Lord of Mysteries: Taiyi

Chapter 164 A Brief Funeral

The Church of the Earth Mother and the vampires have always maintained a good relationship, which Kurt knew beforehand. He didn't expect that the church's first reaction to this matter would be to the vampires rather than the Church of the Night.

Kut nodded, indicating that there was no problem, and said, "I have no objection, so Vivian will be left in the care of the teacher?"

Melanie's crimson eyes, hidden behind her black-rimmed glasses, swept over the sleeping bat on the table. After a moment's thought, she said, "Let's take turns caring for it. The Holy Temple should be able to give it a new body."

The main approach of the Church of the Earth Mother is the Mother's Approach, which holds the key to the refinement of life.

Since Melanie needed to find out more about the situation, Vivian was left in her care for the time being, while Kurt left to prepare for the funeral after finishing his routine lessons.

By the way, Kurt's occult courses are basically finished. He has learned almost all the occult courses at his level, and he has also mastered all the various occult languages.

He learned a lot of occult knowledge that was not mentioned in the original work, and he can be considered an expert in this field.

Melanie's physical training for him also had a good effect; after Melanie demonstrated various fighting techniques once, Kurt could immediately master them.

The painter's ability to imitate is also very strong, which can be considered a derivative effect of his depiction. Coupled with his exaggerated control over the body, the fighting style is easy to learn.

As for training his shooting skills, Melanie told Kurt to practice on his own.

Although Backlund did not have police or shooting ranges working with Harvest Church, Kurt's shooting skills were unlikely to be bad, and he could even make bullets "curve," so Kurt did not spend any special time practicing shooting.

In the afternoon, Kurt arrived at the cemetery in the south, where the pastor had already arrived.

Since the entire Phinks family were devotees of the goddess of night, Kurt asked Hans to contact a pastor of the church of night to preside over the funeral.

There weren't many people attending the funeral; most were Finks' friends, the Kurt family's cook, maid, and even the gardener, whom they hadn't seen in a long time. They were probably invited by Bill, and even Bill's usually serious face couldn't help but show a trace of sadness.

There were also some people Kurt didn't recognize; some were friends of Finks, some were friends of Finks' mother, and some were kind old men. These were probably found with the help of the Hansto people.

Also buried in this cemetery are Fors and Hugh, who came at Kurt's invitation and had met Finks a few times, as well as Leah and her mother.

As dusk fell, some people gathered around the two tombstones, listening to the priest's mass, and as night approached, Phinks and his mother returned to the embrace of the goddess of night.

Kurt silently placed a yellow flower at Finks' grave, then said goodbye to Bill and left with Fors and Hugh.

The brief funeral ended quietly as night fell, leaving only the flowers in front of the tombstone and the photo and name on it standing silently under the night sky.

"Finks Thiel, a kind, filial, and innocent man."

After a while, when the cemetery was tinged with a crimson hue by the moonlight, the air in front of Phinks's tombstone swayed, and a rather short-looking woman suddenly appeared in the cemetery.

With a face that bore a resemblance to Coralie's, tears streamed down her face silently.

She crouched down, staring intently at the smiling photo of Phinks, and finally broke down in tears, hugging the tombstone and sobbing uncontrollably.

Only after a long time, when she sensed someone was about to arrive, did she compose herself and whisper her last words to Phinks: "I will avenge you, avenge all those who suffered at their hands. Wait for my good news, Phinks. I will be your wife for life—"

And so, Coralie's figure slowly disappeared into the night. From this day forward, she would operate on the seas and across the southern continent under the new identity of Della Thiel, codenamed "Mars."

The cemetery caretaker approached the vicinity with a trembling gait, only breathing a sigh of relief when he found no one around.

"You're scaring yourself. How could there possibly be ghosts in the world?"

He didn't see the long tear stain on the tombstone where the burial had just taken place that day; he simply tightened his coat and quickly returned to his gravedigger's hut.

Kurt and Fors chose a cheap rental house on River Bend Avenue in the South Bridge area, which Fors had previously rented.

Of course, given Kurt's current relationship with them, going directly to the apartment that Fors and Hugh share wouldn't be a big problem.

Upon arriving at the cheap rental apartment, Fors took out the key she always carried with her, along with paper and a pen in her bag.

After opening the door, Kurt smelled a dusty odor.

It seems that lazy Fors didn't come back to clean after that. Seeing this, Fors scratched his head and said, "Sorry, I'll just air it out now."

Kurt initially wanted to use the power of "Sin and Punishment" to stop the dust from flying, but after thinking about it, he realized that it was no different from using a cannon to kill a mosquito, so he didn't stop Fors from cleaning up on the spot.

At the last moment, he used the finishing touch to create a strong wind, blowing all the dust away before he stopped.

Because of Phinks' funeral, all three lost interest in playing tabletop RPGs. Fors sat down to one side and started trying to write a module, while Hugh sat next to Fors out of boredom and watched her create.

Kurt then set up a ritual to summon the messenger, intending to retrieve the master key and painting tools that Sorin had entrusted to her.

As for why Thorin should keep it, firstly, he couldn't carry it with him, otherwise he might not even be able to find the location of Phinks' funeral. Secondly, storing it on Black Peak and the scene of the sacrifice would be too early for Fors and Hugh. After careful consideration, Kurt gave up the idea of ​​developing the two girls into followers of the One.

It's not very useful and could easily cause them awkward situations when they join a tarot club later, which might lead them to refuse to join.

After all, if Kurt needed their help, he could simply give orders offline without needing to add another layer of Taiyi's suppression, or Solin's special space, which could be immune to the negative properties of extraordinary items; it was an independent space.

Under the astonished gazes of Fors and Hugh, Kurt took a complete set of painting tools and a strange, translucent key from the hand of the successfully summoned Thorin.

Because of Sorin's appearance, they naturally attributed this to Sorin's special qualities.

Kurt smiled and thanked Sorin. After watching her disappear, he immediately sealed the master key into a pre-prepared tin box, intending to use it later.

He strongly suspects that this thing will "get lost" even when a person is not moving.