Lord of Mysteries: Taiyi

Kurt took Leah to get ice cream, watch a street magician's performance, and then had dinner.

During this time, Kurt subtly displayed a sense of distance, which Leah quickly sensed as well. She stopped playing the "savage" and maintained an appropriate distance...

After saying goodbye to Leah, Kurt breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself:

"After being busy for a while, I really need to relax."

After calming himself down, he picked up Fran as planned and headed to the East End. At the Kuhn residence, he learned that Viscount Grelint's men had sent a formal invitation to a pre-arranged club to discuss the specifics. Kuhn, however, had entrusted Kuhn with full authority...

Nothing special happened that evening, except that Xiu's return made the children happy for a while. After all, Xiu had always enjoyed playing and chatting with the children during recess, apparently because she was curious about the different childhoods of the children in the East District compared to hers...

On Saturday morning, after having breakfast, Kurt continued his research on potatoes, which he believed could store energy and spirituality.

Around 11 o'clock, Kurt discovered that his final experiment had succeeded. A potato with glowing abilities! It possessed about 90% of the original spell's effect, without Kurt needing to infuse it with any additional spiritual power.

Of course, besides being able to light up for two hours, this potato doesn't have much other use. Its main practical significance is storing spiritual energy... We still need to think about how to set the triggering conditions.

Kurt held the gleaming potato in his hand and tossed it up and down. The entire bedroom was filled with flickering light and shadow. After Kurt had his fill of playing with it, he tried to mash the potato and, sure enough, got a pile of glowing mashed potatoes.

"The light emission is not uniform..."

Kurt subtly activated the "Eye of Möbius," drawing out the remaining spiritual energy. The potato instantly lost its luster. After carefully collecting the mashed potato, Kurt took the tin box containing the wings of the Rainbow Illusionary Cicada and some auxiliary materials and went out.

……

Harvest Church

After greeting the giant bishop, Kurt went directly into the Harvest Church.

They discovered that there was an unfamiliar man in the somewhat cramped room.

The man was exceptionally tall, nearly 1.9 meters, very muscular, with abundant body hair. He wore a slightly puffy brown jacket, and his brownish skin clearly showed he was constantly exposed to the sun. His features were also rugged. However, he had a pair of gentle, light blue eyes…

Kurt's first impression was that he seemed like a gentle and considerate man... He must be someone sent by the Holy Temple.

Upon seeing Kurt walk in, the two who had been chatting stopped and looked over at the same time.

Melanie spoke first, explaining:

"Kurt, he's the one the Sanctuary sent to deliver the potion ingredients to you, Marcus Anre. He arrived much faster than I expected..."

Kurt politely extended his right hand and said:

"Hello, Mr. Marcus, this is Kurt Bard."

Marcus spoke in a deep, resonant voice:

"Hello, Your Excellency, the Chosen One."

He then extended his large right hand, gently shook hands with Kurt, and released his grip, his eyes drawn to the ring on Kurt's left hand.

Kurt was taken aback. "The Chosen One?" There was such a title. He was about to tell Marcus to change his address when Melanie spoke up:

"Marcus is a child I found. He is very devout to the Mother Goddess... He can also be considered your senior brother."

Kurt paused for a moment, then noticed that Marcus wasn't annoyed by Melanie's blunt words. Instead, he scratched his head and chuckled sheepishly.

"Mother Melanie is my second mother, besides the Mother Goddess."

Melanie seemed a little embarrassed as she interrupted:

"Marcus, outside, especially in the sanctuary, please address me as Teacher! Also, according to your human age, I am still a woman in my early twenties..."

Kurt saw Marcus reveal a... sly? smile, and nodded with a smile, saying:

"Okay, teacher."

Seeing this rather shocking scene, Kurt suppressed the twitching corner of his mouth and smiled as he spoke:

"Mr. Marcus, you can just call me by my name. Under the protection of the Mother Goddess, all life is equal."

Marcus didn't insist and began to formally introduce himself:

"Marcus Enree, captain of the 'Reaper' squad in Fenneport City, a Sequence 5 'Druid'. Mr. Kurt, I'm here to carry out this material escort mission."

The Reapers... an organization similar to the "Red Gloves," Sequence 5, sending me materials? Isn't that making a mountain out of a molehill?

It's still the captain, so that obedient little boy look he had just given us definitely wasn't the true face of this druid... His eyes are now filled with the light of wisdom and benevolence.

Kurt had just nodded slightly when Melanie began to explain:

"Marcus has another mission this time... A fugitive suspected to be from the Society of Truth has come to Backlund, and Marcus is ordered to hunt him down, of course, with the Night Watchers. This is a rare opportunity."

The Truth Association? Kurt considered investigating the organization that seemed to possess the watchmaker's pathway, but then realized that since a Sequence 5 powerhouse had been sent to hunt it down, the escaped member must be quite strong.

Given his status and strength, it wasn't appropriate for him to actively seek involvement. And since the church knew, it was essentially the same as him knowing… Kurt abandoned the idea of ​​getting involved and nodded, asking:

"I'm ready for the promotion. Since Mr. Marcus has arrived early, let's begin now."

Melanie nodded, pleased with the peace and quiet, and said:

"Let's begin then, Marcus, bring out the main ingredients."

Marcus nodded and walked over to Walker, the raven who had been perched on a suitcase in the corner of the room.

Then something happened that shocked Kurt: Walker, who always liked to face him with his buttocks, affectionately flew onto Marcus's shoulder and patted him on the head.

"Marcus, it's been three years since we last saw each other, and you still remember to come and see us!"

Marcus picked up the box and said with a smile:

"I'm always on missions, and this time I only had the chance to see you all because of a mission."

Melanie looked at the person and the bird with a touch of nostalgia and said:

"Walker and Marcus grew up together and are very close. Don't be surprised, Walker probably hates the 'tamer' smell on you other than mine."

"Oh, I see," Kurt thought, recalling that the original story did mention this. Darkwell had encountered Susie after becoming a Beast Tamer, and Susie had reacted as if facing a formidable enemy…

From the conversation just now, it was clear that Marcus had only just arrived and hadn't had a chance to catch up with Walker yet. Walker also waited until Marcus and Melanie finished talking before interjecting.

Melanie undoubtedly held a very high place in their hearts… Kurt shook his head slightly, dismissing these useless deductions. He watched as Marcus carefully opened the spiritual wall on the suitcase.

Then he saw a grayish-black sac covered in ugly bumps. Kurt frowned deeply as he looked at the complete sac of the Whisperer, which resembled dried tree bark. When unfolded, the thing was as big as a 1.2 by 2 meter carpet!