Chapter 404: The Faith of the Moon Child
Although Aiwass originally only came to get equipment, he suddenly realized...
…I seem to have obtained evidence.
Minister Griffiths is indeed quite cautious.
He destroyed all incoming letters immediately and left no evidence at home. The ritual arrays in his basement only confirmed that he had attempted to summon a demon, but they couldn't confirm anything—after all, it was just an attempt, and if it failed, it wouldn't be illegal. Minister Griffith himself hadn't transcended the Dao, so he couldn't explain what rituals he had performed.
And the Star Antimony Kingdom obviously did not provide him with any abnormal funds.
As Minister of Trade, he, like his predecessor, had all his assets parked with Star Antimony. Only when he absconded could he truly cash in on these assets.
Of course, if he doesn't live to escape, then these things will be just empty promises.
So, there seemed to be no evidence that Minister Griffith had any problems with his funds, his letters, his schedule, or his journey.
But the relic that Aiwass had taken from his shrine was itself evidence.
There is no doubt that in Avalon, where the Nine Pillars Church holds considerable influence, it is impossible to find Sister Sasha's faith. Such a holy image is definitely not available in Avalon.
There are only two countries that worship Sister Sasha: Iris and Star Antimony. He has never been to Iris... and as long as the Inspectorate investigates a little, it will be very easy to find out that he got it from Star Antimony.
This kind of thing must be reported to the customs. Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to put it in his home.
Soon, Ligeia found out the result - this was a "souvenir" brought back by Minister Griffith in the name of a "gift from a friend."
As everyone knows, Sister Sasha is the mother of Blood Sky, and Blood Sky is the ancestor of the Moon Child. Born in the moonlight, the Moon Child is Hengwo's favorite. The fundamental reason is that the Moon Child was born from a corpse, a miracle of "rebirth after death."
Just like the moon, it falls to the earth and then rises again, turning into a waning moon and then becoming full again.
However, as the ancestor of the Sons of the Moon, Xue Tiansi chose the path of a Tiansi who rebelled against the Pillar God.
This directly led to internal divisions within the Moon Children.
Xue Tiansi himself is the ruler of the blood realm, and his status is even higher than that of his father, Yanzhe.
After all, as a giant dragon, the Banqueterer does not suck blood or eat people.
After inheriting the impulse of his father, the Feaster, Blood Sky Si also tends to the way of feasting - however, the Feaster likes serious banquets, the kind of feasts that dragons like, eating meat, drinking, singing and dancing; while Blood Sky Si's way of feasting tends to be about sacrifice, flesh and blood, pain and thirst.
The Moon Child's blood-sucking impulse also comes from Him.
From this perspective, the Children of the Moon actually have four different beliefs.
The Blood Sky Officers are the most cruel and depraved of the clan. They must hurt others for their own satisfaction, and even take pleasure in hurting others. They are extremely aggressive. The Banqueters are the hedonists who hide their identities and blend into the world. They use the eternal life to enjoy as they please, and mainly entertain themselves.
As Hengwo's favorite, the Moon Children who directly believe in Hengwo are currently the least numerous. Their characteristics are that they devote themselves to love and are crazy about love.
Those without a clear preference for a particular faction would all worship Sister Sasha. Because she wasn't a Pillar, an Apostle, or a Celestial, worshipping Sister Sasha didn't count as siding with a faction, and she wouldn't issue any quests or orders. This essentially meant maintaining neutrality, a pretext to avoid trouble from other factions' Moon Children.
The Moon Children who once believed in Heng were the most numerous.
As a nation of mages and moon children, the Narcissus Principality previously worshipped the Pillar God, Hengwo. It's said that Grand Duke Dracula of Narcissus died for love—though this isn't quite lawful, given that the moon represents chaos, it does, after all, involve love.
In other words, everyone has a love-brain that is completely indifferent to love.
After the fall of the Narcissus Principality, the scattered and wandering Moon Children generally hated the Narcissus Principality for causing its demise. Therefore, apart from the Moon Children who still survived in the Narcissus Principality, almost no one believed in Hengwo anymore.
A significant number of Moon Children have turned to the Blood Sky Master, who are also the most powerful lineage. This is because the Blood Sky Master is inherently powerful, responds quickly to Moon Children's prayers, and is very protective. However, the downside is that they often impose numerous tasks and demands, much like the head of a feudal clan.
The Sons of the Moon who do not want to be dominated by the Blood Sky Master will all believe in Sister Sasha.
Because believing in the Blood Sky God could easily lead to assassination and attack, while believing in the Banquet Master required wealth—the Banquet Master was a very generous deity who looked down upon those who were stingy and miserly. The minimum requirement for the Banquet Master to provide blessings and protection was to hold a lively banquet every week to entertain a large number of guests.
But living long doesn’t mean you’ll be rich… and many Moon Children may not live long.
But even though Sister Sasha is very gentle to her children, normal humans still will not believe in Sister Sasha.
Unless they are the "Son of the Spiritual Moon" who have poor brains.
According to common sense, they knew that the Moon Child and himself were not the same person - this world had souls. The souls of the dead could be summoned back, and experiments had long since proven that this was not the same person.
As a new life born from the corpse, most people tend to think that it is a "stranger who has stolen their interpersonal relationships and social identity", just like a shapeshifter that absorbs all their memories and then kills them and takes away their identity.
A normal human being would only feel fear for this.
Minister Griffith himself returned from Star Antimony as a diplomat close to Star Antimony and had received a "gift from a friend of Star Antimony." Now it has been discovered that this gift contains a priceless sacred object. Minister Griffith himself has the adaptability to the path of love - this is enough to form a complete chain of evidence.
No one would pay the price of a sacred object to frame a dead man.
There are only four of Sister Sasha's relics in the world, and almost all of them have been lost. If someone can find the relics, the Moon Children, who have long lifespans and great wealth, will surely be willing to pay a huge price for it, and even gain their friendship.
While few people knew about the Moon Child, it wasn't impossible to find out. At least they could get it by writing to the Theocracy. The Iris people would probably be happy to offer an explanation and add fuel to the fire.
After confirming that he wouldn't be backstabbed, Aiwass skipped the verification stage and shared this knowledge with Ligeia, letting her act as a guarantor and directly finalize the matter.
Even from this line, Aiwass could search the religious objects in all the ministers' homes.
This was perfectly reasonable and made perfect sense. After all, they had just found irrefutable evidence by examining icons in the home of a minister who had absolutely no evidence of a conspiracy.
——After all, intelligence can be destroyed and evidence can be destroyed, but no one dares to destroy something like a holy image easily.
If the icon is handed over to the church, the church can use rituals to find out how many times it has been worshipped in the past year.
If we really investigate thoroughly, I'm afraid few ministers are completely clean.
Why haven't we worshipped the Silver Crown Dragon in a long time? Why do we worship our ancestors more often than we worship the Crown Lord? Why are there other images of heavenly officials in our homes?
You can find fault with anything you want, but that would be pushing them too far.
And it's not a serious injury. If they were caught, they wouldn't get a sentence of more than a few years, just humiliation. Ultimately, it would only offend people—it's like having all your web browsing and phone records from the past year accessed without any prior notice. Some people always have shady secrets... like the host's rituals, which can actually have aphrodisiac effects.
If this thing is discovered and made public, it is hard to say whether it is illegal or not, but it will definitely be socially devastating.
So at the round table meeting the next day, after Ligeia submitted evidence as Aiwas's spokesperson, she only warned the knights and did not really start a war.
That's enough.
As long as the Queen shows that she may investigate the matter thoroughly, the Gaolou faction will definitely give in.
After all, the reason they are called the High-rise Group is because they have all taken money from Lloyd's and form a complete community of interests.
Given that Lloyd's of London itself is not very clean nowadays, if you investigate thoroughly you will definitely find something.
Looking back, Griffith couldn't clear himself of the charges, and Aiwass was completely flawless. And unlike the young man who was easy to manipulate, he was like a mad dog, biting whoever he caught. Griffith had just held a small meeting at noon to scold Aiwass, and he was dead that evening. The next day, his house was raided, and on the third morning, he produced solid evidence of treason.
For a Roundtable whose average age is over 50 and whose members can hold meetings and debate for three months over a proposal like "raising the matchstick tax by 1%," Aiwass's drive for action is truly remarkable. It's frighteningly high.
Young people have no martial ethics.
If you lose focus, you may lose an old friend.
But after the High-Rise Faction shut up and calmed down, they were surprised to find that the Chocolate Faction, to which Minister Griffith belonged, had completely turned to Aiwass.
Not only were they completely neutral towards Aiwass, not a single one spoke up for Minister Griffiths. They even repeatedly praised Aiwass's high level of initiative.
In fact, just the day before, when Aiwas had just returned to the Palace of Silver and Tin from Griffith Manor, he received more than a dozen letters, all from ministers of the Chocolate Faction.
Without exception, without omission, everyone caved in. The scenario Aiwass had anticipated, "What if someone didn't write a letter," never occurred.
It should be said that they are senior ministers after all.
Compared with the younger and more arrogant high-rise building group, they are indeed more aware of the times.
They had obviously been waiting for a reply for a long time, and if Aiwass didn't reply to them, they would probably be anxious and unable to sleep. So Aiwass wrote back to all of them overnight, praising them and pointing out that "everyone has written a letter, so this matter ends here."
The next morning, the Choco-Pie ministers were visibly relaxed.
In this situation, the knights of other factions immediately noticed the change in wind direction.
While they might not have understood the specifics of the situation, they were fence-sitters. Now, no one in the Round Table could be heard attacking Aiwass or disparaging Isabel. Someone even politely invited Aiwass to a meeting with Ligeia, and their attitude had become much friendlier than the day before, a completely different person.
And this was only the third day since Isabel inherited the throne.
(End of this chapter)
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