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

Chapter 411 Changes and Next Plans

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After a brief exchange, the two source essence incarnations quickly separated.

"I go first."

Edward waved his hand and said goodbye to his old compatriots with very human etiquette: "I plan to go to Loen, but the God of Thunder has a bad temper. I may have to find a way to sneak in and bring the words from God to Klein."

After saying this, He walked towards the Cathedral of Light in the distance.

The Demon of Knowledge thought for a while and felt that it was not because He had got the direction to Loen wrong. But even if He got it wrong, it didn't matter. The earth was round, and as long as Edward went around it, he could still go to Loen smoothly.

“He” strolled on the street for a while, roughly observed the development of the city, responded to prayers for a while, and then gathered the source that eroded reality, made his incarnation disappear on the streets of Intis, and woke up in the Temple of Truth in Trier.

"There are not many who are both pious and talented. Most are just mediocre."

"It probably won't be a problem if I give 90% of the believers to the Creator." He thought, "They are all mediocre people anyway, ordinary and simple sheep. It doesn't matter who I give them. The God of Steam and Machinery just wants me to protect these people, but he didn't say that they must be under my protection. So, isn't it better to send them to the sheepfold of the omniscient and almighty to gain simple happiness than to let them be screened out in my hands?"

The Demon of Knowledge thought for a moment. As a believer and a god who manages both mysterious and real information and knowledge, He can easily change the believers' state of faith.

Whether it is to make pagans suddenly change their ways or to make devout believers give up their faith, it all depends on His will. As long as God wants to do so, even the most staunch non-believers will be brainwashed and become the most fanatical believers, or even saints.

As long as He makes a decision, He can send these people to the Creator’s Church at any time and leave.

Through simple communication and getting along, the Demon of Knowledge believed that the actual leader of the Creator Church, the "War Angel", would not refuse to accept these believers. Even if He refused, He would not kill them all.

"He is right. To cooperate with the Lord of Mysteries, I need to wait and see... But I must strive for omniscience. I need to confirm the status of the Son of Chaos and make sure that he cannot escape before I cooperate with him."

The Demon of Knowledge thought for a moment, then turned and entered the spirit world.
In the spiritual world corresponding to Intis, two symbols of the divine level appeared at the same time. One was the sun, and the other was the tree of life with twenty-two branches extending from the main trunk. It was the root and symbol of all mysticism, and the sun was looming between the trunk and the tip of the infinite space. The demon of knowledge swept his eyes through the various symbols that flourished in the spiritual world. Neither the rowing woman, the sky with a human face, nor the giant tower in the distance attracted his attention. However, when his eyes came into contact with the moon in the distance, which was obviously a circle larger than usual, he was slightly startled:
"Because of the Black Emperor's displacement, the Fallen Mother Goddess is indeed more concerned about the situation inside the barrier than before... There will be a full moon tonight."

Under the curious and inquiring gaze of the seven lights of the spiritual world, He modified the mystical and real astronomical phenomena for the next 24 hours.

Tonight was supposed to be a clear night with mist and stars, but at this moment, the full moon will rise in the night sky.

This sudden astronomical change will puzzle academic and civilian astronomers. They may look for various reasons to explain this "blood moon" that does not follow the rules, but the real reason is just a casual wave of God and the need for ritual.

Then He returned to reality, to the Temple of Truth, and walked through the temple like a scholar or professor that could be found everywhere, occasionally observing church members who were intensely discussing academic issues, and casually giving some suggestions and improvement plans to enlighten the former.

The Demon of Knowledge followed the usual path into the underground sealed room, and the sealed objects that were originally engaging in intense interactions suddenly quieted down.

He came to an inconspicuous little room, pulled out a chair, straightened his clothes and sat down, then turned over the silver mirror that was lying upside down on the table.

"Arrodes."

The demon of knowledge asked, “What do you know about Bethel Abraham?”

After a moment of silence, the silver mirror's surface began to float like water waves, revealing a line of neat silver-white text:
"Respected, great sage, according to the rules, you also have to answer my questions. Do you accept?"

The demon of knowledge is used to it: "Accept it."

"Thank you for your answer, great sage. Bethel Abraham is the ancestor of the Abraham family. He was active in the Fourth Age during the Solomon Empire..." Long passages of text quickly appeared on the silver mirror, along with many ancient materials and incomprehensible occult texts, which quickly narrated Bethel Abraham's life from fame to being sealed, with both pictures and texts.

If ordinary people could not keep up with the speed, they might even experience dizziness, nausea and many other adverse reactions.

But the Demon of Knowledge was not at all bothered by the dazzling sight, and even felt that the current way of transmitting information was too slow. If the "Silver Mirror Arrodes" had not come from the Chaos Sea, and was a product of God, and had not possessed a small part of the "omniscience" power granted by the Chaos Sea, the Demon of Knowledge would have completely disassembled it at first sight, integrated it into itself, and turned it into an information retrieval unit.

"Bethel Abraham himself had the potential to become a god, so he lacked reverence for the gods, and the same was true for Emperor Solomon."

"In the rebellion against the First Solomon Empire, Bethel Abraham stood on the side of Alistair Tudor and Trunsoest, and then abandoned Trunsoest, who was protected by the Six Gods, and chose the weak Alistair Tudor."

"According to the requirements of the 'Gate' path to promotion, He had roamed the starry sky many times and also led his juniors to roam, but the 'safe route' He thought was not safe. He was polluted without knowing it, which led to many of his descendants being polluted by the starry sky and dying suddenly... He was polluted by the Fallen Mother Goddess... and was then sealed away by the then Goddess of Night and the Lord of Storms, and was unable to return..."

"But Bethel Abraham has completed the requirements of the deification ceremony. As long as he returns, he can become a true God!"

What is the Sequence 0 of this path called... Gatekeeper? Listening to Arrodes' description, the Demon of Knowledge couldn't help but complain in his heart.

His mind came to the pictures that the people of the Western Continent pasted on their doors, and He tried to paste Bethel Abraham's face on them.

The Demon of Knowledge shook his head and put the picture behind him.

After thinking about it, He felt a little emotional. As one of the most dazzling angels in the Fourth Epoch and the one closest to the throne of God, Bethel Abraham's thousands of years of life were only a few dozen pages when it was transmitted as information, almost like a biography.

"Honorable sage, are you satisfied with my answer?" Arrodes asked cautiously.

"good."

After using Arrodes to fill in the gaps, the Demon of Knowledge asked again:

“Do you have a ritual to connect with Bethel Abraham?”

……

At 39 Böklund Street, Klein, who had divined in advance, met Congressman Macht as he wished, who was on his way to the West District.

"I plan to let Liana and Hazel hide in Elk Manor." Senator Macht pinched the sides of his eyes and smiled bitterly, "Dawn, you should go to Meige Manor too. His Majesty the Emperor has been assassinated, and we don't know who the next emperor will be. Our country is really in trouble."

I don’t know when this sequelae will disappear, but the people have basically accepted the titles of “Lune Empire” and “Lune Emperor”... Klein withdrew his gaze from the other party’s actions and sighed:

"I need to prepare some weapons for the manor, so I came to ask for your help."

Congressman Macht has some contacts with members of the Conservative Party’s military. Although the results of the last cooperation were not satisfactory, Klein felt that under the current circumstances, no one would refuse to do business for money.

"Also, if you have a way to get food, you can buy some for me as well."

In his opinion, the lower class people could not hoard food because they had no money and could only prepare enough for a few days. Therefore, his purchases would not affect them for the time being. When food became scarce, he could donate the extra food through Miss Audrey. Before the temporary bill on food control was introduced, even if Klein did not hoard food, other rich people would, and they might not necessarily donate it.

"No problem." Congressman Macht agreed without any hesitation.

Klein didn't ask about the price because he gave the housekeeper Tanya 5000 gold pounds as the fee.

Of course, Zaratul was in Backlund, and rashly going to the Meige Manor would probably give the other party a chance to attack. Staying in the city would give him a little breathing space. He had decided not to return to the Meige Manor, and to change his identity, using the anti-divination of Sefirah Castle to secretly leave Loen, digest the potion, and play the role of an ancient scholar, so as not to affect those innocent people.

As for excuses, the simplest one is that you are traveling and cannot return for a long time.

If you need cooperation in any charity activities, please go to Dwayne Dantes's foundation and consult Miss Audrey Hall.

As for where to go, Klein didn't have an accurate idea yet, but he had to make a decision as soon as possible because Zaratul wouldn't wait for him.

On the way from Böklund Street to St. Samuel's Church, Klein passed by the "Loen Charity Student Aid Fund" at 22 Pestfield Street and was surprised to find that it was still open.

As the initiator and current director, he was quite concerned about this matter, so he paused and turned around.

As soon as he entered the door, Klein saw Miss Audrey walking down from the second floor, accompanied by her personal maid, a big golden retriever, and several staff members.

"Good afternoon." Klein went to greet her. He was surprised to find that Audrey seemed a little different from usual, with a more capable temperament. When they met, they all saluted and greeted each other. Audrey glanced at the staff behind her, and the staff understood and left with the documents and two large bags of supplies, leaving the director to talk to the owner of the foundation.

"Good afternoon, Monsieur Dantès."

"You seem to be busy." Klein watched the backs of several staff members disappear around the corner where the office was located.

Audrey held a newspaper and a list in her hand, looked at Dwayne Dantes and said with a smile:

"The assassination of His Majesty the Emperor did not have a big impact on us, but some people were unfortunately injured in the stampede. I just visited them and arranged for their follow-up treatment."

Audrey spoke normally as she walked down the stairs and came to Dwayne Dantès. Her words were concise and her actions were quick. She was no longer the same as Klein remembered. In his memory, this noble lady rarely went to the charity hospital some time ago, and her eyes were always slightly red when she came back, as if she had seen all kinds of sad things in the hospital.

Miss Justice seems to have matured a lot... Klein thought.

Then, Klein noticed that Audrey seemed to tiptoe slightly, as if she was not used to the current height.

I've become shorter... No, it's Letty Orr who is much taller than me, and her shoes are about eight centimeters tall... Mr. Dawn is about the same height as Mr. Towfik, so I don't have to look up to see him... Audrey adjusted herself quickly, smiling appropriately and impeccably.

“May the goddess bless them.” Klein was infected by the smile and drew a crimson moon on his chest.

"Here's a list, by the way."

Audrey took the thin booklet from her maid Anne and showed it to Dwayne Dantes with some joy:
"This is a list of poor children I collected from Ahowa County. After my screening and confirmation, the children on the list are all stable, well-received in the local community, and eager for knowledge."

"I decided to sponsor these children to complete three years of basic education, and let them calculate the annual expenses themselves and report them to me."

Then, her expression became a little lost:
"Mr. Dawn, guess how much they want for tuition and living expenses for one year?"

Klein thought for a while, and recalled his life in Tingen. Benson's weekly salary was more than 1 pound, which was enough for the three siblings to have a place to live, to have decent quality black bread to eat, to maintain a relatively basic life, and for Melissa to receive the most basic education. If there was only one person, then the most basic should be about pound a month, plus study... Klein pursed his lips and asked tentatively:

"Fifteen pounds a year?"

"No, can you believe it? These children don't dare to ask me for money. Generally, they get less than ten pounds, and the lowest one is even only three pounds." Audrey said softly, "Three pounds a year is enough for them to live, Mr. Dawn. I can't imagine their life at all."

There are endless miserable people in this world, and endless painful things to see.

In just one or two weeks of working in the southern continent, Audrey had seen and heard too many tragic and horrific things that challenged the imagination of this well-educated noble lady. Sometimes, even as a Sequence 5 "audience", she needed psychological treatment and even felt depressed.

The real world is never happy, and people's wounds cannot all be healed, but Audrey still tries to keep a good attitude. Even if she wants to escape, she still tries to adjust her mood and treat patients with a smile and listening.

Although it was only two hours a day, after she got used to this kind of life, she actually looked forward to working time, looking forward to the young people, people close to her age, and people older than her waiting for her and calling her "Miss Orr..." with a smile.

Klein looked at Audrey's slightly serious expression. Just as he was about to comfort her, he saw that Audrey had regained her usual cheerful smile and closed the list in her hand.

"This is within my ability. I selected 13 children and sponsored them at a rate of pounds a year. At the same time, I also contacted local poor children and sent them some food, water and clothes on a monthly basis."

She was delighted from the bottom of her heart:

"There is only so much I can do at the moment, so I will do my best within this scope and make their lives as good as possible."

Klein was slightly shocked by Audrey's change. He was silent for half a minute, but couldn't help but smile:
"Miss Director is working so hard, so I, as the head of the foundation, can't fall behind."

He took the opportunity to express his long-prepared thoughts:

"I plan to donate some more money to the foundation to buy food, medicine and medical equipment. In this world, we have the power to change and help others. We can do more."

"That's a great idea. Those who are suffering will be grateful to you, Mr. Dantes." Audrey also nodded four times clockwise on her chest, with obvious joy in her eyes. "I will continue to do my best."

As the owner of the foundation, Klein had to provide funds and solicit sponsorship, and as a director, she also had to organize the corresponding matters.

But Audrey did not feel tired, she even felt happy. First, because she was already a Sequence 5 Beyonder, she had a strong physique and enough energy to do many things. Even if she was busy all day, she only needed a few hours of rest to regain her energy.

Second, she has gradually become accustomed to such a busy but fulfilling life, participating in salons, tea parties, hunting, socializing... Chatting with friends is certainly fun, but the happiness and satisfaction she gains are far beyond what her current job can compare to.

In just a few dozen seconds, Audrey had already begun to think about where to invest the new money donated by Mr. Dawn.

Klein nodded and said:

"No need to praise me, I just did what I should do."

"In addition to monetary donations, I will also donate food. You can discuss these matters directly with my butler Walter. Well, Miss Audrey, I can write you a letter of authorization now so that you can mobilize the resources of Meige Manor in my name."

"What about you, Mr. Dantes?" Audrey asked with a vague guess.

This is the most normal reaction in this context.

"I'm planning to go somewhere else temporarily, maybe travel, or return to Disi Bay to continue living. In short, I won't be able to return to Meige Manor for a long time." Klein gave the reason he had prepared before. "Ms. Audrey, during this period of time at the foundation, I have come to understand your character and abilities. Your background and status also determine your vision and pattern. I believe you can make the best choice. Entrusting this matter to you is the best solution I can think of."

Klein didn't expect his lies to fool a senior "audience". He only wanted to deceive the people around "righteous" Audrey, well, excluding the dog.

Mr. World is going to temporarily give up the identity of Dwayne Dantès so that he can hide and do something? Audrey pretended to think about it, and after a few seconds of silence, she said:

"Under the current situation, I can't refuse such a request."

Klein secretly breathed a sigh of relief and immediately asked his personal valet, Enuni, to go upstairs and get some paper and a pen. Then, in the presence of a group of staff members, he personally drafted a letter of authorization, signed his name, stamped it with his handprint, and stamped it.

They exchanged a few words briefly, and then Audrey sent Dwayne Dantes away.

After leaving the foundation, she was suddenly inspired and looked up at the sky above a house in the distance.

A crow just flew by, leaving behind two swirling feathers.

There seemed to be a lot of crows recently... Audrey didn't think much about it and turned back to the foundation. She still had a lot of things to do.

……

At night, the world unsurprisingly welcomed a full moon.

In a room with floor-to-ceiling windows illuminated by crimson light, the Demon of Knowledge, still dressed as a seasoned scholar, stood on an altar, surrounded by ritual materials such as rubies, sapphires, emeralds, diamonds, pearls, and lapis lazuli.

After a rather complicated preparation, He lit a piece of paper He had written on, as a medium for mystical communication, and placed it in the cauldron.

When the firelight was tinged with a layer of darkness, the Demon of Knowledge found a suitable position on the altar and chanted in Giant language with a solemn expression:
“The Gate of Ten Thousand Doors;
“Leader of the endless starry sky;
"The key to all mystical worlds..."

TBC
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Door: Let me see who is calling me.

Gate: The hidden sage became a god?

(End of this chapter)