Chapter 205: A Few Days Later

Chapter 205: A Few Days Later

The Queen of Calamity and Horror… Isn’t that the Goddess? Right. Calamity includes misfortune, and misfortune is part of fate. The Goddess possesses corresponding authority, so naturally She can respond… Will Auceptin giving me this suggestion means that, in His eyes, I have always looked like a favored one of Evernight while remaining completely unaware of it myself—just like the last time He answered how I could obtain the high-sequence potion formulas of the Seer pathway… After what happened at Saint Samuel Cathedral, He should be even more certain… Klein was first taken aback, then enlightened.

As though speaking to himself, he said,

“If I pray to the Goddess, then no matter how I choose the symbolic marks, the final product’s effect should lean toward the domain of misfortune.”

“That’s common sense!” the tiny infant wrapped in silver silk shouted.

Having received confirmation, Klein felt a little more confident. He smiled and changed the subject.

“Mm… Are you still called Will Auceptin now?”

He was rather curious whether the other party would change names after being born.

“If you like, you can continue thinking that way. But my full name has already become Will Kriss,” the little infant answered without the slightest concern.

Klein thought for a moment, then probed further.

“If I wanted to deal with the holder of 0-08, do you have any suggestions?

“I’m not asking for information about 0-08 itself. I only hope to know whether you have advice.”

The chubby baby simply looked at him. Then his mouth suddenly opened wide, and he burst into a loud cry.

“Waaah!”

…The corner of Klein’s mouth twitched. Seeing that the maid was about to wake, he retreated a few steps and disappeared from the room with his two marionettes.

…

Rorsted Archipelago, aboard the Future, docked at the Resistance’s private harbor in Bayam.

Star Admiral Cattleya, who was performing a ritual, saw a drop of silver blood fly out from the illusory door formed by the candle flames.

She merely glanced at it before hurriedly closing her eyes, despite already wearing her heavy glasses.

At that moment, one transcendent and mysterious wheel after another seemed to turn inside her mind, connecting into a silver serpent whose head and tail nearly joined.

This caused her to repeat the thought she had just had again and again. She thanked Mr. Fool twelve times in succession before finally returning to normal.

“It really is the blood of a mythical creature from the domain of Fate. Its status is even higher than that of an ordinary angel…” Cattleya ended the ritual in delight and took out a vessel she had prepared long ago, placing that drop of silver blood inside.

From the Mystery Queen, she had learned some things about the Monster pathway. From Mr. Fool, she had come to know of the existence of the Angel of Fate, Ouroboros. Thus, she quickly formed a certain guess as to the blood’s owner.

“Perhaps it belongs to that one from the Life School of Thought. Or perhaps there are other Sequence 1 angels… In any case, Mr. Fool can mobilize at least two angels in the real world. Added to that ancient evil whose identity is difficult to confirm, and setting aside the relative weakness in terms of Sealed Artifacts, the power that worships Mr. Fool is already enough to rival an orthodox Church. Even Element Dawn and the Moses Ascetic Order cannot reach such a level…

“As expected of a reviving ancient god.”

Feeling increasingly awed, Cattleya inhaled softly and turned her thoughts to her own matters.

Her other preparations had been going very smoothly. If nothing unexpected happened, in a little more than a month, she would be able to attempt advancement to Sequence 4 and obtain divinity!

…

The sky above was pitch black. From time to time, silver-white lightning streaked across it, illuminating the barren, deathly silent plains and the winding, waterless river.

In the middle of the plains, where the river curved halfway…