Chapter 1021: Who is the Father

*Huu... * Lu Mian exhaled, rolled off the bed, and walked out of the room.

In the first-floor living room, Lady Justice was treating Lady Magician, Lady Judgment, Jenna, and Anthony to the most authentic Ruen afternoon tea.

This was also to soothe the psychology and spirit of the two Minor Arcana cards, helping them relax and feel the reality of the real world.

"Why did you leave the dream again?" Jenna looked at Lu Mian at the living room entrance in surprise.

"I was kicked out." Lu Mian revealed a smile.

Compared to being completely kicked out, being able to enter the dream one more time was indeed something to be happy about.

"Because of Li Keji?" Lady Magician asked thoughtfully.

"Yes." Lu Mian found a seat and sat down, recounting his agreement with the "Mystic Queen," Li Keji being transferred to the hospital and suffering treatment, and the words Amon said in the ride-hailing car.

After hearing Amon's interpretation of the symbolic significance of dream figures like Peng Deng and Grisha, Lady Justice said somewhat embarrassedly:

"In this regard, I am indeed not a professional."

"That's normal." Lady Magician said with a smile, "Old Mr. Pallez's interpretation will arrive before long, which will be just right for a comparison with Amon's."

After speaking, she signaled Lu Mian to continue.

Lu Mian then went on to talk about Li Keji's mutation, the appearance of Madame Pualis as the new director of the Dawn Hospital, the appearance of the infant Omebella, and what happened after he chanted Mr. Door's honorific name.

"Trying to get close was useful?" Hearing that Lu Mian wasn't permanently kicked out of the dream city and could enter again, Lady Magician asked in surprise and amusement.

If she had known, she might have been able to fight for a better result!

Lady Justice glanced at Lady Magician and read her true thoughts.

In Lady Justice's view, this matter actually reflected the difference in personality:

Being permanently kicked out of the dream wouldn't lead to death, and one could subsequently follow the guidance of fate to send out the lucky coin, find new helpers, and continue to explore and experiment in the dream city. Therefore, Lady Magician couldn't have had the mentality of being on the verge of falling and struggling desperately, so she accepted the corresponding ending relatively easily.

But Lu Mian was different. He had the experience of wandering. In such a life, every bit of resource and every opportunity was very important. Therefore, he wasn't used to giving up and would instinctively struggle until failure truly arrived.

"It was useful." Lu Mian recalled, "Chief Agate reacted most strongly to matters related to the Abraham family and protecting the dream city from the invasion of evil gods, and the feedback he made was also the most positive. Hmm, the names of the 'Red Emperor' and Amon also stimulated him to a certain extent, giving him a sense of familiarity. However, he had no obvious reaction to the contamination of the 'Mother Tree of Desire'."

"Related to the Abraham family... protecting the dream city from the invasion of evil gods..." Lady Magician suddenly felt a bit emotional.

Lady Judgment said to Lu Mian:

"Having experienced Amon becoming a god, the contamination of the 'Mother Tree of Desire' shouldn't have much manifestation on Chief Agate."

"And only you could make Chief Agate have a certain reaction through the names of the 'Red Emperor' and Amon."

Lu Mian understood Lady Judgment's meaning:

Only he, who carried the residual aura of the "Red Emperor" and Amon's gift, could say the corresponding words to have credibility and bring about real stimulation.

"I hope the things you mentioned can make Mr. Door's spiritual imprint on Chief Agate more active and maintain it for a period of time. This will be of great help to subsequent probes and experiments." Lady Justice nodded along.

She vaguely felt that the lucky coin going around and finally being given to Lu Mian was indeed the guidance of fate.

He was the only one who simultaneously possessed concepts such as "Hunter," "Witch," demigod, Amon's gift, "Red Emperor" residual aura, Omebella bloodline, "Netherworld Taoist" seal, "Transmigrator" relative, and Abraham family connection.

At this time, Jenna, who was more concerned about another matter, raised a question:

"What's going on with that infant Omebella that Madame Pualis is holding?"

What impact would this have on Lu Mian?

"When I arrived at Kordu Village, that crib had long been empty. I only knew words like 'The God Child has already been born in the Spirit Realm,' and the original source was indeed the child that Madame Pualis 'lost'." Lady Magician slowly shook her head.

Lu Mian recalled and said:

"Last year, in Trier, Madame Pualis said that the child had long been dead, killed by her father, the parish priest, with his own hands, and the parish priest didn't know that it was his child..."

"This time, Madame Pualis said again that the child's father was ostensibly the parish priest, but actually someone else. Who could it be?"

Lady Magician pondered for a long while, her expression looking slightly strange as she said:

"Perhaps, at that time, the infant Omebella had to die because she didn't have enough conditions and couldn't truly be born into the real world, and being killed by her father might be an important symbol for her to regain rebirth and come to reality in the future."

"Do you have a guess about her true father?" Lady Justice looked at Lady Magician, not hiding her curiosity.

What kind of guess could make Lady Magician's expression have such an obvious and strange change?

Seeing Lu Mian, Jenna, and the others also looking at her, Lady Magician cleared her throat and said:

"A guess, not guaranteed to be correct."

"Who?" Lady Judgment asked persistently in cooperation.

Lady Magician looked up at the sky and lowered her voice:

"'Eternal Blazing Sun'."

*Ah? * Jenna and Anthony were both stunned.

Lady Justice and Lady Judgment were equally surprised.

"'Eternal Blazing Sun'?" Lu Mian looked at Lady Magician, with only one thought in his heart:

How did you associate this?

Is this what a novelist is?

Lady Magician stood up and paced while saying:

"Guillaume Bénet was the parish priest of the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' Church in Kordu Village, equivalent to the spokesperson of the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' in this parish. There's no problem with this statement, right?"

"No." Jenna shook her head instinctively.

This was basic theological common sense.

Lady Magician looked at Lu Mian:

"You saw Madame Pualis and the parish priest having an affair in the church at that time?"

"Yes." Lu Mian nodded slightly.

"In the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' church, near the altar, having an affair and getting pregnant with the spokesperson of the 'Eternal Blazing Sun', it is indeed possible to point the child's father to the 'Eternal Blazing Sun', but the premise is that the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' himself agreed or acquiesced. This is impossible, right?" Lady Judgment felt that this was something a high-sequence person of the "Sun" pathway wouldn't do.

Lady Magician revealed a smile:

"The 'Eternal Blazing Sun' definitely didn't agree or acquiesce at that time, and might not even have known about this matter. This is also one of the reasons why the baby had to die after being born in Kordu Village; the corresponding symbol wasn't established yet.

"But do you remember the subsequent events? The 'Eternal Blazing Sun' pretended to cooperate with the 'Mother Tree of Desire' and let the 'Lady of the Moon' of the 'Night-Roaming Society' conceive a god child.

"Later on, the birth and arrival of that god child helped the 'Red Angel' Medici successfully kill Forseti Solon and obtain that 'Conqueror' Beyonder characteristic.

"That god child sacrificed himself not long after, and Madame Pualis, who entered the Fourth Epoch Trier, disappeared and wasn't affected by the subsequent cleanup.

"Looking at these things individually, there is no problem, but if they are connected, there is a certain direction."

Lady Justice nodded thoughtfully:

"The 'Eternal Blazing Sun' used the 'Mother Tree of Desire' to make the 'Red Angel' Medici's plan successful, but was also used by the 'Mother Tree of Desire'?"

Lady Magician sighed and said:

"What the 'Mother Tree of Desire' wanted from the beginning wasn't the baby in the 'Lady of the Moon's' belly, but the act of the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' letting the 'Lady of the Moon' conceive a god child, this symbol.

"As soon as that god child died, the infant Omebella, who had long since passed away and had a basic symbol, inherited this relationship and obtained rebirth, helping Madame Pualis escape the subsequent cleanup.

"Until that time, the infant Omebella was truly born, but she wasn't complete enough and still needed to find a medium to descend into reality. Afterward, whether it was Father Montserrat or that bird egg deep in the Netherworld, they should all have been preparing for this matter."

"Now, I am the best medium?" Lu Mian suddenly understood why Madame Pualis asked him to go over and said the child needed him.

Jenna listened in a daze and took a long time to sort out the relationship.

She asked suspiciously:

"But letting the 'Lady of the Moon's' child's father relationship be inherited by the infant Omebella, who had long since passed away, doesn't look like the authority of the 'Mother Tree of Desire'."

"The Celestial Worthy, if the two great existences were already cooperating at that time." Lady Magician answered concisely.

"Reasoning this way, the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' really might be the father of the infant Omebella in Madame Pualis's arms..." Lu Mian couldn't help but mutter a few words, "The parish priest said at the time that the affair was a sacred church action, and he really wasn't wrong... although he himself didn't know the true meaning... Is this also a manifestation of a symbol?"

In the living room, everyone fell silent.

After a long while, Lady Judgment broke the atmosphere:

"We must report this matter to the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' Church."

This wasn't to let the clergy of the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' Church know about the "scandal," but to remind the true god, the 'Eternal Blazing Sun', to pay attention to the corresponding problem.

The 'Mother Tree of Desire' making Omebella's father a god was definitely not just to make the child's identity more noble and become a true god child; there must be a hidden purpose!

"But how should we tell the clergy of the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' Church? With their fanaticism and purity, I'm afraid I'll be purified by them on the spot." Lady Magician revealed a troubled expression.

Yeah, you can't tell those priests, bishops, and archbishops that your god was seduced by an evil god, right? Lu Mian complained to himself.

"Just say that Madame Pualis has appeared again and has a child between reality and illusion, named Omebella, and Omebella's father is ostensibly the parish priest of Kordu Village, Guillaume Bénet, but actually someone else." Lady Justice deliberated on the wording, "Then talk about the baby actually having died in Kordu Village, dying because of the parish priest. With the 'Red Angel' Medici's brain, it won't be difficult to have corresponding associations and make similar inferences."

"Hmm." Lady Magician nodded solemnly.

After agreeing, this Major Arcana card sighed sincerely:

"I've discovered that everyone who wants to use the 'Mother Tree of Desire' is eventually used by the 'Mother Tree of Desire'."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1022 =====