Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Audis felt reborn. The fear that had been building in his heart made him want to scream to vent.

Or turn around and cry in Bernadette's arms.

Fortunately, his usual state was good, allowing him to quickly stabilize his emotions and prevent them from affecting his condition, triggering the prelude to loss of control.

"I... I'll walk myself," Audis said.

Bernadette didn't say anything and put Audis down.

After that, everything went smoothly. Audis quickly touched the stone wall, then searched left and right, and found a passage wide enough for one or two people to pass through.

After walking for a while, they gradually felt a cool breeze.

This made the two of them immediately speed up. Soon, they regained their spirituality and inspiration. The reminder of spirituality made them realize that they could open their eyes.

So Bernadette ended the spell, and the two of them reopened their eyes and regained their vision.

Before them were towering snow mountains. The cold wind howled, and the snow on the mountains swirled in the air.

It was already night, and a brilliant starry sky hung above the snow mountains, a rare and beautiful sight.

They were both Beyonders. Even though Audis was only a Sequence 7, he was basically unafraid of ordinary cold.

For a moment, the two of them were unwilling to look away, staring at the beautiful scenery before them for a while before turning back to examine the way they had come. Behind them was a small stone crevice, impossible to pass through even sideways.

Obviously, this was just a symbol, symbolizing the passage between that space and the outside world.

Looking at the stone crevice and then at the snow mountains, the two of them had the illusion of being reborn.

Bernadette looked at the sky to identify their current location. Although it was daytime, she could still see the constellations in the sky and use them to distinguish her approximate location.

"We are in the eastern part of Ruen," she judged. "It is very likely in the Amon Dha Mountains."

The cathedral of the Goddess of the Night was located in this mountain range.

This was not surprising, after all, during the Fourth Epoch, this was still the God Kingdom of the "Goddess of the Night."

Bernadette raised her hand, and a virtual box appeared, encompassing the two of them.

*Pop*~

After the box closed, it flew into the sky at an extremely fast speed.

Audis felt that only a few seconds had passed when he heard the sound of the sea outside.

At this time, the lid of the box opened, and Audis saw that they had arrived at the seaside.

The waves, aided by the winter gale, crashed fiercely on the rocky beach, making Audis feel that the waves were just a little short of hitting him.

Bernadette said, "Let's divide the spoils."

"Wait a moment," Audis said. "I need to go to the bathroom first."

He had been holding it in for a long time, and when he was paralyzed with fear just now, he almost peed.

Bernadette didn't say anything, just nodded.

Audis hid behind a strange rock. Just as he was about to untie his belt, he heard Bernadette shout, "Come out!"

Audis was startled and quickly came out. Outside the strange rock was still the turbulent sea and the strong sea breeze. There was no danger.

Bernadette said with a puzzled look, "You continue."

Audis was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, go behind the strange rock again."

Audis went behind the strange rock again. Soon, he heard Bernadette say again, "Come out!"

This made Audis realize that something must have happened, so he had to try to hold it in and stay as far away from the strange rock as possible.

Bernadette directed, "Go behind that rock."

Audis obediently went behind another rock. Sure enough, he soon heard Bernadette say, "Come out!"

Audis came out from behind the rock: "What's going on? Otherwise, I'm going to pee in front of you!"

"My spirituality can't sense your existence," Bernadette said, still somewhat puzzled. "To be precise, as long as you leave my sight, I can't sense your existence!"

Audis immediately used his own spirituality to sense his condition: "I don't feel anything unusual."

Bernadette's eyes suddenly emitted a virtual light. She nodded and said, "Indeed, there is no danger. Continue."

At this time, the swelling in Audis's lower abdomen was very uncomfortable, and he couldn't care so much. He came to the strange rock again, unbuttoning his belt while thinking about this matter: Bernadette can't sense my existence, I wonder if the God of Steam and Machinery can sense it…"

Suddenly, Audis thought: Could this be the help of the 'Goddess of the Night'? Because I helped Her reseal the 'Nether Emperor', so She helped me hide my tracks?

Moreover, this kind of hiding is not only imperceptible to demigod levels like Bernadette, but also to the 'God of Steam and Machinery' and the 'Hermit'! They definitely can't sense my current location!

Then Audis suddenly recalled many clues from before: When the "Nighthawks" and "Heart of the Machine" jointly set up a trap in the dock area, the first time I saw the "Night Holy Emblem", I felt as if I was being scrutinized.

Looking back now, that should have been the "Goddess of the Night" noticing me.

Later, Bernadette made a low-level mistake, so she found the secret room of Trensost and asked me to decipher the magic circle on it.

That should also be the Goddess's doing. Bernadette made a low-level mistake because of "bad luck."

And letting us join hands to open that secret room and reseal the thin-necked glass bottle inside was to let us discover the magic circle that could be used to seal the level of gods in the Fourth Epoch.

After that, I encountered high-level events three times in a row, also because I was affected by the Goddess, becoming "unlucky."

At the same time, the members of the "Moses Ascetic Order" and the descendants of that demon family also became very unlucky, so although it felt very thrilling, I didn't have much danger under their unlucky state, but instead had some gains.

As for the event of preventing the "Unquenchable Murmurs" from descending, it was more like a rehearsal in advance, or a test from the Goddess, just to be able to enter the snow mountains and wilderness today and finally completely seal the "Nether Emperor."

Audis finally sighed: This is very similar to the style of that "fellow countryman", planning before acting. Things related to Her seem to have a meticulous plan behind them.

Then he realized: Before Her plan is completed, I will also unconsciously help Her keep it secret, and I only noticed something was wrong, but never associated it with Her. Only during the "Tarot Club", with the protection of the "Source Castle", did I think more about this matter, and usually never thought about the "Goddess of the Night".

Audis guessed that this should also be one of the manifestations of the "Secrecy" authority. Before the "Goddess of the Night" permits it, Her plan is part of the secret, which will make the subconscious of the people in the plan automatically skip the association with Her.

Thinking of this, Audis suddenly had an epiphany: Why didn't I think of it before, only gods can fight against gods! The previous idea was a bit of a dead end. How could a Sequence 7 have a way to fight against a god?

In this way, Audis had a new goal for the future, and some of the previous plans were meaningless.

At this time, he had already finished peeing, so he pulled up his pants and retied his belt, going out from behind the strange rock.

Bernadette frowned slightly: "Why did it take so long?"

Audis laughed heartily: "Because I held it in for too long."

Then he said: "Let's start."

Bernadette took out the spoils she had obtained. Audis first said: "I suggest that this 'Night Watchman' Beyonder characteristic, together with Srant's ashes, be returned to the Church of the Goddess of the Night."

"Yes, I can return it. I will express your goodwill to the Church of the Goddess of the Night."

This "Night Watchman" Beyonder characteristic was the characteristic of Srant, who had guarded the outside of the original magic circle for more than two hundred years.

Bernadette had no objection: "Okay."

Although this was a demigod-level Beyonder characteristic, she had no subordinates in the "Sleepless" pathway, and it was not a sealed artifact, so she couldn't use it. It was better to return it to the Church of the Goddess of the Night.

This way, the Church of the Goddess of the Night would owe her a favor, which might be useful in the future.

Then Audis said again: "You choose first."

Bernadette didn't stand on ceremony and took the pocket watch-shaped sealed artifact corresponding to Sequence 4 "Fallen Earl": "The rest are yours."

There is also a ring with "Travel" ability, and a "Judge" Beyonder characteristic.

Audis took the ring and put away the Beyonder characteristic: "Saved me more than ten thousand pounds."

His current savings are still more than thirteen thousand pounds. At that time, he saved so much money to buy a sealed artifact with "Travel" ability. Now that he has the sealed artifact, that money has become his truly disposable savings.

Then Bernadette temporarily sealed the "Night Watchman" Beyonder characteristic and handed it to Audis while asking: "What are your plans next?"

Audis smiled and said: "I want to develop on the sea."

Now he is not worried at all that he will be found by the "Heart of the Machine" and taken back to Backlund, and he doesn't have to worry about the people of the "Moses Ascetic Order" coming to make trouble.

Bernadette nodded: "You can go to the Emerald Palace of Lasha Island with me first to avoid the limelight."

She said: "I also need to go back to avoid the limelight and return to Backlund after a while."

Audis immediately agreed: "Okay."

He paused and then said: "According to the previous agreement, I also have to build a ship for you."

Anyway, now that he has the "Travel" ability, he can build a ship while wandering around the Furious Sea.

Bernadette raised a hand, and a pumpkin-shaped carriage pulled by rat-headed, horse-bodied creatures appeared before them.

They boarded the carriage and entered the spirit world.

… …

For the people of Backlund, December 28th wasn't a day worth paying much attention to, because the "Backlund Smog Incident" simply didn't happen.

In the East End, people only remembered that the wind was very strong that day.

Liv, a single mother who worked as a laundress, could attest to this, as she spent the entire afternoon chasing after a shirt that had blown away, and had to reluctantly compensate her employer for its loss.

As for Kaina, living at 51 Henry Street in the West End, he didn't feel anything about it at all. It wasn't until the next day, the 29th, when he read the newspaper, that he learned that the East End had encountered a strong wind yesterday, almost brewing into a disaster.

When the 29th arrived, the day he had arranged to meet with Mr. Audis, Kaina paid special attention to the mailbox outside, but he didn't see anyone deliver a letter.

However, when Kaina opened the mailbox at noon to take a look, he didn't expect to find a letter lying inside.

He quickly took it into the house and began to read it. It was a letter from Mr. Audis, informing Kaina that by the time he read this letter, Audis would have already left Backlund due to certain circumstances.

At the same time, Audis entrusted Kaina with the management of the shop, as well as the spirit herbs and spirit animal breeding farm in the suburbs, and explained in detail how to maintain those magical arrays.

From then on, 80% of the herb shop's income would belong to Kaina, while the remaining 20% would still belong to Audis, the investor. He could open an account in Backlund and accumulate that 20% of the money.

Finally, Audis also told Kaina that he had written a letter to Max, asking Max to train Kaina to become an informant for the Church of Steam and Machinery, so as to enjoy a certain degree of protection.

Kaina took a deep breath, never expecting that as the New Year was approaching, such a big change would suddenly occur in his life!

Fortunately, this change was in a good direction.

… …

At this time, Ms. Mandy of the Nanmu Ballroom also received a letter from Mr. Gars. After reading the contents of the letter, she immediately took a carriage to the Earl of Brandon's residence in the Queens district, and, under the name of "Wizard Gandalf", met with this shrewd earl and handed over Mr. Gars's letter.

Wearing a relatively casual silk outfit, the still-young Earl of Brandon sighed after reading the letter: "I didn't expect Mr. Gandalf to be Mr. Gars."

Then he raised the letter in his hand and asked Ms. Mandy: "Do you know the contents of the letter?"

Ms. Mandy rose from her seat and replied: "Mr. Gars mentioned in his letter to me that 'Nanmu Ballroom' will be under your protection from now on."

"I once owed Mr. Gandalf a favor," Earl Brandon said. "Although taking over 'Nanmu Ballroom' may have some impact on my reputation, I am willing to repay this favor.

"In addition, the letter says that Mr. Gandalf, that is, Mr. Gars as you said, has gifted all the shares to me. I'll leave him 5%, after all, it's his hard work."

… …

December 31st, New Year's Eve.

In a narrow apartment in the East End, old Kohler coughed as he cut off two slices of ham and placed them in the bread in his hand.

Although the "Lady of Despair" did not cause the "Backlund Smog Incident", the "Extraordinary Virus" she created still caused many people to suffer from severe colds.

Old Kohler had been coughing constantly until today, but looking at the bread and ham in his hand, his eyes seemed to light up. Just as he was about to take a bite, he suddenly noticed something and looked out the window.

He saw a young man of about twenty-four or five years old, wearing a wizard's pointed hat, a wizard's robe, and holding a wooden staff, looking at him.

Old Kohler smacked his lips and was about to turn his back to the young man and continue eating, but in the end, he sighed, opened the window, and handed the bread in his hand to the young man: "Eat it, this is the 'New Year's gift'!"

The young man didn't thank him, took the bread and took a bite, then suddenly laughed loudly. As he laughed, he even clutched his stomach and squatted on the ground laughing.

Then he shouted "Happy New Year", raised the bitten bread, and left happily, singing a song that Old Kohler didn't understand.

Old Kohler shook his head: "How long has it been since he ate meat?"

Then he picked up the pot lid. The stewed pork with potatoes was also ready. Old Kohler couldn't wait to scoop a piece of cooked ham into his mouth, chewed it, and his mouth was full of the aroma of meat.