Chapter 523 Aiwass's Residence
After getting the Sinthorn Fruits, the Pure White Saint quickly left in a hurry, as if she wanted to verify some of her conjectures.
Matilda took Aiwass and prepared to go downstairs to their residence.
Generally speaking, this should actually be a pure white job. Cardinal Matilda usually does not leave the Holy Orders Congregation.
But since Pure White had personal matters to attend to, the blue-haired cardinal chose to look after Aiwass for her.
No matter if he is a student, a guest, the archbishop, or the key person who can solve Ningpo... he cannot be thrown away without being given an address.
"Mark this, Aiwass."
Matilda took Aiwass onto the elevator and introduced it to him. "This type of elevator has twelve sets on each floor. You can go to the one closest to you and wait. Each set has one going up and one going down—the gold ones only go up, and the black ones only go down. They will pause for three minutes at each floor."
"If there are too many people, just wait for the next bus at the door. Don't squeeze. Although there is a barrier for protection, it is still very dangerous."
Matilda patiently instructed Aiwass as if she was teaching a child to take the elevator for the first time.
Aiwass nodded when he heard this.
Indeed, this thing looks dangerous.
Although this "elevator" has handrails, it is not fully enclosed at all. It looks like a protruding viewing balcony, which is very attractive.
The timing device here is also very visual.
This elevator wasn't a physical object at all, but rather a barrier. Its metal portion was actually a ring, and it looked more like a force field generator. This black force field even had dark golden glowing lines spreading like vines, gradually filling the black disc.
When it was full, with a flash of dark golden light, the disc broke away from the ring and began to descend.
It's falling pretty fast.
After a brief delay, it was like falling. The intense feeling of weightlessness frightened Lily—or rather, nervously, she gripped Aiwass's arm. Aiwass, on the other hand, showed no reaction and even felt a little nostalgic.
Soon, they suddenly began to slow down and slowly stopped on the twelfth floor.
Some people leave from here, and some people come in from outside.
Lily finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Aiwass felt that her palms were sweating.
He subconsciously glanced at Sherlock and found that he was surprisingly calm, just folding his hands in boredom.
"Your luggage has been delivered to your residence by the guards."
Cardinal Matilda spoke in a gentle, motherly voice, admonishing, "Your residence is in the fifth circle, and your place of study is in the ninth. It's not that I don't want to prepare a residence for you in the ninth circle... but from there upwards, it's basically all elves, and you may not be able to adapt to the elven pace and way of life. And there may be some elves who are more exclusive."
"From the fifth ring down, currency can be used normally. The environments of the sixth and seventh rings are relatively primitive, so don't go there unless necessary. There are no guards stationed there, so it may be dangerous.
"If you want to buy something, go to the First Ring, where they have the most stuff. If you can't carry something, you can hire a troll to help you. They're very strong and the price is not expensive.
"The fifth ring is more research-oriented, and it's quite quiet compared to the lower levels. If you'd like to live on a lower level, you can tell me or Pure White. We can also move you there."
"Each ring has a fairly large living area. If you want to get around, you can find some raised houses in the middle of each ring. They're near the elevators. Like the elevators, they rotate constantly, allowing you to quickly reach a specific area. Then, if you go inward or outward, you'll find it closer.
"Remember not to harm the giant tree. This is an absolute taboo. Therefore, the scale of combat here is strictly limited... If you have a dispute with others, try to resolve it without damaging the ground."
At this point, Cardinal Matilda glanced at Aiwass, then at Sherlock. "Try not to use fire-type abilities. This isn't the outside world; the ground won't withstand burning. If the ground is damaged, immediately seek out the nearby elven bishops to heal it. Don't flee—His Holiness the Pope is watching you."
"Heal the ground?"
Sherlock suddenly asked, "Is this also considered... 'higher divine arts'?"
"That's right."
Matilda nodded. "'Illumination' is actually a healing technique that can only be used on living beings with lifespan, emotions, and intelligence. Therefore, illumination cannot help plants recover from injuries, nor can it repair the remains left by the apostles.
"Healing the divine body is already a high-level divine art, so it's very troublesome."
She smiled at Aiwass and said, "I'm very optimistic about you. Maybe you can really learn advanced divine arts."
They chatted as the elevator soon descended to the fifth floor.
Matilda took Aiwass to the "Perpetual Motion Circle", and Aiwass asked curiously: "When do I start learning?"
"No rush."
Matilda said casually.
She smiled and said, "Stay here for a while. It's a rare trip, so you can explore more... Oh, by the way. You didn't buy the 'pass' when you first completed the first circle, did you? That seems to be quite expensive."
"No," Sherlock replied.
"It's good that you didn't buy it," Matilda said. "From the first to the fifth ring, you can get a free pass in every hotel and hotel. But they are all in Elvish... You should understand Elvish, right?"
When she spoke later, she switched to Elvish.
Previously, only Pure White and Janice had spoken Elvish, and during Aiwass's acceptance of the Archbishop's position, but all other conversations, out of consideration for Aiwass, had been conducted in Avalon.
"...In other words," Sherlock said, his lips curling up sarcastically, "those goblins actually translated these free resources and sold them for money, right? Isn't that fraud, Cardinal Matilda?"
"Not really. Because some people don't understand Elvish."
Cardinal Matilda shook her head. "So there are indeed people who need it—we can guarantee that as long as you pay, you will definitely get the item. But we have no control over the specific price of the item.
"Because we have to consider transportation costs, labor costs, losses, and other factors, it's unfair to price products based on their inherent value. And we have no intention of researching something that changes so quickly, so let the market regulate it. If someone sells something too expensive, there will definitely be someone else selling a cheaper version.
"What we can be responsible for is preventing violence and fraud. For example, using violence to monopolize a product, or giving money but not giving the product, or taking the product but not paying - or playing word games, giving something different from what is sold, etc.
"So when you go shopping, make sure you look at the prices carefully. It's impossible to get a refund if you decide you bought something too expensive or don't need it."
At this point, Cardinal Matilda smiled slightly. "Cardinal Loki has done some research on this. He believes that deception is necessary—it is precisely because of the existence of deception that people's conversations and actions are flexible. It is a kind of social lubrication that leaves everyone with flexibility and room, and makes people willing to consider the words and actions of others."
"Indeed," Aiwass nodded. "If a society were completely free of fraud, it would only reduce people's ability to think, but it would not eliminate 'unintentional misinformation,' such as forgetfulness or misunderstanding."
“Cardinal Igor has an interesting point about misunderstandings between people…”
Cardinal Matilda arrived at the residence with Aiwas and his party while chatting.
It wasn't a particularly large house. It was even smaller than the cottage Princess Isabel had given to Edwards.
From the outside, it looks like a two-story wooden house, with each floor only about 80 square meters. Naturally, there is no courtyard, swimming pool or garden.
But what puzzled Sherlock was that the door of the house had no keyhole or handle.
He tentatively reached out to push the door open, but when his hand approached the door, a vine handle suddenly grew out of the door.
This startled Sherlock a little. His hand froze in the air.
Aiwass simply grabbed the handle, turned it, and went into the house.
After they all entered, the door closed. From the inside, the door was still clean and had no handle.
"The handle is only there when you, the guests, and the Cardinal approach the door."
Cardinal Matilda smiled and said, “This is also a kind of security organization—although it is not very meaningful, it is generally absolutely safe within the church.
"This is a newly built apartment with no previous residents, so there's nothing to worry about left behind. Everything is new. There are four bedrooms, two on each floor. There's also a bathroom, dining room, and study on each floor."
As she spoke, she led everyone to the outermost bedroom on the first floor and opened the door handle.
She proudly introduced them, "These wooden cabinets are also the kindness of the giant tree. You can put uneaten food and clothes in them. When used as a wardrobe, it can automatically clean your clothes as long as they are not too dirty. It can also be used as a food storage cabinet, which can preserve food for about two weeks to a month, so that fresh fruit will not wither and meat will not rot..."
Cardinal Matilda said this, casually opening one of the cabinets.
——The next moment, a fresh elf corpse fell out of the storage cabinet with a clang.
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