Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic (Part I)

0162 The Faceless Men and Solving the Mystery of Cosmic Lore!

Kai had later thought that Simon had been talking about his Water-bending Ability.

Now he couldn't help but rethink his thoughts, sensing if there was more to that man's words. A hidden scorn for the rest of us, perhaps, he guessed, now knowing how twisted these fellows were.

"Then Simon..." Kai trailed off, expecting the worst.

"Sigh!" Meg seemed to steel herself for something. "As much as I loathe to say it, the Faceless Men of Byagoona are indeed the most skilled Legilimens and Occlumens in the Primordial Tower. It's their form of Multiverse Interdependency, and none had even come close to their mastery over this magic, I am afraid. It is known."

A combination of the arts of Faceless, Legilimency, and Occlumency? One of the most brilliant spy networks of its kind?

Wasn't it the ultimate sort of espionage?

Kai shuddered.

Meg must have guessed his thoughts. "No matter Legilimency or Occlumency," she said slowly, "both need Mana. The moment the Priests or Priestesses of Byagoona come to the lower floor's Missions by restricting their Stats, they almost instantly lose their use of such tremendous magic. You must understand that we are as much assisted by our Stats as we are hindered by them."

"What about within the Harry Potter World, then?" Kai asked, looking at her. "If anybody can just read my memories, then am I not the most foolish person to even think of reincarnating in that world?"

He had got the shock of his life when he had mentioned Mundungus Fletcher to Meg, Kai recalled. The most stupid and riskiest decision, she had named it. There was no guarantee that the wizard wouldn't read Kai's thoughts and memories. Or maybe he had but didn't react to them because of the obvious greed for HP capsules. The only thing Kai was sure of was that Petyr wasn't subjected to these things. Neither Occlumency nor any similar trick would work on the soulless character.

A giggle escaped Meg's old mouth. "We are not limited to Harry Potter World, master," she said, easing him. "We have Chaos to look after us. It blocks all thoughts, memories, and even emotions related to the Primordial Tower or anything related to the Contestants from the most talented magicians.

"Yet, it still doesn't stop them from accessing your mind. That's why I am putting so much effort into this subject. In the days before reaching Pentos, I will teach the basic theory related to both Occlumency and Legilimency in the best manner I can. But..."

"Hmm..." Kai raised an eyebrow.

"..." Meg took a deep breath. "I would counsel you to go to the Temple of Byagoona and use your candidacy to learn these arts from a Faceless Man. Some Priests there have even surpassed the existing magicians from the Harry Potter World because of combining these arts with many external agents. As I have been insisting on it, there is no limit to Multiverse Interdependency. Those who have a knack for it have already etched their names into the history of the Primordial Tower."

Kai could tell how much it must have pained her to give this suggestion, but he was also glad that her past wasn't hindering her from thinking of the methods that suited him the best.

"What about the Wandless and Nonverbal Magic you mentioned once?" Kai asked, suddenly remembering the words as they were on the relevant topic.

Meg shook her head. "Only Contestants above the 3rd-Set have the luxury to indulge in these foolish things, master."

"Foolish?!" Kai couldn't fathom how practicing magic without a wand and chanting spells was foolish.

"Indeed," Meg said, surely. "If we were not Contestants, and had resurrected only into the Harry Potter World without the Systems, knowing nothing about the existence of the Multiverse, then Wandless and Nonverbal magic would have some meaning to us. Tell me, my lord, how casting a nonverbal Expelliarmus wandlessly is any different from you snatching the three wands out of the wizards' hands using Telekinesis."