Under Matilda's guidance, Aiwass once again passed through a green light curtain.
He felt the strange touch again, like running his fingers through soap bubbles.
Taking advantage of a cardinal beside him, Aiwass asked curiously: "Excuse me... what is this, Cardinal Matilda?"
"The Veil of Temperance?"
Matilda glanced at it and replied: "This is the blessing of the twin mirror... To put it simply, things that are too fast cannot pass through it. The faster the speed, the greater the force of the rebound."
"It's too fast to pass, but it's too slow to pass..."
Aiwass murmured.
…Then isn’t this actually equivalent to a speed bump?
"That's right. This way, everyone will not run into each other in the corridor. If someone invades, the attack will not be able to penetrate this light curtain."
Matilda said warmly: "If you can learn advanced magic, you can also set up your own screen of control."
Obviously, Cardinal Matilda knew what Aiwass was doing here.
She led Aiwass around and walked to a palace-like... or bathing-like building.
It is surrounded by vegetation and decoration, but there is a bathtub in the middle of the room, which is filled with golden liquid steaming with white smoke - it is shining with a gentle light at the moment. This is obviously the holy water that has been consecrated and is emitting light at the moment.
It smells of citrus and strong alcohol. And it is suspended with knotted vine buttons one after another... It looks like a pot of soup.
"This is holy water brewed from marigolds and orange blossoms picked at noon."
Cardinal Matilda showed a gentle smile, stretched out her hand and introduced to Aiwass: "Mixed with grain wine, ginseng, blackberry leaves, holly and grape vines that have been stored for more than thirty years. It is heated with burned pine bark and bishop grass.
boiled."
…Are you going to put me in there and cook it?
Aiwass looked at the female elf with long blue hair and hesitated for a moment.
This pool is obviously still boiling!
And under Aiwas's gaze, Matilda reached out and operated. The pool stopped boiling.
She ordered to Aiwass: "Take off your clothes, including all your underwear. You go in and soak first, and I will help you get other things. The temperature should be suitable, and there is no need to worry about contamination... This
Only one person can use the pool.
"You can leave your clothes here temporarily. I'll bring them to you when you leave."
With that said, she pointed to the wooden basin next to her and left thoughtfully.
Aiwass breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Matilda's age is estimated to be several times older than his own age with a zero after it... But if she was watching from the side, Aiwass would be too embarrassed to take off his clothes.
Because he didn't know when Matilda would come back, he quickly took off his clothes and got into the hot spring.
The strong orange blossom aroma accompanied by the smell of wine made Aiwass moan in comfort.
The water temperature in this pool is over 80 degrees, which is equivalent to freshly brewed hot tea. It can instantly burn the skin of ordinary people.
But to Aiwass, it was like ordinary warm water. He didn't even have to adapt to the temperature before he could dive directly into it - which surprised Aiwass himself.
He observed that even his own skin was not red. He closed his eyes for a while and felt that his spirit was relaxed, but Matilda had not come back yet. So he opened his eyes out of boredom and looked at her with interest.
Shrinking under the water, spitting bubbles like a child.
Since the transformation of the body after the completion of this advancement ceremony, Aiwass's excess body hair has been removed, and his skin has become whiter and more delicate than before. But in fact, it has become more resilient.
Nowadays, let alone ordinary people, even extraordinary people holding ordinary daggers or long swords would find it difficult to cut Aiwass's skin.
Although he has not been attacked yet, Aiwass is very confident - most of the current bullets cannot break through the defense of his skin. Even if he is burned by flames, Aiwass will not be burned... even if he is tied up
You can't be burned to death at the stake. You are more likely to die of suffocation than to be burned to death.
He is still unable to escape oxygen, so it is still very dangerous if he is sunk at sea.
However, with Aiwass's current physical fitness, he can probably swim directly back to the nearest land.
From this moment on, he truly transcended mortals - he would no longer be killed by mortals with weapons due to chance, coincidence and conspiracy.
No wonder, the extraordinary people from various countries basically only hold high positions after reaching the fourth energy level...
Now Aiwass fully understands why.
Aiwass soaked for a while.
When the water temperature dropped to forty or fifty degrees, Cardinal Matilda arrived belatedly.
She looked at Aiwass in the pool, with no reaction at all. She just stretched out her hand to test the water temperature, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "No problem, the water temperature is still enough..."
As she said that, she took out a box of strange things and said, "Drink it."
"……What's this?"
From a distance, Aiwass looks like a bowl of boiled beans in tomato sauce with a watery soup.
He immediately felt resistant.
It's not that I'm worried about poisoning, it's mainly that this doesn't look delicious...
"These are beans boiled in pomegranate juice."
Like a kindergarten teacher, Matilda explained to Aiwass gently and carefully: "We compare pomegranate juice to the blood of the candle, and the kidney beans can be regarded as the seeds of sin thorns. It is not fully cooked.
, so it is slightly toxic. But it doesn’t matter to you...quickly, drink it while it’s hot.”
Aiwass grimaced and drank it.
Uncooked kidney beans have a bitter taste, and boiled pomegranate juice is not very sweet, but extremely sour. Drinking them is like drinking medicine - an experience that Aiwass has not had for a long time.
Immediately afterwards, Matilda stuffed a dried date into Aiwass's mouth. Aiwass chewed it subconsciously, feeling the sweetness flowing down his throat, and his frown healed.
Some.
"Come out, Aiwass."
She pointed to the open space with the red carpet and motioned for Aiwass to come out of the pool.
Although he was a little shy, Aiwass still pretended to be nonchalant and came out of the swimming pool.
Without Matilda doing anything, the water on Aiwass's body was completely evaporated. His skin was emitting white smoke visible to the naked eye, exuding an intoxicating orange blossom smell.
Matilda quickly took out a plate of ointment and smeared it on Aiwass's body skillfully.
——How to put it this way, if Matilda looked older, Aiwass wouldn't be so shy. But she looked too young, which made Aiwass feel like she was being cared for as a child.
Fortunately, Matilda was still explaining to Aiwass at the same time: "This is a special consecrated oil made of cinnamon essential oil mixed with coconut oil. It will only be used during the 'Rite Ceremony'... symbolizing the sun and moon.
The joint protection of the two gods can also be extended to the joint protection of the nine pillar gods."
[The Ceremony of Ranking] refers to the promotion ceremony to the Holy Order of Bishop and above, which is why Cardinal Matilda is called a Priest.
Soon, she finished applying the ointment on Aiwass's body.
After that, she took out a set of bishop's clothes. They were scorching hot, as if they had just been roasted by fire. Every time Aiwass put on one piece, he felt a burning heat coming from the junction between the clothes and his skin - like
It looks like it has just been soaked in pepper water or smeared with chili oil.
Aiwass looked down and found that there was something wrong with the style of the clothes.
He had already worn the clothes of a bishop once during the previous promotion ceremony.
But now, the style of clothes he wears seems a little different...
"Wait, Cardinal Matilda."
Aiwas reminded: "Did you get the wrong clothes?"
Although this dress is generally red, it has many golden decorations.
The biggest difference from the bishop is that its vestment is gold instead of crimson.
—This is not the dress of a bishop, but of an archbishop.
That is, at the same level as Bishop Mathers, he can be in charge of the capital church of a certain country. This is the highest level that humans can reach under normal circumstances.
Although it is indeed the fourth level that can be promoted to archbishop, not all fourth levels are archbishops. The upgrade speed of holy orders is usually slower than the promotion of extraordinary abilities.
In other words, much slower.
Because being promoted to archbishop means becoming the spokesperson of the Church of Nine Pillars in this region. Therefore, various issues such as merit, character, qualifications, beliefs and influence must be comprehensively considered, and the meetings of the Immortals are too slow... so
As for some places, the bishops have long been qualified for promotion, but they are still waiting to be promoted.
It's not intentional or the back-and-forth of a round table meeting. It's just simple procrastination.
——There’s no rush anyway, let’s talk about it in a few years.
"That's right."
Cardinal Matilda took a deep look at Aiwass and replied: "His Majesty the Pope means that you will be directly promoted to archbishop."
As a student of the seminary, Aiwass can be regarded as an assistant priest.
From aide to priest, from priest to bishop, from bishop to archbishop... Aiwass can be regarded as being promoted three levels in a row.
Aiwass was not overjoyed.
Rather, it's quite the opposite.
——He only felt a chill.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster. This is completely inconsistent with the rules and traditions of the Theocracy!