"So, after Gray returns to our current point in time, 'Closed Loop' has actually been completed..."
Angel, who came to Gray Fog in advance, was sitting in the high-backed chair belonging to "Empress", lying on the long bronze table boredly, supporting his head with his hands and looking at "Fool" Klein, and asked.
"This is also a way to deceive the 'world'," she answered, sitting at the other end of the long table, deliberately covering the gloomy "world" with mist. "This is the inspiration I got from a certain Old Era's work. As long as Angel Gray thinks everything is true, then everything will be true."
"But I spent a lot of effort to calm her down. Her mood at that time was the same as when I was told by Adam that she was false and a personality he imagined. She was depressed, desperate, and just wanted to disappear from this world."
Angel turned to look at Klein on the other side and muttered.
Of course, Adam at that time did not deceive Angel. Even he himself believed that Gray hidden in Mirror World was the real one, and the one in Physical World as Angel Granger was the false "Mirror Person".
Is this what it means to deceive the world? It wasn't until June 28, 1354, that the fraudulent "Lord of Mysteries" and "God Almighty" knew what to do... She thought about it, and her feeling of guilt improved because she was saved by the message from "another Timeline" but could not help them in turn.
Under the guidance of Angel, Gray's mood stabilized. The two of them also had a preliminary plan on how Mirror Person, who had gained independent consciousness, should get along with the main body.
Gray, which has now returned to its main body, is equivalent to a complete clone. It can draw on most of the power including Uniqueness. Its strength is similar to that of King of Angel who did not perform Apotheosis Ritual. Therefore, Angel is preparing to make her the pope of "The End Church", to take charge of Physical World's faith on her behalf, to restrain those Demoness who have committed themselves to the church with sinful bodies, and to appropriately display miracles to strengthen the centripetal force of believers.
Of course, after Angel truly absorbs the power of "Supernova Dominator" and becomes Great Old Dominator with dual Sefirah, the End Church itself will also need to undergo certain modifications, which can also be done by Gray.
It always feels like she is still working as a coolie... Or we can take turns, I do one day and she does one day?
Angel's thinking was a little divergent, and he didn't converge until he realized another problem, and continued to ask:
"If there is not another parallel world that was destroyed by Apocalypse, and the entire time travel was carried out under your arrangement 'Closed Loop', then who did the information that Gray learned come from?"
To put it simply, this is the problem of the "first driving force". All the information about Gray who traveled back in time comes from the current "Lord of Mysteries" and "God Almighty", and these two Pillar learned everything from Angel Gray in 1349, knew the secrets of "Primordial Demoness" Cheek, and knew that the birth of "Lord of Mysteries" was the key to everything.
Although this can form a complete cycle, since the tragic "Apocalypse" has never been staged, who provided this key information?
"On this point, I had an exchange with Grisha. I think this interference may come from a higher dimension. Of course, this does not refer to the 'High-Dimensional Overseer' who masters the power of dimensions and illusions, but real, conceptual help from higher dimensions."
Klein replied, but his tone was as uncertain as Angel.
"Grisha believes that this kind of 'rescue' across time and space is the embodiment of Creator's consciousness and his behavior of saving the universe. This is similar to the Redemption instinct of 'Circle of Inevitability'. Even after the fall of Creator, it will interfere with the entire Timeline.
"Only the person of Creator can influence the past from the future, and the two Pillars of 'Lord of Mysteries' and 'God Almighty', together with you as 'Mirror Creator', can hope to make this kind of interference a reality."
Original Creator... Under His person, time and space, even Law of Conservation of Beyonder Characteristics, will be broken. On the one hand, that Creator is eager to wake up, but on the other hand, he is afraid that the re-aggregation after awakening will lead to all Reboot, especially the fallen There is still a competitive relationship between Oldest One, Oldest One in the mirror and Creator bred by "Mother Goddess of Depravity". If one appears, the others will no longer have a chance... Thinking that this matter may be related to Creator, Angel frowned.
Fortunately, the "Mirror Creator" in her body was still separated into positive and negative parts at this time, and had not truly awakened after being reunited. She also planned to use the self-awareness that Feminine Aspect had in the future to completely eliminate the possibility of yin and yang fusion, so she did not continue to dwell on this issue.
Compared to Angel who still has some doubts, Klein's mentality is much better. Since becoming Pillar can only complete the process according to the idea of "Closed Loop" and cannot get a glimpse of the power behind it, there is no point in worrying about it.
Seeing that the time was almost up, he looked at the twinkling stars in Gray Fog and let each Tarot Club member appear on his own high-backed chair.
The monthly gathering is here again.
Klein was originally a little hesitant about whether to continue to maintain the existence of Tarot Club. This party originally originated from an experiment on the power of Gray Fog, and then because it was able to gain some benefits of its own as "Fool", it became bigger and bigger. In the end, it actually became a God, a Meeting Before God of Great Old One.
Now that everything has settled, this gathering has completed its historical mission and no longer needs to be held regularly. If members of Tarot Club are in need, they can pray to him at any time and gather in the form of temporary meetings. This is also consistent with the Meeting Before God form of other churches.
However, Klein still retained the habit of holding a party at 3 pm on the first Monday of each month. Angel did not object to this and continued to participate as "Empress".
They all believe that this will help maintain their own humanity, which will inevitably gradually diminish. Klein is even preparing to fill all 22 seats to make this regular gathering more lively.
When this long table is full of people, and when some of them leave the earth and enter the stars, it will be very interesting to share some Travel experiences every month... Thinking about this, Klein smiled and nodded, and responded to the Tarot Club members who stood up and saluted him, including "Empress" Angel.
Even "Chariot" Miss, who was absent before, is also on the list.
Sitting back in the high-backed chair, "Justice" Audrey was the first to find the extra member, feeling a little happy inside.
She had already deduced from various previous clues that "Chariot" was equal to "Empress", which was equal to that Goddess of Calamity, just like "The World" was essentially Mr. "Fool". Now that "Chariot" has returned, it means that "Goddess of Calamity" has recovered from a certain state, which naturally makes her happy.
Mr. "World" also returned to his seat. Both Great Existence made their clones appear. What does this mean...
While thinking, Audrey retracted his gaze from the figure, looked around, put aside the report he had originally planned on Loen's upcoming policy changes under his influence, and spoke instead:
"Mr. Fool, I wanted to share something interesting.
"About a 'Disciplinary Paladin' who discovered he couldn't beat a dog owned by his sister."
Speaking of this, she secretly glanced at Mr. "Fool" and found that he had no expression on his face. Then she reacted and turned to look at "The World". She noticed that the member moved his body and made a gesture of listening carefully.
Audrey felt relieved and continued:
"... This started from the day a month ago, when I took the initiative to reveal to my parents and brother that I had become Angel..."
Subsequently, other Tarot Club members also shared interesting stories they had encountered, instead of some boring reports that had been prepared long ago.
"... He was standing with another King of Angel, an old man wearing a Church of Knowledge robe inlaid with brass threads and holding a heavy book in his hand. I think this is probably the legendary 'Wisdom Angel'."
"Many immigrants who yearn for a free life are flocking to the Southern Continent, but they have recently found a new place to go - East Continent waiting for land reclamation, because there are rumors that as long as they settle there, they will be assigned housing, jobs, and even wives..."
"We docked at the largest port in the Western Continent. There are trams with wires attached to their heads, two-wheeled cars pulled by humans, and even bicycles that just appeared in Backlund."
"World" Klein leaned back on the chair and listened quietly with a faint smile.
He noticed that "Empress" Angel was the same as him, but his eyes occasionally looked towards "Chariot" Gray who was silent and barely spoke on Tarot Club.
At some point, the palace in Gray Fog became quiet. Everyone finished telling their experiences and interesting stories this month. Everyone quietly looked at "Chariot" as if waiting for this member to speak.
Under everyone's expectant gazes, Gray finally moved and spoke in an indistinguishable voice exactly like Angel:
"What I want to share is the story of an unlucky Demoness who was deceived by two big Pillar..."
Klein's expression became stiff, and his waist straightened unconsciously.
Returning to reality, Klein found himself in North Borough of Backlund, standing on a street with a large number of row houses, close to the tall black clock tower of Saint Samuel Cathedral.
Not far away, a church belonging to "The End Church" is under construction. On the scaffolding, workers are inlaying the outer wall of the stone church with black decorations that look like solidified lava patterns.
Why am I here... He looked around, then looked down at himself, and found that he was wearing black trousers and a white shirt, a black vest and a thin windbreaker, a half-high silk hat on his head, and holding a black cane inlaid with silver in his hand.
Klein originally planned to wander around, but under the guidance of Spirituality, he appeared here wearing this set of clothes, which made a certain idea in his heart become clearer.
During the period after War of Doomsday, Klein had allowed the "Celestial Worthy" consciousness in his body that had been slightly revived by the battle between Great Old One to return to sleep.
This thing is pretty tough.
That Celestial Worthy not only has his own thoughts, but also believes that he can endure tens of thousands or even millions of years, waiting for the final complete integration of himself and Klein, resurrecting in the form of "Celestial Worthy" mixed with the most intense part of humanity belonging to Klein, or conversely returning in the form of "Klein" mixed with some Celestial Worthy consciousness;
He also has a divine, uncontrollable instinctive side that wants to be revived, which cannot be solved by Klein just by exchanging interests and mutual compromise.
Fortunately, Klein, who had come up step by step from Sequence 9, had rich experience in dealing with the divine instinct. In the end, "Celestial Worthy" fell into a deep sleep, giving Klein a period of stability.
He believes that other Great Old One, especially "God Almighty" Grisha, are also working hard for this, trying to delay the inevitable day of merging with the original "Great Old One" consciousness.
To provide them with help, the earth must develop population and technology as quickly as possible, expand beyond Solar System, and steadily increase the number and quality of believers.
For these Great Existences on earth who are promoted rather than born, the anchor provided by believers is still important, and it is even more important than at the time of Sequence 0.
But there is no need to rush. The purpose of my coming to North Borough is... As soon as his thoughts turned around, he noticed that there was an extra person beside him.
It was Angel who was wearing a light-colored knee-length dress, her long blond hair tied into a single ponytail, and her purple eyes sparkling.
At this time, she did not have the extreme charm that High Sequence Witch naturally exuded and the seductive temperament that made people unable to look away when they saw her. She just had a beautiful appearance and a calm expression.
It looks very much like the young Miss from Tingen City who just met Klein and is also a newcomer to Nighthawks.
After holding the cane in his hand, Klein's height and body shape also quietly changed. He was a little shorter and a little thinner. His expression was no longer completely confident and profound, but had a bit of a bookish atmosphere as he had just graduated and entered the society.
"Good afternoon, Angel Granger Miss."
He pressed the top hat on his head and took the initiative to say hello to Angel.
The latter chuckled lightly, took his arm without the cane, and said:
"Good afternoon, Mr. Klein Moretti."
The two of them looked at the townhouses in front of them in tacit understanding, and approached one of them. Klein raised his hand and knocked on the door hesitantly.
Boom boom.
After a while, the door opened, and Melissa, wearing a dark culottes and an apron stained with engine oil, poked his head out, his eyes resting on the two people in front of the door.
Her expression was confused at first, then frightened, and finally calmed down as if she had thought of something.
Unconsciously, her brown eyes were filled with tears.
"You... you..."
She repeated somewhat incoherently, not knowing what to say.
Angel leaned forward slightly and hugged Melissa, whose mind was in confusion due to shock. Klein stepped forward and continued to push the door open, and saw Benson and Lily coming towards Xun Sheng, whose expressions were also dull.
"We're back."
He took off his hat and greeted his family.
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