Just as I opened my eyes to this hazy fog, a sense of familiarity washed over me.
It was too innate, almost as if a manifestation of my own dreams.
Sitting on a high throne there, I saw a woman, just as eternal as the night sky.
Before I could process anything, a spine-bursting pain froze me in place.
Suddenly an enormous amount of information flooded my brain.
Memories.
Antigonus's memories—but fragmented, incomplete.
`Flegrea... The Annihilation Demonic Wolf, Flegrea, causes an immense amount of pain.`
I could feel it; this was no longer the modern world I was familiar with, that's for sure.
Suddenly the woman sitting not far from me spoke. My eyes were still not completely open to see her face.
"Brother, you have been like this since the Goddess of Misfortune died. Is there something going on? What happened to you?"
I didn't speak one bit; I didn't have the strength to speak. It took a while before everything calmed down.
I am in Lord of Mysteries, but just as this thought crosses my mind, a sense of fear and terror washes over me.
Fuck.
How much time do I have? 10 seconds, as long as I don't think of them
Oh fuck, I just thought of them.
Okay, relax; it's fine; everything is fine. Evernight, let's chant. Evernight's honorific name.
`The Evernight Goddess stands higher than the cosmos
and more eternal than eternity;
The Lady of Crimson
The Mother of Concealment.
The Empress of Misfortune and Horror;
Mistress of Repose and Silence`
But I received no response; on the other hand, I felt past memories surfacing.
Wishing: A wish must be accumulated for its status to increase.
To accumulate such wishes, one must first grant smaller wishes without wishing for there to be any accumulation.
The greater the wish, the more its effects are distorted.
Wishing…? Miracle Invoker?
Great, at least I am an angel; now I don't have to worry about getting pregnant with just mere thoughts.
But then who exactly did I take over?
But before I could even reach that conclusion, the women came to me and tried to forcibly wake me up.
She spoke while planning to do serious harm in an effort to wake me up
"Antigonus, wake up. How long do you plan to remain in this state?"
Ahhhh, Antigonus, then this is my sister, Mother of Sky.
What's her name, name...?
As memory surfaced once again
'Philanias, what is the meaning of this?'
While this memory had not much context behind it, it had done what it had surfaced for.
Now that most things were in their position, I decided to handle the situation at hand.
I spoke just before my sister was about to punch me in the gut.
"What, my dear sister?"
The Mother of Sky looked rather annoyed at this tone of mine.
It seems the relation between siblings is still the same, whatever era it must be.
My sister spoke this time, seeing that I was awake: "Father killed the Goddess of Misfortune in a fit of rage."
"And what's so special about it?" I asked, very much aware that the true Goddess of Misfortune was dead.
"It is good news, brother, and thus has summoned us."
It is indeed good news, so this is when Evernight is born.
Considering how I have memories of her being better than the rest of my half-brothers and sisters.
Now that I could make sense of what was happening, I could piece together most of Antigonus's memories with my knowledge of this world.
Nope, the last thing I want is for Flegrea to sense that I have changed; that would be way too quick.
Okay, how should I dodge this? Ah, right. "Sorry, my dear sister, you will have to handle this on your own. As for the reason for absence, tell Father I feel even more distant than before, so it's best not to show up."
Philanias had no choice but to be left even more annoyed and tired of convincing me a little bit more but left thanks to my stubbornness.
Now that I am alone, let's make an attempt. Let's check if I can access Sefirah Castle.
In English, I spoke with a hushed voice.
'The Immortal Lord of Heaven and Earth for Blessings;
The Sky Lord of Heaven and Earth for blessings.
The Exalted Thearch of Heaven and Earth for Blessings;
The Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings.'
Suddenly a thick grey fog covered my vision, along with a pain on par with my transmigration.
Looking around, I found this place to be a little different from what I had imagined.
The fog is denser than clouds, and if I were to close my eyes, it would seem as if there were countless packets of spirituality suspended in the air.
Well, since I am a Miracle Invoker and have access to this fog, I am on par with Klein of Ending.
That reminds me, Cuttlefish was going to write a second book, but, ahh, my luck, I transmigrated before it even began. I could have found some means to improve and become a god.
The fog looked distant, almost indifferent, as if I didn't even exist.
But it seems this fog doesn't recognize me yet, or it's wary of me from the looks of it.
No matter, from what I remember, the 2 Sequence 1 characteristics were in Sefirah Castle.
And one was with Flegrea.
Hold on. Since I am here, does it mean Evernight won't resurrect?
A sense of terror washed over me; I felt a bit numb.
Quickly taking control of the situation, I decided to check this place out
Since I am here, I don't mind checking this place out.
Let's go straight to the room filled with cocoons.
Where was it? Ahh, yes, as my spirituality kicked in to help me find the room filled with cocoons.
There it was, the staircase, but to my surprise, there were no stairs for it to be called one. Could it be the fog that turned into stairs when you attempted to step on them?
These small details were not there for me to clearly remember, and it seems that none of my own memories surged to suggest any.
With that as a guess, I have to do it like I always do: trial and experiment.
Just as I raised my first foot near the almost human-high door with an illusory opening, the fog beneath it began to stiffen.
So it was indeed the fog that became the staircase, I noted in my mind.
The density of the fog increased as the amount of applied force increased, almost like a non-Newtonian fluid.
I quickly crossed 4 steps, and I raised my head. Good, I can see the illusory door much clearer.
The closer I got, the anxiety in my body increased further.
While my presence in and of itself is a butterfly waiting to cause a storm, losing the Evernight would most certainly be a major loss, but alas, I didn't want to interact with Adam's father, considering 'He' should be the Sun and a Hanged Man, which is going to be difficult to maintain with few to no believers.
As I entered the illusory door, I could see them, almost 50-ish blurred cocoons.
Within moments my vision began to focus.
Fuck!! Only one cocoon is broken.
Before I could process any further, an appalling headache began to flood my mind.
Even if I were an angel, this place hadn't gotten used to my presence. Klein only crossed this place after 1 and a half years of progress, and I did it the moment I transmigrated.
I had no choice but to quickly end my trip with a dejected feeling. My transmigration had prevented Evernight from appearing.
Mommy Evernight, a name prominent in the cult of Lord of Mysteries, of which I am a part, had ruined her descent.
Having exhausted my spirituality even after being an Angel with the issue with the way the future would play out, plus the lack of believers of Antigonus
Any wrong move could lead me to lose control; I have to keep in mind that the sole reason I even have my humanity is due to transmigration, and once the beginner's luck is over, any misstep and I'm dead.
Having spent almost an hour in Sefirah Castle, it seems as though my sister's meeting with Flegrea has come to an end as well.
She entered my room without knocking or asking just as 'She' always did.
She spoke, "How are you feeling, brother?"
I looked at her and nodded. "How did it go?"
With a grin, she spoke. "Just as it always does, Kotar barely maintained his being, and Salinger looked aloof as always. Father wants to corrupt the entire world."
"What about the war? Losing Amanises must have caused a blow to the rear. Who did Father assign the demonic wolves under her?"
From the memories, the Demonic Wolves were at war with the Dragon of Imagination, Ankewelt, which was most certainly a balanced battle.
What I had no memories of is the cause; it seemed that Flegrea kept Antigonus out of this war.
Philanias must know; she was fighting on the front line.
My Sister quickly added, "You,
Father said that may fix your distant feelings."
"Can I decline?" As I said, my sister had a face that had lost its composure.
"You want to disobey Father?,"
"Have you gone mad now, brother?"
"No… not one bit, my dear sister; you know well that, I would be good as dead if I were to disobey 'His' words after skipping a meeting like that."
My sister immediately said, "Oh yeah, especially since you have already exhausted the resurrection ability."
"Say, Sister, of all the things father is doing, I do not understand the reason for fighting the Dragon of Imagination
I say he should be our ally."
Philanias quickly solved my doubt. "Well, of course we are fighting 'Him'; 'He' is our path to spread belief."