A brave man may not live, but he cannot die

Chapter 93 Gate of Heaven
Pepe's suitcase may look ordinary at first glance, but it is actually quite exquisite.

The cover is tanned calfskin, with a texture as fine as silk and a marble-like mirror-like texture when facing the light. On the front of the suitcase, a large sun emblem is embossed, with an abstract sun symbol surrounding a cross. A circle of inscriptions hidden in the leather grain roughly reads:
Bathed in light, by God's grace;
Wang Ying took the blame, but the fire never went out.

Quinn grabbed the metal wheel of the suitcase and nervously turned the combination.

Pepe once opened the box to take out the letter in front of him, and did not make any special preparations before opening the box, which means that there is probably no risk in opening the box.

Coincidentally, Quinn's eyesight was enhanced by the Thief Potion, which was the only attribute besides speed that was enhanced.

Thanks to this, Quinn saw the code to the box.

With a slight click, the brass wheel, which was shining with lubricating oil, was turned by him. The six-grid wheel etched with the numbers 0 to 9 rotated in sequence until the last "4" returned to its position. Quinn heard a dull spring sound and his heart almost jumped into his throat.

1-1-4-5-1-4.

Praying that nothing would go wrong, he pressed the latch, and with a click, the box flexibly popped open.

Quinn took a quick step back, but nothing happened. The suitcase in front of him contained only some ordinary items.

Neatly folded clothes, a pair of brand new leather shoes, documents for crossing the border, a small cross for prayer, and simple cleaning supplies
Quinn took a pair of gloves and put them on - these were the academy's arcane experiment gloves, light and thin in texture, and said to be able to block most curses and magical pollution.

He put the clothes aside first. Pepe only had four sets of clothes: two elegant and easy-to-move-in dresses, a very cute set of pajamas, and a set of Vatican nun's clothes.

There seemed to be a faint fragrance lingering on these clothes, like gardenia. It was obvious that she loved cleanliness and her clothes were spotlessly clean.

Underneath the clothes were several sets of bras, surprisingly large, and the panties were the kind of pure white pantyhose you'd wear for little girls. Quinn wasn't a pervert, so after checking to make sure there were no abnormalities, he set them aside.

Toothbrush, towel, bath lotion, comb, hair accessories.
"Is this a royal family?" Quinn muttered to himself in confusion.

Except for the two more exquisite dresses, these daily necessities are all ordinary items. Their total value is probably not as high as the half-used lipstick that Amamiya Ningning threw away in the office.

Thanks to the magical potions developed by the Arcane, this world has skincare and cosmetics. Although extremely expensive, only the nobility and the wealthy can afford them, their effectiveness is even better than the chemical skincare products on Earth.

But Pepe has nothing here, as if he really lives on the monthly salary of 15 silver coins from the Holy See.

Only a bottle of conditioner could be considered high-end, and her beautiful golden hair, as fluffy as rice ears, showed that she was well maintained.

Below that, there are two booklets.

One is the Vatican's "Gospel of Creation" and the other is an ordinary notebook.

Pepe's "The Gospel of Genesis" is wrapped in a cover, looking very well cared for.

Quinn turned to the first page and two familiar passages of scripture appeared before him.

"And there was evening and there was morning, the first day."

His eyes suddenly fixed.

Under the two lines of scripture, there was a line of Chinese written:

"A small gift - from the friendly Spider-Man."

Is this Amamiya Nene's father? !

Quinn was almost immediately certain that this line of words was written for him.

In the prophecy, that fellow villager also calls himself "Spider-Man, a mysterious man who is friendly to you."
He quickly flipped through the Gospel Scriptures and didn't even pay attention to the seals.

Half an hour later.

Apart from the first line of Chinese characters, there is no other special information in the entire scripture.

This "Gospel Bible" seems to be the book that Pepe has used since she was a child. She has carefully made a lot of notes and annotations on every page and every line of scripture, just like a model student translating classical Chinese.

Mythical Age, Golden Age, Dark Age, Lost Age, God-Suppressed Age
This is more of a Tamil history book than a religious book. It describes in a mysterious way how the sun created the world and brought mankind out of darkness and loss.
Quinn only skimmed through it; Pepe's notes were thorough, saving him a lot of time. Quinn had originally planned to read a copy of "The Gospel of Genesis." Scripture was easy to find, but such a highly technical yet accessible interpretation was much harder to find.

The interpretation of religious scriptures has always been full of taboos. A bad interpretation will touch the sensitive nerves of the charlatans, so bookstores sell neither scriptures nor interpretations. If you want to hear the interpretation, you can only join the religion and learn a little bit. However, the interpretation of ordinary priests is definitely not as good as Pepe, who graduated from the Monastery of San Camelot.

It can be said that after carefully reading this holy book and notes, Quinn can directly debate with ordinary sun priests. He is tutored by a famous teacher.

He frowned and turned back to the first page, looking at the line of Chinese.

The handwriting is very sloppy. If we apply the traditional Chinese theory of judging a person by his handwriting, the person who wrote this line of words was probably a very casual guy.

For some reason, Quinn felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity with the handwriting, and the foggy feeling in his head appeared again, making him ponder for a long time.

That fortune teller, could it be that he predicted that I would steal the box and was waiting for me in advance?
It was as if he was controlling fate.

Everything Quinn did, his thoughts, and even the most mysterious systems were predicted, as if someone was firmly controlling his life in another world.
This should be a chilling and terrifying thing.

But when he saw these words, Quinn couldn't help but feel a little relieved.

It feels like my best friend is helping me sign in for class and saying, "You can sleep right away, I'll take care of things."

What is the relationship between this fellow and Pepe?
He left behind prophecies and gifts, and tried to help me in such a roundabout way. He must have some ulterior motive. What is he planning?
After thinking for a long time, Quinn still couldn't figure it out, so he had to put "The Gospel of Genesis" aside and picked up another book.

This is an ordinary notebook.

After opening it, there was no Chinese characters, but Pepe's beautiful handwriting came into view.

March 3th, sunny. Nothing to do today, and church work was quickly finished. After feeding the cats, I went to the harbor to watch the sunset and pray.

March 3th, sunny. Nothing to do today. I don't know where the cat went to play. We went to Aunt Xier's restaurant for dinner tonight. The croquettes were delicious.

March 3th, sunny. Nothing to do today.

Quinn scratched his head. Diary?
Who the serious person keeps a diary?

After flipping through the pages, I found that there was not much useful information in the first few pages. The contents of the diary were all about Pepe's ordinary daily life.

She works in the seaside city of Aknets in the Kingdom of Roan. She is a nun at the Aknets Church. Her main duties on weekdays are to lead the believers in singing hymns, clean the place, and feed the cats.
She is a clergyman of a high order, yet she does these ordinary jobs on a daily basis?
March 3th, cloudy. I woke up to a downpour, even though it had been sunny the previous day during prayer. It was unusually dark. Upon arriving at the church, the bishop announced an incident in the forest outside the borders. The Inquisition had issued an order for me to proceed immediately.

Quinn frowned. Is this the day I came into this world?

Okay, okay, serious people should write diaries!
After clearing the cave, they discovered the bodies of several ordinary people and a used altar. The goblins in the cave were merely ordinary monsters, and could never have caused such a large-scale phenomenon. Clues left at the scene indicate that at least two people escaped. They were from a wealthy merchant family called the Bransons in Ashwell.

Saint Camelot stopped our advance into Ashville. I don't understand, and I just hope everything goes well. Ashville is so vast, can a few Sequence Nine priests complete the search? I was distraught. After returning to the church, I prayed until dawn, but even after the clouds dispersed, I didn't perceive any sign of the sun.

A doubt in Quinn's mind was finally resolved.

When leaving the Goblin Cave, he and Xia Daier took the seriously injured Katrin with them. Katrin must have been a transcendent, otherwise she would never have recovered from such a serious injury. However, their movement speed was not fast at that time, and because Katrin occasionally fell asleep, they stopped and started.
Not long after the three left the cave, people from the Vatican arrived.

Logically, if they had just chased in the direction of Ashwell, the three would have been captured within half a day. Without Ankua's help, Quinn would have been doomed. But for some reason, the Vatican only sent a few priests into the city to search.
Quinn initially believed the academy's ban was preventing the Vatican's pursuers from advancing too far, but he later overturned this idea. Although the area around Mount Ashwell was under Ashwell's jurisdiction, strictly speaking, only the cities on the mountain were off-limits to the Vatican. Since there were no restrictions surrounding the area, why didn't the pursuers pursue?

It turned out that it was stopped by the top leaders of the Vatican.

Quinn felt lucky. It seemed that the top leaders of the Holy See still gave face to the academy and did not dare to let the extraordinary people of the Inquisition enter the jurisdiction of Eswell at will.

The diary continued to turn the pages.

March 3th, sunny. The search report on Eswell was delivered to the court early this morning. Father Maud's report has me very concerned. The suspect, clearly infected with the demonic aura, was able to swear before God that it wasn't just him. I also feel something is amiss.

March 3th, sunny. I stayed up all night, the report lingering in my mind. I've been to the site of the incident, and the mysterious remnants in the cave are so strong they interfere with reality. An ordinary person couldn't possibly survive a ritual of this magnitude.

Quinn was terrified by what he saw. Damn, it was not unjust that he died in the divination.

No, sister, why are you thinking about me so much? You value your daughter, right?

March 3th, cloudy. I've prayed for two consecutive days and nights, but haven't grasped any of the Sun's will. I'm still too immature. I asked the Bishop about this, hoping for a confession. He said it was because I'd just recently been promoted to Sequence 18, and my Sun Knight's transcendental qualities weren't yet firmly established. Is that true?

Sequence Six. The Sequence Six of Gospel Destiny is called the Sun Knight?

Then, is the great sword of sunlight that she condensed an extraordinary power?

The tavern owner said that after reaching Sequence Six, one can walk across a city without any problems.

March 3th, sunny. It seems I was overthinking it. I focused more on prayer and promoting the integration of characteristics, and my mind finally calmed down. I fed the cat that afternoon, and it was happy to give me a belly rub.

Quinn breathed a sigh of relief. That's right, there was nothing that he couldn't let go of.

March 3th, sunny. Something's not right. I still feel something is wrong. I decided to ask Uncle Kai for divination. He's a secret messenger, so he'll definitely be able to tell me something.

Quinn gritted his teeth and said, "The roof is broken. Are you sick?"
March 3st, sunny. I took half a day off, but I can't find Uncle Kai at home, at the store, or at the Adventurer's Guild. Where did he go?

March 3nd, sunny. Uncle Kai was caught soliciting prostitution and will be incarcerated for another thirteen days. Xi Niang is too embarrassed to bail him out, and I feel embarrassed too.

Quinn grinned.

There are still many good policemen in this world!
March 3th, overcast. Bishop Gonzales arrived at Aknets and read me the mission of Saint Camelot. I must go to Ashwell to investigate the suspect named Quinn. If I complete this mission, I can graduate from novice status and become a full-fledged priest. Great!

Bishop Gonzales unexpectedly brought me a Level 0 containment vessel, completely violating regulations, but he claimed it was Mother's decision. 0-14 is the safest of the Level 0 containment vessels. As long as it is used during the Apocalypse State, there is no risk.

【0-14不需要特别存放方式，但也不能随身携带。0-14最可能导致的异常是令使用者将0-14和普通的笔搞混，在不知不觉间使用0-14，但只需要将0-14存放在远离感知范围的区域，就不会有任何问题。】

[0-14 can only be used, not written. Once you use 0-14 to write more than four characters, the jealous fate will be revived. You must remember - you can only use, not write! Five characters are not allowed!]

This concludes the content for March 3th.

Quinn frowned slightly. 0-14 must be referring to the pen, but since it was a pen, what else could it be used for if it couldn't be used to write?
After that, there is no more information about 0-14 and him.

They are all about what I saw and heard during my travels. The diary content ends abruptly on April 4, which is yesterday.

As soon as Pepe entered the city, her box was stolen. She seemed to be in the habit of writing in her diary at night, so there was no content for today.

Quinn set the diary aside. Next to it lay a stack of documents bearing the Vatican's seal, all pertaining to the three individuals who had escaped the cave. Quinn's information alone took up a full half, but the vast majority of it was "unclear," with a large question mark placed after their registered address, "Litang." Father Maud meticulously documented the interrogation, and looking back, there were quite a few loopholes.

But they are a theistic religion, and they believe in God more than logic. After Quinn swore an oath before God, the question and answer full of loopholes became the factual basis that the Holy See must believe.

In his summary, Father Maude carefully debated the differences between his left and right brains, saying that the Sun God was absolutely right, but he might be wrong, so he suggested taking Quinn to San Camelot for retesting.

He kept his word, backing his intuition with his career as a priest, and stated in the report that if Quinn was alright, he would resign and reflect on his actions.

Quinn shook his head after reading it. What the hell is this ultimate INFJ personality? Is he just going by his intuition?

The files also contain records of the interrogations of Chardel and Catherine.

It turned out that Xia Dai'er did not betray him. The girl remained silent and waited until Elon came to rescue her. Her first words were to ask her brother to save her benefactor.

Catherine, on the other hand, poured out all her suspicions about Quinn like pouring beans without the priest even asking her, which led to the only clergyman among the priests coming to interrogate him in person.

Quinn thought to himself that if he had known earlier, he would have let her die in the cave. What a bad woman.

The data also contains a ritual analysis of the Goblin Cave altar. The altar is indeed an oversized demon totem, the same totem that Quinn drew for prayer when he cheated in the interview.

Finally, there are some things that Pepe needs to pay attention to, such as not using divine magic in Ashwell, not revealing the identity of the Vatican's extraordinary person, not praying in public, and must find someone to accompany him into Grindelwald.
Looking for someone? Who? The boss?
That's pretty much what's in the suitcase.

Finally, only two small boxes were left at the bottom of the box.

One is obviously a coin purse. It can be seen that Pepe really likes the sun. Even the pattern on the purse is a cute sun, like a simple drawing drawn by a child with crayons.

There were only about thirty silver coins in the coin purse, which was just enough for Ron's round-trip fare to Ashwell.

Pepe's diary explained why she cried while eating roast suckling pig. In order to save money along the way, she basically ate dry food and spent the money she saved on hotels. She stayed in a room with a bathroom where she could take a shower. She was also very clean.

Quinn has the thief's trait to help him take things without missing anything. There is only this little money in this coin purse. Is this really a royal family...
It’s not that we are poor, but we are definitely in financial difficulty.

After searching through the wallet, there was only one small box left.

The moment his eyes fell on the box, a mysterious feeling emerged from the thief's characteristics, as if the thief's intuition told him -

This box is very valuable.

There was nothing else in the suitcase, so it seemed that Containment 0-14 was in the small box. Quinn took a deep breath, loaded the Mista, and placed it where he could easily reach it. He tightened his gloves again, confirmed that the system reward price exemption coupon was still there, and finally slowly opened the box.

There are no restrictions.

There was only a pen, a sun cross pendant tied to the pen, and an old photo inside.

The pen was exactly the same as the one Pepe used to kill someone in the divination. Without the interference of strong light, Quinn could see more details.

This pen is too ordinary.

It feels neither cheap nor expensive, like the best-selling item in every stationery store: 15 centimeters long, with a matte gray barrel and a faded red five-pointed star printed on the cap.

Is this the Level 0 containment object known as the world-destroying factor?

In vain, the prompt of the illustrated system popped up—

【Ding--】

[Unknown item detected, loading the illustration.]

The familiar blue frame framed the pen, and a large amount of information appeared before Quinn's eyes:
Heaven's Gate

[Containment No. 0-14 in the Central Dogmatic District of the Holy See of Light was successfully contained during the Tzeentch Rebellion in the year 1200 of the Divine Promise Era.]

This drawing pen, manufactured by the Philippine State Pen Factory, was purchased by a bard. It was used to create the children's favorite comic, "The Legend of the Brave."

At the end of the story, the Emperor slew the Chosen One of Tzeentch, who was only one step away from hatching into a beast, and the entire Envious Fate was shattered. Tzeentch's remains were thrown into a blast furnace, becoming the foundation of the Ziggurat, and the nearly formed transcendent divinity was split in two. The divine part belonged to the gods of the High Heavens, while the human part became ink and flowed into a pen, waiting for its new owner to write the stories that have yet to be told.

[A pen imbued with the laws of the abyss. Its tip can slash through a person's life, allowing them to review, modify, and add to it. — I have crossed out immortality, Emperor, and shall fight in a fair and square battle.]

Quinn froze.

Cut open a person's life, read through it, modify it, and add content?
What is the difference between this and God?
No wonder I became like that. My face became a comic book that people read, and the content of the comic book is my life.
So this is what "can only be used, not written on" means. Is it equivalent to using only half of the function of this pen, to browse the life materialized into comics, but not to make any changes?

Could it be that the side effects of 0-14 only appear when writing?
Yes, that's right, the logic is correct, I must write it down immediately
Quinn immediately searched for blank paper, and there was plenty on the desk nearby. He subconsciously walked over, uncapped his pen, and prepared to write down his conjecture.

Wait, why should I write this down?
Quinn has never taken notes in his life, and his memory is much better than notes.

So what am I doing now?
At the moment when the pen tip was about to touch the paper, Quinn finally came to his senses. He found that he had held the pen named Heaven's Gate in his hand without knowing when. The ink on the pen tip was as red as blood, and seemed to be eager to soak into the paper.

"Fuck-"

He was so scared that his hands shook and he immediately dropped the pen.

The Gate of Heaven knocked against the table and then fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Quinn sweatdropped instantly. What happened? Why did I pick up the pen for no apparent reason?
Addicted to writing?

His previous memory was blank, and Quinn had no idea when he picked up the pen. Even wearing gloves that could block spells was useless.

He hurried back to the table and found the sun cross necklace. Regardless of whether it was useful or not, he murmured the Vatican's prayers, wrapped the necklace around the Gate of Heaven, picked it up, and quickly put it back into the box to cover it.

After pushing the box far away, Quinn repeatedly confirmed that he was not holding a pen in his hand, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

"This thing is so weird!"

Pepe wrote in his diary that when he wrote more than four characters, his jealous destiny would be revived.
Jealous fate, the law of the abyss, the god of Tzeentch.
Could it be that jealousy has the same fate as the greed of Jack, the merchant from the Western Continent, and both belong to the Abyss Sequence?

Quinn crossed his arms over his chest, his eyes moving slightly.

Regardless of the consequences, this thing is too weird. Since it is a containment object, the Church must have a way to control it, otherwise it can't be used at all.
No, it's just an ordinary small box.

Oh, and there’s a photo in the box!
Quinn washed his face first, and after making sure he was conscious, he tried to open the box again.

This time, he opened the lid towards himself, making sure his eyes wouldn't see the Gate of Heaven and be misled by it. He reached in with one hand, took out the photo, and quickly closed the box again.

First, make sure you don't have a pen in your hand.

He shook the box again and heard the clanging sound of Heaven's Gate hitting the box. After a simple and rough verification of its safety, Quinn looked at the photo.

这 是
Pepe as a child?
There is an extremely beautiful blonde girl in the photo, whose eyes are as bright and charming as emeralds. She looks 80% similar to Pepe, just like a smaller version of Pepe.

The loli version of "Pepe" is wearing white silk and loose pajamas, sitting in a man's arms.

The photo seems to have been cropped and does not reveal the man's appearance. The photo shows the man taking a selfie with the camera in one hand, and his other hand is placed on Pepe's belly. The belly is bulging, which does not mean she is fat, but looks like she is pregnant.

Quinn's eyes widened.

Damn, you beast, how old are you when you do this?

Wait, this copper smelting bro
Could it be that fortune teller from the same hometown?

He subconsciously turned the photo over, and two lines of familiar Chinese appeared before his eyes—

The first line is "Legal, just a little young."

The second line reads, "The pen must be used when one is extremely emotionally unstable. Wrapping the pen with my photo will prevent any problems."

Quinn was stunned.

The "little gift" he mentioned, could it be the gate of heaven?

What can this pen be used for? To open up a person's life, to read, modify, and add content.
Reading Life
Pepe can use this pen to check my demon identity.

Then can I also use this pen to check the true identity of the hero?!
Quinn held the photo in his hand, his thoughts gradually becoming clearer.

The people I have the opportunity to contact now are Celia, Elon, and Golden Wind boss Ike Capone
"System, I want divination."

【Please select the time period you want to have your fortune told:】

[Near-term/Short-term/Long-term]

'Not in the near future, in the short term.'

Near term is what will happen within a week, while short term is what will happen within a month.

[Ding—divination ends.]

[40 Soul Dust points have been deducted, and the current remaining Soul Dust points are 175. The cost of the next divination will be doubled to 80 Soul Dust points.]

[Next, we will play the divination of the future for you:]

This time the footage is exceptionally short.

It was so short that it only lasted for one sentence.

In Grindelwald's dormitory, the fire was burning. He and Anqua were the only ones in the living room. His face looked particularly bad, as pale as if he had just had a serious illness.

"Aqua, the brave one. I found it."

【The divination ends.】

(End of this chapter)