Chapter 289 Meeting an acquaintance again
"We worship the moon, not the goddess of the night."
In his own study, Angel frowned as he dipped his ink in writing down the first sentence of the Book of Secrets.
The author of this book, "Witch King Karaman," was a High-Sequence Beyonder active in the southern continent over a thousand years ago in the early Fifth Epoch. He recorded a wealth of knowledge about secret rituals, astrology, and curse spells in his book, but also clearly stated that these rituals and spells all originated from the worship of the primordial moon.
There is even a name for the "primordial moon" in the book:
The unique red moon,
A symbol of life and beauty,
Mother of all spiritual powers.
Fearing that these three clear names might point to a mysterious being, Angel didn't dare to copy down the description directly, but just memorized it silently in his mind.
She only had one week to borrow the "Book of Secrets", and it was obviously too late for her to fully understand the contents of the book. She could only choose to copy down the important contents first and study them slowly later.
Although this book was not as she had imagined, filled with powerful spells, mysterious rituals and other contents that could immediately improve combat effectiveness, this knowledge still filled Angel's heart with joy, even though he had only a rough understanding of the occult.
She had only been a Night Watcher for two months. Although she had learned a lot of knowledge from the church's internal texts, she was still far from mastering it. Cole Granger was also half illiterate in occult knowledge, and the occult knowledge in this book was very useful to her.
During the transcription process, Angel gained a better understanding of the interaction between the spiritual world and his own extraordinary abilities, and the construction and purpose of various rituals. He even wanted to try to use this knowledge to strengthen the curses and spells from witches and pleasure witches.
For example, after her promotion, she had imagined using mirrors and blood to communicate with the spirit world and conduct long-distance communications.
Angel believed that all this would be possible as long as he continued to study the Book of Secrets.
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"A fool who does not belong to this era..."
In the basement where candles, essential oils, and herbal powders were burning, Angel clasped his hands together and entered a meditative state, silently chanting the name of "The Fool" over and over again.
In this repetition, she felt that her body and mind in meditation entered a state of spiritual dispersion, and soon became confused, but maintained the final clarity, as if watching her spirit float out of the body from another perspective, gradually rising and entering the spiritual world.
This "secret ceremony" is called "artificial sleepwalking" in the Book of Secrets. It is a method that Mr. Fool temporarily taught to Angel to bestow the angel's blessing.
In the haze, she felt as if she had returned to the gray fog where the Tarot Club was held, entered the ancient palace, and saw Mr. Fool sitting high at the head of the long bronze table.
Then, an "angel" that was so thin that it seemed to have no thickness, but had twelve pairs of black wings on its back, floated down and merged with Angel's spiritual body in the deep red light. The layers of black wings also wrapped together, like a black cocoon.
After an unknown amount of time, Angel woke up in the basement and found that only a small part of the candle in front of her had burned. The aroma of herbs and essential oils in the space had not yet dissipated, indicating that not much time had passed, but she seemed to have been in a daze for several hours.
"Praise the Fool!"
She chanted the Fool's Name again, then cleaned up the altar and returned to the first floor to prepare for a possible scrutiny by the afternoon's Night Watchmen.
Based on her understanding of the Nighthawks, the Backlund Diocese should be able to arrange for a Sequence 6 "Sleepless One" to pass through as a Beyonder, dragging her into her dreamland and interrogating her there when she visited Audrey's home. And if they didn't take Ms. D's death seriously enough, they might only receive a Sequence 7 "Nightmare." With the protection bestowed by Mr. Fool and the Holy Symbol of Night, she would be more than capable of dealing with these Beyonders.
The only problem was that someone had witnessed her fighting Ms. D that night. If that couple had also accepted the Nighthawk's questioning, they might have described her appearance, allowing the Nighthawk to easily discover that "Eileen Watson" was the Beyonder who killed Ms. D that day, and not a Sequence 9 Fortuneteller.
Of course, the effect of the "Ring of Madness" will make people who have only met her once quickly forget the details of her appearance, and then her appearance will become unrecognizable in the process of "imagination".
Based on her experience of having her dreams invaded by "nightmares" many times, if the target of the invasion remains awake, certain changes can be made to the dream, which gives her room to get away with it.
Before leaving the house, Angel tied up his long black hair, which had been transformed by the Madness Ring, and put on a soft hat that had been introduced to Backlund after becoming popular in Intis in the past two years, covering most of his hair. His eyes narrowed naturally and he forced a smile.
With the help of the Witch of Pleasure's ability to change her temperament, even without changing her facial features, she immediately displayed a youthful and energetic temperament that was completely different from the heroic appearance she had that night.
"That should be all right... If that doesn't work, I can only use the Dark Holy Symbol and Ms. Arianna's identity to keep them from telling anyone..."
Standing in front of the full-length mirror in his bedroom with his new look, Angel thought secretly as he stroked the holy emblem and topaz that hung around his neck and drooped into his chest.
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Arriving at Earl Hall's mansion in Queens in a hired carriage, Angel discovered that there were only a few carriages belonging to the Hall family and an unmarked black carriage parked in front of the mansion, and no other nobles' carriages were seen.
She guessed that Audrey had told her that the tea party time was earlier than that of other nobles in order to leave time for the Night Watchmen.
Fortunately, she was well prepared and did not show any emotional changes. Instead, she was led by the maid to a small room next to the reception room and waited there.
The maid poured her some tea and then left the room. Angel sat upright on the sofa with her eyes closed, as if taking a nap, but she felt a little nervous inside. She knew that a night watchman might be next door, not far from her, trying to make her sleep.
Sure enough, when the fragrance of tea filled the entire room, she felt the dark holy emblem on her chest emit a faint cold touch and a reassuring wave.
She opened her eyes and found that the room was no different from before, as if the change of the holy emblem was just an illusion, but with the help of the "angel's" blessing, she could feel that the present was completely different from a few minutes ago.
As her thoughts moved, the setting sun outside the window immediately sank below the horizon, and the faint afterglow enveloped the room, making everything in the room dim and unclear, and the same was true for Angel, who was facing the window.
With a light "click", a tall man wearing a half-high black top hat pushed the door open and walked in. Seeing the dim scene in the room, he seemed to be stunned for a moment. He walked briskly to the wall, turned on the gas lamp, and then sat on the sofa opposite Angel.
"Sorry for the wait, Miss Irene Watson," he greeted casually, took off his hat and put it aside, crossed his right leg over his left, and sat in a natural posture, as if he were back home. "Did you go to Burningham Road in Hillston with Miss Audrey last Sunday evening?"
Are these "nightmares" so familiar in dreams...
Thinking of his first encounter with Captain Dunn with some nostalgia, Angel nodded and replied:
"Yes."
She answered easily and naturally, as if she was talking to an old friend.
Of course, the man sitting opposite her was actually an "old friend".
"What happened in Mr. Hampres's villa?"
The leader of the Red Gloves team, Requiem Master Soest, folded his hands on his raised legs and continued to ask.
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