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.

of the Eternal Blazing Sun and Steam jointly found eight mausoleums and destroyed each one of them. However,

awaken inside that mausoleum. If he fails,

spoke. Towards the end, her voice

either… It’s mostly a kind of hope

recalled the words by King of the Five

a particular floor-to-ceiling window and look to

Roselle’s diary, Klein knew that “He” had discovered the Abyss’s entrance in the Fog Sea west of Intis. There, he had found a primitive island and

it be that… Emperor Roselle built the last secret mausoleum in the Abyss or on that

seem to understand the Black Emperor

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. In the end, Bernadette had seemingly

fishnet veil produced a

already investigated this matter for more than a century. And to figure out the details, I’ve suffered the infusion of knowledge from the

Mr. Fool who’s backing you, have a deep understanding of this… I’ve always been curious why you’re so interested in

call me uncle… The emperor and I might very well be “roommates” who had been hung

very likely to be on the primitive island, or in the Abyss. It was more suitable for The Fool

Sparrow’s response. She cast her

vaguely sense that this lady was looking at the place where she had her childhood. She was looking at her spiritual home, the home where she could no longer return

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

Backlund ends, I’ll

you ask next week?” Klein didn’t hide

will affect my mood, and a bad mood will result in

strict requirements? A clash with a demigod of the mind domain? Or perhaps, after she resolves the knots in her heart,

a secret of hers, something that it was best not to

was sitting opposite him. I wanted him to teach me how to interpret and write those symbols. He

Finally, he told me that if I can really become an important figure of the

of the “Spectator”… Klein couldn’t help but inwardly repeat Roselle’s

the Spectator pathway. He was definitely pointing to a particular special existence,

secret organization… That ancient secret organization’s founder and leader is… Klein’s eyelids twitched

that diary page,” he said, hoping to see that

“I know.” Bernadette nodded.