1319 Life-Preserving Incantation (2/2)
Their academic exchange enriched Audrey's knowledge quite a bit. She listened very seriously and would occasionally share her thoughts and insights.
”Alright, this conference will end here.” After a while, Derlau clapped his hands.
Audrey subconsciously wanted to stand up and lead the other councilors into bowing and bidding farewell. However, she quickly came to her senses and continued sitting there, being the penultimate person to stand up.
Before leaving, she asked curiously, ”Mr. President, does this city have a name?”
”Yes.” Derlau laughed. ”The Garden of Eden.”
Garden of Eden… Audrey saw that the other councillors were walking towards the door and asked thoughtfully, ”There are many cathedrals here. They should represent a faith. Uh, I wonder which existence the 'residents' here believe in?”
Derlau nodded and replied solemnly, ”The omnipotent and omniscient Creator.”
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Garden of Eden… The omnipotent and omniscient Creator… If this wasn't created by Adam, I'll write my name backward! Above the gray fog, inside the ancient palace, Klein looked at the crimson star representing Miss Justice and silently muttered to himself.
In addition, to recite ”Adam” when faced with danger as a response would indicate a problem without concealing anything.
Ever since Miss Justice entered the Garden of Eden, the true vision provided by Sefirah Castle had been suppressed. Klein could only use Audrey's point of view to observe the surroundings, just like how Queen Mystic Bernadette's fixed viewpoint back on the primitive island. To a certain extent, this also showed the status of the mind city, Garden of Eden.
Klein gently tapped the edge of the long mottled table and conjured a pen and paper to write his thoughts.
This wasn't something he couldn't analyze based on his own thinking. Instead, when facing an existence like Adam, he needed to repeatedly ponder and analyze the details. Thus, the words that formed on the paper helped him to read them back and forth so as to notice and make up any missing details.
”Basic premise; Adam has already advanced to Sequence 0 using the full-scale war from before. By becoming a true god, 'He' can be known as a Visionary.
”Miss Justice happened to become a Sequence 4 Manipulator after Hvin Rambis's death. She may be able to convince others, but she can't convince Adam.
”What does Adam want? Setting up a Sequence 4 saint doesn't match 'His' identity as a Visionary unless 'He' has another ploy up 'His' sleeves…
”His real target is the mind dragon, or is it me who's backing Miss Justice?
”Care and vigilance must be enhanced on this matter. We must not be careless.
”In the Garden of Eden, the cathedral that the Psychology Alchemists councilors were using is similar to Adam's corpse cathedral. However, it's only a little similar. The stone columns on its exterior are inlaid with several skulls. There is no corresponding layout inside, and the color is dark-black and very gloomy. What does this mean?
”What does that grayish-white dragon coiling around the huge cross symbolize? The first step in resurrecting the Creator has been successful?
”Uh, Adam is already a Visionary. If 'His' father or the original Creator returns, 'He' would be the first one to be unlucky. 'He' is willing to sacrifice 'Himself'? This is the meaning of being 'zealous'?
”That rabbit is suspected to be Hermes… However, as an angel of the Spectator pathway, it doesn't make sense for 'Him' to not be able to remove Miss Messenger's transformation curse after so long, especially since 'He' has a Visionary who can provide help… Hmm, did Hermes do it on purpose?
”Yes, the president of the Psychology Alchemists, Derlau, mentioned that to the Spectator, death only represented the end of one's identity. He can still participate in other theatrical plays in other aspects as another identity…
”By combining them together, does this mean that once the Spectator pathway reaches Sequence 3 or Sequence 2, they can separate the identities they once held and make them become living people? And even if these identities were to die, it wouldn't lead to the deaths of their real bodies?
”It does look like the preamble to becoming a Visionary…
”Hmm, the rabbit that Hermes turned into after being cursed was separated as an identity which later directly participated in the Psychology Alchemists? What does 'He' want to do? Back then, when the Twilight Hermit Order communicated, 'He' was sitting beside the Emperor…”
After Klein was done writing, he put down his fountain pen and carefully read the contents a few times, his heart clouded with mystery and puzzlement.
In the end, he could only decide to continue observing and be vigilant.
And at this moment, Audrey had already taken the carriage she used, exited the Garden of Eden, and returned to the park in Empress Borough with the man-made lake.
She wasn't in a rush to pray to Mr. Fool, hoping that there would be a better way to seal the Pride mask. She returned to her luxurious villa as though nothing had happened.