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"Respected Mr. Fool, why exactly did Ancestor Lilith want me to pray to you?"
Honestly, to be able to ask such a question directly, should I say it's typical of you…? Klein inwardly complained, but on the surface, he calmly said:
"Perhaps she wants me to give you an opportunity, an opportunity to grow into a high-level being capable of saving the Sanguine when the apocalypse arrives."
His tone seemed casual, as if this was just a small matter to him.
Fool Klein then looked at Emlyn White, paused, and then smiled, saying:
"Do you want this opportunity?"
"Of course, this is exactly my wish." Although his inner doubts grew, at this moment, Emlyn White still didn't ask a foolish question like "But I'm a Sanguine, I can't grow on my own, how can I grow into a high-level being?" Instead, he chose to answer very firmly.
"Very good." Fool Klein was not surprised by his attitude and continued with a faint smile:
"But you must abide by certain things."
The things Emlyn White had to abide by naturally referred to keeping his meeting with the The Fool a secret, and also keeping anything related to the The Fool a secret, not telling anyone.
After using a bunch of seemingly reasonable words like "This is a secret transaction that cannot be known by others" and "To become the savior of the Sanguine, one must endure loneliness" to fool Emlyn White, Klein said:
"I have tacitly approved the formation of a secret gathering, right here."
"Since you represent Lilith, you will also be a member of this gathering from now on."
What? A gathering? I represent the Ancestor, so I'll be a member of this gathering too?
Hiss, could this gathering be formed because people like me, who represent deities, are involved?
Does Mr. Fool have many hidden allies?
Emlyn White's small brain rarely worked so hard, and as he thought, he almost performed a dramatic gasp on the gray fog.
Fool Klein smiled, then materialized a set of tarot cards in front of Emlyn White and calmly said:
"They all use tarot cards as their codenames. You can draw one from here to be your codename."
"The cards here have already excluded those that have owners."
The still dazed Emlyn White quickly nodded, looked at the tarot cards laid out in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and then directly reached out and drew one.
He then eagerly looked at the patterned side of the card and saw that it was a Moon card.
"Moon, I like this codename."
Emlyn White was clearly a bit surprised.
"The gathering time is Backlund time, every Monday at 3 PM. Don't be late."
Fool Klein, who had once again manipulated things behind the scenes, remained expressionless and still smiled faintly, saying:
"Do you have anything else?"
"Yes." Emlyn White suddenly remembered something, lowered his head, and said with some urgency and panic: "Respected Mr. Fool, I want to ask you to remove a psychological cue from me. This comes from a bishop of the Earth Mother…"
Although he was released earlier than in the original novel, Emlyn White was naturally still under a psychological cue from Father Utravsky, the content of which was to want to return to the Harvest Church every day to do an hour of volunteer work.
Emlyn White, however, was unaware of this. He only knew that he had been psychologically suggested and had always believed that the psychological cue Father Utravsky had placed on him was to make him convert to the Earth Mother. He then proceeded to self-strategize his way into becoming a devotee of the Earth Mother.
In a sense, Emlyn White was also a talent.
The key is that the traces of the psychological cue on you have already dissipated… Klein muttered inwardly, not planning to trick Emlyn White with this matter. After all, what if Emlyn White later boasted about this to Father Utravsky, and the latter directly told him that the psychological cue had actually worn off long ago? Wouldn't that be embarrassing?
So Fool Klein merely glanced at Emlyn White and unhurriedly said: "There are indeed traces of a psychological cue planted on you, but that psychological cue has already dissipated. It basically won't affect you now."
"Ah?" Emlyn White's expression immediately became blank.
What? The effect of the psychological cue has already dissipated?
But he clearly… impossible, his faith in Lilith… could it be that he truly believes in the Goddess, ah, no, the Earth Mother, from the bottom of his heart?
Emlyn White's expression turned green, then white, then red, looking quite amusing for a moment.
It seems this Sanguine can no longer deceive himself, can he?
Fool Klein enjoyed Emlyn White's expression, and while secretly chuckling inwardly, he calmly said:
"All right, you can go back."
After speaking, Fool Klein directly cut off Emlyn White's connection, letting this guy, who was doubting his life, go back and ponder.
Fool Klein was not in a hurry to inquire about the Sanguine from Emlyn White right now, mainly because Klein already knew a lot of basic information about the Sanguine, which came from Lin Ruo's teachings.
—As for how Lin Ruo knew, it wasn't through the original novel. In fact, the knowledge Lin Ruo taught Klein came from internal records of the Church of the Evernight Goddess and information he extracted from Emlyn White during their last conversation.
As for the part Klein didn't know, it basically involved certain secrets, and given Emlyn White's current status in the Sanguine, where he could be casually used as cannon fodder, he obviously wouldn't know most of it.
But that was before, now…
"With this guy Emlyn's acting skills, he'll probably be seen through by the Sanguine's bigwigs… Given the current situation, they might not be sure of the relationship between the The Fool and Lilith, but they probably won't make things difficult for Emlyn. Before I show any malice, they might even actively allocate some resources to cultivate him…"
Fool Klein murmured to himself. The reason he asked Emlyn White to keep it a secret was not to completely cut off contact with the Sanguine, but to maintain a certain distance.
At the same time, this arrangement would also be good for Emlyn White, as he would most likely be nurtured by the Sanguine as the only one who had established contact with the The Fool under these circumstances.
And a nurtured Emlyn White would naturally be able to learn more secrets.
"The Tarot Club is truly becoming more and more like a high-end secret gathering that brings together representatives from all sides…" Fool Klein suddenly thought of something else, chuckled, and then left the gray fog.
At the same time, inside the Harvest Church, Father Utravsky was gently looking at Emlyn White, whose expression was one of doubting his life.
He gently asked: "What's wrong?"
"The psychological cue you placed on me, has its effect ended?" Emlyn White looked at Father Utravsky and asked stiffly.
"It ended a week ago. This suggestion was originally just to allow you to come to the church for an hour of volunteer work every day and experience the beauty of harvest. Now that you have faith in the Earth Mother and can come to the church consciously, you naturally don't need the psychological cue anymore." Father Utravsky said in a gentle voice.
"Wait, what did you say the psychological cue was for? You weren't trying to use it to make me convert?" Emlyn White's face changed dramatically.
"The Goddess teaches us that we should not use coercive means to make others change their beliefs." Father Utravsky still said gently, "I have never given you a suggestion to believe in the Earth Mother. The only psychological cue I gave you was to make you come to the Harvest Church for an hour of volunteer work every day."
Emlyn White was completely dumbfounded.
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