Chapter 250: The Twelve Siyuan (6000+)

【January is the month of the 'Mother of Night'. She is the beginning of the year and is also regarded as the master of feminine power, propagating all things...】

【February belongs to the 'Lord of Hidden Corpses'. He is the child of the 'Mother of Night' and the patron of ghouls...】

【The existence who governs March is named 'Daybreak'. He is the symbol of light and hope, wielding the great power of forging and industry...】

【April belongs to the 'Residual Cocoon'. He is the shed shell of a certain great existence...】

【'Fallen Corona' governs May. He likes to order his followers to hold frenzied blood sacrifices...】

【June is the feast of the 'Herdsman', the embodiment of calamity and the ultimate evil thought. Fanatics who believe in this Siyuan often commit terrible bloodbaths during this month...】

【July is the month of change. It belongs to the 'Lady of the Forest'. This Siyuan simultaneously possesses the shifting imagery of the 'Stone-Hearted Crone', the 'Winter-Hearted Maiden', and others...】

This notebook only provides a general introduction to the Twelve Siyuan and does not go into depth beyond that.

Aaron sat on a round chair and instructed Baerjin, while mentioning the gossip he had seen today, and asked his own question: "Are the reporters in Plymouth always this bold?"

Aaron recalled the contents of *Secrets of the Siyuan*, lost in thought.

It is said that it once accurately 'predicted' the infidelity of a Count, three Viscountesses, and the romantic affairs of King Arthur VI.

Several days later.

"The Twelve Siyuan..."

【October is the month of the 'Keeper of Secrets'. He guards secrets...】

After finishing breakfast, Aaron walked to the square where the 'Marshal's Rostrum' was located, leisurely fed the pigeons for a while, and took the opportunity to admire the performance of a street Magician.

The gentlemen of high society would criticize this newspaper with righteous indignation while secretly sending their servants to buy and read it.

'The author believes this is complete slander. Our great King is merely appreciating those young people, while the Queen is too adept at power struggles. Her delusions and accusations are without reason or basis, merely born of dissatisfaction because His Majesty did not promote her people!'

Undoubtedly, the Siyuan who control the Time Sequence and represent the twelve months possess 'symbols' and importance in the field of Occultism that far exceed those hidden gods.

"But it seems... the original Siming God was still powerful enough. Even though fissioned, dismantled, devoured, and stripped... they and their descendants still firmly maintain the status of Siyuan..."

Seemingly as a local of the capital who has lived in Plymouth for generations, Baerjin knew the dirty business of the Sodom Royal Family clearly and began to speak incessantly: "The great 'Sun King', the wise monarch Arthur I who ended the chaotic times, also did many foolish things in his old age. The most criticized among them was his blind faith in several swindlers who claimed they could refine the Philosopher's Stone, then spending huge sums of money to build the Observatory Tower, alchemy platforms, and other structures. As a result, the building merchants colluded with the swindlers to line their own pockets, defrauding him of several hundred thousand Pounds..."

"Prepare a lunch for me."

"But in reality, the Siyuan do not really need faith... What they need, it seems, is the 'weight' they occupy in Occultism... Perhaps, can one use this to influence the Mortal World more deeply?"

"How bold. Although the authority of the Invis King is not what it once was after the establishment of the parliamentary system, the honor of Mitra Palace cannot be tarnished... Are these reporters and editors not afraid of being sought out by the Secret Police and dying in a very unique way?"

While eating bacon toast, he sipped some hot cocoa and picked up a newspaper nearby.

Thinking of this, Aaron's inspiration was suddenly touched.

"Which two were devoured by the 'Lord of Hidden Corpses' and stripped to the point of having nothing left to strip?"

Aaron pursed his lips and suddenly felt a craving: "I need more... more ancient texts to reveal to me what exactly happened in the Spirit World during this thousand-year slumber?"

In Occultism, symbols are important, sometimes even more important than power.

Aaron walked out of the villa, which had no servants, put on the mask of Gelin Bote, and headed to a café to enjoy breakfast.

【September belongs to the 'Raven' of wisdom...】

Therefore, he could only combine his own experiences to infer some vague conclusions.

Time soon reached noon. He arrived at the Hunter Bar and saw Baerjin working.

"Of course, in the Spirit World, besides the Siyuan, there are also some Hidden Existences, such as the 'Mother of Nature', the 'Underworld Moon'... They are also exceptionally powerful, but not as... mainstream as the Twelve Siyuan?"

【December is the season of Frost, and the Siyuan who governs it is the 'Unmelting Ice'!】

He continued reading and found that the reporter used an ambiguous tone to describe the interactions between His Majesty the King—Arthur VI—and some male nobles and socialites known for their handsome looks, finally predicting—'According to the author's speculation, our King has a great fondness for handsome and wise men and has promoted them one after another, such as Viscount Nuo Ke, Baronet Wilson, and the Primate of the Holy Spirit Church... And it is said that the Queen is slightly dissatisfied with the King's performance, and the couple's relationship has been discordant for a time...'

—*The Prophet Daily*!

This is a rather famous tabloid in Plymouth, known for discussing all kinds of gossip about high society.

"Boss, you're not a local, are you?"

【November belongs to the end of all things, the silent God of Death—the 'Lord of the Underworld'...】

Aaron remarked with a scoff: "Paparazzi are indeed a presence that makes many big figures tremble with fear, even being able to catch the King's gossip..."

【The true face of His Majesty the King is actually...】

【The Siyuan of August has never been seen in their true form; they are the 'Faceless One'...】

"This sentence seems to metaphorically describe the war of the Siyuan... And one deceased existence was burned by the Corona... Is this probably why 'Fallen Corona' could survive until now, live very well, and become a Siyuan? This remnant of the 【Black Sun】 devoured another Hidden Existence, maintained its own existence, and became powerful again?"

He recalled a record he had seen in *Dreamwalking Notes*—【Three have passed away; one was devoured by the Great Serpent, one was burned by the Corona, and one was stripped to the point of having nothing left to strip... but the Secret History shall still remember.】

"It's fine for those like the 'Mother of Nature' who are worshipped by the Druid sect. My 'Spirit of Falsehood' has completely flopped and is about to be buried in the long history..."

"Which unlucky one was burned by him? It should also be of the 'Darkness' path... Otherwise, there should be other manifestations of change in Duioluo zhi cheng."

Aaron closed *Secrets of the Siyuan* and sighed with satisfaction: "Some things are familiar, yet some are strange..."

Aaron saw the front-page headline and was immediately shocked.

Baerjin answered without the slightest surprise: "Anyone who knows even a little about the Sodom Royal Family knows... Under the cover of the royal glory, there is no shortage of dirty business. Although the life of the nobility is supposed to be luxurious and decadent, one cannot find a second family in the entire continent that is crazier and weirder than the Sodom family..."

"Arthur III in history was a crazy and stubborn celibate who was even unwilling to marry for this reason, which caused a huge mess at the time..."

Early morning.

"And there is the famous 'Demon Queen' Julian. She was a dancer by origin but counter-attacked to become the Queen. After becoming Queen, some of her habits remained unchanged, and she even performed on stage. Our King at the time didn't mind this at all and even ordered people to specifically guard the door, collect fees from high officials, and treated the palace as a theater and opera house..."

"By comparison, our current King is already considered normal, really!"

(End of chapter)