Chapter 1047

"Summon White Paper?"

Seeing the words on the paper, Lu Mian was clearly stunned.

An inexplicable tremor, surprise, and fear surged in his heart:

Did Aurore, whose soul fragments had further awakened and further fused with herself, take advantage of his sleep to struggle to control his body just to make such a reminder?

Theoretically, this should be very important.

But why "White Paper"?

Lu Mian certainly remembered what "White Paper" was. It was Aurore's contracted creature, very weak, from the Spirit Realm. Apart from being in tune with Aurore, its only function was to carry one of the contractor's supernatural abilities for a certain period, and it was limited to types that were neither complex nor powerful.

What was there to care about with such a contracted creature?

The real reason for Lu Mian's intense emotional fluctuation was:

He had originally thought that the Cordu Village affair was already very clear, every important symbol had been interpreted, who the participants were and what roles they played were also clear enough, and there were no more questions. The only thing lacking was some specific details, but that didn't affect the overall truth.

But now, the first thing Aurore's soul fragments did after further awakening was to ask him to summon the contracted creature "White Paper"!

"Are there still important symbols in the Cordu Village affair that haven't been interpreted?

"Is the current truth not the complete truth?

"Are there still key secrets hidden?"

Lu Mian forcibly suppressed the waves in his heart and quickly sorted out the key points of the Cordu Village incident:

"Initially, Madam Pualis followed her husband, the administrator Béost, to Cordu Village, secretly plotting to develop Cordu Village into her 'territory' to establish her own Other Shore World;

"Madam Pualis began to have an affair with the parish priest and became pregnant;

"Aurore was seduced by members of the 'April Fool's' to try soul-summoning, and something went wrong;

"Aurore sought treatment from 'I have a friend,' her mental state was sometimes good and sometimes bad, and finally, she let Roche Louise Sanson return;

"Some villagers who were closer to Aurore were influenced by Roche, believed in the constellation heresy, and gradually spread it outward;

"When the parish priest was dealing with people related to the constellation heresy, he was seduced by Roche and became a believer of Fate;

"At this time, or perhaps a little later, the one worshipped by the 'Aurora Order' noticed Aurore's abnormality and the problems existing in Cordu Village and began to plot the return of Amon;

"Several shepherds began to bring 'sacrifices' into the village and secretly held several rituals;

"Raymond, Ava, and the others discovered the abnormalities in the village and were silenced one after another;

"I stumbled upon this matter and was almost killed by the parish priest's group, but fortunately, Aurore saved me;

"She also discovered something was wrong, and we began to seek help from the outside world, but the truly useful ideas were blocked by the little lizard;

"More and more of the time, Aurore was Roche Louise Sanson;

"They raided Madam Pualis's castle, and the parish priest killed his own child;

"Madam Pualis left Cordu Village with her husband, butler, and maid, but left behind that empty baby cradle and some other secret arrangements, achieving a certain goal with the help of that final ritual;

"The ritual officially began, Aurore pushed me off the altar, and Cordu Village was destroyed..."

Lu Mian recalled carefully and didn't find that "White Paper" played any important role or played any key role in these matters.

It just acted as Aurore's or Roche's eyes at certain moments, helping her observe corresponding targets and specific battlefields.

"The only thing unclear among all the key points is what role the baby cradle and secret arrangements left by Madam Pualis played, but initially, it can be leaned toward the true birth of the Mother of God, Omebella. There is no big question about this. The interpretation of Mr. 'Star' before and the subsequent scene of Madam Pualis appearing holding the baby Omebella can prove it...

"Did 'White Paper' observe a certain detail at that time that Aurore felt was very useful, or rather, very eerie?"

Just as Lu Mian thought of this, he heard a knock on the door.

"Please come in." His emotions had already calmed down quite a bit.

Franca and Jenna opened the door and came in. The former looked around and said:

"We felt you had woken up, but you hadn't opened the door, so we came to see."

Lu Mian pointed to the paper on the table and said:

"When I was asleep, Aurore might have woken up briefly and left this sentence with the help of my body."

Franca and Jenna were both startled and quickly came to the table, looking at the paper pressed by the ink bottle.

"White Paper... that contracted creature of your sister's?" Jenna recalled Lu Mian's past description.

"Why did Aurore ask you to summon 'White Paper'?" Franca asked suspiciously.

Lu Mian shook his head slowly:

"I don't know either.

"I thought everything in Cordu Village was already very clear, but I didn't expect..."

Franca suddenly had an inspiration and said thoughtfully:

"Could this be the useful change that would appear after becoming an 'Unaging Witch' in Mr. 'Fool's' revelation?

"Is this the correct interpretation of that prerequisite?"

Lu Mian thought for a while and said:

"Very likely.

"I had examined the traits and abilities of an 'Unaging Witch' before and didn't find anything that could play a key role in subsequent matters. I thought that some things would only appear under stress when I brought the 'Gift of the Land' to the 'City of Exiles' and met the brother with the broken hand.

"Now it seems that Mr. 'Fool' asking me to borrow the 'Gift of the Land' after advancing to 'Unaging Witch' is because once I become an 'Unaging Witch,' Aurore's soul fragments will further awaken, fuse better with me, and be able to give very important reminders."

"In other words, is it possible that 'White Paper' recorded key information about Madam Pualis and her baby Omebella?" Jenna made a guess based on Lu Mian and Franca's words.

Lu Mian nodded:

"You go call Anthony and Ludwig upstairs. I'm ready to summon 'White Paper' now.

"Since Aurore hasn't completely died yet, the contract between her and 'White Paper' still exists. Since Aurore is now a part of me, I can summon 'White Paper' in her name."

Lu Mian asked Anthony and Ludwig to come to the scene because he didn't know what state "White Paper" would be in when he encountered it later, and perhaps he would have to rely on a "Spectator" or "Gourmet" to interpret the corresponding information.

"Okay." Franca and Jenna easily understood Lu Mian's intention.

After Anthony and Ludwig came to this bedroom and found their positions, Lu Mian quickly set up the altar.

Finally, he took out his own Great Arcana card:

"The Chariot"!

While placing the "Chariot" card in a corner of the altar, he took a "Fool" holy emblem and pressed it on the "Chariot" card.

This matter might involve the "Great Mother," so he had to be cautious.

After completing all preparations, Lu Mian looked at the quietly burning candle flame, retreated two steps within the "Wall of Spirituality," and shouted in Ancient Hermes:

"I!"

Immediately after, Lu Mian switched to Hermes:

"I summon in my name:

"A spirit wandering in falsehood, a friendly creature available for service, a contracted partner belonging only to me..."

After chanting the incantation, Lu Mian saw the candle flame sway gently and become stained with a ghostly blue color.

A cold wind blew instantly, and a transparent, blurry sphere that looked like a soap bubble protruded above the candle flame.

It quietly faced Lu Mian, making Lu Mian feel both familiar and strange.

This was indeed "White Paper," the same as in his memory, but there was an indescribable sense of strangeness.

In his memory... Lu Mian suddenly felt his head throbbing.

He frowned slightly, and scenes flashed through his mind.

He remembered that he hadn't actually seen "White Paper" because before Cordu Village was destroyed, he wasn't a Beyonder, and even with Aurore's teaching, he hadn't successfully opened his "Spirit Vision." At low and middle sequences, one couldn't see "White Paper" without "Spirit Vision."

His memory of "White Paper's" appearance all came from Aurore's soul fragments.

Scene after scene flashed by, and Lu Mian, with the help of the further awakened Aurore soul fragments, barely remembered the situation when she first summoned "White Paper."

The "White Paper" at that time was also such a fragile, soap bubble-like sphere, but there seemed to be liquid inside the sphere, clear, slightly pale yellow and milky white liquid.

And as time passed, those liquids gradually disappeared, and "White Paper" finally settled into its current appearance.

Why was there such a change? Lu Mian looked at "White Paper" and felt that it was indeed in tune with him.

But being in tune didn't mean "White Paper" had enough intelligence to understand the meaning of words; it could only accept simple commands and couldn't answer Lu Mian's questions.

"There's nothing unusual, and nothing worth noting..." Franca frowned and cast her gaze toward Jenna, Anthony, and Ludwig.

Jenna and Anthony shook their heads one after another, indicating that they didn't see any important information contained in "White Paper."

Ludwig licked his lips and whispered:

"It used to have a very tempting scent, but now it's gone."

"Used to have a very tempting scent..." Franca fell into thought.

Jenna said to herself:

"This shows there is indeed a problem. Was there a problem before?

"The knowledge Aurore used to summon 'White Paper' came from the indoctrination of that evil god, the 'Hidden Sage'... Intentional indoctrination?"

"Hmm." Franca nodded slowly and solemnly, "What was the problem before?"

She looked toward Ludwig again.

"I don't know." Ludwig shook his head.

At this time, Lu Mian, who had been looking at "White Paper" and listening to his companions' conversation, said in a low voice:

"If the disaster in Cordu Village is treated as a story, what does White Paper symbolize in this story?"

Franca and the others looked at each other and thought about it.

After a few seconds, Franca said cautiously:

"I don't know what the contracted creature 'White Paper' symbolizes, but after the concept of white paper is linked to the story, it symbolizes..."

She paused, her throat inexplicably tightened, and her voice became heavy unconsciously:

"It symbolizes the state of the story before it is written, the beginning of everything."

PS: Because there's something going on with the translation, the chapter tomorrow noon will be moved up to ten o'clock to avoid the lack of synchronization between domestic and foreign sides.

(End of chapter)