Chapter 1012 Crazy Deer
After having a pleasant meal, the Lord of Scales and Feathers disappeared silently again.
It is said that he is always like this.
As the founder of the extraordinary professions of Hunter and Assassin, the Lord of Scales and Feathers is the world's finest stealth fighter. At least in the dream world, he can appear anywhere at any time, as quietly as a moth in an absolutely enclosed space—not by simply passing through a door, but by being "there from the very beginning."
Unfortunately, those warriors had forgotten that the Lord of Scales and Feathers had ever been there.
When the Lord of Scales and Feathers left, he stole these people's "memories of themselves." In their memories, the Lord of Scales and Feathers did not even appear at the banquet from beginning to end.
After eating and drinking, Ying Tiansi began to select the lucky warrior for tonight.
Amidst the noise of lamentations and congratulations, the three warriors who dined with her were naturally chosen as the lucky ones for the night.
However, before enjoying the evening, Ying Tiansi sent Aiwas and Yasen out of the castle.
She stood at the foot of the tree and placed Aiwass and Yassen on the treetop, so that their heads were almost level.
Vignes returned to his traveling form, transformed into a crow, and landed on the antlers on Aiwas's head. The antlers had grown large enough to look like tree branches, perfect for a crow to rest on.
While waiting for the Moon Deer, Yasen asked Aiwass and Ying Tiansi curiously, "What kind of deer is the Moon Deer?"
This seems to be some kind of common sense in the dream world.
At least when Aiwass and Ying Tiansi were talking, they seemed very natural, without any questions or explanations. This made Yasen swallow his doubts back into his stomach.
As a thief who cares about his reputation, he cannot accept showing his ignorance in public.
Now that only gods and acquaintances were here, it was a place known only to heaven, earth, and you. So he finally asked seriously, "Is it some kind of... public transportation in the dream world?"
"I guess so."
Ying Tiansi laughed heartily and said, "You'll understand once you've sat on it once."
Aiwass put it succinctly: "A crazy deer."
"crazy……?"
"That's right."
Aiwass glanced back at Arsen and patiently explained to the poorly educated thief, "In Elvish, the root of the word 'madness' is the moon. The original meaning of 'madman' was 'one who returns to the moon,' and it also meant sleepwalker. Originally, when people went mad, they wanted to go to the moon.
"If people sleep in moonlight, they're likely to go mad when they wake up. The brighter the moonlight, the more likely it is to make people restless and arouse their inner beastly desires. This is why people originally wrapped themselves up before sleeping. Just like a werewolf, under moonlight, will transform into a giant wolf with uncontrollable behavior."
“…Why is that?”
Yasen's expression became serious, as if he had thought of something.
"Because of the remnants of the Beast."
Unexpectedly, the person who answered this question was Ying Tiansi.
She chuckled and gathered her long dark red hair behind her.
Aiwass further explained, "The Moon God and the Beast God are two sides of the same coin. The opposite of the path of love is the path of the beast. And the beasts once tamed by love were not completely converted... because 'love' will gradually fade and deteriorate.
"Besides driving people crazy, the full moon can also make lovers fall in love, or make it easier for them to have children. This is an influence from the path of love."
"...The Children of the Moon hunt during a full moon for a similar reason?"
Yasen seemed to understand: "So that's how it is..."
"More than that," Aiwass shook his head. "In alchemy, the metal representing the moon is silver. Therefore, silver is the 'Disenchantment of the Moon,' which is why silver weapons can effectively damage Moon Children and werewolves. This is not only because silver has purifying properties, but also because they were born from the moon. Although silver represents the moon, it also means that the moon's power is approaching balance. In other words, it smooths out the 'excess moon'...
"And the Moon Deer is a 'beast' related to 'silver'. Only practitioners of the Path of Love who fully understand the mysteries of the moon can summon them. It's one of the most useful means of transportation in the Dream World... You can even remove the 'one of'."
As Aiwass was speaking, an extremely bright moonlight suddenly struck them—
The Land of Shadows is clearly a dark place without sun or moon.
At this time, the pure moonlight descended on this place, and even Yasen couldn't help but cover his eyes.
When he loosened his grip, he saw a giant creature that frightened him greatly—
That was a giant deer whose "sitting position" alone was more than three meters above the ground.
Its entire body shone with the dim white moonlight, which was suppressed to only a thin layer in the Shadow Kingdom, but it made its jade body appear almost transparent.
—but it didn't seem quite a deer.
Compared to a deer, its body is fuller and fatter, its limbs are too thin, it has deer ears, but its face is a bit like a wolf - it has a very obvious, even somewhat ferocious canine fangs, and vertical pupils like a wolf, which belong to a hunter.
Yasen felt that it was more like some kind of giant muntjac.
It has crescent-shaped antlers on its head.
The material of the antlers was extremely special—it was silver that shone like a mirror.
Rather than two horns, it looked more like two curved silver daggers were piercing its brain. However, considering its size, it was more like some kind of giant sword.
After it landed, it lowered its head slightly, allowing Aiwass and Yasen to climb up more easily.
"Respected Candle Master, where are we going to travel?"
Yuelu suddenly spoke, and a sharp and piercing voice was heard.
It was a voice like that of a clown or a jester.
"I……"
Yasen subconsciously replied with a syllable, then suddenly realized something and looked at Aiwass for help.
"To the Hall of Mirrors."
Aiwass answered without hesitation.
That is where the Twin Mirrors, the Drama God and the Song God are.
This is also why Aiwass did not ask his boss, "If Sherlock is in the realm of the Path of Beauty, where exactly would he be" - because in the Path of Beauty, except for the butterfly celestial being who is not very sociable and has adaptability to both the Path of Adaptation and the Path of Love, the other two celestial beings live with the twin mirrors.
In other words, there is actually only one realm of the Path of Beauty—the Hall of Mirrors.
But after hearing the destination, Yuelu did not set off.
It still kept its head down and did not move.
Aiwass used his elbow to gently nudge Arsen, who was sitting behind him.
"……This is?"
Yassen was confused for a moment.
"Pay the fare," Aiwass said with a smile, "and tell me a secret of yours. The more detailed, the more you don't want others to hear... the more private, shameful, and sinful the secret, the better."
"…What? Why?"
Yasen's eyes widened in disbelief, but he quickly understood: "Is this the fare? Tell me a secret?"
"certainly."
Aiwass said confidently, "You don't want to hear my secret, Yassen. Especially if this secret can embarrass me... I think you don't want to hear it even more."
……really.
Yasen nodded in his heart.
It was a problem that could be solved with a little shame, so there was no need to fight tooth and nail. Even though Aiwass was no longer the Pope, he was still a powerful transcendent who could defeat the Fallen Angels. He even said he would defeat the Blood Angels!
If I accidentally discovered a secret hidden by such a big shot that would make him feel ashamed...
Yassen couldn't help but shudder.
(End of this chapter)
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