There is a saying that Aiwass is really the Pope now.
Although he is a temporary pope, he is indeed qualified to judge blasphemous heretics!
Although this painting is full of all kinds of theological errors...especially the pure white candle head, Aiwass did not show anything unusual and just followed Sasha's gaze towards the door.
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At this moment, a young man with black hair and red eyes, about sixteen or seventeen years old, walked in surrounded by everyone.
His appearance is more beautiful than many of the eldest ladies present. His scarlet eyes are as bright as rubies, and he has a pair of curved and slender red and black gradient dragon horns on his head. His long black hair hangs down to his waist, and from the stand collar
His Adam's apple can't be seen in his dress...
But for such a beautiful person, there is no hint of that feminine and neutral flavor.
On the contrary, it gives people a strong feeling of confidence and masculinity, shining like the sun——
When "Cain" appeared, the originally melancholy dance music in the hall suddenly turned into a brilliant and sacred symphony.
Even the lights were focused on him, following him as he moved forward.
Cain also had the same smile on his face as the others, and opened his arms wide. It seemed like he was about to hug someone, or like a celebrity greeting fans.
People stopped dancing and turned around to give him endless cheers like a roaring tsunami.
When he walked into the crowd, the crowd naturally parted to both sides. Amid the increasingly loud cheers, Cain easily passed through the center of the crowd without touching anyone.
When he passed by Aiwass, he smiled and nodded at Sasha. He also raised his head and glanced at Aiwass with some surprise, whose hand was still on Sasha's shoulder.
Then, Cain walked through the crowd and walked under the white candlestick statue.
"Everyone!"
He spoke loudly, his voice unexpectedly young, bright and full of energy.
Cain's face was full of smiles: "No one should be sad, let's have fun! Celebrate the death of the mad dragon, and wish him ascend to the sky!
"Endless dancing, indulgent drinking!
"This is a day of endless fun!"
As he spoke, he conjured a glass of wine out of nowhere.
The son of the dragon raised his glass of wine high and saluted everyone: "To my father, Zagreus!"
"Here's to Zagreus!"
The sound of laughter like a roaring tsunami came from the dance floor.
At some point, Aiwass found that his empty wine glass had been filled again.
"Happy smile!"
He cheered loudly, and the audience also responded: "Happy smile!"
"Here's to the dance!"
"Dance to the madness!!"
"To all the heroes! To the grand closing!!
"——Respect the death of the mad dragon!"
He shouted loudly and drank the wine in the glass.
People also catered to this, cheering and drinking down the wine in the cup: "Respect the death of the mad dragon!"
"Honor the death of the mad dragon!"
Along with screams and celebrations, people threw their wine glasses out one after another. Those wine glasses bloomed in the sky one by one, shattered, and turned into shining fireworks. Cain smiled and held it up like a band conductor.
Get started.
As he changed his gesture, the banquet became chaotic.
The band changed the music again. The keynote was still the melancholy dance music from before, but the rhythm was slightly modified and one or two new parts were added. The originally melancholy slow-tempo dance music became much more cheerful.
As the music became more intense, people kissed each other passionately, screamed, took off a piece of their clothes, and then threw them high into the sky. The coats that flew up one after another turned into flames in the air, and then burst into flames.
A pure white flying bird emerges.
A circle of hollow round tables appeared around the dance floor. Plates appeared one after another on the ring-like table, and the flying birds fell on each plate - each flying bird turned into a different
The delicious food exudes a rich aroma. Glass after glass of fine wine appears beside the table, inexhaustible.
Some people hugged each other and danced again, and some people ran to the table to have a good meal.
At this moment, Aiwass suddenly felt that the time around him began to slow down... The most obvious thing was the sound of music that became extremely weird after being stretched, and then people's movements gradually stopped along with the sound of music.
He just maintained his carnival attitude with a smile on his face.
Cain, under the light, raised his hands and looked at the guests.
Both "Cain" and "Sasha" beside Aiwass maintained their motionless posture.
Aiwass reached out and touched Sasha's cheek, but he could no longer feel the softness and warmth from her body. Instead, it was like stroking a rough canvas, and it even felt a little wet.
He slowly took his hand off Sasha's shoulder and walked alone in the middle of the quiet dance floor.
The people around were still in a carnival and dancing posture, maintaining a variety of strange postures and expressions, and were frozen in place.
Only Aiwass' boots walked on the ground, echoing in the silent space.
It wasn't that he wanted to make a move...but that he noticed something unusual on Cain's side.
Right next to Cain, three wooden doors appeared out of thin air, one in front of him and one on his left.
A line of white font appeared under his feet.
【Why is this banquet held? 】
Immediately afterwards, corresponding sentences appeared under the three doors.
Under the front door is written [Funeral and Sacrifice].
The left and right sides are [Celebration and Carnival] and [Crazy and Killing] respectively.
In the middle of the three doors, there is a rotating second hand. It seems to be a one-minute time limit option.
"Ten minutes..."
Aiwass murmured softly.
It has been almost ten minutes since he opened his eyes.
Choose every ten minutes?
One minute... It's a bit reluctant to analyze and think in detail, and there must be some intuition.
Although in terms of atmosphere, no matter how you look at it, you should choose "celebration and carnival". But Aiwass always feels that it will not be that simple.
He felt that Cain's words had something to say... and the option of [Crazy and Killing] made him even more uneasy.
From the analysis of a few words, Zagreus seems to be dead. And this is a banquet held by the heroes who killed the "mad dragon" Zagreus...
...Although it's a little strange.
Why did the heroes who killed the dragon "honor Zagreus" instead? Why did Cain perform this ceremony?
If the copy were changed, maybe Aiwass would think in the direction of "the truth hidden in history".
——But the problem is, he doesn’t know what the author of this painting thought!
Or should I say...
"To finish a painting...does it mean that everything is correct?"
Aiwass was thinking and saw that the second hand had turned three-quarters of a circle.
So without thinking, he directly opened the door of [Funeral and Sacrifice].
The door opened, and there were fantastic and colorful colors inside. I even saw Aiwass having a headache.
He walked for almost a minute before reaching the end of the fantasy-filled corridor.
At this time, Aiwass discovered three different doors - each of the three doors was decorated with a three-petal flower.
One of them is a simple wooden door that Aiwass just selected. Three of its petals have been lit up. And the three lit petals have the same brightness.
But the other two doors are different.
The second door is an ancient stone door wrapped with emerald green vines. Only one of the three-petaled flowers on it is lit up, and the brightness is the total of Aiwass' door.
The last door is made of steel. There are two petals lit up on the door, one of which is obviously brighter than the other.
"...Does this mean the choices of different people?"
Aiwass suddenly understood and knew how to switch to other paintings.
Can you switch to a different world every time you make a choice? How is the "task" triggered?
Considering that he was already familiar with the situation in the first painting, and was a little curious about what would happen next... So Aiwass chose to open the first door and walked in again.
When Aiwass opened his eyes again, he found that he was still in the middle of the dance floor. Aiwass's right hand was still on Sasha's shoulder, dancing with her.
But "this painting" began to have abnormalities.
Aiwass has a good memory, so he clearly felt that there were more people on the dance floor——
Originally, the place was not crowded, but now it is starting to become obviously crowded. There should be one or two more couples on the dance floor, or even more dancing partners!
——Someone comes in!
And there’s more than one!
Aiwass's heart tightened and he raised his attention.
It turns out that it was from here that we entered the online state...
But Aiwass soon realized the identity of one of them.
I saw a blond woman let go of her dance partner's hand, walked to the bottom of the pure white candle with stern eyes, and stood in front of Cain.
"Can I ask you to dance?"
She reached out her hand and invited Cain with a smile on her face.
Cain looked at her with interest - or rather, looked at her crimson pupils.
"Why not?"
The boy with long black hair smiled and agreed.
And on the other side.
The painting style is completely different from this world.
It's like a child's painting there, the whole world becomes abstract and more colorful.
On the vast grassland, Aleister turned into a crimson fire fox.
She was standing on the back of a tall white horse, shouting unceremoniously:
"Fuck him!"
And in front of her, a crow mercilessly attacked the baboon holding the staff!
