Chapter 670: Beast Child Ash Egg
"…Unfinished work?"
"That's right."
Cardinal Cyril nodded.
Aiwass remembered that of the hundred beast species created by the Beastmaster, the last twenty were imitations of existing races, just as trolls were actually imitations of giants... and goblins were a bestial race created by the Beastmaster in imitation of dwarves.
It has the same aesthetic feeling as downloading a paper from the Internet and then translating it back and forth twenty times using Google.
So, are humans...
"It seems you guessed it."
Cardinal Cyril nodded slightly. "Humanity is the Beastmaster's imitation of the 'elves,' though this creation remains unfinished. As the Beastmaster's final creation, 'Humanity' possesses the advantages of all his creations to date. It can be said to be the culmination of his painstaking efforts—the Beastmaster intends to make this race his primary race, hence the name 'Orcs.'"
"However, the 'orc' was never created. Because Hengwo, based on my personal aesthetic, deleted the rather abstract and bizarre features added by the Beast Master, such as 'muscles similar to those of a troll' and 'fangs similar to those of a goblin', making humans more similar in appearance to elves. But she did not delete the various inherent characteristics that the Beast Master had added to the 'orc'.
"Therefore, humans are as violent as giants, as greedy as goblins, and as arrogant as elves...Humans inherit the advantages of other races, but also have their disadvantages.
"This is also why elves are always so concerned about humans—aside from differences in lifespan and personality, humans are very similar to elves in essence. Just as elves like other elves, they also like humans."
...So, is that why the elves only like the human race and not the harpies, snakemen and other races?
Aiwass suddenly realized.
No wonder the other races in this world have either feathers or scales. Only humans and elves are special... Turns out humans' uniqueness is actually a characteristic of elves!
Not bringing anything is a feature in itself!
"So, the Beast Master's plan..."
"That's right. It's about awakening the 'innate bestiality' of some individuals. They didn't fall into darkness because of suffering, but were born with deformed minds and evil wisdom. On the contrary, some of these children of beasts received a good education and were exposed to love and respect, so they were able to use reason to restrain their uncontrollable instincts."
Cardinal Cyril said solemnly, "I'm sorry to hear that Miss Lily is an awakened 'Son of the Beast'."
“…Ah, I guess I already guessed it.”
Aiwass nodded slowly.
Lily, a maid who had never received any training, was able to kill without blinking an eye after less than a month of exposure to the supernatural path. She didn't feel disgusted or scared, but rather excited and thrilled.
Her revenge was indeed just, but she had not lived in hatred since childhood. It was only after she embarked on the path of transcendence that Aiwass awakened her desire for revenge.
But Lily adapted too quickly.
When Aiwass had just joined the Secret Service and was not yet the Minister without Portfolio, she even begged Aiwass to give her some "darker missions".
It was just because of Lily's loyalty that Aiwass confused it with a desire for dedication and loyalty.
However, when Aiwass later discovered that Lily had no adaptability to the path of authority and the path of dedication, he actually had a vague feeling about it.
Lily is exactly what Cardinal Cyril calls an “exception.”
She used her loyalty and love for Aiwass, her gratitude to the Moriarty family, and her own rationality and "adaptability" to suppress the growing desire in her heart and hide it.
This is the source of Lily's remarkable adaptability.
It wasn't just about being a loyal maid, adapting to her master's demands... If that alone was enough to achieve this level of adaptability, then Avalon definitely had quite a few people who could adapt. After all, there should be plenty of such "loyal servants."
——In reality, Lily is a murderer who uses her rationality, acting skills, and morality to completely hide her desires.
The deeper her desires on the Path of Love grew, the stronger her Adaptive Path power became to suppress them. However, as her Adaptive Path power grew stronger, she came close to losing control several times—not losing control of her Adaptive Path, but losing control of her Path of Love, which she hadn't even reached the first level of.
In fact, the cause and effect are completely opposite.
The power of her Path of Love grew so fast that she had to increase the power of her Path of Adaptation in order to suppress it.
She wasn't Aiwass's "shadow." She never had been.
"...What about Gray Sky Master?"
Aiwass asked in reply, "Lily's ability to suppress the Beast Child's ever-increasing wildness...isn't that related to Gray Sky?"
"Yes, because the Beast Master's plan was so... undisclosed. Not only the Celestials, but even many places on Earth knew about it. If you carefully examine the files, you'll find that we warned you, the people of Avalon, about this matter at least a hundred and fifty years ago."
"...To be frank, things from over a hundred years ago don't belong in our archives; they belong in modern history."
"Whatever. In short, you have to thank Gray Sky. Without him, Miss Lily would have lost control long ago. If she still had any sense, she would have committed suicide before choosing revenge. If she had truly accomplished revenge independently, she would have become a murderer wandering the streets of Avalon."
Cardinal Cyril's eyes were deep: "It was because she read the Spider's Silk Sutra that she was able to survive."
“…Is there a problem with the tantra?”
"That's right. There's something wrong with the tantra. That tantra book is actually part of the Gray Sky Division.
"He will be reborn—choosing one of his many 'heirs' to serve as his carrier.
"Miss Lily quickly understood the Spider Silk Tantra for a simple reason... The Xuanjun Tantra mentions that 'knowledge chases people away' and 'those who are cruel and ruthless are like hawks and dogs chasing rabbits.'
"It wasn't Lily's innate talent that allowed her to instantly comprehend the Spider Silk Sutra. Rather, it was her determination to suppress her animal desires and embark on the path of adaptation that led the Spider Silk Sutra to choose her as its successor. If you don't resolve this issue, I'm afraid Gray Sky Master will be reborn from Miss Lily.
"Unfortunately, you captured the Moon Child author and killed Cardinal Loki. I don't know if there are other successors to the Gray Sky Division... but if not, then Miss Lily will be in danger."
"—That's why I'm talking to you alone and asking those two to leave for now."
"…Is there any solution?"
Aiwass was silent for a while and then asked.
"What do you want to do?"
Cardinal Cyril asked, his eyes sharp as a knife: "Remove the traces of the Spider Silk Seal from Miss Lily's body? Or... help Gray Sky create a new successor?"
This is the lie and conspiracy of Huitiansi.
Those who realize his plan have no solution. The only way to deal with it is to help him train a better successor.
Those who expose lies have no choice but to become part of the new lies.
The latter... certainly does not conform to the Cardinal's moral concepts.
"—I want to deprive Hui Tiansi of his power and make him completely become Lily's power."
But Aiwass said so.
“…That’s going to be difficult.”
The old elf shook his head with a headache. "How can you kill a dead person? So you can't stop a dead Tiansi either."
"Help me, old man..."
Aiwass pleaded in a low voice, "I haven't asked anyone for anything... I owe you one."
No matter what, he didn't want Lily's body and mind to be occupied by another person.
This was probably the reason why Lily's separation was incomplete—because the remaining consciousness of Gray Sky Si instinctively prevented her from "escaping."
If Lily could completely separate herself, she could have completely cut herself apart and then destroyed her body. Because it was impossible to determine which part Lily wanted to keep, Gray Sky directly prevented all forms of cutting.
“…I really can’t help it.”
Cardinal Cyril shook his head: "However, for matters like this that concern the soul... perhaps the people at the Ziggurat have a solution.
"I can't leave this room for too long, or I'll either turn into a tree or condense into amber. The best I can do is write you a letter of introduction, which you can use to visit Xingtan. I'm quite familiar with Xingtan's original Black Phase... We were friends back then.
"—maybe he'll give me a favor. Maybe."
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