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

already become Black Emperor, he can definitely awaken inside that mausoleum. If he fails, I believe that

voice softened as she spoke. Towards the end,

aren’t that confident either… It’s mostly a kind

the words by King of

in front of a particular floor-to-ceiling

Sea west of Intis. There, he had

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

to understand the Black Emperor pathway

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

lips behind Queen Mystic’s fishnet veil produced

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

a deep understanding of this… I’ve always been curious why you’re so interested in his

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,

might be somewhere in the Fog Sea, very likely to be on the primitive island, or in the

Mystic wasn’t surprised by Gehrman Sparrow’s response. She cast

place where she had her childhood. She was looking at her spiritual home, the home where she could no longer

the green vines and deep darkness, there were a lot of subtle emotions and dreams that hid deep in the heart,

matter of seconds, Queen Mystic retracted her gaze and gently said, “After my matters in Backlund ends,

you ask next week?” Klein didn’t hide

“I feel that the answer will affect my mood, and a bad mood

demigod of the mind domain? Or perhaps, after she resolves

that it was best not to ask about

opposite him. I wanted him to teach me how to interpret and write

apprehensive, and in a difficult position when he wrote those pages. Finally, he told me that if I can really become an important figure of the mysterious world as Zaratul

of the “Spectator”… Klein couldn’t

referring to the Beyonders of the Spectator

a member of that ancient secret organization… That ancient secret organization’s founder and leader is… Klein’s eyelids twitched as he didn’t dare to think any further, afraid that a particular existence would hear

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

“I know.” Bernadette nodded.