Mystery: Starting with the Night Pope.

Chapter 273 Will

"How dare you curse me?" Such a voice echoed throughout the dream world, making Klein's expression even more strange.

"I simply wish you all the best," Klein said cautiously.

"This is a blessing for many people, but for someone like me it's a curse, because it will draw the attention of the dream world to me."

"And often, being watched by him can be troublesome, even dangerous."

Klein looked toward the source of the sound, and from the shadows of the church, a black baby carriage slid out, inside which lay an infant whose features were obscured, wrapped in silver silk.

The baby was very small and seemed very fragile, but he was an angel. If he hadn't deliberately suppressed it, Klein would have gone mad upon seeing him.

“‘The Mercury Serpent,’ Mr. Will…” Klein appeared respectful and submissive.

"So you do know me, but that's not surprising. Let me count how much of your aura there is..."

In Klein's mind, there was an image of a child counting on his fingers: "That spying mirror, the witch, the sun, the night, dreams..."

When they finished counting, even the baby stopped. Was this... a bit too much?

The mirror is Arodes, and the witch is the reason I peeked at the ring? The same applies to the sun, and needless to say, to night and dreams…

"...And that wisp of gray mist," the baby murmured, "there are many great beings who have witnessed your presence."

So, He didn't recognize me as "The Fool"... Klein blinked, feeling inexplicably relieved.

"Why do you say being stared at by a dream is troublesome?" Klein asked cautiously, looking at the "Mercury Serpent".

"Since the Second Age, no ordinary person has died because of Dream, but far too many Extraordinary beings have died because of it, and the higher the sequence, the more dangerous it is," the baby said.

"Especially someone like me."

"Wah!" Without warning, Mr. Mercury Serpent opened his mouth and cried out.

Klein slowly widened his eyes, and his mouth slowly opened, unable to close.

At this moment, he seriously doubted whether the person in front of him was actually a Sequence One being, or the Fate Speaker that Arrodes had mentioned.

"I was just thinking about sad things." The baby stopped crying immediately. "And it's normal for children to cry because they're sad."

"Children should do what children dare to do."

Klein couldn't fully understand the sentence yet, but he kept it in mind.

"Because of the dream, I used up all the luck I had accumulated over thousands of years. The most recent time, I was almost caught by that big, stupid snake."

"Wah!" Will started crying again. "That snake was so big, and I'm so small!"

He gestured with his two little hands, trying to make Klein understand.

Are the two "mercury snakes" in competition? Klein pondered.

"That silly giant snake, because it hides in the divine kingdom of the 'true creator' every time it restarts, has no childhood and lacks the corresponding experiences, which should drive it insane."

"But it's because of the existence of the Dream that His condition is better than mine! That's not fair!"

The baby was on the verge of tears, wiping them away with both hands.

Babies in this state easily evoke sympathy, but Klein restrained himself.

This is not someone he can pity.

"Alright." The baby suddenly stopped crying and stared at Klein, making him tense up immediately.

"Because of your curse, and because of the secret knowledge I just gave you, you need to do me a favor."

The topic of the Mercury Serpent shifted so quickly that it almost strained Klein's back.

And most of those secrets were told to me by you… Klein had this thought in mind, but a smile appeared on his face.

"I, a Sequence Seven, don't have that kind of ability."

"But you're not your average Sequence 7! Dual-path Beyonders are extremely rare in my eyes; I've only seen three in all my years of life."

"Generally speaking, people who drink potions are blessed by the Dream."

"Three times?" Klein knew he couldn't escape this commission, so he quickly tried to take advantage of the situation.

"The first one was Hermes, and the last one was Bernadette."

Hermes? The creator of the ancient Hermesian language?!

"...Bernarde? The daughter of the Imperial Speaker Rosell?" Klein blinked; he had seen this name in his diary.

"Yes." The baby nodded gently.

Klein's heart surged with emotion, and then he heard the baby say, "My request is simple. You should have made contact with the Aurora Society by now. I need you to find out their progress in tracking me and report back to me regularly."

"You want me to be a double agent?" Klein resisted for a moment, but it wasn't something he could resist!

click!

The dream shattered, and Klein woke up to find Mr. Allen and his wife standing before him; only a few seconds had passed.

Klein left without any apparent incident. Who would have thought that there was a Sequence One angel here?

"Reboot!" But after Klein left, the dream that was on the verge of shattering returned to its state before it was shattered.

This isn't "Mercury Serpent's" signature move, but rather a time reversal under the effect of wish fulfillment. Except for Klein, who has already left the dream, everything returns to how it was at the beginning.

"Wah!" A panicked cry echoed throughout the dream, and the baby in the stroller struggled and thrashed about, this time truly crying.

"Sigh, don't cry, don't cry! I'm not here to cause you any trouble." Truman's helpless voice rang out in the dream as he walked out of the illusion and gradually solidified into a physical body.

He crouched down, looked at Will in the stroller, and gently patted the baby's chest to comfort him.

"Why are you here? Am I finally going to get eaten by that giant snake today?!"

"My luck has definitely run out! I'm so unlucky!"

With Truman's comforting words, Will temporarily stopped crying, but tears still streamed down his face.

"The idiot snake didn't come." Truman looked at Will, who was acting like a fussy baby, with a hint of helplessness.

"Huh?" Will wiped away his tears with his little hands and looked around. He didn't see that silly big snake, so at least he didn't have to worry about being eaten today.

"Could it be that the curse succeeded?!" Will recalled the phrase, "May dreams bless you."

"Yes, the curse worked. At least I saw you." Truman wouldn't usually go out of his way to find Will, who always tries to hide his fate, but Klein's mention of the "curse" drew his attention.

The position of Sequence One is so prominent that it's hard not to notice it.

"I..." Will's little face scrunched up. "Then what are you here for?"

"Isn't this just a chance to catch up?" Truman looked at Will with great interest.

"..." Will knew very well what rank he was in, so he simply gave up. With such a being here, His fate was no longer in His control.

(End of this chapter)