Aiwass felt as if his consciousness was gradually sinking into the warm sea.
A kind of hot spring-like water wave was pushing and shaking his body.
The feeling was similar to but different from the feeling during the full moon ceremony. The strange, enveloping warmth was clearer and more sleepy. And the depth of the "dive" of consciousness was not that deep - he just lost it slightly.
After losing consciousness for a while, I quickly woke up.
When Aiwass woke up, he looked around.
He immediately realized that the biggest difference between this ordinary dream and the dream world promotion ceremony——
This seems to be a junior high school, and theoretically it should be a girls' school.
The students were all wearing black school uniforms - they were similar to nuns' uniforms, but with more emphasis on beautiful black skirts. Aiwass looked at this school uniform, which looked like a modified version of nuns' uniforms, and felt that it was slightly like a black and white maid uniform.
.
Judging from their physical appearance, these students are basically only thirteen or fourteen years old.
The reason why it is said to be basic... is because some of them obviously look older, about 17 or 18 years old; there are a few who look like they are in their twenties, like college students, with the same physique.
A bit higher than others. This is probably because the owner of the dream has an impression of them in different age groups.
Yes, "them" - although the uniforms and campus look like they are all girls' schools, there are some inexplicably extra male students inside.
There are also some students whose faces are all blurred, as if many people's faces are blended together. It seems that the picture quality is not very clear, and even the appearance is gradually changing. If you don't look carefully,
It's like he has no face.
——Just like some people’s resolution is 4K, while some people’s resolution is less than 1080P.
As for the owner of the dream, Mia, her own clarity is quite low - almost the lowest among the crowd except for the Stitch Monster. In terms of age, she looks about twenty years old, which is completely different from the classmates here. Her face
It was as if a layer of mist had enveloped the place, and the facial features were undergoing subtle movements and changes all the time... The feeling was inexplicably eerie and terrifying.
The tables here are for two people.
And sitting next to her was the much younger Yassen.
This "Yasen" looks like he is only in his teens, early twenties at most, and looks younger than Mia. He is handsome and confident with a somewhat childlike face.
He was different from everyone else. He was not wearing a school uniform at all, but a tuxedo like a band conductor. It was as if he was going to attend a banquet next, with stars shining in his pupils.
This "young Yasen" looks completely different from the calm and elegant demeanor of Yasen outside.
He looked at Mia intently, with an obvious look of obsession on his face - if you put it politely, it can be called a "bad smile". He even put his hand under Mia's skirt. Mia
She blushed with embarrassment and patted his hand gently, but that was more of expectation than resistance.
The teacher on the stage was giving a rather hypnotic class, which seemed to be a literature class about some kind of modern literary theory. But the man who looked about thirty or forty years old, wearing highly reflective round-framed glasses, looked quite a bit...
The nun teacher, who had a nerdy temperament, seemed to be blind and did not see their little moves at all.
And only about half of the students in the classroom were listening to the class.
Some of the others were whispering to their deskmates, while others were sleeping peacefully. A girl with a very high definition took out a notebook and was concentrating on drawing. There was also a pair of pictures with equally high definition, which looked like a couple.
The girl with a beautiful atmosphere was sitting by the window, and the golden sunshine outside was shining on them. The girl with short hair put her hands from the cuffs of the girl next to her into her arms, while the girl with long hair lay directly on the girl with short hair.
In arms.
Obviously, these students with high clarity are friends or classmates whom Mia is familiar with and who have impressed her deeply.
——As for the teacher on the stage, she still hasn’t seen all this and is still standing still reading from the textbook.
"...I really miss it."
Aiwass suddenly heard his deskmate say: "I never thought that one day I would be able to see what I looked like when I was young."
He turned around and looked at Yasen, who looked to be in his forties but was wearing a junior high school uniform.
Avas was a little nervous at the moment - when Yassen was wearing that dress, he looked like an elegant and dangerous thug in a suit. But now that he was wearing a junior high school nun's dress... it just felt like
He seems to be a pervert.
……etc?
When he thought of this, he was suddenly startled.
He lowered his head and looked at himself.
——Haha, it turns out I’m wearing one too, so that’s okay.
"When you were young?"
Aiwass tried hard not to look at Yassen, who was in his forties and wearing a black dress. Instead, he turned to look at the pleasing young couple by the window, and asked casually: "Weren't you a sailor and an unloader when you were young?
?”
"It was already after that."
Yassen said with great nostalgia: "When I was a sailor, the ship I was on encountered a shipwreck and hit a huge sea monster.
"Including me, there were only three people alive on the entire ship. Before the captain died, he handed over his personal belongings to me... It was a tantra book called "The Tantra of Stealing the Sky".
"It was from that book that I embarked on the path to transcendence."
"...Are you the inheritor?"
Aiwass was a little surprised: "That's quite rare."
Although professionals can also read tantric books and acquire skills, and inheritors can also become professionals by learning extraordinary skills at low levels... But it is obvious that Yassen does not have a "mentor". "Yes, I am the inheritor."
Yassen said calmly.
“Dedication vs. Adaptation?”
Aiwass asked.
"No," Yassen objected, "I have no connection with the path of adaptation. The path I am on is dedication, balance and beauty."
"...The Tantra of the Three Paths?!"
Aiwass was surprised.
The inheritance of the three paths - this means extremely dangerous.
The dual path is basically the limit of human beings, because if even one more path is added, the result of the path deviation will become extremely serious.
This principle is very simple - just like "three points determine a circle". If two of the points are determined as two roads, it is actually equivalent to requiring that both points must be on this circle. Then this
The circle can be up or down, left or right, large or small. It is actually very flexible.
But if three paths are determined, it means there is absolutely no way out.
From then on, any wavering on one's path will lead to the collapse of the "circle", resulting in the loss of extraordinary power, and even loss of control and the transformation into a twisted phantom.
"Actually, it's not bad," Yassen was comforting Aiwass. "The sacred number of the path of devotion is three, the triangle is extremely stable, and these happen to be three paths; the path of balance and the path of beauty both emphasize
Mirror image and balance. These three paths are basically the path with the highest degree of compatibility and stability. Look at me until now, don’t I still balance the power of the paths?”
"...So that's when you became a Phantom Thief?"
Aiwass asked in a low voice: "Did you show your face? I remember that you had the ability to disguise yourself...you hadn't learned it at that time?"
"I know how to do it from the beginning."
Yasen shook his head and said calmly: "It's just that I think that since I think I am right, I shouldn't hide my identity. Just like if the reason for killing is to avenge a friend, I shouldn't hide the evidence or hide the crime. I
All the proceeds from the theft were given to the poor, so I am proud of this - and why should I hide my identity?"
This vicissitudes of life middle-aged man who wears a skirt calmly is undoubtedly a respectable pervert.
He said seriously: "Moreover, I think... when anyone embarks on the path of crime for any reason, no matter how he explains or quibbles, he cannot deny that what he embraces is the sin itself. I do the right thing, and I
There is no conflict between these two things when walking in a sinful way. Just revenge is also revenge, but it is also sinful killing. And I walk in the middle of the two, just like I balance the 'hourglass' and the 'twin mirror'.
"Based on this concept, any change or disguise I make to my face means 'I am running away from sin', which means my cowardice. It may even transfer the sin to innocent people. Therefore, I first
When I first started working as a phantom thief, I had already given up my original identity and life - I directly used my true appearance and name to commit theft.
"But even so, they can't catch me. I can disguise myself as other people to avoid being hunted - but I won't turn myself into other people to steal, or... I will
After the theft is complete, reveal my true form to place the blame on myself, not someone else I transformed."
As he said that, Yasen looked over there: "At that time, my true face was in many newspapers because I was interviewed. The Iris Police were extremely angry at this provocation and did not think that I would act like a promise.
Distributing money to ordinary people like others. It was at that time that the name "Phantom Thief" came out... She would become one of my lovers. She probably read that newspaper when she was a child.
"But... a thief is a thief after all. No matter how bright the reason is, it can't hide the fact that I am a thief. So I never think that I am the 'savior of the poor' or the 'just sanctioner'
.I am hurting others after all, even if the other person is not punishable - so even if one day I am arrested or killed, I still deserve it."
"...an amazing realization."
Aiwass turned back and stared at Yassen.
There was a little more appreciation in his tone: "I probably know why you became Sherlock's friend."
"I am truly honored to be praised so highly by His Majesty the Pope."
Yasen nodded gently and said: "However, Your Majesty - now that you have entered the dream world, why don't you take off your disguise?"
"Why do you think I became a Moonchild?"
Aiwass also stopped acting at all and spoke frankly.
"I think it's probably to give other people face. If you appear in Iris as the Pope, no matter what you do, you will appear to be overpowering... Even if no one dares to use this power at will, you may
Don’t you think your face looks good?”
Obviously... As a fellow devotee, Yassen can also understand Aiwass. Just like Aiwass can understand Yassen.
"That's part of the reason."
Aiwass nodded: "The other part of the reason is because my body is a mask given by the twin mirror. It does have the power of the Moon Son... This allows us to deal with more situations. After all, in
In the dream world, anything is possible...
"——Speaking of which, do you know how to enter the dream world?"
"...I know a little bit."
Yassen said hesitantly: "Ride on the 'unmanned ship with white sails' on the seaside in the dream... But Mia did not dream of the seaside. Another way is to jump off the cliff. But I'm not sure about this
Is that okay... After all, we enter in the physical body, and it would be bad if we accidentally fall to death or fall into the void. Is there anything you can do?"