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.

five thousand residents

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 abyss of madness… Luckily, I have

they’re more inclined towards being vulgar… I can’t make a mistake during the acting and become set back by my psychological barriers… Klein sighed silently as the avatars around him disintegrated into Worms

“Klein,” who maintained his previous state, preparing to be

the next second, Klein returned to the real world

in the Berserk Sea but one that clearly deviated from the

was the “stage”

signs of human activity,

area. He pressed his right hand to his left chest and

that, Klein raised his right hand and snapped

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

and wood. The highest wasn’t more

hall, a small hospital, a candy factory, a water plant, a gas company, a steam locomotive station, parallel train tracks,

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

belonging to the Evernight Goddess, as it was

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

Pa!

fingers again, fulfilling his

small-scale harbor quickly took shape. There were two docks, five warehouses, a port hotel, a

and town to have convenient transportation.” Klein made

right hand

rail instantly appeared between the town and the

the harbor was prepared for visitors by sea. The

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

open,

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 woman, and a child who was dressed

Then, she smiled and reached out her hands

a faint smile on his face. As he allowed the lady to lean on him, he reached out

skipping

but the more they walked, the smoother

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

people that came out had exceeded the limits of the cathedral’s capacity, but there seemed to be no

Saint Arianna Cathedral finally fell silent. However, there were rats, cockroaches, moths, ants, flies,

cathedral opened. White pigeons flew out and landed in the middle of the

stayed there came to life completely. Some teased the pigeons, others looked for hawkers, while some played a

square. He came to