"It will take time to make the charms," the War Bishop replied, his eyes fixed on his nose, his nose on his heart, in a formal and rigid manner.
The theater core had hidden itself again. A battle that almost blew its head off had just erupted in the theater. Having taken a hit, the theater core wouldn't be foolish enough to come out now and get entangled with these two lunatics again.
What charms? What spirit worms? Ask its marionettes, it! Did! Not! Know!
Tang: "..."
System: '...'
"Am I really that much like a bad guy?" Tang touched his chin. "System, why don't you ask again? I think it will be interested."
After all, that world of the observer, its very existence was an unprecedented miracle.
As a Miracle Worker, how could it be so lacking in the spirit of adventure?
Laughing to death, what spirit of adventure does a Miracle Worker need? the theater core grumbled.
It directed the marionettes to retrieve the already dead spirit worms preserved deep within the theater to make charms that could borrow power from the past and restore spirituality.
Just indulge him! He'll court death sooner or later!
The System was shocked by Tang's bug-exploiting remarks. While the theater was making the charms, the System was also working hard to study whether its host's claim could be realized.
All of this required time to prepare.
Tang, on the other hand, found himself with nothing to do.
He definitely couldn't go to Tingen, and even during this period, he didn't plan to leave his castle, only using the Traveler marionette and the Proprietor's Ring to travel back and forth between the castle and the theater.
However, there was nothing major to busy himself with at the theater, so he planned to mostly squat in a dark corner of the castle to grow some mushrooms.
With Owen gone and his father away, the castle felt much more deserted. With nothing to do, he spent his days lazing around, quietly waiting for the System and the theater core to figure out the result he wanted, which was quite comfortable.
And within the castle, Baron Ramd, played by the Faceless marionette made using the Sealed Artifact 'A Moment of Luck,' did not arouse suspicion from others. This allowed Tang, who was using the Sealed Artifact, to continuously digest the Master of Marionettes' potion.
Before long, he should be able to directly control the second marionette.
The position of the first marionette was occupied by the Wraith marionette beside his father. Now, if he wanted to control a marionette, he had to either use 'A Moment of Luck' or indirectly control the marionettes manipulated by the theater using the Proprietor's Ring.
But how could this Baron Ramd marionette hide from Mrs. Boyanka?
After a few days of getting along, Tang felt that his mother already knew something, and had even seen through his trick of controlling the marionette long ago.
However, she remained very calm and quiet, as if she had never noticed.
Tang didn't find it strange, and he wouldn't be presumptuous enough to think that his controlled marionette could hide from his mother.
Mrs. Boyanka came from a noble family from Backlund, understood the secrets of Extraordinary individuals, and there were even Extraordinary individuals sent by the family within the castle to protect her safety.
Tang could control the marionette to play Baron Ramd, but he was ultimately not his father himself. Many times, without Mrs. Boyanka's help, it would inevitably be exposed.
Among the three items left by his father was a rose that was unusually white. When Tang previously gave this rose, which clearly contained power from the spirit world, to Mrs. Boyanka, Mrs. Boyanka was just a little dazed, as if she had thought of something and spaced out for a long time before coming back to her senses.
Since then, Mrs. Boyanka had regained her usual composure. She took over most of the affairs in this territory on his behalf, and对外宣称 "Baron Ramd has contracted a disease and needs to recuperate quietly."
She was teaching this Faceless marionette, whose clear eyes revealed a hint of foolishness, how to handle some issues so as not to be exposed and arouse suspicion from others.
Incidentally, Tang, who hadn't been doing anything proper for days, was also caught to make up for his studies.
"In the future, you can't lose face in this regard when you go out, Tang, you should properly make up for this." Mrs. Boyanka sighed silently, then very gently but firmly had the servants place a large stack of land deeds, account books, etc., on the table.
Tang: "??"
The Baron Ramd marionette exchanged a look with him.
Both the marionette and the Master of Marionettes were silent.
System: 'Hehe, Mom is really good to you.'
Do you want this goodness?
Tang looked at the piles and piles of account books, land deeds, annual taxes, weather, crop yields, local policies, recent developments in Tingen, important decisions issued by Backlund, blah blah blah, making his eyes blur.
Was it too late to say he was illiterate?
Shouldn't there be a special person to handle this? What was the use of him learning this ahhh?
Another morning, Tang took the sweet and greasy little pastries he had made, preparing to curry favor with his dear mother and let the marionette suffer so he wouldn't be bothered, when Olson arrived.
Early in the morning, Olson, accompanied by several people wearing cloaks, appeared outside the castle.
Of course, to show respect for the castle owner and their friend, they did not travel directly into the castle.
Upon receiving the notification of visitors, Tang greeted these people who were clearly members of the Abraham family.
To be cautious, he cast an appraisal on everyone, confirming that no Amon had infiltrated the Abraham members to sneak in. Tang clearly breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, he also knew that the transaction with the Abraham family had been more than half successful.
"This is Tang Eggs Ramd, my friend, and the son of the owner of this territory."
Olson had obviously informed his family members in advance. At this time, the older Abrahams, some of whom looked quite old, did not show any impatience or arrogance towards the young man in front of them.
"This is Elder Holloway."
Olson introduced the white-haired old man who led the Abrahams to Tang.
Tang learned from the appraisal results that this was a Traveler, and he was already on the verge of losing control.
Even among Extraordinary individuals of the same pathway and sequence, even if they had completely digested the potion, in the middle and low sequences, without obtaining divinity, the mental state of older people weakened year by year, making them more susceptible to contamination and loss of control than younger people.
Obviously, Mr. Door's whispers from afar, although Olson only had a slight loss of control, were already quite serious for some people of the same sequence.
"Hello, Mr. Ramd."
Elder Holloway cut to the chase, wanting to see the method of isolating contamination that Olson had mentioned.
Tang had no objection to this. After signing a confidentiality agreement notarized by the Extraordinary power of a 'Notary,' he led these people to the location of the theater.
(End of this chapter)