26. Merlin.??
In the hall of the mysterious house, the seven sins sealed in the demonic eyes were released.
Merlin only killed their previous host a few days ago. These evil spirits who rely on devouring sin have not yet recovered.
They are quite weak.
Fortunately, Merlin didn't let them out to beat them up for fun.
He needs the help of these evil spirits who can smell sin.
Merlin has decided to use the power seeds of the Three Palaces as the material for his resurrection, which means that after he cut off the connection with the super-level demon, he will hold the power again.
But this time, Merlin didn't plan to be led by Sanguchi.
He wants to find his 'real name' in the "Seven Deadly Sins" power system of the Three Palaces, just like his sister Riven.
This is very important.
It almost directly determines Merlin's future path.
The evil spirits of arrogance and jealousy were beating their brothers at the command of Merlin, who were furious because they provoked their new masters.
Of course, it was not intentional, and it was not stupid.
It just couldn't control itself because it was filled with anger in its heart.
Although the three evil spirits were fighting lively, in fact, this was just a play for Merlin to show their "loyalty".
Of course Merlin doesn't care.
He cared about another thing.
"I occasionally think I'm quite lazy."
Merlin handed the seed of power to the fourth evil spirit. The guy squinted his eyes, looking like he was not awake, and his body was filled with an unpleasant smell.
It's like I haven't taken a shower for months.
It's obvious who it is.
It is the "laziness" or "burnout" among the seven deadly sins.
Lazy hands took Merlin's power seed, which he placed in front of his nose and sniffed deeply.
Its narrowed its eyes widened.
There was a light of doubt in it.
It raised its head and looked at Merlin, it scratched its dirt-filled scalp, it said:
"Sir, have you...never really indulged in this way? I mean, I smelled a smell that made me hate..."
“Diligent, extremely diligent.”
The evil spirit said in an incredible tone:
"You have always faced your responsibilities and urged yourself with your mission since you gained strength, and you have almost never stopped for a moment... You have lived like this for nearly 20 years."
"To be honest, live like that...are you tired?"
"Well..."
The lazy question made Merlin a little unanswered.
He looked back at Xuan Lan who was covering her mouth and laughing, and he said:
"Is it really as good as it says? Why didn't I feel it?"
"Probably because you're used to it."
Xuanlan said seriously:
"When diligence becomes a habit, all you care about is your dissatisfaction with yourself... Work hard to make yourself better and more perfect."
"Yes, you're a diligent person, Merlin, I can prove this."
Xuanlan carried her hands on her back, and she glanced at the sofa behind her, and said:
"Even when you are resting, you will always have a magic book in your hand..."
"All right."
Merlin looked at Lazy and frowned and said:
"Go and take a shower, your smell is really bad."
The "lazy" evil spirit shrugged.
It reluctantly led by the ghost servant to the bathroom of the mysterious house.
This new owner looks very difficult to talk to.
Merlin looked at the fifth evil spirit again.
The guy has a mouth full of sharp teeth, and the most prominent feature is the four eyes on his face.
The eyes were filled with a twisted light.
It is "greed".
"I think I am quite destined to be with you."
Merlin handed the seed to the greedy evil spirit, who nodded vigorously.
It said to Merlin with a flattering look:
"Of course, sir, those who can achieve great things like you must be greedy..."
It held the seed of power in its palm and sniffed it deeply.
Its four eyes shine with satisfaction, it said:
"Ah, I smelled a lot of greed, longing for power to do things to save, and longing for someone to accompany me when I am lonely... every trace of beauty of greed."
This guy glanced at Xuanlan, and he laughed and said:
"So many beauties, no one you are greedy for wants to give up..."
It stared at Merlin, it said:
"There is no doubt that, sir, you are a greedy person."
"so what?"
Merlin said:
"My 'real name' is greed?"
“Sadly, not.”
The greedy evil spirit looked at the seed in his hand with regret and handed it back to Merlin.
It says:
"Your greed is scary, but opposite greed, there is a more terrifying and rigorous self-control."
"The powerful force is within reach, but you never surpass it. Just like you only need to promise Alexander Pierce, you can hold the whole world, but unfortunately you gave up."
The greedy evil spirit spread his hands and said to Merlin:
"In the final battle, so many friends extended a helping hand to you, so many powers... Have you ever been sinking into it?"
"Even those beauties are not your proactive pursuit... You are always passive, which makes the beauties heartbroken."
The evil spirit makes a treacherous laughter, it summarizes:
"You are a greedy person, but you are a restrainer."
"Sorry, I'm not looking for."
Merlin could feel the resentful gaze coming from behind without looking back.
Obviously, what Greedy said really came to Xuanlan's heart.
Fortunately, it was not heard by other women, otherwise Merlin would have suffered today.
Amid the greedy laughter, Merlin walked towards the next demon.
This guy is as fat as a ball.
Its mouth grows on the belly, just like the whole body is a mouth.
It is "gluttony".
Merlin and Gluttony looked at each other.
He did not hand the seed in his hand, nor did he reach out to pick it up.
Obviously, both guys are very self-aware.
The ugly gluttony evil spirit said to Meilin in a muffled voice:
"No need to watch it, sir."
"You are so thin that you are definitely not a glutton; and your relics are not even piled up with a box, which means you won't stock up on some 'treasures' that are meaningless to life."
"The most important thing is that it is impossible for a person who is greedy for comfort to get to this point."
Glutton shrugged helplessly, it said:
"You're not looking for me, obviously."
"Hahaha"
Behind Meilin, Xuanlan, who had been trying hard to hold back her laughter, could no longer bear it.
The butler covered her mouth and let out a series of pleasant laughter, and she laughed so hard that she leaned back and forth.
Merlin's face also became very bad.
Six of the seven deadly sins have been eliminated.
This means that Merlin seems to have the last one left in his choice.
"Lust"
Judging from the number of ladies surrounding him, Merlin seems to be a person who is immersed in desire.
But when I think of Merlin's real name as a hell king, it actually is "lust", this makes Xuanlan, who has always been serious, unable to control her inner joy.
Merlin's reputation for life was ruined.
I don’t know how he should use to say his title when he greets other big names in the future.
Um...
The Master of Lust? The Raven of Lust? The Plum Forest?
Hahahahahaha!
Amid Xuanlan's laughter, Meilin stood in front of the last evil spirit.
This guy is tall and thin, the only one with wings among the 7 demons.
It has orthodox demon horns, tail, and body shape. It is quite thin, like a man who has been squeezed out.
It had a flattering smile on its face.
Although in Merlin's view, the best manifestation of lust among the seven deadly sins is that he should transform into a pleasing succubus...
"If it's good, sir, I should be what you're looking for."
The evil lustful spirit proudly put her waist on her waist, and said to Meilin with a gloomy face:
"You don't need to feel embarrassed at all. Only stupid people will look at lust superficially. You must know that my existence is universally present in the deepest desires of every living being."
"I am the embodiment of lust, but it also represents reproduction... This is a great and sacred duty."
"Shut up."
Meilin interrupted the chattering boast of the thin bamboo pole in front of him. He threw the seed of power to it, and he said:
"Confirm quickly!"
"Okay, OK, you wait."
The evil lust picks up the seed of Merlin's power and places it beside its nostrils.
"Ah, what a pure breath of desire..."
"Pursuing satisfaction in the ocean of lust..."
"The collision of the flesh...the entanglement, the desire for each other..."
It says:
"You really know how to play... sir."
"You're really...dream!"
The evil lustful spirit sniffed the seed seriously, as if it had smelled the best thing in the world.
But just when it was hysterical, it seemed to smell the most terrible stench.
It retching for a moment and throwing the seed to Merlin, as if it was throwing away a hot potato.
It looked at Merlin with fear in its eyes, it said:
"No, it's not right!"
"You indulge your desires, but do not value physical satisfaction, nor do you ignore spiritual communication and communication. Compared to pure lust, you care more about spiritual satisfaction."
"Everyone, all the women around you, you have never ignored their feelings. You do not regard them as your forbidden body, nor are you..."
"Even the most embodied His Excellency Elizabeth is because you and her have a real emotional foundation."
“You see them as partners, and each of them has their own place in your heart.”
Lust stared at Merlin incredibly, it said:
"You are not a lustful person, not a scumbag, even though you look a lot like... but you are not."
"You have never conquered any woman because of simple desire, and every one is true love... Oh my God, it's incredible."
"The one you are looking for is not me!"
The words of the evil lustful spirits made Meilin dull.
Xuanlan behind Meilin also put away her laughter and looked at Meilin's back.
She felt that lust’s evaluation of Merlin was very real.
Merlin is that kind of man.
If he were a lustful person, there would never be so many excellent ladies who rushed towards him like moths to the flames.
Although everyone will call Merlin a scumbag...
But he is not.
But in this way, the problem arose again.
"What is my real name?"
Merlin looked at the seven evil spirits in front of him, which symbolized the seven sins of human instinct.
No one can escape these sins, but now Merlin is told that he may be contaminated with sins, but there is no sin that can be described as him.
"How is this possible?"
He looked at the seed of power in his hand.
The Three Palace Demons will never give power that does not belong to them to their "sons".
Although the differentiated power seeds show strange manifestations, tracing the origin is definitely one of the three palaces of demonic power.
"Is there an eighth sin?"
Meilin looked back at Xuanlan, the latter blinked, and she said to Meilin:
“It does.”
"Um?"
Meilin looked at Xuanlan, he was waiting for an explanation.
"The current concept of the seven deadly sin was first proposed by the Catholic pope in the sixth century AD."
Xuanlan explained softly:
"That was to make the doctrine clearer. The seven deadly sins he summarized were incisive. From its source, it could indeed include all the sins in human history. After the doctrine was differentiated, the seven deadly sins at the symbolic level were also summed up."
"But Merlin...they can summarize all humanity, but they cannot explain your life."
"You are special, you are special than everyone."
Xuanlan said:
"Maybe you can only find your real name yourself, think about it, think about your past and your life."
"Maybe the answer is always in your heart."
Merlin blinked.
He looked down at the seeds of power in his hand.
What kind of person is he?
Merlin's memory jumped back to the decisive battle at this moment, in St. Matthew's Church, his conversation with Father Paul in pursuit of peace of mind.
That was almost unreserved conversation.
“Not everyone is lucky enough to see their origins…”
Merlin whispered what he said to Father Paul that day, right in the hall of the mysterious house.
Xuanlan and the seven evil spirits were listening quietly.
"A world is shaped just because I need to live, be born, grow...this world exists because of me."
Merlin said:
"My birth was burdened with heavy fate and death disasters that ordinary people could imagine, and my life was also atonement for it."
"I want to keep going and do more to ease my guilt...continue to deceive myself."
Merlin's voice echoed in the hall.
His memories from his birth to the present are rolling in his mind, and he is analyzing himself.
What kind of person is he?
Modesty, tolerance, patience, diligence, generosity, moderation...incredible chastity.
He seems to be the perfect person.
But are there perfect people in this world?
Does not exist...
Everything has flaws, so where are your flaws?
"My first half of my life was just pursuing a beautiful thing that did not exist. I called it 'order' and regarded it as my mission in my life, but that was false."
"What I'm chasing is not the order itself."
Meilin turned around and said to Xuanlan:
"What I pursue is my self-salvation..."
"It has nothing to do with what I declared to be doing, I have deceived everyone, I have even deceived myself..."
"I'm not the kind of person I claim, Lan."
"I'm perfect, that's because I'm used to it, and deep down, maybe I'm just a hypocrite."
"Bang"
The seeds of power in Merlin's hand made a slight sound, just like an egg is about to be nurtured.
Orange, warm, sun-like light burst out from the cracks, illuminating Merlin's face.
He sighed.
"Those people have already told me the answer, the light that surged out of the golden apple that day..."
He raised the cracked seed like holding a sun, he said:
"Look, the real me."
"one..."
"Vanity."
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Chapter completed!