[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-lord-of-mysteries-starting-as-a-reader":3,"chapter-lord-of-mysteries-starting-as-a-reader-lord-of-mysteries-starting-as-a-reader-chapter-1105":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Lord of Mysteries: Starting As A Reader",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1553682,2017,"Chapter 1105: The Mother Tree’s Hidden Hand","lord-of-mysteries-starting-as-a-reader-chapter-1105",1105,"\u003Cp>In the washroom of Member of Parliament Macht’s residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klein hesitated between relieving the pressure caused by too much punch or waiting another minute when Will Auceptin’s customary \"infant\" form appeared in the mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time was short; Klein skipped pleasantries and went straight to the point, informing Him that the \"buyer\" who wanted His umbilical cord blood had brought an exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wrapped in silver silk, Will asked crisply:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are the options?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling his earlier meeting with Bernadette, Klein said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two chips—choose one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, a viewing of theWheel of Fortunecard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second, a way to briefly regain some strength during Your weak phase.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Will Auceptin paused for a second, then chuckled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So itisBernadette.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My hunch was right—something worthwhile this time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, I’d have liked athirdoption—like helping me get rid of that stupid snake.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She?\" Klein blinked, instantly catching the pronoun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Will clicked His tongue and mocked, \"Bernadette became aSageseveral days ago... don’t you read the papers?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do newspapers publish angel news? Which lunatic reporter would dare?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klein grumbled inwardly, but after running through recent headlines—and recalling Mr Tower’s request for \"protection\" on Tuesday—he mused, \"The Trier earthquake?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you’re not totally ignorant... Without Bernadette and your friend Ebner, the casualties in Trier would’ve exceeded a hundred thousand. She prevented a calamity involving a high-level existence, so she advanced to Sequence 2.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Will sucked His fingers as He spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klein was stunned. \"What exactly happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How would I know? I’m not an extraordinary of theOmniscientpathway... I only catch small ripples inFate...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For details, go ask Ebner,\" Will said matter-of-factly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klein steadied himself and returned to the topic. \"Which do You want?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tilting His head, Will asked, \"Which doyouthink I should pick?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klein answered at once—he had thought this through:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Will clicked His tongue again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do I look like a mythic creature who doesn’t already have such methods?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve rebooted countless times. Obviously I’d prepare beforehand!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fair... Klein nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, You want theWheel of Fortuneviewing instead? Or should they bring a different offer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Will raised two chubby fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I choose two.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klein’s face stiffened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Will laughed. \"One more method is one more trump card—is that wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You and Ebner do share certain habits...\" Klein muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course—he was my student,Will mumbled, before waving His tiny arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once I’m born in early July, you can collect the umbilical cord blood!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then He stilled, and added with a meaningful tone:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you see Bernadette again, give her my congratulations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And tell her—she’s welcome to join.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Join?\" Klein echoed, baffled. Had theQueen of Mystic, after becoming an angel, joined some hidden circle—and Will was a member?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sucking His fingers, Will murmured:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t need to know that much... unless you want to join too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But Bernadette might just be an accident. She often uses dangerous methods to pry into secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Probably why her fate shifted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that’s where Miss Hermit gets her \"peek at everything\" habit... and old Huang too—otherwise he wouldn’t have insisted on going to the moon...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klein nodded thoughtfully, then asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You said you wished Bernadette could help you deal with theAngel of Fate... but she’s only Sequence 2. How could she possibly manage that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t believe Will was joking—there was a deeper basis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She holds several Grade-0 Sealed Artifacts. If she risked everything, there’s a chance. But the price would be worse than death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Will clearly wanted to drop the matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, yourPuppetlady has a problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Puppet\"... Sharon?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klein tensed. \"What happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Will said brightly, \"She was subtly contaminated by a certain existence—just a little.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Contaminated?Why didn’t I notice?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klein frowned. \"How? When?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baby Will snickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ask yourself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I only know the source was erased the day before yesterday, so the contamination is minimal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as you two don’t get toointimate, it won’t spread to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The day before yesterday...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klein remembered the primordial island—and the final sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The succubus!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing he’d lost was the succubus pastured in Creeping Hunger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the vector?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right—Orange Light Hilarion had warned him not to overlook the succubus Creeping Hunger had swallowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had purified her repeatedly under the gray fog and confirmed she posed no danger...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But clearly, the Mother Tree of Desire had aimed this trap at Sharon, not him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing Klein and Miss Sharon were close, She tainted Sharon indirectly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, someday in the future—if, if—they became truly intimate, that hidden hand might erupt and seize the authority of the space above the gray fog!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, the only time the succubus had appeared while Sharon was present was during the sea-monster scramble... That must’ve been when she was contaminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after yesterday’s sigh, the succubus was erased—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the existence behind the primordial island might have helped him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klein felt guilt twist through him—deep guilt toward Miss Sharon—but he steadied his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do I remove it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the urgent matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well... strictly speaking it’s lesscontaminationand more amarkplaced on that puppet lady by the top existence of theChainedpathway, using a medium you know very well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once you become a demigod and can draw more on the power of theSefirah Castle, you’ll naturally be able to protect her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You could go find Ebner now... but the consequences are unpredictable. Provoking theUnknownover something this small is not worth it—you now know what theUnknownis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can also leave it alone. At worst she’ll need to practice stricterabstinence...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s obvious she cares deeply for you—that’s why she was chosen and used.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the source is gone; it won’t worsen. With her long experience inabstinence, it’s manageable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just make sureyourestrain yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abstinence...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder Miss Sharon insists on separate bedrooms... Wait—according to Will... she has deep feelings for me? She likes me?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stunned and secretly delighted, Klein accidentally said his thought aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Will gave him a contemptuous baby stare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A baby like me can see it clearly—must you pretend to be stupid?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baby? You’re thousands of years old...Klein complained inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He inhaled, dismissed his wandering thoughts, regained his \"Dwayne Dantès\" composure, and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Understood. I’ll become a demigod as soon as possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank You for the warning and the answers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Will waved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The best thanks is leaving me alone so I can be born in peace!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then He added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And giving me that method doesn’t count as ’bothering’ me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black pram rolled backward, about to retreat into the mirror’s shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klein hurriedly said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The paper crane is almost falling apart. How should I contact You in emergencies?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Will paused, then muttered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You expect me to fold cranes inside my mother’s womb? Even if I could, how would you get them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I want you, as long as you still live here, I can enter your dreams anytime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ifyouneed something urgently, go to my father! Paper cranes take forever anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, as an unborn fetus, I need more sleep. We’ll talk later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klein nodded helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If that’s everything...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Will’s fading form froze for two seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One more thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\" Klein braced himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t tell me someone else was contaminated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Will said solemnly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next time you visit my father—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bring me ice cream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want the one from theWitch’s Delightin North Borough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1188,"2026-06-06T07:27:29.711Z",1,"novelbin.me","a0a18e71f238787b67a53b35232795c62d9f5bf7bbd85cbf29d5bbe15176d66a","lord-of-mysteries-starting-as-a-reader-chapter-1106","lord-of-mysteries-starting-as-a-reader-chapter-1104",1326,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flord-of-mysteries-starting-as-a-reader-cover.jpg"]