When Aiwass, who was wearing a bishop's red robe, opened the door of St. Guinevere's Chapel and walked inside...he had a hallucination in a trance.
At this moment, I seem to overlap with Bishop Mathers, who brought Aiwass here to learn sacred skills.
Shaking his head slightly to dispel this strange feeling, Aiwass opened the door and let in the people outside.
Afterwards, Aiwass closed the door of the chapel, put on his miter and straightened it carefully. Then he turned on the light switch in the chapel.
In the chapel of St. Guinevere, the lights were brightly lit for an instant.
Behind the thirty-seven white statues on the left and right, which were stored in niches, light suddenly lit up.
"……Huh?"
Seeing this, Putao made a somewhat confused sound.
... Si Zhu himself is the pillar god who controls light. Why are electric lights used in Si Zhu Cathedral?
"Sherlock" immediately tugged on his brother's arm and glared hard at Putao, who was playing Mycroft.
"It's okay, Mr. Hermes."
Aiwass smiled and shook his head... but he didn't know which "Mr. Hermes" he was calling: "It's normal to be surprised... After all, during the candle ceremony, Sheng Ge
The Nivelle chapel is open and candles are lit."
I also helped her think of ways to go back and make amends. I'm so kind.
Aiwass was a little moved.
But what he said was not a lie.
"Although it may seem strange to have electric lights in such a quaint building, it is actually necessary."
Aiwass explained: "Because within the confines of the Candelabra Cathedral, the action of 'lighting a candle' has some kind of divinity, or at least has a special meaning, as does lighting a kerosene lamp. Therefore, in festivals, festivals and daily life
Outside of worship services, candles are not allowed to be lit in the entire cathedral, and electric lamps are required for daily lighting.
"Before the invention of electric light, lanterns were used here. The light source had to be brought in from the outside, or the candles inside were simply kept bright. In the past, the work of the deacons here included constantly changing the candles in the temple and taking care of them.
They will not be quenched."
He looked at "Mycroft" kindly and explained for him: "This is something that only priests usually know. It is normal for the Lord Chamberlain to not know."
As Aiwass spoke, all the statues in the chapel were activated.
Seeing them all looking towards the door, Aiwass lowered his head slightly, raised his hand and lightly touched the three candles on his head, lighting them one after another: "Seventy-three pioneers... I hope the candlelight will watch over your candles.
"
Although Queen Sofia has died, she has not yet been buried here. Therefore, there are still only seventy-three people who have received a state funeral.
Aiwass glanced at it and found that Sophia's shrine was ready, but there was still no icon inside.
...It seems that Queen Sophia, who has walked on the path of dusk, no longer thinks about her own afterlife as before.
After Aiwass said the secret command, the icons calmed down and turned around again.
This is a special system in St. Guinevere's Chapel. It ensures that even if someone obtains the key through stealing or robbing, and allows someone with the power of light and fire to open the door, if there is no immediate warning to the leaders,
Paying homage to the icon will also trigger the intruder guard mechanism here.
Aiwass led everyone to the innermost and the huge coffin placed in the center.
It is on high steps and looks like a throne.
And a pure white statue of a saint is lying on the coffin. She is sitting aside, supporting her chin with her arms, as if taking a nap here. Her appearance is pure, dignified and sacred, and her long silky hair is scattered.
.The arms and hair held down the coffin with intricate patterns, making it impossible to open it.
In a daze, Aiwass felt as if he saw Isabel.
She is somewhat similar to Isabel, but she doesn't have the elf aura about her. She looks like a woman around thirty years old, and could even be said to be Isabel's sister or mother.
"...Bring out the Queen's blood."
Aiwass took a deep breath and whispered.
This is the first time that he has gone so deep, and it is also the first time that he has seen Saint Guinevere and Lancelot I with his own eyes.
He stepped forward, took off his miter, and placed it on the coffin.
Aiwass stretched out his hand and touched the candle on the diadem, and the pure white flame seemed to be drawn over, burning quietly on his fingertips.
He used the flames like paint to write on the coffin.
"Why don't you let me become a god?"
Then, Aiwass reached out and lit a second candle and wrote again:
"Why don't you let me become a mortal?"
Finally, Aiwass lit the third candle, and then wrote the final secret message at the bottom:
"The fool will be forgotten three times and then return from the world."
After writing the three secret words, the pure white Guinevere statue opened its eyes.
She raised her head and stared at Aiwass with her beautiful pupils as dim as yellow grapes.
Then she held the ecclesiastical crown with the candles extinguished in her arms, reached out and opened the coffin halfway to the side, stood up and stepped aside.
Only the upper body of Lancelot I could be seen from the half-slit coffin. There were many withered petals scattered in his coffin, and each petal was stained with a drop of long-dried blood.
So Aiwass stepped aside and watched Olive step forward.
He first performed a complicated consecration ceremony, took out a lily from his arms, and then poured the Queen's blood on it. He inserted it into the heart of a lion, declaring that it was the Queen's heart.
This lion's heart is dried because it can be used as a common ritual material. There is naturally no blood in it... so the queen's blood is allowed to flow into it, and then drip through the heart again.
Normally, the Shadow of Avalon ritual requires the heart of a direct member of the royal family, but they can't get it. Therefore, they can only use the "replacement" method in the ritual to replace it with other things.
it.
The next moment, he plucked off a bloody lily and threw it into the coffin.
In an instant, the coffin began to boil——
The shadows stirred and boiled like living creatures, gurgling and overflowing outwards. The black smoke, as heavy as the smoke from dry ice, spread to the ground and wrapped around everyone's ankles, making them unable to move.
And Olive solemnly picked up the dagger of Alondette that had been retrieved by Aiwass, and pierced it into the heart of the lion.
Blood dripped, and the blooming lilies withered and withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"I pierced it like a queen's heart."
Olive held up the bleeding lily and stretched out her hands to slowly and forcefully squeeze out the little blood remaining in her heart.
He spoke slowly and clearly, ensuring that he did not say a word wrong: "Twenty-one founders of the country bowed their heads and wept, twenty-one Knights of the Round Table had their swords broken, and twenty-one Du Lac shed their blood.
"The fool has passed away, the scales of heaven are changing, and the warriors of the past have returned from hundreds of battles.
"You will no longer be a king, no longer a knight, no longer an apostle -
"——The time for revenge has come!"
As he spoke, he pulled out the bloody dagger from the lion's heart.
It penetrated deeply into the heart of Lancelot I in the coffin!
