Badr wholeheartedly agreed to praying to Mr. " The Fool," without urging Bonn to do so.
He would pray for more than a minute every morning when he woke up and every night before he went to sleep, thanking Mr. The Fool for bringing him pure sunshine, delicious food, and a life free from oppression and despair.
"Okay, I'll prepare today's ingredients first," Badr said with a smile and a nod to Bonn.
Several minutes later, he carried several bags of ingredients into the kitchen, as if he were carrying several Curtain.
At this moment, Bonn had found a chair and sat down, devoutly praying to Mr. " The Fool ":
"Great Ruler of the Spirit World Realm, ' The Fool ' who does not belong to this age, I yearn for your protection, I yearn for your granting of my Wishes to be freed from deformity..."
Such words echoed almost simultaneously in the church on Phillips Street, in several places in Bayam, in New City of Silver, and in New Moon City nestled in the forest.
The extremely self-conscious Sin and Ruth, among others, vaguely guessed that Mr. The Fool intended to grant similar Wishes, and as they prayed, their bodies trembled slightly, almost uncontrollably.
They longed so much to be like normal people.
They also yearn for the bustling Bayam, for its secret-recipe grilled fish, candy factories, and delicacies from all over the world, and for a life of drinking, chatting, singing, and dancing.
Above the Gray Fog, inside the ancient palace, Klein, the " The Fool," sat at the head of the bronze table and saw tiny points of pure light of different colors light up one after another, forming a vast, slowly rotating galaxy before his eyes.
The sounds of prayer overlapped completely, echoing within the " Sefirah Castle " and creating ripples.
Klein closed his eyes and sensed for a few seconds, then raised his right hand with a sigh, bent his middle finger, and lightly tapped the edge of the mottled long table.
Within the resounding voice, an invisible force spread rapidly like ripples on water, surging into every point of prayer light and showering upon the people of Moon City.
Xin suddenly felt something, and abruptly raised his hand to touch the center of his face.
The next second, she touched a real nose.
Almost instinctively, Xin rubbed that spot several times from top to bottom and bottom to top before she dared to believe that she had grown a nose and was no longer deformed.
She instantly closed her eyes, bent over, pressed her forehead to the ground, and began to praise Mr. The Fool with uncontrollable admiration.
Around her, similar praises grew more numerous, louder, and more uniform.
Ruth's squinted eyes separated, Bonn became symmetrical, and every deformed person and genetically disfigured person in Moon City broke through their original limitations at this moment, transforming into a normal person.
At that moment, whether they were in New Moon City, New City of Silver, or Bayam, they all heard the church bells ringing simultaneously:
"When!"
The ethereal and melodious chimes echoed in the hearts of the people of Moon City, resounding in the ears of every listener, as if cleansing their souls and bringing them the most genuine emotions about life.
Xin, Ruth, and the others finally let their tears flow, feeling a sense of peace wash over them, as if all worldly cares had vanished.
They instinctively looked up, casting their gaze towards the direction from which the bell tolled, only to discover that it came from outside New Moon City, some unknown distance away.
A miracle... This thought suddenly popped into the minds of the Moon City people.
Within the New City of Silver, connected to their territory by road, Waite Chirmont and the others also turned their gazes toward the distance, toward the direction of Bayam.
The bells came from that place.
"Praise be to Mr. ' The Fool '!" they murmured simultaneously, pressing their right palms against their left chests.
Inside Bayam, Bonn and Badr, with tears streaming down their faces, adjusted their positions, facing Phillips Street and the church that belonged to " The Fool," listening devoutly and gratefully to the sacred bells from heaven.
Klein, the " The Fool " above the Gray Fog, was rather astonished and bewildered.
The sudden ringing of the bell was completely outside of his planned sequence.
His gaze immediately fell upon the Church of The Fool at 16 Phillips Street.
Almost simultaneously, through the light of the prayer, he saw the tall bell tower attached to the church, and at the top of the bell tower stood a young man wearing a pointed soft hat and a classic black robe.
The young man was holding a black hammer and striking the large bell again and again.
Seemingly sensing the gaze from an infinite height, the young man stopped, slightly raised his head, and adjusted the crystal monocle he wore over his right eye.
At the same time, the corners of his already smiling mouth stretched even wider.
"..." Klein almost blurted out a curse.
At this moment, his gaze was unmistakably vacant, as he couldn't quite understand why " Angel of Time " Amon had suddenly appeared and so earnestly rang the bell of his church.
Klein was somewhat prepared for the possible arrival of Amon and Zaratul, because there were simply too many people in City of Silver and Moon City to blend in discreetly into the outside world.
In other words, City of Silver and Moon City would inevitably become known to the major churches and Concealment organizations. Under such circumstances, neither open nor private proselytizing would affect the course of events. Therefore, Klein tacitly approved City of Silver's attempt to widely promote the " The Fool's " faith, in order to prepare more anchors for his own advancement to Sequence 1.
Based on this premise, he prepared for Zaratul, Amon, and other hidden enemies to come to Bayam, and even hoped that they would do so:
Here, Klein possesses the rank and level of the Angel King within the " Sefirah Castle," can fully utilize his home-field advantage, while City of Silver also has a "0" level Sealed Artifact, making it fully capable of confronting Amon and defeating Zaratul.
This is undoubtedly a better option than having the main body suddenly encounter a prepared enemy elsewhere, or being discovered after creating Marionette city.
However, Amon's current behavior puzzled Klein, who couldn't understand what this " God of Deceit " was trying to achieve.
16 Phillips Street, inside the Church of The Fool.
The archbishop on duty here, Derrick Berg, the chief of the City of Silver's " Council of Six," also stared in astonishment at the stained glass windows high above.
Sunlight streamed in from there, allowing Derrick to decipher a series of scenes:
The black hammer fell, and the bell's shaking gradually stopped.
I didn't arrange for anyone to ring the bell... Derrick's brow furrowed immediately.
As a member of City of Silver and Demigod of the Sun Realm, he had a keen intuition for anomalies and knew that something must have gone wrong.
But this strange bell-ringing event brought no surprises whatsoever; apart from the event itself, everything seemed perfectly normal.
While using his extraordinary abilities as the " Unshadowed " to examine his surroundings, Derrick quickly pondered whether ringing the bell had any mystical symbolic meaning.
After ruling out one possibility after another, he suddenly remembered the Fool's Holy Scripture compiled by City of Silver.
There's information about bell-ringing above!
That was used to describe the relationship between " Angel of Time " Amon and " The Fool," and to establish His actual status.
Derrick opposed that statement at this point, because he knew that " the Blasphemer " Amon was not Blessed of " the Fool," and their relationship was far from harmonious, being one of hostility.
However, the lies he told earlier convinced the other members of the City of Silver Council of Six that the " Angel of Time " Amon was sent by Mr. The Fool to bring the Original light to the people of the Forsaken Land of the Gods. It was because He " Parasitism " Derrick that all the changes that followed occurred, until hope came.
Derrick wanted to explain, but he was too embarrassed to do so, as it would expose too many Lies and cause him to lose face in front of the other elders of the Council of Six and the people of City of Silver, resulting in social death, just as Miss Justice had once said.
Ultimately, he chose to delay, thinking that the holy book was to be shown to Mr. The Fool first, and if there was anything wrong with the description, He would surely send down a divine oracle and give suggestions for revision.
To everyone's surprise, Mr. The Fool said nothing and tacitly approved of the contents of the sacred text.
Could it be Amon ringing the bell? Derrick was momentarily dazed, finding it all too unbelievable.
He quickly lowered his head, began to pray, and reported the matter to Mr. The Fool.
Above the Gray Fog, inside the " Sefirah Castle ".
Before Klein could eliminate Amon, the opponent suddenly became transparent, turned into light, and disappeared from the clock tower.
"What is this guy trying to do? If his father is the Great Emperor, and not the Ancient The Sun God, then I can reasonably suspect that he is 'sending me a bell'..." Klein analyzed Amon's purpose without any clear idea while checking whether there was any lurking Amon in the bodies of the people in City of Silver and Moon City.
Just as he was about to use Divination to seek clues, " The Sun " Derrick finished his prayer.
"... Holy Scripture, Holy Scripture?" Klein's lips twitched slightly as he summoned the Holy Scripture that City of Silver had sacrificed to him from the pile of junk.
He had only flipped through a few pages before he became too embarrassed to continue reading, adopting an attitude that meant he didn't exist because he didn't know or pay attention to it.
Of course, he was not careless in this regard and remained cautious enough to use Divination within the " Sefirah Castle " to confirm that the Holy Scripture would not bring him any harm.
Only with this premise in mind did he tacitly allow City of Silver to adopt this version of the Holy Scripture.
Klein took a slow breath, stretched out his right hand, and began to turn the pages of the scripture in front of him.
His facial muscles began to twitch slightly, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily turned down a little.
Klein flipped through the pages faster and faster until finally, he reached the last page.
Snap!
Klein slammed the Fool's Holy Scripture shut and tossed it back into the pile of junk.
"After the miracle in Moon City, well, the Potion has been mostly digested, and the Marionette City is about to take center stage..." Klein examined his own condition expressionlessly and nodded almost imperceptibly.
Since he has gained initial control of " Sefirah Castle," he can now receive real-world feedback from here.
PS: Updated first, then revised.