World Occult User Guide

Lin An woke up to the sound of turning pages in a book.

He sat up from a round soft chair. Owls cooed in the night, and the moonlight shone on him through the curved windows, making it cool.

Looking around, Lin An found himself in a chic study room. The oak wainscoting was carved with thorny thistles, a long silk-fringed Persian rug spread from the black marble fireplace, and the olive wood bookshelf was spacious. spaced apart.

There is a marble bust between each bookshelf. In front of Lin An is a small basswood coffee table with an expensive pen and ink, and colorful bone china jars with delicate tulips.

It's so simple and exquisite, unlike the style that Yingguo can have.

"Brush it."

Along with the sound of books turning, a musically beautiful female voice called Lin An.

"Sir, this is my first time seeing your face."

That voice belonged to a girl who seemed to have stepped out of an ancient Greek poem. Her skin was fair and shiny, her crystal clear blue eyes were like gems, and her arrogant and noble temperament was hanging down like her black hair.

Lin An had seen such a flawless smile, which appeared at the corner of her mother's mouth inadvertently.

No...

"Miss, may I ask your last name."

"Adelia Hughes."

The girl, about six years old, closed the book she was reading. The French title "Seven Days" was written on the cover, and it was decorated with a gold-painted six-pointed star magic circle, which was the pattern chosen by Queen Margaret.

Why did mother become so small?

Lin An observed the girl carefully with a strange and suspended mood. The girl's fair face was covered with a few bruises that were about to disappear, and her lips had wounds smeared with powder.

Since there was no third person around, Lin An had to continue talking with either Adelia in her youth or a girl with the same name.

"Miss Adelia, what happened to your wound?"

"Oh, these?" Adelia touched the blood scab at the corner of her mouth, "It's just a dispute over ideas. Do you know what occultism is...or have you ever heard of the Masons' Guild or the Golden Dawn?"

"Have heard a little bit."

"That's it. Sir, I was in a church school, but the teachers were stubborn. When they heard me talking about spiritualism with my classmates, they cursed me as a heretic, whipped me with a whip, and put me in a solitary room. Let me repent.”

"Because of my 'stubbornness', they punished me corporally to no avail. They also called my classmates to isolate me, laugh at me and bully me. So my father had no choice but to take me home and educate me. These are the things left from that time The wound has not healed yet.”

Talking about the past in a calm tone, little Adelia raised her beautiful face and showed an aggressive smile to Lin An.

"But I have always believed that there is another fantasy world, sir. One day, I will find it, and then let everyone witness it with me."

Lin An thought for a moment and asked, "What's the point of doing this?"

"I'm just dissatisfied with the future that I can see to the end." Adelia tapped the "Seven Days Talk" with her fingers. "Don't you think the daily life we ​​experience, which consists of tea, rice, oil, salt, eating, drinking, and eating, is too much? Are you bored, sir?"

Her words touched the deepest loneliness in Lin An's heart. This unmistakable alienation hit his heart again, clearly declaring to him that he did not belong to this planet.

He is isolated here because his spirit comes from another dimension of the universe, but his body is composed of human cells. When the two worlds overlap, he himself does not belong to either one.

Lin An looked out the window at the starry sky. A bright thing rose above the shadowy leaves and the spire of the chapel, projecting a large soft light.

moon……

It shines with gentle light, the white halo is dotted with dark gray feathers, and the moon shadow moves around Lin An, reminding him of the reality that he needs to face head-on.

In an instant, the vague memories became clear and came to Lin An's mind one after another.

His mother told him everything, and then she wanted to send him back to the planet "Comoth" without any explanation.

During the ceremony, the five thousand years of memories between him and the aliens merged with each other, and they were lost in the chaotic river of time.

Although Lin An tried hard to maintain himself, his 22 years of life were too frivolous and barren compared to the weight of 5,000 years, and he was torn apart by a few shocks.

He wandered through time and civilization, looking at the past that had nothing to do with him, and could only remain silent.

Until a familiar voice interrupted Lin An's nearly self-conscious journey. Along with the moonlight, Lin An regained himself from the memories of aliens.

That fleeting light...

Lin An vaguely recognized its identity, remained silent for a long time, and touched the corners of his eyes.

"It turns out that alien spirits can also feel human sadness."

Raising his head to look at the girl in front of him again, Lin An guessed that she was just a phantom in his heart, stemming from the complicated emotions he had towards Adelia.

He and she were like entangled students and teachers, sometimes eager for approval, sometimes filled with hatred.

Touching the girl's face covered with wounds, Lin An felt no intensified anger, impulsiveness or excitement in his heart, but a firm sense of relief.

From then on, Adelia was no longer his mother, but just a strange woman full of ambition.

"Wow..."

Just as Lin An recalled everything and digested the facts with a calmer mind, Adelia's phantom shattered like cold glass, and was replaced by a blond man who looked similar to her.

He has a handsome appearance, and his age cannot be seen. He has a low ponytail and a pair of beautiful eyes set in the eye sockets that are dark brown due to aging, but they appear larger and more flexible. He wears a tortoise shell t-shirt. Glasses, full of nobility.

"Lin An, it's great that you have regained your consciousness."

The voice of Duke Vasilika Hughes is as beautiful as the system.

He smiled at Lin An, showing his neat teeth.

"Fortunately, you didn't fall into Adelia's lies. Her ritual will only make you a connecting point between two planets, turning you into an interstellar orbit stuck between 'Comoth' and Titan, unable to reach the other side. Not even a planet can return to our planet.”

"In other words, your essence will be infinitely stretched and become the medium connecting 'Kemus' and Titan. The radiation will flow through you from one side and be transmitted to the other planet, while your consciousness will be in endless time. dissipates into a pure energy bond."

"Fortunately, after many efforts, the ceremony was not connected to the golden coordinates of overlapping star paths. You also maintained your thinking and cognitive abilities and avoided the doomed tragic ending."

"Brother Tongzi."

Lin An's words destroyed the Duke's good qualities, and his smile suddenly twitched.

"I'm not the system, Lin An, and I'm physically considered your great-grandfather..."

"Brother Tongzi, bring up my panel."

"All right."

The Duke had no choice but to pick up the pen at hand and quickly write various words in the air. The familiar green data displayed the panel that Lin An was accustomed to.

[Name]: Mysterious Encyclopedia

[Rating]: Source Grade A

[Radiation value]: 16.4%

[Pollution level]: 23.2%

[Medium]: Seekers of knowledge

[Inventory]: Seeker x3, God of Truth x4, Visionary x3, Seer x2, Judge x4, Nature Sacrifice x4, Mother of Desire x3, War Emperor x2, Lord of the Earth x12, God of Farming x10, Dreamer Lord x4, Lady with Lamp x3

The level of pollution increased by almost 5% due to Asherah's blessing.

It seems that this mysterious technique needs to be used with caution in the future.

But it is estimated that thanks to the 5% pollution value, it has increased the "humanity" of the system, allowing him to recall more memories and be able to play the role of narrator at this moment.

After thinking for a moment, Lin An expressed his anger without expression.

"I asked you to bring up my panel, but I didn't ask you to bring up the 'Mysterious Encyclopedia'. Also, do you write the data by hand every time?"

"No, it's just a figurative form. I don't really like using a typewriter."

"It's really hard for you to pretend to be high-tech, old antique."

"As for your state, Lin An." The Duke sighed, "I am currently unable to deconstruct the alien energy formula through human mathematics."

"So, what to do next." Lin An looked at the surrounding Victorian-style decorations, "It seems that you locked my complete consciousness in a 'safe house'. And you didn't mention Adelia's 'failure' It means that the ceremony is at least half completed."

"well……"

"Did her plan go too smoothly?" Lin An pondered.

"From the moment she killed me, there weren't many people in the world who could stop her." The Duke said helplessly, "Not only does she possess a radiation source, she can also control 'memory'."

"A power that only you and Eldria have?"

"Yes, Adelia can 'modify' and 'extract' a memory from anyone. The closer you are to her, the stronger the effect of this ability, and the longer the memory fragment that can be used."

"Can't the so-called 'demigod' resist?" Lin An asked.

"They noticed a slight abnormality, but they could not completely eliminate the impact. As long as Adelia stays in a certain area, she can rewrite the memory of anyone in that area. A large number of ancient dynasties... and aristocratic families have suffered greatly at her hands. , I don’t dare to be an enemy of her.”

"Adelia even modified the memory of mankind around the world once, distorting the existence of 'Hughes', so that very few people remember the entanglement between aliens and us for thousands of years. Even if they are aristocratic families, most of them only know that Aidelia Leah is dangerous."

"However, she cannot unconditionally modify her memory on a large scale, and the abilities of Hughes and Aldria cannot interact with each other, let alone affect the original aliens. Therefore, your and my memories are the only two things in the world that she has no control over. Something freely rewritten.”

Directly modify other people's memories...

This ability can be said to be terrifying at a heaven-defying level.

Fortunately, the system mentioned that as Hughes, he also inherited an ability related to memory.

Lin An looked at the system, waiting for him to continue.

"And my abilities are memory 'delete' and 'save'." The Duke clasped his hands, "Similarly, I can only activate it through direct contact with the target, such as killing, or performing intimate acts. Because I am not a complete Hughes. .”

"Aren't you?" Lin An was stunned.

"Yes, my memory was lost once in large quantities around the fourteenth century. If not, I would not have allowed Adelia to get close to Adelia's seal and let that hybrid who hates all human beings take advantage of it. Come in."

Lin An frowned and remembered the date.

In Xizhou in the fourteenth century, it would not be long before the Impaler took the stage, and the hidden Hughes family began to enter the public eye from then on.

"You haven't answered my question yet." Lin An said, "We can't stay here forever."

"Although Adelia controls Adelia's radiation source and can modify the memory even if there is no overlap in 'Comes', Titan is not without means of resistance. It is exactly the time when you grow up to 18 years old in the Dragon Kingdom. The best evidence is that those people protected you from her hands.”

"Which people?"

The Duke raised his hand solemnly, and just when Lin An thought he was going to talk, he gave a thumbs up.

"I forgot."

"..."

Lin An signaled the system to come closer, and then grabbed his low ponytail.

"Subconscious, right?"

"Well."

"It's garbled and tinkling, right?"

"Great-grandson..."

"Ditry turned into a human, right?"

"I really wasn't very sober at the time." The Duke smoothed the braid that almost left his scalp. "Through the increase and decrease of the pollution value and the improvement of the "Encyclopedia of Magic", I should be able to recover part of my memory; I swear I will never cheat again. is you."

Lin An was noncommittal. The Duke straightened his appearance and spoke again.

"At that time, Adelia led the families who supported the radiation of 'Cormus' and rushed into my castle. Before I died, I had to save my memory in the books at hand. After they killed me, they burned my library and tore it up. I got the Encyclopedia of Magic and sent it to you without giving up."

"Because as an A-level statue, you are the only one who cannot 'include' me as an S-level statue." Lin An shrugged, "No wonder there are so many omissions in the Encyclopedia of Magic."

"Not only that, without the source of radiation, I can only wake up when the orbits of the stars of 'Comuth' overlap. Adelia handed me over to you at the right time, so that we can become unconscious matter together. Floating in the universe forever.”

"How far has her ritual been completed?" Lin An said, "Should I stop thinking about becoming Kaz soon?"

"In another three years...two years and six months to be precise, when the orbits of Glomus and Titan overlap perfectly, we will still become the cyclical ring principle."

"Have you seen Puella Magi Madoka Magica?"

"It was the person named 'Joshua' who saved it before." The Duke winked playfully, "In order to get along with you, I extracted the elements that modern people are interested in from his memory in order to become more lively. Uh, system.”

The corner of Lin An's mouth twitched. It turned out that the system's cold jokes were all learned from the former Joshua.

Is this guy so trendy?

If he could recover, Lin An decided to show Joshua Madoka Magica again to see his reaction.

After withdrawing his thoughts, Lin An glanced at the dignified system.

At least for now, the two have the same goal.

Leave this ritual that is about to consume their consciousness and personality, and avoid becoming a piece of "outer space junk".

"If there was no solution, you wouldn't be so urgent about asking me to keep myself to myself."

"Dear grandson." The Duke pushed up his monocle, "You should remember that I mentioned that the Mysterious Encyclopedia has a new feature called 'Reincarnation'." (End of Chapter)