Chapter 465: Huantiansi's Secret Knowledge
At this time, Shafiya and Oswald had also left Moriarty Manor.
They are discussing the next plan of action.
Although Aiwass planned to assassinate Prince John, Shafiya still planned to try to steal the body. After all, there was a possibility that Aiwass's operation would fail.
Previously, she was outnumbered and not prepared for the battle, so she wisely chose to escape.
But this time, with Oswald here, they might not lose in a head-on confrontation—
So Shafia felt more confident.
This time she took Oswald back home first, sent her husband and children to a safe place, and took back her wand.
"The first mission we will carry out is to retrieve the Queen's body."
At Shafiya's house, she assigned Oswald a task: "If the first sequence of tasks is confirmed to have failed or cannot be completed, immediately start the second sequence of tasks - draw a tube of blood from the Queen.
"This is a syringe pre-filled with anticoagulant. Each of us will take one. We need to extract at least ten milliliters... as a backup material for the Shadow of Avalon ritual."
"If the second-order mission also fails, abandon the Queen's body and begin searching for and rescuing Sherlock Hermes. At the same time, distract the two Star Antimonys as far away as possible to buy time for Aiwas's plan.
"If possible, help Aiwass kill Minister Droste... He's a priest after all, and not good at fighting. Although that fat man has probably forgotten how to fight now, he is still a fourth-level transcendent..."
"—First of all, Madam Grand Inquisitor," Oswald interrupted Shafiya sternly, "I must emphasize that our plans and missions are based on the premise that Master Aiwass is safe. If he is in mortal danger, I will immediately abandon these plans and rush to rescue him."
"Of course, I'll go with you," Shafiya nodded in agreement. "At least we can't let anything happen to that kid."
He is the man Princess Isabel loves and her only support now.
Shafia had to at least save Aiwas's life.
As long as you are alive, you will always have opportunities; if you are dead, you will have nothing.
To put it another way, as long as Aiwass and Isabel were sent to the Theocracy, and she stayed in Avalon alone... there would be a chance to perform the Shadow of Avalon Ritual again.
Professor Moriarty's words just now had actually gradually convinced her.
That bewitching voice kept ringing in her mind, making her unable to forget it.
...If Prince John is going to die anyway, it would be better to have him die sooner.
If Aiwass couldn't do it, then she could find someone else to do it—John was only two years old. Saving John would be difficult, but killing him would be easy. It would certainly be easier to get blood from Prince John than from the Queen.
Until then, let me bear the guilt.
Shafiya thought silently in her heart.
On the other side, in Moriarty Manor.
Everyone else had left, leaving only Isabel.
She was invited into the reception room by Professor Moriarty. They ate snacks and drank tea, chatting about random things. It didn't look like the Queen had just been assassinated, which made Isabel a little wary. So she continued to maintain her disguise, worried that this was some kind of test.
Professor Moriarty expressed his curiosity about how Isabel and Aiwass knew each other.
...In fact, Isabel was also very curious about Professor Moriarty.
Because Edward rarely mentioned his adoptive father on weekdays, but at the New Year's Eve dinner, Edward admired the professor very much.
Yulia's attitude was the strangest - on the one hand, she was quite close to and trusted her adoptive father, but on the other hand, she was vaguely afraid of him.
That feeling...
Isabel felt as if two men, both married and quite familiar with each other, happened to run into each other while out having fun - there was such a plot in the drama she had watched.
Both parties share a secret, and can use it to destroy each other; but once this secret is used to destroy the other, it also means that they will be destroyed. Isabel believes that this is Yulia's attitude towards her adoptive father... trusting but also cautious.
Aiwass, on the other hand, seemed to be very wary of his adoptive father.
Just like the attitude of the ministers Isabel met when she was a child towards her grandmother, they subconsciously avoided mentioning her. Even when they did mention her, they would not call her by her name or the word they often used to call her, but would replace it with some pronoun.
It was as if if you said the word to address the other person, someone would suddenly respond.
Isabel had also known Professor Moriarty before.
When Professor Moriarty was in college, he taught astrology, astronomy, and advanced mathematics. Isabel didn't have to take any of these courses, so she and Professor Moriarty never had a formal teacher-student relationship...but at least she was quite familiar with him.
But curiosity is curiosity...
But during the conversation with Professor Moriarty, Isabel was always nervous, thinking quickly, and weaving or embellishing lies.
On the one hand, it was to hide his identity as a promoted person, and on the other hand, it was to help Aiwas conceal information.
——Based on her understanding of Aiwass and her keen inspiration, Isabel still vaguely sensed Aiwass's subtle hostility towards his adoptive father.
Although I don't know the source of this hostility.
But since Aiwass has a conflict with Professor Moriarty, Isabel will inevitably stand on Aiwass's side.
Fortunately, Shafiya left, Isabel thought.
If Shafiya were here, she wouldn't be able to lie. Even if she could deceive the professor, it might arouse suspicion from Shafiya, who knew her better. The professor knew almost nothing about her, so she would have more room to maneuver...
But at this moment.
Suddenly she heard a clear bell.
According to Janice's teachings, this death reminder only appears during full moon rituals that require "role-playing" and cooperation against powerful enemies. The appearance of this reminder means that this promotion ritual will involve cooperative combat.
This was so that those who were seeking their teammates wouldn't have to wait for those who had long since died. Of the three promotion ceremonies Isabelle had experienced, only one hadn't heard this kind of bell sound... and that happened to be Wei Zhe's ceremony.
The moment Isabel heard the bell, her pupils contracted with tension and then dilated with fear.
——Someone died?
Is Aiwass okay?
Because Sherlock wasn't in the group, her only teammate was Aiwass. But after a moment's reflection, she realized that Aiwass's speed might not allow him to reach the Temple of Silver and Tin by then... so she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But then she heard a burst of laughter.
It's like a comedian telling a joke on stage, and at least a dozen different laughs erupt from the audience. Some are sharp, some are deep, some are loud... and some are hysterical, making you gasp for breath.
The identity of a promoted person has been exposed!
This was the first time Isabel heard this voice.
During her first promotion, her teammates died so quickly that her identity wasn't revealed. In the second ceremony, the only person who could possibly reveal their identities was the "front desk" who died in each nightmare.
And this time, she could finally find out... what Sherlock meant by "the roar of laughter" and what Janice meant by "the sarcastic laughter"...
——Two people were eliminated! And they were eliminated one after another!
If the first person to be killed was not Aiwass, who would be the second one to be exposed?
Isabel pursed her lips and forced herself to calm down.
No, not likely.
Immediately after the first bell, he must have been doing something or having an important conversation when the bell suddenly rang and he was exposed. Given Aiwass's psychological quality, it was unlikely that he would be exposed by such a thing.
"Are you... worried about Aiwass?"
At this moment, Professor Moriarty suddenly asked.
Isabel glanced at him hesitantly, then, still playing the timid princess, nodded slowly and whispered, "Yes..."
"...After all, he's just a pastor. Is that really okay?"
She had just let her emotions flow, and if she continued to pretend she wasn't worried, it would only arouse suspicion. So, Isabel smoothly attributed her concern for Aiwass to his career.
"Don't worry, Your Highness Isabel."
Professor Moriarty said gently, "Evans is particularly skilled in prayer. Not only can he pray for the power of the Pillar Gods, but he's also very familiar with the Apostles and Celestial Officials..."
"By the way, Your Highness. Have you heard of... 'Huantiansi'? That's the power that Aiwass is very good at borrowing."
"...Huantiansi?"
Isabel repeated, somewhat confused.
"That's right."
Professor Moriarty nodded and looked at Isabel with a smile.
"...Are you talking about Ouroboros? Ouroboros, Infinite...?"
Isabel finally remembered that Ligeia seemed to be related to Huan Tiansi: "The master of the Ascended Warlock... is that right?"
Professor Moriarty was quiet for a moment.
The corners of his mouth rose slightly.
"Yes."
He nodded and replied, "That's Him. You should know which path He belongs to, right?"
"Transcendence of the Way?"
Isabel wasn't sure. "I don't know much about theology... but He is the Son of the Serpent Father."
"……really."
Professor Moriarty was silent for a moment, then nodded slowly.
He placed a finger before his lips and lowered his voice, "I will reveal a more secret knowledge to you... Your Highness, you can tell Aiwass about this later. He will be astonished. Of course, you don't have to tell him... It's your choice."
When Isabel heard this, she immediately became alert.
Are you trying to pass some false information to Aiwass through me?
But I have to listen... What if this is something useful to Aiwass?
…When Isabel thought of this, she realized that she was caught in a chain of suspicion.
It’s not right to listen, and it’s not right not to listen.
After much deliberation, Isabel decided to listen. At least she could take the initiative.
But perhaps because she lacked much knowledge about theology, she was a little confused and could only remember the content temporarily...
"...Before the Cicada Shedding, Ouroboros wasn't actually on the path of transcendence. He had been the Celestial Preceptor of Self-Destruction, the Celestial Preceptor of Rebirth... a Celestial Preceptor of the Path of Balance. It wasn't until he obtained one of the fruits of the Cicada Shedding, the Endless Knot, that he became a Celestial Preceptor of the Path of Transcendence.
"In ancient times, before the elves were born, the Ouroboros possessed authority completely different from what it possesses today."
Professor Moriarty said softly, "At that time, He was able to restart the world line and reset the world to a certain moment in the past. Until the occurrence of [Cicada Shedding], history was shattered into pieces and could no longer return to the time before [Cicada Shedding]. So He abandoned this fragment...
“The Ouroboros once had another name.
"—The dragon respectfully calls him... the Heavenly Master of Samsara."
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