Secret: I can play two paths

Chapter 289 "The Black Emperor"

It was not yet dark, and the afternoon sun was blazing hot.

In the light coming in from outside, Star watched Bernadette and saw her expression gradually transform into one of silent embarrassment.

This brought him an indescribable sense of pleasure, and he felt secretly happy.

This is not because he suddenly awakened some strange interests or hobbies, but for a very simple reason.

"Roselle's diary tastes really good!"

is not that right?

For example, after Bernadette tasted the secrets recorded in the diary, she couldn't believe it:

The writing invented by her father... no, it can be clarified now... the writing used in her father's hometown - this writing that countless people have been searching for, believing that it contains great secrets and records the notes of the legendary figure Emperor Roselle -

It actually wrote about such shameful things!

But if we look at it from the perspective of "food and sex nature" and "human nature", this is very reasonable.

So Bernadette was a little confused for a moment, and didn't dare to say anything after hearing Star's small "comment".

So, looking at Bernadette like this, and watching her expression become embarrassed throughout the whole process, Star felt that he still felt somewhat refreshed.

Although Bernadette was wearing a thin veil, this little bit of coverage could not block Star's gaze.

He could clearly see that this beautiful lady with her elegant figure and well-proportioned figure was subtly revealing her confusion and uneasiness.

Under the veil, her eyes were stunned. Her originally lively eyes seemed to have lost focus and became a little at a loss.

Through Bernadette's veil, Star could see that the beautiful long eyebrows of this lady, who originally held a high position, were slightly wrinkled, and her rosy lips were tightly pursed, as if she was trying to understand what she had heard before.

Obviously, she was somewhat overwhelmed by the knowledge about Russell's diary - she even wondered if her father was still recording these meaningless things in his later years?
This sudden fluctuation in mood only gradually calmed down as her cognition became clearer.

But the faint blush on her cheeks showed that Bernadette was a little embarrassed by the collapse of her father's majestic image, especially when there were people watching!
Finally, Bernadette took a deep breath, and her eyes returned to their usual brightness and calmness.

She looked at Star and finally couldn't help but said:

"There's nothing to worry about."

"I understand, I understand. This is your family business in Intis. We should not air our dirty laundry in public."

"No, as early as when I investigated my father's past, I knew that he had many mistresses..."

After a pause, Bernadette seemed unable to escape the "logical cycle of not airing family disgrace in public", bit her lip and hurriedly explained:
"I mean I already knew about his past, I just didn't understand what made him become the person he was in his later years."

"Are you talking about that perverse Russell?"

Star asked back.

Seeing Bernadette nod, Star sighed and continued:
"It depends on how you understand this matter."

"If we follow the logic of finding someone to take the blame, whether you put the blame on the unspeakable existence in the Starry Sky, or on the unspeakable Adam who plotted against you just now, who is also under normal circumstances."

"It can be said that Roselle is actually living under their influence."

Of course, there is another explanation:
Russell really was treating this world like a Paradox game...

But maybe this is just another excuse...

"It does make me feel better."

Bernadette had just completely "demystified" Roselle, and now she had learned from Sta the truth about part of her father's changes:
It's a rare psychological feeling that I feel a little better now.

Even if this cannot cover up the mistakes her father made.

Star, who also has some "psychologist" abilities, looked at Bernadette's expression and understood what she was thinking:
This is only one aspect, but it is extremely unrealistic to use this to shirk Russell's responsibility - when Russell came to this world, what he saw and felt was the reality that he could feel.

Rather than blaming these mistakes on his attitude of playing with life, it is better to say that he wanted to use this as an excuse to indulge himself - especially in this so-called "other world", a "other world" without any effective constraints.

Out of kindness, or perhaps simply out of sympathy for Bernadette, a pitiable person, Star comforted her:
"Perhaps, Roselle was just an ordinary person..."

"Ok?"

Bernadette turned around and glanced at Star.

For people of this era, Roselle's every move has been regarded as a guiding principle and he is regarded as a spiritual idol by many people.

Not to mention that Bernadette is her father's good daughter and her father's loyal supporter...

How dare Star say these things.

But he said without getting angry at all:
"I think you should have known this during your investigation. At the very least, you should have learned from me that your father's 'soul', or 'spirit', is actually another person."

"That is to say, he came from somewhere and inherited the heritage of that era."

"From this perspective, Russell is just an ordinary person who has these encounters by chance."

"If he did something ill-considered, we can only say that the world is just a 'makeshift team'."

Maybe it’s just like Xiao Ke and other old survivors, “destiny” is never in our control?
They have to make many choices while facing the changes in things and people...

Therefore, at this level, perhaps Russell cannot achieve the best of both worlds - just like he is now just a puppet of the "Mother Goddess", trapped in his own mausoleum...

"Thank you for your comfort."

Bernadette listened quietly and did not comment on what Star said.

"Moreover, if we were to talk about his merits alone from the perspective of people of your generation."

"If we don't count the things he did later, Russell did make a lot of contributions after all."

At least some of the excellent culture and inventions from modern flower growers were brought here, and a lot of contributions were made to the people of this world both spiritually and materially.

This is also an evaluation angle.

Therefore, this is also what Bernadette was struggling with before - from a "wise" "monarch" to a "tyrannical" "emperor", the difference between the two was so great that it was difficult for Bernadette, a daughter, to understand why her father had such a change.

In fact, when Star told her that her father was indeed influenced by the outer gods above the starry sky and became tyrannical, Bernadette had almost let go of some of her obsession and understood why her father was so radical.

And Star's statement undoubtedly opened up another new idea for her:

If "Roselle" is to be regarded as a symbol of a "legendary figure", then some of his actions can indeed be criticized.

But here, at least in Bernadette's eyes, he is just her father, a father who has made many contributions ("inheriting" the outstanding achievements of civilization in the past era) and, of course, has some inevitable shortcomings. As Star revealed to her in his diary:
He doesn't look like a "big shot" at all.

On the contrary, it is somewhat "humorous"?
"Is this what you think of my father?"

Bernadette asked back in a surprised tone.

"Partly, although it is a bit offensive to say this to such an 'emperor', even one who has become a god."

"But to be honest, my impression of him is that of a 'comedian'."

Sometimes, it is a perfect match for the Sequence 8 of the Fortune Teller Path...

Star and Bernadette complained to themselves.

He didn't care what Russell did wrong. On the contrary, these were all facts that had already been established - even some "trends of history" would eventually be started by the "Twilight Hermits" represented by "Adam".

So if he is already here, what he should do is not to "liquidate", but to think about how to promote the changes he has made.

For this reason, Stardu was able to temporarily retain some members of the Aurora Society.

If everything is judged from the moral requirements of that era of great material abundance, there is no place here that is not "sand".

This will lead to obstacles everywhere.

All "ideals" must be based on the fact that he is actually capable of achieving them.

"you……"

Bernadette was very unhappy about her father being commented on in this way, but she remembered the contents of her father's diary, and then thought of the attitude that in Star's eyes, even gods didn't need to care.

She found that what Star said did make sense.

After a pause, she didn't say the rest of the words because there was no need.

Instead, Bernadette woke up from these repeated emotional fluctuations and pursed her lips and said:

"When can you help me get rid of the effects of this psychological suggestion?"

"It should be now."

Star stared at Emperor Roselle's diary, and then glanced at the seeds marked "Spiritual Plague" surrounding the illusory eye.

He smiled:

"I just had a sudden thought: If we are lucky enough, maybe we can find clues to solve your father's problem during this exploration."

Star set about expanding the coverage of his own Sequence 4 "domain" and at the same time arranged it in Emperor Roselle's diary.

The so-called "idealistic" power of the "tampering" path is probably a conceptual power of "I think this can work".

In other words, under the blessing of "between reality and illusion", it has been able to change the nature of many physical things, and even start with the definition, logic, direction or rules of abstract concepts, thereby achieving a kind of:
The magical effect of "I believe this can work and it works" is similar to "wishes come true".

Of course, it may be that he has not really reached this level, so there are still some small limitations now.

For example, now we have to at least "pretend to do it".

Whether it is the "buffer time" / "cooling time" of the "module" by hand, or the need to "accumulate" strength to prepare for other things, it will cause Star to experience a certain degree of "stiffness" here.

But correspondingly, the effect of his extraordinary abilities, combined with the blessing of "between reality and illusion", will be better.

When Star was almost done, he said to Bernadette beside him:
"However, after talking to you about so much just now, there is something I want to borrow from you."

"What is it?"

"A drop of your blood? Or a hair will do."

Considering that "angel's blood" is a precious item that can be used as a high-level spiritual material or even as an auxiliary material for rituals, Star mentioned another thing and lowered his request.

Besides, the blood that was sent out might fall into the hands of higher beings and become the object of their curse, pollution, and control, so Star didn't ask for too much.

The last person who did this, Roselle, has been doing "sit-ups" in his own mausoleum, becoming a "production machine" for the "Mother Goddess" - Bernadette should not be without vigilance after understanding this.

From the current perspective, even if it is just hair, combined with the "power of idealism", it will be of great help to the plan of the meeting.

More than that, Star dared not ask:
After all, even the blood of Emperor Roselle himself could not produce the same magical effect as "half-resurrection" as "white creation".

"What do you want to do?"

Star's actions made Bernadette unable to correspond to the existing abilities, and because the hair and blood were related to herself, a strong mystical connection could be generated.

She also asked her own questions at the moment.

"I wanted it to look like your father had been briefly resurrected."

"resurrection?"

Bernadette caught the key words in Star's words.

"In other words, he is indeed still dead, but he still has a certain chance of survival?"

"Yes, this is also the power I want to use to accomplish that thing later."

Star held two "invisible" "cards" in his hand - one was the "Fallen Mother Goddess" card, and the other was the "Son of Chaos" card.

As he explained to Bernadette, he watched her grit her teeth amidst the intense emotional fluctuations and directly hand over a drop of her blood.

So seeing that Bernadette trusted him so much, Star naturally didn't say any more nonsense.

He dripped Bernadette's blood directly onto the book of Roselle's diary, and used the "blood test to identify relatives", which was a wrong "cognition", to identify it as a "fact".

The blood quickly seeped into the paper of Roselle's diary, rendering it a striking red.

Then, he removed the "Hide" of everyone except himself and Bernadette, grabbed the golden card from the Eye of Illusion, and threw it onto the pages of Roselle's diary along with the "Fallen Mother Goddess" card and the "Son of Chaos" card, watching them merge into the pages as if they were dissolved.

Then a mocking voice soon rang out in the hall:

"Kids, I'm back after winning the resurrection match!"

……

On the other side, Audrey looked at the "creative manuscript" inside the glass covering the desk and took out a piece of "wire" that Star gave her.

(End of this chapter)