Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 134 Do you mind if I do that to you at your coming of age ceremony?
"Forty-five days."

Klein leaned back in his chair and said leisurely:

"It has been a full forty-five days since the first day you disappeared."

After a pause, Klein suddenly asked:

"You went back in time?"

"I think so." Yu Jin nodded slightly.

"It's true."

Klein felt inexplicably emotional. Although he had already guessed it earlier, hearing Yu Jin admit that he had returned to the past still made Klein feel uneasy for a long time.

In the worldview of Dark Souls, traveling through time and space to the past is not difficult, because the time and space of Dark Souls is extremely unstable. The reason for this is still the instability of the First Flame. But if the ember can also travel through time and space in this world, Klein will have to reconsider his definition of the First Flame.

Klein actually wanted to know what happened to Ember in the past and what he did specifically, but he didn't dare to ask proactively.

"Well, let's continue where we left off."

Klein tapped his fingers lightly on the bronze table and said slowly, "The original world."

Yu Jin's expression changed slightly. He sat up straight and placed his hands folded on the long bronze table.

"In the First Age, the 'Original World' was pulled by an unknown force, but it finally came to an end at the end of the Second Age."

After a pause, Klein smiled and said:
"Going back to the past this time, I think you should be able to understand the meaning more deeply."

Facing Klein's questioning, Yu Jin's expression remained calm, without any trace of emotion visible on his face.

The timeline he traveled back to should be the end of the Second Age. At that time, the ancestor of the blood clan had fallen due to the betrayal of the giant king, and only three of the eight ancient gods were left. This is completely consistent with the legend recorded in the Silver City -

The eight ancient gods divided up the authority left by the Lord and became the gods who dominated the sky, the earth and the ocean, the reality, the spiritual world and the astral world, and all races. They were real gods, ancient gods. Some of them fell in the fights with each other, and some were deprived of their authority by the 'Lord of Creation, the Omniscient and Almighty God' after he awakened.

The embers of history who had personally witnessed it could clearly determine that the ones who fell in the records were undoubtedly Lilith and the other two ancient gods. And the so-called "Lord of Creation" believed in by the City of Silver was most likely the "Sun God" he had seen.

Yu Jin also knew why he went back to the past. It was because he had accidentally met the conditions. The time was not the key point, but the conditions. One of the conditions was that he was above the gray fog, an area with the power to transcend time.

The Gray Mist itself may not have the ability to travel through time and space, but it must have existed in the Second Epoch or even earlier, and has continued to this day, unchanged. This satisfies the first condition. The second condition is that at a certain time in the past, someone "happened" to summon him.

And the reason why Lilith could summon him was not because of the cross, but because of the ring itself. Because Yu Jin felt a familiar power in it, the power of the First Fire - it was a ring forged by the First Fire!

"Mr. Fool."

Yu Jin gathered his thoughts and said slowly, "I hope to return to the real world as soon as possible."

Klein had obviously expected this. He smiled and said in a calm tone:

"Okay, but which member's area do you want to go to?"

Yu Jin hesitated for two seconds and said slowly:
"If possible, I would like to ask Miss Justice. I have something important to discuss with her."

"it is good."

Klein nodded slightly. Although he was curious, he would not explore it further—but he could not help but imagine it.

As he thought about it, Klein extended his spiritual power to touch the crimson star that represented Miss Justice, conveying to her the message that Mr. Lover wanted to descend in her area, and asking for her opinion.

And at the same time.

Queens, in the luxurious villa of Earl Hall's family.

A noble girl in a light yellow dress decorated with many laces sat on the piano, pressing her hands on the keys and playing the Croatian Rhapsody composed by Emperor Roselle, which has been passed down for hundreds of years and is still regarded as a classic.

Meanwhile, her personal maid Anne and her teacher, the famous pianist Mr. Vikanal, were closing their eyes and enjoying the girl's playing.

But suddenly, the girl's hands stopped playing, because her vision covered by her eyelids was suddenly filled with thick gray fog, and a figure that seemed to be looking down at everyone and everything spoke majestically from a high distance:

"'Lovers' have returned."

Has the ember returned? Audrey's eyes moved and the corners of her mouth curled up a little. But then she heard Mr. Fool asking her if she was willing to arrange the ceremony. Of course Audrey would not refuse, but the problem at the moment was that there were other people in her room.

The girl lowered her eyes slightly and glanced at the two people beside her, thinking about how to let them leave without being noticed.

Anne, the personal maid, asked very considerately:
"Miss Audrey, what happened?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Vikanal."

Audrey stood up, bowed gracefully, and said apologetically, "I suddenly remembered that I have something important to do, so..."

"It's ok."

Mr. Vikanal immediately showed a look of understanding, stood up on his own initiative, and said helplessly, "It just so happens that I also have some things to deal with, so I'll take my leave first."

As a qualified pianist, he actually didn't want to leave just like that. It would be irresponsible to his students and to his teaching ethics. After all, Earl Hall had given him money, and a lot of it.

But Earl Hall also told him that if Audrey needed more free time, he should try his best to satisfy her - and pay her. In this case, Mr. Vickanar naturally had no reason to insist, and soon left the room under the guidance of the maid Anne.

Audrey blinked and looked at the big golden retriever squatting obediently at her feet:
"Susie."

"Wang!"

Without Audrey's instructions, the big golden retriever immediately stood up, wagged its tail, walked to the door, stood up skillfully, and turned the doorknob.

Audrey looked at Susie's skilled appearance and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Crack!"

After Susie left the room, Audrey walked to the door, closed it, locked it from inside, and then closed the curtains.

Then he took out the auxiliary materials he had prepared in the morning from the drawer, prepared to pray to Mr. Fool, and arranged and held the corresponding ceremony.

This is different from the normal summoning ritual, and the corresponding spell is more complicated:
“The Great ‘Fool’;
“You are the master above the gray fog;

"You are the yellow and black king who controls good luck.

“I pray for your favor;

“I pray for your gaze;
“Pray for the power of mystery and change.

"I!

"In the name of the Great Fool, I call upon:

"The ash without life or death, the follower of the Yellow and Black King, the walker of endless time and space."

Words of Hermes echoed in the room, and the flames at the tops of the candles suddenly expanded, interweaving into an illusory door covered with mysterious patterns.

"It's done!"

Above the gray fog, Klein, who was sitting on the bronze throne, raised his eyebrows.

While Miss Justice was performing a ceremony and chanting a spell to summon the 'Illusionary Gate', an 'Illusionary Gate' formed by rippling light patterns also appeared above the gray fog. It was a summoning gate that opened in two directions and was covered with mysterious symbols!

That’s right, this is Klein’s version of the ‘Gate of Summoning’!
The essence of this summoning ritual was not complicated. Klein pulled Ember's 'soul' into the gray fog in advance, and when the 'Summoning Gate' was established, he opened it for Ember to pass through, and the whole thing was done.

Initially, Klein used this ritual to summon his own spirit in order to achieve some ulterior motives. Since the last time the ember disappeared due to the hastily held "granting" ritual, Klein learned a lesson and reflected on it. He began to think about how to make the ember return to the real world normally after returning, instead of disappearing into the long river of history like before.

The simple "granting" ritual had already had an accident. Although it might not be the ritual's fault, Klein didn't want to take the risk again. So he improved the "summoning ritual" that was originally only used to summon himself, and converted the target into embers, so that he could return to reality smoothly. - Of course, this was also the conclusion he came to after divination.

Seeing that the 'Gate of Summoning' had been established, Klein nodded slightly to Ember, indicating that he could leave.

However, what Klein didn't expect was that Yu Jin only took a deep look at the summoning gate and did not act rashly.

"What's wrong with this door?"

Klein couldn't help but feel doubtful. He wanted to ask but couldn't, and was in a dilemma. While he was hesitating, Yu Jin had already made a move and passed through the 'Gate of Summoning'.

Klein subconsciously turned his gaze to the image projected by Miss Justice when she was praying. In the Summoning Gate in front of her, the figure of Ember slowly walked out.

"call!"

Seeing this scene, Klein finally breathed a sigh of relief. If Yu Jin disappeared again this time, he would never be able to clear his name.

……

"Welcome back, Yu Jin." When Yu Jin left the summoning gate, he heard the girl's gentle voice. He looked over and saw the golden-haired noble girl smiling at him. Yu Jin was dazed, as if he saw the overlap of history and time, and the smiling face of Lilith appeared in front of him.

Yu Jin quickly came to his senses and said with a smile:

"Good morning, Miss Audrey."

"It's almost noon."

Audrey covered her mouth and chuckled.

"No difference."

Yu Jin said calmly, "If you get up at noon, then noon is morning and lunch is breakfast."

When Audrey heard Yu Jin's unreasonable words, she wanted to roll her eyes without caring about her image or manners, but she finally held back.

Yu Jin looked at the fine, fluffy white snow falling outside the window, and suddenly frowned and asked:

"What time is it now?"

"Wednesday, December 12th."

Audrey knew he wasn't asking about the time, so she answered Yu Jin's question seriously, saying word by word, "It has been exactly forty-five days since you disappeared."

Yu Jin shrugged. He had already heard this conclusion from Mr. Fool, so he just wanted to confirm it. He then asked casually:

"Has anything happened recently? Well, I mean those important events."

Audrey thought about it carefully and shook her head gently:

"Nothing major happened in Backlund. Something might have happened to Miss Fors, but I'm not particularly clear about the details. Perhaps you can go ask her in person."

Yu Jin nodded thoughtfully. Fors's problem was nothing more than the Abraham family. With the 'Healing Tears' he had recorded, there would be no problem in solving the curse. Logically, there shouldn't be any accidents.

However, we cannot rule out the possibility that Abraham's family is not only ungrateful, but also wants to repay kindness with enmity.

Yu Jin seemed to have thought of something and suddenly asked:

"Audrey, I remember your coming-of-age ceremony is in half a month?"

Audrey's lips curled up a little bit, and she smiled:
"Yes, at the New Year's Eve dinner held at the palace. I remember I invited you before."

"That's it."

Yu Jin looked thoughtful, and after a long while he slowly asked, "Audrey, I have an important question for you."

Audrey looked at Yu Jin's serious expression and subconsciously thought of a possibility. Her voice became a little flustered:

"W-what?"

"Do you mind if I..." at your coming-of-age ceremony?

Audrey's heart unconsciously rose, her hands were tangled together, and she felt extremely nervous.

Should she agree to him or reject him? She was not ready for this. She had only concealed their identities and acted in front of her parents at the beginning, but what should she do in this situation?
Will you agree? But their relationship doesn't seem to have reached that point yet.

Reject? But she didn't seem to hate this development... After all, even if she was a Beyonder, she was still a noble girl. Audrey had actually been prepared for a long time. As the daughter of Earl Hall, her marriage would inevitably be accompanied by politics. Instead of reluctantly marrying those dukes or marquis heirs who she had never met a few times, Yu Jin was actually a good choice. After all, they had known each other for a long time, and Yu Jin was the best man she knew.

But on the other hand, given Earl Hall's family background, if it weren't for special circumstances such as a financial crisis, it would take a long process to reach a marriage. This must be done after rigorous consideration and comparison before they can make a decision, because this is not just a matter between two young people, but also involves family alliance and mutual assistance.

On the other hand, although Audrey could start thinking about marriage after she became an adult at the age of 18, according to statistics, aristocratic girls usually start a family around the age of 26. This means that she actually has plenty of time and does not need to rush.

and so……

Audrey looked at Yu Jin's extremely serious expression with an extremely nervous mood, waiting for Yu Jin to finish speaking the sentence with a feeling of uneasiness or anticipation.

"The Assassination of George III."

"I...you..."

"Eh?"

Audrey mustered up her courage and was about to give an answer but suddenly froze and blinked in confusion. This didn't seem to be what she wanted to hear.

"I mean."

Thinking she didn't hear clearly, Yu Jin repeated, "Do you mind if I assassinate King George III during your coming-of-age ceremony?"

"..."

Audrey heaved a sigh of relief, but at the same time, she felt a little regretful for some reason. She muttered softly, "So it's about the assassination of George III. I thought..."

"Why?"

Ember was a little confused.

"I thought……"

Audrey's eyes flickered as she tried to avoid the topic. She subconsciously began to recall what Yu Jin had just said. She finally realized something was wrong and her lips formed an O shape:
"Assassinate His Majesty the King?!"

"Yes."

Yu Jin nodded slightly and said calmly, "I feel like this should be a good opportunity to make a move."

Audrey opened her eyes wide. Yu Jin's tone was so calm that it made people feel that he was going to kill a fish, but in fact, what he was going to do was to assassinate George III, the most powerful person in the entire country, and the king of the Kingdom of Loen!
"you……"

Audrey opened her mouth, wanting to say something but stopping herself. She felt that she should persuade Yu Jin, but she found that she didn't seem to have the ability to persuade him, and she didn't know why she wanted to stop Yu Jin. Thinking back carefully, she realized that she just instinctively felt that assassinating the king was a great rebellion, so she wanted to stop it.

But if she really had to stop Yu Jin just for this reason, would that be fair to Yu Jin? After all, she didn't even know why Yu Jin wanted to assassinate George III, even though they had never even met...

The girl's eyes revealed a complicated expression, and she asked in a low voice:
"But why? Why do you want to assassinate His Majesty?"

"Need a reason?"

"Don't you need it?"

Facing Yu Jin's question, Audrey raised her little face and stared at Yu Jin with her bright eyes, trying to get an answer from him.

Yu Jin hesitated for two seconds and said slowly:
"Do you remember the Black Emperor?"

"remember."

Audrey nodded gently. Of course she would not forget. At first, she only knew that Yu Jin was chasing the Black Emperor and that the Black Emperor was related to the royal family. Then she learned from Mr. Fool that the bookmark of Emperor Roselle was the 'Black Emperor Card'. But there was more information...

There was a trace of confusion in the girl's eyes, and it seemed that she didn't know much.

Yu Jin looked at the girl's bewildered expression and slowly said:

"Mr. Fool has a Blasphemy card."

Audrey was so confused that she couldn't help but answer:

"I know. That's the Black Emperor card, which contains a complete sequence of 'Extraordinary Path'."

"Why do you call it the Extraordinary Path?"

Yu Jin asked back, causing Audrey to hesitate for a moment, wondering if she had said something wrong, but what Yu Jin said next made her completely stunned.

"You should call it the Path of God, because the culmination of this path is God."

Audrey's mind became chaotic, as if a supernova had exploded in her mind. All her thoughts were disrupted and reorganized, like a pile of tangled threads piled together randomly, and she couldn't make sense of them at all. The girl thought of the information that Mr. Fool had revealed, and there was only one thought left in her mind:
"The Black Emperor is Sequence 0? Sequence 0 is the level of a true god. Then the Goddess of Night..."

"Yes."

Yu Jin nodded slightly. "The Goddess of Night is also a Sequence 0. In other words, the so-called True God is just a more powerful Beyonder."

"Why did you say that?!"

Audrey opened her mouth and looked at Yu Jin with a complex emotion that she herself didn't know what to feel. Although she had guessed the truth, knowing and saying it out loud were two completely different things!

Because this sentence itself is the greatest blasphemy against God!

(End of this chapter)