Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 223 Seeking Bernadette's Help

Currently, all five sides of the "Traveler's Dice" except for the "question mark" have contracts.

The first side corresponds to Roger's workshop at 15 Minsk Street, the second side corresponds to 4 Narcissus Street, and the third side corresponds to the Abraham family residence where Sam, Cecilia, and the twins were previously discovered.

The fourth side corresponds to the island where Adam took Roger to, where a Sequence 2 angel of the Abraham family fell, while the fifth side is the contract Roger made in the captain's cabin of the "Mad Blade".

Compared to the other aspects, Roger hardly needs to return to No. 4 Narcissus Street now, so he terminated the contract of the second aspect and made a contract with his own captain's cabin.

Interestingly, although the "Star Lord" can move at sea, the "Traveler's Dice" seems to anchor the spiritual coordinates directly to a specific environment in a mystical sense.

In this way, no matter where the "Star Lord" goes, Roger can always return to his captain's cabin via "teleportation".

The weather on the Sunya Sea was lovely, sunny and calm.

Zeus, the second mate and captain of moorings, spread the sails to the appropriate extent, while the steam turbine's whistle sounded a loud wail.

"Without realizing it, I've become a captain..."

Roger glanced at the vast blue ocean outside and sighed.

After rummaging around in the captain's cabin of the "Star Lord" for a while, Roger took out a pendant made of sapphire and sterling silver chain from a drawer.

In fact, he had already discovered the pendant when he and Thor and the others arrived on the ship, but he did not make a fuss about it at the time.

This is because Roger had suspected that it was an extraordinary item, but the circumstances at the time made it difficult to examine.

Roger took the sapphire pendant in his hand and activated "Secret Insight".

After a long while, he frowned and muttered to himself:
"There was no spiritual feedback, so it doesn't seem to be an extraordinary item."

"Perhaps Ludwig simply thought the pendant was rare, so he kept it as a collectible, which he could also sell for cash if needed."

Putting aside the silver, this sapphire is as big as two one-pound coins and is very pure.

If there's a suitable buyer, it could easily sell for two or three thousand pounds.

After Roger consulted two more divinations and confirmed that the sapphire pendant posed no danger, he had an idea.

The "Arcanist" extraordinary trait previously obtained from "The Saint of Mysteries" Butis has not yet been crafted into an extraordinary item.

Although there is a small amount of influence from the "True Creator," this extraordinary characteristic is essentially clean for Roger. Therefore, he only needs to separate out the small amount of influence from the "True Creator" to directly create an extraordinary item corresponding to the "Arcanist" level using the sapphire.

Of course, Roger's idea was not to use the extraordinary characteristics of the "Arcanist" directly in combat, as he did with the "Little Duck" and the "Parasitic Gloves".

He wanted to use this Sequence 4 level sealed gem pendant as the core of the magic circle to "seal and materialize" the entire ship!
In fact, using sealed objects as the core of magic circles is a very common practice.

Whether it's the "Ashes of Saint Selena," which was first used as the core of the sealing array after the Charnis Gate in Tingen, or the "Law of Balance" used to seal the entire Abraham family fortress, they are all similar designs.

However, compared to them, the "Arcanist" has a very special extraordinary characteristic: it can connect different spaces.

This means that Roger could connect many rooms on the entire "Star Lord" to different spaces to achieve different purposes.

For example, some spaces have a slow flow of time, which can be used to store perishable supplies.

For example, some spaces possess sealing properties, so they can be used to seal extraordinary items.

Furthermore, some spaces contain extreme horrors that can be used as a defensive measure against potential invaders that might attempt to infiltrate the "Star Lord".

There are also warm, humid, and cool spaces that can serve as places for injured or sick sailors to recuperate.

This is just a single room, but the above-mentioned characteristics of the "Arcanist" combined with the extraordinary ability of "Secret Keeper" can also temporarily give the "Star Lord" the characteristics of anti-divination and anti-prophecy, enough to escape from the siege of pirates or the navy.

However, regardless of the circumstances, although Roger could create the corresponding sealing artifact core and ultimately set up the magic circle, a ship of near-flagship size like the "Star Lord" still required specialized personnel to design the corresponding magical structure.

To fulfill this request, the most suitable personnel are undoubtedly demigods who utilize either the "White Tower" approach or the "dual knowledge approach."

The “White Tower” route was mainly controlled by the Church of Knowledge in Remenberg, and Roger did not know anyone in this church.

Roger could find a demigod through the "Perfect One" pathway if he really wanted to, but it would definitely cause quite a stir.

In contrast, Roger has a very suitable candidate for the "Hermit" route.

That's the "mysterious queen" Bernadette Gustave!
This Sequence 3 "prophet" was also a Sequence 4 "mystic," so he must possess a great deal of mystical knowledge. When combined with Roger's own abilities, he will definitely be able to complete the construction of the magic circle system for the "Star Lord."

In fact, Roger and Bernadette had met once before and were acquainted. On the other hand, Bernadette owed Roger a great favor.

However, as of now, the location of Bernadette's fleet is unknown, and Roger's knowledge of her is insufficient to pinpoint her exact location.

Unless he used the power of "The One Who Unifies All Things," but Roger also intended to keep this power to create extraordinary items, so it was completely unnecessary.

"I think there's a way."

After asking Roger what was troubling him, Bandit, who was standing nearby, offered a suggestion:

"Doesn't Klein have an item that has a mystical connection to... well, the daughter of Emperor Luo? If you borrow it, could you establish that connection?"

"Fuck."

Roger slapped his thigh, then squatted down and vigorously rubbed Bandit's cheeks, which were almost puffed up:
"You're a genius."

"Of course! Don't you know who I am? The great astrologer cat Bandit."

Bandit wagged its tail and licked its paws, looking very pleased.

Without hesitation, Roger sat down and began writing a letter to his friend, the evil god, before glancing at Bandit.

"...Are you going to summon that rat again?"

Bandit sighed, then very humanely jumped up, opened the captain's cabin door, and went for a stroll in the cabin.

Roger's lips twitched. He closed the door and began calling out "The Rat of De La Hoya".

After a while, the "Rat of De La Hoya" opened a cabinet in the captain's cabin and crawled out.

"Wow, it's been a few days, and your business has grown quite large."

The half-rat, half-rabbit creature was immediately impressed by Roger's magnificent captain's cabin upon its appearance and uttered a few words of praise.

"Compared to the one behind you, he's nothing."

Roger, maintaining a polite smile, handed the envelope and five different kinds of nuts, all characteristic of the sea, to "The Rat of De La Hoya".

This was something he specifically purchased before leaving Damir Port.

The "Rat of De La Hoya" was clearly very satisfied. It put the letter into its small cloth bag and turned to crawl back into the cupboard.

"Wait."

Roger called out to the puzzled half-mouse, half-rat, and said:
"Please convey my gratitude to the person who rescued me last time."

"Just give me nuts."

The "De La Hoya Rat" casually waved its furry little paws and closed the cabinet door.

"What does this mean? Does it mean that if I give it to Nuts, it will help me if I need anything in the spirit world?"

Roger felt flattered and overwhelmed, as if he were being protected by a powerful figure.

Although I still don't understand what the nuts mean to the "De La Hoya Giant Rat", since the "De La Hoya Rat", as an extension of its will, has said so, it must be right.

Roger put his feet up on the table and began reading through Ludwig's private collection of magazines featuring various women. Less than half an hour later, "The Rat of De La Hoya" opened the cabinet door again.

"It's better here; your friend's place is a bloodbath."

The half-mouse, half-rabbit made a "tsk tsk" sound.

"Bloodlust?"

Roger paused for a moment, then realized that Klein must have been fighting someone again and had just finished a battle.

The next second, "The Rat of De La Hoya" pulled a card from his pocket, depicting a man holding a scepter and wearing a black crown, and handed it to Roger.

"Take it away quickly, the aura emanating from this thing is terrifying."

The furry pika shivered, seemingly disgusted by the card.

Roger smiled, handed it five more nuts, and sent it away before turning his attention to the "Black Emperor" card.

He took a deep breath, holding the playing card in his right hand and "Philimon's Bell" in his left, and then activated "Secret Insight" while reciting the syllable "Bernadée" in Old Fussac.

Because when Emperor Roselle created the "Blasphemy Cards," he specifically used the name of his beloved daughter Bernadette as the key to unlock the cards, they contain a great deal of love related to Bernadette.

Furthermore, Bernadette seemed to know this as well, so this love was enough to transcend time and space, helping Roger, who had unlocked the "Secret Insight," to easily pinpoint the location of Bernadette's "Dawn."

Sure enough, as a large number of "secrets" emerged, Roger quickly seized on the most important one, "leaking" it while simultaneously ringing "Philimon's Bell".

With a flash of pure blue light, Roger traversed the spirit world for a moment before appearing on the side deck of a massive ship.

As his trench coat fluttered down, alarms suddenly went off throughout the "Dawn".

Countless extraordinary individuals surged toward Roger, surrounding the composed young man in a wide-brimmed hat in less than a minute.

"stop."

Just then, Bernadette Gustave's voice came from behind the door.

"Everyone should go back to their jobs."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, but in the end, they could only obey the "mysterious queen's" orders.

"Come in, the door is not locked."

Upon hearing Bernadette's words, Roger bowed slightly, then unlocked the door and entered the room where Bernadette was.

This did not appear to be the captain's cabin, but rather a place resembling a study. Bernadette was dressed in a rather casual brown outfit, sitting at a desk reading a book.

"It's a pleasure to see you again, Your Excellency the Mysterious Queen."

Roger removed his wide-brimmed hat and gave a slight bow.

"To be honest, I'm surprised you were able to find your way here."

“Even if you are an Abraham, you should not be able to do so simply by knowing my name.”

Bernadette shook her head, then looked at Roger:
"Who told you my coordinates?"

"That's all I'm relying on."

Roger quickly revealed the "Black Emperor" card in his hand, and then put it away.

“This is…” Bernadette’s pupils contracted, and her expression changed visibly.

After a moment, she sighed and pointed to the other side of the long table:

"Please take a seat."

Roger nodded and pulled out a chair to sit opposite Bernadette.

Sunlight streamed through the porthole, and Roger, after a moment of silence, spoke:
"Madam, as I said before, I have goodwill toward you and your father, and I am not an enemy."

“I know you’ve always been preoccupied with the matter of Emperor Roselle… I can tell you definitively that he is not dead, and I recently saved his life in a roundabout way.”

When Roger mentioned Russell, he did not use the word "He," which symbolizes a deity, but rather "He," which represents humanity.

Because he knew that for Bernadette, the identity of Russell that impressed her most was not that of an angel or a god, but that of an ordinary father etched in her memory.

"What do you mean?"

Bernadette was somewhat puzzled.

"Some time ago, King George III of the Kingdom of Rune attempted to replace your father's position by completing the 'Black Emperor's' ascension ceremony."

"In that case, your father would have truly died, but my friends and I successfully destroyed one of those tombs, thus disrupting the ritual."

"I think you should have your own intelligence network and know that what I said is true."

Roger gazed at Bernadette and continued:

"I also want to tell you that you have a misunderstanding about your father."

"But there are many things that I can't say convincingly; you'll understand in the near future."

Bernadette bit her lower lip, and after a long while, she finally spoke:

"Who exactly are you, and what do you want?"

“I am just someone who admires your father. You may not believe it, but I have some connection with him.”

Roger shrugged and said:
"As you can see, I am an Abraham."

Roger was implying that he was a descendant of Benjamin Abraham, an official under Emperor Russell.

Although he himself did not know whether such a claim was true because the family genealogy was incomplete, it was a very convincing pretext at this time.

"As for my request, I am planning to organize a fleet recently, so I would like to ask you to help me modify my flagship."

"Of course, I'm referring to the kind of transformation at the extraordinary level."

"Fleet? Flagship?"

Bernadette was slightly taken aback: "You want to become a pirate?"

"I might be a little different from ordinary pirates; I want to be a navigator."

Roger shrugged. "I'm a good guy."

"In the world of the extraordinary, there are no absolutely good people."

Bernadette stood up and put the book she was holding back on the bookshelf.
Tell me your plans.

Roger then explained his plan and the details of the "Mystic's" extraordinary characteristics to Bernadette, while also stating that he would be responsible for creating the sealing artifact, requiring only that Bernadette integrate it with the "Star Lord".

"A very interesting idea."

Bernadette listened and praised him generously.

"Thank you for your compliment. I think so too."

Roger winked and smiled.

"I can agree to that, but I might need your help with something later, if you can."

Roger breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Bernadette agree:
"Of course, and I also hope that our relationship can be one of mutual help and support."

He stood up and extended his right hand:
"Then please."

"No need to bother."

Bernadette shook her head: "You can go back first. I can track your coordinates based on the traces of your existence."

Can the abilities of "the Eye of Secrets" and "prophecy" be combined?
Roger understood perfectly. Without any formalities, he changed his own fortune, rolled the "Traveler's Dice," and returned to the captain's cabin of the "Star Lord."

By this time, Bandit had returned and looked up at Roger:
"nailed it?"

"Okay, all done. That lady will be here shortly."

As Roger was saying this, the sound of boots hitting the ground came from inside the cabin outside.

"They arrived just as we were talking about it."

Roger smiled, took Bandit outside, and met Bernadette.

"This is the first time I've ever seen a Sequence 7 cat."

Bernadette was clearly surprised to see Bandit on Roger's shoulder.

"Meow, ma'am, you have such keen eyes."

Seeing this, Bandit meowed happily and spoke up.

This was the first time it had been recognized at a glance as an extraordinary cat, so Bandit was naturally very happy.

Upon hearing this, Bernadette's lips twitched almost imperceptibly before she vanished in a flash.

A moment later, Roger heard screams coming from the deck above. He quickly used "Benjamin's Gloves" to ascend to the deck level and saw Zeus making a "shh" gesture as he faced Bernadette, who had suddenly appeared.

"Mr. West, who is this?"

Upon seeing Roger appear, Zeus, as if grasping at a straw, hurriedly asked questions.

He was tidying up the sails when he suddenly saw a beautiful woman appear on the boat, and instinctively thought it was haunted.

"Come together, go together."

Roger waved his hand, persuading Zeus to return to his post.

"I'm telling you, you only have a handful of people, and you're planning to become pirates?"

Bernadette frowned, somewhat puzzled.

"Yes, everything is difficult at the beginning."

Roger shrugged and replied with a smile.

"Your personnel arrangements are related to the design of your ship's internal magical structure."

"So you need to tell me your general plans now so I can get things done."

Upon hearing Bernadette's words, Roger nodded solemnly:
"Okay, ma'am, here's the situation..."

He recounted the general plan he had discussed with Philip, Zeus, and Lindsay to Bernadette, who listened carefully and then pointed out in detail some of the unreasonable aspects of Roger and the others' planning.

Roger naturally accepted all of these opinions, and Bernadette then provided her own design proposal based on the consensus reached by both parties.

At that moment, Philippe also came up to the deck and listened quietly to Bernadette's sharing.

The more he listened, the more surprised he became, seemingly never expecting that this woman, who looked like a rich young lady, could speak so eloquently about navigation.

Moreover, on the other hand, she seems to have far better insights into the functional design of ships than I do.

After listening for only a short while, Philip benefited greatly and had completely forgotten his surprise at the sudden appearance of the woman.

"...Anyway, that's it."

After Bernadette and Roger finished their discussion, they asked again:
"By the way, I don't know why, but your ship looks kind of familiar... Whose ship did you steal?"

Roger scratched his head and gave an awkward smile:
"To be honest, it's the ship of the second mate, 'Admiral Twilight'?"

"Blatov?"

Upon hearing Roger's answer, Bernadette blurted out.

Then the "mysterious queen" added:
“You need to be careful. That guy has a demigod-level sealed artifact, and he is suspected of being backed by the ‘God of War’ Church. Even Agaritu suffered a loss at his hands.”

Is it backed by the "God of War" church?
Roger narrowed his eyes slightly upon hearing this.

This was information he didn't know before.

If that's the case, then even if he were to actually kill Bratov, it would certainly invite retaliation from the Church of War.

However, it doesn't matter. Roger was originally a troublemaker in the mysterious world, which is the main reason why he, as an incarnation of the Outer God, could repeatedly jump around under the watchful eyes of the gods without being punished by them.

Not to mention that the Goddess of the Night originally intended to reclaim the authority of the "God of War," so she probably wouldn't mind Roger testing the waters first.

"What am I, a 'goddess's troublemaker'?"

Roger curled his lip; he always felt that this title was far too unpleasant compared to cooler titles like "Sword of the Goddess."

Seeing that Roger remained silent, Bernadette continued:

"As we just discussed, you go and create that extraordinary item. I'll go set up the spell configuration now and try to finish the modification before sunset."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Roger nodded, and added:
"You can start making the arrangements first, and once it's almost done, I'll hand over that extraordinary item to you."

Seeing Bernadette's confused face, Roger chuckled:

"Because I can only be a 'craftsman' for three minutes."

……

Around 5 p.m., at dusk.

Roger looked up at the "Star Lord," which emitted a dim, eerie light and possessed a mysterious aura, his eyes filled with excitement.

(End of this chapter)