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

Chapter 562 Wrong Ending
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"Mr. Hermes, what is Utopia?"

After the clergyman hurried away, Audrey asked sincerely and curiously, "Is there any hidden meaning in this word?"

"Haha, I just heard someone mention this name by chance a long time ago."

Hermes remained gentle and patient, but he didn't intend to say much.

"Someone once told me that Utopia means 'ideal country'. Note that it is an 'ideal country', not a perfect country. Since it is an ideal, it will be trapped by human thinking. I am just a little surprised that I can..." His voice was vague, and he sighed, "...I can hear that a god named a city-state with this name in a place other than the kingdom of the Creator."

An ideal country? I see... Audrey understood the difference between the two.

This is the name of the city-state that believes in Mr. Fool? The residents are all puppets?
The minister of the Secret Society was attracted, and the Secret Society's path is mainly "diviner", so is "The Fool" the Sequence 0 name of the "diviner" path? What is a secret doll? It should also be a kind of extraordinary ability of this path... "Utopia", an ancient name with a special meaning, seems to be a proof that He is as ancient as the Creator, the Ancient Sun God. Audrey's heart is itching, and she really wants to change direction and take a look at those "incredible and wonderful creations" and Mr. "Fool"'s church.

Although Audrey showed her curiosity about "Utopia", the Creator Church would certainly not entrust the mission of exploring a dangerous area that could scare the "ancient scholars" into staying indoors to a newly joined demigod.

"I will handle this matter. It is definitely not dangerous."

Hermes noticed Audrey's obvious curiosity and reminded her:
"The leader of the secret society, the head of the Intis Intelligence Department, has already digested the potion and is waiting for the opportunity to become an angel. That's probably why he wants to go to the Hornachis Mountains... You will know all these things later, Audrey, you should go back first."

Hermes seemed to have his own plans, and he had his own guess about the name. So he took the report document left by the clergy, talked to Audrey for a few words, and then sent her to the carriage sent by the Montemar family to pick her up.

Watching the carriage going away, Hermes glanced at the document report in his hand again and couldn't help but frowning.

"I originally thought that 'Utopia' should be the ancient human imagination of heaven. Because human imagination has its limits, Utopia is not perfect and there are all kinds of disharmony... But why did 'The Fool' use this name?"

"Could it be that 'utopia' is actually the opposite of 'heaven' in concept?"

Hermes didn't know the root cause. It was just that Mr. Fool had almost no experience in naming, so he just picked a name with some allusions. He thought about it for a while in distress, and decided to wait and see for a while, waiting for Utopia to reveal more clues.

He opened the report submitted by the Minister of Intelligence:
"...One interesting thing is that the minister happened to be an 'ancient scholar', so he quickly discovered the abnormality of the town and found that every resident was a puppet controlled by a certain existence. This scene aroused his fear. He was worried that he would become one of them, so he repeatedly expressed resistance to the proposals of the puppet residents and even tried to escape from the city..."

"Could this be the real reason why he encountered such horrific events throughout the night?"

Since the other party directly called himself "The Fool", Hermes did not think of this as a promotion ceremony, but rather felt that it was some kind of announcement - after all, this was the first time that this "Fool" had openly shown his faith and church.

"Perhaps, this place is just like the 'Night Kingdom' in the Hornachis Mountains, where they are both just rehearsing a play."

"The person behind the scenes wanted to put on a show, and he discovered that it was a drama, and tried to avoid 'co-acting' one after another out of fear, unwilling to join them, which caused dissatisfaction among the puppeteers behind the scenes. However, he did not become a member of them. It seems that the puppeteer hopes that more people will visit 'Utopia'? In this way, it seems that it is a better choice to let Low-Sequence Beyonders and ordinary people get close to there, so that more information can be investigated. However, how to get there..."

"However, can you leave smoothly in the end by adapting to the other party's drama? For the 'Weird Mage', it may not be possible."

"This matter is worth reporting to the Lord. In addition, Audrey actually rejected the Lord's 'calling'. It seems that she is indeed a follower of the one in Sefirah Castle... It is too coincidental that she joined us. I wonder if there will be any problems with the baptism the day after tomorrow."

Hermes was lost in thought, his figure gradually faded and finally disappeared.

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Clovis amused Susie with his new toy, then turned to ask his sister:
"When will Miss Hall arrive?"

Irena did not answer. She finished writing the whole sentence on her hand and added a period before looking at her eldest brother impatiently. Her tone was still very gentle: "This is a conversation between women. Why do you have to stay here? Brother, if you really have nothing to do, you can consider participating in the daily training of 'Red War', or accept Madam Salina's invitation to the ball, go to confiscate houses, or patronize the business of the fortune-tellers of the secret society - they are very popular now, and have attracted many new people to join."

"I'm just curious." Clovis didn't care about his sister's teasing, "Because I heard she is very beautiful."

Irena laughed: "That's not what you said before."

"She has power, she's a demigod," Clovis stressed, "this is different. It's not shameful to respect the strong, it's natural."

Irena smiled and said nothing.

She was deeply touched by this sentence. Some time ago, as a saint who had received internal information from the church, Irena helped her family preserve its property and social status to the greatest extent, but she also laid off more than half of the servants, so that the huge Marquis's mansion looked empty. Not to mention the servants, it was too torturous to have only three gardeners take care of a garden as big as a football field.

Daily dressing, makeup, wearing jewelry and receiving and sending invitations were left to the personal maid, who was supported by three salaries.

From the perspective of "respectability", the Montemar family is indeed in decline today, even frighteningly so.

But in fact, this family exists more stably than anyone else.

In addition, many nobles frantically purchased land after the tsunami, and Irena asked her brother to sell most of the land directly to the Mystery Church at a low price, and donated a large amount of money to invest in urban reconstruction, school construction and relief industries. In this way, she gained the favor of the Creator Church and obtained the agency sales rights for many of the Mystery Church's new products. In the long run, it seems to be very profitable.

Clovis's awakening also saved the Montemar family from the fate of having their property confiscated, and they could even follow the church to confiscate other people's homes.

But even after doing so much, the fundamental reason why the Montemar family can maintain its status is because of this devout saint. If this demigod like her is missing, the family's assets will be cut in half.

The big golden retriever's eyes flickered between the two of them, and he finally snatched the expensive pet snacks from Clovis's hand.

At this moment, the hunter heard the sound of the metal door being pushed open. He immediately stood up and walked quickly to the window. As expected, he saw his own carriage coming in from the imposing front door. He watched the carriage drive all the way to the door, and the family's coachman opened the door, and a young lady wearing trousers and riding boots, with her blonde hair tied up, stepped out.

Clovis couldn't quite believe what he saw. He looked carefully and was even more surprised to find that the lady didn't have a single piece of jewelry on her.

Irena didn't know what her brother saw, but she was satisfied to see him scratch his head and mutter something to himself as he left the reception room. She continued to deal with documents and read reports from various places, waiting for Miss Audrey Hall to come. After Clovis left, the golden retriever Susie, who had lost her playmate, also calmed down. She finished her snacks, then walked to Irena's side with a new toy in her mouth and sat down, glancing at the documents in her hand from time to time.

Irena and Susie looked at each other for a while, thought about it, and decided to block the document.

Her intuition told her that something might be wrong with the dog. Putting herself in other people's shoes, she knew that if she were forced to move far away, she would definitely not take her beloved pets with her. Instead, she should leave them at home and let her parents take care of them, also to give them a thought.

But Audrey not only sent the dog named "Susie", but also put it together with the clothes and jewelry she brought, and even asked the "Secret Saint" Butis to hand over Susie and the property she brought to the Montemar family - this made Irena suspect that the dog may have a more important role, or be of special help to Audrey.

Moreover, Irena always felt that she could see a "thinking" look in the dog's eyes, just like the intelligent puppets that the Mystery Church was still developing. She felt that the dog seemed to be just playing, and that the dog seemed to be secretly observing her and Clovis from time to time. She suspected that Susie might be an extraordinary creature, or a dog that was trained to be extremely human, but she had no evidence.

"You-you shouldn't be looking at these things."

Irena tried to communicate with Susie. She made a "sit down" gesture: "Your master may be able to see it, but not now."

Susie tilted her head and looked at her, as if she didn't understand. Then she sniffed her palm and sat down obediently at her feet.

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Edward looked at Amon and asked, "Do you want to go by yourself, or should I take you there?"

Amon was playing with a small piece of shell he picked up from the beach. He looked at his hands and did not answer Edward's words.

"It's no use pretending not to hear you," Edward said kindly. "I really don't want to go to Chernobyl and the Chaos Sea again. I believe we both feel the same way in this regard, but I don't mind leaving you in there to keep your father company."

Death is certainly not so easy to face, which is also a very interesting point - Amon always unscrupulously invades the self of others and takes pleasure in it, but he also cares a lot about his own "self".

"Heh, so to speak, you were thrown into the Chaos Sea as a tool used by the Mysterious to hinder God, and then the Ancient Sun God brought you out, and later gave you the power to become a 'living thing'. You came out from there with Him, and now you are back in the Chaos Sea, you should have nothing to complain about."

Seeing that Amon was still not willing to die voluntarily, Edward took advantage of his patience and said casually:

"In fact, for you, the strongest one is the 'original body', right? If you die, your Sequence Two clone will become the original body next, and each of you is almost identical. You don't have to care about your own death at all - you just need to feel sorry for the three copies of Sequence One you lost, one uniqueness, and the opportunity to become a god that you will never be able to complete."

Hearing this, Amon's expression did not change, but he spoke:

"I thought you were going to kill all my clones at once."

He hadn't spoken much since he was captured, and now there was a hint of surprise in his tone. It seemed that it was indeed a blessing for Amon that his clone was still alive.

Edward smiled. "You seem to have the same cognitive misunderstanding as Medici. I don't need to root you out."

"Because my goal is to have a unique individual like you. But I don't think you should be too happy. You have been playing with the entire 'Thief' channel as a hunting target for so long. If your original body dies, I believe that few of your other clones will survive."

To be precise, you happen to be the same Amon as the one who killed that kid, so I saved time and effort by just throwing you down. Otherwise, Edward would have to carry two Amons in his hands and explain their different purposes.

“Don’t forget, you will die in the Chaos Sea, and all your clones will lose the chance to become Sequence One.”

Amon thought about it for a while and was still optimistic:
"No, it's not just me. All the 'Thief' angels will be completely trapped at Sequence 2 and unable to advance. Ha, the 'Fortune Teller' and the 'Apprentice' also have new gods. They will not have the opportunity to change paths and advance. Maybe this has become a fair competition?"

Edward looked at Him: "Are you proud of this?"

"No."

Amon suddenly smiled at this moment. He stood up and said something that sounded a little crazy:
"I suddenly felt that my death could restrict everyone on this path at the same time, and even make Klein and Bethel lose the opportunity to compete for the 'error', forcing them who were just cooperating to immediately become each other's only enemy, and even make the Lord of Mysteries born on Earth have one less path from now on - this seems to be a very interesting prank, but the price is me."

"I can't watch this good show anymore. I can only hope that my clones won't be killed by those guys so quickly. I hope they can live as long as possible. Oh, maybe I'll call them my new original bodies then."

With no other choice, the "God of Mischief" finally accepted his fate of becoming a part of it.

"Thank you for your words, so do you want me to throw you over there, or do you want to go over there by yourself?"

"From the moment I arrived in the East Continent, I couldn't escape from here."

Amon refused. He didn't want to experience again the feeling of being traded back and forth like an object and finally being thrown here like a stone. He skillfully used his eyes to find the direction of Chernobyl, and the sun above his head made him dizzy.

He thought sadly at this time: Is there a shadow of the ancient sun god in this sun? Even if it was an illusion or a fraud, Amon sincerely hoped that he could be deceived. He always heard that people would have a revolving lantern before they died, or see the person they wanted to see the most, but he had stolen the illusions of countless dying people before they died, and had never really seen it once.

"what a shame."

Amon sighed, cheated the distance, and took a step forward, entering the East Continent and the "Giant King's Court".

He looked at the ruins around him, then stepped over them and sighed again.

"...I really want to see Klein and Bethel fighting to the death over each other's characteristics."

TBC
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Leonard was coming down the mountain at this time.

(End of this chapter)