Lord of the Mysteries 2: Circle of Inevitability

Santa Port, in a room with a card table.

Lumian and Lugano, who had changed their appearance and clothes, met the black marketeer who claimed to be a descendant of the Daliège people.

Wearing a white shirt and a black vest, he sat at the head of the card table with a glass of light malt-colored white wine in front of him and a slow-burning cigar between his fingers.

He does seem to have ancestry from the Liege area. His eye sockets are slightly sunken, his black hair is slightly rolled up, his blue eyes are like the mountain sky without clouds, his cheeks are thin, and he has dense stubble. He is in his thirties. look.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Valerio." Lugano greeted in Plateau dialect.

Valerio looked back at the several bodyguards with guns on their guns, smiled and said in Intis with a Daliege accent: "I haven't been back to my hometown for a long time, and you are very friendly when I see you."

"Yes, Mr. Valerio." Lumi pretended to be timid and replied in Intis with the same Daliege accent.

Although shepherds are good at fighting the dangers of the wild, they are instinctively afraid of the authorities in human settlements.

Valerio nodded slightly and said: "Are you coming from Larnaca?"

"Yes, I just attended the trading conference there." Lumian answered smoothly.

He heard about Larnaca from the shepherds in Kordu Village. A trading meeting is held there every month, forming a lively suburban market. Shepherds from far and near will go there to buy and sell lambs, wool, cheese and other commodities. Opportunity.

Valerio then talked about the transition and the folk customs of the Daliege area. Lumian knew both of them very well and answered from the perspective of a shepherd.

During this process, he felt vaguely in a trance, remembering the words that his sister would occasionally say when she was angry:

"If you don't study hard, I'll send you to be a shepherd!"

Now, he's actually playing a shepherd.

After a while, Valerio nodded with satisfaction, took a puff of his cigar and said:

"You are quite wise. You don't need an ID for grazing in the countryside, but you must have one if you settle in the city. I will help you get two sets as soon as possible. After that, if you encounter any difficulties, you can come to me. I may not be able to help. But one more person will always bring more ideas. We are all from Daliege, so of course we have to help each other.”

Lumian is not surprised at all by the enthusiasm of this black marketeer: "uniting" the people in his hometown will form a force that can be exploited and cannot be ignored!

This is just like the Savoyard Party, which was originally composed of Savoyard people who worked as coolies and waiters. They have made countless contributions to the big bosses of the Savoyard Chamber of Commerce to develop their careers, expand their operations, and protect their family property.

As for how many Savoyards here could never take the right path and died on the streets at some point, those wealthy businessmen didn't care.

www.youxs.org, praised Valerio for his very noble character.

Valerio smiled and specifically warned:

"If you want to survive here, you'd better convert to the 'Earth Mother Goddess' as soon as possible, find a good girl to get married as soon as possible, and have a few children. Only in this way will you not encounter some hidden troubles."

Is it a tradition in the Kingdom of Feneport to urge marriage and childbirth? Lumian cursed and said with a bitter smile: "Without copper coins, there will be no good girls."

This is also a proverb in the Liège area, which means that it is difficult for poor people to find good girls, and it is even more difficult for shepherds to build families.

"This is Fenerport, not Liège." Valerio picked up the glass of white wine and took a sip. "The good girls here value a strong body and a brave temperament. Money can wait. Make money after you get married."

"Why?" Lumian did not hide his confusion.

"Such a man is more suitable for reproducing offspring, and is more capable of impregnating good girls." Valerio smiled, "It's different from Liège. The core of many things is fertility and reproduction. Only by understanding this Point, then you can truly understand Fenebote, praise the mother of all things!”

The black marketeer stood up, his feet slightly apart and his hands raised in the air.

No wonder Feneport is the country with the largest population among the countries in the Northern Continent. If they weren't good at improving the land and growing food, they wouldn't be able to feed so many people... Lumian's thoughts turned and he tentatively said: "Valerio Sir, I heard that there will be a sea praying ceremony next month, will there be any opportunity to make money?"

"Yes." Valerio sat down, "It's still relatively hot in Santa Puerto in November. When my grandfather first arrived here, he rented a wooden box for popsicles and went to the ice factory to make a bunch of them. The ice cubes came back, piled around the popsicles, covered them with towels, and then squeezed into the crowd to sell the popsicles and ice cubes to them, earning their first pot of gold. Now, this business can also be done, but the competition is fierce. A lot, you even have to rent an extra bike so you can

Bring a larger insulated wooden box to more ceremony venues. "

"Are there many ritual places?" Lumian asked.

Valerio smiled and replied: "This is a grand event for the entire Santa Port. There are many processes that need to be held in different places, such as the sea dance in the port, the flower boat parade in the city, and the boat racing on the sea. The competition, the vigil ceremony in Milo Village, and the core sea festival."

"What is the Sea Festival?" Lumian asked curiously.

Valerio slowly shook his head:

"I don't know the specifics. I only know that the 'Governor of the Sea' and the 'Maids of the Sea' took special ships and took the sacrifices offered by fishermen and merchants to a certain sea area outside the port to hold a ceremony. It’s a unique ceremony, and people who haven’t been there will never know the detailed process.”

"Governor of the Sea', 'Maidmaid of the Sea'?" Lumian kept picking keywords.

This perfectly fits the situation of a Daliege shepherd who has just arrived in Santa Port.

Valerio smiled and said: "The most important thing about the sea praying ceremony is to select a man to be the 'Governor of the Sea' and four girls to be the 'Maids of the Sea'. They first paraded through the city on a flower boat, and then went to Board the specially designed fishing boat at the port, go out to sea in the 'sea dance' performance, guide the racing competition to start, then circle the port and enter the oldest one in the area

Stay one night in the fishing village of Milo.

"At seven o'clock the next morning, they will reboard the ship, bring the sacrifices, and go to the sea sacrifice place."

The selected "Governor of the Sea" and "Maidmaid of the Sea"...a multi-part sea praying ceremony...Lumian repeated the key parts in his mind.

He was suddenly startled and made an association: This was very similar to the Lent celebration in the Daliez mountainous area, and the "Spring Spirit"!

Although the real Lent celebration did not include the horrific incident of Ava being beheaded and blood splattering, the scene in the dream left a deep impression on Lumian, which made him instinctively organize the Lenten celebration. It is equated with evil and terrible.

Is the sea praying ceremony here similar to the Lenten celebration?

On second thought, Lumian felt that such similarity did not explain the problem.

Because this is a very common treatment in occultism, erecting a specific symbol to represent the object of sacrifice is to achieve the desired effect.

This can be seen in many folk rituals.

"How were the Governor of the Sea and the Maid of the Sea selected?" Lumian looked curious.

Wouldn't it be the same as the "Spring Spirit", voted by all the residents of Santa Port?

Can you still gain a high reputation and enjoy hidden benefits after the ceremony?

Valerio took another puff on his cigar: "Selected by the members of the Fisheries Guild, the oldest guild in Santa Port. What are the specific criteria and whether they want to vote? They keep it secret from the outside. Even the official members of the Fisheries Guild They don’t know.”

As he spoke, the black marketeer smiled.

"I also want to be elected as the 'Governor of the Sea'. It is said that there will be many benefits, but no one involved is willing to reveal what they are."

"How are the previous 'Governors of the Sea' doing now?" Lumian was more concerned about this issue.

Valerio was stunned for a moment, recalled for a moment, and shook his head: "I don't know."

"The term of each 'Governor of the Sea' is only one year. After leaving office, it seems that he was sent to other places. Anyway, he cannot stay in Santa Port to avoid conflict with the new 'Governor of the Sea'. Haha, then he must be given The compensation is very high and you can bring your family with you.”

Sent to another place? Was he really sent to another place instead of encountering something else? With his previous experience, Lumian would instinctively think in the direction of evil and horror when faced with this kind of folk ritual.

And the subsequent encounter of the "Governor of the Sea" in "Sea Praying Ceremony" does sound strange.

Lumian thought for a moment and asked in a manner consistent with his current status: "Where are those 'Maids of the Sea'?"

"It is very popular with maritime merchants, shareholders of fishing companies, fishermen and sailors. Each of them wants to marry a 'maid of the sea', which represents the blessing of the sea. You go to various fishing villages, fishery guilds, and the homes of those maritime merchants. , you will find that many powerful grandmothers have been 'Maids of the Sea.'" Valerio looked envious, and seemed to want to marry a "Maid of the Sea" and become a real sea merchant.

This is the same as the hidden benefits of becoming a "Spring Elf"... Lumian resisted the urge to raise his right hand and touch his chin.

He stopped and didn't ask any more questions. After paying a deposit of 50 gold riso, he and Lugano left Valerio's underground casino.

Ludwig did not come with them and was placed in a nearby family restaurant with children's entertainment facilities, dedicated caregivers, and a meal.

In Feneport, there are many industries that are convenient for parents to raise children and help them reduce stress. This is not available in countries such as Intis. Even if it is available, it is only provided to the upper class.

Trier, Catacombs.

Franka and Janna returned to the third floor with lit white candles.

"What's the name of the tomb you're looking for?" Franka, who no longer felt so depressed, asked, turning her head.

Janna didn't need to think about it and said directly: "Tomb of Thorns and Shield Wall."

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