Aiwass narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Cardinal Loki with his right hand behind his back.
Vines on his shoulder also narrowed his scarlet pupils simultaneously.
Cardinal Loki glanced at Vines, and the corners of his mouth, which still had traces of stitches, slightly raised: "You guys are not an honest person... should you say you are worthy of being Moriarty? This sinful surname..."
"What do you know?"
"a lot of."
Cardinal Loki replied: "I know most of the secrets in this world, even more than you can think of.
"Aiwass... I reiterate that I don't want to be your enemy. I know that if I fight you, I may be completely destroyed, so we might as well skip this step... What do you want to know? Directly
Just ask. And I will answer all your questions.
"For example... you, as a fragment of Huantiansi, were re-created by your 'grandfather' Jacob."
——It’s different from what everyone else calls Aiwass.
It is not a vague "sacred entity", but refers to a very clear "fragment of Huan Tiansi".
Aiwass's heart sank slightly.
When he was almost overtaken by Huantiansi in the previous promotion ceremony, Aiwass was almost convinced that he had an extremely close relationship with Huantiansi. But now, this conjecture has only been verified again from a third-party perspective.
"...You haven't answered my question yet."
Aiwass was silent for a while, then looked at Cardinal Loki again: "What...has he learned from you?"
When Loki heard this, his smile gradually disappeared.
His gradient hair, which reminded Aiwass of the flames of a gas stove, suddenly began to move automatically without wind. As if it had solidified, the stagnant flame texture began to burn again.
Loki said slowly: "He inherited my most important mysterious skill from me - my stargazing tantra."
"...stargazing?"
Aiwass murmured: "Astrology adapted to the path?"
He remembered that Professor James wrote several papers on astrology when he was very young.
His talent in mathematics and astrology was so high that Aiwass once thought that he was an extraordinary person with wisdom and adaptability to the path. With his enthusiasm for astrology when he was young, he went to the Theocracy to learn more profound knowledge.
Also very reasonable.
"That is the original text of astrology, a method of observation that was born when the second sun broke. The many secrets I know are what the stars told me.
"——The stars told me that I would meet the successor of my destiny that day. Then I met James Moriarty who was studying.
"At that time, he was basically about the same age as you, barely a few years older. Before that, he had never been exposed to the path of adaptation, and he was not even an extraordinary person. But as the stars said, he was very
Smart, he mastered it quickly... He learned from me for three years and mastered the essence.
"He learned astrology from me, and he will stand here and accompany me to observe the Theocracy. Although he is not an elf and has no worries about Ningpa, he will also enthusiastically help others and cooperate with my followers.
Together with the preaching of controlled fire.”
"It sounds like there's nothing wrong with it," Aiwass interjected.
Cardinal Loki replied: "The problem is that for a short-lived species... the secrets he holds are too many and too heavy. The things he worries about are far beyond his ability. But
This is nothing... As an astrologer, I see too much and can do too little, and one day I will adapt."
"But he didn't."
"Yes, but he didn't. The more secrets he saw, the more he wanted to interfere with the world. He read a lot of books from the Thirteenth Circle and visited many teachers. The original one-year study abroad time was used by him
It was extended again and again, to four years... After seeking true knowledge, he returned to the Avalon Royal University of Law and completed the rest of his coursework.
"At least at that point, I just thought he was going to make a difference in Avalon."
Cardinal Loki's voice was rational and calm, as calm as reciting a manuscript, without any anger or even ripples.
"When he left me, he was only twenty-four years old. At that time, he was full of interest, passion, and well-read, and wanted to create a career of his own. When I learned about him again, he was already twenty-four years old.
Ten years later.
"——As far as I know, it was the witch named Anna Kingsford who changed him."
Cardinal Loki is not shy about sharing secrets.
This may be because he wants to show kindness to Aiwass, or it may be something that every astrologer has in common - because he knows far more than he needs to know, he will talk non-stop once the conversation begins.
This is undoubtedly information that Aiwass cannot obtain at all.
What Loki said was corroborated with the information already known to Aiwass - Moriarty's extreme concept of "premature death and necessary evil" was indeed inherited from Controlled Fire
.
But hearing what Loki meant...he didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with his ideas at all.
"...You said he is chasing you, and you will not be able to help yourself."
"Yes."
"You couldn't help but steal Freya's secret medicine?"
Aiwass asked.
Regardless of whether Loki is a prisoner or not, as the boss of the surveillance room, he must know who stole the "Tears of Time".
What was unexpected was that Loki did not quibble or lie, but frankly admitted: "It is true."
"...Is this also part of the 'necessary evil'? In order to be elected pope, you intend to use the Tears of Time, and even murder the bishop to persecute Saint Ningbo?"
"So that's what you think."
Hearing this, Loki suddenly laughed: "This is what you don't understand about me.
"——I don't care about the position of the Pope at all. All cardinals are pastors, so what's the significance of the title of the head of the pastors?"
"Don't you deny the attack on Pure White?"
Aiwass asked.
The corners of Loki's mouth raised slightly, and he nodded slightly without responding.
And Aiwass asked: "Then what is your purpose? In other words, if you really succeed as pope - what are you going to do?
"If you really don't plan to be my enemy, then you should be able to tell me the answer to 'what am I going to do'. As you said, you will answer all questions."
"—Controlled Fire."
Cardinal Loki replied without hesitation: "I want to promote controlled fire and save the Eternal Theocracy; I want to cut off the inheritance of the elves and let the elves be reborn.
"You also know that the immortality of the elves comes from Ning Ba's curse; if Ning Ba is truly cured, the elves will lose their long lifespan, and the Eternal Theocracy will fall into chaos and eventually die out with the passage of time; Nine Pillars
The Church of God will also lose its foundation because of this. I knew about this earlier than Freya, and even earlier than anyone else... When I became an elf, I already knew the root of the elf's immortality.
What is it.
"Although the name of the Eternal Theocracy itself comes from the inheritance of the Eternal Saint, not the Pope - but rather than the Theocracy, I hope that the Nine Pillars Church will survive in the end."
Cardinal Loki answered slowly and word for word: "Because it was the candlestick who forgave my sins, not the giant tree; it was the candlestick who gave me new life, not the pope.
"I am a believer of Si Zhu, not the son of the Giant Tree and Lingpo. What happens to the elves or the giant tree has nothing to do with me. I only walk on my own path."
"...Compared to the elves, I am more inclined to the Theocracy; than to the Theocracy, I am more inclined to the Church. Is this what you mean?"
Aiwass understood.
Loki really doesn't need to lie - he is indeed a devotee of the fifth level, and his will is very strong.
He only serves the survival and interests of the Church of the Nine Pillars... and the Eternal Saint is the core inheritance of the Eternal Theocracy, passed down from generation to generation and succeeding the pope. In other words, these popes are always independent of the church system.
of.
What Loki wants is not "to become the Pope himself", but "to prevent a saint from succeeding to the Pope".
He knows the principle of Ningbo, so he knows that it cannot be cured or cured; and the solution to alleviate Ningbo is "Controlled Fire"... He himself also knows that cutting off the inheritance cannot cure Ningbo, but can only reduce it.
probability. But this is the effect he wants.
——Seal and control the flames that can produce light but also burn humans.
This flame is the "Ningpa Curse" itself.
This is Loki's path of devotion - for the survival of the church and the Theocracy, let the elves who are destined to become amber die as soon as possible so as not to affect other people.