In the morning, the genius has just begun to shine slightly.
Yanis went to Circle 21 with some anxiety.
The higher up the Theocracy goes, the smaller the ground becomes and the fewer people flow there. The twenty-first circle is like a huge palace... and this is the nurturing place for the candidate saints.
After verifying her identity, showing her token, and registering the fluctuations of her blood and soul, Yanis put on a specially made gemstone brooch that could record the entire process, and followed the prescribed route to the appointment under the guidance of two papal guards.
Good location.
Every candidate saint will undergo various closed studies from here until they acquire the ability to communicate with the Nine Pillars and develop all abilities to perfection, or if any of the data does not meet the standards and is eliminated.
Only when they are eliminated will they be released.
"...Because of my cowardice."
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She was already very sorry to Gray, and now she had to tell Gray about this.
She stood three or four meters away from the saint, but for a moment she didn't dare to step forward.
The training of a saint is extremely strict. Failure in any assessment is not allowed.
"Then I forgive you, Yannis."
"As a saint, I still have this power."
She slowly opened her eyes.
Yanis didn't understand why at first, but after maintaining this posture for a while, she suddenly seemed to realize something - her pupils suddenly dilated.
She must have become deeply disgusted with the inheritance system of candidate saints during her years of hard training.
Her left eye was a beautiful sky blue, while her right eye was as gorgeous and dark as the starry sky in the universe.
The saint was about to say something, but after looking at it, Yanis finally gave up.
"……What?"
Chunbai was silent for a while, and finally shook his head: "Don't worry too much, it's just a theory.
Yannis suddenly fell silent, speechless.
As she said that, she took out a blue gemstone ring and said, "They are inside."
Yanis knelt down in front of Gray without hesitation.
In this situation, the saints must remember and judge the current time at all times through a very regular life, their own state, and even their heartbeat and breathing rhythm. If the biological clock is disrupted because of this, they will be eliminated.
The saint nodded: "If I eat them, it may be possible to cure coagulation syndrome. But after taking them twice, I feel that the amount is not enough.
Mercedes lived here for a long time because he refused to admit defeat. Although he did not have Ningpa, he also joined the Controlled Fire.
I saw the pure white saint wearing her wedding dress-like white robe, kneeling peacefully in front of nine statues.
"All the cardinals know about this. In this case, it is unlikely that I will be attacked... because that will cover up the fact that I spontaneously freeze, and the impact on the attacker will be worse."
The corners of Pure White's mouth raised slightly: "The side of the Eighteenth Circle has been able to confirm that Bram's giant power comes from Cardinal Loki. The evidence has been fixed. Regardless of whether I can succeed the Pope in the end, he will definitely die.
"
"There's no point in apologizing, Yanis. I want to hear your explanation."
Gray stretched out his hands and caressed Yannis's cheeks. He lifted Yannis's face and asked her to look into his eyes.
"You are my infinite corridor."
The most cruel thing here is that even if you meet all the standards, even if you don't make any mistakes, even if you are the best in all assessments...if you wait until you are overage, you will be eliminated on schedule.
Hearing this, Yanis was stunned: "Cardinal Loki is the wildfire giant?"
After hearing this, Gray just remained silent for a long time.
"Stop being so sentimental. It's not like I can't live without you, Yanis."
Her voice was cold and calm. There was no anger or anxiety.
The saint replied calmly.
The two papal guards stopped far away from the door and allowed Yanis to walk over.
"You only walked like this for an hour, but I walked for a hundred and ninety-five years."
"Oh, right."
This time, Yanis finally gave her answer: "I couldn't face the first mistake... so I made more mistakes."
Chunbai closed her eyes again and tied the satin layer by layer. Yanis immediately stood up and walked behind her to help her tie the straps.
The pure white saint said, untying the white cloth tied above her eyes: "Because I can no longer succeed as pope. Once exposed, the impact on the church will be too bad.
Hearing Freya, Yanis thought of another thing: "Aiwass's dates - do you still have them?"
"I don't know how long they can be preserved, and I don't know if they can continue to be born. In this case, it is better to save them for future generations... It may be useful to the elves in the future. So I prayed for the Amber
I have used my strength to preserve them. There is no problem in preserving them for at least a few hundred years."
But Saint Chunbai just didn't look back and said calmly: "This is how I wait for you every day, Yanis.
"Every day in an infinite loop, I don't know if things will change tomorrow. But I can only go on... I can't be anxious, regret it, or give up.
Although there is no detailed study, the color of Ningpa is basically related to the road.
"——Anything like that is good!"
The Controlled Fire is a faction that opposes the Inheritors, and the only Inheritor Mercedes has ever come into contact with is the Eternal Saint.
This in itself is one of the penances that gradually eliminates the anxiety of the candidate saints, but it makes Yanis unable to help but become anxious.
And black is the color of the path of love.
At that moment, Yanis felt that something heavy in her heart suddenly disappeared.
Her eyelids were partially damaged, and her right eye could no longer be completely closed or opened. It looked like a glass bead-like prosthetic eye.
Because if Gloria was still studying in the 21st Circle, it would be impossible for Yannis to see her. The atmosphere here would probably make Gloria freeze a long time ago. Fortunately, she found her
She went down there to recuperate... Only then would she be able to live for such a long time.
After she was promoted to the fifth level, became a famous and powerful person in the world, and was respected as a master by people, she had never been so vulnerable.
"Gray, why are you..."
Yanis couldn't help but feel the emotions swirling in her heart - guilt, remorse, anxiety, and fear mixed together. The extremely complex emotions made her feel tormented, and she wanted to take her heart out of her chest and carve acrostics with a paintbrush.
She stretched out her hand and casually crushed the gem brooch on Yanis's chest: "These conversations may cause trouble for you and Master Freya. Then don't hand it over... If asked, you will
They said we were fighting and I broke it for you."
——If this will lead to Freya being held accountable, then she will take responsibility-send her to a safe place at all costs. Yanis has made up her mind.
This is all planned.
But she couldn't wait to breathe a sigh of relief that she had passed the test. Instead, she looked directly at Gray, fear flowing in her eyes: "Could it be..."
The surrounding pure white corridors have almost no decoration... no sculptures, no paintings, only identical, protruding flame reliefs and lighting.
In order to ensure that the thoughts are pure and will not be polluted by other thoughts, which will lead to the deviation of the path... the people who can be contacted by the candidate saints at different stages of study are restricted and investigated, and any visitor's
Conversations are strictly monitored. Spreading abnormal ideas to candidate saints is the highest level crime in the Church.
"It's a good thing you didn't continue taking it..."
"……sorry."
"——I'm not afraid of that kind of thing."
The red wooden floor is like dried blood. The ceiling is dark red, and the room is filled with white candles of different heights - thousands of candles are burning quietly, and the room is filled with a faint, sacred scent.
fragrant.
"……no problem?"
"...You are already in amber."
Yanis was a little scared, and then explained Freya's theory.
Yanis' face turned ugly: "Is it because of... me?"
Those who are not eliminated will be considered as alternates. As long as the current saint has an accident, the best ones will be replaced immediately.
The corners of Gray's mouth raised slightly.
"Yes. I only took it twice, and I didn't take it again after that."
She turned around and said calmly: "Kneel down."
With this high elimination rate, any qualified girls will be recruited here after reaching the age - the saints recruited may be eliminated at any time.
"Under investigation, the results are relatively optimistic."
In the extremely quiet environment, even the footsteps of the two people echoed in the pure white corridor, sounding like thousands of troops.
It seems as if all emotions have been worn away by endless cycles, leaving only obsession.
She ignored the anxious Yannis and just said softly: "Then why don't you come back?"
Pure white candles, pure white flames, endless loops. It seems endless, as if we are going to the end of the world - and the slightly upward slope will bring a sense of exhaustion. The cloisters here have such a structure, and are
It's called the "Infinite Corridor".
The reason why there are only women is because the top inheritance of the "Eternal Saint" requires the inheritor to be a pure, indifferent and quiet young woman. Although the Saint "Pure White" is active outside, the candidate saints inside are at least
There were also twenty or thirty people.
Gray replied: "Yannis will not lie to me, she will definitely come back.
"However, since Master Freya is here... let's leave them to professionals."
Yanis was still very anxious at first, but as she smelled the incense, her mood gradually calmed down. Her hurried footsteps also slowed down a bit.
When she turned the corner and finally saw Gray, Yannis shouted and rushed towards her:
It looks like a huge chapel, but there are no seats for spectators.
As a temporary visitor, Yanis was naturally not allowed to talk to any candidate saint. Therefore, she would not meet anyone on the road she passed.
She clenched the gem brooch on her chest, and then made up her mind to speak. She told Gray the secret of the Wine of Eternal Life and the Tears of Time, and told her the secret of the theft of the Tears of Time.
Yannis originally wanted to ask this.
"So you care about me so much."
The 21st Circle has no road signs or any device to mark time.
"I was just thinking...that's all. A deserter like you won't understand."
Pure White replied.
She clasped her fingers together on her chest, and her eyes were covered by a ribbon. From a distance, she looked like a blooming lily.
She even thought that she had grown up and would no longer be afraid.
But now, Yanis discovered that it was just because she hadn't met the thing she cared about yet. It was just because she was strong enough and no longer lost the things she cherished so easily.
...Choose the place to meet here?
Gray's cold and calm voice echoed: "In the name of purity, I forgive your sins."
"Because I believe you."
There is no clock or watch, and the sun, moon and stars cannot be seen.
She was silent for a long time and then said softly: "I didn't know... you would always wait for me."
As Yanis walked in the solemn and quiet corridor of the church, what sounded in her ears was the uniform footsteps of the two papal guards. The footsteps echoed in the empty church - two people could be allowed.
In the hundreds of meters of corridor where more than a dozen people were walking side by side, now there were only three of them in it.
A thought suddenly came to Yanis' mind:
Perhaps it was the most correct thing for Gray to find Ms. Blue Rose as a mentor for Gloria.
"What about... what about Cardinal Loki?"
Finally, Gray got up from the ground.
The road never ends, and she feels anxious and uncomfortable in her heart.
"So I waited here...this is my practice.
She thought of Aiwass who was going to see Cardinal Loki alone, and became nervous: "Wait a minute, then you go with me first -
