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.

the information about nearly five thousand residents in the marionette town, and his corresponding knowledge preparation was

directed by a director, and with me being the scriptwriter. Same for the lighting engineer, the makeup artist, and all the actors… For this ritual,

I have to pay attention to a 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 make a mistake during the acting and become set back by my

was also one “Klein,” who maintained his previous state, preparing to be on

second, Klein returned to the real world and took out Creeping Hunger from

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

was the “stage”

the storms all year round. There were no signs of human activity, only a large forest

to his left chest and prayed sincerely,

as he said that, Klein raised his right hand

this open area became extremely flat. The surrounding forest also “receded” greatly, providing large amounts of wood, stones, and

at the same time, buildings 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

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 outside the city

the middle of the town, a pointed-tip

Evernight Goddess, as it was in line

harbor.” Klein

Pa!

his fingers again, fulfilling

kilometers away from the town, a small-scale harbor quickly took shape. There were two docks, five warehouses, a

for the harbor and town to have convenient

his right hand and snapped his

instantly

of the harbor was prepared for visitors by sea. The town was mainly for outsiders from the Northern and Southern

hat and “Teleported” to the municipal

cathedral’s door was open, and

time, three figures appeared at the door. They were a 30-year-old gentleman in a formal suit with a tie, an ordinary-looking and gentle-looking

few steps with difficulty before stretching her neck. Then, she smiled and

face. As he allowed the lady to lean on him, he reached out his right hand

skipping

a little rough at first, but the more they walked, the smoother they became as they walked through

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

constantly came out of the Evernight cathedral. They either turned to different streets

this process, the number of people that came out had exceeded the limits of the cathedral’s capacity, but there seemed

Cathedral finally fell silent. However, there were rats, cockroaches, moths, ants, flies, and mosquitoes creeping

opened. White pigeons

others looked for hawkers, while some played a seven-string guitar, and others smiled as they conversed with their

and carrying a cane left the municipal square. He