Lord of the Mysteries

The initial preparations for building a marionette town were rather boring and tedious. At the very least, Klein believed so.

In the ancient palace, Klein sat on the high-back chair belonging to The Fool, holding a fountain pen. There were ordinary pieces of paper with the name, age, and the fate of every marionette. As he made the Worms of Spirit emerge from his body, they formed avatars beside him.

Some Kleins sat on the ground, while others occupied the twenty-one seats other than The Fool’s. Some conjured beds and lay on them…

Then, they summoned different books from the junk pile and started reading them seriously.

The books included but were not limited to:

“How to Brew Wine”

“Train Dispatching”

“Desert Making Compendium”

“A Clergyman Prepares”

“Gas Wall Lamps, Gas Meters, and All Kinds of Family Machinery Repair”

“DESI-licacy”

“Harbor Management”

“Foundations of Law”

“Ladies Aesthetic” magazines…

These were specialist knowledge that different marionettes needed to grasp. Only by doing so would they be able to act their roles well, allowing him to be realistic in every aspect. Even if they were to engage in a deep conversation with outsiders, they wouldn’t expose any problems.

It wouldn’t be difficult for Klein if he just needed to simply memorize the knowledge, but he had to truly grasp and apply it. Furthermore, he couldn’t confuse his characters. He couldn’t let a burly and strong switchman with a low income be talking about the wonders of a particular particular skincare product, or which silk cloth was flawed.

If such a situation were to happen in novels, plays, and operas, it might create a strange attraction, but putting it in the real world was clearly uncanny and not beneficial to the advancement of the ritual.

To avoid such a problem, Klein could only work harder in the early stages. He hoped that every character in a marionette town would be real, whole, and appropriate.

Fortunately, there weren’t many people in a city who needed to deeply understand the corresponding specialist knowledge. Most of the residents were half-illiterate, or really illiterate. They relied on experience to live their lives that they repeated via motions. For these characters, the knowledge that Klein needed to grasp was relatively little, just like workers who had gone through simple training—or even without any training—to be sent to the assembly line.

After an unknown period of time, Klein put down his fountain pen and rubbed his temples, letting out a long sigh of relief.

finally written down the information about nearly five thousand residents in the marionette town, and

being the scriptwriter. Same for the lighting engineer, the makeup artist, and all the actors… For this ritual, I’m really on the verge of losing control. If

operations. Although I’m a gentleman with manners, most of the residents in town have low socioeconomic status. Be it speaking or acting, they’re more inclined towards being vulgar… I can’t make a mistake during the acting and become set back by my psychological barriers…

also one “Klein,” who

Klein returned to the real world and took out

to an island that was located in the Berserk Sea but one that clearly

“stage” he had chosen

was isolated from the storms all year round. There were no signs of human activity,

looked around and chose an open area. He pressed his right hand to his left chest and prayed sincerely, “I wish that there’s a city suitable for

he said that, Klein raised

flat. The surrounding forest also “receded” greatly, providing large amounts of wood,

rose up from the ground. They took form with stone and wood. The highest wasn’t more than four stories high. The style was closer to the Loen Kingdom’s Desi

a library, a police station, a telegraph office, a city hall, a small hospital, a candy factory, a water plant, a gas company, a steam

in the middle of the town, a pointed-tip cathedral

to the Evernight Goddess, as it was in line with the background setting

island has a deep-sea harbor.” Klein didn’t stop as he made a second

Pa!

his fingers again,

kilometers away from the town, a small-scale harbor quickly took shape. There were two docks, five warehouses, a port hotel, a simple restaurant, a police station branch, a bar, a

harbor and town to have convenient transportation.” Klein

right hand and snapped his

cargo rail instantly appeared

the harbor was prepared for visitors by sea. The town was mainly for outsiders

looked at the empty city with admiration, Klein pressed his top hat and “Teleported” to the municipal square. He walked step

cathedral’s door was open, and it

in a formal suit with a tie, an ordinary-looking and gentle-looking woman, and a child

difficulty before stretching her neck. Then, she smiled and reached out

As he allowed the lady to lean on him, he reached out

little boy was skipping about, appearing very

more they walked, the smoother they became as they

more people walked out of Saint Arianna Cathedral. They consisted of the police, repair workers, gas

came out of the Evernight cathedral. They either turned to different streets and went to different places,

but there

Saint Arianna Cathedral finally fell silent.

at the top of the cathedral opened. White pigeons

life completely. Some teased the pigeons, others looked for hawkers, while some played a seven-string guitar, and others smiled as they conversed

a top hat and a trench coat and carrying a cane left the municipal square.