When the plot-skips players into the game world-Chapter 983 - 340: The Child Who Knocked Over the Sandcastle
Chapter 983 -340: The Child Who Knocked Over the Sandcastle
“Haha, I’ve heard about you, Odvar!”
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The Red Chancellor laughed, pushing Valentin VIII off his lap before grabbing Louise, who was behind him, and pulling her to sprawl across the table.
In the unabashed cries of Queen Louise—now the Empress Dowager, he loudly proclaimed, “I had heard about your youthful exploits—truly, even I am astounded by your bravery!”
—That was no exploit. Nor could it be called bravery.
Professor Laximi just thought indifferently to himself.
“…An exploit?”
Valentin VIII pulled up his trousers, curiously asking his stepfather.
He had long adapted to this depraved and sinful “love,” now only slightly uncomfortable because Professor Laximi, the stranger with a stern face, was present and ruining the ambiance.
“Indeed,” the Red Chancellor Peng Bonazzi said with relish, “This one—when he was fourteen, lay with a corpse, his deceased sister! At that time, the news spread through the entire town he lived in… even to us, the Transcendents of the Path of Love, it is an act of ludicrous madness!”
Professor Laximi hung his head even lower.
What the Red Chancellor said was correct, the incident had happened. And it was no exaggeration.
It was the reason he took to the Path of Dusk, became this cold personality… as well, it was the initial motivation for him to invent “The Noose,” a magic potion specifically meant for preserving bodies.
He always had this peculiar inclination. Until his sister died of a heart condition, when he returned from the city to the countryside, during the vigil held before her funeral, he couldn’t resist himself and chose to defile the body.
And this act was accidentally witnessed by his uncle who went out to use the toilet at night.
This, in Star Antimony, wasn’t illegal, since Necromancers could create Undead with similar functions. However, for ordinary people, it still seemed too radical—especially because corpses and Undead are completely different concepts.
Once discovered, even in Star Antimony where Necromancy is quite common, he would become a “celebrity” in his town, a topic of conversation for people. From then on, his “rumor” would accompany him forever, making it impossible for him to study normally in middle school and university.
Even after he transferred to the Spirit Summoning Tower, all his classmates, mentors, somehow all came to know about this event.
Among these people, some came with disgust and malice. They could not understand Laximi’s actions, even felt aversion and revulsion—but Laximi was quite cordial to these people instead.
Because they constantly reminded Laximi, he was essentially “wrong.”
On the other hand, those who showed some kindness… or rather, those who approached him with “perceived kindness” would repeatedly bring up the incident, trying to convey an attitude of “I don’t mind that you have such a past,” yet continuously mentioning the very topic that Professor Laximi wanted to forget.
Even when Laximi explicitly stated he didn’t want to talk about these matters, many would think he was “just shy” or “repentant,” and the “jokes” would become even more frequent.
After all, in the chaotic and absurd country of Star Antimony, where many places worshipped the Banquet Master, there were plenty of people with stronger desires and more indulgent behavior than him.
But no one could truly understand Laximi’s essence. They just thought Laximi was too lustful, even trying to take him to the ‘Son of the Moon’s’ venues for fun; some, out of malice or purely for business, would deliberately ask him if he wanted to buy some “beautiful corpses.”
Laximi was not the type to lose his temper. He did not consider himself right nor wanted to attract trouble over such things… but at the same time, he felt inferiority and guilt for his peculiarities. Thus, he chose to remain silent, refusing all social contact and isolating himself from the crowd.
Fortunately, it was the Spirit Summoning Tower, so the curiosity people had for each other was fleeting. He quickly acquired the silence he desired, and poured all his love and obsession into the study of Necromancy.
And because of this, he, a villager by birth, had the chance to reach the Fourth Level.
As a Transcendent of the Path of Dusk, he had to choose a “secondary profession” to step into the Fourth Level—typically, Transcendents of the Path of Dusk choose between the Path of Beauty or the Path of Devotion, thereby changing class into an Amber Artisan or Corpse Ghoul Shepherd.
These two professions are the most popular choices, accounting for over 90% of the career advancements within the Path of Dusk. Aside from them, the rest are niche professions.
And the profession of Professor Laximi, is called a Netherworld Walker.
That is a job advanced from marrying the Curse Ritual Magician of the transcendence Path!
From this advanced profession, Professor Laximi gained the ability to communicate with the dead.
He could travel to and from the Underworld through dreams—
—The so-called Underworld, is what folk legends consider “where people should go after death.”
In reality, “Underworld” has another precise definition in the Dream Realm… that is, the “preparation area of the River of the Dream Realm.”
It sounds like the Path of Dusk, and indeed it is.
But since Amber does not directly manage it, this area is administered by the Hourglass acting across realms—once people receive a funeral, their souls are sent here; and after seven days of death, the soul will be cast into the River of the Dream Realm.
