Secret: The years I served as a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

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Her Dream Walker potion had finished digesting.

Audrey was slightly surprised at first, then silent, and finally, she realized one thing clearly.

Letty Orr is dead.

All those memories in the Southern Continent, the joyful, the painful, the difficult, the unspeakable... everything ended with the death of Letty Orr and the impending demise of the Southern Continent.

This period of life ended - precisely because this period of life was so unforgettable, she traveled to the southern continent in the form of a spirit while her body was asleep, did all kinds of things, and personally wove and designed a character who was born from "Audrey Hall" but completely surpassed "Audrey Hall" - in the end, she woke up from the dream.

The story has come to an end in this way. Although it is hasty, it has a beginning and an end.

As for other aspects, according to Audrey's original understanding and prediction of herself, she felt that she would finish digesting the potion around February, and at the earliest in January. At least it would not be finished by the time she went to Intis.

But she encountered too many things in the hospital. She had the opportunity to treat multiple members of the Rose School in succession and experience those crazy, disorganized, yet illogical, strange dreams that were completely different from those of normal people.

These include multiple dreams, dreams caused by mental illness, lucid dreams, dreams caused by the influence of evil spirits, and the most extreme ones are serious illnesses caused by stress-induced psychological trauma, and the dreams of two demigods who occasionally come to adjust their status.

Normally, as a "dream walker", Audrey can roughly judge which level of creatures the dream she is about to enter belongs to and avoid danger. But patients often do not allow Audrey to refuse. They often appear in a state of "If you can't cure me, I will go crazy and lose control immediately", forcing Audrey to be busy and exhausted. She has to challenge herself again and again and learn new treatment techniques from other doctors.

Fortunately, although it was dangerous most of the time and her life was in danger occasionally, she managed to survive.

Instead, he accumulated experience and digested the potion greatly by carefully traveling, exploring, observing, and analyzing in the demigod's dream.

Other special dreams also gave her completely different experiences. Afterwards, she tried to construct multiple dreams by herself, and tried to hide behind the scenes in the dreams, cleverly guide the development, reversely interfere with the subconscious, treat the mental illness of the dream owner, or expel the pollution brought by evil spirits and resentful souls.

This to some extent went against her self-requirement to only observe and record and not interfere, but it strangely accelerated the digestion of the potion.

This led her to come up with a new code, not only for acting, but also for treatment:
“…If you really want to interfere, you can be the planner and guide behind the scenes, so that no one will notice even if the goal has been achieved.”

Audrey did a good job in this regard. Those people with more serious mental illnesses were cured unknowingly after having five or six slightly strange dreams.

However, what played a decisive role in the digestion of the potion was the identity and experience of "Letty Orr".

"Letty Orr" came from her, surpassed her, and did what Audrey could not do. She surpassed herself and fought to the end for her beliefs and the desire to protect others. She did not retreat in the face of divine punishment, and did not escape in the face of saints.

The combination of various factors made Audrey's "Dream Walker" potion digested so perfectly.

This gave Audrey a strange feeling. From the audience's perspective, it seemed that this identity could be her, or it could be a personality mask that she showed specifically to digest the potion.

After all, digesting the potion was indeed one of the important reasons why she went to the southern continent in the first place.

She had two choices: one was to separate Letty Orr and treat her as a certain state of herself, a certain identity, which only appeared in certain circumstances and was used as a special tool, emphasizing that it was "a dream". The other was to admit that she was part of the "self" and that she was "the self in the dream".

Audrey chose the second option without hesitation.

“I was able to digest the Dream Walker potion so quickly because of luck during this period. Or maybe it can’t be called luck. Any Psychologist or Dream Walker with dozens of extraordinary patients with varying degrees of mental illness can digest it as quickly as I do... However, if I only had so many unique experiences and no fantasy of Letty Orr’s life, I would definitely have to wait another month or two.” Audrey looked at herself in the mirror and blinked.

She quickly withdrew her gaze, glanced around the bedroom, and walked to the dressing table.

There was a deck of tarot cards.

It is quite normal for a girl who is interested in the occult to have a deck of tarot cards in her room.

Audrey stretched out her right hand and touched the top card with her fingertips. She took a deep breath and said silently to herself:

"False kindness."

"They disguised naked plunder and greed as a just war that had to be launched to save the country."

"When did Loen reach the point where it had to rob other countries in order to survive... Whether before the God War or now, whether in terms of national strength or the power of the gods, Loen is clearly the most powerful country."

“This is greed…”

"He will not be satisfied with having ten thousand pounds, but will want to take away ten or fifty pounds from others."

"After receiving so much, the only thing given to the people is still only 1 soli."

Susie stood in the back, looking at Audrey worriedly.

It's just a dog, a pampered dog that doesn't understand the intricacies of the human world and is just worried about Audrey's condition.

"No, I can't stay at home anymore. I need a chance, a chance to become a demigod! I need power. Only with power can I have the initial power to change... Fortunately, before George III passed away, Mr. World had already given me the potion formula and main ingredients of the Manipulator... The tears of seven different humans caused by strong emotions were also collected through the dream experience during this period..."

"I have traded the golden leaves of the Treeman Mentor with Little 'Sun' before. All I need is the blood of the old Mind Dragon..."

"Huh, if Loen's Psychological Alchemy Society had not been taken back by George III, I would have tried to exchange it from the Psychological Alchemy Society. After all, I am now the head of a psychological research group... But if I want to do it, I can't avoid Hvin Rambis. I will be going to Intis soon. Ms. Irena and the Creator Church there have already extended an olive branch to me. There is no need for me to owe another person a favor..."

Audrey calculated calmly and couldn't help laughing:

"Hvin Rambis!"

“If I hadn’t left in a hurry because of lack of time and help, he would be a good source of Beyonder characteristics… Audrey, Audrey, you have finally started to regard other Beyonders as competitors and Beyonder materials…”

After making a self-deprecating remark, Audrey gave up the idea.

Once there is a first time, there will be a second time. She doesn't want to start "eating people" so soon, even if it is to eat someone who may have committed a heinous crime. Once she starts, she will realize that killing is the fastest way, and thus quickly let her beliefs and humanity collapse.

So, she began to think about what kind of occasion she should use to complete the promotion ceremony of "manipulator".

That requires taking the potion in a specific setting with at least ten thousand people, with a huge resonance of their emotions.

As her thoughts raced, Audrey suddenly thought of something:
"In fact, the high ground now is..."

After a few seconds of silence, Audrey sat down in front of the dressing table as if nothing had happened and looked at herself in the mirror.

Susie keenly noticed that Audrey seemed a little different today. She stood by the window and did not move over quickly as she did in the past to listen to her share her experiences in the hospital and her acting experience.

"I am fine."

She said softly:

"Don't worry, Susie. I'm still myself. I just saw some sad things in the hospital, and now I feel a little lost."

"I can hear my mother's footsteps. I will get ready to go to the restaurant immediately." "Ah, thank you for helping me for so long today. It's really hard work - Susie, no one realized it was you. Your disguise skills are getting better and better."

Susie, who was a little anxious, heard what Audrey said, but looking at her back and expression, she could see fatigue, anger, and instability. Then, Susie was surprised to find that as Audrey straightened her back, began to do her makeup and braid her hair, and used makeup and foundation to cover up her pale face, she gradually could not see through Audrey's mood and state.

It seemed that this was not just because Audrey was one level higher than her, but because of some other reason... Susie was a little confused. It felt that Audrey seemed to be Audrey, but also seemed completely different.

"You're welcome." Susie thought for a moment and said, "This isn't the first time we've worked together."

Audrey nodded, and while doing simple skin care and makeup touch-ups, she asked:
"You haven't left the room yet?"

"Annie came in once. It was your friends who came to see you. They were Millie, Wendy, Viscount Carnot, and Grallint."

Susie answered truthfully, "They are here to invite you to a salon at a new friend's house. That new friend seems to be quite young. An elder in his family just donated land and money to the Church of the God of Thunder and became a new noble. I don't know if that person is a man or a woman, but only by letting your children invite some open-minded young noble descendants can they successfully enter the upper-class social circle."

Audrey quietly braided her hair and put on her diamond hairpin.

Then she thought for a moment and asked again:

"You saw them?"

Susie in the mirror nodded: "I can't make a decision for you, so I chose to refuse, but to show respect, I still met with them, in your study."

Really? My friends came to see me, but they still didn't realize that I wasn't me... But Susie and I are together day and night, and she is a Sequence 6 "audience", so her ability to play me is beyond doubt, and just saying a few words won't be a problem. Even if it is found to be wrong, I have the Beyonder ability to hypnotize it. What's more, no one would suspect that their friend was replaced by someone else in their friend's house...

Audrey became increasingly silent.

"Audrey?" Susie was a little uneasy, but she could no longer see through Audrey's thoughts. "Are you unhappy?"

"I have some things that I haven't thought through yet. Don't worry, Susie. I'll tell you when I figure it out."

After that, Audrey didn't say anything else.

She lost the desire to speak for a moment, and just looked quietly at the new ruby ​​brooch she had placed on her dressing table, which she wanted to wear today when she left at noon.

The brooch was made of rubies and emeralds in the shape of a pomegranate. This was an ordinary brooch Audrey wore, and the only special thing about it was that it was brand new. In the original plan, Hibbert wanted to give his sister a rose brooch as a parting gift, but Audrey refused it because it was too conspicuous, and changed it to this.

The two colors that should have been in conflict with each other blended perfectly at this moment. With the silver line outline as the base, and the name "Hall" engraved on the back as small as the legs of an insect, every detail reflects the superb skills of the craftsmen.

Hibbert personally selected the gemstones, and three craftsmen spent half a month polishing the brooch, which cost a total of one thousand pounds.

One thousand pounds. Audrey thought about the number.

In an ordinary aristocratic family, it would definitely be an accessory that the lady or young lady would love to wear, and it would be common for them to wear it frequently when attending events; in a middle-class family, it would be an item that would be worn solemnly at major banquets and New Year and birthday dinners; in a commoner's home... then this family must be a fallen aristocracy, and this is also a family heirloom that should have been sold for money long ago in the current environment.

Audrey gently rubbed the word "Hall" with her fingers, and then placed it on the table. She changed into a casual outfit.

Leave…she thought.

Almost at the same time, Anne's voice came from outside the door:
"Miss, madam is here."

Audrey's voice immediately rose, and without any process, she switched to Miss Hall and said in a sweet voice:
"Here we go, Mom! What's for dinner tonight?"

She walked out quickly, deliberately making her footsteps brisk and hurried. Anne opened the door, and Audrey affectionately took her mother's arm.

"It's beef, caviar, and seafood soup."

The lady spoke casually and smiled:
"After dinner, there's your favorite dessert, Audrey. Would you like some more chocolate?"

"...Yes, Mom." Audrey blinked her eyes, with a smile in her eyes and a look of inquiry underneath the smile, "I love Mom the most."

Lady Caitlin was a little surprised, and then her expression became a little sad:
"I love you, too, honey—why are you saying all this all of a sudden? Oh, Audrey, don't think about those sad things. Let's go to dinner. We can talk about it later if we have anything to say."

"I love you, too, Mom," Audrey said softly. "And so do Dad and brother. I love you both."

After saying this, she leaned her head on her mother's shoulder coquettishly, and gently closed her emerald eyes, hiding her resolute look.

I love you.

I'm going to the highlands, I'm going back there.

I may die there, but... there are people waiting for me, children thinking about me, patients looking forward to me, and young people who are poor but still give me gifts.

But here, there is only false decency and kindness that makes me sad, and... you who love me deeply, who ignore the disaster, who look down on people, who send me to another country - you whom I love the most.

TBC
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“…Actually, both options are wrong, right?”

Klein looked at the Outer God in front of him seriously and said word by word:

"If I choose to take refuge in the Highlands, it would only satisfy my own desire to become a very good god... I will eventually become Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun, who has no protection or preference at all. Therefore, my goal is to fight against God and give humans a choice other than going to heaven."

"If I choose this, it would mean denying my own beliefs and tarnishing Mr. Richard's determination."

The Lord of Withering held his chin, smiled and said nothing.

“As for not saving me, that’s impossible.” Klein’s voice became a little louder, and he spoke solemnly, “I will not give up on Him, just as He did not turn a blind eye to me when I was in mortal danger.”

"But now I have a question."

"What would you do if I decided to help but didn't choose the option you offered?"

"Me?" The smile on the face of the Lord of Withering became deeper. "It depends on my mood. Maybe if I am happy, I will help you. If I am not satisfied with your idea, I will kill you right now."

Klein nodded.

"Okay, then that's my choice."

"Please tell me the probability of me becoming the 'Gate'."