Pastor's Tantra

In the evening, the Hall of Silver and Tin.

This should have been dinner time, but the most senior people in Avalon were gathered in the tea room, discussing something seriously.

All were gathered here except Arius the Archbishop.

"The results of the previous on-site investigation are out."

The Great Guardian looked at the report in his hand and said in a deep voice: "It is confirmed that there are shadow traces...it is indeed the Shadow Demon.

"However, the door to the secret room has not been opened. Moreover, the remnants of the Path of Love were detected in the secret room. Arius and I personally confirmed it. The type is flesh and blood magic."

"——That's the transfiguration, the witch's witchcraft. It's reasonable for the shadow demon to sneak in, and the witch can also sneak in... If I guessed correctly, their access should be ventilation ducts."

The speaker this time was a young woman who looked to be in her early thirties.

She has long curly light golden hair and dark blue eyes. With fair skin, plump figure and slightly pointed ears, his appearance gives people a noble and formidable look.

She is Shafiya, the Grand Inquisitor of Avalon's generation and the most senior leader of the Inspectorate. He is also a half-elf.

Because she is half elf, Shafiya looks younger than her actual age. In fact, she is much older than the Great Guardian.

Even in front of Her Majesty the Queen, her posture was not very dignified.

She crossed her legs, leaned back on the soft sofa, and said lazily: "What I said before was right, right? The ventilation duct is in the secret room, so it must be unsafe.

"Even if the prisoner is sealed and unable to escape, you can't rule out that someone will come in along the ventilation duct - to say the least, even if no one comes in, it is possible to directly put poison gas in to kill him, right?"

"It really needs to be renovated."

Queen Sophia nodded and admitted: "The previous dungeon secret room is too old. I think maybe the location has been figured out... After that, you can let Isabel build a new secret prison. It won't be a few months. It can be done, so I don’t care.”

After saying that, she clinked glasses with Meg beside her.

Her glass was red wine, but Meg's glass was at least three times larger than hers—it was filled with bitter dark beer.

Meg drank half the glass in one gulp and burped happily.

The oldest-looking old woman held the fried cod with her hands and ate the fried cod dipped in sauce. While chewing, he asked casually: "Don't you want to drink it, Shafiya? The pepper beer this time is very fresh."

"No, I'm pregnant."

The Grand Inquisitor refused: "Let's wait until the child is born."

"Pregnant again? Just giving birth is not enough."

Meg laughed: "Do you want the child to get drunk on milk?"

"Tsk," the half-elf lady smacked her lips and said angrily, "That's long-winded."

"Okay, okay, I'll wait until you finish breastfeeding. Then we can come out and celebrate together."

Meg said with a smile: "If Sophia and I are not dead by then."

"Then you have to live longer, don't drink too much... take it easy."

The Grand Inquisitor glanced at the two old ladies who were still drinking and said, "I also want to find a good godmother for my child."

Compared with the three guys here who have a casual atmosphere, the Great Guardian looks too serious.

But he was obviously used to this relaxed atmosphere.

Therefore, he completely ignored the two of them. He just waited for them to stop talking and then read to himself: "The traces of flesh magic were not long before the Supervisory Bureau was attacked. We can suspect that someone and Drost After the minister reached a cooperation agreement, he dispatched the members of the Noble Red Society who were already on standby to launch a surprise attack.

"I even suspect that one of the reasons why the prince was suddenly cursed to death was to create an opportunity to rescue Minister Drost."

“When it comes to the path of love, it’s the iris.”

Shafiya still catered to Mr. Great Guardian a little, so that he would not keep talking alone: ​​"But rescuing captured spies is not the style of the Iris people."

"Indeed. If it was the Iris people, they would have directly sent assassins to kill him... just like his secretary."

Meg also nodded: "That should be the Star Antimony people - where did they find a 'witch'?"

"This is not surprising. The path of love is under great pressure within Iris. On the one hand, it has to face assassinations, and on the other hand, the body may be stolen and transformed into children of the moon after death. There are persecuted witches who have fled to Star Antimony. It’s also normal.”

The Great Guardian said seriously: "But if you say so... I think the young lady codenamed 'Aleister' is very likely to be innocent."

A demon possessed by a shadow demon, an innocent person?

There was a brief silence in the tea room.

Afterwards, Her Majesty the Queen asked generously: "You have something on your mind, right?"

"Yes. In the case of President Lloyd's 'disappearance', we learned of Aleister's existence. But we soon discovered that Inspector Gordon's information was not accurate - Aleister was not He is male and his origin is different from what he said. So I wonder, is it possible that he is not a member of the Noble Red?

"We preconceived the idea that Aleister was born in the Noble Red. So after he left the ring, we thought it was a provocation from the Noble Red - they have the ability to silently dissolve people in the secret room. .

"And in order to verify this conjecture, I put Minister Drost in the same secret room."

The Great Guardian said in a deep voice.

Shafia asked, "So? Didn't she come too?"

"But Noble Red is also here. If their purpose is to rescue Drost, they don't need to send Aleister for assassination at all, because that can only be a mission from Star Antimony, even if the rescue fails, it is impossible Kill him personally; on the other hand, if they were to assassinate Drost, there was no need to send so many people to rescue him.

"This is how I judged that Miss Aleister is not a member of the Noble Red - it can even be said that she is fighting against the Noble Red. The ring was left behind just to guide our attention to Noble Red."

The Great Guardian analyzed calmly.

Meg also became interested: "Then how did she get the ring? You mean, she killed a member of the Noble Red and then took his ring and replaced it?"

"No need to bother."

The Great Guardian replied.

He looked at Shafiya: "I checked and found that Inspector Edward had previously modified the case records. In the Pelican Bar incident, a 'Noble Red' ring that should have been found at the scene was missing. And that scene , only Inspector Haina and Aiwass should have been there."

"Do you suspect it's Haina or Aiwass?"

Meg frowned and her tone became a little unhappy: "We have to talk about the evidence."

The Great Guardian immediately explained: "What I mean is... I suspect that the true identity of 'Miss Aleister' is actually Aiwass's personal maid Lily.

"Her original surname was Lily Drost. I have investigated her origins in the past few days and found that she is Drost's illegitimate daughter, and her mother was assassinated by someone from Lloyd's of London - it is very likely that she is Drost's illegitimate daughter. Possibly an assassin hired by Drost.

"In other words, she happened to have a grudge against both Lloyd and Minister Drost. And I checked the tantra book she took from the Inspectorate. That book was the Spider Silk Tantra, from the Path of Adaptation. And 'Miss Aleister' only appeared after Iris' assassin with shadow sneaking ability suddenly disappeared... That assassin was obviously an extraordinary person who had adapted to the path.

"Is there a possibility that the assassin tried to assassinate Aiwass in private, but was killed by Aiwass and Lily. Then Lily got the shadow power from her - such as a tantra book, or a supernatural item .

"This can explain why 'Miss Aleister' appeared in Aiwass's dormitory. Because Aleister is Lily."

The Great Guardian analyzed it carefully.

Meg was a little impatient: "Then you want to arrest Lily? Don't forget, there is another possibility - that is, Aleister is the assassin! She cannot be fascinated by Aiwass's beauty. , choose to abandon your mission and serve him instead?”

"Then Aiwass must be a trapper or a succubus. It's impossible for humans to do this. This already belongs to the field of mind control."

The Great Guardian complained: "And I also saw more direct evidence... When I left the Supervision Bureau, I clearly saw Lily's shadow shaking. Although it was very light, it was indeed there. They live in my house. Sometimes, Lily's shadow would shake.

"Not to mention, she disappeared for a while... After she came back, Minister Drost in the basement was dead. It can be said that she almost did not hide her identity at all. And the first time Aleister appeared At that time, she also happened to be near the Supervision Bureau.

"Of course, I didn't want to arrest Miss Lily. Because if Aleister is really Lily, it means that she did not do evil and is completely controllable.

"So, is there a possibility..."

Having said this, the blond man crossed his arms and said in a deep voice: "If there is no problem with the other party's moral character. Can we use the name of the royal family to specially hire 'Miss Aleister' as our agent?

"People from Star Antimony and Iris always come to dig out our people... It's time for us to dig out their people."

"interesting."

Meg laughed when she heard this and said happily: "Then let me go - let me have a good talk with the master and the servant."

"when?"

Shafiya asked.

Meg replied: "It's too late today, let's go tomorrow. Tomorrow, Monday, he has to come back to school. When he is over from school, I will go to his dormitory to find him.

"As the dean of students, it's reasonable for me to talk to my students, right?"

"Then protect Aiwass by the way, Meg. Don't leave in a hurry at night, hide in the dark and protect Aiwass."

Queen Sophia thought for a moment and issued an order: "I think Noble Red has some obsession with Aiwass. This may be related to Aiwass's origin... They may make a comeback. They will definitely be able to crouch. The place where you can go to Aiwass without attracting other people's attention is his dormitory building."

"How about I go too?"

The Great Guardian was a little worried: "They may send a truly strong person this time."

"Why, do you look down on me?"

Meg glared.

The great guardian was so frightened that he quickly apologized: "No, I didn't mean that..."

"I won't go, I'm raising a baby."

Shafiya yawned, feeling a little regretful: "Otherwise, I would also like to join in the fun."

"Call Arius?"

"The old man may not be free," Meg replied. "It's better to call Master Yannis. Her spying ability is very useful."

"OK."

The queen nodded happily: "Then I'll go talk to Yanis."

Chapter 2 About two o'clock~