Lord of Mysteries: The Color of the Stars

Upon hearing Miss Justice's greeting, Mr. Fool tapped the edge of the bronze table three times with his fingers and said with a smile:

"Congratulations, Miss Justice, you are now an extraordinary being."

Upon hearing this, "Justice" Audrey paused slightly, then said in a joyful voice:

"Thank you, thank you Mr. Fool, thank you Mr. Hanged Man and Mr. Tower."

Mr. Fool nodded slightly, then glanced at the symbols made of glittering stars on the backs of the chairs behind the three people seated.

Behind Miss Justice is a symbol resembling a giant dragon, while behind The Hanged Man is a scene of lightning and storm.

Klein understood that all of this pointed to the extraordinary path they were on.

But when he turned his gaze to the back of the chair behind "Tower" Julian, he paused slightly.

What appeared there was a vast expanse of starlight, dazzling to the extreme.

The stars did not form any special pattern; they appeared extremely random.

Among them, one could vaguely see the neon-colored nebula, but this color only appeared for a moment before disappearing quickly, so much so that "Fool" Klein wondered if he had seen it wrong.

After calming himself down, he asked:

"Ladies and gentlemen, have you found Russell's diary?"

Faced with Mr. Fool's question, Mr. Hanged Man and Miss Justice claimed to have found two and one pages of the diary, respectively. Julian "The Tower" also stated that he possessed one page of Emperor Roselle's diary.

The truth is, he didn't actually have that kind of thing, but as a time traveler from China who could write Chinese characters, he could fabricate any number of "Russell's Diaries" at any time.

"very good."

Mr. Fool praised them, and then began to have the three of them materialize the contents of the diary in turn, using their extraordinary memories as extraordinary beings.

The first page of the diary mentions that Emperor Roselle, with his retinue, went to explore the Misty Sea, where they encountered some extraordinary species.

On the other hand, his servant Green also contracted some kind of unknown infection and began to act somewhat abnormally.

The next page of the diary is where Rosell expresses his dissatisfaction with the arranged marriage, but this dissatisfaction doesn't last long before Rosell is captivated by his fiancée's beauty and begins to look forward to the marriage.

Seeing this information, Mr. Fool's lips twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but mentally criticize the integrity of this senior time traveler.

The third page of the diary records the process by which Emperor Roselle became a "generalist" and how he came to understand the role of the "playing method" mentioned by Zarathustra.

After regaining his composure, Klein turned the page of the diary again, arriving at the fourth page that Julian "Tower" had submitted.

"On March 7th, I learned some incredible things today."

"Hermes told me that if his own path were to advance to a very high sequence, he would have a certain ability to 'script' reality."

"In the words that were popular on the internet before I transmigrated, it was a power similar to 'words become law.' For example, if I wished that a beautiful noble lady would throw herself into my arms the next day, it would definitely happen the next day—in a very reasonable way."

"To be honest, knowing about this scares me a bit. I can't help but wonder if everything I'm going through now, and the so-called choices I've made based on free will, have been orchestrated by someone else?"

"When I continued to ask Hermes who else possessed this ability, he simply smiled and told me, 'There is only one at present, but it is not himself,' and also mentioned that the Church of the Goddess of Night could do the same thing by paying certain specific prices."

"This description is somewhat ambiguous, but I suspect the former corresponds to a powerful angel, while the latter might correspond to a sealed artifact formed from a specific extraordinary characteristic?"

The ability for words to become law?

Does such a power exist in this world? And is it even connected to the Church of the Night?

Mr. Fool's heart was filled with doubt and surprise.

He also noticed the term "extraordinary characteristics".

At this time, Klein lacked sufficient understanding of the law of conservation of extraordinary properties, so he didn't quite understand what the term meant.

"Tower" Julian quietly observed Klein's reaction, showing no unusual behavior other than curiosity.

He forged the diary mainly to tell Klein two things.

The first thing is that the Church of the Night possesses a kind of seal that can "make words come true".

If nothing unexpected happens, 0-08 will likely still arrange for Mr. Azik to remind Klein that his fate has taken some kind of turn, just like in the original story.

Given that Klein already knows that Archbishop Ince Zangwill of the Church of the Night stole a high-level sealed artifact, he may become wary and defensive towards Ince and begin to wonder if his own fate has been predetermined.

With the "Source Castle" assisting Klein, this helps reduce the causal variables caused by 0-08, because he will try to remind those around him, which will invisibly put more pressure on Ince Zangwell.

On the other hand, the concept of extraordinary characteristics is related to Dunn Smith's safety, which is another key factor that could affect the situation.

Given that Julian originally intended to trade away the Law of Conservation of Extraordinary Properties, this was a convenient side effect.

"...Sorry, I got so engrossed in it."

Mr. Fool came to his senses, looked up at everyone, and said with a smile.

"I understand, and I look forward to the day when I can exchange the contents of the Roselle Emperor's Diary with you."

Miss Justice tried hard to suppress her envy and spoke.

"That comes at a price."

Mr. Fool nodded slightly, and then said:

"You are free to communicate now."

"Mr. Tower, I am very grateful for the hint you sent me through Mr. Fool last time."

"Miss Justice" was referring to the fact that someone was following her, and she added:

"Although I still don't quite understand what happened, I have been staying at home as you said during this time, and I also told my brother in a rather subtle way that someone wanted to harm me."

"He takes this matter very seriously and has already arranged for people to investigate."

"You're welcome."

Julian breathed a slight sigh of relief and spoke.

"There's another thing I'd like to ask you."

Miss Justice added:

"I have received the potion ingredients that you asked someone to bring me... It looks like a beautiful thing, like a heart."

"But based on my previous experience concocting the 'Audience' potion, it seems that the potion requires two main ingredients...? Or is there some principle I don't understand?"

Sure enough... Audrey began to notice the nature of extraordinary characteristics.

Julian thought to himself, "The Tower," and nodded slightly.

"Yes, this concerns the knowledge I didn't finish explaining last time—namely, why the Orthodox Church needs to control the spread of 'role modeling'."

"I've already considered my own needs... I'm also curious whether you two are ready to complete this transaction?"