I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

After listening to Roland's explanation, Ms. El nodded deeply.

She said, "I understand what you mean. What you're talking about is actually 'reasoning backward from the result'.

When people don't know the result, that is, when they don't know the pie is bad, the pie may not necessarily be bad.

But after people know the result and find that the pie is bad, then the result will affect the cause. The pie will inevitably be bad. The door these people touch will definitely be the Door of Madness.

When people don't know the result, those who touch the Door of Truth will not necessarily touch the Door of Madness.

There is a random probability here.

The lower the realm of a person, the farther they are from the essence of the law, and they cannot clearly see the essence of the law, so they cannot see the bad pie.

Therefore, when low-level wizards advance, the door may not be bad—because they can't see clearly, they may not go down the wrong path.

On the contrary, the higher the realm of a person, the closer they are to the essence of the law. The easier it is to see the bad pie.

So, the higher the realm of a person, the greater the probability of seeing the bad pie, and the easier it is to touch the Door of Madness.

Once the realm reaches a certain level, infinitely close to the upper limit of the world's laws—that is, a fifth-order wizard.

At this time, the bad pie almost becomes inevitable.

Therefore, all wizards who touch the fifth door will definitely step into the Door of Madness!"

Speaking of this, Ms. El couldn't help shaking her head, she said, "Roland, you may really be the Holy Son bestowed upon us by God, your eyes are like they are growing in the sky.

Our vision is too low, and we can't see many things.

But you are different, you have the eyes of a god. It's like you are looking down from heaven."

Roland was secretly sweating, and didn't dare to say a word for a long time.

Ms. El suddenly sighed again, she said, "I should have discovered it long ago... that bastard 'Leonard' was right!

He had stepped into that door, but then retreated.

So he saw what was behind the door!

No wonder he wanted to cast his daughter into hell when she touched the fifth door, so that she could step into the fifth door in hell.

Because she must never step into the fifth door in our world.

Because the door in our world is already broken, and behind it is the abyss of madness!"

Roland thought to himself: "'Leonard'? Is this the name of the King of a Thousand Eyes?

Catherine has never mentioned her father's name.

However, her eldest sister seems to know a lot.

Speaking of which, the King of Yellow Fern also uses this name. However, it is normal for the King of Yellow Fern to use his name when he descends, as the strongest wizard in this world.

After all, only the name of the King of a Thousand Eyes is worthy of Him, isn't it?

Roland asked cautiously: "Your Excellency, it is said that His Majesty the King of a Thousand Eyes is touching the fifth door, so will he..."

Ms. El said with gritted teeth: "No! Because that guy Leonard has already completed the 'closed loop'."

Roland asked, "Closed loop?"

Ms. El looked at Roland: "His past, future, and present have long become the King of Yellow Fern. The two incarnations of the King of a Thousand Eyes that you killed in the Yellow Fern Forest back then."

Roland: "Ah?!"

Roland had said when he was bragging that he was the spokesperson of the King of a Thousand Eyes. He was more than just a spokesperson? He was using his name!

He used the name Leonard quite a bit!

Suddenly, Roland remembered something and took out a book from his dimensional bag: "Fern Life".

This was the book that 'Saladin' gave to Roland twenty-four years ago.

Because it and "The Thousand Bodies Technique" were the upper and lower volumes, Roland learned them together at the time, and did not associate the name "Fern Life" with the 'King of Yellow Fern'.

Looking at it now, there were clues a long time ago!

When the 'Alaraca God-Eating Plan' began, Catherine said that in the eyes of the King of Yellow Fern, even if coming over would mean being eaten, He would definitely come over. This was very strange.

It was as if whether He was eaten or ate the King of a Thousand Eyes was the same.

So, Roland had thought about a question.

Whether the current King of a Thousand Eyes has eaten the King of Yellow Fern, or has been eaten by the King of Yellow Fern.

Roland had considered many results, but the truth exceeded his expectations—his father-in-law, like Heracla, played a game of eating himself.

The past, present, and future are all the King of Yellow Fern. So, the 'Leonard' that Roland met back then was an incarnation of his father-in-law!

Roland grabbed his hair, and his whole being was not well.

Roland really couldn't understand what the world of gods was like. It was too bizarre and too chaotic!

He couldn't imagine what he would become if he ignited the divine fire in the future. He was a little reluctant to ascend to become a god!

Roland thought to himself: "No, I must never ascend to become a god in this world. If I ascend to become a god in this world, even if I don't become a mad god, I will become a strange and strange mental patient like Heracla, the King of a Thousand Eyes, and the King of Yellow Fern!"

These gods are all super mechanism freaks. Although they have extremely powerful divine abilities that are beyond cognition, this path is too mentally ill.

Roland felt that gods like the 'Gods of Light and Shadow' were better.

Judging from the situation of the 'Church of Light and Shadow', these gods are all numerical freaks. Although they don't have that kind of extremely crazy and powerful mechanism ability. But power overcomes all!

The most important thing is that they are not crazy!

Being crazy is okay, but being too crazy is too unacceptable!

Roland had always been the one who made others unable to stand it, but today Ms. El's words made Roland feel uncomfortable.

Strictly speaking, Roland was not made uncomfortable by Ms. El.

He was a little overwhelmed by what his father-in-law had done—the fact that 'his father-in-law is called Leonard' gave Roland a headache.

Roland thought to himself: "The White Queen must hate my father-in-law like my senior hates me, right?"

Seeming to see Roland's headache, Ms. El couldn't help rubbing her forehead.

'Ms. El' really hated that guy Leonard too much.

Even if the relationship is repaired, she still can't accept it because Mr. Leonard is not only hateful, but also crazy!

Her daughter seems to have found someone like that too...

It is said that when women are looking for a husband, they are particularly attracted to those who are somewhat similar to their father.

If the father likes to drink, the daughter will like a man who has a very good alcohol tolerance.

If the father is very good at playing cards, the daughter will feel that the kind of man who wins every battle when playing cards is very attractive.

The King of a Thousand Eyes has done all kinds of bad things, is insidious and cunning, and is also crazy.

So, her daughter is always attracted to that bastard bad boy who likes to say crazy things.

'Ms. El' is very much against this marriage.

Now, Roland has to use the name Lawrence, and has to be Isabella's husband. Although this is essentially the bad thing that the King of a Thousand Eyes is doing, 'Ms. El' rarely gave him a thumbs up.

Ms. El thought to herself: 'It's been two weeks, Catherine should be almost back to the Eastern Territory, right?'

Ms. El knew that Isabella was playing Catherine.

But she seemed to have done something to turn the 'fake Catherine' on the ship into the 'real Catherine'.

But I don't know what twists and turns happened in the middle. Roland seemed to see his senior today.

And Ms. El obviously didn't know that for the past two weeks, someone suspected to be Catherine had been hiding in Roland's place.

Even more so, she didn't know that the two had secretly agreed to protect Roland tonight.

However, it was useless even if she knew. After all, Catherine's current identity is the leader of the 'Vermick Religious Inquisition'. As an envoy of the Eastern Territory, Ms. El cannot bring her to the Eastern Territory, whether secretly or openly.

Otherwise, Vermick would find out that the leader of the Inquisition was lost, and then secretly taken to the Eastern Territory by the Eastern Territory delegation. This would be a major diplomatic incident!

Ms. El didn't know these things. She thought that Catherine had already boarded the ship and left this stinky boy. So she was in a particularly good mood.

She made a small request: "Roland, I heard Williams say that there is a 'question-answering machine' in your room, and you have recently been using it to explore the Path of Faith?

I wonder when you have time, I would like to take a look."

Roland still thought that this was his 'eldest sister', so he hurriedly said, "I have time at any time."

Roland's intention was to take this 'sister-in-law' to see it now.

But after listening, the 'sister-in-law' didn't seem to have any intention of going immediately.

Ms. El asked, "I have things to do during the day recently. What time do you usually rest?"

Roland smiled and said, "Your Excellency, I am a night owl. If you have time, you can ask Isabella to lead you over at any time."

The unaware Ms. El thought to herself: 'This silly boy still thinks Isabella is Catherine... Heh heh. He is thinking about Catherine, but Catherine is obedient, how could she let him take advantage of her before marriage?

Looking for Isabella... Leonard's illegitimate daughter, hum.

How can Isabella be involved in the core secrets of the Magic Calculation Matrix and the Path of Faith.

Go back and ask if the itinerary can be changed. If there is time tonight, go tonight.'

The ghost fire boy Roland thought to himself: 'It seems that my sister-in-law won't be coming tonight... Then I will cultivate with my senior properly. Cough, advancing, after all, requires maintaining a peaceful state of mind. As we all know, dual cultivation is helpful for cultivation.

Let's have some new tricks with my senior and Anna tonight!'"

Ms. El chatted with Roland for a few more words, and then left with Amber and the group of nuns (female officials).

She had no intention of letting Amber and Roland catch up.

Amber took three steps and looked back, gazing at her teacher, wanting to stay and reminisce. But Ms. El pulled her, and she didn't dare look back again. She obediently followed Ms. El away.

Roland's expression was a little strange.

Roland thought to himself, 'Ms. El seems unwilling to let me have much contact with Amber.

Is she afraid I'll corrupt her?

Is my reputation that bad?

We haven't seen each other in over thirty years. She's really being unreasonable.'

Ms. El was not just afraid that Roland would corrupt Amber.

Roland really had no clue about his reputation in the East Territory.

Roland planned to ask his senior apprentice when Amber and the others would leave. Before they left, they could all have a meal together to send her off.

After walking out of the chapel, Roland saw those two strange phoenixes in the sky again.

At this moment, he understood. It turned out that the white phoenix was Ms. El, and the colorful little phoenix was Amber. And the beautiful birds behind them were the nuns, or rather, the witches of the White Chess.

Roland contacted Catherine with the crystal ball, but the magic communication didn't connect.

So he contacted Theresa.

Soon, Theresa appeared in the crystal ball. Judging from the background, it seemed to be the Scripture Transcription Hall.

It seemed that the Seven Servants were organizing documents here.

Although Roland had now perfected the mid-stage Path of Faith for the second tier, Theresa and the others seemed to be busy with the subsequent Path of Faith.

Roland thought to himself, 'This girl is so active, it must be the senior apprentice!'

Theresa gave Roland a disgusted but polite smile and said, "Master, is there anything you need?"

Roland said, "Bring Anna over earlier tonight, let's have a meal together. I have some questions about advancement to ask you... oh, it's a new discovery about the Path of Faith ~"

Theresa rolled her eyes speechlessly, and then hung up the magic communication.

Roland grumbled angrily, "No wonder my maids have been taking me less and less seriously lately... I thought Theresa was leading the way, but it turns out it was the senior apprentice!"

He looked at the time, it was only a little after one in the afternoon.

Roland thought to himself, 'The Papal delegation has left. Brian doesn't usually wander around the city either... So am I free?'

Roland simply left the monastery. He stopped a carriage and went to the Summer Palace first.

He ordered a 'Romantic Candlelight Dinner' at the Summer Palace, requesting it to be delivered to the seventh floor of the inpatient department of the Holy Spirit Hospital.

The Summer Palace originally did not provide this kind of service, but after Roland gave his name, the front desk checked the customer. Then they said that it would definitely be arranged before dark.

The front desk said, "Sir Lawrence, two months ago, we helped you exchange a batch of 'ancient gold coins' at the bank here.

Some of these gold coins were very rare, so we took the liberty of sending them to the auction house—we didn't use your name, we used the name of the Summer Palace.

A great collector purchased these gold coins.

After deducting your room fees at the Summer Palace, as well as various handling fees and intermediary fees, there is still 4,567 pounds left.

Please wait a moment, we will send someone to notify the general manager and have the finance department get you the money. Do you want cash or a check?"

Roland said he wanted cash.

Then, he asked curiously, "What kind of gold coins are they that are so valuable?"

The front desk said, "I'm sorry, I didn't handle this matter. Please wait a moment."

The front desk made a phone call.

Soon, a middle-aged man dressed very elegantly came over.

Judging from the respectful attitude of the Summer Palace staff towards him, his status should be more than just a senior executive.

A few thousand pounds was not enough to make this 'Baron Hans' come in person, so he was obviously not here for the money, nor was he here for business.

His smile was very amiable, with a sense of aristocratic restraint. But when he talked to Roland, his speech made Roland feel very comfortable.

In short, this guy's flattery was very advanced, so that people couldn't hear a trace of flattery. Instead, it would make people feel that he was a friend who understood him very well.

He had some research on various antiques and works of art. Especially for the gold coins of the East Territory, he was very knowledgeable.

I just don't know if he specifically did his homework, or if he was idle and liked these things too.

He specifically brought a beautiful picture album. The album contained descriptions of various gold and silver coins with collection value.

There were also the highest and lowest prices auctioned in recent years.

After Roland looked at it, he thought to himself, 'Looking at it this way, many ancient gold coins are more expensive than magic stones!'

Roland could understand the logic that these gold coins were more expensive than magic stones—collection.

But if it were another second-tier wizard from the East Territory, I'm afraid he would never understand the brain circuits of the Southerners—isn't this the gold coin I was still using when I was last asleep (in seclusion)? It's actually more expensive than magic stones? That's outrageous!

Roland planned to have Theresa and the others carefully select his gold and silver coins later, so as not to sell valuable things.

Roland was very satisfied with this little gift (picture album). He asked about his foxfire, and Baron Hans directly reached out, indicating that he would take Roland to see it.

On the way, he chatted with Roland about the recent situation of the foxfire, and also talked with Roland about horses. They had a very pleasant conversation.

The foxfire was very well taken care of, and it looked like it was often taken out for a walk. It seemed to be very familiar with Hans.

It seemed that Hans often personally took care of the foxfire.

The foxfire was so tall and its temper was so irritable. It was also difficult for this Baron Hans.

Roland patted the foxfire's tall shoulder and looked at this Baron Hans, who had prepared his homework for a long time.

Roland said with a smile, "Hans, you just mentioned your family?"

Roland knew that this guy must be looking for him for something, so he led the topic here.

The Papal delegation had already left, and the senior apprentice's matter with the Tribunal must have been negotiated.

Now, Isabella and Lawrence's remaining prestige from suppressing the 'Mind-Stealing Holy Spirit of the Deviant Cult' was the perfect time to clean up Villemick and completely control the city.

Don't look at those guys like Old John in the Mystery Department, who usually just drink tea and read newspapers. But once they get power, these people are all ruthless officials!

And with the senior apprentice's character, she must love ruthless officials.

And she is also very short of money.

These people are very efficient in handling affairs.

If some Black Abyss wizards are sent in again, then it will definitely be extremely efficient.

Those powerless common people cannot feel the storm that the 'Black Abyss Tribunal' has set off.

But the nobles must feel it deeply.

With the efficiency of the Black Abyss Tribunal, the targets in the city that need to be cleaned up, as well as those wealthy noble masters, must have begun to suffer.

It was normal for Hans' family to be caught and put in, or for him to be targeted.

Of course, what Roland didn't expect was that this guy didn't seem to be here for this matter.

This guy was very sensible and had already sent a large sum of pounds to the Tribunal through connections.

He talked to Roland about the 'North Sayre Peninsula'.

Villemick is the central city in a large province. This province is actually a peninsula called the 'North Sayre Peninsula'.

However, the world likes to call this province 'Greater Villemick'.

This was originally the territory of 'Malrode'. The relationship is equivalent to 'Great Britain' and 'Northern Ireland'.

The 'North Sayre Peninsula' had been independent and separated many years ago and returned to the rule of the Church.

Therefore, the title of 'Duke of Sayre' has long ceased to exist.

However, due to the great warlord Williams, this land nominally returned to the hands of the Church, but in reality, it was not under the control of the Church.

Therefore, the Church could only arrange for people to manage the industries here, and they could not find their own people.

On the one hand, the monks were not very good at this kind of thing, and the business was getting worse and worse. The previous few people in charge had almost ruined all the industries here.

On the other hand, Williams was very unwilling to let the Church arrange people in his territory.

So he not only secretly ruined many of the Church's industries, but also arrested all the people in charge and sent them to mental hospitals!

The Church really didn't have much to do with this great warlord Williams. Therefore, they had always been hiring a certain professional neutral force to manage the industries here.

—The Hydra Chamber of Commerce.

Hans is a wealthy man who serves the Hydra Chamber of Commerce.

Many industries, including the Summer Palace, are managed by him for the Church.

Originally, he could have continued to manage it and obtain a lot of power, wealth, and personal connections from it.

But now, the Church plans to separate Villemick City from the peninsula.

A 'Count of Villemick' will appear in Villemick City, and many industries, including the Summer Palace, as well as land, will fall into his hands.

He will just have to pay taxes in the future. Calculating it, although the Church will lose a lot of income, it will still make a profit.

This is the reason why Hans tried so hard to get on Roland's line.

Because, Roland is the 'Count of Villemick' chosen by the Church.

Hans said, "Sir, this matter should be almost certain. I heard that Isabella has already reached an agreement with the Church. In the future, she and you will both leave the Tribunal.

After that, the Villemick Tribunal will be taken over by people sent by the Church. And you will get this land."

In this way, the Holy City of Vermik had three forces: the Inquisition, loyal to the Holy See; Count Vermik and his Countess, who had no choice but to be loyal to the Holy See; and the warlord Williams, who was unwilling to be loyal to the Holy See.

Isabella has already agreed to this deal.

Baron Hans wasn't too clear about the specifics. These were just rumors he had heard.

He thought Roland knew about these things, but Roland was completely bewildered.

The Holy See is really playing a good game!

It's practically using a sesame seed to trade for a cartload of watermelons!

What's the difference between this and killing the donkey after it grinds the mill?!

Roland felt that this matter was very unreasonable because as long as they held the Inquisition, the entire Vermik would be theirs.

It's just that they wouldn't have tax revenue or business income.

Moreover, what's the use of being this broken Count?

Isn't the money still being earned by the Holy See?

With the Inquisition, the Holy See would have to look at Roland and his senior's faces to get things done here. But if they lost the Inquisition, they would have to be dogs for the Holy See!

If the Holy See wanted money, the Count would have to donate.

If they were slightly disobedient, the Inquisition would slap the label of black wizard on them.

Most importantly, they were already black wizards!

Handing over the Inquisition... are you planning to let the people of the Holy See arrest both of us?

The Vermik Cathedral, the Inquisition, and the territory. Among these three, the most important is the Inquisition.

Once the Inquisition is lost, Roland and his entire group will be arrested!

Given his senior's power-hungry and materialistic personality, would she give up the big piece of fat she just got her hands on so that her fiancé could get a broken Count title?

Even if she was willing, Roland wouldn't be.

Is she crazy?!

Could his senior really do something so brain-dead?

If it were Isabella, that idiot, it would be more likely. Her brain has already been ruined by the Holy See and Lawrence. For the sake of faith and love, she could hand over her kingdom, let alone the Inquisition.

Roland thought to himself, "Could it be that senior made a deal with the Holy See in order to obtain the qualification for the ruins?"

If it was for the ticket to the ruins, then making some sacrifices would indeed be reasonable.

But paying such a price is still a bit too brain-dead.

Roland didn't think his senior could do something so stupid.

Roland thought to himself, 'These are just rumors that Hans and the people from the merchant guild have heard. The accuracy is not high.'

Roland planned to ask about it when he went back in the evening.