Lord of the Mysteries

It was late at night with the thick clouds concealing the moon. It was dark across the Backlund Bridge.

Just as Klein “Teleported” here, he saw green pea vines descend from the sky like a storm that enveloped his surroundings before he could look around.

They intertwined and quickly formed a forest. They stacked upwards in layers, making it impossible to see its peak.

Klein released his right hand’s grip on his top hat and familiarly followed up the path paved by the vines.

It didn’t take long before he saw a naturally-formed swing made out of green plants. He also saw Queen Mystic Bernadette who stood beside the swing.

This eldest daughter of Emperor Roselle had a head of long chestnut hair. She wore a blouse with laced flowers that formed a bow tie. She matched it with a gray dress that went past her knees and a pair of Wellington leather boots. She also wore a bonnet with a hanging black fishnet.

“You’ve grown faster than I had imagined.” Bernadette’s blue eyes behind the black fishnet reflected Gehrman Sparrow’s figure.

Klein replied without any change in expression, “Praise Mr. Fool.”

As he said that, he inwardly lampooned, This is what it means to strive to be stronger, relying on oneself rather than on others!

Queen Mystic nodded slightly as she said with a gentle but emotionless voice, “I know why you want to see me.”

Without waiting for Klein to say a word, she tilted her head slightly and looked at the vine swing beside her. She said in a tone as calm as a lake that had countless undercurrents beneath it, “I feel that he hasn’t really perished completely.”

…Does that mean you believe that Emperor Roselle hasn’t died completely? He lives somewhere in this world, with a chance for him to return? Klein didn’t expect to hear such a straightforward and sensational words right at the beginning of their conversation. Although he easily controlled his expression, he was somewhat at a loss for a reply.

At the same time, he noticed that Bernadette referred to Emperor Roselle as “he” instead of “He.” Regardless if they were using ancient Feysac to speak or the normal daily language used in Loen or Intis, they were completely different words.

This means that deep down in Queen Mystic’s heart, Emperor Roselle isn’t an angel, but a father… Klein calmed down his emotions and deliberated before asking, “Why do you have such thoughts?”

Bernadette retracted her gaze from the vine swing and said with the same gentle voice, “Towards the final stages of his life, although he was crazy and radical, everything he did had preparations in place. I believe that he must’ve prepared something for himself.

You should know that he attempted to switch pathways in his later years and tried for the vacant Black Emperor throne. This required him to build nine secret mausoleums in the form of pyramids.

found eight mausoleums and destroyed each one of them. However, the ninth mausoleum remains to be discovered. No one knows where

he had already become Black Emperor, he can definitely awaken inside that mausoleum. If he fails, I believe that there’s a possibility

the end, her voice was ethereal

It’s mostly a kind of hope and expectation… Klein

he recalled the words by King of

stand in front of a particular floor-to-ceiling window and look to the

Sea west of Intis.

secret mausoleum in the

to understand the Black Emperor

as a bookmark and had used Bernadette’s name in ancient Feysac as the activation incantation because he partially wanted to inform his daughter of the corresponding ritual.

behind Queen Mystic’s fishnet veil

figure out the details, I’ve suffered the infusion

that you, and Mr. Fool who’s backing you, have a deep understanding of this…

the current situation, and in terms of seniority, you could call me uncle… The emperor and I might very well be “roommates” who had been hung up for many years… Klein lampooned to relieve his emotional upheavals. However, he replied in a calm tone, “You can raise

didn’t plan on telling Bernadette that the ninth secret mausoleum might be somewhere in the Fog Sea, very likely to be on the primitive island, or in the Abyss. It was

surprised by Gehrman Sparrow’s response. She cast her gaze west to a certain spot

lady was looking at the place where she had her childhood.

moment, in the green vines and deep darkness, there were a lot of

“After my matters in Backlund ends, I’ll pass a few pages to Cattleya and get her to ask the question on my

ask next week?” Klein didn’t hide his

feel that the answer will affect my mood, and

strict requirements? A clash with a demigod of the mind domain? Or perhaps, after

something that it was best not

few diary pages, I was sitting opposite him. I wanted him to teach me how to interpret and write those symbols. He didn’t agree to it and only ruffled

told me that if I can really become an important figure

couldn’t

be broadly referring to the Beyonders of the Spectator pathway. He was definitely

was a member of that ancient secret organization… That ancient secret organization’s founder and leader is… Klein’s eyelids twitched as he

there are detailed descriptions on that diary page,” he said, hoping to see that diary page as soon

“I know.” Bernadette nodded.