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"Mr. Hermes, what is Utopia?"
After the clergyman hurried away, Audrey asked with sincere curiosity, "Does the word have some hidden meaning?"
"Heh, I only happened to hear someone mention that name a long time ago."
Hermes remained gentle and patient, but he did not intend to say much more.
"Someone once told me that Utopia means an 'ideal realm.' Mind you, an 'ideal realm,' not a perfect realm. Since it is an ideal, it is bound by human thought. I was just a little surprised that..." His voice grew indistinct for a moment before he said with a sigh, "...that somewhere outside the Creator's realm, I would hear of a god using this name for a city."
An ideal realm? I see... Audrey understood the distinction.
A city that believes in Mr. Fool has that name? And all its residents are marionettes?
The Secret Order's minister was drawn to it, and the Secret Order mainly follows the Seer pathway, so is Fool the name of Sequence 0 of the Seer pathway? What are marionettes? They should be another Beyonder ability of this pathway... Utopia, an ancient name with a special meaning. It seems to be further proof that he is as ancient as the Creator, the Ancient Sun God. Audrey's curiosity itched. She really did feel somewhat tempted to change course and go see those "inconceivably wondrous creations," as well as Mr. Fool's church.
Although Audrey had shown curiosity about Utopia, the Church of the Creator would certainly not assign a newly joined demigod the task of investigating a dangerous area that had frightened a Scholar of Yore into shutting himself away at home.
"I will handle this matter. It certainly won't be any less dangerous."
Noticing Audrey's obvious curiosity, Hermes reminded her:
"The leader of the Secret