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Bernadette frowned slightly and asked, "A highly potent corruption? Does it involve something beyond Sequence?"
This was not good news. Corruption from beyond Sequence meant that even as a Black Emperor, he could very likely be corrupted. Or perhaps, he had already been corrupted, which was why he hadn't revived yet?
Leyton nodded gently, confirming Bernadette's question. He leaned back against the chair, his voice tinged with emotion as he said, "The corruption there belongs to the Primordial Moon."
"The Primordial Moon?"
"Is she the incarnation of someone in the Cosmos? Is that why almost all orthodox gods and evil gods are hostile to her? And the Mother Tree of Desire, worshipped by the Rose School of Thought, is also hostile to her?"
Bernadette seemed less concerned about her father's news and instead inquired about the Primordial Moon and the Mother Tree of Desire.
Leyton nodded gently, then picked up the coffee on the table and took another sip, waiting for Bernadette's next question.
After a moment of contemplation, Bernadette asked in a low voice, "Can the Demon of Knowledge resolve the corruption from the Primordial Moon?"
"The Demon of Knowledge?"
Leyton rubbed his chin and murmured for a moment before saying, "He should be able to, but the Knowledge Moor is still sealed, and the Paragon's Beyonder characteristic is with Steam. He can't appear in a short time."
"Sealed?" Bernadette asked, puzzled, then followed up, "What are your thoughts?"
Leyton looked at Bernadette with some surprise, not expecting her to ask him so directly. He answered almost without hesitation, "The True Creator, if he can regain his sanity and retrieve the first blasphemy slate, he, who controls the Chaos Sea, can likely resolve the Primordial Moon's corruption."
"Or The Fool. He can also resolve the Primordial Moon's corruption after recovering his authority."
"Which authorities does The Fool need to recover?"
Bernadette pressed for an answer.
"She's not considering the True Creator? He really has a bad reputation in this world..." Leyton sighed inwardly, then chuckled and replied, "Mr. Door, Amon, and Antigonus and Zaratul."
"…" Bernadette fell silent for a moment. She even felt that this was more difficult than helping the True Creator regain his sanity and obtain the first blasphemy slate.
Inside the captain's cabin of the Future.
Cattleya sat with a slightly uneasy expression at a table with a nautical chart. Her right hand held a round-barreled steel pen, and next to it was a white paper repeatedly scribbled on, as if she was carefully choosing words for a letter.
"My act of directly disclosing information to the Queen might incur the wrath of Mr. Fool. The wrath of a great existence is definitely not something I can bear."
"I hope it won't implicate the crew members on the Future. Perhaps, I need to prepare for possible unforeseen circumstances."
Cattleya frowned deeply, lost in thought. She did not regret telling Queen Mystic some information without permission, but she was worried that the resulting wrath would affect the Future.
Just as she was about to pick up her pen, her spiritual intuition was suddenly triggered. She quickly stood up and looked towards the bay window.
A ray of light, invisible to most Beyonders, surged in. This light had no physical form, as if composed of complex information.
After flowing into Cattleya's captain's cabin, these lights rapidly contracted and condensed, reorganizing Bernadette's body from the complex and pure knowledge.
Cattleya stared blankly at the familiar figure before her for a moment. She even felt that this scene was somewhat illusory. Her thoughts seemed to drift back to a long time ago, recalling the words that she could never forget: "Leave. Your fate is not with me."
Bernadette looked at the somewhat dazed Cattleya before her, smiled faintly, and nodded. She slowly approached, saying, "You've grown a lot."
"Queen! You… You've advanced to Sage?"
Cattleya pursed her lips. The words of inquiry that had lingered on her tongue, wanting to be spoken, turned into a simple, caring question after they left her mouth.
Bernadette nodded gently and replied, "Yes, I participated in the Backlund Great Smog incident before."
"The Backlund Great Smog incident? Wasn't that a tragedy caused by a Demoness of Despair? Did it also involve high-level power?"
Cattleya asked, somewhat confused, as this differed greatly from the information she had. "A Demoness of Despair? She was only a part of it. That incident was orchestrated by the Demoness Sect in conjunction with the Loen Royal Family and the Aurora Order. Their purpose was likely to cover up certain traces."
"Their operation was very successful. The three major Churches of Backlund have not discovered any problems to this day."
Bernadette said, her voice devoid of any fluctuations.
Cattleya frowned slightly. She could roughly guess that Queen Mystic had participated in that incident and successfully resolved the parts involving the True Creator or the Primordial Demoness. This must have been quite dangerous, and she might even be resented or retaliated against.
After a moment of contemplation, she spoke again, "It sounds like that incident hasn't truly ended yet?"
"The superficial problems have been resolved. As for the deeper issues, it depends on whether the three major Churches can discover anything."
Bernadette said, not very concerned about it, and at the same time summoned an invisible servant from behind her. The servant held a bound book.
She reached out and took the book from the invisible servant's hand, gently rubbing her fingertips over the cover twice, then handed it to Cattleya before her.
"This is?" Cattleya reached out to take it, her eyes looking at Bernadette with confusion.
"A diary, his diary."
"That 'Fool' is collecting these diaries. I want to know more about him through this."
Bernadette did not directly call Roselle her father, nor did she use "He" to refer to him.
Cattleya's mouth opened slightly, then quickly closed. She had intended to ask how the other party knew this, but connecting it to the letter she had written earlier, she quickly understood… The Queen had already gone to find Al, and came to me after getting some information. This should be something Mr. Fool has already tacitly approved.
"Queen, I…"
"You've made great progress these years. Although you're still a bit immature, you can already be considered someone who can stand on her own."
"In a while, come to La Cha. I have some things to give you… After that, I will go to the Fog Sea to search for an Original Island."
Bernadette's voice seemed a little low, as if she herself didn't know if this was the right choice. "He told me these things, hoping that I could find that Original Island. Why does he think I can find a place that the Eternal Blazing Sun Church and the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery couldn't find?"
As her thoughts diverged, her entire body suddenly etherealized, breaking down into complex knowledge, transforming into a pure information stream creature, and surging like a flood, leaving the Future.
"I can…"
Cattleya stared blankly at the spot where Bernadette's figure had disappeared. The words she wanted to ask, about whether she could follow the other party to the Fog Sea, ultimately remained unspoken.
She pursed her lips in annoyance, then sat back in her seat and opened the bound diary in her hand to read it.
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