59 Real Show
When he regained his senses, he realized that he was standing in a magnificent palace supported by giant stone pillars . In front of him was a long ancient table, and on the other side of the table was a human figure obscured by a thick fog .
Other than that, there was nothing around him . It was empty and ethereal . Under him was a boundless fog and incorporeal dark red specks of light .
Derrick felt a flame of hope ignite in his heart . He stared at the human figure at the very top, confused and puzzled .
"You, are you God?"
After asking this, he suddenly remembered a statement he read from a book in the City of Silver and quickly lowered his head .
That statement was: "You may not look directly at God!"
Klein leaned back as he crossed his hands . He adopted a relaxed posture and answered using the language of the giants, Jotun, "I am not God, I am merely The Fool who is interested in the long history of this world . "
Klein had already activated his Spirit Vision by clicking his left molars . He noticed that the youth in front of him had different colors covering the surface of his Astral Projection and the depths of his Ether Body .
This meant that he was not a Beyonder .
The Fool… Derrick ruminated over the term and, after a long silence, said with difficulty,
"I don't care if you're God or The Fool, my prayers will not change . I hope that the people of the City of Silver will be freed from the curse of their destinies . I hope that the sun and sky described in the books will appear in our skies . If possible—if possible, I wish that my parents can be revived . "
Hey, I am not a wishing well… Klein put down his hands and laughed .
"Why should I help you?"
Derrick froze . He thought for some time before saying,
"I will offer my soul to you . I will use my blood to please you . "
"I have no interest in the soul and blood of a mortal . " Klein smiled and shook his head . He saw the color of the youth's feelings turn into the color of despair bit by bit .
Without waiting for the youth to speak, Klein nonchalantly said, "But I can give you a chance . "
"I am a Fool that likes a fair and equal exchange . You can use what you can attain to exchange with me, or people like you, to exchange for things you want . But remember, they must be equal in value…"
"This can make you powerful . Perhaps one day, you can rely on your own strength to free the City of Silver from its curse and make the sun appear in your sky once again . "
Derrick listened quietly . He lowered his head in silence and replied after a while, "I want to become the Sun . I wish to obtain the formula of the corresponding starting Sequence potion from you . "
"I will provide you the formula what can you give me in return." Klein said to Derrick.
" What you want." Derrick ask he has no many things to offer but he tried to make trade possible.
" Starting potion of planter pathway and possible help in future to my bless." Klein said this statement and didn't speak further.
Derrick don't know but if he join team and earn contributions he can check if they have formula for planter pathway. " I will give the formula in future if you give me some time."
Klein just rise his hand and a screen appears in front of Derrick. Sequence 9 Bard Main ingredients
• A Crystal Sunflower
• Or an adult Flint Bird's tail feather
• Or a Fire Bird's tail feather
• A piece of Siren Rock
• Or a Singing Sunflower.
Supplementary ingredients
• A blade of Midsummer grass.
• 5 drops of July (7th month) wine juice.
• A blade of Elf dark leaf.
"I hope you can grow strong and find a method for the people in the City of Silver to shake off the curse . " Klein, The Fool who was merely an empty shell, could only provide some free chicken soup for the soul .
Klein remember how they remembered day and night and tell Derrick. " There are people who gather for their own and you can also learn many things if you want to leave that place."
"Alright," Derrick replied solemnly .
"Before that, I need you to confirm your code name . " Klein smiled and pointed at the deck of tarot cards that appeared on the table .
Confident that Derrick had never come into contact with tarot cards, he gave a brief introduction . "Pick one of the cards as your code name . Anything besides The Fool, Justice, and The Hanged Man .
Derrick took two steps forward, flipped through the tarot cards, and said without hesitation, "Sun . I pick The Sun . "
"Remember your choice, it will follow you for the rest of your life," Klein replied like a charlatan .
At the same time, he extended his hand and severed the connection in a restrained manner . Then, he watched as the crimson glow receded, and the young man opposite him turned incorporeal and dispersed bit by bit .
After the crimson light in front of him dissipated, Derrick Berg saw his room once again . He saw the pure crystal ball in his hands .
Crack!
The crystal ball shattered from the inside . Some of it turned into pieces of illusory beams of light that flew into the void around him, while the other crystalline fragments fell noisily to the ground .
Derrick looked on, dumbfounded . He could see the traces of blood on his face reflected in the bronze mirror . He noticed a crimson light spiraling on the back of his right palm, forming a circle with lines extending out from the edge .
The strange symbol bore into the back of his palm and vanished .
Derrick fell into a daze in the time it took several flashes of lightning to illuminate the sky before snapping to his senses .
He looked at the fragments of the crystal ball on the ground, then looked at the back of his right hand as his gaze turned deeper .
He walked out of his bedroom, returned to the living room, and opened the door to look up at the sky above the City of Silver .
An arc of lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the city with a silver sheen . Right on the heels of that was rumbling thunder . The world belonged to the dark . Without any speck of light, the heavy darkness only left people in despair .
He run outside of his house for searching ingredients.
Klein didn't stay and returned in real world and sleep and eat before gathering time.
...
Backlund, Empress Borough
Audrey lifted her dress as she quickly walked towards her bedroom
She tried her best to digesting the potion she felt it will Digest in two or three weeks.
Suddenly, she felt something and looked sideways at the shadow sitting on the balcony . As expected, she saw her golden retriever, Susie, who was sitting there in silence, observing her as always
Audrey sighed and drew a crimson moon on her chest . She then got closer and looked down at her golden retriever from a commanding position
"Susie, that's not right . This is peeping . A Spectator has to observe in an open manner . " .
The golden retriever lifted its head to look at its owner and shook its tail
After nagging her dog, Audrey didn't delay any further and continued walking towards her bedroom again
In the few seconds of opening and closing the door, she suddenly had a weird idea
"I wonder if Mr . Fool would allow Susie to enter that mysterious space . Then, there would be four members in the Tarot Gathering! And all of them would be Beyonders! .
"No way, Susie can't talk . If they were to let her express her opinion and share her thoughts, what would she do? Woof woof woof? Howl howl? Eww, why am I mimicking a dog's bark here
"Just imagining such a scene feels really strange . A mysterious and solemn gathering with the sudden barking of a dog . Mr . Fool would definitely kick us out of the Tarot Gathering directly . " .
Audrey locked the door and sat by the side of her bed.
In a particular area of the Sonia Sea, Seafarer Alger Wilson was worried that the wall clock's machinery would malfunction, so he entered the captain's cabin about half an hour earlier in case he had misjudged the time which would cause his subordinates to see him getting pulled into the Tarot Gathering
In front of him was a glass of nearly transparent liquor . The rich aroma swirled strand after strand into his nostrils
Alger trembled once again when he thought of the impending Gathering, the boundless fog that presented itself in front of him in the hotel's corridor, and the mysterious Fool who sat in the middle of the gray fog
He lifted his glass and took a gulp, using the burning sensation in his throat to ease the emotions that had stirred within him
Very soon, he restored his calm . He was as calm and stoic as he always was .
Above the gray fog, gigantic stone columns held up a majestic divine hall.
Two dark red blobs extended out into faint human figures by the side of the ancient mottled bronze table.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool." Augmented with a blurry effect, Audrey greeted him with a bow and smiled.
Audrey thought as she asked, "Mr. Fool, have you considered adding more members?"
Klein leaned back casually. He had long prepared an answer.
"This started as a trial, so I didn't spend much time thinking about extending our meetings.
"But now, as a regular gathering, we must choose our members carefully. Secrecy is our motto."
Audrey nodded gently and said, "That is to say that we have to follow a process of observation, recommendation, and testing process. Yes, a process."
"You can interpret it that way," Klein affirmed.
Klein was thinking about the charm which created from the aura of Mother God. We can't say this is blessing but it's not charm. There are some problems with my regression. Something changed and I don't know what. And why didn't that priest appeared until now. Then he remembered his meeting with seven lights and tell him about the outer gods.
Klein said after some time, " Some entities which is not from here try to invade I future. You need to be careful. And miss justice you need to be careful in process." I can't tell excectly when but I think it is related to my regression.
"Mr. Hanged Man take a look on Sea God believers for time begins. And miss you will get a mission after sometime. Don't worry it will not dangerous and you will get rewarded for this." Fool concluded meeting after that.
"After advancement a real show will start." Klein said with a sinister smile.
