen. Now it seems that there may be something else going on?"
Cattleya lowered her head and said bitterly, "How could I... fall out with her? I was just expelled by her."
Expulsion?
A bit curious.
But Gehrman Sparrow's identity prevented me from asking more questions, which was really frustrating.
"How long will it take us to reach Lasha?"
"If we sail at full speed, it will take about a week."
Klein took off his hat and thanked her: "Then I'll trouble you for the rest of the time."
"No, it's my luck."
If it wasn't for sending you there, I wouldn't have the chance to go back and see her.
...
Lasha Island, Emerald City.
Bernadette strolled in the area of the castle that was specially built for mermaids to live in. Although it was called raising mermaids, she did not restrict their freedom, but gave them the right to enter freely.
However, the increasingly harsh living environment still makes the mermaids voluntarily stay here most of the time. It is said that freedom is more important than life, but when you really witness your compatriots being brutally killed one by one, no matter how beautiful the freedom is, it seems not so important.
From a distance, Bernadette saw figures sitting on the edge of the coast, playing and frolicking.
These creatures have human heads, with pure eyes and brows that reveal a bit of gorgeousness. Their chests are bulging but covered with dark red scales. Their lower bodies are huge fish tails that beat rhythmically against the rocks, giving them a strange beauty.
As soon as these mermaids saw Bernadette, they swam over with their tails swinging. Some of them lay on the shore, and some sat on the rocks. They all looked at Bernadette with charming and moving eyes, and then began to sing softly.
Bernadette looked at them calmly, some scenes from the past flashing through her mind. She took out an exquisite little mermaid doll and touched it gently, but she did not see the illusion of the little mermaid as she did when she was a child.
After a long moment, she sighed softly.
...
1160 years in the past, No. 7 Rose Street.
As the red moon rises, night falls quietly.
Without the chattering Akasha, Edward enjoyed a quiet dinner for once. However, the successive steaks and barbecues were really hard for him to swallow. No wonder Emperor Roselle was constipated when he first traveled through time.
So, for dinner he ate a small piece of grilled meat and more fruits and vegetables.
Seeing this, the cook Endili showed some worry on her face. After hesitating for a long time, she asked in a low voice if she had done something wrong.
"No, I just have a poor appetite recently."
Edward comforted her casually, pointing to the barbecue on the table and said, "Take these down and share them. Don't waste them."
The servants had just cleared the table when Dubois came back in a hurry, "Mr. Sparrow, I'm back."
"What did Russell say?"
"He said he had no choice. The fact that the Earl of Clear's grandson was deposed was a fact, and someone must take responsibility."
"Yes, I understand."
Although Dubois was very concerned about Akasha, who had helped him control his spiritual power, he did not ask any more questions, knowing that Mr. Sparrow naturally had his own plans.
"By the way, I haven't congratulated you on becoming a Beyonder as you wished."
Edward remembered something, looked at him and smiled, "How do you feel?"
He thought for a moment and said, "It's quite magical. After becoming a spectator, I found that I can see a lot of things that I couldn't see before. From some of the details of other people's actions and expressions, I can analyze their general personality and current thoughts."
"Did you see anything about me?"
Dubois blinked. "Mr. Sparrow doesn't seem to be worried about Miss Akasha's current situation. Either you don't care about her safety at all, or you have already made a perfect plan."
"Of course, I prefer the latter."
Edward did not comment and continued to ask, "What about Russell?"
"Thanks to you saving his daughter last time, he will definitely try his best to help you this time for the sake of affection and face, but he obviously won't pay too much for a butler, but this is also normal."
"Why do I feel that your analysis is not based on the ability of the 'audience', but the conclusion you draw based on your understanding of others?"
DuBois smiled and said, "They just complement each other."
"Okay, I wish you a smooth journey to excellence and hope you can be promoted to a higher level soon."
"Thank you very much."
After chatting with him for a while about moving, Edward returned to his bedroom upstairs.
Since it was certain that Akasha could not be rescued through formal channels, the only option was to bring her out directly. He changed his appearance and was about to take action when he heard someone reciting a three-part prayer. He could roughly tell that it was a man, but he didn't know if it was Roselle or Pales... or Medici.
Alas, the owners of Sefirah Castle are all destined to work hard.
He immediately walked back four steps and entered Sephira Castle, sitting in the small garden surrounded by gray fog. Deep in the gray fog, Roselle's crimson star was constantly expanding, shrinking and flickering.
"Roselle? What could he want from me so late at night? Could it be that Steam Princess can't handle the gaze of the Hidden Sage?"
It's no wonder that Edward would have such an idea. Looking at the entire "Lord of Mysteries", Steam Queen is really too weak.
With the infusion of spiritual energy, Roselle appeared in Sefirah Castle. He bowed his head respectfully and thanked him, "Thank you for your reminder, sir."
"Has the matter of the hidden sage been resolved?"
"Yes, the Archbishop of Trier Cathedral told me that the God of Steam and Machinery has erased the mark that the evil god left on our family." He paused for two seconds, "But he also said that we'd better go to the church and pray frequently, because the evil god will target us at any time."
Edward nodded: "Yeah, that's true."
"Excuse me, what method can we use to completely stop that evil god from watching us?"
"oh?"
Edward leaned back. "Is this the question you prayed to me tonight?" He paused. "Have you got what I asked you to get?"
"…"
Russell coughed and nodded, "Got it."
He looked at his empty right hand, "But it seems I couldn't bring it up."
"Oh? How did you get it?"
Edward was really curious. Didn't you go to the church to pray for help from Steam Queen in the afternoon? Why did you have the mind to take back the bishop's clothes?
"I used my brain a little bit."