You call this a black hand?

The mixed-race association was very lively today. Mellen looked out the bedroom window and could see many people and carriages coming and going in and out of the apartment door.

You can still vaguely hear some noisy conversations.

But he didn't have the time to pay attention to what these meant.

After getting up from the bed, Meren didn't even bother to put on his coat. He just jumped out of bed wearing a white underwear-like shirt and trousers.

Then, he suddenly remembered something.

"Didn't I sleep on the desk? Why did I run to the bed?"

"Has anyone been here?"

Mellen was wary of this, but when he looked down at the bottom of the bed, he found that the sack of harvest he had stuffed in it had no trace of being tampered with, and the magic pocket in his inner coat pocket had always remained that way.

So he breathed a sigh of relief.

"If you're not seeking wealth, then you're seeking sex?"

"Damn...I won't be molested by anyone, right?"

He didn't feel anything unusual about his body, but he suddenly found that the small snake wrapped around his left hand had completely transformed into a pure black and gold bracelet.

But because Melen didn't know the specific abilities of this snake, he didn't think much about it and thought it was the snake's "change" on its own.

I really can't figure out what happened last night.

Mellen could only sit at the desk with a slightly uneasy mentality of being taken advantage of and not being taken advantage of, and then opened one of the encyclopedias absentmindedly.

The author of the Wizarding Encyclopedia is an organization called the Wizarding Education Council, which, according to the description, is affiliated with a place called the Ministry of Magic.

Meron had heard the word Ministry of Magic several times before, including in previous dreams, but because he was busy with many things, he had never understood it.

Mellen felt that this might be a "government department" that manages wizards.

After looking through the encyclopedia in detail, he found that it was indeed the case, but the records were slightly different from what Mellen thought.

[Ministry of Magic: Each country has its own corresponding Ministry of Magic, which is not affiliated with the secular government. It can be regarded as the governing body that manages wizards in the country. Ministers are uniformly appointed by the International United Wizards Council.]

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"It should be the wizarding government. What kind of international wizarding assembly is it? Maybe it's similar to the United Nations?"

Mellen turned to the corresponding page and found that this was generally true, but the power of the International Council of Wizards seemed to be much greater than that of the United Nations.

According to the encyclopedia, it seems that except for wizards in a few limited places in the world, all other wizards and the Ministry of Magic of the corresponding country are managed by the International United Wizards Council.

Considering that in the previous dream, the Northern Empire appeared corresponding to the Ministry of Magic, Mellen turned to the corresponding entry.

Then he discovered that the Northern Empire was not one of the member states of the International United Council of Wizards.

The wizards on their side are jointly governed by the Parliament of Nobles and the Church.

“The difference between a loose alliance and a centralized empire?”

This thought flashed through Mellen's mind, but he felt it was different.

It's a pity that the entries in this encyclopedia only introduced a few sentences, and there was nothing in-depth at all, so he couldn't learn more.

Turning to the entry corresponding to the truth believers, the above introduction is very intuitive.

[Truth Believers: A group of cult organizations that carry out violent preaching in the name of truth. They believe in destiny and belong to the original truth religion. 】

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[Original Shinrikyo: Originated from the ancient Three Gods Religion, and its core text is the Original Holy Scripture: The Future Chapter.]

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When he searched for the ancient Tritheism again, Mellen could not find this entry.

Maybe it's not included, or maybe it's been harmonized.

He didn't care much about it.

Although because of that dream, Mellen felt that he might be somewhat involved with the group of truth believers, and that the so-called child of destiny might even be related to him.

However, it is still difficult to determine the specific relationship, and it is useless to speculate rashly.

Moreover, getting involved with a group of cultists does not seem to be a good thing...

Relatively speaking, Mellen is very interested in the two terms of gods and churches.

[Gods: Generally refers to sacred creatures, generally born from the devout faith of secular people. Every country, every nation, and even some primitive tribes believe in different gods. 】

This entry is quite long, so there are some records below.

[In the Middle Ages, the gods were under the unified jurisdiction of the two major churches. After the Sun God Sect was annihilated by the Church of the Night, the gods belonging to the Sun God Church were classified as evil gods and were hunted crazily. 】

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[And when the demonic tide subsided and the Church of Night fell apart due to the religious reform, some of the remaining gods also fell into slumber, waiting for the believers to awaken. 】

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[The main job of the gods is to protect believers from the demonic tide, monsters and other dangers. After the demonic tide receded, faith crises occurred frequently, and the power of the gods in various places was also greatly weakened, but still...]

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The gods in this world are relatively weak, but Meren did not expect that they would be so weak that they would be managed by religion in turn?

As a time traveler, Melen has not never understood the two major religions that once belonged to the hegemonic level in this world, namely the Sun God and the Night.

In fact, the school he attended when he was a child was founded by the church and had specialized theology courses.

However, it may be because of the supernatural being involved, or it may be because many contents have been "harmonized", but he never knew that these two major churches can in turn manage gods...

After flipping through the wizard's encyclopedia, Mellen found that the records about the church were not much different from what he remembered.

However, the encyclopedia emphasizes that the "Sun God" and "Dark Night" they each believe in do not refer to two specific goals, but two concepts.

In other words, two kinds of supernatural phenomena have different manifestations in the so-called demonic tide.

"Everything seems to originate from the so-called demonic tide."

This idea flashed through Mellen's mind, but after flipping through the relevant pages, he found that the book did not provide any profound information.

It’s just that when the demon tide exists, the world is full of strange creatures and monsters, which is very dangerous.

But later, due to "unknown" reasons, the demon tide disappeared, and the world became peaceful.

Considering the dream he had before, Mellen thought it must have been artificially sealed.

And it seems that soon, this seal will be opened...

"Isn't this the recovery of magic power?"

He judged this quickly.

"For some reason, the tide of magic receded, and some lives that could only survive in a high-magic environment died or fell asleep. The two concepts believed in by the two major churches no longer existed, so the rule of the church naturally collapsed.

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"But, what is the so-called spring of heaven?"

Mellen was puzzled by this, and even after looking through the encyclopedia, he couldn't find any related words.

Just by looking at the word "Kingdom of Heaven", you can guess that this word is related to religion.

For example, the kingdom of gods in the sky, heaven, a happy place after death, etc.

Related existences include angels, the Holy Spirit, etc.

Correspondingly, it is naturally hell.

But there are no entries for these two aspects in the encyclopedia.

Mellen suspected that this might be the reason why it was harmonized.

Or is it a secret that cannot be made public?

"Maybe I should ask the teacher?"

"After all, in the dream, she should be the one protecting me. I think she must be related to the Kingdom of Heaven."

The emergence of this idea made Mellen take out his book of secret words from his magic pocket.

Then he discovered that the other party had sent him a bunch of messages at some unknown time.

The message basically said two things.

The first thing is that the murderer behind last night's incident and the previous two incidents was found, and he was one of her "enemy".

The enemy's purpose for doing this is firstly to take revenge on her, and secondly, it is related to the mixed-blood wizard. The specific connection needs to be investigated.

Mrs. Chelsea claimed that the enemy was in the dark and it was difficult to catch specific traces. However, the enemy's main target was her, so there was a high probability that they would retaliate against her.

But this is not certain. If the enemy is not confident that he can successfully retaliate against her, then he is very likely to target Meren.

Because the other party has already guessed that Melen is her apprentice.

Therefore, Mrs. Chelsea told Mellen to be vigilant in the next period of time, put his own safety first, and wait for her to find the murderer.

The second incident involves Jim's father.

Mrs. Chelsea claimed that Jim's father was bewitched by her enemy with "the power of the devil", which is why he behaved so abnormally.

Now she has removed this bewitching power, so Meren doesn't have to worry about his friend Arthur being harmed again.

This devil should be related to hell, right?

When Mellen saw this, his thoughts moved, so he raised his pen and asked.

"What is the devil?"

He originally thought it would take a long time for a reply to this inquiry.

After all, what happened last night will definitely make me, a teacher, very busy.

Unexpectedly, the other party seemed to have "set" his message to "important message". As soon as Meren finished asking, there was a response from the other party.

"It is a kind of high-level life, which is one of the most difficult creatures to deal with."

Seeing that she was "online", Meren hurriedly asked: "Did the strange things originate from the demonic tide? Where did the demonic tide come from?"

"A place called hell."

This is how the other party responded.

Seeing this, Mellen was about to ask if there was a kingdom of heaven, but Mrs. Chelsea seemed to have a telepathic connection and mentioned the question he wanted to ask.

"The corresponding one is the Kingdom of Heaven."

"Heaven?"

"The Kingdom of Heaven, also known as the Kingdom of the Clouds, is the birthplace of the Holy Spirit, and the original founders of the two major churches were the Holy Spirits."

Mrs. Chelsea replied: "I told you before that the first generation of wizards were known as saints walking on earth. This title actually corresponds to the Holy Spirit in heaven."

"The church originates from the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit originates from the Kingdom of Heaven, then..."

After Mellen thought about it for a moment, he asked again, "Where does the kingdom of heaven come from?"

"Legend has it that a mysterious substance called the Fountain of Heaven created the Kingdom of Heaven."

The rich woman was not a riddler, so the answer appeared in Mellen's eyes smoothly, but he felt more and more confused.

"Because of the former dominance of the two major churches, the Spring of Heaven is also called by wizards as the origin of all things, the final destination of the soul, the breath of life, or the mother of the world."