When the Honey Badger made her way to the 22nd Circle, she was accompanied by the Papal Guards.
When she left, she had quietly turned into a middle-aged and elderly man with a serious face.
He has two white mustaches and short gray-white curly hair. He is wearing a star-style butler uniform and quietly follows a young girl with long black hair and a petite figure.
Bayard cannot appear from the Theocracy out of thin air, so Aiwass needs to enter Star Antimony first as "an identity other than Aiwass and Bayard." Therefore, she removed her disguise and revealed her true face.
Aiwass also never expected that... the first material he mobilized after becoming the pope was to purchase the most expensive elf-style white dress for his trumpet.
The two of them walked all the way to the first circle, and there was silence all the way.
The honey badger didn't ask, and Aiwass - or Miss Aleister - just held the crow calmly, sitting on the public transportation facility that circulated like an underground train, watching the surrounding scenery rotate rapidly.
Until they entered the port area - the noise coming from the goblins instantly made the stagnant space flow:
"A guide to the Theocracy, a must-have for visitors! It only costs six gold coins or eight white crowns!"
"Elf costumes! Orthodox handmade elf costumes - Miss, don't you bring a gift when you leave? There are also elf-style handmade silver jewelry!"
"A collection of news newspapers from the last three days! From six countries, a total of thirty-six daily newspapers! You can know the news from all over the world in the Theocracy!"
"Snake people's gourmet food! Handmade dates, iced sherbet! Black tea in perfect condition is sold at a cheap price!"
Aleister ignored the goblin vendor selling elf clothing to him and turned around slightly.
When she tilted her head, the honey badger behind her had already bowed slightly and respectfully, listening attentively to the "elder lady"'s order:
"Go buy me a newspaper... and some sherbet too."
When the honey badger disguised as a middle-aged butler heard this order, his expression did not change at all.
The butler just said tactfully: "These sherbets are all made with wine, you..."
As a housekeeper, it was impossible for Honey Badger to directly ask her eldest lady "Can you drink?" So she chose a smarter way to remind her.
After all, wine is the product of the path of love. Whether it is the host of the banquet, the Eternal Self or the Blood God, the rituals are all related to wine.
Greed, excitement, hunger, drunkenness, estrus... After entering these "lustful" states, the pupils will uncontrollably turn scarlet - this is also how the Eagle Eye organization identifies children of the moon lurking in the crowd.
main means.
"——Lou Suo."
Aleister just sneered and raised his head like a proud little girl: "I just want to drink! Can you buy it for me?"
But she did not deny that she could get drunk, nor did she say anything like "I can't get drunk."
Now the honey badger understands.
What Aleister meant was that even she couldn't suppress the characteristics of the Moon Child after drinking, but she still had to drink. The purpose was to transform into the Moon Child state in public.
"……yes."
So the honey badger obeyed the order directly and went to buy newspapers and sherbet.
While Aleister was waiting for her to come back, she was suddenly bumped lightly by a gray-haired child behind her.
Just as she was about to glance at that person, her sight was cut off by a sudden surge of people.
Feeling the amethyst necklace hanging around her neck disappear, she raised the corners of her mouth slightly, but did not act immediately.
That necklace is not an extraordinary item, it is just an ordinary piece of jewelry.
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Jewelry made by masters of art can be imbued with the power of the beautiful path of the maker, so in most cases they will become extraordinary objects. And as long as you create a sufficiently beautiful creation, you can also get feedback from the power of the path.
It is difficult for a true master of jewelry not to become an extraordinary person.
Therefore, whether jewelry is an extraordinary item can often be judged from the simplest "whether it looks good or not."
It's beautiful enough, and even the gems and gold and silver may even be real, but it doesn't have extraordinary powers. There's only one explanation for it, and that is that the jewelry itself is an imitation.
Some ladies who are not extraordinary people will buy jewelry that is as beautiful as extraordinary jewelry, but they have no properties...just like the so-called "skin". This kind of jewelry will be safer if it looks good enough.
Some... Because truly extraordinary jewelry can easily lead to robbery by wild extraordinary beings.
There are a lot of this kind of jewelry in the Theocracy's warehouses.
Because those goblins like to dump this kind of "high imitation" jewelry.
If they are sold at the price of imitations, the Theocracy will not care; but if someone tries to sell them as genuine - that is, selling them as extraordinary items, then the market supervisor will send people to confiscate them.
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Ironically, those who are caught are usually not goblins, but humans who purchase goods in bulk from goblins.
When Aleister left, the small suitcase that Honey Badger carried for her was filled with the highest-grade imitation jewelry—even though it was an imitation, it was genuine jewelry. They could sell one
It's a pretty scary price, and this is also the money Aleister uses for his activities in Star Antimony.
The reason why Aleister allowed the little thief to succeed was because, as a child of the moon, she could smell the smell of the other party keenly - a very light, but particularly identifiable pungent smell.
——That’s the tissue preservation solution that Star Antimony’s necromancers come into contact with the most, the smell of formalin.
The smell on his body has not dissipated, which means that the other party has not been in the Theocracy for a long time; and he is walking towards the port with the suitcase in hand, which means that he will board the ship soon; and now there is only one ferry waiting...
That is to say, they will meet on the ship soon.
A good entry point.
The corners of Aleister's mouth raised slightly, but at this moment, the honey badger silently walked up behind her.
"The newspaper is quite expensive," Honey Badger said, and at the same time handed the newspaper that came with a black leather document bag to Aleister, "Forty Star Antimony gold coins - this price can buy four hundred in Star Antimony
A newspaper. In Iris, there are even more than 800 copies... Selling things in the Theocracy is really huge profit."
"Take this, and bring the sherbet."
Aleister made a clear sound.
"……now?"
"certainly."
After Aleister said that, he changed the document bag into sherbet - a drink popular among lizardmen and snakemen, an imitation of alchemical juice in desert areas where there are no fruits.
Roughly speaking, it is a concocted fruity champagne. It is made of essence, condiments, alcohol and sparkling water, and has ice cubes.
In modern terms, it is "pure technology, without any natural ingredients"... In this era, this kind of drink involving alchemical products is much more expensive than pure natural juice.
After taking a sip of the Serpentine brand handmade sherbet that reminded Aiwass of modern carbonated drinks, Aleister showed an obvious look of pleasure on his face.
