Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Bernadette, with her chestnut hair, glanced coldly at Audis after hearing his question, saying nothing as both of them were once again enveloped by illusory feathers.

When they reappeared, they were already on the rooftop across from Henry Street and the Garle Herb Shop.

Audis sat on the ground and rested for more than ten minutes before the car sickness-like feeling finally disappeared.

Bernadette, who had been standing to one side, suddenly said, "Get up and see for yourself."

Only then did Audis notice that he and Bernadette were becoming illusory again, as if about to vanish from this world.

He got up and saw two masked men in black clothes quickly approaching the herb shop, light spilling from its windows.

They first made sure no one was around before suddenly pushing the door open and entering. After seeing that the herb shop was empty, they paused for a second or two before immediately turning to leave.

Just then, Bernadette produced two pea seeds in her hand. She casually tossed them, and the two peas fell onto the street, immediately sprouting and growing into vines that entangled the two men in black, who were clearly not thieves.

Bernadette didn't kill them but pointed her index finger at the ground, and a pair of red high heels instantly appeared on their feet.

Entangled by the vines, the two men began to dance with terrified expressions.

But they seemed to have forgotten how to scream, only able to make terrified faces.

This reminded Audis of the fairy tale "The Red Shoes." Although he had only read it once, he vividly remembered the pair of red dancing shoes that one couldn't control once worn.

After the two men danced for more than half a minute, the terror on their faces and the red dancing shoes disappeared together. Then, the vines loosened, and they tipped their hats, saluting in Bernadette's direction before quickly leaving and disappearing into the night.

Audis was stunned. Clearly, what had just left were two pairs of red dancing shoes and their vassals: the two men in black.

He guessed that Bernadette would know exactly where these two people went and who they met in the near future.

Immediately after, he thought of the two men in black's earlier actions: "I don't remember making enemies with anyone recently."

Since coming to this world, Audis had been relatively low-key. When developing his gray industries, he even used his abilities and connections to incorporate a small gang to act as a shield for anything he did.

"You haven't made enemies with anyone," Bernadette said again, taking out the small wooden box containing the extraordinary weapon, "but you do have something that makes them tempted."

Only one of those weapons had been made, and the people who had seen it had already been burned to ashes. Audis was silent for a moment before saying, "Peter is dead."

"Yes, he is," Bernadette said. "He died at the hands of an extraordinary being who had fallen into madness. Even the weapon you invented couldn't save him."

"Coincidentally, a member of a mysterious organization passed by there, witnessed the weapon in Peter's hand, and took the weapon away after Peter died."

"Several local members of this organization, after learning that the weapon came from you, are preparing to send someone to take you away to further inquire about the source of the weapon."

The so-called "mysterious organization" was actually the "Moses Ascetic Order" members in Backlund. Bernadette had long been eyeing the member who picked up the weapon. Just as she was preparing to close the net, she encountered the weapon held by Peter, so she came over first, intending to take Audis away and ask for the truth.

As for witnessing Klein stealing the bookmark, that was an urgent and sudden situation, purely coincidental.

Audis said with a sincere face, "I did get that weapon from the Steam Church..."

Audis suddenly felt the weight in the center of his face increase and saw his nose lengthen at a visible rate.

Bernadette showed a beautiful smile, "Deception, is that how you treat your lifesaver?"

Thinking of how the "Mysterious Queen" had previously manipulated him like a puppet, Audis suddenly understood: "As long as I lie, my nose will grow longer?"

Bernadette didn't answer directly, only saying, "I want to see if your nose can stretch to the other side of the Tussock River."

Audis was a little helpless: "Let's go to the shop and talk. I'll tell you the origin of this weapon."

After speaking, his nose returned to its normal length.

Audis knew very well that in the world of mysteries, hiding things from such a big figure would only make things worse, so he prepared to explain the origin of this weapon.

The "Mysterious Queen" nodded in satisfaction: "Good."

The two returned to the Garle Herb Shop, and Audis closed the door again: "Would you like something to drink?"

"No need."

So Audis poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip, and then walked inside the counter.

They were like before, one inside the counter and one outside.

"I think you should be very clear about the function of the magic circle," Audis explained, taking out a piece of paper and using a compass to draw a large circle on it. Then, with the center of the circle as the center, he drew two isosceles triangles, one upright and one inverted. Finally, with them as the center, he drew a small circle.

This was a classic "hexagram" array diagram. Filling different symbols in the gaps of the array diagram could form arrays with different effects.

For example, increasing the probability of success of some low-level witchcraft, or temporarily enhancing or stabilizing spirituality to a limited extent, or even aesthetic decoration, etc., are relatively common auxiliary means in the extraordinary world, and even some mystery enthusiasts are using them.

However, because the effect is limited, only low-sequence extraordinaries, and those low-sequence extraordinaries who are not good at direct combat, use them more often.

Very high-level magic circles do have the function of sealing and defense, but they require the support of high-sequence beings to provide power support, or extraordinary characteristics to provide power support.

For most extraordinary people, the magic circle is a relatively useless thing.

Audis skillfully filled in mystical symbols in the array diagram while continuing: "I have discovered in recent years of research that the greatest use of the magic circle is not how many extraordinary functions it has, but that it can provide a channel for spirituality to extend outward within a certain range."

"For example, if I inject spirituality at this position, the output spirituality will enter the center of the 'hexagram' array without loss."

"If you put one of the extraordinary materials needed to advance to 'Pyromaniac,' the 'Fire Salamander's gland,' in the center of the array, a big fire will definitely burn in the center of the array, and there is a certain probability that a fireball will appear."

"But if you use Fire Salamander's blood..."

Audis took out a small glass bottle from the cupboard, which contained half a bottle of bright red blood. This was Fire Salamander's blood, a sequence 7 level spiritual material, worth a lot.

He dripped a few drops of blood into the center of the array and kept injecting spirituality into the array.

Whoosh~

A small, stable flame burned in the center of the array.

Audis explained again: "This belongs to high-level fire-attribute spiritual material, so it can ignite flames under the action of spirituality."

Bernadette understood, she pointed to the wooden box: "This weapon actually has a delicate magic circle inside?"

"Yes."

Bernadette asked again: "Do you know what that weapon means?"

Audis was slightly stunned: "What does it mean?"

Bernadette said seriously: "All Sequence 9s can use 'Fireball.'"

Although it was a low-profile version of "Fireball," she had already seen the breakthrough research results contained behind it.

Thanks to [Pope of the Tarot Society] for the reward.