Chapter 194 The World After Death
Aiwass was silent for a long time and slowly closed the diary.
Isabel uttered a sigh, "You...are you not going to watch anymore?"
There was some surprise, some joy, but also some regret in her voice.
"No more."
Aiwass turned around and smiled gently, "Because I understand the source of your fear and where your heart comes from."
"Don't you want to watch it anymore or... don't you need to watch it?"
"Neither. I won't look at it this time."
Aiwass corrected: "Uncovering your hidden heart and understanding your past is different from digging into your secrets and prying into your thoughts...
"You wanted me to read your diary only because you were afraid and trembling. You are feeling too complicated right now... and I don't want to take advantage of you."
Aiwass smiled and said, "I want you to tell me all your secrets wholeheartedly and seriously. Tell me in person, not in this half-truthful diary."
Hearing this, Isabel's cheeks immediately turned red.
As I said before - who would write a diary if they are serious?
Can what is written in the diary be considered what is in one’s heart?
Not to mention, the Du Lac Family Journal is essentially a suicide note. Curses and poisons can be chronic or acute. At the very least, death can persist for months, while at the very least, death can occur instantly, leaving no time for rescue.
In this situation, it is very difficult to leave a consistent suicide note. That is why the prince at the beginning chose to have everyone else leave a diary. After his death, the diary would be read by others, allowing them to understand his thoughts and what he wanted to do.
Reading diaries together and sharing secrets will also make the royal family united. They can understand each other and be on the same side, which will make it less likely for them to fight among themselves.
That prince must be Queen Sofia's eldest son. He was the first to realize this, and he was indeed the one who was suitable to be king.
And similarly... in this case, there would naturally not be anything too secretive in the diary.
Just like Crea's husband and Fili's father, his diary showed signs of restrained emotions.
But they all took it for granted and did one thing wrong.
The process of writing a diary is indeed a process of channeling fear and venting anxiety. However, there is a problem here... If the diary is bound to be read by others, then the negative emotions contained in it will inevitably be transmitted to the next person through words.
In a closed system, this cycle repeats itself over and over again, and the negative emotions accumulated in the text will continue to pile up and grow.
Hate, confusion, fear, anger, escape, sadness...
By the time it was passed down to this generation, Isabel could no longer bear it.
It wasn't her fault. She was under too much pressure.
It's not like a doctor would hide the condition of a terminally ill patient - the Du Lac family did the exact opposite, with everyone constantly saying "I'm dying" and "You're going to die too."
Then he witnessed the death of one person after another until the rooms in the Temple of Silver and Tin were empty one by one.
This is like an intensive care unit and can easily make people depressed.
The only one who realized this was probably the last person in Isabel's diary excerpt.
There was power in his words, a true old knight. He knew what he had to do, so he chose to comfort others—he didn't vent his fear and pain in his diary, but gave others the strength to live.
Such a knight who is recognized by the Silver Crown Dragon will definitely become his apostle after death.
This is quite rare.
Even though the royal family of Avalon is the descendant of Lancelot, who once worked with the Silver Crown Dragon, not all of them can become knights of the Crowned Lord, because the Silver Crown Dragon is quite picky.
After all, this world doesn't have reincarnation, and generally respects the natural cycle. But death is not an absolute end.
The soul of a mortal is born together with the physical body, and it is a gift from the world; and after the mortal dies, the soul will enter nine different rivers according to its nature and flow into the realm of the nine pillars of gods.
The Pillar Gods and Celestial Gods can use their power to temporarily intercept and preserve the souls of others, or divide a portion of their essence and power to promote them to apostles. If they do not do this, the soul will re-enter the world at the end of the river, forming a great cycle.
The paths where souls are most intercepted are the path of adaptation, the path of love, and the path of twilight.
After the death of those who adapt to the Tao, their souls will transform into various strange-looking beasts in the forest realm of the Lord of Scales and Feathers. They will fight, devour and evolve with each other in the endless dense forests and wilderness until they become strong enough. Then they may be noticed by the Pillar Gods or the Heavenly Officials and taken away to become their apostles.
Those who follow the path of love will enter different realms after death, depending on their desires. Those who enjoy fighting, violence, and barbarism will enter the shadow realm, where they will constantly fight others and be reborn to continue fighting after death; while those who enjoy sex and food will enter the flesh realm, where they will enjoy an endless feast of chaos and decadence.
Indulge in desires until the soul is completely lost, or completely control your desires and be chosen by the Heavenly Minister as an apostle.
As for the Pillar of Love, Henrika never dances with others. He only dances with his own reflection in eternal sorrow in the moon's abode. He is the Pillar with the fewest apostles.
As for those on the Dusk Path, upon death, they will transform into pieces of amber in the Amber Forest. Their past, memories, lives, and souls will all be completely preserved in amber, even if it means nothing.
Aside from these three paths, which have an "automatic diversion mechanism," the Pillar Gods and Celestial Masters of the other paths will carefully screen souls. After all, creating an Apostle requires a portion of their own power, and only souls they particularly favor will be chosen. Usually, after the Pillar Gods have finished selecting, it is the Celestial Master's turn to select. After all Celestial Masters have selected, the remaining souls will be recycled into the world.
The Silver Crown Dragon is a very discerning Pillar God, even more so than the Candle Master. Only those with loyalty, integrity, bravery, honesty, reliability, tolerance, and honor are chosen by him to become his knights. However, he is also very kind to his apostles. If an apostle is attacked in the Dream Realm by another Pillar God or an apostle of the Celestial Master, the Crown Master will directly wage a war against the opponent to the death.
The knights of the Crown Lord are still quite active.
Knights train, study, and sing in their palaces at the foot of the sun-drenched Crystal Mountains, galloping and fighting across the boundless emerald grasslands. Occasionally, they journey into the material world to bear witness to their oaths or punish those who break them. Occasionally, they transform briefly into mortals, traveling the world and performing heroic acts.
Knights usually do not appear in the form of apostles in the temple unless they want to issue a warning to tyrants. The Knights of the Crown will protect all rulers to prevent their bloodlines from being cut off. They will also protect the mortal rulers of the material world from being arbitrarily attacked or controlled by other apostles from the dream world, maintaining harmony and separation between the material world and the dream world.
Joining them in protecting the balance between the two worlds are the apostles of the Sand Clock.
However, the knights would withdraw their protection from tyrants, partly because "tyrants" were a domain held by Xiong Tiansi.
The Lord, on the other hand, silently watches over the world from atop a mountain where a perpetual blizzard blows. For what, exactly, Aiwass doesn't know. Besides this matter and the selection of knights, He cares for almost nothing else... relying solely on His own knights as His agents. Just like King Arthur, who once sent the Knights of the Round Table on adventures.
Because of this, Aiwass felt confused and panicked when the Silver Crown Dragon suddenly looked at him, a mortal.
——Why are you looking at me?
If it was a sand clock, he would definitely not be panicked.
The Sand Clock is the pillar deity most closely connected to the material world. He is so good-tempered that he's even willing to bargain with mortals who haven't embarked on the transcendental path. He and his apostles will likely respond to any summons, even if the ritual is incorrect. The rituals that expel phantom demons and banish them to the dream world derive their power from the Sand Clock.
If Aiwass died, he might be taken away by Snake Father or by Candlestick; Twin Mirror probably doesn't like Isabel now, and if Sherlock grows up a little more, Wei Zhe might like her, but it is unlikely that he will like her now.
Bishop Mathers has strayed somewhat from the path of devotion, and Julia is a newcomer.
Of Aiwass's current friends... the only one who might be favored by the Pillar God is probably the Great Guardian. Given George's character, strength, and achievements, he would undoubtedly become a Knight of the Silver Crown Dragon after his death. And indeed, this is precisely why Aiwass calls him "Saint George," because he ascended to become an Apostle after his death.
——Rounding it off, I am actually making friends with an apostle.
Chapter 2 a little later~
(End of this chapter)
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