Chapter 626: Fairy Tale

"The Hanged Man" A'erjie calmly looked at "Moon" Emilin, automatically ignoring his extra words, and asked briefly:

"What test has the Blood Clan given you?"

Emilin gave no secrecy about it, calmly replied: "Find the Rose Sect members hidden in Beckland, and also investigate the attitude of those in the Rose Sect who worship the 'Original Moon' toward the Rose Sect."

The Rose Sect—why did the Blood Clan suddenly act against the Rose Sect, because of those 'Original Moon' believers? The Blood Clan is not good at divination, nor have detective observation skills; unless they have corresponding magical items, it's hard to detect illegal 'Otherworldly' paths of sequence five or higher, especially since Emilin seems not very smart.

As thoughts drifted, Kelei En manipulated the "World" with a deep voice and said:

"You can go cooperate with the temperance faction of the Rose Sect; they know the 'Otherworldly' better than you."

Emilin, from the temperance faction, pondered and nodded, saying: "Understood."

Emilin's topic quickly passed; after a brief silence, "Justice" Odairi looked around and said:

"Last week I met Hewen Lanbis, a council member of the Psychic Alchemy Society, and learned new news about the Society's president from him."

"The unnamed president has regained a demigod stature, but he seems to have developed some mental illness from a prior assassination, so several council members are temporarily sharing his duties."

"During the conversation he tried to give me some psychological suggestion, but fortunately I had warned Mr. Fool in advance and received an angel's blessing, so I was actually unaffected."

Hewen Lanbis, the president of the Psychic Alchemy Society, and the angel's 'blessing'. Leonard chewed over these words in his mind; each piece of news was enough to shock him, but after noticing the calm reactions of the other members, he quickly composed himself and treated himself as an ordinary listener.

Leik Dun looked at Miss Justice, who wanted to solicit opinions from Tarot Society members, chuckled and said: "No need to worry; almost every secret organization does this, yet over millennia they still haven't shaken the True God Church or the major royal thrones."

Justice Odairi froze for a moment, about to nod in agreement, but sensed something off: our Tarot Society also falls under the category of secret organizations. Hmm, Mr. White Tower meant secret organizations other than our Tarot Society, since Mr. Fool is a true deity like the Seven Gods, not a demon worshipped by those secret groups.

After a brief thought, Odairi gave Leik Dun a gentle nod and said:

"I understand, thank you for the reminder, Mr. White Tower."

Leik Dun tipped his head to Miss Justice in acknowledgment, then opened a new topic:

"Recently Meidiqi went to Indith; given its peculiarity, the 'Red Angel' demon, which can represent disaster and conflict to some extent, might plunge Indith into chaos, even war."

Because of its own symbolism, it brings corresponding influence nearby; but since the other was once an Angel King, with sufficient stature, this mystical influence would be amplified many times, possibly even turning into war. Kelei En swiftly interpreted the meaning of Leik Dun's words in his mind.

"Indith? Why does it go there?" "Chariot" Anderson subconsciously asked.

"Of course there's something that attracts it, right in Trill," Leik Dun replied with a light laugh, paused, then added: "In the coming period, that place will become very lively."

Anderson clicked his tongue, in a tone of watching the spectacle, and said: "Your tone sounds a bit schadenfreude— is it because Indith's military forces have already approached the Southern Continent?"

Ignoring Anderson's question, Leik Dun leaned back, rested against the chair back, adopting a posture that the topic was over.

"Hermit" Jaderiya cast a glance toward Leik Dun ahead, her tone tinged with doubt, and asked:

"In magazines published on the Southern Continent, there are series called Black Forest Fairy Tale Stories; do their contents relate to certain histories of the Second Era?"

"After I happened to decipher some of them, the 'Mystic Scholar' demon elixir in my body showed signs of digestion."

Leik Dun leaned forward, looking at Hermit Jaderiya with mild surprise, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect the first discoverer not to be those from the Knowledge Church, and indeed, the 'Mystic Scholar' has a natural advantage in judging the correctness of information."

"You can gather more newspapers, magazines, and books from Clock Tower Publishing; they contain many hidden, encrypted pieces of information. The harder the difficulty, the more precious the information you obtain. This is a little surprise I leave for readers; some of the content should accelerate the digestion rate of your 'Mystic Scholar' demon elixir."

Jaderiya froze for a moment, suddenly recalling that the recent knowledge injected by the Hidden Sage contained many meaningless chaotic pieces; perhaps those pieces aren't meaningless but encrypted.

Thinking of this, she looked at Leik Dun with astonishment and hesitantly asked:

"In recent times, has the Hidden Sage added many useless, chaotic pieces of information to the knowledge it injects into the Secret Seekers?" "Exactly," Leik Dun nodded lightly, then chuckled and explained: "I think knowledge cannot be obtained without effort; even the 'Knowledge Seeker' brings some pain, and this random injection of knowledge can cause people to lose their way, unable to find the direction truly suited to them. So I gave the Hidden Sage some suggestions, and it added a layer of code to the knowledge it injects."

"This also serves as protection; before the Secret Seekers decode the code, that knowledge doesn't belong to them, so it naturally won't cause great harm."

"Different types of knowledge are given different codes; each Secret Seeker can focus on the field they excel in."

Jaderiya paused for a second, then slowly nodded; the problem that had troubled all the exceptional 'Knowledge Seekers' among the Secret Seekers was thus resolved, in an incredible way.

Under normal circumstances, no one would ever give the Hidden Sage advice, let alone have it accepted; this is an honor few followers can obtain. Thinking this, she subconsciously glanced at the lowest-ranked "World".

"What am I doing? Displeased with Fool, wanting the "World" to also give Mr. Fool a suggestion?" Sensing Hermit Jaderiya's gaze, Kelei En made the "World" give a blank stare back at her.

After Jaderiya withdrew her gaze, Kelei En finally focused on Leik Dun's earlier words: was this assigning disciplines to the Secret Seekers, letting them choose the direction they like to study? Reasonable yet somewhat absurd, Kelei En suddenly felt that after being deployed by the Source Fortress into this world, his actions were still too conservative.

As thoughts drifted, Kelei En gradually formed some ideas. Spirit‑world beings likely have stronger information‑absorption abilities; if I could influence them to become potential followers of Fool, I wouldn't have to worry about anchor issues later, and being spirit‑world beings, they wouldn't attract attention from major powers.

Thinking this, he immediately manipulated the "World" and asked Leik Dun: "Could the Hidden Sage also inject some knowledge into spirit‑world beings?"

Leik Dun froze for a moment, surprised by Kelei En's question, but pondered and replied: "In theory it's possible, but it requires establishing a certain connection with it, unless the spirit‑world beings already correspond to certain sequences of the Secret Seekers' path."

"And they must be sufficiently intelligent spirit‑world beings; otherwise giving them knowledge would be useless."

That's true; if I want to select followers from spirit‑world beings, they also need to be rational enough and relatively friendly to humans, and such qualifying beings don't seem that many.

After a moment's thought, Kelei En decided to change approach: the workload of filtering spirit‑world beings is huge; if someone else could unknowingly complete the process for me—yes, that could work.

A flash of insight struck, and Kelei En's eyes brightened; he directed the "World" sideways toward Leik Dun and asked aloud:

"If the Hidden Sage adds spirit‑world related information into the 'Knowledge Seeker' data, would any problem arise?"

"No problem; those who can access the 'Knowledge Seeker' are already exceptional beings, and as long as that portion of information isn't too dangerous, they can endure it."

As Leik Dun answered, he guessed Kelei En's plan in his mind: using exceptional beings interested in the spirit world to help filter suitable spirit‑world beings? Hmm, he wouldn't intend to spread a faith among spirit‑world beings, would he? Why not just approach the Seven Lights?

"I understand." The "World" GerMan Sparo responded in a hoarse voice, then fell silent.

Seeing the exchange between the "World" and "White Tower" end, Jaderiya lifted her nonexistent glasses on her nose bridge and asked Leik Dun:

"Do the eight animals appearing in those Black Forest Fairy Tale Stories metaphorically represent the eight ancient gods?"

Leik Dun chuckled and nodded: "Haven't you already received feedback from the demon elixir?"

"I still need to confirm; before this I couldn't guess each animal's implied identity."

Jaderiya gave a brief explanation.

"Justice" Odairi listened attentively to the conversation, and when the Hermit lady's exchange with Mr. White Tower ended, she curiously looked to the side at Hermit Jaderiya and raised her hand to ask:

"Hermit lady, what is the content you interpreted from the fairy tale?"

"Could you sell me a copy of the magazine or newspaper that records the fairy tales? I'm very interested in it."

(End of Chapter)