Although Aiwass has become the "Pope of Humanity" for four months, Yassen still doesn't know what the Pope looks like.
Although the news of Aiwass becoming the Pope was due to the arrest and investigation of Alice de Harcourt in the past, the photos could not be transmitted to Iris immediately... but the previous scene when Aiwass resisted the Fallen Lord,
But it was briefly broadcast live to the iris. Although only the part of the city close to Star Antimony saw all this, it was enough for people to take photos and distribute them everywhere.
He had only heard people mention that the appearance of His Majesty the Pope and the Fallen Heaven Secretary were almost exactly the same - this was actually the focus of people's attention. After all, this point was too easy to attract people's imagination.
Yassen didn't come specifically to see him, it was entirely because of his personal reasons - he was not interested in such high-ranking figures. He neither admired nor hated them. That had nothing to do with his life, career, and ideals.
Man. He doesn't like to join in the fun.
At least before actually meeting Aiwass, Yassen couldn't imagine how this truly big man could be so gentle, rational and down-to-earth... This was absolutely unimaginable in Iris.
——Precisely because he is now the Duke's son-in-law, he knows how the big shots will treat those civilians who have no status.
After seeing Aiwass's face clearly, Yassen's eyes suddenly opened wide.
The pupils are trembling!
Although there are some differences in appearance and there are strange huge antlers on the head, there is no doubt that the long platinum hair is the most distinctive feature of the Vendôme family!
They are extremely proud of their platinum hair that is "as bright as gold" and "as bright as the sun".
It is said that this is proof that their ancestors have divine blood flowing through them.
Hair color and eye color that are obviously different from ordinary people in terms of color and are too bright are basically proof of divine blood. The same was true for the royal family of the former Herasl Empire.
As for Aiwass's appearance, it is even more shocking——
Yassen has seen the portraits of each generation of heads of the Vendôme family. Unlike the nobles of other families, their appearance is quite stable. They are 70% to 80% similar to each other. They are all portraits in their twenties. Put them together.
Like brothers and sisters.
——And Aiwass’s appearance is almost exactly the same as that of a certain generation of Vendôme family ancestors whose names were erased!
It is said that that ancestor was a sinner of the Vendôme family. Because of his existence, the Vendôme family was burdened with hundreds of thousands of blood debts... Since then, the surname has been changed. Before that, the Vendôme family did not have a surname.
Vendôme.
But at the same time, this ancestor is also the pride of the Vendôme family.
——It is said that he once challenged the gods.
It is also said that the gods he challenged were closely related to the demise of the Herasl Empire.
His identity has become an unspeakable secret. Even if Yassen's surname has changed to Vendôme, he is still not qualified to seek details. Only generations of family heads can know this matter...
And what Shylock said to the Duke is said to be related to this.
At that time, Yassen couldn't understand why Shylock could reveal secrets that could shock the Duke just after he came to the Vendôme family. Now he finally understood...it was because Shylock saw the portrait of the Vendôme family.
Especially the only anonymous portrait!
Sherlock immediately realized that this matter was related to Aiwass. He thus obtained information that Yassen did not know...the information gap between them appeared from that time.
"...Why," Aiwass was a little surprised, "haven't you seen me? I think I'm quite famous."
"Well...how should I put it..."
Yassen's expression was a little troubled.
He didn't know what to say.
According to Yassen's character, he has always been dismissive of the intelligence of those "big people" - after all, most Iris people are like this. They are keen to deconstruct those big people and use all kinds of tidbits and political jokes to tell them.
Make it less mysterious and great, so that you can become great in disguise.
How many people praise the greatness and pioneering nature of the human pope, and how many people say the opposite.
Especially because the authority of the "Pope" comes from the Elf Theocracy, which Iris does not dare to offend, this is even more excuse - the glory of the Pope is not the "glory of mankind" at all, but the worship of the elves. So those
Some of the Iris people who hate elves also hate Aiwass.
Yes, the hatred of elves -
This is related to the nobles of iris.
The nobles of Iris have always regarded themselves as the orthodox inheritance of the Herasl Empire, so they admire the elven culture. All nobles must learn the Elvish language, and the priority of this matter is even more important than learning the Iris language.
After people rebelled against the rule of the aristocracy, they decided to overthrow everything the aristocrats admired - the aristocrats liked traditional and solemn buildings, so they had to make them lively and light; the aristocrats admired elf-style crafts, so people
Oppose these handicrafts; nobles like traditional operas, so they must encourage new operas; nobles like elegant and slow-paced dances, so they must encourage dances that are uninhibited, novel and too avant-garde; nobles like to mop the floor
Long skirts, short skirts are now popular...
Elf culture is also one of them.
But they did not dare to destroy the buildings that truly belonged to the elves. Therefore, they just stayed away and denounced the craftsmen who "worshiped the elven culture and therefore built the buildings in an elven style."
After all, the resistance of the Iris people is never because of their thoughts or opinions, but just because "the trend is like this" and because "everyone is like this". They do not understand the true meaning of resistance, because
They have never launched resistance at the "really necessary moment" - premature and overly successful resistance has made them accustomed to the logic that they can get benefits by making trouble, so they gradually regard it as a
An entertainment and an art.
And as a pure-blooded Iris man, Yassen is actually not exempt from vulgarity.
"...So, you mean that the Iris people are boycotting me as a high-ranking big shot?"
Aiwass was very surprised and couldn't help laughing: "No wonder there are so many operas and plays about me... Sherlock mentioned this in the letter he sent me before. He said that people are
He admired me very much and performed a lot of operas for me.
"I was actually wondering about one thing at the time - if they respect me enough, shouldn't they not dare to touch this kind of topic? After all, the adaptation is not a random fabrication, not to mention that the plot also involves a pink aria... Where did this come from?
courage."
Now Aiwass finally knows.
This is actually the cowardly and forbearing cultural resistance of the Iris people - jokes similar to "Soviet jokes" and "French jokes", the purpose of which is to gradually deconstruct the authority of the Pope in this way.
The words in Shylock's letter are actually a bit of a yin and yang!
Aiwass had to sigh, Sherlock came to visit Iris, and the level of yin and yang was really getting higher and higher...
"Aren't you angry?"
Yassen was surprised to see Aiwass laughing happily. According to his understanding of the big shots, even if he is well-educated and does not express his disgust at this time... he will still feel obviously unhappy and silent. Who is not a clown, who would be happy to arrange for himself?
But Aiwass disagreed: "If they have mouths on them, can I catch them and prevent them from talking?"
"...It's really possible."
Yasen hesitated to speak, but still whispered.
Unlike Avalon, which has a censorship system for speech and works, Iris has always adopted a more direct and thorough approach - whoever dares to gossip will be skinned, drained of blood and hung outside. It won't take a few days.
It became quiet.
Since speech cannot be eliminated, the carrier of speech must be eliminated directly.
By this time, the Iris Man had become silent.
Hearing this, the smile on Aiwass's face gradually faded.
He prepared a prayer ceremony directed at Ms. Morgan, and sighed helplessly: "Probably it is for this reason that the Iris man with such a 'rebellious spirit' did not win the favor of Ni Tiansi.
"Their behavior has fallen into the realm of the path of beauty. Treating resistance as a performance art will get nothing in the end. It is just a waste of life..."
The fusion of beauty and transcendence is also the way of nothingness.
But just as Aiwass was preparing for the prayer ceremony, Yassen suddenly opened his eyes.
"careful!"
He shouted loudly and suddenly stretched out his right hand towards Aiwass——
——The king's car castles!
I saw him and Aiwas exchange places instantly.
Immediately afterwards, Yasen's body was silently cut in half by huge pliers!
The pliers made no sound at all, and there was nothing behind them, not even a shadow. If Yassen hadn't just happened to look at Aiwass, and at that moment the electric light lit up in the sky, he would not have noticed it at all.
Something is attacking Aiwass!
However, Yassen was not dead - his coat was neatly cut into two pieces, and he rolled out of the shadows wearing a shirt, grabbed Aiwass and fled outside.
——clothes stand-in!
This is also one of Yassen's "Phantom Thief Tricks".
No matter what kind of damage he suffers, as long as he has time to use this move, he can use "a piece of clothing" as a substitute to escape safely. The strength of this ability is that he only "moved himself" and did not interact with the opponent's ability.
Interactive, so it can ignore the energy level suppression of most extraordinary skills.
As long as you can react, the few clothes you have on you are equal to the extra lives you have!
When he was still a very young Phantom Thief, he relied on this trick to escape!
"——Don't run."
Aiwass said calmly: "It's useless - close your eyes."
With that said, Aiwass broke free from Yassen's hand and raised his other hand high.
The next moment, an extremely brilliant light lit up from his hands!
Yassen did not react to Aiwass's words - or in other words, he did not develop the habit of following Aiwass's orders unconditionally.
Therefore, in an instant, Yasen was so bright that his head was buzzing. He felt strong dizziness accompanied by tinnitus, which made him even stagger a little. The strong feeling of vomiting made him lose strength and fell to the ground. This pair of perceptions
For the extremely outstanding Yasen, it is as harmful as the highly irritating gas to a dog with a sensitive sense of smell.
But fortunately, the unknown enemy also screamed - it was probably a scream, because it made a "squeaking" sound like a cigarette butt roasting a cockroach, and then disappeared.
"Don't run away."
Aiwass said slowly: "There's no point in running away.
"Those are seventh-level shadow-hunting beasts. They live by devouring the shadows of other phantoms. Once their shadows are stripped away, they will become confused and lose their dreams. These things can appear in the blind spots of other people's vision at will...
Do you still dare to run? Where do you want to escape? Do you want to die?"
"...It, has it left?"
Yasen retched and asked in a hoarse voice: "Do you still need me... to close your eyes?"
"No need," Aiwass responded and comforted, "Don't be too afraid, I will come to the Kingdom of Shadows just because I am familiar with the phantoms here..."
Before he finished speaking, another thunder fell.
From the momentary look of fear in Yassen's eyes, Aiwass realized that the enemy was approaching.
This was also the reason why he wouldn't let Yasen close his eyes.
Because relying on yourself alone is not enough to identify whether there is a shadow hunting beast behind you.
"—Vignes!"
Aiwas shouted loudly.
Pours of blood rained down.
The shuddering dark purple aura of depravity leached out.
"...Isn't it called Alai?"
Miss Daredevil's unhappy voice came: "I thought you were going to take her with you all the time... and you didn't even have to call me."
The next moment, countless dark purple chains filled with corrupted runes spread out, tightly binding the three shadow hunting beasts behind Aiwass!
——This is the authority of the Fallen Heaven Division, [Sin-ridden]!
Although he was at the sixth level, Vignes easily restrained three seventh-level phantoms!