“On April 9, I had just returned from Countess Valinan’s masquerade ball, and I suddenly felt a little empty inside.
"One woman, one woman, and another woman, monotonous and mechanical movements, indistinguishable perfume smell, the warmth of entangled bodies, can only be exchanged for a few seconds of pleasure, followed by endless boredom, disgust, emptiness and numbness.
"What's the fun in living like this? Is this the purpose of living every day?
“I can’t go on like this, I have to get out of this depraved state.
“Also, a note to self: don’t habitually write Arabic numerals in everyday positions.”
...Emperor, do you also have moments of self-reflection and literary youth? This doesn't fit the image of you in my mind! Klein almost raised his eyebrows when he saw this.
He lowered his gaze to the second entry in the diary:
"On April 11, the Countess of Valingen invited me to a private salon, and she told me that Lady Julia would also be there.
"Huh, this conservative blonde beauty who married from Loon will also attend?
“I’m really looking forward to it!
"I have been fantasizing about her in bed for a long time. I hope her husband, Viscount Delien, will not interfere."
Emperor, have you forgotten the diary you wrote the day before yesterday? Tsk, it smells really good, right? Also, you made a typo, mind! Klein couldn't help but complain.
“April 14th. I’ve been participating in too many activities lately and I’m a little overwhelmed…
“This is no small matter!
“Although I’m still young, I still have to prevent the risk of decline in this area. Moderation, moderation!
"'Archaeologist' has improved my physique and effectively enhanced certain abilities, but this is not its area of expertise and is just a byproduct.
“Continue to improve the sequence. The changes brought about by the previous potion should also deepen. This is a direction we should work towards.
"It is said that 'pharmacists' can prepare medicines with few side effects. Maybe I should consult a few of them.
“Also, you really need to exercise moderation. Indulgence will only cause your threshold to continue to rise, and your level of satisfaction will be lower than normal.
"Calm down and think about it. There are still many things to do. Humans are always like this, bound by desires and unable to see truly valuable things. Why did I travel through time? What secrets are hidden in the depths of the starry sky above my head? Where did the initial consciousness come from? If self-awareness comes purely from consciousness, then who was I before I became Huang Tao? To whom does the most essential part belong..."
Great Emperor, are you explaining to me what it means to be lustful beforehand and a philosopher afterwards? Hey, you have those concerns too. I thought you had solidified some of your attributes... Fortunately, you didn't teach Chinese to your children. Well, you probably didn't, otherwise, what would they think after seeing these contents? Zaratul predicted that your eldest daughter Bernadette would turn against you and abandon you. There is a reason for that... Of course, not teaching them is more of a form of protection... Klein was successfully amused by Roselle's diary, but there was no change on the surface.
To him, Emperor Roselle's diary is both a book of knowledge and a collection of jokes.
With a thought, Klein turned to the next page of his diary:
"On October 2, Zaratul came to visit me again.
“He hoped that I, who had already entered the realm of demigod, could fulfill my promise and help him steal the dangerous sealed object from the church.
"That is a notebook from the Antigonus family of the Fourth Epoch, a '1' level sealed object!"
Seeing this, Klein's pupils shrank uncontrollably:
This should be the notebook that the secret society later lost.
This should be the notebook that caused Klein Moretti's death and allowed him to successfully wake up in this world with the help of his corpse!
This is the source of everything!
"It turns out that it didn't fall into the hands of the Secret Order at the beginning. Instead, it was sealed inside the then Artisan Church, which later became the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery. Zaratul successfully stole it through Emperor Roselle...
"By the way, the member of the secret society in 'Creeping Hunger' was very afraid of Zaratul and thought he was an immortal and abnormal monster. Does this mean that Zaratul gained certain benefits with the help of the notes, but then an accident happened and he turned from a 'human' who could communicate normally with Roselle into a monster. Therefore, the Antigonus family notes were lost later?
"Of course, it is possible that Zaratul deliberately lost it...
"Hmm... because Zaratul turned into a monster, the Secret Order lost all its mermaids, causing the subsequent 'Faceless Men' to have to risk going out to sea? Did Rosago succeed because he tried to enter the ocean that was derived from the ruins of the war between gods?"
Thoughts flashed through Klein's mind one after another, making him feel extremely heavy.
He did not think that the incident with Antigonus's notes that he had encountered was closely related to Roselle, because he had always speculated in the direction of the law of aggregation of extraordinary characteristics, and some of the subsequent details also conformed to similar logic.
Are they all related to the higher levels of the "Fortune Teller" path? Klein glanced at it and took in the endless gray fog that stretched out in silence.
Could this be the cause? He asked himself again.
Calming himself down, Klein continued to browse the rest of the diary:
"Well, it depends on the situation. If it's easy to steal and there's no risk of exposure, I'll try to do it. Otherwise, I'll just ignore it.
"Even if Zaratul exposes me, it doesn't matter. With my current identity, status, rank, and influence, as long as I am willing to turn back and repent, the church will not do anything to me."
The other two entries on this page recorded Roselle's mental journey as he conceived the theft plan, but it seemed that there was little chance of success. However, Klein knew that he eventually got the notebook and handed it over to Zaratul, the leader of the Secret Order.
After a brief pause, Klein turned the page of the diary:
“On the 12th and 10th, I once again attended that ancient secret gathering.
“At the party, I found that they were extremely hostile to the Fourth Epoch Solomon Empire, and they were very unanimous.
"I raised this question, and Mr. Hermes readily told me the answer. In the Fourth Epoch, the ally and supporter of the Solomon Empire was the 'True Creator'.
“It’s very real.
"I resisted the urge to ask what our organization had done in the history of the Fourth Epoch. But when I left the palace and returned in my dream, I found that Mr. Hermes's route this time overlapped with mine to a certain extent.
"This ancient human who survived before the Great Disaster must know a lot. I tried to get close to him and asked him a question sincerely. Why does the organization hate the 'True Creator'? Is it just because He used the sacred name of 'Creator'?
“Old Hermes laughed and said, we are not such superficial creatures.
"He asked me in return, 'Do you know the specific abilities of the Shepherd?
"Of course," I replied.
He asked again meaningfully:
“If you were to pick one of the current gods and ask him to develop into the omniscient and omnipotent Lord, who do you think is most likely to do so?
"This... the first thought that flashed through my mind was that the 'Shepherd' path can devour, herd, and drive the souls and characteristics of other Sequencers, and the end of this path is the 'True Creator'.
"So that's how it is..."
Although there is only one diary entry on this page, it contains a lot of information... The Solomon Empire originally belonged to the "True Creator" camp... Well, in the underground ruins of the Tudor family, there are six human-shaped statues of the true gods. Although it is impossible to confirm whether they are worshiping the gods or blaspheming the gods, one thing is clear, that is, the six gods are involved in the affairs of the three empires, and in the later period they have a close relationship with the Trunsost Dynasty... The three empires represent three different camps of gods? Klein tried to interpret the truth hidden in the last century with his "archaeological" discoveries and historical knowledge, but there was still a lot of fog in front of him.
In response to the question raised by Hermes, the oldest master of mysticism, Klein's answer was similar to Russell's:
As the sequence increases, the saints and angels of the "Shepherd" path will be able to shepherd souls with more and more extraordinary abilities. In the end, if the "True Creator" can shepherd the gods corresponding to the other twenty-one extraordinary paths, then to some extent, He is equivalent to the omniscient and omnipotent Creator.
There are still many secrets hidden in the sequence pathway... Klein turned to the fourth page of the diary.
This page of the diary records Russell's behavior after taking the "Universalist" potion. He read and studied a lot, laying a very solid foundation and raising the breadth and depth of knowledge to a new level.
During this period, he had almost no entertainment, and studying was his greatest entertainment.
In one of his diary entries, he wrote:
“…When a person knows for sure that his efforts will yield rewards and can intuitively see how much he will gain, he will definitely work as hard as I do now.”
Isn't this the essential appeal of many games? Klein turned the last page of the diary and read the legend of the ancient gods provided by the little "sun".
During the whole process, there was silence in the majestic palace. Both "Justice" and "Moon" were thinking about what to trade and what to communicate next.
This was the first time that the Hermit Cattleya encountered a similar situation, but she did not feel awkward or uneasy at all. Instead, she carefully analyzed the information revealed by this scene:
"This isn't the first time it's happened... Mr. Fool has a habit of reading Roselle's diary at Tarot gatherings... The members are actively or passively collecting for him, but I'm not sure if they've been paid in advance...
“Can he really understand Roselle’s diary… and is he looking for the secrets that have sunk in the long river of history?
"Just now, the 'Sun' mentioned that the information he handed in was the legend of the ancient gods... This is consistent with my previous speculation..."
At this point, Klein had roughly browsed through the new information on the ancient gods.
In the Second Age, during those dark times, each of the Old Gods had subordinate "spirits", just like Angrweed, the "Dragon of Imagination", and his child Alesuhod, the "Dragon of Nightmares".
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