Chapter 2: The Heart of the Machine

Hoy University.

"Roy, I heard that you and Rado had some mysterious ritual yesterday? Did it work? ”

A brown-haired girl approached.

Naya.

Roy paused.

Although he is in the Department of Mechanics, there are classes in some subjects that are close to the Department of History and have some contact with each other.

Of course, it's more that Rado has a good relationship with Welch-

Their family is very rich.

The two often get together for parties, and occasionally take them to communicate and communicate together, and they are a university with each other, so they have known each other over time.

Roy didn't know them much if he wanted to, but he knew each other, and the relationship was relatively general, so he said something.

Also, if memory serves, Naya seems to have participated in the reading of notes with Welch and Crane, and then died under a curse.

He thought for a moment and replied kindly: "Failed." Mysteries are all fake, and I won't try them randomly in the future. ”

"That's because you didn't find the right thing, there are mysterious things in this world, but not everything, how can your broken ritual that you don't know where it came from?"

There was a voice of refusal to admit defeat on the side.

Roy squinted.

Welch.

The banker's son is rich, generous, and likes to make friends, but the best relationship is Naya and Klein-

The three of them often team up together to do homework.

It's all alumni.

"Royβ€”"

"It's nothing, I know you're interested in occult knowledge, but unfortunately we really didn't succeed yesterday."

Roy sighed.

Welch smiled and said, "Wait, I have news of something recently, and I'll open your eyes when I get my hands on it." ”

"I'm not interested in mystical things anymore, and I warn you not to touch them."

Roy admonished.

Seeing that Welch didn't care, he didn't say anything, but returned to his place, and then began to look for the figureβ€”

He was often in the same group as Lado Lange.

Lado has blonde shawl hair and very white skin, and he can usually be seen at a glance, but he has not been seen so far.

A hint of worry flashed in his eyes.

Although he is quite unfamiliar with this friend in the same group, the memory of his physical predecessor still makes him feel a little good about Lado, and if he can, he still doesn't want his classmates to have an accident.

Then, he saw a teenager with the same black hair.

Just appeared.

Naya beckoned.

"Crane, this way!"

"Sorry, I'm late."

"It's nothing, hehe, we just arrived."

The three of them walked together, discussing the debate the day before yesterday, and headed to an office together.

Roy sat in his chair, his eyes staring at Klein.

Very ordinary.

He should be the original Klein, not the candidate for the mysterious master after fusing Zhou Mingrui.

It's late May, and everyone has just finished the defense, which is considered to be a quasi-graduation.

The one hasn't come down yet.

He leaned back in his chair and wondered if he should go to the other man's house and ask about the situation if Lado Lange didn't come.

At this moment, a figure walked over from a distance.

Not Lado Lange.

Ratherβ€”

Familiar mentors from the forefront.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanics, Guna Tolom.

The mechanical professor was known for his expertise in steam-powered machinery, and Roy suspected that he was also a member of the Church of Steam.

Seeing the arrival of the associate professor, he faintly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Teacher."

"Follow me."

Instead of reminiscing, Guna turned around with a grim face and walked towards his office.

Arriving at the office, the old man, who had lost his hair close to the Mediterranean, took off his hat, then turned around and looked at Roy with a serious face.

"What kind of ritual did you perform with Rado yesterday?"

"We ......"

Roy knows.

His guess came true, and something really happened to Lado.

But.

What he didn't expect was-

His own teacher is an extraordinary person in the Steam Church.

After much thought, Roy decided to tell the truth.

"Yesterday we prayed to a great being with a ritual who gave me the power of half of the voyeurs, and I don't know the rest, what about Raddo? Why haven't you come here today? ”

Guna said with a gloomy face, "Rado is crazy and was sent to the Steam Church by his parents this morning. ”

Roy was speechless for a moment.

Guna took a deep breath and suppressed his anger: "You are too bold, how dare you casually pray to an existence you don't know!" Can you bear the gift of such an evil god? ”

"Mentor, I was wrong, can Lado still be saved?"

Roy looked at Guna wistfully.

Guna shook his head in silence.

The hidden sage responded in person, madness is already a good ending, and people like Roy who are not crazy and have no distortions, and whose state is very stable, are outliers.

He was silent for a long time and said, "You come with me." ”

"Yes, Teacher."

……

Steam Church.

Roy saw his old classmate, and at this moment Lado Langese was cowering in the corner, muttering some miscellaneous language like crazy.

He had studied in the Temple of Mystery, so he knew what it was.

Hermes.

He was indoctrinated into a madman by the vast Hermetian language.

In addition, Roy could faintly see a cold gaze coming from Rado's body, and he took half a step back in fear and involuntarily.

"Gunna, your student is very spiritual, no wonder he can persevere."

In the dark shadows behind Lado, a figure slowly appeared.

He held a strange mechanical artifact in his hand.

Roy was stunned.

He originally thought that the source of his gaze was the Hidden Sage, but he didn't expect it to be an extraordinary person of the Steam Church.

And.

If there was something wrong with me just now, I might have been tied up.

"Carl!"

Guna frowned, then looked at Lado, who was babbling, and sighed, "He's at least alive, and you-"

"You're a lucky one, but you're also an unfortunate one, and after becoming half a voyeur, you'll have to go through the voyeur sequence and fight against madness from now on."

Karl continued.

Roy took a deep breath and said, "What the hell is a voyeur?" ”

He has memories of this, but at the moment, as a "newcomer", he has to ask common-sense questions.

Karl said: "The sequence of the peepers, the sequence controlled by the object of your prayer yesterday, from today onwards, you will be instilled with his knowledge every once in a while, and if you can get it in the past, you will become like him, or even worse." ”

Roy didn't make a terrified face.

In front of the extraordinary, expressions are often meaningless, because they can use their spiritual vision to directly observe the astral spirit to determine the other person's emotions.

Unless he's reached the point where he can even control his emotions, ......

Acting only makes you look more suspicious.

Calm is the best way to deal with it.

He was silent for a moment and said, "How can I get through?" ”

"To control the power of potions, of course, you are only half a voyeur now, so you must first become a voyeur and gain full abilities."

Karl preemptively said.

Roy and Rado are both mechanical students at Hoy University, and even more so students of Gunna, so they are not too suspicious in terms of identity and beliefs.

Can survive the indoctrination of the hidden sage......

No doubt.

Roy is likely to be a genius among the extraordinary, and if he weren't for the fact that he is now half a voyeur, Carl would definitely recommend that he choose a generalist, after all, the recipe for voyeurs in the church is not complete.

Guna was on the side, and hurriedly said: "You can also choose not to be a voyeur, although half a voyeur also has to be accompanied by madness, but it is not so dangerous. ”

Roy said, "Thank you, teacher, but I want to be a voyeur." ”

Guna shook his head and said no more.

Carl smiled and said, "Only by taking the initiative to meet and face can you truly control the potion, but you have enjoyed the benefits of the church, you have to serve the church and become a member of the heart of the machine, are you willing?" ”

"Yes."