Chapter 564 This is not Avalon
After that, the White Saint quickly arrived with a team of twelve Pope's guards - this could be said to be the highest-ranking military force in the entire theocracy.
But Aiwass was not embarrassed. Under Chunbai's arrangement, Aiwass went home directly.
According to her, the investigation will be concluded soon.
No matter what the result is, she will ask Janice to inform Aiwas of the corresponding result before sunset today.
Even if the item couldn't be found, Aiwass could just pass a polygraph test and repeat what Loki had said to him. So the problem wasn't really that big of a deal.
Aiwass even suspected that the information that Cardinal Loki told him before taking action was specifically to prevent Aiwass from getting into trouble after killing him.
——Although some of it may be lies, at least this is the "information that Aiwass knows"; it accurately and completely constitutes the chain of Cardinal Loki's motives.
He is also very considerate.
It was not until the afternoon that Lily returned with Freya.
"Isn't Mr. Oswald here?"
Seeing Lily come back, Aiwass, who was reading a book on the sofa in the living room, closed the book and asked casually.
"No. Did something happen over there, sir?" Lily responded.
She didn't seem too worried, after all, Aiwass was back alive.
As long as nothing happened to Aiwass, she didn't really care what happened to Cardinal Loki.
"How did you know?" Aiwass was a little surprised.
Could it be that the news of Cardinal Loki's death had reached Oswald so quickly?
"I guessed."
Lily shook her head and replied softly, "When I came back just now, I noticed that some people on the street looked a little uneasy."
"The fifth circle?"
Aiwass nodded with interest: "Interesting."
After the incident at the Eleventh Circle, the Pope's Guards quickly sealed off the scene. The other priests were imprisoned by the Night Demons... Even after the battle, they hadn't recovered.
Aiwass's biggest mistake here was probably attacking these innocent elven priests.
Although it was intended to prevent them from being involved in more intense battles, and this type of injury could be fully recovered through fire sacrifice, it did cause them trouble.
Only about three hours later, Lily returned, and by then, the Fifth Ring had already experienced visible chaos.
The population of the Fifth Ring is not large, and most of them are short-lived... Where did they get this information?
"We didn't come to you immediately because Mr. Oswald mentioned it."
Freya placed her unfinished packed lunch on the table and said to Aiwass, "He said, 'Things will end peacefully in the Moriarty style.' What happened?"
"...I suppose that's what Father told Mr. Oswald, right?"
Aiwass narrowed his eyes slightly and spoke.
Freya nodded.
Moriarty style - this statement contains too much information.
Does this refer to Professor Moriarty's spider-like wisdom in manipulating people, or is it Aiwass's style of rising in social status every time he defeats an enemy?
You know, James and Iverson are both Moriarty.
But speaking of spiders...
"Lily," Aiwass's heart stirred, and he remembered something he had forgotten. He suddenly asked Lily, "I remember you seemed to see something when you saw Cardinal Loki and Bram?"
He remembered that Lily had a strange reaction at that time. Although it was only a moment, Aiwass still remembered it in his heart.
Bram uses gray spider silk, which seems a bit like Lily.
"……ah."
Lily thought about it for a while and remembered part of it: "It seems so. But I can't remember it..."
But soon, her expression changed. "Wait, I remember now! That fleeting hallucination—it seems very similar to the feeling I had when I read the Spider Silk Sutra!"
Hearing this name, Freya's eyes moved slightly.
Lily even felt scared - she didn't know how she had completely forgotten about this matter!
This is not natural.
Normally, Lily would have hinted to Aiwass immediately, but she herself couldn't recall the incident at all, and didn't mention it at all in the two days that had passed.
The feeling at that time was like a moth in the corner of the wall, disappearing the moment I looked away.
"...Are you sure Cardinal Loki has it too?"
Aiwass opened his eyes in surprise.
Lily tried to recall it, but wasn't quite sure: "It's probably the same feeling... but that feeling seems stronger."
"Bram's words are easy to understand..."
Aiwass fell into deep thought.
Bram was known for his rebelliousness during his time in Avalon. It's also said that he used a tantric book... It's possible that the book he used was the Spider's Silk Tantra that Lily later obtained, or that he obtained the Spider's Silk Tantra in another language while overseas.
But Cardinal Loki—wasn't he a giant?
As a giant who is either "mindless" or "unhappy", he masters the "Spider Silk Tantra" which is based on the power of "lies"... This sounds very strange.
Could this be the point where Bram and Cardinal Loki met?
What do Loki, Bram, and Lily have in common?
These are three completely different people... Why are they recognized in the same tantric book?
Unable to think of anything else in the short term, Aiwass gathered his thoughts briefly and explained the situation to the two: "Simply put, Loki did steal the Tears of Time, and he does harbor ill will towards the Saint."
"...In other words, those two deceased individuals had nothing to do with Cardinal Loki?"
Freya only heard the first half of the sentence and guessed what Aiwass wanted to say. "Actually, my father found out about this and tried to frame Cardinal Loki by killing someone. And because Cardinal Loki did commit another crime, he became untraceable...Is that so?"
"almost."
Aiwass nodded.
Although the details are slightly different, the basic idea is the same.
——It was obvious that Freya had some understanding of their father's style of doing things.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"Is Aiwass there?"
The saint's pure white voice came from outside.
Although this door could not stop the saint at all and Chunbai could just push the door open and come in, she still knocked on the door very politely.
Lily immediately went to open the door and welcomed Chunbai and the two accompanying Pope's guards in.
Seeing this, Freya retreated to the corner of the room.
She stood silently, her arms folded. When Freya saw that the Saint's expression wasn't serious or sad, but rather relaxed, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The blindfolded saint seemed to sense Freya's gaze, and after entering the door, she tilted her head slightly in Freya's direction.
Then she "looked" at Aiwass and nodded slightly: "The results of the investigation are out."
"how?"
Aiwass asked.
Without waiting for Chunbai's answer, he glanced at the two guards and said with a smile, "It seems the situation is very optimistic."
Ultimately, the Eternal Saint is merely a support profession. While capable of wielding the advanced divine arts of the Nine Pillars, practical combat skills are clearly not taught in Saint classes—intense confrontations can easily stir the mind, disrupting the near-eternal tranquility.
Because of this, whenever the Saint travels, she's always accompanied by the Pope's personal guard. Even the Eternal Pope is the same... The biggest difference between the Pope and the Saint is the inherited divine armor, but their spell lists are essentially the same. Ultimately, they're still support classes, skilled in protection, healing, dispelling, and buffs, but not at the level of intense confrontation.
The essence of these Pope's guards is to serve as professional fighters for these two top auxiliary professions in the world.
From this perspective, the Eternal Saint and the Eternal Pope can even be said to be a kind of summoner - except that these "summoned beasts" are all elite extraordinary people.
The more formal the occasion, the more dangerous the area, the larger the Saint's accompanying guards. A team of twelve is the maximum standard.
Because with the help and protection of the Saint, a team of Pope's guards can defeat any organization in the world without any damage.
The Saint came to visit Aiwass, but she only brought the minimum number of two. This meant that her visit to Aiwass was definitely not a bad thing, and there would be no trouble or danger.
Freya still had to observe the saint's expression... but Aiwass knew that the matter was over just by looking at how many people came.
Pure White also obviously realized what Aiwass meant.
She teased, "You understand a lot, Archbishop Aiwass."
"I understand a little, Your Highness."
Aiwass placed his right hand on his chest and bowed his head.
"It's indeed a good thing—it was easy to find the Tears of Time stored there. The ingredients have been verified, and it is certain that there is something wrong with Loki."
Pure White's expression grew serious. "I use this as a pretext to temporarily strip Loki of his title of Cardinal until the results of an in-depth investigation are known and the Cardinals' Council has voted. Now that the Eleventh Ring has ceased to rotate, Loki is no longer a Cardinal... Therefore, you have not committed the crime of assaulting a Cardinal."
"...I remember that I fought Cardinal Loki first, and then you stripped him of his identity." Aiwass tilted his head.
"This isn't Avalon, Aiwass."
Pure White reached out and touched Aiwass's head, casually replying, "Here in the Theocracy, 'rules' aren't that important. Here, rules are there to prevent people from misbehaving, but they're not there to punish people afterwards—afterward, punishment depends entirely on the specific decisions of the person in charge. As long as a matter generally follows the procedures and no one raises questions, then it can be left as it is."
"To put it more clearly... as long as no other cardinals stand up against me, I can handle this matter with full authority.
"Because Cardinal Loki is dead."
(End of this chapter)
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