Chapter 36 : Roselle & Klein’s advancement
Xin Jian's point of view :
By a great coincidence, I met Bernadette.
(It was not because Mr. Fool tried to make me cheer up by helping me realize one of my plans. Not at all.)
I had originally planned to contact Queen Mystic through Cattleya, but now that I saw Bernadette, I naturally seized the opportunity.
« Excuse me. »
Bernadette turned back.
« Are you Queen Mystic ? »
Let's check her identity, just in case.
After all, I'm not confident in my memory of faces either.
Queen Mystic didn't answer, so Mr. Fool's divine oracle confirmed her identity in her stead.
I didn't know that Bernadette became mute… Now, where do I begin?
« Okay, I know where your father is. »
No, in truth I don't know. Let's do it again.
Bernadette, you know where your father is.
Uh, that sounds weird…
After I dropped this bomb, Bernadette had trouble keeping her composure.
« …Who are you ? »
You sure have a weird sense of priorities…
« Sorry, I was impolite~. My name is Xin Jian, angel under The Fool. »
Remember ? The Fool is that secret existence whom I deliberately spread the name as an evil god. Wait, so Bernadette wasn't mute in the end.
Bernadette continued :
« …And why should I believe you ? »
Girl, stop with the trust issues, it's not like you were particularly betrayed in your life…
« Because I am an angel. »
Bernadette : True…
An angel had no reason to lie on this matter. (Lol.)
« So, as I said, I know where Roselle is. His last mausoleum is on the island he found. »
Do you see what I mean…?
No ? Too bad…
Mr. Fool sent a divine oracle :
« Wait, I will give you the coordinates. »
Thank you~.
Mr. Fool = best tool man.jpg
Hooray !
« So, the coordinates are 000-… Ah, no, this is the default settings. »
Bernadette wondered whether I was really reliable.
Answer : No.
After that, we successfully found the island where Roselle was and I left to go back to the gray fog.
Now, it's time to watch a family drama…
So, Bernadette entered the island, found Roselle, talked to him, was sent away…
Damn, the family drama was short.
In the crimson star, Roselle raised his head.
« Come out. »
…If there wasn't anyone watching you when you said this, would you just stare awkwardly at the sky ?
That seems fun, let's wait.
Unfortunately, Mr. Fool pushed me out of Sefirah Castle and sent me there. Too bad…
(Let's remove the part where you know that I could have stopped it because I also have a part of the authority over Sefirah Castle, okay ?)
I looked at Roselle and waved my hand.
« Hi… »
Conclusion : First meetings are often awkward in this world.
Roselle then said something that I didn't not understand.
Er…
Between the possibility that I became deaf and the possibility that he is speaking in Chinese, which one is it ?
Hmm… I think the former is more likely.
« Can you repeat please ? » (Question asked for entertainment purposes only, no I am not dumb.)
Roselle was dumbfounded.
Roselle : Was I wrong ? Is she not a fellow transmigrator ?
However, he complied.
« No, I still don't understand. Can you repeat it again ? »
I wonder how many times I can make him repeat this before he understands that I don't speak Chinese…
Like, why would other transmigrators necessarily be Chinese ? You were just lucky to fall on Mr. Fool !
Unfortunately, Roselle did not repeat it another time.
It looks like the experiment has already ended. Too bad…
Roselle switched to ancient Feysac.
« Who are you ? »
I kept a straight and continued in Loenese :
« Mister, I don't speak ancient Feysac either. »
No, if you can understand what I say, then why don't you just speak in Loenese ?!
Why are you trying to make things complicated ? I am just an uncultured, ill-mannered and innocent (?) little girl~.
(Hey, why is only the word "innocent" doubtful ? That's mean.)
Roselle finally switched to Loenese.
« So, who are you ? »
Ah, this man seems a bit slow-witted. If he could talk Loenese, he should have done so from the beginning.
I looked at him with pity.
Roselle : I feel like this girl is thinking rude things but I don't have proof.
« I am someone who knows what is written in your diary, and I became your daughter's friend earlier… »
Nothing is implied here.
Roselle stiffened. His expression became serious.
« What do you want ? »
I kept the same innocent expression and exhorted Roselle.
« Not much, just two things. »
He frowned.
« What two things ? »
« First, give me the 175 potion formulas I am lacking… »
Roselle choked.
Okay, I may be asking for 176 things then…
« Hey, don't make this face. You saw a blasphemy slate anyway, it's not like you will lose anything by giving these formulas to me. Isn't the honor of the Black Emperor worth that much ? »
« Don't try to sweet talk me and tell me the second condition. »
« Okay, second, join a shady secret organization by praying to an unknown existence at the above the sequences' level ? »
Roselle gave me a deep look.
« At this price, you at least intend to remove the corruption from me, right ? »
« What ? No. »
Roselle lost his composure.
Mr. Fool, this is too interesting, let's leave for real and look at his face, we can remove the corruption tomorrow…
Unfortunately (I am using this word too much today), Mr. Fool used a paper man and removed Roselle's corruption.
« …Because it is already done ! Ha. Ha. Ha. »
I imitated a forced laugh.
In the end, Roselle agreed to the conditions. He was too scared that I would really tell his dark history to Bernadette.
As the saying goes, only idiots write diaries~. (Just me casually insulting every person who writes a diary…)
Now, my fake blasphemy slate is finally complete !
Let's make Mr. Fool plunge it into the sea of chaos to turn it into a real one !
(Mr. Fool : No, what are you trying to make me do ?!)
Roselle also joined the Tarot Club, which was clearly more high-tech than Rose Redemption with all of these good-level members. We just lack a goal.
Before leaving, I left some kind words.
« Hey Roselle, the guy in the woman's side is the leader of the organization whom you can't say the name~. Bye ! »
Roselle choked. The guy in the woman's side…?
Yes, Roselle, I put THE Adam on the woman's side…
Back to the gray fog, I looked at Mr. Fool.
« So, Mr. Fool~. To become a true blasphemy slate, I need your help to throw my work into the chaos sea~! (And retrieve it, let's precise just in case…) »
Now it's time to say "I won't go into the details but…" and give a super long, detailed and useless explanation…
Ah, no, I'm too lazy to do that. A shame.
Like, who would compensate me for the energy I spend talking in this plan ? Breathing is enough !
I tapped on little Sun's crimson star without waiting for Mr. Fool to agree (which he wouldn't have done anyway).
Then, I used the crimson star to enter the abandoned land of the gods and appeared the further away from little Sun as I could.
« Now, then, where is the giant king's court~? »
This is a true question.
I raised my head.
…I was actually intending to give Mr. Fool an inquiring gaze from far away, but not that I see the starless night, I realize that I nearly died from carelessness once again.
I pulled out a lamp's historical projection.
« Now that I think about it, I'm really too powerful. Tsk tsk tsk. I can use the high-level Beyonder abilities from three pathways and my friends are angels, true gods and a great old one. Sigh. I'm really too op… »
I shook my head.
Mr. Fool had the urge to hit me.
Sorry, I reentered my Hunter-pathway-mode. I had once again forgotten about it…
Mr. Fool said :
« I want to hit you. »
« Oh, thank you. Or should I say thank me ? Be grateful, there are not much people in this world who can have the honor to dream about hitting me. But this will remain only a dream, for I have too many friends. My condolences. »
And I began spewing bullshit with a solemn look on my face.
« And I'm your strongest friend ! » Mr. Fool retorted.
Oh, I guess he can actually hit me…
« Okay, bye ! »
And so, I used the advanced technique of ✨running away✨.
That is the reason why going to the giant king's court was slightly reported.
On another note, at least I successfully ran away and wasn't hit (let's not think about the possibility that Mr. Fool is also a tsundere and let me get away, okay ?).
I was also able to make Mr. Fool plunge the fake blasphemy slate into the chaos sea himself, I think he intervened when I began to talk about bathing in the Chaos Sea. Why ? I don't see the problem.
Adam and Amon can do this, why can't I ?
Puppy eyes.jpg
« Haaa… This is driving nuts. » by the great Mr. Fool
(Mr. Fool is becoming like Alberu.jpg…)
—————— I am the dividing line~
3rd point of view :
Xin Jian made a bet with Mr. Fool.
« Do you want to see something amazing ? »
« No. »
Xin Jian ignored his answer.
« I will show you that I can not do anything for three days ! »
Mr. Fool : With your laziness, I'm sure that it's possible.
However, Mr. Fool also wanted Xin Jian to stop causing problems so he nodded.
« Okay. »
The bet has started !
First hour of the bet : Xin Jian is sleeping.
Second hour : Someone prays for help.
Third hour : Xin Jian has obviously forgotten about the bet.
Fourth hour : Xin Jian is answering prayers.
Fifth hour : Xin Jian is harassing Medici and thinking about destroying the world.
« Xin Jian ! It's only been five hours, why are you trying to destroy the world ?! »
« But Mr. Fool, I can have that idea in only five minutes. In the end, it's all your fault, why did you not talk to me ? »
Mr. Fool : So it's my fault now…?
Mr. Fool is doubting his life's decisions once again.
—————— I am the dividing line~
Mr. Fool remembered.
When he went down from Sefirah Castle, 'She' already existed.
They said that 'She' came from before the First Age, 'She' was already there when the Sun God gathered the kings of angels.
The Nameless Angel was a kind and selfless person, always going around to help others.
'She' was calm, gave advice to others, and liked to daydream. 'She' often spaced out, staring into the air, lost in 'Her' thoughts until someone came to talk to 'Her'.
'She' wasn't emotional, even though 'She' didn't have any divinity to restrain those emotions. No, 'She' was calm. Always very calm.
However, the one memorable characteristic that she had, if he had to cite one, was 'Her' smile.
The Nameless Angel was always smiling.
She wore the same smile, a smile that never disappeared from her face, a smile that looked sincere but never changed, as if frozen in time.
A smile that became strangely unsettling as he got to know 'Her'.
There wasn't anything wrong with that smile.
However, that was the problem.
The Nameless Angel was always smiling, whatever was done to her. It never changed.
That's why he should have noticed how wrong it was.
Mr. Fool thought that he was a bad friend.
—————— I am the dividing line~
The Nameless Angel, also called the 10th king of angels by Zhou Mingrui and Amanises in the past, was more commonly known by a nickname : the gods' friend.
"The god's friend" was the friend of everyone. Be it gods or angels, everyone who knew 'Her' was 'Her' friend.
It could because they were helped by 'Her' or for their own benefits, it didn't matter, 'She' was on everyone's good side.
Of course, it was surely a superficial friendship. After all, how could mythical creatures feel such feelings ? But it didn't matter, what mattered is that everyone who knew 'Her' was 'Her' friend or in debt towards 'Her'.
(Let's leave Amon aside, his motives are questionable.)
However, there was an exception.
(Xin Jian : And I call Medici !
Author : What are we doing ?
Xin Jian : Playing Pokemon.
Medici, the so-called Pokemon : …
Author : …And the mood was ruined.)
There was one person who openly showed contempt towards 'Her'.
(Author : Even though it is for such a cute reason…
Xin Jian : Who would have thought such a punchable guy was cute…
*collective sigh*)
Medici, a king of angels, saw the "god's friend" everyday, always with a smile on 'Her' face, whatever the situation.
Medici didn't like 'Her'.
When it was 'Her' birthday, 'She' smiled.
When 'She' resolved someone else's problem, 'She' smiled.
When 'She' was stabbed in the back, 'She' smiled.
When 'She' was burnt alive, 'She' smiled.
When one of 'Her' friends died, 'She' smiled.
Always with that calm and "sincere" smile.
Always with the same smile !
The "god's friend" didn't have divinity, so 'She' should have feelings !
Then why didn't 'She' express anger ?! Why didn't 'She' show pain, sadness, anything ! Anything other than that smile !
Medici didn't like 'Her' smile.
No, He hated it.
He wanted 'Her' to stop smiling.
One time, He asked :
« Why don't you stop smiling ? Why don't cry when you're sad or show anger when you are angry ? Don't you have feelings ? »
'She' didn't answer.
'Her' smile was so irritable that Medici tried to make 'Her' stop smiling.
He pranked 'Her', did anything possible to make 'Her' lose 'Her' smile, but failed every time.
Even worst, 'She' didn't even react ! 'She' wasn't angry ! 'She' never retaliated !
That was why He didn't like the "god's friend".
We can say that He didn't like 'Her' because He cared for 'Her' (?)
Xin Jian was very similar to the Nameless Angel, both in appearance and… Well, it was just a feeling, an intuition.
Medici also thought of Xin Jian as the Nameless Angel, that was why, when he saw her, He habitually pranked her.
However, He was truly surprised when, for the first time, his pranks received a retaliation.
Xin Jian was really different from the Nameless Angel, indeed, but Medici had to take revenge !
So, a war started. (I'm not talking about the literal one.)
Xin Jian wasn't kind and selfless, (on the contrary, she was selfish), she wasn't calm and she didn't help others. She dismissed anger as a useless emotion and often lost herself in her thoughts, but she still took revenge and sought to have fun. (…As if it was an obsession.)
However, she had begun to smile more and more.
…But didn't your friend Klein just leave you ?
Aren't only bad things happening around you ?
Medici knew that Xin Jian was supposed to be sad.
She was seeking fun things to have a reason to smile, but wouldn't she smile even if there wasn't a reason to anyway ?
The emotionless Xin Jian was smiling more and more in these sad times.
Xin Jian was starting to resemble the Nameless Angel more and more.
Ah, no, there was still a difference. Xin Jian was selfish, and she was turning crazy.
The Nameless Angel's actions made 'Her' look emotionless, while only Xin Jian's face had been emotionless.
Medici didn't like Xin Jian. He didn't like that familiar smile.
(Author : I told you it was a cute reason.
Mr. Fool : No, you just made the mood heavy. Why are you writing something sad again ?
Author : Heh, at least it's not something worth getting assassinated for. (…Right Editor-nim ?)
Author : *suddenly doubtful.jpg*
Murder-radar aka intuition : It depends, is making the Editor-nim have a bad night a reason for murder ?
Mr. Fool : …)
—————— I am the dividing line~
So, now that we made the mood heavy, let's-
(Xin Jian : Lighten the mood ?
Author : …make the mood heavier.)
…go see Klein's side.
Xin Jian had already told Klein all the rituals needed in the Seer Pathway.
Klein, who still has the Sequence 2 and 1 Beyonder characteristics in his body, had to digest potions and do the rituals to integrate into his body before it fused with his body without a ritual and made him lose control.
It was a race against time.
Klein, who was digesting his Sequence 4 potion, (the Sequence 3 potion was already done), was already thinking of the ritual to advance to a true angel.
When he finally digested it, he went to Bernadette's ship.
Bernadette looked at Klein who appeared next to her (thanks to Creeping Hunger).
« What do you need ? »
Klein, who looked like Gehrman Sparrow, asked instead :
« I heard you have a lamp which can grant wishes ? »
Bernadette hesitated but, in the end, decided to trust him and lent it to him. She also explained the various rules to him (for example, if he made a wish then it would also be added to her wish count and she would die if it reached three or more).
After leaving Bernadette, Klein held the lamp and rubbed it.
The Genie appeared.
« I have three wishes, Genie. »
The Genie gave him a deep look but didn't say anything. (It didn't matter to Him if Bernadette or that man died because Klein didn't know the lamps rules.) He listened to the three wishes.
« First, I want to transfer Bernadette's wishes to me. Then, transfer the ownership of this lamp to me. At last, teleport the members of the City of Silver to Backlund. »
Klein thought that if he then introduced them to the world under his name, it would satisfy the ritual's conditions.
Klein must have begun to be affected by the divinity brought by his Sequence 4 potion to make such a radical decision (a lot more than in the previous rounds). Moreover, he hadn't even considered the matter of anchors (could this be a hole in Xin Jian's teachings ?).
However, with Klein's carefulness, even if we took into account the previous factors and the fact that he was now wearing a Beyonder item that made people impulsive as a side effect, these actions were definitely a result of Hermes arrangement.
(Hermes who is bored because of the plot : Let's arrange people just because I am a high Sequence Beyonder and the fact that Mr. Fool or Adam have no reason to do this…)
The Genie made a malicious smile, ready to distort that last wish and kill Klein by making him in a lot of pain, when Mr. Fool spoke up.
« Stop, please. »
The Genie raised His head to look at Sefirah Castle then glanced at Klein, who hadn't heard Mr. Fool.
In front of Klein's confused eyes, the Genie left and arrived into Sefirah Castle.
« Mysteries ? » He probed.
Mr. Fool smiled.
« Guess. »
The Genie sneered.
« What did you call me for ? »
« Don't grant that guy's wishes, instead, let's make a deal. »
« And why should I do that ? »
Mr. Fool glanced at him.
« I will make you return to the starry sky before the end of the days. In exchange, don't grant that guy's wishes. »
The Genie was silent.
He really couldn't reject such an offer.
(PS : This idea was Xin Jian's, who is currently watching on the side. In the end, Mr. Fool is still Xin Jian's working tool.)
« …You are not Him. »
Mr. Fool's expression didn't change. He wasn't trying to fool Him anyway (<-says the guy who tested the Genie's bottom line in many lives because he had nothing to do. Mr. Fool is now able to nearly flawlessly pretend to be the Lord of Mysteries in front of the Genie. UwU).
The Genie accepted the deal and returned to the real world.