Chapter 704 Aiwass and Aleister
Aiwass stared at No. 14 in a daze - and at the same time, his complex expression of surprise, wonder, and excitement was also transmitted into his mind through No. 14's gaze.
Long black hair, scarlet eyes, and a small, delicate face like a doll...
It was completely different from the weak, shivering and helpless temperament of "Blood Slave No. 14" in the dream - the "dark side of Aiwass" that was separated at this moment with the fourth level of transcendental power had an indescribable sense of danger and evil.
She wore a plain, pure white lace dress, yet she gave off the air of a young lady. She held her head high and chest puffed, looking at the much taller Aiwass with a reserved, calm, and arrogant air. Her lips were expressionless, giving off both a deadpan aura and a half-smile of contempt.
——In a trance, Aiwass finally remembered where this temperament came from.
It was the shadow demon Bayard when he was a child!
Perhaps it was because he had gained some of Bayard's memories when he sealed the Night Demon... Aiwass had a deep impression of her childhood. The current No. 14's features and eyebrows resembled Bayard's.
If she appeared with Bayard, they would easily be mistaken for mother and daughter.
At this moment, Aiwass's right hand, No. 14's left hand...their palms were touching each other.
Number 14's long, white middle finger barely reached halfway up to Aiwass's. Aiwass's fingers, already slender and long, seemed thicker in comparison to Number 14's, giving them a sense of solidity and strength.
Aiwass could clearly feel the strange texture of No. 14's cold and smooth skin - like a jade pendant that had been placed on the outside of the clothes for a long time and was suddenly stuffed inside the clothes.
At the same time, No. 14 could also feel the burning palm of Aiwass.
It was like being outside in the cold wind for a long time in winter and suddenly entering a warm room; or walking for a long time with water dripping from your body after taking a shower and then being surrounded by a warm and dry bath towel... She couldn't help shivering, feeling the heat unilaterally invading her body.
But what they have in common is that when the two of them are in close contact with each other, the excruciating pain deep in their brains as if their souls are being cut is immediately soothed.
The degree of relief is like the difference between taking painkillers and not taking painkillers when you have a fever and a headache... It is the degree to which an originally anxious heart can instantly calm down and endure silently.
The two of them remained silent for a long time, their fingers touching. Then Aiwass suddenly said, "It's such a wonderful feeling..."
"It's not quite right to say that I'm drawing a circle with my left hand and a square with my right hand," No. 14 quipped. "It's more like watching a show and chatting at the same time... I can surprisingly use my brain in parallel without any hindrance."
Lily, who was standing beside her, suddenly opened her eyes wide: "So fast...?!"
Although the "Egg-Moon Secret Sutra" and the "Gap between Yin and Yang" are completely different ways of dividing the paths, she couldn't even fully adapt to this feeling of separation and adhesion for a day or two - this was based on the fact that Lily and Selene had completely different personalities.
Judging from the expressions of Aiwass and No. 14, they didn't seem to have much conflict. It was entirely possible to consider these two bodies as a single consciousness.
"My situation is different from yours, Lily."
Number 14 chuckled softly, her childish yet slightly hoarse voice reciting poetry on the evening breeze, "You want to separate from Selene as much as possible, forever. The tenuous connection between you is merely an unsevered adhesion... like the phantom pain that persists after amputation, as if the limb still exists.
"But my situation with Aiwass is different - although we are separated by Yin and Yang, we will eventually be together. But before that, we must concentrate on moving forward in our own directions."
"The separation of yin and yang...it sounds like you're going to die."
Aiwass complained, "Don't die, okay? Be safe, and remember not to go too far."
He clearly felt that the close connection between him and No. 14 was gradually fading. It was as if they had originally been chatting while watching a play, but at some point the sounds of the play had become a kind of white noise that was subconsciously ignored.
And the feeling was even clearer where the palms of their hands were connected.
It was once as familiar as the touch of the left hand, but the experience of tactile resonance has become increasingly dull. The sensitive skin that once hurt at the slightest touch has gradually adapted after repeated touches.
——This is the "Dissolving Soul" taking effect.
If solid and liquid are divided into two halves, the healing speed of the wound will naturally be completely different.
"I never expected that the practice of self-mutilation would be so prevalent in this world...it could even be considered mainstream."
Aiwass sighed, "The creation of the Egg Moon, the gap between the two yin and yang... plus Huan Tiansi's method of cutting off the tail. There must be other ways to split it. It's really weird."
"After all, the influence of the mixed paths becomes more severe as the level increases... but this world is not immune to this."
Number 14 followed up with a rant, "Any points you added incorrectly in the early stages will have to be paid back in the later stages. Just think of it as beheading the three corpses... Doesn't that make it quite orthodox?"
Lily watched Aiwass and No. 14 chatting on their own, and suddenly felt that the world had really changed - she could even chat with herself?
Selene, however, watched and pulled Lily with considerable interest, "Shall we talk too?"
"...What do you want to talk about? Forget it."
Lily obviously has no interest in this - she is quite resistant to this aspect of her love path and has not yet accepted her other self.
"Don't you think that us not chatting at all is also a kind of chatting?"
"I don't think so."
Lily responded coldly when Selene hugged her arm and tried to pull it free. Halfway through, Selene bared her teeth and tried to bite her hand, but Lily quickly reached out and pinched her mouth.
Aiwass looked back at Lily and Selene playing around, and his heart moved.
He was just about to reach out and pinch No. 14's cheek when his hand suddenly moved - No. 14 reached out, grabbed Aiwass's hand, and then smiled and gently placed his chin on it.
Aiwass and No. 14 exchanged a smile and said, "I need to give you a name..."
"Aleister, how is it?"
Number 14 said, "From now on, I will bear this name—let Bayard be just Bayard."
It was originally just a fictitious identity, a pun made up by Aiwass.
But with the help of the Star Antimony people, Aleister became a real person.
And now, this real identity has an equally real body, and it can really inherit all the external identities and stereotypes of Miss Aleister - this is the wonder of fate.
"Okay."
This was exactly the answer Aiwass had been expecting, so he nodded happily. "Aleister Crowley... I remember we have a claim in the Crowley family."
"Yes... we have to make use of it."
Freshman Miss Aleister said with a smile, "Since the Star Antimony people dare to tell such a lie, they must pay the price."
"…Bad woman."
"You are also a bad guy, my honorable Pope..."
Aleister whispered softly.
This is also an incredibly wonderful experience... I raise my own questions, give my own confirmations, and provide my own answers. Originally, it was something I had thought about and decided on my own, but simply speaking it out loud and then having someone agree with me—even if the person agreeing with me is still essentially me—is a completely different experience.
"It feels... like having an extra eye."
Aiwass chooses his words carefully: "I suddenly have a sense of space for many things."
"It's more accurate than just one eye, isn't it?"
Miss Aleister chuckled and said, "Even robot vacuums use binocular structures, so what's wrong with us using them?"
Then the two looked at each other and smiled.
Lily and Selene beside them stopped and looked at each other.
It is a heartwarming scene of the Pope and the little girl having close contact under the sunshine.
But for some reason, I have a sense of déjà vu that a conspiracy is happening...
(End of this chapter)
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