Chapter 591 Can You Open That Door
——At that moment, Aiwass felt a kind of silent suffocation, even suffocating to the point of dizziness.
Although there was a lot of evidence before, and Aiwass had already had a premonition in his heart...
But how he wished that his adoptive father could give him a negative answer at this moment.
Although Aiwass became wary of Professor Moriarty after awakening his past life memories... he did respect his adoptive father very much.
It wasn't just his profound knowledge, nor was it simply because he had taken him and Julia in and raised them, but also because of Professor Moriarty's humble and gentle personality. As a child, Aiwass had longed for his adoptive father's calm, wise, gentle demeanor, and his lack of arrogance.
That was exactly the image of the "perfect man" in Aiwass's mind.
Therefore, from Aiwas's perspective, he actually did not want to be an enemy of his adoptive father, not to mention the fact that he had raised him.
But if he killed Aiwass's biological parents first and then adopted Aiwass, the nature of the matter would be completely different from adopting Aiwass as an orphan.
"Are you surprised?"
The robin didn't react in any particular way. Instead, he asked, "You should have guessed it a long time ago."
"…What's the reason?"
Aiwass asked in a deep voice: "What is the reason?"
"Of course, I'm afraid of Jacob. Since you've already come into contact with Cardinal Loki and know that you're the key, I assume you're already aware of Jacob's forbidden research...right?
"As a mortal, he achieved a miracle that even gods could not accomplish—replicating souls and creating life. He even aspired to create gods, something even greater than gods... He is truly worthy of being the world's top transcendent, and truly possesses unparalleled audacity."
...Swamp People?
That thought popped up in Aiwas' mind.
Seeing Aiwas's eyes move slightly, the Jewelbird showed a very human smile - it may be strange to say this, but only in this "two-dimensional style" fairy country can you truly see a bird smiling.
"It seems you already know that you are the phantom egg he created. But this statement is not quite accurate enough. A more accurate statement is... you are actually Jacob's experimental subject."
"…Experimental subject?"
"You are indeed the child of Giulio and Anne, transformed by him and then implanted with a divine entity. I think you should understand the nature of the divine entity."
"Fragments of Huan Tiansi...?"
"It seems that your progress is faster than I expected."
The Jewelbird nodded appreciatively. "That's right. So strictly speaking, you are not completely consistent with the rest of his creation. This is because you are unique and special—the quality of the divine entity is completely different from the other 'contents'."
"So, let me ask you another question, Aiwass...
"Do you know where you and Yulia were supposed to be according to Jacob's original plan?"
——Yulia.
Aiwass' pupils moved slightly.
He had thought before that Yulia might also be the Swamp People created by Jacob, but now he finally got confirmation from Professor Moriarty.
Because Yulia has the blood of Heracross, she is of the royal lineage of the long-deceased Herasil Empire and is also a phantom egg. Furthermore, the Flame-Defying Butterfly itself is unique—the little butterfly, Liya, is a unique phantom, meaning she is not a reincarnation, but a newly born phantom.
So the question is, why did the new phantom demon appear only in Yulia's body?
When these low-probability events are piled together, it is highly likely that they are not coincidences.
At that time, Professor Moriarty suddenly began to adopt children, which was most likely the "one carrot, one hole" type of adoption.
He first determined that Aiwass and Yulia would enter the orphanage, and then implemented the adoption plan a few years later, taking them in. The intervening years were probably spent watching them closely.
Aiwass was killed because his parents were killed, and why was Yulia killed?
"This is also the biggest difference between you and Yulia."
Professor Moriarty replied, "She does not have parents, but you do. In other words, your shell is that of a complete baby, while Yulia's shell is merely cultivated flesh and blood."
"...What exactly is the Flame-Defying Butterfly?"
"I don't know either. Perhaps only Jacob knows. But I know... according to his plan, you were supposed to be entrusted to Bishop Mathers. And Yulia was supposed to be adopted by the Bartons."
"Mr. and Mrs. Barton..."
Aiwass chewed slowly on this somewhat unfamiliar name.
Then he finally remembered who the Bartons were - they were the Great Guardian family!
David and Yulia are the same age, Yulia is only one month older than David.
If Yulia was adopted by the Grand Guardian, she would be David's sister. In that case, she would be unlikely to learn alchemy and would most likely join the military. She would then become an air cavalryman and an officer of Avalon...but what would that mean?
The only thing related to this is probably Yulia's strange characteristics as a child.
Aiwass still remembered that Yulia possessed terrifying powers from a very young age—even as a baby. It wasn't until she learned to read and knew her own name that her innate divine power began to decline rapidly. It wasn't until the day she was adopted, when she resisted leaving Aiwass, that her divine power finally emerged.
But Aiwass knew that this incredible strength, so overwhelming that many strong men couldn't contend with, wasn't Yulia's peak form at all. If Yulia had possessed her peak strength, those people would have been strangled or torn to pieces. It was precisely because she was so powerless at the time that she could only passively wrestle with the others.
This characteristic...
...Could it be that Yulia is actually suitable for a melee profession?
"Haha, did you see that?"
Bird James chuckled. "You can't help but speculate, too. This is what I call 'the poison of knowledge.' You only know part of the truth in these fragments, yet you can't help but speculate about 'the possibility of that future.'" For astrologers who know almost every secret of the current world, how could they resist the urge to speculate about the future?
"Yes, I did kill your parents—but that was just an untimely death. According to Jacob's plan, they would have died on Glass Island. Otherwise, how would you have been raised by Bishop Mathers?"
Although what was in front of Aiwas was just a blue gem crystal bird.
But Aiwass seemed to see in it the man sitting upright with his fingers crossed.
"From this point of view, it was Jacob who actually murdered them."
Professor Moriarty whispered.
Even though his image now lacks authority, his words are still powerful: "Jacob planned all this, Anne chose to accept it, and Giulio chose to sacrifice himself. I brought forward the time of their destined death and ruined Jacob's plan - but even if I hadn't done this, they would have been sacrificed by Jacob.
"—So, may I ask, was I really the one who killed them? When the gunman pulled the trigger, was it the gun, the gunman, or the person who hired the gunman who killed them? When the kidnapper decided to kill the hostages and detonate the bomb, perishing along with the hostages, and then using magic to kill them and accidentally injure the hostages...is that a failed rescue, or a successful murder?
"Or to put it more clearly—was it the curse-caster I hired, or Jacob's 'grand plan' that truly killed them? Rather, it was because I thwarted Jacob's plan that I was able to save you from the 'fate' you so despised, Aiwass. I am your variable.
"I think that compared to the grace of raising you, this grace of defying fate... is much greater for you, right?"
Bird James' tone was extremely calm, as if he were just chatting casually, without the slightest hint of passion or impulse.
But precisely because of this...his words are so bewitching.
Intellectually, Aiwas knew that he was changing the subject, but his thoughts were a little confused and he couldn't organize his logic for a while.
But he also knew the most crucial and decisive words.
That was the name James himself called during his promotion ceremony - "My Little Key".
Then, Aiwass spoke, his tone becoming sharper and more aggressive: "Then why did I become your key?
"What on earth am I the key to? It can't be the key to your damned birdcage, Father!"
"Do you know [Cicada Shell]?"
James asked back.
"...The first Pillar God change event that caused several Pillar Gods to change?" Aiwass replied.
"Yes. [Cicada Shedding] happened after a major event. Since then, history has been torn apart... A great being called the 'Heavenly Master of Samsara' lost the power to constantly restart the world because of this."
James said word by word, "But strictly speaking, it's not 'loss', it's 'abandonment'. It's not that the world can't be restarted, but that it can't be restarted to the time before the cicada shed its skin."
Hearing this, Aiwass widened his eyes slightly.
He guessed what James meant.
"As I said above, 'The things that determine which path you will take are already determined, and even if you do it again a hundred times, your answer will be the same.'
"The past is not necessarily unchangeable. With the right key and the right door...history once locked away can be reopened.
"And now our great work is half done—you are the key I have found, Aiwass.
“You are not a fragment of Huan Tiansi, but a fragment of Lunhui Tiansi.
"So, you can open the Door to the Past. We can... change everything.
"Whether it was Julio's life or death, or Jacob's plan...even the division of Herasil, the founding of Avalon, the birth of humans and elves, the self-sacrifice of the giant tree...and the succession of the Pillar Gods. The fall of the High Heavens, the ascension of the Crown Lord, the solo dance of the Eternal Self...until the end of the First Age. From the day Amber was born, everything could be chosen anew."
That deep voice seemed to carry a demonic quality: "Everything still has a chance. Everything... is full of opportunities.
“Isn’t that good?”
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