Walter came to the third floor, bent his fingers, and knocked on the door of the master bedroom.
"Who?" Dwayne Dantès asked in a weak and hoarse voice.
Walter turned the handle and pushed the door open a crack:
“Sir, Bishop Elektra comes to see you.
"Will you meet him in the parlor or living room, or will you invite him directly to the bedroom?"
Normally, visitors are not allowed to enter the master bedroom, which is quite disrespectful, except when visiting the sick.
After a brief silence, Dwayne Dantes responded:
"Please ask him to come to the bedroom."
"Yes, sir." Walter motioned to Richardson to urge the maid to prepare tea, while he walked downstairs and led the Bishop Elektra of the Church of Night upstairs.
Soon, Elektra entered the bedroom and saw Dwayne Dantès lying on the bed, looking a little haggard.
"Richardson, give the bishop a chair." Dwayne Dantes smiled with a slightly pale face.
Richardson was already prepared and immediately moved a high-back chair not far from the bed.
Elektra took a few steps forward, observed the face of the newly arrived rich man, and asked with concern:
"Dawn, how are you feeling? Have you asked the internist to come?"
His inspiration was not touched, so he did not make any other attempts. This was just a normal visit to the sick as a caring devout believer.
Dwayne Dantès coughed twice and smiled.
"In fact, I'm almost well. I think I'll be able to go to church and listen to your sermon tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
"That's good. I was thinking about whether I should pray to the goddess for your blessing." Elektra laughed, took a step aside, and sat on the chair that Richardson brought.
At this time, Dwayne Dantès glanced at the Bishop and laughed:
"Actually, I've always had a question: Can clergy of the Goddess Church get married?"
Elektra, who was still two years away from turning forty, sighed and laughed:
“This problem has troubled us for a long time.
“In many ancient theological councils, archbishops had fierce arguments over this issue.
"On the one hand, I believe that servants who serve the goddess must remain holy, regardless of gender, otherwise it would be blasphemy against God. On the other hand, I found the words of the goddess in books such as "Apocalypse of the Night" and believed that the goddess was encouraging marriage and encouraging equal and normal interactions between the sexes. The clergy should be role models, not counter-examples. This is the greatest respect for the goddess.
"In modern times, this issue has been basically shelved. The church neither prohibits nor encourages it. The only requirement is that married clergy cannot allow their families to live in the church."
Dwayne Dantès nodded slowly, his lips curled up as he said:
"Bishop, do you have a wife?"
Bishop Elektra, who had a thin face and not very good-looking, but was inexplicably pleasing to the eye, sighed and said with an unconcealed smile:
"Two years ago, I entered the marriage hall with the witness of my goddess, and I just had a child this year.
"I originally wanted to remain single to serve the goddess, but in the end..."
As he spoke, he laughed at himself and shook his head.
Before Dwayne Dantès could delve deeper into the topic, Bishop Elektra asked:
"You seem to be single too, are you considering marriage?"
He seemed to have tacitly accepted that Dwayne Dantès had such an idea, and directly regarded the answer to the above question as certain, and then asked:
"What kind of lady do you like? Perhaps I can help you introduce the right one."
Dwayne Dantès coughed again and said with a smile:
"In the past, in order to accumulate wealth, I always chose to take risks, so I didn't want to get married, fearing that I would be a burden to the other person. Haha, I like many types of people, I'm not picky.
"I like women who are older than me and can give me warmth and make me feel at ease..."
Before he finished speaking, Richardson, the valet beside him, suddenly froze in shock. He then turned his head to look to the side, then lowered his head uncomfortably, with an inexplicable burning pain on his face.
Dwayne Dantès was unaware and continued:
"She is much younger than me, innocent, lively, and makes people feel like they are seeing the morning, full of vitality. I like her too..."
The smile on Bishop Elektra's face suddenly froze. He raised his palm, clenched it into a fist, put it against his mouth, and coughed twice.
Dwayne Dantès did not stop, but shook his head, sighed and smiled:
"I have ever been in love or marriage. Because of their status, people dare not approach them and can only watch them from afar. I also like them. They are full of charm. Every move makes people intoxicated. It is difficult to restrain and always dream about them..."
The butler Walter, who was standing nearby, suddenly trembled, as if he had just experienced a dream from which he did not want to wake up but was extremely resistant, and it was difficult to tell whether it was good or bad.
Dwayne Dantès wanted to continue his story, but when he opened his mouth, no sound came out.
He immediately chuckled and said:
"This is all normal. Humans are limited by their bodies and are influenced by all senses, so they always have some abnormal thoughts. As long as you can control them, do things according to your own will, and don't feel tortured, then you can still be a good husband, a good father, and a good man."
"That makes sense. When we are angry, we always have irrational thoughts, but few people turn them into reality." Bishop Elektra cleverly changed the subject. Butler Walter and valet Richardson showed thoughtful expressions one after another.
The bishop did not stay for long. After drinking a few sips of the Marquis black tea brought by the maid, he stood up, said goodbye, and left Dwayne Dantès's mansion.
The room quickly became quiet. The balcony window was silently opened, and Klein, who had transformed back into Dwayne Dantes, nimbly jumped in.
Fortunately, I came back in time. If I let the "magic mirror" Arrodes continue to talk like this, Bishop Elektra will not recognize me as a devout believer... Maybe tomorrow morning, I will find Walter and Richardson hanged in the room, and the whole neighborhood will be talking about Dwayne Dantès being a nymphomaniac... Klein glanced at the fake Dwayne and the real magic mirror and sighed silently - the second half of the words just now were all the answers he personally prepared and asked Arrodes to read.
Of course, this was his worst guess, and he believed that Arrodes would not let things develop to that extent.
"Welcome back, my great master." The handsome Dawn Dantes saluted and greeted, "Is your humble and loyal servant Arrodes doing well?"
Hearing the magic mirror's stuttering question, Klein sighed again:
“It’s OK, the disguise is good.
"But when you're chatting, try not to irritate others."
"I, I will pay attention!" The fake Dwayne Dantes' image quickly disappeared, and a small mirror appeared on the pillow.
On the mirror, a silvery-white light burst out, wriggling and condensing into words:
"Thank you for your affirmation. I will always follow your footsteps and look forward to the next opportunity to serve you~"
After a stick-drawn goodbye expression, the mirror returned to normal.
Klein moved closer and put away the mirror. Then he entered the bathroom attached to the master bedroom and walked four steps backwards until he reached the top of the gray fog.
He had to finish herding before Mr. X's spirit completely dissipated.
…………
In the world of the book, there is a cave on a snowy mountain.
Klein looked at Mr. X's body on the ground, carefully identified his head which was pieced together from fragments, and compared it with the target portrait provided by Miss Magician in his memory.
“It’s him… He hopes to obtain ‘Travel’ and ‘Record’ this time. With one of them, this operation will be profitable. If not, I have to consider asking Miss ‘Magician’ to pay more. Hunting a Sequence 5 and facing a demigod are two completely different tasks.” As Klein thought, he stretched out his left palm, spread out his five fingers, and pointed them at the corpse whose spirituality had not yet completely dissipated.
The "Creeping Hunger" quickly returned to its original appearance, as if it was made of thin human skin, and two eyes appeared on the palm of its hand, with bright red pupils as if stained with blood.
In the bone-chilling cold wind, many of Mr. X's dissipated spirits and extraordinary points of light that were connected to the Milky Way drilled into the "Creeping Hunger" one after another and fixed on the blank finger.
The "Creeping Hunger" first became transparent, like a reflection of the spirit world, and then returned to normal.
Klein closed his eyes and sensed it for a moment. His brows gradually relaxed and a smile appeared on his face.
He was quite lucky this time and drew one of the most desired extraordinary abilities:
"The Traveler's Gate"!
This can be referred to as a "teleportation gate," "teleportation," or "travel." Its function is to allow people to travel through the spiritual world so that they can sense the outside world and locate themselves. Different sequences of Extraordinary People have different strengths of their own spiritual bodies and can withstand different teleportation times. The effects and distances of spiritual travel are also obviously different.
If there are only Sequence 9 and Sequence 8, then it won't exceed the range of Backlund... At my current level, I wonder if I can go directly to the primitive island provided by Mr. "The Hanged Man". Well, if it really doesn't work, I can split it into two or three times... Klein thought with a smile.
It was not until this time that he discovered that the "Traveler" was really strong in frontal combat, because the difficulty of using short-distance "travel" was only equal to that of "Fire Jump", which meant that the "Traveler" could flash around the target all the time, both far and near, making it impossible to defend against him and unable to attack him.
Coupled with the various "recorded" abilities and the vigilance to move away immediately if something went wrong, Klein suspected that even if he had "Lightning Storm" and "Tornado", he might not be able to stop the "Traveler" in a head-on battle.
As expected, the "Master of Secret Puppetry" should try to stay behind the scenes... Klein sighed as he turned his gaze back to Mr. X's body.
——"Creeping Hunger" has just gained an extraordinary ability, which is the "Opening the Door" of the "Apprentice" sequence. This is almost equivalent to a much weakened "Travel" and has little value.
As his sight moved, Klein's eyes reflected the ruby ring on Mr. X's hand.
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