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.

residents in the marionette town, and his corresponding

this ritual, I’m really on the verge of losing control. If I’m not careful,

problem in the town’s 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

wasn’t all. There was also one “Klein,” who maintained his

world and took out Creeping Hunger

in the Berserk Sea

was the “stage” he had chosen

were no signs of human activity, only a large forest and animals that lived off

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 five thousand

Klein raised his right hand and snapped his

The surrounding forest also “receded” greatly, providing large amounts of wood, stones, and

stone and wood. The highest wasn’t more than four stories high. The style was closer to the Loen Kingdom’s

buildings, 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 locomotive station, parallel train tracks, and plantations

the town, a

to the Evernight Goddess, as it

a deep-sea harbor.” Klein didn’t stop as

Pa!

snapped his fingers

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

wish for the harbor and town to have convenient transportation.” Klein

right hand and

a cargo rail instantly appeared

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

“Teleported” to the municipal square. He walked

open, and it

appeared at the door. They were a 30-year-old gentleman in a formal suit with a tie, an ordinary-looking and gentle-looking woman, and a child who was dressed like an

before stretching her neck. Then,

gentleman had a faint smile on his face. As he allowed the lady to lean on him, he reached out his right hand and

skipping

rough at first, but the more they walked, the smoother

of Saint Arianna Cathedral. They consisted of the police, repair workers, gas company employees, restaurant chefs,

of the Evernight cathedral. They either turned to different streets and went to different places, entering different houses, stopping

came out had exceeded the limits of the cathedral’s capacity, but there seemed to be no end to the people, as though the interior was connected to

of Saint Arianna Cathedral finally fell silent. However, there

a colorful window at the top of the cathedral opened. White pigeons flew out and

for hawkers, while some played a seven-string

a trench coat and carrying a cane left the municipal square. He came to the