After Aleister showed Cyril's letter of introduction, the Black Prime Minister took Aleister and her "daughter" Leviathan directly into the ziggurat.
At first, Aleister was a little worried about whether Leviathan would touch some bottles or hurt students or something - large dogs must be walked on a leash, let alone her walking a shark or a dragon.
Already.
But Aleister soon discovered that Leviathan only seemed silly on the outside, but was actually very smart - although she didn't like to talk, she could understand and speak. And at least it was better than a real child.
Be more obedient.
Occasionally, I met a student who came over to say hello to the black man, and cast a curious look at Leviathan... Leviathan did not intimidate the other person, but always behaved very quietly and politely.
Although no students came over to try to touch Leviathan or say hello to Aleister. After all, for the extraordinary beings on the twilight path, more is worse than less.
They adhere to the principle that if you can't be mean, don't be mean, and if you can't be mean, don't be mean. They firmly believe that "meddle in one's affairs and die young."
But even so, Leviathan still held his head high and nodded politely to everyone passing by. This seemed to be a habit inherited from Alphonse.
"You are...Miss Crawley!"
A somewhat familiar voice sounded, and there was no concealment of surprise in the voice - for Ziggurat, a school as lifeless as a social office building, this was a rare ray of vitality.
Aleister turned around and looked over, finding a boy with freckles who looked a little timid.
It was the same Paul she had met on the ship.
"Yo, Paul."
Aleister smiled softly and made a friendly voice: "Long time no see... How is Dimit's injury?"
——She still remembers my and Dimit’s names!
Paul's mood suddenly rose.
He walked over quickly and said happily: "His injuries are almost healed... His spine was broken by the sea monster's tentacles before, so he couldn't move. But after he came back, the instructor helped him repair it.
, I’m almost healed now. Now I can go to the ground, but I’m still resting..."
He walked closer and closer, completely ignoring the dark appearance. He only had eyes for Aleister.
"--Hey."
When he got close to Aleister, Adolf, who had been silent all this time, suddenly made a sound to scare him.
Only then did Paul notice the other person's presence, and he was startled the next moment: "School, principal?"
"It's the vice principal, classmate Paul."
Adolf said seriously and pointed upward: "The principal is looking at you. Be careful what you say."
"Yes, I know……"
Paul's thoughts were disrupted by Adolf and he couldn't remember what he was about to say.
But because that matter was very important, even though he was very afraid of Adolf, he still stood here motionless and thought hard.
Because he didn't want to look too stupid, he randomly found a topic: "Ah... this, this big guy, so handsome! What's his name?"
"Leviathan, this is my daughter."
Aleister replied proudly.
"Is it actually a girl..."
Paul looked a little confused, but he didn't have any special reaction to this title - after all, in his understanding, it was normal for ladies and eldest ladies to call their pets "son" and "daughter"
.
The servants of the nobles also have to treat those pets with far higher respect than the servants, as if they are really a young master or young lady.
He meditated for a while and finally thought about it: "Oh yes - Miss Crowley, my family... my sister wants to see you... although it may be a bit rude..."
"Your master?"
Aleister directly exposed his euphemistic words: "Blood Coral? Isn't she your former master? Are you going back again?"
"Yes, yes... I'd better go back... It would be great if you got to know my master."
Paul was a little embarrassed, but relieved.
The boy said quickly: "My master said that she has something that may interest you."
"oh?"
Aleister didn't take it seriously: "Go back and ask her what it is specifically."
Paul immediately replied: "My master asked me to bring you a message - she said, Hercules. You will agree when you hear this word."
Hearing this, Aleister's expression suddenly became serious.
Hercules...that was the royal family of the Herasl Empire, and also the bloodline of Yulia.
Once the matter involved Yulia, Aleister immediately became serious: "How do I contact your master?"
"My master says she will come to you if you give her permission. As long as you stay in Leipzig, she will find a way to find you."
"...It's best this way."
Aleister's eyes became colder.
She looked at Paul and kindly reminded him: "If you can resist the Moon Child's kiss, you'd better stay away from your master."
"yes……"
Paul also lowered his head, feeling ashamed of his lack of firm will.
He had already escaped from his master... although he did so under his master's deliberate release. Blood Coral doesn't like force or control, she likes people to ask for her. So when Paul wants to be free, she
He was immediately given his freedom.
——You can go out and play casually, but you will come back eventually.
She knew Paul too well. And the facts proved that she was indeed right.
Paul persisted for many years, but in the end he couldn't hold on.
Aleister followed Adolf and turned away. But she had just walked not far when Paul suddenly shouted behind her: "That——"
Aleister turned around and looked at him quietly.
"……I will work hard!"
"Don't say this to me, say it to yourself."
Aleister turned his head slightly, turned his body sideways and said to him coldly: "You are working hard for yourself - not for anyone else except you."
For Aleister, this is an old saying that he is tired of hearing and saying.
But after saying these words, Paul felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his whole body suddenly froze.
"You students talk a lot."
Aleister whispered to Adolf: "Not like a necromancer at all - too noisy."
"You seem to like him quite a bit."
"Okay."
Different from his previous cold attitude, Aleister actually gave Paul a pretty good evaluation: "This kid is a man of great talent - Blood Coral didn't play him bad, probably for this reason."
"That's why we kept him. After all, he is more or less a little spy..."
The old man smiled and chatted casually while pulling Aleister and Leviathan into the quite modern transparent elevator: "Let's get on the elevator first."
Aleister looked at the various cables buried in the wall of the transparent elevator and asked curiously: "What energy does your elevator use? Is it the mana of the dusk path? Or is it driven by a spirit body?"
"Of course the elevator uses electricity."
The old man replied matter-of-factly: "If it is driven by a spirit body, shouldn't it be called a spiritual ladder?"
What he said makes sense.
Aleister was speechless for a moment: "What a surprise... I thought these pipes were used to transport mana."
"That's for the convenience of maintenance. After all, our place is prone to corrosion and damage. It's fully transparent for easier inspection... By the way, necromancy can also be done, but there is no need to waste resources."
The two chatted while the elevator rose steadily and slowly.
From the other side of the transparent elevator corresponding to the door, Aleister clearly saw a black column - this is the backbone of the ziggurat.
It is wrapped in a strong amber light... In other words, it is continuously producing the power of the Dusk Path. And this is the core driving energy of the Ziggurat.
Even if you don't have any necromancy skills, you can easily tell that its texture is like bones.
"Is that Lingpo's spine?"
Aleister asked with interest.
"...I didn't expect you to actually know this kind of secret knowledge."
Hearing this, the current Prime Minister was a little surprised.
Aleister asked: "Is this some kind of secret that cannot be told?"
The old man shook his head: "That's not really true. The main reason is that there is no need to show off... and even I don't actually know where it comes from, nor why it is so huge.
"If I talk to students and they ask me curious questions, I can't answer them at all. But at the same time, I don't want students to care too much about it... Once they are too attached to something, they will go into the dusk.
The wrong path."
The vice-principal of the Ziggurat made no secret of his speech: "So we only put this knowledge in the textbooks, but do not take the test - in this way, the disenchantment of the mystery is completed, and the students can
When you understand it, you don’t care too much about it.”
"Where did it come from..."
Aleister murmured.
In fact, she knew the answer to this question - this was not from the memory of her previous life. It was because Aiwass had already seen this secret when she was learning advanced divine arts from the Theocracy.
Textbooks on advanced magic are filled with the origins and taboos of various Tiansi and Pillar Gods. Naturally, Lingpo Tiansi is also mentioned among them.
This is exactly the opposite of what most people know - because Lingbo Tiansi's appearance is a glowing skull, many people believe that Lingbo Tiansi was at least promoted from humanoid creatures.
But in fact, Lingbo Tiansi was once a monster left over from the "forbidden" era.
——He was once a huge sea monster, a monster with the head of a man and the body of a snake!