Lord of the Mysteries: The Benevolent Witch
Chapter 1174

Trust, but only halfway

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To avoid any accidents, and unwilling to keep Bernadette waiting, Klein returned the Magic Wishing Lamp to the Queen Mystic, who had just advanced to Sequence 2. Naturally, his excuse was that "Miss Empress has finished using it." After all, why would the esteemed Mr. Fool take an interest in a mere Grade 0 Sealed Artifact?

Afterward, he made the Grey Fog Space take on the familiar appearance of the sitting room at 2 Daffodil Street. The two sat on the sofa, reviewing their conversation with the Genie.

"I really was quite interested, actually. Although that Sealed Artifact was also made from a Sequence 2 Miracle Invoker characteristic, wishes made to it are clearly amplified by the Genie. Its ability to grant wishes might even surpass that of a Sequence 1 Mystic Seer."

Having removed the Fool card and returned to his black-haired, brown-eyed appearance, Klein spoke with some regret.

He knew that the Magic Wishing Lamp, designated 0-05, had a fatal flaw. Although it supposedly could grant any ten wishes its holder made, only the first two were safe. Moreover, until the previous holder died, even wishes made by someone who borrowed the lamp would count against both the original holder and the person making the wish.

Under those circumstances, if Angel or the Fool really used 0-05 to make two wishes, Bernadette, who had already used one wish, would effectively have used the Magic Wishing Lamp three times. Among its dozens of previous holders, not one had escaped the misfortune this brought.

It seems that after receiving help from the Fool and the Empress and meeting her father, her trust in us has reached a new level. This is practically putting her life in someone else's hands... Klein sighed inwardly, glanced at Angel, who was also deep in

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