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"Edward~" As soon as Audrey called out the name, she felt a warm force holding her tightly in his arms. +鸿*特￠暁_税′茫¨ /已.發,布′罪,薪~璋¨切^Edward's arms were wrapped around her back powerfully, and that force seemed to merge her into his body, making her almost breathless.

She was a little surprised and shy for a moment. Although they had been apart for nearly two months and she had been worried about and missed Edward, but...it didn't seem to be to this extent, right?

Ah, is it because of the audience's approach that I have become too rational, or even lacking in emotion?

No, it seemed that the emotions Edward expressed were a little... too strong, not like his old self at all, as if they hadn't just lasted two months, but for a very long time.

But, this feeling seems to be pretty good.

Thinking of this, she closed her eyes.

"Ahem!"

After a moment, a cough was heard.

As soon as Audrey opened her eyes, she saw her father, Earl Hall, looking at her and coughing softly, her brother Hibbert standing beside her with a smile, and her mother...also smiling with her hands covering her mouth.

She became even more shy and whispered, "Mom and Dad are here."

Edward let her go and turned to the three people from the Hall family. "Good afternoon, Earl Hall, Madam, and Hibbert."

"Well, you're back?" Earl Hall nodded slightly, with a tired look on his face, "Are you done?"

"It's done," Edward replied simply.

"That's good. Let's go home first."

Earl Hall said this and walked out the door first.

Audrey stuck out her tongue playfully at Edward, then trotted forward, took her father's arm affectionately, and asked, "Dad, what's going on?"

"It has been confirmed that His Majesty the King was assassinated." Earl Hall sighed slightly, and the worry on his face became more and more serious. "Just now, we received another urgent report that Intis has also declared war on Loen."

...

The atmosphere in the Hall family's luxurious villa was solemn and depressing.

Earl Hall sat on the sofa, the cigar in his hand burning "crackling". Amid the smoke, his face was full of worry and helplessness.

"The king died suddenly during his mobilization speech, and Intis declared war right after. The current situation is worse than we expected." His voice was low and hoarse, as if every word was carrying endless pressure. "I originally thought that no matter how bad this war was, it would only result in the loss of some land and a huge amount of compensation, but judging from the current situation... Loen might be in danger of being destroyed."

As a shrewd businessman, Earl Hall knew that he could not pin all his hopes on one place. He had already made other investments in advance and was ready to evacuate Loen at any time when necessary. However, Loen was the foundation of the struggle of several generations of the Hall family. Once they left here, the Hall family might still be able to maintain a wealthy life, but it would be even more difficult to have the prominent status and power as before.

Audrey looked at Edward beside her, then turned her head and tried to comfort her father: "Dad, don't be so pessimistic."

"I'm just worried that everything the Hall family has accumulated for generations will be destroyed in my generation." Earl Hall smiled bitterly and waved his hand, turning his gaze to Edward and asked, "Edward, do you know what the attitude of the Church of Evernight is now?"

Lilith curled her lips and said, "They can hardly protect themselves now."

"This… eh."

He suddenly realized something and said self-deprecatingly, "Well, you two haven't seen each other for a while. You should have a lot to talk about. You don't have to stay here with me."

As soon as the voice fell, two figures walked in from the door of the living room. One was a girl in a cake skirt, and the other was a middle-aged man in black armor. Huh? Why did this man look familiar? (You can't look directly at the gods, because the authority and information that the gods bring with them are pollution to people who are not of sufficient status. But if the gods restrain these, ordinary people should not be in trouble. After all, there were many gods walking in reality in the Fourth Epoch, and some of them were kings and emperors. Naturally, they would inevitably be seen by ordinary people.)

Although he was confused, Earl Hall frowned and asked, "Who are you? How did you break into my house?"

The ones who came in were naturally Roselle and Bernadette, father and daughter. After having a good chat with the Goddess of Night in the Star Realm, just when Roselle could no longer bear it, the Goddess of Night suddenly said that they could go find Edward.

So once they returned to reality and made sure Edward was safe, the two went to Earl Hall's house.

Roselle looked Edward up and down and smiled: "Did you elbow Amon and Adam?"

Edward shook his head. "Not that serious. Some of my tricks worked."

After a pause, he looked at Earl Hall and introduced: "Earl, these two are my friends in the mysterious world. They are here to see me."

"You…you…you…" After a brief moment of shock, Audrey's face suddenly turned red with excitement. She looked at Roselle and stammered, "You are Emperor Roselle?!!"

Russell immediately laughed triumphantly: "Hahahaha, Edward, I didn't expect your girlfriend to be my fan! Not bad, not bad!"

Earl Hall on the side had a bewildered look on his face, not understanding what was going on: "???"

"Really? It's really Emperor Roselle! I actually saw the living Emperor Roselle!"

Audrey became more and more excited, her voice trembling slightly with excitement, "I really like your previous inventions and works. Although... although I later found out that those were not your original works, I still think you are great!"

"…"

Russell's smile froze slightly, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "You don't have to say the sentence in the middle. -Naughty!夲-鰰￠悸- \埂^核心/蕞?哙·"

Audrey looked at Bernadette again and said happily, "Ms. Strength, congratulations, you finally found Emperor Roselle."

Bernadette nodded slightly and responded softly: "Well, not only did I find my father, I also finally met another person." As she spoke, her eyes turned to Edward, revealing an indescribable complex emotion.

Audrey: "???" — Is she talking about Edward? Why does her eyes look weird? Am I overthinking?

Edward looked at Bernadette and smiled, then said softly, "Long time no see... Beibei."

Russell immediately moved his daughter behind him and snorted, "This is my daughter, don't call her so affectionately."

"Wait!" Earl Hall finally came to his senses. He looked at his daughter and asked in astonishment, "What did you just say?"

Audrey hurriedly explained: "Dad, haven't you always loved and admired Emperor Roselle and collected many of his treasures? This is Emperor Roselle! The living Emperor Roselle!"

"But…but Emperor Roselle is not, not…"

Earl Hall was so shocked that he began to stutter.

Russell stroked his mustache and said with a smile: "Oh, I died, but now I am resurrected."

"..." Earl Hall felt dazed for a moment. He suddenly remembered that he seemed to have experienced "resurrection from the dead" not long ago. So this matter didn't seem so difficult to accept...

No way!

This person lived one or two hundred years ago!

This is a person recorded in history books!

But now, he was standing in front of him alive again. Earl Hall thought he knew quite a bit about the mysterious world, but now he realized that what he knew was just the tip of the iceberg.

Roselle smiled and said, "There's no need to be so surprised. There are many immortals in the extraordinary world. Just like William Augustus I, who I just met, was the founder of your country, the first king. George III also lived for more than two hundred years. He and George I are the same person!"

He did not mention that he had crushed the two old men to death half an hour ago, for fear of scaring Earl Hall, a great nobleman in Loen.

Chapter 686: Earl Hall bows down

Russell glanced at Edward and said, "Oh, you should be familiar with George III, the one with the code name 'Fenetporter' in the Twilight Hermits. Tsk, the king of Loen, with the code name Fenetporter, isn't that a bit funny?"

Earl Hall looked even more confused, and murmured, "William Augustus I, George I..."

These two names, the latter is almost from the same period as Roselle, while the former is an "ancient" figure from more than a thousand years ago. This is too shocking.

Is this the Beyonder?

Not to mention how powerful their extraordinary abilities were, just this long lifespan was enough to make Earl Hall dazed and feel that everything he had done seemed meaningless.

"Old boy."

Russell smiled faintly, "I tell you this just to say...what you are worried about just now is not a problem at all. Wealth, resources, power, are nothing in front of time."

After a pause, he said, "Well, I heard that you are quite capable in banking. You can come and help me in the future."

Lilith was surprised and asked, "After all this talk, you just came here to recruit people to work?"

"What else can I do? Who is qualified to listen to my oracle?" Roselle folded his arms and snorted, "When I return to Intis, I will definitely find a group of people to help me clean up the mess."

Audrey was startled and asked carefully, "Emperor, are you planning to overthrow the current regime of Intis and become the emperor of Intis again?"

Bernadette explained: "The Black Emperor was born relying on the country, and generally needs to rely on the country to maintain the best condition."

Audrey opened her mouth, but ultimately did not ask the stupid question in her mind: When Emperor Roselle becomes the emperor of Intis again, can he order an end to the war against Loen?

She understood that war was not like a dinner party that could not be started or ended at will. It involved a variety of complex situations including politics, economy, military, church, etc. and could not be stopped with just a few words.

Roselle looked at Earl Hall and asked again: "How about it? Are you willing?"

Earl Hall's body trembled slightly, then he bowed without hesitation and said, "Of course! I am willing to serve the emperor!" - After saying that, he was a little hesitant as to whether he should bow his head and kowtow to this legendary emperor?

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Russell laughed triumphantly, "Edward, your future father-in-law has already become my subordinate! Just wait and see how I control you in the future."

Edward: "…"

Count Hall took a deep breath, still unable to calm his inner confusion and shock. He hesitated for a moment and said tactfully: "Audrey, please entertain...the guests well, I won't disturb you here any more." In the past, he always talked to other important people and let Audrey stay away. He didn't expect that he would be the one who needed to retreat so soon.

"Okay~"

As soon as Earl Hall left, Lilith frowned and asked, "Roselle, why didn't you come to help us just now?"

"That's what I was going to say." Roselle's face darkened instantly. "I was just stopped by the Goddess of Night. She... found some weird excuse and delayed me for more than a quarter of an hour. It was obvious that she didn't want me to help you. What on earth does this woman want to do? Did you offend her?"

Edward shook his head and said, "No, but He always has his own considerations when doing things, and He would never do this for no reason."

"Why else?" Lilith snorted, "Betting on both sides, helping Adam stop you, and helping Edward conceal his whereabouts. In the end, no matter whether Adam wins or Edward wins, He can have the best of both worlds and cooperate with the winner. Anyway, He will not suffer any loss, and no one will turn against Him afterwards."

Russell stroked his mustache and agreed, "Yeah, that's pretty much what I thought." At this point, he asked curiously, "What's happening with Adam now? Did you...kill Him with your little plan?"

"No." Edward shook his head and said calmly, "He will fall into a deep sleep for a period of time. When he wakes up again, he will be led by the consciousness of the real Creator who has regained his sanity."

"…The real Creator who has regained his sanity? That seems to be no different from the ancient sun god…" Roselle muttered in a low voice, "Do you think that after He wakes up, He will cause trouble for you like Adam did before?"

"I don't know. So, before that, I have to figure out some things first."

"Can I help you?"

Edward smiled and said, "Not for now. Just take care of your own business. You will have a lot of troubles in the future. How will the God of Steam and Machinery and the Eternal Sun treat you, the new Black Emperor? It is still unknown."

Russell grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and said nonchalantly: "Hey, at worst, we both die!"

Lilith suddenly curled her lips and said, "Roselle, before you get yourself into trouble, go check on Matilda first."

Roselle's body trembled violently when he heard this, and Bernadette's pupils shrank sharply, her face full of shock and concern: "Mom, she..."

"She's barely alive." Lilith shrugged, looking somewhat helpless. "It was the alchemy of the Church of Mother Earth that worked. She was lucky. She successfully transferred her soul and consciousness into the puppet she created before she died. But your eldest son wasn't so lucky."

Russell was silent for a moment, no longer as proud as before, and said, "Where is she?"

"The Church of the Earth Mother of Feynaport."

"Thank you very much."

Roselle and Bernadette left in a hurry.

Lilith turned around and saw Audrey frowning and looking at her and Edward suspiciously. Audrey pursed her lips and asked softly, "Edward, Lilith, are you hiding something from me?"

Lilith immediately blinked her eyes and said innocently, "Ms. Lilith doesn't know~"

Edward gently pinched Lilith's cheek, then said seriously, "I'm not hiding it from you, but a lot of things have happened in the past period of time." He paused for a moment, then asked, "Are you curious about why I have such a good relationship with Emperor Roselle, who has been 'dead' for hundreds of years? And why did he suddenly come back to life?"

Audrey nodded hurriedly, her eyes full of curiosity and anticipation.

The three of them sat down on the sofa, and Edward explained:

"Let's start with the simplest one. The reason why Emperor Roselle was able to be resurrected is because of the characteristics of the Black Emperor. I'm sure you also know this. After being promoted to the Black Emperor, as long as the nine mausoleums are not completely destroyed, he can be resurrected under certain conditions."

Audrey was startled, and then her eyes flashed with shock: "You...you mean, Emperor Roselle is now the Black Emperor?!"

What does the Black Emperor represent?

That is the top of a sequence. To put it simply, it is a deity equivalent to the Seven Gods!

So, I just saw a god up close without even realizing it? !

Although I can see Mr. Fool every week, but Mr. Fool is still very distant after all. He is a mysterious existence that cannot be looked directly at.

I was just staring at Emperor Roselle... I was staring at this god for quite a while!

"As for why I know Emperor Roselle, that's a long story..." He paused for a few seconds and continued, "Maybe in your opinion, I've only been away for less than two months, but for me, we haven't seen each other for nearly two hundred years."

"???" Audrey, who had not yet recovered from the shock of knowing that Roselle was a god, was completely stunned.

"At that time, Lilith and I were being hunted by many angels and divine incarnations in Bayam (Blue Mountain Island). By some strange coincidence, we traveled back in time together, to about 190 years ago, and met Roselle and Bernadette, who were still young at the time."

"!!!"

In the next one or two hours, Edward told Audrey in detail what happened during that period of time. From going back to the past, looking for Lilith, joining the Twilight Hermits, accepting the commission of "Intis", entering "Groselle's Travels", fighting the Dragon of Imagination, and then encountering Amon and plotting against Amon... He kept talking until he fell into a deep sleep and woke up today, and then fought with Adam and Amon non-stop.

Of course, he cleverly skipped the part about Sefirah Castle to avoid accidentally exposing Mr. Fool's "true face". He would talk about these contents after meeting Klein and asking for his opinion - he naturally did not mention the part about the Outer Gods and the Harry Potter world being a book. This information was too dangerous for Audrey.

During the entire story, Audrey listened quietly. She kept using [Calmness] on herself, trying to keep herself calm, but it was to no avail.

Not to mention that traveling back in time was shocking enough in itself, just what Edward had experienced in the past was enough to make her imagine a lot.

Especially after Edward was promoted to a wanderer, he wandered in the astral world where the gods lived and met the seven gods. Although some of them were only seen from a distance, some of them talked closely like friends, which made Audrey yearn for it and marvel at it.

After a long while, Audrey said quietly, "So you've been through so much during this period, and you've been asleep for more than a hundred years." She gently held Edward's slightly cold hand and asked with concern, "Have you completely gotten rid of 'death' now?"

Edward chuckled and said, "Well, it's completely fine now."

"No wonder even Mr. Fool couldn't find you. It turns out you went back to the past... Hey, according to what you said, when you went back to the past, your past self actually also existed in the present, and for a long time, there were two of you at the same time..." Audrey looked at Lilith, "and two Liliths!"

Lilith blinked and responded playfully, "Right!"

"It really is...so magical."

"In fact, haven't you experienced something similar a long time ago? Have you forgotten the last time we went back to Hogwarts?"

Audrey suddenly realized: "Yes! Time-turner, so going back more than a hundred years ago is equivalent to using a 'large' time-turner?"

"It does have something to do with the Time Turner, but... there are other factors. After all, the Time Turner has a limit. It alone cannot allow people to go back more than a hundred years."

Edward explained seriously, "What I am going to do next may reveal the answer."

Audrey tilted her head and thought for a moment. Suddenly, a trace of confusion flashed in her green eyes: "Wait, so Edward now is no longer the 'little brother' who is a few months younger than me, but a 200-year-old old man?!"

Chapter 687 Praise Mr. Fool

"Uh." Edward was speechless for a moment. "In fact, I have been sleeping for the past one hundred and ninety years. It doesn't count as real life. From a psychological level, it is no different from before we separated last time.!d,a′k!a~i\t?a~.\co?m¨"

"That's right~" Audrey nodded slightly and turned her gaze to Lilith, "But Lilith has been waiting for Edward for a long, long time..."

Lilith immediately crossed her arms and snorted, "Audrey, it's very rude to casually discuss a woman's age~"

She then put her hands on her hips and said seriously, "Ms. Lilith will always be Miss Lilith who never grows up. Both physically and mentally, she is still the same as before..."

Before she finished her words, Audrey hugged Lilith into her arms, gently rubbed her black hair, and said distressedly: "Lilith, thank you for your hard work."

Lilith looked up and said with a smile, "It's not hard at all!" She reached out and held Edward's hand, then held Audrey's hand and said seriously, "It's all worth it."

At this moment, Susie, who had just walked into the house, looked at the happy family of three, and her foot was awkwardly stuck in the air: I shouldn't be here, I should be outside.

I seem to be redundant.

...

Feynaport City.

Roselle and Bernadette walked side by side on the way to the church - they did not go directly to the church because the father and daughter could not mentally prepare for the news that his wife (mother) was still alive.

Bernadette has been obsessed with finding her father for many years, but she seems to have never paid much attention to her mother. It's not that she doesn't care about her mother Matilda. But in her cognition, as an ordinary mother, it is a fact that she died of old age, but her father is different. After being promoted to a demigod, he has a long life.

Coupled with the fact that her father was suddenly stabbed to death in his later years and Mr. Sparrow disappeared inexplicably, all the signs were strange, so she had always speculated that her father was not really dead.

Now she suddenly learned that her mother was still alive, which made her mood become particularly complicated. She was looking forward to seeing her mother, but she couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

Roselle had a similar mentality. During the more than 100 years in the mausoleum, the only person he missed was his beloved daughter Bernadette. He seldom missed his two sons and his wife.

As the father and daughter walked down the street, Roselle told Bernadette what happened after his "death": "Actually, it was very simple. After learning about the future, I have been cooperating with Klein... Edward's clone to make preparations. On the one hand, I am doing what I should do according to the established 'history', and on the other hand, I am planning for today's resurrection."

Roselle looked calm and said calmly, "In the established 'history', I was corrupted and tainted by the Outer Gods. Although I succeeded in forcibly ascending to the Black Emperor, in order to avoid becoming a puppet controlled by the Outer Gods, I gave up resurrection and stayed in the last mausoleum to wait for an opportunity."

Bernadette's eyes narrowed as she asked, "Pollution from the Outer Gods?"

"Well, she is still the most powerful Fallen Mother Goddess among them."

"So you were really...contaminated later?"

"Yes, since this was the 'destined' ending, I did it even though I was unhappy. Of course, I did it for Adam to see. So I was trapped in that damn place for the rest of my life, falling into chaos and losing control. Later, with the help of Edward, it took me nearly a hundred years to gradually remove the pollution of the Fallen Mother Goddess."

"Until today." At this time, Roselle stopped and looked fixedly at the church of the Church of Mother Earth in front of him.

"Green, Edwards, William, and Uncle Purley, what became of them?"

"They are all dead." Roselle sighed. "For my resurrection ceremony today, they spent all their time helping me build a town that would be passed down from generation to generation by the subjects of the Black Emperor. As a result, none of them were promoted to demigods. Everything they did was for this day, but unfortunately no one could witness my return with their own eyes."

Bernadette's eyes flashed with sadness, and she asked again: "What about Mr. Dubois?"

Russell raised his beard. "Him? Who knows? But he's lucky. The last time I saw him, he had already been promoted to Sequence 4. He may be dead now, or he may be hooking up with some noble lady somewhere."

"…"

Bernadette suddenly stared ahead in a daze and murmured, "I think I know where he is now?"

Roselle immediately followed her gaze and saw a handsome middle-aged man in a bishop's robe and a short beard standing at the door of the Church of Mother Earth. He was holding a thick doctrine in his hands and standing there with a calm expression, as if he had been waiting for a long time.

Next to him was a familiar yet unfamiliar person - the young Matilda.

"Mother!"

Bernadette had already rushed forward, just like she had done when she was a child more than a hundred years ago, and threw herself into Matilda's arms.

Matilda smiled gently and patted her daughter, who was much taller than her, but her eyes were on her husband.

After a brief eye contact, she said in a gentle voice, as if she had repeated it countless times in the past:

"Welcome back."

...

The secret tomb of the lower Tussock River.

After Zaratul was erased by the eraser lady, Sua ran away immediately, leaving Klein staring at the lady in confusion.

He reacted quickly, not caring whether the other party was just a historical projection, and thanked him respectfully: "Thank you, ma'am, thank you for helping me again."

Ms. Eraser looked at Klein quietly. Her originally dull eyes suddenly became more lively. Then, she raised the corners of her mouth slightly to reveal a faint smile, and then she was erased bit by bit.

"…"

These big shots can indeed transfer their consciousness to historical projections at any time, but what did that smile of his mean before he left?

Just a simple expression of goodwill?

But why do I have a bad feeling?

This is the premonition of the Fortune Teller's Path Sequence 3... Oh, has it dropped back to Sequence 4?

Klein immediately thought of the out-of-control puppet, and several questions flooded into his mind: What on earth was going on with it? Why did it go out of control? Why did it use the outrageous ability that turned me into a Sequence 3? Where did it go after it left?

"…Edward asked Miss Queen to give me this secret doll. Edward must know what happened, right? But he has lost contact again."

Thinking of this, he tossed a gold coin, and the result of divination was that the secret doll would do him more good than harm - however, since the divination location was not above the gray fog, this result could not be taken seriously.

Let's go to the mausoleum first, and then go back to the gray fog to divine what's going on.

Klein performed another divination and then rushed all the way to the secret mausoleum in the lower reaches of the Tussock River. To ensure safety, he performed divination several times along the way.

When I returned to the mausoleum, I found the scene strangely quiet.

The previous fight between him and Zaratul had been quite noisy. If there were people in the mausoleum, there would be no way there would be no noise at all - either this was an empty mausoleum that attracted firepower, or the people inside had just evacuated.

Just as he was hesitating whether to go in deeper to take a look, he suddenly heard several different people praying in succession. Klein was stunned:

Could something have happened?

He quickly threw out a coin to make sure there was no danger in entering the mausoleum, then rushed in quickly. After a moment, he walked out the same way he came. In this huge mausoleum, there were only corpses on the ground, and nothing else was found.

"Did Ms. Strength succeed?"

Thinking of this, Klein quickly took off the leather bag that Lilith gave him, found a secret place to crawl into, and then walked four steps backwards to land above the gray fog.

I saw several deep red stars expanding and twinkling deep in the gray fog.

As he injected spirituality into them one by one, Miss Justice, Miss Judgment, Miss Magician, Miss Death, Miss Queen, and Leonard.

"Praise the Fool! Thank you for taking care of George III."

"Mr. Fool, your decision is wise and powerful."

"Praise Mr. Fool!"

"Thank you, Mr. Fool, for pulling George III down from the altar."

"Mr. Fool, did you...kill George III?" - from Leonard.

Klein was stunned: George III is dead? !

When did he die?