This is an ancient castle with a collapsed outer wall. The still-standing outer wall is covered with green plants, and the exposed areas are mostly mottled. The crimson moonlight covers the green vines like a veil, and it flutters its wings from time to time.
The crows made a noisy cry.
Two figures walked out of the castle, one after the other, silent and silent, with only the sound of "rustling" footsteps.
Under the illumination of the moonlight, you can clearly see that the man walking in front is a man dressed in brown. He is of medium build, has a bronze complexion, has vicissitudes in his eyes, and has soft facial features. A small black mole under his right ear moves from time to time as he moves.
Hidden in darkness.
Mr. Azik's expression was extremely heavy, and in the rich night, he suddenly said:
"When this matter is resolved, I will resign and leave Tingen to pursue my lost past."
Klein, who was following behind and was about the same height as Azik, pushed down his top hat that was blown by the wind, looked at Mr. Azik in front of him and asked softly:
"Where are you going? Mr. Azik."
He already knew from Mr. "Emperor" the special characteristics of the demigod "immortal" of the "God of Death" path, and knew that Mr. Azik was likely to be reincarnated in the sixty-year curse again and again. It could last at least for a year.
Fourteen to five hundred years of cursed reincarnation has exceeded the time limit of an ordinary Sequence 4 demigod.
Especially after Klein obtained the death mask that originally belonged to Mr. Azik in the divination of the "Emperor", he increasingly realized that Mr. Azik's constant reincarnation might be more than the curse of the "undead".
The cry of the night owl, accompanied by the chirping of insects, echoed on the road from the abandoned castle to the town. Azik looked ahead and said in silence for a few seconds:
"I don't know, but I will go to Backlund first. I have a premonition that my destiny will be there."
Klein touched his eyebrows, Mr. Azik, you are an Extraordinary of the "God of Death" pathway! Can you still foresee your own fate? Isn't that the ability of the "Monster" pathway? Or are high-sequence Extraordinaries all?
Have similar abilities, whim?
However, Mr. Azik's hunch should be correct. His most recent amnesia occurred near Backlund University, and the "Emperor" has a mask related to him. The "Emperor" will also return to Backlund recently.
Should I tell Mr. Azik about that mask? No, I'd better use the curse of the "undead" to make some innuendo!
Klein pretended to be thoughtful and used his cane to poke the weeds in front of him and said:
"Mr. Azik, I have a guess about your situation."
"What's your guess?" Azik turned his head and glanced at his companions.
"I think your forgetting is cyclical. Maybe you will die once every few decades, clearing out your previous memories, and then after a certain period of time, you will wake up from your dark sleep and start a new life.
, only in this way can we explain your different dreams, which are things you have encountered in different lives."
Klein described his "speculation" based on the curse of the "undead" and the way the magician spoke when he played the "divineer".
Azik's steps suddenly slowed down, as if his clothes were being held back by the darkness. He looked ahead with a gloomy look, and then said after a while:
"This is consistent with some of the memories I woke up from just being stimulated."
Some memories were awakened by the stimulation just now? Klein's mind moved. If Mr. Azik got the mask that he could obviously throw away, wouldn't he get greater stimulation and recover more memories?
But how should I tell him? That I have a beloved one in Backlund, and he has your old mask in his hand?
Klein shook his head slightly. This would definitely not work. Even if Mr. Azik would help him find it and not tell the public about this matter, the "Emperor" might not be able to do anything about it! Behind the "Emperor" is obviously the official power of Loen, and
Mr. Azik, whose identity is unknown and is still a demigod, will definitely be noticed by the sensitive and suspicious "Emperor".
Moreover, in my divination, after Mr. Azik lost the mask, he turned directly into a feathered snake, and breathed out pale flames crazily. What if after getting the mask, he became like that again?
, he will definitely be arrested by MI9 or the power of the church.
After Klein found that it was difficult to do this, he began to make another speculation, saying that Mr. Azik might gradually recall his lost memories over a long period of time and make identity arrangements for his next life.
come out.
"So, you don't have to do anything. As long as you wait patiently, your memory will slowly recover." Klein concluded, comforting the other party.
Azik waved his cane unconsciously, and then his whole body seemed to transform into a statue made of marble. After a long time, he replied with a profound look:
"Maybe, maybe I will completely recover my memory when my old life comes to an end. I don't want to wait that long, I want to have enough time to figure out and get rid of this fate. So, I must actively look for the past, bit by bit.
Stimulate yourself a little and complete the awakening in your speculation in advance, and waiting will only make me repeat the previous cycle."
Klein was stunned. He seemed to be trapped in some kind of fate and wanted to get rid of it. But now he actually advised another person who was trapped in fate to accept his fate.
But if you want to help Mr. Azik escape from this fate, you must at least make him a Sequence 3, but is this something that a small Sequence 9 "divineer" can consider?
Perhaps letting Azik go find the "Emperor" and come into contact with that mask can help him find his memory as quickly as possible. But how should I tell the "Emperor"?
Klein was confused. Maybe I should do another divination?
Looking at Mr. Azik walking silently in front of him, Klein made a request to him, asking Mr. Azik to do something in a small town near Tingen so that he could apply for "3-0782".
"No problem." Azik agreed without hesitation and never asked the other party why he did that.
"Thank you, this matter is very important to me. Well, when you choose the target of the supernatural event, you can only choose the followers of the goddess of the night." Klein warned, and then remembered Mo Mo, who handled the task with the captain last time.
Morse Town, "If you can, it's better to choose Morse Town."
As for asking Mr. Azik not to leave any clues, is this difficult for an extraordinary person who is at least an "immortal"?
Azik didn't care about the other party's purpose and still nodded:
"Well, I will tell you the approximate time in advance so that you can be prepared."
So are you sure you're going to cause trouble in Morse Town?
Klein was a little melancholy. He was no longer worried about Mr. Azik asking him how he knew about the mask. He only needed to consider the "Emperor's" thoughts.
…
Backlund, Queens, the Hall family's luxurious villa.
Dozens of candle lampstands of different sizes were placed in an orderly manner. The huge banquet hall was brightly lit, and fashionably dressed men and women sat together in groups, chatting about the most popular topics in Backlund recently.
In Backlund, the weather has been a popular topic of conversation for hundreds of years, but in a literary salon held by nobles, if anyone makes a topic about the weather, it will only make people laugh.
But today is different. These well-known writers, painters, artists, literary critics and editors of major newspapers in Backlund, no matter young or old, the first three sentences they speak will definitely express one meaning, today/recent weather.
It's too bad!
As for why this group of literary and art leaders started with this topic, it is all because the host of today's cultural salon is Earl Hall's eldest son Hibbert. The future Earl of Hall chose to protect the air and control pollution.
as the first step into politics.
This group of invited cultural celebrities often attend cultural salons held by nobles. They are all smooth and sophisticated people. How could they oppose this top nobleman?
Hibbert, who was holding the wine glass, had a faint smile on his face full of classical sculpture beauty. It was a more sophisticated smile than her sister Audrey, enough to make everyone feel respected.
At this moment, he was looking at a seventy-year-old man with half gray and half white hair in a listening manner. Even though he was excited, you could still see his sad face. This was a sign that Backlund was not taken seriously by the art world.
A painter whose painting style he admired was not accepted by many people.
Although he had received an education in art appreciation, Hibbert had no interest or passion for the professional techniques described by the painter named Cox, but he still showed no impatience and maintained an almost perfect smile.
Watching the other party dancing and describing the process of creating the painting "Port" that made him famous.
"Use only a single color, and then use dark and light tones to express the outline of the scene and the relationship between light and dark. This can better express the hazy feeling under Backlund's fog."
The painter Cox was keenly aware that Hibbert's attention was gradually distracted, so he brought the topic to Backlund's lingering fog.
Hibbert didn't care what the painter in front of him was talking about, and he wasn't even very interested in what the people in the salon were talking about. He just hoped to use this salon to convey his attitude to the literary and art circles and use their influence to
Expand your reputation.
Of course, this does not mean that Hibbert has not made any preparations. In fact, every guest he invites is carefully selected, just like the person in front of him who only has a painting that has caused controversy, but no one.
The uninfluential and even ostracized painter Cox.
His "Port" depicts the dock area shrouded in morning fog, with the passing ships, workers carrying goods, and shuttle carriages all shrouded in a layer of fog, which suits Hibbert's purpose very well.
As for Cox's lack of fame, as long as Hibbert is willing, the old painter can immediately become a celebrity in the art world.
But there are always some unexpected visitors to this salon. In the corner of the banquet hall, a young lady wearing a beige dress with a ruffled stand-up collar and brown hair in slightly curls was standing there alone.
This is not his guest. Hibbert has looked through all the guests' information, and she is not there. According to his valet, this is the author of a book that his sister Audrey has recently read, and he wants to find an opportunity.
See you.
Hibbert just nodded and acquiesced to his sister's "naughty", and did not even bother to communicate with the lady named Fors Wall.
Although the lady wanted to find someone to chat with, her guests were obviously much stranger to her. The salon was coming to an end and she had not yet found a suitable chat partner, so she could only sit alone in a corner of the banquet hall.
If his sister does not intend to meet, then Hibbert must have a chat with this lady. He will never let anything that damages his reputation happen now. This will only give Philip the upper hand in this competition.
.
Thinking of Philip, who had firmly held the Hillston Police Department in his hands, Hibbert became dissatisfied with the current Hillston Police Officer Humphrey, who had a great reputation but deliberately did not take action. Humphrey
As a good friend of his father, Earl Hall, Ly went into hiding at this critical moment, claiming to be ill.
When the painter Cox saw that Hibbert's attention was no longer on him, he said a few more witty words and ended the chat. This made Hibbert very satisfied. He looked at the back of Cox leaving and recalled
Looking at his information, in the "Opening of Backlund Bridge" he painted in his early years, the sky in Backlund seems to be relatively blue.
While waiting for a guest to come forward to chat, Hibbert came back to his senses and found that Ms. Wall had been taken away by his personal maid, Anne.
…
Forsi looked at Anne, who was wearing a white-collar plain dress in front of her, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous. In order to help Xio from the upper aristocratic level, she still chose to participate in this literary salon, but the result was really unacceptable to her.
As soon as he entered the villa with the invitation, he found that he seemed to be an unexpected visitor. Hibbert Hall, the organizer of the salon, even showed surprise when he saw him for the first time, which was the same as before.
The difference between him and his proficiency in calling out guests' names was that he only called out his own name after being reminded by his valet.
This made Forsi feel very bad. After the salon started, she realized that her feeling was right. The topics discussed by the guests attending the salon were all related to the organizer's recent slogan.
Even if she intervenes in the conversation, there are no guests who are prepared to speak. She can only stay alone in the corner and regret it. She laments that she might as well not have come!
Just when the salon was about to end, the lady in front of her dressed as a maid came over and said that Miss Audrey Hall, the only daughter of the Hall family, wanted to see her and talk to her about the book "Stormhouse".
Forsi realized that the person who invited him was most likely Miss Audrey.
But even though he saw Audrey at Viscount Graylingt's house last time, he didn't speak to her, and he even scared the big golden retriever dog.
There's no way it's the big golden retriever dog who complained, right?
Forsi shook his head in amusement, and followed Anne into a more private living room. A woman was wearing a light blue dress inlaid with lace, her long golden hair was tied up and covered with a crown of light blue feathers.
Covered by a silk hat and full of youthful air, the beautiful girl was sitting on the sofa, looking at her with a smile.