Lord of Mysteries: Taiyi

Chapter 169 The Past of the Snell Family

Some kind of demigod-level method to shield themselves from occult investigations—Kurt recalled the name that had triggered his spiritual awakening when he used profiling before. They were likely able to evade the church's investigation time and time again thanks to the protection of that mysterious being.

The woman in Sequence 5 was clearly a mid-to-high-level member of the Truth Association. If they hadn't happened to rent the books that contained the followers of the Mother Tree of Desire, they might have been able to accomplish their goals more covertly.

Based on previous speculation, she was probably trying to find traces of uniqueness or origin through some medium —

That is, to find Kut.

What would they pray to? — Kurt thought of a possibility: something like the Yin, something closely related to his own source matter.

I remember when I first went up Black Peak and obtained the title of Kut, there was a sentence that was deliberately censored, which is very similar to this time. This makes it easy to deduce that the existence worshipped by the Truth Association is the culprit that forced me to restart in my previous life, a guy who has a lot to do with the beginning.

Of course, it's also possible that this is an organization I left behind in my previous life, which was led astray for some reason—Thousands of possibilities flashed through Kurt's mind in an instant. The result was that he was basically certain that the Truth Association was looking for him and was being protected by a guy who was hostile to him.

Kurt could vaguely guess that the Earth Mother Lilith likely played an important role in this. She must know a lot, but she just wouldn't tell him, only standing up to encourage Kurt when he wanted to do something that sounded like he was courting death.

It's a strange feeling, like Lilith understands my essence better than I do.

He talked about it with Melanie for a while afterward, but the matter was eventually dropped.

The morning classes ended uneventfully as usual. Kurt drank a temporary potion to restore his strength, and then went to check on Emlyn with interest. Through the heavy stone door, he could hear Emlyn reciting his lessons in a sullen voice.

The recitation stopped after smelling Kurt's scent.

Emlyn approached the stone door and said to Kurt outside, "You're that reckless fellow from the other day! What's your name again?"

Kurt was taken aback, not expecting Emlyn to take the initiative to speak to him. He slightly raised the corners of his mouth and said, "Kurt Bard, the Mother Goddess's representative on earth, I believe that soon you will also sincerely join me in spreading faith for the Mother Goddess."

The voices inside suddenly became agitated. Kurt heard Emlyn White's somewhat exasperated voice: "My faith will always be the moon, our vampire progenitor! I will never be like that annoying vampire who betrays his faith and believes in some Earth Mother Goddess!"

"That annoying guy?" Kurt asked knowingly. "Who, Bishop Utravsky?"

"Ugh, that vampire from the Snell family, a legitimate vampire, called me a pretty boy vampire, it's simply—it's simply unforgivable!" Emlyn got angry as he said this, mainly because he couldn't beat the baron.

"Are the Snell family special?" That was Kurt's ultimate goal. He had noticed Emlyn White's strange reaction after learning Melanie's name last time.

"Snell—Hmph, I won't tell you. Don't think I don't know you're trying to trick me." Emlyn, who was about to explain, suddenly realized that the person outside the door had been trying to trick him. "Don't even think about getting anything out of a noble vampire—unless you do me a favor. Go and find my parents and tell them I'm being held here."

"Where do they live, and how am I supposed to find them?" Kurt asked directly, his mind intrigued.

"Do you think I'm stupid? You haven't even agreed to my request, why would I give you my real address!"

"Okay, I promise you! Now you can tell me, right?" Kurt asked with a half-smile.

"You obviously just want to find out my home address so you can capture us all!" Emlyn scoffed, seeing through Kurt's lie. "Besides, you're a chosen one of the Earth Mother, how could I possibly believe you so easily?"

Emlyn's proud, "I won't be fooled" voice came from the crack in the stone door. Kurt looked at the heavy, moss-covered stone door and said coldly, "Knowing I am a chosen one of the gods, you still dare to entrust me with this?"

"Uh—you just need to do it in the name of the Earth Mother Goddess—" Before Emlyn could finish speaking, Kurt interrupted him.

"That's enough. I know where you live, No. 48, Hewan Avenue, South Bridge District, right? —"

The stone gate fell silent instantly. After a long while, Emlyn finally managed to feign composure and said, "Hmph, don't think you can guess right just by giving a random address—"

Hearing Emlyn's weak protest, Kurt almost burst out laughing, and slowly whispered, "Now can you tell me?"

After a moment of silence.

"Hmph, since you came all this way to ask me for advice, I'll reluctantly give you a little lesson—but I will absolutely not tell you my real home address." Emlyn forced his voice to sound more confident. "The Snell family was originally a small family in Brisbane, north of Loen, and they were wiped out by artificial vampires about 110 years ago."

When the word "extermination" was mentioned, Kurt could hear the grit in Emlyn's voice.

"Almost no one escaped unscathed, because such a large-scale extinction was unprecedented and thus it was remembered by the vampires. Afterwards, many vampires who lived in small cities flocked to cities like Backlund, which had powerful vampire leaders and church influence, in order to avoid being harmed by artificial vampires."

Kurt listened quietly without interrupting Emlyn, but this only put more pressure on Emlyn. He continued, "That's why very few young vampires have the surname Snell, because most of the children were wiped out in that catastrophe—those beasts, they should be called vampires, they don't deserve to be compared to pureblood vampires like us. Anyway, Melanie's scent tells me she's at most 130 years old or younger, and it's hard to believe she survived that disaster."

"Vampires aren't allowed to leave their settlement before adulthood, which is why I was so surprised that day. It seems she was saved by the Church of the Earth Mother—actually, it's not so shameful that she converted because of this, but I, Emlyn White, would rather never touch a doll again, even if I jumped off the Backlund Bridge, than convert!!!"

"The teacher really does have a hidden past," Kurt sighed inwardly, "but that doesn't explain why she has claustrophobia and is afraid of the dark."

Upon hearing Emlyn's final words, Kurt smiled and said, "We'll see. I'm going to take a stroll along River Bend now. Goodbye, Mr. White."

"Wait, no! My home really isn't there!!" Emlyn White pounded on the stone door in a somewhat panicked manner.

Meanwhile, Kurt walked away with the sound of banging on the door, showing no intention of turning back. This should allow Emlyn to speed up his memorization of the scriptures.

However, having the Emlyn family reunite at the Harvest Church seemed like a good option, Kurt thought with a slight upturn of his lips, but ultimately rejected the idea; he was worried the bishop might be anemic.