Lord of the Mysteries: Just a Bystander, Moonlighting at the Tarot Club
Chapter 538

The "Lorry" Production Line

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What's so interesting about outsiders? Don't we all have two eyes, a nose, and a mouth? Leah muttered to herself silently.

She glanced back at her sister, who didn't object, and asked with considerable curiosity:

"There's no need to come so early."

"If they don't eat Breakfast, won't you be waiting for nothing?"

The conversation between the two boys quickly attracted the attention of the other boys, who turned to look at them and all showed expressions similar to those of the first boy.

This is when personality differences are most apparent.

Even the bolder boys, though they stumbled over their words, persisted in talking to this little girl who was clearly different from other girls her age in the village.

Those who were timid didn't even dare to look her in the eye, their eyes darting around nervously.

They chattered on and on:

"Why not eat Breakfast? How could anyone not eat Breakfast?"

"Yes, it's awful to be hungry."

"Have you eaten? I have a really red apple here." Uh... Leah cutely covered her forehead, unsure how to communicate with these kids her age. "What if they sleep until noon?"

The boys looked at each other, and Affliction welled up in their eyes simultaneously.

Sleeping straight until noon?

Even the outsiders from other places weren't like this before!

They all got up very early, set up their tents in the open space in front of the Inn, and ate Breakfast while waiting for the uncles and elders from the village to come and bring the furs.

At that moment, a boy blinked, then suddenly realized, "I don't think I've seen you before. Are you from out of town too?"

In your hometown, do adults allow children to skip Breakfast and stay in bed late?

Is it possible that this isn't allowed if the adults get up early and prepare Breakfast, since none of you have a sleepy older sister...?

Leah secretly grumbled to herself, then quickly shook her head and said:

"No, I am from Vanessa, but I moved to another place a few years ago. I came back specifically for Lent."

"Can I wait with you guys?" "Of course!" "No problem." "Wait as long as you want." The boys chimed in, tacitly giving up the best spots.

Not far away, Lillian watched as her sister quickly joined in with the other children, then looked away with relief and gazed at the vast expanse of white ahead.

It was a large square, paved entirely with white bricks, with a circular platform in the center decorated with carvings, and a stone pillar standing at each of the four corners.

"It seems like he has more than enough capacity to care for the entire village. Elliot is doing a good job as administrator; at least he's genuinely putting his heart into building Vanessa."

As this thought flashed through her mind, she silently gazed at the white square, the image of that somewhat unsociable bookworm from years ago appearing in her mind.

Meanwhile, inside this nameless Inn.

Lorry slowly got out of bed, took care of his personal hygiene, walked quietly to Fors's room, stood there for a moment, and then turned and walked towards the Living Room.

It's outrageous that such a small place has two suites... I wonder who the owner is preparing them for, rich people experiencing rural life?

Lost in thought, Lorry lay in the Easy Chair and basked in the Sun for a while.

When the light began to become somewhat dazzling, he had a thought and instantly entered another Dimension, preparing to continue the experiment he had not finished earlier.

--Previously, Fors had been divining that the target was constantly moving, and adhering to the principle of keeping things as simple as possible, they stayed in Dariège for a few more days. It wasn't until yesterday evening that they hurriedly Teleportation the information according to the divination's instructions.

Then, just like before, he took Fors into the world Record in the Book World, working on it until late at night before they all returned to their rooms to rest.

Therefore, Lorry was not at all surprised that the writer was still asleep.

I do tend to be more sleepy after experiencing Spirituality depletion.

He gathered his thoughts and gently stroked the White Bone Ring. Points of light gathered and, in the blink of an eye, solidified into a large Bronze Long Table and several high-backed chairs.

Then, the "Invisible Hand" picked up the dark wooden box that sealed the "Monstrous Procreation Marionette" not far away and gently placed it on the surface of the Bronze Long Table.

One after another, the Illusions of "Fire Seed" gloves appeared on the desktop, and the figures of "Lorry" were sketched one after another, putting on their own gloves.

That's not all.

Soon, the "Invisible Hand" grabbed a dense array of Spirituality materials and placed them not far from the Bronze Long Table, categorizing and piling them together.

Several more "Lorry" characters were created out of thin air.

Immediately, Lorry took out the pre-made Charm and bullet embryos and handed them to them, controlling this part of the Illusions to set up the altar for the ritual.

Having accomplished all this, he appeared dozens of meters away in a Flash. The experiment began.

First, the "Lorry" Illusions wearing the "Fire Seed" gloves began to act, switching to the "Fire Thief's " perspective under the command of their original entity.

They quickly located the contamination of the "Monstrous Procreation Marionette," and with their right hand, covered by Black Gloves, they spread their five fingers and pulled downwards almost simultaneously.

Stealing failed!

Stealing failed!

Stealing successful!

Stealing failed!

The failed "Lorry" continued their previous attempts, while the "Lorry" who successfully Stealing the unknown contamination ran towards the altar.

At the altar, "Lorry," who was already prepared, quickly placed an enchanted bullet embryo in the center of the densely packed magical symbols.

"Lorry," responsible for Stealing the unknown contamination, quickly removed the Illusions of the "Fire Seed" glove and threw it to the location symbolizing the prayer for existence.

--This is the most standard dualistic ritual method, using things closely related to the God to represent Him, while the candles in front represent Himself. Then, "Lorry," in charge of the altar and the ritual, used Ritual Silver Dagger to create a Wall of Spirituality and began chanting in Ancient Hermes:

"The power of the great unknown,"

I pray to you;

I pray that you will grant me strength;

Grant me the power to complete the enchanted bullet.

"O great, unknown power, please transfer your power to this bullet..."

Using the Illusions's senses, Lorry felt an invisible wind suddenly rise within the Wall of Spirituality, and a surge of immense energy erupted from the "Fire Seed" glove.

The next second, the altar burst forth with a dazzling light.

Could there be a chance? He couldn't help but feel overjoyed. As soon as his Illusions returned, he immediately looked at the bullet embryo.

It appears to have remained largely unchanged compared to before the ceremony.

But Lorry 'Spirituality intuition told him that this was not the case.

"Although I'm standing on Klein's shoulders and directly copying his plan to Stealing the divine blood power of the ' Eternal Blazing Sun,' is it acceptable to not know your Honorific Name?"

"Seriously? You won't even give me a chance to choose an alternative experimental plan?"

Lorry, having gotten the better deal, muttered under his breath, feigning innocence.

He was equally surprised by this scene, never expecting things to go so smoothly that he, the designer, couldn't help but feel a strong sense of unreality.

During this period, Fors was trying to prepare in advance to act as the "Scribe".

Of course, Lorry wasn't idle either; he was constantly thinking about how to use the "Monstrous Procreation Marionette" contamination to create a batch of strangely powerful Charm or enchanted bullets.

After careful consideration, he designed two plans in total.

First, emulate Klein.

Based on the Original Novel text and his own knowledge of Mysticism, Lorry determined that the experiment had only two possibilities and would not harm him.

Success, everyone's happy.

Failure would at most result in the loss of an Illusions, which would be of no consequence to him. Since the object of his prayers was actually the "Fire Seed" glove, he didn't need to worry about actually attracting the attention of the owner of that corrupting power.

Second, similar to the previous Stealing Cohinem's blood.

In other words, after Stealing the contamination using the Illusions of the "Fire Seed" glove, place it together with the embryo of an enchanted bullet or Charm.

Once the Illusions dissipates, the contaminant will automatically enter the pre-prepared carrier.

The second option may have a problem: the embryo of the enchanted bullet or Charm exists merely as a vessel.

Perhaps further processing is needed to realize the Oldest One concept.

Therefore, Lorry Rui considered it as an alternative.

He originally planned to try another approach if the first one failed, but to his surprise, it succeeded on the first try.

The thought flashed through his mind, but Lorry quickly gathered his thoughts and made a decision:

Let's test the effect again!

Thinking it over, he quickly conjured up a Revolver, controlled one of the Illusions to load the bullet into the chamber, and pulled the trigger on the other Illusions.

Bang! The Illusions that had been shot staggered back seven or eight steps.

Its belly swelled rapidly, swelling to the size of a normal six-month pregnancy in just a few breaths, then seven months, eight months...

Wow! Wow!

With the cry of a baby, Lorry suddenly sensed something:

The Illusions of pregnancy and childbirth seems to have weakened!

"This... does this bullet not only impregnate the target, but also cause them to pass on some of their traits to their child?"

Let's do a divination and see.

Thinking of this, he immediately put his plan into action, conjuring up a "Marionettist" and a "Traveler" to perform divinations on the matter.

A moment later, Lorry received the same divination result.

The bullet worked exactly as he expected, even more effectively!

Whether male or female, human or animal or plant, as long as it has the ability to reproduce, it will become pregnant after being hit by this bullet.

Unless one possesses special abilities, even Demigod are no exception! After becoming pregnant, the target will give birth to a fetus in a very short time, and at the same time, some of her Beyonder Characteristic will be taken away.

As the Illusions dissipated, Lorry couldn't help but fall silent:

"Huff... Even Demigod couldn't avoid being hit..." What level of being did the corruption within the "Monstrous Procreation Marionette" originate from?

"An existence beyond the top of the Sequence?"

But he quickly dismissed that worry, and gave a vague smile, "As the old saying goes, when you have a lot of lice, you're not afraid of being bitten..."

"No matter how powerful your background is, now that you're in my hands, you have to obediently be fleeced and act as a perpetual motion machine on my assembly line..."

Talking to himself.

Another "Lorry" wearing the "Fire Seed" glove successfully Stealing, quickly ran to an unused altar, and threw the "Fire Seed" glove there.

Immediately, "Lorry," who was in charge of the altar and the ceremony, took over.

Meanwhile, on the other side, bored out of his mind, Lorry's thoughts began to wander aimlessly:

"Perhaps one day in the future, my Honorific Name will include ' Guardian of Fetuses Worldwide' and 'Expert in Treating Infertility'..."

Time slips away unnoticed.

As the "Lorry" production line operated at high intensity, Lorry's Spirituality was rapidly depleted. Unwilling to waste the "Spirituality Restoration" Charm, they had no choice but to temporarily halt production.

He took out his Gold-Cased Pocket Watch and glanced at the time; it was nearly noon.

Fors should be awake by now... Thinking this, Lorry placed the enchanted bullets and Charm he had produced that morning into two separate wooden boxes and sealed them.

Then, with a sudden thought, he returned to the Real World.

Are you done with work?

Fors opened her eyes on the Long Sofa and asked lazily.

As the voice rang out, she tried to sit up.

"I clearly remember that Hugh did it so easily... Good thing he didn't see it..." Fors muttered almost inaudibly as he slowly got up.

"I was bored earlier, so I did a divination to find out where their house is located. Shall we go down for dinner first, and then pay them a visit?"

She asked Lorry for his opinion.

"Okay." Lorry agreed without hesitation. Since they had made an agreement beforehand, he naturally chose to respect Fors's suggestion as much as possible, so as not to dampen her confidence and enthusiasm.

As they spoke, the two walked to the Entryway, changed their shoes, and went downstairs.

Under the big tree across from the Inn.

Leah and seven or eight boys stared at each other blankly.

"How could anyone sleep until this late?! It's almost noon, and we..." A boy looked around at his companions with a mournful face.

Another boy answered:

"I have to go home for dinner, or I'm sure I'll get yelled at. What about you guys?"

"Me too... uh, wait a minute!" The third boy said casually, reluctantly turning his gaze away.

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of two figures coming down from upstairs out of the corner of his eye, and immediately exclaimed, "Someone's coming downstairs! It must be those two outsiders!"

"It's only April, and the out-of-town business people haven't come yet!"

Before the words were even finished, the children all turned to look, completely forgetting about going home for dinner, and chattered excitedly. "My dad didn't lie to me this time! They really are even better looking than the people in magazines and Newspaper! They seem to be glowing!"

"Right? This morning's wait wasn't in vain; I told you I'd wait a little longer."

"What do you mean wait a little longer? Didn't you say you wanted to go home first? But I agree with the first part of your statement; this morning's wait was definitely worthwhile."

"..."

"Is it them? The couple who sat across from my sister and me a few days ago?" Leah recognized the two strangers and, with a sudden thought, quickly looked at her sister.

Not far away, Lillian, who was seriously considering her plan to explore the Thatcher family's backyard that afternoon, suddenly noticed something and turned her head sharply to look in the direction of the gaze.

Their eyes met.

She frowned, muttered "boring" to herself, and then obediently followed her sister's gaze, looking towards the Inn.

The next second, her gaze froze.

The two outsiders the children were talking about were actually them?!

Meeting them once on Steam Train could be considered a coincidence; but seeing them again the very next day after I returned to the village is hard to explain as a coincidence.

"Coming for me?" Lillian's gaze darkened slightly. After a moment's thought, she quietly took out an exquisitely cut Paper Figurine from her pocket, held it in her palm, and walked towards the Inn.

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