Evernight's favored one? Is she referring to Evernight Goddess?
"Beloved" in the occult sense is more than just the meaning of the word itself. It means that the gods have set their sights on this person and have special attention to him. Any ill intentions towards the gods' loved ones need to be cautious, because they may be Divine Punishment by the gods.
For example, Pope of Church of Evernight is the favored one of Evernight.
And another favored person, Angel, had seen it before, it was Arianna who handed "Hidden Holy Emblem" to her.
Could it be that this lady saw the Holy Emblem and mistook me?
As her thoughts turned, she finally shook her head and denied what the other party said, "No, I am just an ordinary believer. This 'Hidden Holy Emblem' was a gift from others."
"Maybe so," the lady with long chestnut hair did not continue to ask, but changed the subject, "Then why did you hide your identity and come to Rosell's Memorial Exhibition?"
She emphasized her tone, and her emotionless tone seemed to be mixed with some emotion. "I see you stopped in front of his diary."
"Can you understand those words?"
Following her question, Angel seemed to hear several babies' cries. They seemed to come from outside the museum, illusory, but they attracted her attention.
The surrounding temperature was dropping, and the gaze of the avant-garde lady was like substance, pressing on her body, making her breathless.
Diary, she also knew that Emperor Roselle's notes were actually diaries? This is a secret I only learned on Mr. Fool's Tarot Club. The diary written by the time traveler Roselle in Chinese is not something that anyone in this world should be able to understand...
Under heavy pressure, Angel only persisted for a few seconds before giving up resistance, closed his eyes and replied:
"No, I can't understand them, but there is someone who can, and He is collecting these 'diaries'."
The pressure caused by the emotionless gaze and the mysterious baby's cry disappeared in an instant. She took a breath, raised her waist that she had bent down at some point, and looked at the chestnut-haired woman who was close to her height. The latter was staring blankly at Roselle's Diary in the exhibition cabinet, as if the terrifying sight she just cast was just the hallucination of Angel.
"Who is He? Did He instruct you to come here to collect diaries this time?"
After a long time, the woman spoke again.
"Fool, he calls himself Fool. I am not here to collect the emperor's diary. I am just accompanying my friends to see the exhibition of Emperor Roselle. They are all ordinary occult enthusiasts."
She is now extremely certain that this lady with a pretty face and weird clothes is an High Sequence Beyonder, and may even be the official Beyonder arranged by Church of Steam and Machinery to "fish" here at the exhibition, so she doesn't dare to hide anything.
"Fool..." the woman murmured and repeated, "Very good, I understand."
She looked at the brass key in Angel's hand again.
"This key contains a dangerous curse. Try not to use it."
Having said that, the lady no longer looked at her, but turned back and continued to walk slowly among the Roselle exhibits, like an ordinary tourist looking at the things that interested her one by one.
And Angel's ears began to hear familiar sounds, which were Audrey's exclamation and the cry of a certain Golden Retriever.
Am I back in a normal museum?
She knew in her heart that this mysterious lady was about to "leave".
"Who exactly are you? Why are you looking for someone who can interpret the diary?"
Looking at the chestnut-haired woman who was gradually disappearing, she finally couldn't hide her curiosity and asked in a low voice.
The movements of the nobles and security personnel became clearer, and the woman in front of them was about to disappear.
"Bernadette."
Just when Angel thought that the other party would not answer, a gentle voice with only a hint of emotion came from his ear.
After the commotion caused by Audrey's Golden Retriever ended, Angel accompanied several nobles to visit the remaining exhibition areas, left the museum with the relieved farewells of the security personnel, and returned to the streets as night fell.
The psychological pressure caused by the self-proclaimed "Bernadette" High Sequence Beyonder still persisted on Angel, so much so that she always lacked interest in the second half of the tour. Even receiving the reward for Viscount Glaint's "Apothecary" formula could not make her recover.
Of course, after I quietly opened the envelope on the carriage ride back and found that there was a full 400 pounds inside, the joy of the extra gain diluted the worry. Not to mention that Glaint also invited Angel to attend this small occult party from time to time, which allowed her to get rid of the expense of buying new clothes from attending salons, which basically saved her not-so-rich wallet.
We arrived at East Borough by hiring a carriage and subway. After getting lost several times, Angel finally arrived at his safe house.
She was worried about being tracked by the mysterious Bernadette, so she didn't even dare to return directly to Red Rose Street, but decided to sleep in the safe house for one night.
Looking at the brass key that made him lose his way many times and was even evaluated as a "dangerous curse" by High Sequence Beyonder, Angel once again doubted his choice.
Could it be that Father Utravsky had some bad intentions in using this key as a reward? But the pious look of the other party does not seem to be fake, as does the desperate attitude of trying to completely cut off from his past self. That means that even he himself is not aware of the hidden dangers of "Master Key"?
Playing with the brass key in his hand that was no different from an ordinary key, Angel thought about his meeting with "Bernadette" at the museum tonight.
The other party's methods and strong oppression were obviously Beyonder from High Sequence. Considering that Emperor Roselle was a believer of God of Steam and Machinery, and the exhibition was also organized by the church, the woman was probably a member of Machinery Hivemind.
And her name is Bernadette, which has the same name as Roselle's eldest daughter. Could it be that...
Angel thought that the strong High Sequence would have a longer lifespan than ordinary people, and some doubted that "Bernadette" with long chestnut hair and avant-garde clothes was the eldest daughter of Roselle, Bernadette Gustav, as mentioned by the lecturer in the exhibition.
But why did she isolate me to an unknown space for questioning at her father's memorial exhibition, and then let me go without saying a few words?
Just to ask about the diary, or maybe you saw the Hidden Holy Emblem in my hand and thought I was the favored one of Goddess and just wanted to say hello to me?
And according to the time when Roselle's child was born, she should be... close to 200 years old?
My scalp felt a little numb, Angel didn't dare to think about it any more.
Originally Angel planned to use Magic Mirror to try to divine the true identity of "Bernadette", but the more she analyzed it, the less she dared to divine. The other party was High Sequence. It was difficult for Sequence 7 to divine any useful information, and it was easy for the other party to find out.
Sequence 6's "Demoness of Pleasure" Ms. Lola just because he offended a certain strong man, now he doesn't even dare to use Magic Mirror Divination, so he better not take the risk...
But there was another matter besides the chestnut-haired lady that required divination.
Put "Master Key" under Magic Mirror, Angel stroked the mirror surface, and silently recited the divination content:
"Magic Mirror Magic Mirror Tell me the origin of this key."
Magic Mirror rippled like water, a flash of scarlet flashed inside, a flash of darkness, and finally stopped in a house.
A young man in a black robe stood in front of a long table filled with iron pots, glass jars, notes and other things. He held a bottle of potion in his hand and murmured solemnly:
"Ancestors, I am about to embark on the extraordinary road, and I will reproduce the glory of the Abraham Family!"
He raised his head and raised his hand, and drank the bottle of potion. The muscles on his face were twisted, showing an expression of pain.
But immediately, he lost his normal performance after taking Potion, screamed and fell to the ground, kept struggling, scratching his chest, and finally strangled his neck.
With a loud "bang", the man whose flesh was almost scratched and turned into a monster covered in blood exploded with a bang, spreading blood and flesh all over the room. Each piece of separated flesh and blood seemed to have its own thoughts, constantly climbing outwards, leaving traces of corrosion.
But the room had no windows and the door was closed. In the end, these flesh and blood could not leave, but fell into silence.
Looking at this extremely bloody scene, Angel felt familiar. It was similar to the scene when she first woke up in this world. It was obvious that the man who claimed to revive "Abraham Family" lost control immediately after taking Potion.
The picture in the mirror still stayed in a messy house, with little bits of light condensing and finally turning into a simple-looking brass key.