章 277: Chapter 277: "The Yellow Manuscript"
Chapter 277: "The Yellow Manuscript"
This passage is quite profound. Hastur had heard from Caius that there was a famous hymn among the Yellow Robe Monks. They believed that singing this hymn could please the gods.
Some say it is not just a simple hymn but a script written by the King in Yellow, a prophecy about the future.
Lady Lisa's behavior and words today clearly show that she regards the content of the hymn as a prophecy. She combines it with recent events, fitting herself and the divine vessel into the hymn.
The twins, one light and one dark, she is the light, and the divine vessel is the dark.
If understood this way, it seems to make sense and is quite accurate.
However, this prophecy can also be applied to the Eternal Sun and the Overlord of the Stars.
The sun of the twins sinks into the lake, and a long shadow falls... doesn't this correspond to what is happening now?
Hastur remembered the latter part of the hymn: "When the soul no longer sings, when tears no longer flow, the Lord of the Star Sea in the distant sky, the formless and nameless one, will descend amidst the expectations of thousands of believers!"
According to this, unless the universe perishes, the King in Yellow cannot descend.
"Believer Caius greets His Holiness the Pope!" Caius hurriedly bowed and saluted, firmly believing in this saying.
Moreover, pushing Hastur to the position of Pope was originally the proposal of their faction.
Hastur just glanced at them without agreeing or refusing, seriously contemplating another matter.
The extraordinary path of the King in Yellow, Sequence 3: Life Stealer, Sequence 2: Divine Revelation, Sequence 1: Pope.
He occupied the original owner's body and lived as him, is this a form of life stealing?
He mastered the Hall of Stars, possessing the ability of divine revelation, able to pass down divine oracles to give believers fate revelations, does this meet the conditions of Sequence 2: Divine Revelation?
If he becomes the Pope of the Yellow Robe Monks, does this fulfill the role of Sequence 1: Pope?
Hastur couldn't help but think of Klein in the later stages. He controlled the Source Castle, with the lord of the Mysterious leaving a backhand on him, the speed of promotion became faster because he had already played the high sequence in advance under the lord of the Mysterious arrangement, and the corresponding potion melted as soon as it entered.
This made Hastur instantly alert. Whether his guess is correct or not, when Sequence 4 can be promoted to the adjacent sequence path, do not choose the extraordinary path of the King in Yellow.
Perhaps this is the biggest pit left by the King in Yellow for himself.
Seeing Hastur not speaking, Lady Lisa and Caius subconsciously lowered their heads even more, feeling more reverent.
"Pope?" Hastur's face gradually showed a playful expression, "Is being recognized by you enough to be a Pope? Then this Pope is too cheap."
Lady Lisa and Caius trembled slightly, hurriedly explaining: "No, our recognition is insignificant, you are the Pope recognized by the gods, only the gods have the qualification to crown you."
"Huh, have you received another divine oracle?"
"..."
A slightly mocking sentence made Lady Lisa fall silent, her voice dry: "The god only gave me one divine oracle, since then, the god has never given another revelation, nor has any divine oracle been conveyed."
"Tell me about your first encounter with the god." Hastur was quite interested in this matter, maybe he could learn something about the King in Yellow.
Lady Lisa was silent for a while, then straightened her body, smiling: "Of course, that was the glory of my life, perhaps my luck was completely exhausted at that time."
"The story starts a long time ago, when I was still a carefree little girl..."
Hastur listened quietly to Lady Lisa's calm and relieved tone, telling a story from long ago.
Surprisingly, her first encounter with the god was not during the time the original owner was born, but over a hundred and sixty years ago.
The timeline was roughly when Roselle changed the Intis Republic to an empire and proclaimed himself Caesar.
Historically, Roselle proclaimed himself Caesar in 1192, discovered a new route in 1194, reopened the passage between the northern and southern continents, and started the colonial era.
Lady Lisa was from the Kingdom of Ruen, born into a wealthy family, a noble lady who was sheltered from the world's changes, somewhat similar to Miss Audrey.
At eighteen, she had her own fiancé, a naval officer, both handsome and well-off, a perfect match. She had no objections to this marriage arranged by her elders.
If the story continued like this, she would marry, have children, manage household affairs, and live the life of a standard noble lady.
But fate seemed to favor her at a certain moment. Just as her fiancé was summoned to the southern continent to share in the colonial wealth, she accidentally found a spell to create a time-space gate in a book called "The Yellow Manuscript."
Out of curiosity, and with the burgeoning interest in mysticism at the time, many people regarded such books as magical, believing they contained lord of the Mysterious powers that could change one's life.
Whether it was her good luck or the King in Yellow noticing her when she saw "The Yellow Manuscript," she successfully completed the spell for the time-space gate.
That night, she met the god recorded in "The Yellow Manuscript" in her dream, the King in Yellow.
She was not afraid, but rather delighted by the change.
In her conversation with the god, she learned the future fate of everyone around her, including her fiancé who was about to die in a storm.
Three months later, news of her fiancé's death came from the sea.
It was then that she truly recognized fate, knowing that in the seemingly indescribable, unobservable future, every being already had a fixed fate script.
Her fiancé was like this, her parents were the same. Her father died in bed while having an affair, and her mother lost her life in an accidental fall into the water.
She asked the god about her own fate.
The god told her she would live alone until she died at eighty-two.
The god also told her she had a chance to change her fate.
The god needed a devout believer, and she was chosen. She had no objections to this arrangement.
When she became a true devout believer, the god left, disappearing without a trace.
She tried many methods but could not contact the god again. She knew the god's attention had shifted from her to other more interesting things.
To develop and expand the god's faith, she wrote books for preaching based on the hymn sung by the god, successfully becoming a pioneer leading others forward.
Until Hastur's appearance, whom she called the child of fate, carrying too much destiny.
Hastur asked: "Do you remember what happened when I was born?"
"The first time I saw you, you were already over a year old."
"How did you notice the fate on me?"
"I followed the guidance of fate and naturally saw you before you could walk."
Hastur then asked about the golden box. Lady Lisa said she didn't know what was inside, but it must be related to the god she worshipped.
This was a revelation of fate to her, and she firmly believed it.
Among the Yellow Robe Monks, some tried to open the golden box but all suffered the backlash of fate, dying miserably under the unpredictable fate.
Many people died, making those who wanted to possess the golden box give up the idea, fearing it like a tiger.
Finally, Hastur asked about Lady Lisa's sequence.
She was also Sequence 3: Life Stealer, but her potion was fully digested. As long as there was another divine revelation, she could advance to Sequence 2: Divine Revelation.
Dicav risked his life to summon the god to attract the god's attention, get a divine revelation, and advance to Sequence 2, but he took the wrong path.
...
"I need to leave for a while."
At night, Sharon came out of the mirror, looking towards the distant south.
Hastur frowned: "The southern continent is very dangerous now, not suitable for going. I hope you can reconsider."
Sharon just looked at Hastur, calmly saying: "I have no intention of going to the southern continent."
"Then you are?"
Sharon briefly explained the reason for her departure.
There were members of the Restriction Faction in Southwell County, she needed to integrate this force, especially knowing her teacher was still alive.
"When are you leaving?"
"Later."
"..."
Hastur sighed, truly Sharon, only telling him about this when she was about to leave.
"I will take care of myself."
Sharon preemptively stopped Hastur from speaking, standing by the window, back to Hastur: "You too."
"Meow."
Aisala came to the window, watching Sharon disappear through the mirror, still puzzled, scratching the smooth glass with its paw.
Hastur quietly came to the desk, took out 008 sealed in the pen box, and a blank sheet of paper.
He didn't want to write a diary, fearing it would be embarrassing if someone stole and read it, a simple truth Roselle explained with his legendary life.
(End of this chapter)
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