Chapter 256

"Paying a price more precious than life" - Having said that, Lancelomero finally gave Aphrodite a break.

Fortunately, their judgment of Aphrodite's attributes was correct. Aphrodite, who possessed the attribute of "Order", abided by the previous agreement after being defeated, allowing Lancermero's course progress to continue successfully.

——Although, it can’t necessarily be considered a normal class.

The content of the Fairyland course covers all over the world from ancient times to the present, but in fact it is only because Lancermello's thoughts diverge too quickly - among the only two students at present, the younger Camus often starts to daydream halfway through listening without keeping up, while the older Aphrodite grits his teeth to find the common points between the two topics, while listening to Lancermello continue to speak while following his notes.

Time passed day by day in the "Court" of magic - although Aphrodite and Camus' bodies would not grow with the passage of time in the "Court", the weight of their souls would still gradually accumulate with the passage of time. Their bean-sized bodies were filled with gradually maturing souls. If they were taken to the clock tower for a tour, they would probably be mistaken by those magicians as Western European magicians like them.

——No one could tell that these two were actually warriors of the gods.

However, as the strength of their souls gradually increased, Lancermello finally put the dream teaching plan that had been kept in the bottom of the box on the agenda - during the daytime, the two were carried by Lancermello to practice combat skills; at night, as soon as they closed their eyes, they were pulled into dreams to continue learning theoretical knowledge.

In the days that passed, even Aphrodite, who was described by Ereshkigal as a muscle-head, vaguely realized some things that should not be said directly - for example, why Lancermello could directly bring them from the Sanctuary to Britain without anyone stopping him; for example, why he and Camus hardly grew up; for example, why Lancermello clearly called herself a bad witch, but did not treat the two of them badly...

——For example, when can we return to the Sanctuary.

They originally thought they would have to wait a long time before they could go back, but not long after, Lancelmero announced to the two that they could go back - and then Aphrodite was called away alone by Lancelmero.

"What do you need me to do?" Following Lansemello into the study, Aphrodite chose to take the initiative to speak, "You have taught us so many things, you must have your own purpose-"

"Muscleheads are still muscleheads. There is no hope for them." Asclepius commented calmly.

"It's okay, Camus should have listened to the lessons." William chuckled in the four people's communication channel, "Besides, she is not prepared to let Aphrodite study these. However, since she said it so directly, I am afraid that Lansemello will not tell him the request directly, but will convey her arrangement in a roundabout way."

"After the battle, I should have told you, right?" Lansemello sat down behind the desk, crossed his fingers, and looked at Aphrodite standing in front of him, "Give me a price more precious than life - so now, everything you have without paying anything is mine."

The last person who almost signed a contract of sale with Lancermello was El-Melloi II. The seal of the origin of the El-Melloi family, and all the debts were taken into her hands by Lancermello, making the El-Melloi family, one of the twelve monarchs, her vassal, and also brought with them thirty-four young magicians who were all geniuses.

"I don't need you to do anything right now. You and Camus just need to follow what I said before and pretend that nothing happened during this period." Lansemello leaned back in his chair, his eyes fixed on Aphrodite. "However, I hope that at the critical moment, you can think about who you are obeying."

"Well, Aphrodite, you should get ready to go back."

Lancer Mello arrived at the Sanctuary a little earlier than the two children - the magician erased the missing parts of the memories of everyone in the Sanctuary and mixed the figures of the two students into the memories of that period of time in order to achieve the effect of confusing the real with the fake; but this time Lancer Mello did not go to see Shion. Instead, after completing all the follow-up work and sending the two children back to the Sanctuary, he disappeared from the Sanctuary quietly.

"What year is it now?" After leaving the sanctuary, Lansemello took a deep breath and confirmed the current time with William, who had been working in the outside world.

"1973." William paused and added, "There is still a month left."

——There is only one month left, and the gears of fate are about to start turning.

"...I understand." Lansemelo let out a long breath, and his attire changed from the Rain Witch back to the black robe of Asclepius. "I'm ready."

On September 1, 1973, the rebellion that caused the future Golden Saints to lose half of their combat power due to civil war began.

Aiolos of Sagittarius fled the Sanctuary with the newly born Athena, and Saga, who had successfully replaced the Pope, ordered a pursuit of the three people who had just obtained the Golden Cloth. At the same time, Shion, who had been lying on the ground of the Astrology Hill like a corpse, sat up again under the gaze of Lancermello.

"Okay, Aphrodite and his men have left the Vatican to pursue Aiolos." Lansemello adjusted the huge bird-beak mask and watched Shion finish this slow corpse-stealing show. "Now it's late at night, it's our turn to find Saga - after all, no one will know what happened tonight, right?"

Lancer Mello took Shion into the Papal Chamber and met the new Pope, who only looked like Saga.

A black key slid silently into Lansemelo's right hand - and the white-haired Pope was still immersed in his own world and did not notice the two visitors who suddenly appeared in the Papal Hall.

"This guy is now Chaos Evil." Asclepius, who shared Lansemello's vision, only took a glance and gave the latest attribute judgment, "It feels a bit like Jekyll and Hyde - what are you going to do?"

Lancermello raised his left hand and pointed his index finger at the new Pope—and hit him directly with a petrifying Gandr shot.

"Declare—"

"I kill, I give life. What I wound, I heal. What cannot be crossed is my palm. What cannot be escaped is my gaze.

Destroy it.

Lancermello took a step forward, and the black key he swung out cut deeply into the wall. The pure black soul let out an uncontrollable scream that could not be directly heard due to the damage caused by the black key. The triple crown he was holding in his hand fell to the ground of the Papal Hall because of the great pain felt by the soul.

"I call back all the disabled and old. Entrust them to me, learn from me, and obey me.

I will give you a rest. 』

Along with the chanting, the black key thrown by Lancermello accurately hit the soul that was soaked in pure black with evil intentions. The magic outfit specially used by the Templar's agent to exorcise demons played the greatest role in interfering with the spirit at this moment - the black mist seemed to have substance, seeping out from Saga, whose hair color gradually changed back to its original color.

"Don't forget to sing, don't forget to pray, don't forget me. With my lightness, I will free you from the heaviness of all things."

Take off the disguise.

Under the influence of the great pain brought by the soul, Saga's body instinctively fell into a coma - and Lancer Melo just calmly threw a few black keys to speed up the purification.

Shion picked up the Triple Crown that had rolled to the side and watched Lancer Mello approach Saga, who had fallen into a coma, step by step.

"Where there is forgiveness, there is revenge; where there is trust, there is betrayal; where there is hope, there is despair; where there is light, there is darkness; where there is birth, there is death.

Rest is what I bring. Burn your sins, carve your mark. Eternal life is given by death.

Please forgive me here and accept my oath.

The last black key sank into the wall, and Lansemello's preparations for magic were completely completed.

"Baptismal singing of the 'Kyrie eleison'."

After the singing ended, the black mist was swallowed by the white light, and the black keys inserted into the wall also disappeared - Lancer Mello adjusted the bird-beak mask on his face, took a few steps back, and signaled Shion who was holding the triple crown to find a way to wake Saga from his coma, so that they could seize the time to decide the next arrangements.

—— Aiolos is still being hunted outside. They don’t have much time and must complete their future plans as soon as possible.

Soon, Saga regained consciousness thanks to Shiang's efforts.

"Welcome to join our camp." Lansemero found a chair and sat down at the place where he used to sit during meetings in the Pope's Hall, smiling at Saga, "Join our camp that tries to cheat fate. Don't rush to feel guilty. This scene can only continue if the previous pope dies unknown, Aiolos becomes a traitor and dies, and you stand at the top of the sanctuary as the pope."

"Of course, as you can see - the dead are actually still alive."

"And in order for our plan to not fail, your predecessors will not have died in vain - you need to act completely according to my instructions." Lansemello smiled and tilted his head, staring at Saga who was lost in thought, "to prevent unpredictable effects from causing our plan to fail."

Saga looked at Lancermello, then at Shion, and at this moment finally revealed some confusion that a fifteen-year-old boy would have.

Shion wanted to explain to Saga first, but he remembered that he was also kept strictly in the dark about the plan, so he chose to keep silent - so the task of giving additional explanations to the new members finally fell on Lancermello.

But in order to explain the plan to Saga, who had no foundation at all, Lancermello made a series of roundings on the plan content, and finally chose to put the plan goal directly in front of Saga.

"...Save the world. Our plan is to save the world." Lancermello told Saga the goal of the plan without changing his expression, but his blue magic eyes were always looking outside the Sanctuary. "Time is tight now, so I won't explain the plan in detail. Then, in order to prove that our cooperation has been achieved--"

"Nice to meet you, Castor of the new generation of Gemini. I am a fairy born in the paradise 'The Abode of Gods and Non-Humans', the core of the paradise - Alice Avalon Le Fay."

"At the same time, he is also the patron of many underground gods."