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.

thousand residents in

a director, and with me 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 I’m not careful, my personality will dissociate and I’ll fall into the

more inclined towards being vulgar… I can’t make a mistake during the acting and become set back by my

all. There was also one “Klein,” who maintained his previous state,

to the real world and took

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

was the “stage”

from the storms all year round. There were no signs

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

Klein raised his right

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

and wood. The highest

a water plant, a gas company, a steam locomotive station, parallel train tracks, and plantations

square in the middle of the town, a pointed-tip cathedral emerged from

a cathedral belonging to the Evernight Goddess, as it was in line with the

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

Pa!

his fingers again, fulfilling his

two docks, five warehouses, a port hotel, a simple restaurant, a police station branch,

to have convenient transportation.” Klein made a third

hand and snapped

cargo rail instantly appeared between the town

by sea. The town was mainly

admiration, Klein pressed his top hat and “Teleported” to the municipal square. He walked step by step

open,

in a formal suit with a tie, an ordinary-looking and gentle-looking woman, and a child who was dressed like an

few steps with difficulty before stretching her neck. Then,

gentleman had a faint smile on his face. As he allowed the lady to lean on

little boy was skipping about, appearing

actions were a little rough at first, but the more they

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

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

this process, the number of people that 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

Arianna Cathedral finally fell silent.

window at the top of the cathedral opened. White pigeons

there came to life completely. Some teased the pigeons, others looked for hawkers, while some played a seven-string guitar, and others

cane left the municipal square. He came to the other