While Lumine, Neuvillette, and the others were thinking about how to make Furina speak.
Mu Yang's side had arrived at Gestalt.
Caterpillar wanted to restore the power of the ritual once more.
That way, even if Jakob still had any ideas, it would be useless.
According to Caterpillar's calculations, they needed to go to four places in total to break the seals.
Only then could the power of the Narzissenkreuz holy sword be restored.
Regarding this sword, An said they had picked one up during their adventures before.
However, it was just an ordinary wooden sword.
Caterpillar's expression went through a roller coaster—first incredibly delighted, then a wave of disappointment.
"Never mind. Even if it's just an ordinary wooden sword, it was still brought out from the Sleeping Place. I hope it can play a role when the time comes..."
The group arrived at the first of the four sealed locations.
The stone tablet here read: [This is the quadrant of memory, the hall of memory, the space between memories.]
[Born in an instant, often in conflict, accompanying you in long sleep, never separating, untouched by fierce flames.]
Looking at the riddle before them, Caterpillar seemed somewhat nostalgic.
"Fontaine's ancient civilization liked this very much, and the Narzissenkreuz Ordo liked it too. It's hard to say whether it's ancient custom or personal interest."
Seymour tried searching for keywords but found no answer.
Mu Yang pointed at the torch in front of the secret chamber. Under the firelight, there was a long shadow.
"Perhaps the answer is already there—the shadow."
An asked in confusion, "Is there really any meaning in trying to think about a riddle whose answer already exists?"
"Perhaps there is." Caterpillar said, "Just like how you and I have become like this now, yet we still need to recall what happened in the past."
Mu Yang, standing to the side, sensed the surroundings, "Instead of thinking about these questions, why not think about who lit the torch."
Only then did the other three react.
The answer did not appear naturally.
Someone had arrived first!
He had solved this riddle and opened the door to enter the secret chamber.
[It should be that triple grace guy.]
[Jakob. He probably knows about these places too.]
Mu Yang quickly went in to check.
Fortunately, Jakob's purpose was different from theirs.
The group turned the mechanism and broke the seal.
They headed to the second location.
Here, they saw a person lying on the ground.
Seymour was about to step forward to scan when Caterpillar stopped him.
"Although he is still alive, the breath of life has already slipped away from his apertures. I recognize this method..."
Since the other party was still alive, Mu Yang did not leave him unattended.
He first used his power to stabilize the injured person's vitality.
Then he sent him to Poisson and had the Spina di Rosula people take him for treatment.
Only then did he return to the original spot and continue breaking the seal.
The stone tablet here read:
[This is the quadrant of wishes, the temple of wishes, the space between wishes.]
[Often in conflict, born in an instant, accompanying you in long sleep, never separating... stained with the fruit of sin.]
"Another riddle?" This time Seymour did not search for the answer.
He directly gave up and looked toward Mu Yang.
Mu Yang still seemed a little uncertain. (pretending)
Caterpillar provided the answer, "It is life. The lives of Fontaine people are stained with the original sin."
"Are you sure this is the answer?"
"I'm sure. I understand the language system of the Narzissenkreuz Ordo too well."
Caterpillar mentioned the person whose life had just been extracted earlier—that was the answer.
So, Jakob was one step ahead of them again.
The group raced against time and completed the seal at this location.
However, after visiting two places, Caterpillar still seemed unable to find what he wanted.
Mu Yang asked him, "What exactly are we looking for?"
"The materials for forging the Narzissenkreuz holy sword."
Caterpillar did not hide it.
The Narzissenkreuz Ordo, based on the mysterious philosophy of the underground nation and ancient Fontaine.
Had recreated the necessary four abstract substances in the material world.
"I don't understand." Obviously, this explanation did not pass Seymour's logic unit.
Mysterious things themselves only act upon experience and could be said to be even more detached from common sense than elemental power.
So even if Seymour had once recorded the Akademiya's Eleazar faction textbooks.
He might not necessarily understand the subtleties within.
Caterpillar continued to explain these four things.
These four sealed locations respectively represented [memory, wishes, soul, and personality.]
And these things existed as real block-like substances at the sealed locations.
"Why use these things to forge the holy sword?"
"In the mysterious philosophy of the Narzissenkreuz Ordo, the temple is a microcosm of the universe, the members are the agents of the gods, and the holy oil is the will of tempering."
Caterpillar answered according to his memory, "And the holy sword is the rationality that breaks through everything. It is born from a complete human will."
[These things are too profound.]
[Damn, as if elemental power isn't profound.]
[Mu Yang is an Adeptus after all...]
Discussing such abstruse things too much had no meaning.
One could only experience and comprehend it oneself.
Thus, everyone set off for the third location—
[This is the quadrant of the soul, the clever words of the soul, the space between souls.]
[Accompanying you in long sleep, born in an instant, often in conflict, never separating... the greatest treasure of the human world.]
This time the answer was found by Seymour.
The answer was love.
As for the retrieved content, it came from a classical novel from several hundred years ago.
The original text was [I was born in the intersection of a momentary gaze, running with my back to the one pursuing. Cutting away all flesh, bones, and internal organs, I still share the bed with you in the marrow.]
Although they had also solved the riddle this time.
The pocket watch beside the stone tablet was clearly the symbol of the 'love' as understood by Jakob.
Once again, he had arrived first...
Mu Yang spoke, "I think we don't need to go inside to check anymore. Jakob should have already taken the item."
Caterpillar was surprised, because he had just been about to mention that name.
Seymour added that he and Mu Yang had recently clashed with Jakob inside Elynas' body.
It was precisely because of this that Jakob's plan had caught Mu Yang's attention.
Otherwise, the three of them wouldn't have met until who knows when.
Since Jakob was still active, there was definitely no need to search here.
Caterpillar accepted Mu Yang's opinion, and everyone went directly to the fourth sealed location—the space between personalities.
Upon arriving here, An breathed a sigh of relief.
Because the seal was still intact, it meant that this time, they were one step ahead of Jakob.
"Good thing we listened to Knight Mu Yang. The entrance is still in a sealed state. Let us solve this riddle."
[Never separating... born in an instant, often in conflict, accompanying you in long sleep... the original drop.]