Chapter 49 – Take off, mask

"Everyone is like a spider weaving a web in life.

Whether they hope for it or fear it, they will inevitably be entangled in someone else's web at an unexpected moment.

This entangled web can be large, so large that it gives you the illusion that you can go wherever you want;

But it can also be small, small enough that sometimes a gust of wind can easily blow away the illusion you had. "

This is the inscription on Mr. Hoffen's tombstone, designed and written by Karun himself and then customized.

There are a lot of words and long sentences, but fortunately, Mr. Hoffen's tomb is relatively large, and one tomb is equivalent to the size of a couple's tomb, so not writing more or leaving anything out would make it seem too empty.

Karun feels that he and Mr. Hoffen are like spider webs that were originally impossible to intersect. The first encounter was not very good;

But in the end,

This old man insisted on "clearing the suspicion" for the Inmores family with great perseverance.

And the only carrier of suspicion is actually himself.

Dis today did not wear a priest's robe, he just stood silently in front of the tombstone, looking at the photo on the tombstone.

Karun led the mourners through the burial ceremony, and finally personally took a shovel and filled the soil for Mr. Hoffen with the help of the family.

Finally, everyone placed their flowers in front of the tombstone, and the ceremony was over.

Karun took a sip of water from the cup handed to him by Mina, then walked towards Dis and handed him the cup.

Dis took the cup and held it in his hand, saying:

"I'll stay with Hoffen for a while, do you have something to do today?"

"Yes, Mina invited Teacher Unis to go to the amusement park."

Dis nodded and said, "Don't delay too much."

Karun really wanted to ask Dis what it was that made him "urge" himself to do so, since the suspicion of the God's Descent Ceremony had already been completely avoided through pre-arrangement?

But since Dis didn't want to say, he wouldn't ask again.

Karun bowed to the tombstone:

"Grandpa Hoffen, I'm going on a date with a beautiful lady, I'll come see you next time."

Then,

Karun walked towards the small road next to the cemetery. Alfred was already waiting by the car and opened the door for Karun.

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"Lein Street."

"Okay, young master."

Alfred started the car.

Karun wanted to rest his eyes for a while. He had put a lot of thought into Mr. Hoffen's funeral, and he had disrupted his biological clock by getting up early this morning. It can be said that the treatment of Mr. Hoffen's funeral by his family was even higher than that of Mr. Modis who chose Package B.

Of course, this is not a matter of money.

Just like a chef cooking for guests and cooking for his own family, cooking for his own family will be a little more casual, and he won't pay too much attention to the presentation, but the taste and care can only be understood by his own people.

But at this moment, Karun found several newspapers placed in front of him, and they were all folded in appropriate positions.

Karun opened a newspaper: "Mr. Morv is seriously ill, will the Morv consortium face restructuring?"

Mr. Morv has long been dead, well, you can also call it "completely missing", but the Morv family obviously chose not to expose this news, but concealed it, which involves property and power struggles within their family.

"Environmental Protection Girl Gives Passionate Speech on Cruise Ship!"There were photos and illustrations. On the cruise ship returning to Vienna, Dahlia gave an environmental speech with a ferocious expression, fully demonstrating what it meant to be too forceful.

Next was the news that really involved the politics of Roja City.

"Mayoral candidate Mr. Fude and Congressman Mr. Haggart died in a car accident and their car fell into the reservoir."

"Former Mayor Sikeson was accused of using illegal means to attack his competitors and has now been investigated. He also announced his resignation as mayor of Roja City and declared that he would not participate in the next mayoral election."

Mr. Oka did not appear in the news because his identity was mysterious and he had connections with Vienna.

Editor-in-chief Humir's disappearance did not appear in the news either because his identity was not enough.

"Young master, a special department should have intervened. This is a department above the police that specializes in investigating and resolving supernatural events," explained Alfred.

"So, did they cause the deaths of Fude and Haggart?"

"Most likely, to avoid causing social panic. We didn't cover up that night, and there were clear traces of supernatural and faith power at several crime scenes. They could definitely find some clues by investigating."

Karun couldn't help but think of the woman with the hooked nose and gray dress.

"Will there be a problem?" Karun asked.

"There shouldn't be any problem, because our actions that night were in accordance with the 'Order Regulations'. As long as the old master reports it afterwards, the Order Church will be responsible for communicating with the local government and the secret police department. It's a small matter."

Alfred slightly emphasized the last sentence.

As long as the Order Church remained strong, they represented absolute justice, whether it was a just position or a procedural justice.

"Even if the incident has a relatively large impact on society, if an ordinary judge does such a thing, they may be dealt with by the regional authorities, but the old master should not bear this burden. Please don't worry, young master."

Alfred still remembered the conversation from that night:

"Grandpa, are you injured?"

"No, just a little side effect after using the forbidden spell."

Alfred felt fortunate that when he and the old master fought, the old master only used the spell that a judge would use, otherwise he would probably not exist anymore.

"Alfred."

"Young master, what is it?"

"Grandpa seems to have some trouble."

"Great beings' followers will always encounter some trouble, but they will always solve them successfully. Even if they cannot be solved for a while, when the great being truly awakens, they will choose to resurrect them to repay their kindness in protecting them during their early awakening."

Karun frowned slightly.

Alfred hurriedly explained, "Many stories on the murals are like this."

Karun couldn't be bothered to respond.

"Young master, are you going to Rhein Street to pick up Miss Eunice?"

"Yeah, Mina invited her teacher to the amusement park."

"Huh?" Alfred looked back and scanned the area. "I forgot to ask Miss Mina to get in the car."

Karun waved his hand, "Mina's not feeling well and can't go."

...

The guests had long since left, and only Dis remained in front of the tombstone.Dis sat silently next to the tombstone...

"I really want to use 'Resurrection Magic' to bring you back and chat with you for a while longer."

Of course, that was just wishful thinking.

The "resurrection" of the Order of the Gods could indeed revive a corpse, but this kind of resurrection could only last for a very short period of time. After the last bit of spirituality in the body dissipated, it would become "rotting flesh."

Therefore, from the perspective of the Order of the Gods, being buried was truly "peaceful."

Dis opened his water bottle again, took a sip of water, and then placed the open water bottle in front of the tombstone.

"It's precisely because the God of Order doesn't want anything that makes me the most uneasy.

Free things are often the most expensive.

What's even more ridiculous is that I released the seal on my body early in order to make a sacrifice, which made it impossible to suppress my realm.

It won't be long before the Temple of Order senses my existence and invites me to join them, giving me what they consider to be supreme glory and making me one of the elders of the temple, serving the God of Order in the netherworld.

But I don't want to go.

For all the others in the Order of the Gods, no, for most of the so-called orthodox religions today, the temple has always been the most sacred place in the hearts of believers.

Every person who enters the temple to become an elder will receive blessings from the true gods for their family. If they don't have their own family, they can inherit this blessing through designated relationships with other families.

And that family will continue to be the backbone of the religion in the next few generations, receiving more blessings of faith.

But I don't want to serve the so-called true gods that I no longer believe in.

I don't want my family and descendants to continue to sink deeper into the quagmire of this religion.

But unfortunately, they won't allow me to refuse.

Not only can I not betray my faith, but more importantly, they cannot allow me to betray them physically.

In this era where the true gods do not appear, I even suspect that what sustains the true gods is no longer the radiance of the gods, but a kind of blessing that the temple gives to the gods by transforming the faith of the believers.

Everything you have is bestowed by the gods.

Therefore, the gods have the right to take away what belongs to them from you.

Old Hoffen, do you know that the closer you get to that height, the more you feel that our unwavering faith, our piety to the gods, our guardianship, and our firmness...

may just be a seed.

The gods gave us the seed, this is the grace of the gods.

After the seed bears fruit, the gods will come and take away the fruit, and we will still be grateful.

We are just the fertilizer of the gods."

Dis's gaze began to gradually become profound.

"Perhaps my ideas are wrong, my understanding is also extreme, I have misunderstood the gods, and I have long since fallen and become a heretic.

But each of us actually lives in the world 'in our own eyes.'

I cannot allow myself to become fertilizer, and what I get in return is that my descendants can become fertilizer even better.

Hoffen, I cannot allow myself to make such a choice in the 'world in my eyes.'"

Dis looked back at the photo on the tombstone, picked up his tea cup, and stood up.

"Mask, it's time to take it off."...

(Note: "Mask" is a reference to a character who wears a mask)Alfred's car stopped on Rhein Street, intentionally not pulling up to the teacher's house.

"Young master, I'll get off here and take a taxi back first."

Karun then asked, "Alfred, do you think it would be more effective to use a hearse for a date?"

Alfred blinked at this and said, "I don't know about that, but I do know that if Mr. Mason had taken Mrs. Mary out for a candlelit dinner in a hearse, there probably wouldn't be Mina and Lunt's existence today."

"You make a good point."

"Because everyone's aesthetic level and preferences are different, young master, you must have developed feelings for the hearse during this time, or perhaps you often ponder while on the hearse, so naturally there are some hearse-related thoughts, which normal people should not have. However, this might also have an amazing effect, as Miss Unis has lived in a very strict aristocratic family since childhood, and some unconventional things may leave a deeper impression on her mind. It's like many girls in school who like street thugs; their underdeveloped brains and immature worldviews mistake that kind of roughness as a representative of masculinity. Although they will feel stupid when they mature, it doesn't affect their obsession with that feeling at that age."

"Have you hosted a talk show before?" Karun asked.

"I've done all kinds of programs, including 'Roja's Storytelling'. In fact, compared to horror stories, the ratings of emotional analysis programs are higher, because you have to consider the audience who has the leisure to listen to the radio at night."

"I see."

"Young master, have a good weekend."

Alfred reached for the door to get out of the car, but stopped and asked, "Young master, do you need me to take it with me?"

A black cat slowly poked its head out from the back seat.

Karun really didn't notice that Puerh had been secretly staying in the car, but Puerh could hide from him, but not from Alfred's eyes.

"Karun, I feel that I have an obligation to watch from the sidelines. This is the responsibility I should have as an elder."

Karun smiled and said, "I've never seen any other elders secretly following their juniors on a date."

"Do you think they don't want to? It's just that they don't have the same conditions as me. If they were a cat, ask them if they would like to follow along."

"I'm sorry, I don't like this feeling."

"I'm just a cat. During your date, you can let Unis hold me. Imagine that scene, a beautiful young lady holding a cute and shiny cat in her arms, how beautiful it is."

"But that cat is her great-great-great-great-great-grandmother."

"I think you should add '...sister' at the end. It's more appropriate."

"That would make me feel weird, sorry."

"Weird?" Puerh stretched out a paw. "Shouldn't it be more exciting?"

"Alfred, take it home. Your task today is to watch over it at home."

"Yes, young master."

Alfred forcibly carried Puerh out of the car, and Karun drove forward.

"I feel so sad," Puerh said. "It's so uncomfortable to watch the future of my family being lured away by a man with ulterior motives.""Don't feel bad. If your descendants can seize this opportunity, they will be able to get on the mural in the future."

"Is your life goal to get on the mural? I find that you are very obsessed with murals."

Alfred shook his head and said, "My life goal is not to get on the mural, but if my life goal is achieved, it is inevitable to get on the mural."

"Maybe it's because I've been a cat for too many years that I'm not very interested in these big goals. I just focus on what's in front of me, like sour fish and squirrel fish."

"Oh, and Dis is really shameless, and his grandson, the evil god, is just as shameless. How shameless do they have to be to decide to go after a 19-year-old girl who knows nothing?"

"If I were human now, believe me, I would take Karun to the crematorium of the funeral home, let his hair touch the sparks, and ask him, 'Do you dare, do you dare!'"

Alfred laughed.

"What are you laughing at? Do you think I will never be able to turn back into a human again? Little thing, don't forget, when I was still a human, I didn't even bother to look at you."

"Then hurry up and turn back."

...

When passing by Piajie and Mrs. Ximor's residence, Karun deliberately accelerated and turned his face away.

Fortunately, nothing happened where they were recognized and stopped.

After all, whether it was Piajie or Mrs. Ximor, they would not just stand at the door of their house and stare at the road in front of them, waiting for Karun's Suntland to pass by.

Finally, Karun parked the car at the door of Yoonis's house.

A noble-looking woman was standing at the door, always looking at the road in front of the house, as if she was really doing nothing and waiting for Karun's Suntland to appear.

She looked somewhat similar to Yoonis in her eyebrows, but she was not bloated despite her noble dress and temperament.

Karun got out of the car and walked to the gate.

The noblewoman lit a cigarette, looked at Karun, and said, "Are you here to see my daughter?"

"Yes, is Teacher Yoonis here?"

Karun showed a warm and sunny smile.

The noblewoman smiled and continued to hold the cigarette with one hand while secretly pinching her buttocks with the other hand to help herself maintain her composure from this damn charming smile. She absolutely couldn't show the expression of a mother-in-law who liked her son-in-law more and more as she looked at him.

However, such a son-in-law, even if he did nothing and just stayed at home as a vase, would be quite pleasing to the eye when he looked at himself every day.

For the first time, she felt that her resistance to the "blind date" arranged by her father-in-law had weakened a bit.

Although choosing a son-in-law cannot only be based on looks, otherwise there will be various problems and much anger after marriage... but who can guarantee that there will be no problems, arguments, or anger after marriage?

So why not choose a face that looks more pleasing when angry?

"Oh, you are Mina, right? My daughter said she had arranged to go to the amusement park with her female student today."

"Mina is my cousin, madam."

"Oh, then your cousin Mina is unfortunately feeling unwell today, such as stomach ache or something, and can't come, right?"

"Yes, madam. Do you have a hobby of divination? You are very accurate."

"No, I'm just a mother who has given birth to three children.""Your figure is really well-maintained. I thought you only had one daughter, Yuni Si."

"Oh, hehehe..."

Hold it in!

"Heh~ young man, you really know how to talk. Even a dead person could be brought back to life by you."

"Hehe, you're joking, Madam. How could that be possible?"

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