Originally, the consultant was still confused and didn't know what happened.
But when he heard the ridicule, Aiwass calmed down instantly when he saw "Sherlock", and rubbed his face, making a sleepy expression, trying to make up for his previous gaffe.
Reason: "I was a little sleepy...When I just woke up, I thought I was dreaming..."
...The response is pretty quick.
Aiwass raised the corners of his mouth slightly, praising in his heart.
"It's just a pity," Aiwass said meaningfully, "This is not a dream, but reality."
——Unfortunately, this is a dream. And you are just a person in the dream, and you will disappear like a bubble when I wake up.
The consultant sarcastically said in his heart.
After calming down a little, he realized what he was going to do now.
Now the war is roaring outside, and even in the secluded White Queen District, exclamations and screams can be heard - you must know that this is the Glass Island, the royal capital of Avalon!
After such a big incident, Oswald, the housekeeper of Aiwass's family, did not show up to take him away. Even only himself and Aiwass appeared here, and everyone else disappeared without a trace... This can only mean that one thing
The only thing is that they have all left the Glass Island.
He lost his memory for a period of time, or there was something wrong with the ritual itself... these are all possible.
The consultant has also heard of special cases where promotion rituals were interfered with, or dreams were shaken by intruders, causing accidents to the promoted person. This is also the reason why drunken dreams must be taken during promotions - when the time in the dream lasts too long,
Or if the body of the person being promoted is obviously affected in reality, it may cause the dream of the promotion ceremony to become blurry.
But it doesn't matter what the reason is.
As a result, he lost his memory for a day or a few days.
Judging from the colossus outside, I'm afraid he lost more than just one day's memory - maybe the third day, maybe the fourth day. Surviving from the colossus... This is in line with the promotion ceremony set by the Lord of Scale Feathers.
Difficulty.
And so many people leaving at the same time at this time can only be to escort Isabel to the Theocracy!
The consultant's eyes moved slightly, and he analyzed quickly in his mind:
As a detective who can report to the Queen before the banquet begins, Detective Sherlock shows that he is very loyal to the royal family.
Now that he was rescued by Shafiya, he did not leave with the princess... This only shows that he has something to do when he stays here.
The same goes for Aiwass.
Although the consultant has now received top-secret information and knows that the actual relationship between Aiwass and Princess Isabel is superficially compatible and wary of each other. But even if they are so tit-for-tat, they obviously trust each other very much - otherwise Princess Isabel would never be able to go to Mo at this time.
Riati Manor.
Rather than saying they are enemies of each other, it is better to say they are both enemies and friends.
...Thinking about it this way, I felt a little envious of them. The consultant curled his lips.
In this case, Isabel would leave Aiwass and Sherlock here only to complete an important task that must be completed!
——Complete the National Protection Ceremony·Shadow of Avalon!
In that case, another problem comes...
The consultant looked at Aiwass and hesitated to speak.
He was carefully thinking about how much "Sherlock" knew about this matter now. If he had said something in advance that he should not have known, or if there was something that he had already said but now he didn't know,
It will inevitably arouse Bishop Moriarty's suspicion...
And Aiwass just looked at Sherlock's sudden silence and guessed what he was thinking.
So he very considerately passed the message to the consultant to allow the conversation to continue normally——
Aiwass said seriously with a serious expression: "Now it seems that we can't wait any longer. Even if the agreed time has not yet arrived, we must prepare for the 'Shadow of Avalon' ceremony in advance.
"If we wait until the Star Antimony army completely controls the Glass Island, it will be very difficult for us to take action again."
--I see.
I already know this key information. I am not taking action now because it is not time yet...
The consultant's heart lit up and he immediately grasped the progress of the current task.
There is only one problem now.
Is "Olive", the promoted person of the Transcendent Path, still alive now? If he is dead, how can they find a Transcendent Path in Avalon who can gain the trust of Bishop Moriarty and can be called a controllable Transcendent Path?
An extraordinary person?
Thinking like this, "Sherlock" just nodded: "I listen to you, Lord Bishop. What are you going to do now?"
At this moment, I seemed to hear movement coming from downstairs... and cautious footsteps came from upstairs.
——Is there anyone else here?
Aiwass and Sherlock raised their heads at the same time and looked upstairs.
I saw an old man with white hair, a majestic face, and a lion-like face standing there. When he saw Aiwass and Sherlock, he was suddenly stunned, and his frown became even more frowned.
.
That man was none other than John Osborne.
One of the two palace ritualists in Avalon and a colleague of Teacher Iben.
At the same time, he was also the only court ritualist of the Avalon royal family before Iben, a foreigner, was recruited by the queen. Unlike Iben, you can tell just by looking at his eyebrows, facial features, and fair skin that this old man was born and raised in the country.
Native of Avalon.
Without his existence...even Queen Sofia would not dare to recruit a foreigner who does not know the details to become a palace ritualist.
The name "Ibn" can be called "someone's son" in the ancient Parthian kingdom. This is obviously a middle preposition in a string of names. In addition to telling people that he is a Parthian, this name actually does not tell people that he is a Parthian.
There is no recognition. The name "Ibn" is actually equivalent to calling him a nickname like "Pathite".
According to Iben himself, it was actually because when he first came into contact with the Scaleless Hands, the name he gave in his self-introduction was too long, so they did not remember it and just remembered the "middle name Iben". Later this became
This became Iben's new name in Avalon. When he was recruited by Queen Sofia, he was recruited as "Iben the Scaleless Hand".
And Osborne, like Ibn, is a third-level transcendent - just a spell mage, but has not advanced to a great wizard.
As a curse mage, he appeared here at this moment, and showed such surprise and hesitation...
The person playing "John Osborne" at this moment is probably Mr. Iben, codenamed "Olive"!
...Strange, why didn't he use his own body?
Is it because Iben is no longer in Avalon in this timeline?
Aiwass thought in his mind, and planned to test it out, and hinted to him not to reveal his identity.
"Mr. Osborne, you are awake."
Aiwass nodded slightly to him and said politely: "I'm sorry, did I wake you up? But I had to wake you up. The Star Antimony people outside seem to have broken in. We must rush to Yinyu as soon as possible.
Temple of Tin, to complete the ritual of the Shadow of Avalon - Detective Hermes will assist us."
With that said, Aiwass introduced to Sherlock: "This is the most reliable ritual master in Avalon. I am relatively familiar with him. We had a somewhat master-disciple relationship... I just invited him last night."
Come back. The ceremony entrusted to us by Her Highness Isabel must be completed by him."
When "Osborne" heard this, he immediately understood the identities of Aiwass and Sherlock, as well as the cause and effect of the matter.
So the white-haired old man touched his beard, which was like a lion's mane, nodded slightly and said seriously: "I can't be called the number one. Compared to Mr. Ibn, I'm really far behind."
Hearing this, Aiwass almost laughed out loud.
He worked very hard to keep a straight face and look serious.
Osborne came down the stairs and stretched out his hand to Sherlock from a distance.
"Nice to meet you, Detective Hermes."
The old ritual master said meaningfully: "I hope we can cooperate happily in the future - at least I hope to cooperate with you."
He guessed who Sherlock was, and at the same time realized that the other party definitely didn't know Aiwass's true identity.
Otherwise, if they are all promoted, there is no need to speak so vaguely. The promoted only quietly talk to the promoted about matters other than the ceremony, and if it does not affect the rationality of the "NPCs" and the plot, they will not be affected.
Punitive.
"Me too."
After hearing this, the consultant also understood what the old ritual master meant.
——He is hinting to me that he is an olive!
Fortunately, "Olive" found it on his own!
The consultant immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the ritual masters from the Anxi Ancient Kingdom were more reliable.
If Olive was a demonologist or demon from Star Antimony, I'm afraid she would have started to act alone by now...
So the consultant also came forward, shook hands with the old ceremonial master with a smile, and said vaguely: "I have already been ready to cooperate with you...I can't even wait."
The implication is that my rejection of the path has not transcended the path.
"——Then add me one more."
At this moment, a slightly cold but calm voice came.
Aiwass looked in the direction of the sound and saw another person.
He suddenly couldn't hold himself any longer.
I saw that the man was wearing a black dress, his hair was neatly styled, his expression was solemn and solemn, and he was holding a heavy cane.
He walked down politely, his footsteps light and steady. He bowed slightly to Aiwass, and said softly: "I really trouble you to take care of my brother Sherlock, Mr. Bishop. And Mr. Ritualist... you guys
Let us protect the safety of you two."
His voice was very light and gentle, and he seemed very gentlemanly.
——But the problem is, this person's name should be "Mycroft Hermes".
Hearing the fat man's slow but polite words, Aiwass felt goosebumps all over his body.
...Help, help.
How could that guy Mycroft be so disgusting if he spoke normally...
——I really want to expose Miss "Grape" directly!
Aiwass only hated that he was a promoted person and did not expose the abilities of other promoted people at all.
As uncomfortable as he was, there was "Olive" beside him.
Eben also knew Mycroft and knew what the fat man's usual style was - in general, it was very close to Ms. Meg's casual attitude, and he always had three main points in his behavior:
"It's none of my business", "It's none of your business", "I'll leave if it doesn't matter".
And now this "Mycroft" looks like a noble lady, as polite, gentle and obedient... Even the usually messy greasy hair has been combed neatly. It seems that she has obsessive-compulsive disorder or
He is a mysophobia person who manages to keep himself clean and tidy in a very limited time.
Aiwass even wondered whether Putao had used magic to wash Mycroft's hair or something...
"Olive" guessed that Aiwass was maintaining a disguise, so he couldn't even hint to "Mycroft" that there was something wrong with his performance - if Aiwass saw through all this, then without revealing it he would become
It became suspicious. So the two of them, who knew Mycroft, had to pretend that Miss Grape's performance was flawless.
Thinking of this, Avas suddenly felt happy.
Thank God, Sherlock did not follow them into this ceremony.
But thinking of this, he suddenly felt a little regretful.
Because Aiwass really wanted to see Sherlock see this scene.
Fortunately, "Sherlock" himself didn't realize at all that there were any abnormalities in his "brother" who only existed in the setting.
He just frowned and looked at the other person, and soon seemed to recognize the other person's identity from some details.
"Brother, come with me."
"Sherlock" said something coldly to "Mycroft" and took him away. Before leaving, he said to Aiwass very politely: "Your Majesty, please wait for us a moment.
"
After the two of them left, Aiwass and Iben looked at each other and sighed in unison.
"What do you want to do?"
Iben lowered his voice and asked Aiwass: "You mean the Shadow of Avalon ritual? Didn't you say there was something wrong with that ritual?"
Aiwass shook his head slightly: "We'll talk after we go out. Let me first tell you what this ritual requires and how to carry it out."
So Aiwass relayed the information he got from Isabel to Old Iben.
The consultant and Grape returned soon.
And Aiwass also returned to his normal voice: "Is the Queen's blood at your place?"
"Well, I brought it down. Now take it with you."
"Then it's up to you...I will pray and heal you."
Looking at the consultant and Grape who came back, Aiwass nodded slightly and said seriously: "I will pray for you all now, and then we will set off. I have a bad feeling, we'd better not delay too long
.”
"Who are you going to pray to?"
At this moment, the consultant suddenly asked.
"Of course it's Si Zhu." Aiwass replied.
"Sherlock" touched his chin and said seriously: "It's very dangerous outside now. It may be difficult for us to just approach the Palace of Silver and Tin. In this case, we may need the protection of the way of adaptation.
…
"If possible, please ask the Bishop to pray to the Lord of Scales and Feathers."
For some reason, after contacting Putao, the consultant suddenly began to doubt Aiwass's identity.
The promotion ceremony itself is the sole responsibility of the Lord of Scales and Feathers - which means that he is most likely watching them now. If it is an ordinary priest, he would not dare to pray to him at this time. It is probably like the candidate who suddenly appeared.
During the exam, asking the invigilator for his contact information out loud is just as bold as chatting as if no one is watching.
Although this is not dangerous, it is at least disrespectful - priests usually have awe of the Ennead God. Only those who have been promoted will know that the Lord of Scale Feather is watching them.
It was clear that the consultant's suspicions were not deep.
But his temptation didn't mean much to Aiwass, because Aiwass had already prayed to the Lord of Scales and Feathers.
"no problem."
Aiwass nodded and said, "You are right... At this time, you really should pray to the Lord of Scales and Feathers."
His idea is simple.
Regardless of whether there were any accidents during this promotion ceremony...but in the promotion ceremony constructed by the Lord of Scale Feather himself, even if there were any accidents, it was definitely within His expectation.
The path of adaptation controlled by the Lord of Scale Feathers has two professional inheritances, the prophet and the astrologer, who can predict the future. The Lord of Scale Feathers himself has the ability to peek into the future. And if he can see the future, then
It shows that the situation they are encountering now is part of the promotion ceremony.
It's even possible that their mission was determined based on the "modified promotion ceremony"!
Whether it is "The Heart is the Sanctuary" or rescuing Sherlock, they are closely related to their current actions.
It was precisely because Aiwass rescued Shylock in time and killed Minister Drost that they gathered together at this time; Isabel also completed her task, fabricated a wrong "history" and
Only by convincing everyone could she come here to see Aiwass.
Therefore, she had the opportunity to let "Sherlock" know about the Shadow of Avalon ritual, so that the consultant could stay here.
From this point of view, no matter what they think or do, they are all expected by the Lord of Scales and Feathers. He did not design "enemies that will chase them everywhere", but he guessed the promotion from the very beginning.
They followed every move of the soldiers, thus placing enemies in advance on their inevitable path.
Then even Aiwass's prayer at this moment should be within his expectation——
Aiwass asked Iben for a pinch of emerald dust.
He held the gem dust in his left hand, and touched his forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, throat, and heart with his right hand. Then Aiwass put his right hand on the back of his left fist and chanted loudly: "
I pay my respects to the Lord of Scales and Feathers——"
As he spoke, he turned his hands over and spread them out.
The powder turned into green smoke and surrounded everyone.
Aiwass's voice gradually became lower: "The god with the number six, the god with scales and feathers, the god with thousands of clothes and myriad appearances...the phantom Kunpeng!
"Please give us the ability to hide our bodies so that we can go to our destination without being discovered!"
The four of them immediately hid their figures.
It is not completely invisible. If it moves in a place with sufficient light, you can still see some distortion and blur with the naked eye. But if it is at night when there is not enough light, this is enough.
Aiwass's voice was also distorted by the blessings obtained through prayer, becoming muddy and distorted: "Group invisibility can last for three hours. Let's go pack the things you need first. Meet at the door in five minutes.
"Now the outside may have been blocked by the Star Antimony Army. We have to pass through the blocked area, first go to the Palace of Silver and Tin to get things, and then go to St. Guinevere's Chapel."
In order to complete the Shadow of Avalon ritual, the elven dagger separated from the holy sword "Alondette" hanging in the queen's chamber is indispensable.
But Aiwass didn't see it when he went there before, so it must have been hidden somewhere else.
But thinking of this, Aiwass had a new doubt in his mind——
He remembered that the other Arondette seemed to have been stolen by Vivian and hidden in Haina. Later, it disappeared inexplicably...it might have been taken away by someone, or it might have been melted into Haina.
Na's body. Anyway, now it is not in the formation base of the Shadow of Avalon ritual at all, which directly led to the mistake of the ritual and pulled Shadow Tiansi down.
...then here comes the problem.
Now that he is holding the Shadow of Avalon ceremony at this point in time, what will he bring down?
Where is the other Arondette now?
In this world line, Aiwass has no desire to transcend, so will there be Haina?
...If there is Haina, don’t just pull Haina’s soul over, right?
And if in this world line where Aiwass has no desire to transcend, there is no Haina at all...
"That's a big problem." Aiwass murmured in a low voice.