After talking to thin air so many times, Odis was still a little uncomfortable. She looked left and right, but still couldn't find anything.
At that moment, Bernadette's voice rang out in the air: "Did you just find out about the 'Morse Penitentiary' and want to steal something from the 'Night Watchers'?"
"Yes." Odis did not hide anything and recounted his experience, emphasizing the two sentences inscribed on the stone.
Bernadette was also somewhat surprised: "You can actually decipher the mysterious symbols of the dragon race?"
Odis didn't flaunt this, but as an expert in the occult, she could deduce what those words were simply from Odis's brief description of them.
"It's just that I can read it." Odis smiled. "You should know that I once studied occult symbols. In one of my studies, I inadvertently came to think of the way the dragon race reads and writes occult symbols."
Bernadette chewed over a word Odis had just said: "Unintentionally..."
But she didn't continue the topic. Instead, she said, "I've heard a legend that after the first creator fell into a deep sleep, he flew into the sky and became a barrier to protect all of us."
"I've also heard a legend that some evil gods were banished to the stars by the Creator, so they can no longer harm humans, but they are always looking for a way to return to the human world."
Bernadette paused for a moment and then said, "Although they are all legends, they are very likely stories adapted from real events."
"The older the legend, the more likely its story contains hidden messages."
She paused for a moment and then concluded, "The legendary 'barrier' may very well be real."
Bernadette's knowledge of the Outer Gods was very limited, or rather, at her level, she had no access to knowledge at a level "above the gods".
Odis felt as if she knew something, but when she tried to recall it, she would immediately encounter spiritual warnings.
He knew that this knowledge could be dangerous.
So Odis said, "We only need to know why the 'Morse Ascetic Order' tried to steal this sealed artifact. As for the origin of the sealed artifact, it's best not to consider it."
He then gave a reasonable explanation: "I don't believe that the Church of the Goddess of Night is completely unaware of the origin and purpose of that stone, but the 'Night Watchers' responsible for setting the trap are also unaware of this information."
"That knowledge may very well be dangerous."
Bernadette hummed in agreement: "Your idea is quite right. In the extraordinary realm, some knowledge itself is a form of pollution."
Then she said, "However, I have a question about your translation."
"Although dragons and vampires are hostile factions, in the entire Second Era, the greatest enemy of dragons should have been giants."
"Why not say it can't fall into the hands of giants, but rather that it can't fall into the hands of vampires?"
Odis couldn't answer this question either: "Perhaps the vampires can use it to gain even greater power?"
"After all, vampires have always worshipped the moon. Perhaps vampires can use this stone to obtain the power of the moon outside the 'barrier'."
"Perhaps," Bernadette felt that this wasn't the answer to the question.
Odis asked, "What are your plans next?"
"Watching the 'Morse Penitentiary' fall into the trap of the 'Night Watchers' and the 'Mechanical Heart'," Bernadette said calmly, "if the time is right, I wouldn't mind helping the official Extraordinary."
She had always harbored a certain hostility towards the "Morse Penitentiary." The "Morse Penitentiary" felt the same way towards her.
Odis said, "If there is any new information, remember to let me know."
"Hmm." Bernadette brought up another topic: "I just saw that you framed the painting that 'The Invisible Servant' drew before?"
Odis had once invited Bernadette to his home for a meal. At that time, Bernadette noticed that Odis liked taking pictures, so she gave Odis a painting of the two of them dining together.
The painting was very lifelike, much like a color photograph in Odis's memory.
Odis understood from Bernadette's words that it seemed that when she left, Bernadette had been manipulating the "Invisible Servant" to wander around the room while waiting.
He laughed and said, "Yes, it's quite memorable. I've already thought of a name for the painting: 'Dinner with the Mysterious Queen'."
"From now on, when I brag to my friends, they'll be green with envy!"
Bernadette laughed and said, "I must remind you that almost every country in the Northern Continent has put a bounty on my head."
"Their bounty on me seems to be £650,000, so many people are afraid of being discovered to know me or have met me before."
Odis, however, simply laid out the evidence that the two men had seen in the living room!
Odis was reminded of this and then remembered the matter.
Such a high bounty is enough to tempt some demigods to attempt an attack on Bernadette.
But Bernadette's title was "Mysterious Queen," and her whereabouts were extremely mysterious. No one could find her, and Odis's painting might be an important clue to finding her.
He said, "I'll put the painting away after I've finished bragging."
Odis decided that he would put the painting away after Bernadette left, since his life was more important than boasting.
Bernadette only casually mentioned it and did not continue the topic.
She said, as if it were a prophecy, "You will face a test this weekend."
Odis asked, "What kind of test?"
"I don't know," Bernadette laughed. "I'm a 'master of prophecy,' not a master of premonition."
Her voice became ethereal, thus ending the conversation.
Odis asked, "You left halfway through your conversation? Really left? I'm going to take off my clothes and go to sleep!"
Seeing that no one responded, Odis jogged to the living room, picked up the photo, and then used the "spatial magic circle" in the basement to put it into the "wilderness of knowledge," before finally letting out a sigh of relief.
At that moment, he heard a faint, ethereal laugh: "Hehehe."
It turns out that Bernadette hadn't left; she just wanted to see Odice's reaction.
However, Odis was quite thick-skinned and did not show any embarrassment. Instead, he smiled and said, "I knew you were waiting to see me take off my clothes."
"Heh, what's so interesting?" Bernadette said. "Don't worry, I have other things to do and don't have that much time to keep an eye on you."
After hearing what she said, Odis became even more uneasy. After that, when she changed into her pajamas, she always felt like she was performing a striptease, and even when she went to the toilet, she felt like there was a pair of eyes watching her from behind.
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
Fortunately, Odis had been under surveillance for a long time and had become accustomed to the feeling; otherwise, she might have developed depression due to excessive mental stress.
Lying in bed, Odis did not fall asleep immediately, but instead entered the "wilderness of knowledge" through meditation.
Today, he has too many questions to answer in the "wilderness of knowledge".
In his meditation, Odis followed the field of illusory light to the tower made of spheres of light.
Without needing to look it up, Odis regained all his memories in that instant, gaining knowledge of the Outer Gods, the Ancients, and so on.
His first thought was that the "unending murmurs" in Russell's diary were an Outer God!
This Outer God has actually infiltrated the "Morse Penitentiary"! The probability that the "Hidden Sage" didn't discover it is very small, so why did He ignore it?
A terrifying thought crossed Odis's mind: Could the "Hidden Sage" have already fallen and become a lackey of the Outer Gods?
But then he dismissed the idea, thinking that if that were the case, the "Morse Ascetic" would become as fanatical as the "Rose School," and be universally condemned.
Odis stopped thinking about the question, after all, it was a question for the gods, and he had a lot of things to worry about, so there was no need to think about such a distant issue.
Then, Odis gained a deeper understanding of the stone he had visited that night.
Firstly, he knew more about the relationship between the "barrier" and the starry sky than Bernadette; the "barrier" was set up to block the Outer Gods.
That stone was able to break through the "barrier" and come to Earth, and it even has the characteristic of being a "power springboard," so it's no wonder that the "Rose School" would risk everything to steal it.
With this stone, the "Mother Tree of Desire" should be able to unleash even more terrifying power upon the Earth!
As for the "Dragon of Imagination," Angelweid, the reason why he was unwilling to let the stone fall into the hands of the vampires was probably because he had already sensed that the "vampire progenitor" Lilith had been influenced by the Outer Gods.
Therefore, this stone must absolutely not fall into the hands of the vampires!
Having learned the answers to these questions, Odis went on to study some magic arrays that the dragon race had once used before emerging from the "Wilderness of Knowledge" and using the power of "meditation" to fall asleep.
The next morning, Odis bought a piece of toast for breakfast and a copy of the Backlund Morning News. He ate and read the newspaper while riding in the public carriage.
Today's newspapers have more coverage of Lelouch. Reporters learned about Lelouch's infiltration of the fighting arena from the arena's waiters and his former rivals.
Although the descriptions are somewhat exaggerated, Lelouch's heroic image is gradually established.
Upon seeing these reports, Odis couldn't help but smile slightly; it felt quite nice to be praised by the newspapers.
Upon arriving at Gard's Herbal Shop, Odis did not linger. She immediately went to the basement, put on Mr. Gard's clothes, and used the "teleportation array" to arrive at the "Nanmu Ballroom".
He went to Klein and reporter Mike's room and told them, "Viscount Wade hasn't had time to bother you these past few days."
Klein asked, "Was that fire very serious?"
"No, that's not it." Odis sat opposite the two of them: "Viscount Wade later had an experience of being drugged with laxatives, so he hasn't been able to take care of you these past few days."
Klein sighed, "Poor Viscount Wade."
Odis took out a portrait: "Detective Sherlock, I have a request for you to find this person."
The person in the portrait was Bernie, who had once bought "sunflowers" from Gard's herbal shop and revealed the whereabouts of the "werewolf" to Odis.
Odis felt it was of great importance to find the person who had used Bernie to alert him to the trail of the "Rose School".
Odis, who was always highly inspired, knew very well that this was a spiritual reminder that he should take seriously.
However, in the past few days, Odis's subordinates have not been able to find this person, and there has been no news from "Mechanical Heart" either.
It was only today that he suddenly remembered that he had a "Sherlock detective who is good at finding people" by his side, so he took the portrait and made a request to Klein early in the morning.