Chapter 931

"What?"

Jianna was shocked by Lu Mian's answer.

Ms. "Magician's" image in Mr. Fool's dream is the romance writer "Salted Fish Without Dreams"?

Although Jianna had seen the company president version of Emperor Roselle (in news reports) and the "Bingshan Admiral" serving as the tutoring center principal, these famous figures had no contact with her in reality, while Ms. "Magician" was someone she had truly seen, chatted with, and asked for advice from.

Such a powerful angel, holder of a Major Arcana card, Mr. Fool's attendant—here she is actually a romance novel writer?

This made the absurdity, distortion, and comicality of the dream suddenly stand out.

Jianna's position couldn't penetrate the crowd to see the writer's appearance, so she cast her gaze toward the inside of the bookstore's outer glass wall, where the figure of the signer was faintly reflected.

Jianna's eyes, modified to deep brown by "Lie," instantly became deep, as if hiding one mirror after another inside.

Through the mirror, she saw the writer's figure clearly:

Long hair dyed brown and slightly curled, the suspender dress on her body was brightly colored, the fabric layered, with both tassels and batik, carrying a strong exotic style. These matched with her beautiful appearance, revealing a free and scattered temperament. It was indeed the Major Arcana card holder, Ms. "Magician"!

"It really is..." Jianna whispered in a low voice.

Lu Mian stepped back a few steps, pulling a distance from the crowd waiting for signatures.

He hid the mirror in his hand and said to himself in a hushed voice:

"According to the results of our observation and the information provided by the Major Arcana cards, when Mr. Fool's subconscious wove the dream image, it significantly referenced the characteristics of the corresponding real-life figures. Emperor Roselle was a national leader, and when shifted to the dream city, he became the boss of a large company. 'Bingshan Admiral' was a demigod of the Church of Knowledge, fond of teaching others, and educated pirates on the 'Golden Dream' for a long time. When shifted to the dream city, she became the principal of a tutoring center..."

"You mean, Ms. 'Magician's' real identity is more or less related to being a writer?" Franca, who was also in the "Mirror Maze," quickly understood what Lu Mian wanted to express.

Lu Mian's gaze swept across the roll-up banners that shone into the "Mirror Maze" and stopped on a description.

He asked Franca and Jianna in a low voice:

"What is the Great Pirate series of novels about?"

"I'll search it." Franca took out her phone and pressed the screen *pa-pa-pa*.

As she checked, Franca's expression gradually became strange.

Jianna suppressed the urge to also search for relevant content on her phone and asked curiously:

"Any results?"

"The Great Pirate series of novels is about legendary pirates active on the sea. Each volume has a different theme. The theme of the third volume is 'Crazy Adventurer,' and the story happens between Gehrman Sparrow, this adventurer, and three beautiful female pirates—'Admiral of Stars,' 'Bingshan Admiral,' and 'Admiral of Disease'..." Franca complexly relayed the key points to her companions.

Jianna was stunned listening, and although Lu Mian had certain guesses and suspicions before, he still couldn't help but interrupt Franca's words:

"Isn't this part of the content of the Great Adventurer series of novels?"

"Obviously." Franca herself thought so too.

Lu Mian looked toward the roll-up banners and the crowd waiting in line reflected into the "Mirror Maze" again, saying as if thinking:

"Mr. Fool's subconscious wove the dream identity of Ms. 'Magician' as the original author of the Great Pirate series of novels, and she is good at the romance direction...

"The Great Adventurer series of novels in reality is partially reflected in the Great Pirate series in the dream...

"The Great Adventurer series of novels has a relatively heavy romance component. The plot between Gehrman Sparrow and the female pirate admirals is described as a bit ambiguous, but all left blank without being explained clearly...

"The Great Adventurer series of novels made many well-known pirates into clowns or protagonists of bloody rumors, and didn't lack introductions to mystical knowledge and the privacy of the two Messengers. Yet the writer Fors Forsyth Forsyth Woer has never been visited by any pirate, nor has she received warnings from the Church..."

Hearing this, Franca had already reached a conclusion and said in a low voice:

"The pirates wouldn't dare..."

Looking for the "Angel of Stars" to reason—isn't that delivering goods to the door, with the bounty for the taking?

"Ms. 'Magician' is Fors Forsyth Forsyth Woer, the author of the Great Adventurer series of novels?" Jianna couldn't believe it and asked herself, then she answered herself, "I always thought she didn't do signings because she was afraid of exposing her whereabouts and being retaliated against by pirates..."

Jianna looked at Lu Mian abruptly:

"Didn't you say Ms. 'Magician' is an angel from the beginning of the Fifth Epoch and has lived for over a thousand years? How did she suddenly think of writing novels?"

"That was just my guess. Perhaps the 'Door' lived long enough and only fell in recent years, and Ms. 'Magician' is the youngest student of His." Lu Mian felt this matter was both shocking and inexplicably funny. He deliberated and said, "Also, didn't you notice? Because of the popularity of the Great Adventurer series of novels, Mr. Fool's incarnation Gehrman Sparrow has a large number of worshippers. To use a word I heard before, Gehrman Sparrow has a lot of anchors."

"The Great Adventurer series of novels was written by Ms. 'Magician' at the request of the Fool Church, similar to missionary work?" Franca realized suddenly.

Lu Mian nodded:

"Moreover, maybe Ms. 'Magician's' current sequence needs to act as a 'Writer'."

"Possible." Franca was suddenly excited. "Next time we meet Ms. 'Magician,' we must ask her for an autograph. Wow, will an angel's autograph have some special effects..."

Before she finished speaking, Franca and Jianna looked at Lu Mian at the same time and asked in unison:

"What about those letters before?"

"..." Lu Mian said with quite a bit of regret, "Burned them."

Jianna followed with regret, but said with quite a bit of anticipation:

"After returning to the real world, we can ask Ms. 'Magician' what kind of development 'The Great Adventurer' will have later, when the next book will come out, and if Frank Lee, the first mate of the 'Admiral of Stars,' is really that exaggerated..."

While chatting, Lu Mian lifted the "Mirror Maze."

The three of them glanced at the long signing queue, turned to the nearest escalator with Anthony and Ludwig, and went up to the fourth floor.

"What movie to watch?" Franca scanned the promotional posters, and her eyes suddenly lit up. "Let's watch 'Great Pirate 3'!"

"Okay." Lu Mian agreed immediately.

It just so happens he can see what Gehrman Sparrow looks like in Mr. Fool's dream!

Franca, who had scratched quite a few lottery tickets, generously bought five consecutive seats, three buckets of caramel-flavored popcorn, and five cups of iced cola.

Among them, Ludwig had a bucket of popcorn alone, Franca, Jianna, and Lu Mian shared one bucket, and Anthony and Ludwig shared another.

After entering the cinema and finding the corresponding seats, before Franca had time to distribute them, she found that Lu Mian and Jianna were on one side each, leaving a vacant seat for herself.

I thought Lu Mian would sit in the middle himself... Franca sat between Lu Mian and Jianna with a happy mood, Ludwig sat close to Lu Mian, and Anthony sat on the other side of Ludwig.

*Ka-ba, ka-ba*, Ludwig kept throwing popcorn into his mouth, occasionally taking a sip of iced cola, not watching the images on the screen at all.

After a few minutes, the opening credits appeared:

The wind howled, the sea was deep and dark, and the waves were sometimes so high they seemed to touch the sky, sometimes sinking into huge whirlpools.

Jianna's gaze was instantly attracted, as if she herself were in this terrifying scene that manifested the power of nature.

"The special effects aren't bad." Franca praised simply.

She wasn't as shocked as Jianna, because she had seen quite a few blockbusters before crossing over, and in the marriage ceremony at Santa Harbor, she and Lu Mian had also witnessed and experienced whirlpool scenes more exaggerated than this one. That wasn't something these special effects could compare to.

Lu Mian's gaze was concentrated on the three pirate ships sailing out in the storm and the female pirate standing at the bow.

"That 'Bingshan Admiral' is seven or eight parts similar to Principal Ai of the Dream Tutoring Center..." Jianna recognized one of the female pirates, because the other party seemed to have been selected using Principal Ai Nana of the "Dream Tutoring Center" as a template.

Hearing Jianna's words, Lu Mian frowned slightly:

The "Bingshan Admiral" in the movie was quite similar to the demigod he had seen in the dungeon of the Church of Knowledge!

That person was the former "Bingshan Admiral" Edwina? Lu Mian realized suddenly.

"This movie's casting is still quite faithful." Franca sighed.

Then, her gaze froze, pointing at another female pirate, and she said in a hushed voice:

"Who do you think she looks like?"

Lu Mian was silent for a second and said:

"Ms. 'Hermit'."

"Ms. 'Hermit's' real identity is 'Admiral of Stars,' no, 'Queen of Stars' Cattleya? No wonder, the latest episode of 'The Great Adventurer' describes the things between her and Gehrman Sparrow very restrainedly..." Jianna muttered to herself.

Several people fell into silence again.

At this time, the scene changed, and a man appeared amidst the wind and lightning.

That man wore a black trench coat, a half-top hat, stood on the waves, and slowly raised his head that had originally been lowered.

In Lu Mian's eyes, this man seemed to have been carved from Zhou Mingrui as a prototype, but sharper and colder. Even wearing gold-rimmed glasses, he could make people close their mouths involuntarily.

Gehrman Sparrow!

The protagonist of this part of the Great Pirate series, Gehrman Sparrow!

With this, the opening credits ended, and the main feature began.

The initial close-up was placed on a fish being roasted, and different spices were sprinkled on it.

Ludwig, who took a moment to look at the movie, suddenly raised his arm, pointed at the grilled fish on the screen, and said to his godfather:

"I want to eat this!"

"Heh, you're ordering food?" Lu Mian laughed, grabbed a few pieces of popcorn, and stuffed them into Ludwig's mouth.

(End of chapter)