Chapter 309: Evil Consciousness

Charles soon found himself standing in the Church and furrowed his brows.

'Abyss, huh. Hmm, one of my biggest worries is solved.' He nodded inwardly, turned around, and started walking out of the Church.

Then, he cast [Flame Teleportation] spell, returned to his room, and took some rest.

The next day, Charles went to the underground basement hall and finished the cloning process by linking his Inner World with the clone.

After that, Edith left his Inner World and directly took control over the clone body!

Once the cloning process was over, he took out the 'Book of Secrets' and gave it to her before returning to his room.

Then, he entered his Inner World and started comprehending the [Finger of Destruction] spell model.

Four days passed smoothly.

During this time, Edith used the 'Book of Secrets' artifact and started searching for clues using divination.

Not only that, but she also entered his Inner World during her free time and comprehended the [Black Inferno] spell model.

It was early morning.

Charles sat on his bed in a cross-legged position and was about to enter his Inner World.

At that moment, an image flashed in his mind.

It was a forewarning vision!

He saw Jessie sat on a grassy garden and gripped her head with both hands in that vision.

At that moment, her unique pair of crescent-shaped earrings shone brightly and seemed to be encircling her body in strange reddish smoke.

Her face appeared a little distorted, but there was something else that attracted Charles's attention.

It was her facial expression.

At that moment, she wore a twisted smile on her face!

On the other hand, Rhea, Titus, and Noel also stood before her, showing confusion, shock, and panicking expressions.

Before Charles could blink, the image blurred in an instant and disappeared from his mind.

"Distorted Shadow? No, this one looks totally different. Did her second consciousness take control over her body? Is it because of her sudden Rank-Up?" He wore a confused look on his face.

'Moreover, why did she choose to rank-up now? Her current action is so abnormal.'

Shaking his head, Charles walked out of his bed and enveloped his body in a crimson flame.

A moment later, he reappeared in the sky and released his wisdom power in all directions.

'Hmm, she is in the Royal Palace.'

He zeroed his focus on the Royal Palace and cast [Flame Teleportation] spell before disappearing.

Then, he reappeared above the Royal Palace and looked at the mansion garden from above.

Same as before, Jessie sat in the grassy garden with her eyes closed and appeared motionless.

Meanwhile, Rhea, Noel, and Titus sat in front of her and stared at her solemnly.

Without wasting any time, Charles descended from the sky, landed in front of them, and gave them a little fright.

"You guys sure are reckless." He said in a cold tone.

His arrival alerted all three of them!

Rhea was the first to wake up from the shock as she stood up hurriedly, turned around, and was about to cast an Ice magic spell but stopped!

At that moment, she forgot how to cast her magic spell!

Before she could even think, Charles walked past her and soon arrived in front of Jessie.

'Let's see what made her second consciousness take over Jessie.'

"Did she take any Class Gem?" He asked.

"W-Who are you? What do you want?" Titus instantly unsheathed his dagger and asked coldly.

But soon, his expression froze.

Simultaneously, Noel also widened his eyes and asked.

"Are you Mr. Charles?"

"I've no time for introductions," Charles said coldly and cast [Burning Consciousness] spell on Jessie.

A moment later, a small ball of purple flame appeared in Jessie's Inner World and soon formed into a figure of 28 years old young man.

Unlike his original appearance, this Charles's skill appeared purplish.

But what shocked him most was that his current appearance.

He had a real body in this Inner World!

Charles then looked at the surrounding areas and soon covered his nose.

At that moment, the smell of flesh and blood assaulted his nose!

Simultaneously, his eyes widened in shock.

Unlike an ordinary mystic's Inner World, her world was filled with blood, corpses, bones, and skulls.

Even though the sky appeared darker, some reddish light illuminated the whole Inner World and appeared eerier.

Meanwhile, Charles wandered his gaze and soon saw three eerie red moons appeared in the sky!

'This looks more like the moons from the Edhen World... Why are they appearing here?'

What's more shocking was that he even saw a blood river on his right side.

'Is this actually Jessie's Inner World?' Charles's gaze swept past the area filled with blood, corpses, and bones and soon landed on a bone throne placed a few hundred meters away from him.

Currently, it was placed on hundreds of corpses and appeared gloomier.

'T-This...' He felt a strange chillness in his heart.

'Something is wrong with her Inner World.' He could tell with a single glance that this had something to do with her Sub-Class.

At that moment, a blonde-haired young woman in her pitch-black dress appeared in the sky and stared at him in surprise.

She was none other than Jessie's second consciousness!

"Charles?" Her tone was quite cold.

Meanwhile, Charles stared at her for a moment and asked.

"Where is Jessie?"

Just as Jessie's second consciousness was about to respond, a breaking voice echoed from far.

"H-Help... me..."

'Jessie?' Charles's pupil constricted.

Without any delay, he raised his hand, pointed his finger at the fake Jessie, and cast [Knowledge Seeker] spell.

Multiple bolts of purple-lightning life fire came out of his fingertip and flew towards her at a fast speed!

But before those spells could reach her, countless corpses, bones, and skulls rose from the ground and completely blocked them.

His purple flames collided with those corpses and bones and disintegrated them.

But Charles's face turned grim.

'Damn it, purple flames are actually erasing her memories!'

But there was something else that confused him deeply.

"How are you controlling Jessie's Inner World like your own world? Who are you? You are not Jessie's second consciousness, right?" He stared at her intensely and asked.

For the first time, a frown appeared on fake Jessie's face.

But soon, the frown on her face was replaced with playfulness.

"Hehehe, you are indeed smart. But not smart enough." She paused for a moment and then added with an evil smirk.

"The main cause of my birth is the Red Moons and the earrings our Teacher gave Jessie as gifts."

Upon hearing those words, Charles's expression froze.

'Wait... Red Moons? Does that mean Jessie was long affected by the Red Moons? She stared at Red Moons back in Chester City and showed confusion, helplessness, unwillingness, and hesitation emotions. All of them are negative emotions. That's when the root of the problem arose? Mr. Runeth also told me that these Red Moons are capable of inducing one's Inner Emotions. But I didn't take it seriously and thought of it as some normal thing. Well, who wouldn't stare at the Red Moons frequently in this world?'

'Then, during the auction incident, she 'miraculously' got [Blood Manipulator] Class and became a 'Blood Manipulator' Class Mystic. At that time, the Holem's Crown only boosted her own luck, which isn't enough to cause a 'miracle.' But she obtained the class gem. At the same time, she killed the Divine Order member under the guidance of this second consciousness... That's when I thought of preventing her from walking on the path of darkness and gave those two crescent earrings... But who would've thought that those earrings would actually turn her second consciousness into a wicked one.' He couldn't help but show a wry smile.

Although he didn't understand the reason behind the birth of this evil consciousness, he was sure of one thing.

'Even our consciousnesses aren't trustworthy. They can be easily manipulated by different types of negative emotions and outside powers.' He muttered inwardly and spoke.

"Haa, I'll take back those earrings then."

At that moment, in the physical world. 

Charles moved his hand towards Jessie's ears and removed those earrings.