Pastor's Tantra

After Aiwass finished handling the ceremony site, he asked Sherlock to return to the bishop's house.

Sherlock was still somewhat resistant to this - he originally wanted to hide it and not tell anyone who knew him about his shrinkage. Anyway, he will change back when he gets promoted again.

This directly made Sherlock, who originally had no desire for promotion, suddenly become energetic.

However, he was persuaded by Aiwass' words, "Don't you want to go back and catch up on some sleep?" Still unwillingly, he chose to obey his body.

——There is one thing to say, it is indeed a bit sleepy.

After all, he had just endured the curse of mental retardation the night before and tried his best to learn two things that he was not good at. And after he almost mastered it, his body was recast by Aiwass's ritual.

And Sherlock, who hadn't eaten or drank much water all night, after changing back to the adolescent body of thirteen or fourteen years old, wore uncomfortable clothes, stretched his neck and painted the wall for an hour, and then painted the wall with Aiwass. The dead cow was moved out—the end of the job almost wore him out.

"...Do you have to drag me with you when you work!? Or maybe I can't help at all. In the end, you did it alone, right?" Sherlock couldn't help but say.

"That's true, but you don't want to escape alone."

Aiwass chuckled: "We do work together, these are good brothers!"

So after forcibly dragging Sherlock to finish the work, Aiwass used a "Sacrificial Fire" and energetically went to help Haina deal with the gryphon.

Sherlock has no ability to regain his strength. And after the "Retarded Curse" became ineffective due to the ritual for a period of time, he vaguely felt that his head was starting to hurt again.

But it's better than before. Now it's probably at the level of a normal migraine, and this level of pain often occurred when he stayed up late at work before, so it was still bearable.

Although he has not yet advanced, Sherlock's body is much stronger now than before - if he had been dragged through so much physical work before he completed the initiation ceremony, he would have been paralyzed on the ground by now.

Sherlock also suddenly understood - what does it mean to work together, you just want to try your own ritual to see how effective it is!

It turns out that you yourself don’t know the effect of this ritual!

After Aiwass finished observing, Shylock felt cold, sleepy, hungry and tired, and finally swallowed his previous vow "I won't tell anyone about this" and ran back to the bishop's house in despair.

"coming--"

Mrs. Mina, who had just woken up, came to open the door after hearing the doorbell.

She originally thought they were here to deliver newspapers or sell milk. After opening the door and seeing little Sherlock in loose clothes, Mrs. Mina stood there and hesitated for a long time.

Then, she blinked directly - and the light like stars shrouded her eyes.

This is the astral vision unique to the seer who is attuned to the path. It can easily see a person's fundamental spiritual essence and thus identify the other person's true identity.

The next moment, Mrs. Mina suddenly showed a surprised look:

"...Are you, Sherlock?"

"Thank you, ma'am. You didn't say anything hurtful like 'Whose child is this?'"

The young version of Sherlock sighed and waved the sleeve that covered half of his fingers: "This is Aiwass' new invention, it's awesome."

"You're so cute."

Mrs. Mina first smiled and praised before welcoming Sherlock into the room.

She and Bishop Mathers had no children. They originally took care of Sherlock as if they were their own children...

But now that he has truly transformed into a younger person, this naturally pleases Mrs. Mina even more.

"I would rather you say something like I am young and energetic now."

Sherlock said coldly, stretched out his hands to touch the sides of his mouth, raised his head with a smile, and said with a dry smile: "Otherwise, I feel like I'll be sleepy to death in the next moment, haha."

Mrs. Mina couldn't help but rub her hair: "Oh, poor little... your hair has become thinner and softer. But you do seem to be more energetic than before... For example, if it was before I'm afraid you will only sigh deeply when you are so tired, and then you will sit on the sofa after entering the door and lazily ask me for a glass of hot apple cider."

Sherlock wanted to retort, but he realized that Lady Mina was telling the truth. So he chose to remain silent.

Mina sighed: "This is incredible, a ritual of rejuvenation..."

She is not an ordinary person who knows nothing about the path to the extraordinary.

It is precisely because she has come into contact with many hidden prophets that she is more aware of the incredible aspects of Aiwass's ritual.

"The phenomenon of human aging with the passage of time belongs to the realm of sand timepieces; while the growth, development, change and aging of the body are related to the realm of blood on the path of love. You two belong neither to balance nor to love, But he was able to achieve the miracle of reversing time... As expected of him. Now I don't think I will be surprised by any miraculous things he has done."

Mina sighed: "The last time I did divination, I noticed that his fate line was closely related to many 'high-level phantoms'. At that time, I also doubted whether he was the reincarnated Tiansi... But then I did it again After divination, I discovered that he is indeed a mortal."

Sherlock immediately understood what Mina meant.

In addition to the high-level phantoms in the usual sense, apostles, Tiansi and pillar gods also belong to high-level phantoms in terms of racial classification.

"As a mortal, you can have such a close connection with those great dream world beings... This is even more surprising than the reincarnation of Tiansi or the apostle. Now I no longer dare to do divination for him... I can Seeing his messy fate line, and following the clear line of fate to see the great beings, this is probably a kind warning.

Otherwise, she might have passed out at that time. It's hard to tell whether he can wake up now.

As an adaptable person, she chose to follow the guidance of her heart.

Mina chatted with Sherlock for a while and then went to make breakfast.

Although Sherlock insists that only his appearance has changed, Mina firmly refuses Sherlock's request for hot cider.

After Mrs. Mina left, Sherlock squatted in a ball on the sofa and fell into deep thought.

——He always felt that Mrs. Mina was hinting something to him.

Do you mean they will be in danger this time? Or is Aiwass a pawn of Zhutiansi?

What dangers can they encounter with this configuration?

The double third-level self, the third-level Haina, the third-level priest and even a transcendent path profession with unknown levels, and then coupled with his elusive maid... Sherlock felt that they Even the strong ones at the fourth level can easily defeat them. Because their combat effectiveness is not at the level of the conventional third level.

But after hearing Mina say that the thread of Aiwass' fate was unusually messy, Sherlock still felt a little flustered.

...Just in case, it's better to go to Edward's house and bring all his spare equipment.

As Edward's best friend, Sherlock knew exactly where Edward used to hide them.

Now Aiwass is not officially in charge of the minister, nor is he in charge of the secretary... He is not a member of the Supervision Bureau or the Supervisory Council, and he has not obtained formal authority permission. His strength as a lawyer is very poor.

But he only needs to borrow Edward's identity.

As long as he brings Edward's gloves, ceremonial sword, pistol, and ID, he has temporarily obtained Edward's authorization. In this way he can harness the power of the authoritarian path.

Of course, he has another way... that is to directly ask the Queen to issue him a charter document. The effect is the same.

But Sherlock didn't want to trouble Her Majesty. He also didn't want her to worry about him...just like Sherlock didn't want to tell his brother about this journey.

——Anyway, he stole things to protect his brother, so just leave a note.

On the other side, Aiwass has also completely mastered the new skill [Xi Huo] - seeing it appear on his panel, Aiwass can be sure that he has indeed mastered it. It's not a hallucination caused by being burned too much.

However, it is obviously not very convenient to use at present, because there is not enough space for him to test. And he was going on a long trip today, so he also needed to preserve some form.

After returning to the Palace of Silver and Tin for breakfast, Aiwass went to visit the Griffin Minister of Avalon.

This minister lives in the backyard of the Palace of Silver and Tin.

It may be the only minister who lives in the Palace of Silver and Tin.

The other one is Aiwass.

This minister, whose real name is unknown, is very large. It was the largest gryphon Aiwass had ever seen.

Minister Griffin was currently lying on a square piece of pure white stone, with his two cat-like front paws on his chest, blocked by the white down on his chest, and his whole body feathers were as pure as jade. This stone is slightly small from a human point of view, but it just accommodates the entire body of the Griffin Minister. But it's just right for it.

And such a cute cat-like posture looks quite majestic - for no other reason than that it is too big.

The stone platform is almost one meter high. And just by leaning on it with its upper body propped up, it is almost four meters tall.

This is basically the height of one floor. Aiwass had to raise his head to talk to it normally.

"The chief girl of this year?"

The Griffin Minister held his paws in his hands, but he made a low and majestic voice like an old man: "Then there should be Griffins already."

"Probably because I wanted to pair her with a white-feathered gryphon - after all, she is Meg's close disciple."

Aiwass said with a smile.

It was actually his first time to meet the Griffin Minister, but he was not nervous at all... This old man was currently the oldest Griffin in Avalon. It is also the longest living griffin so far.

It is a "founding veteran" that has existed almost since the time of the first Knights of the Round Table.

Now it is too old and too heavy to fight... A body that would appear too fat for a human would be very pleasing to the eyes of a gryphon with half the body of a cat.

It hasn't always been the Gryphon Chancellor of Avalon - in fact, the old man has given this position to humans several times.

Because griffins are indeed far less intelligent than humans, and their physiological structure is not convenient for processing various documents. And because griffons are powerful and able to speak, as the darlings of the Silver Crown Dragon, they don't worry about being unfairly treated.

After all, strictly speaking, the griffon knights, whose lifespan is much shorter than that of griffins, are just the nannies and shovels of the griffons.

Just because it killed the previous Griffin Minister again, it was temporarily replaced until the Queen found a new Griffin Minister. Anyway, it just needs to squat here and be a mascot.

When there are important documents, his secretary will come over and let him peck his beak.

This is the benefit of Avalon's civil service system - no matter whether the minister above them is a human or a griffon, the civil servants can complete all tasks normally. Ministers just need to sign.

And as an old griffon, its working ability may be much stronger than that of humans. At least it won't cause a scandal or be bribed by foreigners.

"Little Meg..."

Minister Griffin felt nostalgic: "Her vision has always been good. What do you need me to do?"

"Please just give this file a peck."

Aiwass squatted on the ground and spread out the documents. Point with your finger where you need to sign.

The Griffin Minister did not get down from the stone, but stayed still.

Its neck just stretched forward like a spring, and it easily lay on the one-meter-high stone and pecked the document.

"and this."

Aiwass put the document away and took out another document: "Peck here. Well, and here. Here. Okay, thank you for your hard work."

"fine."

Minister Griffin made a gentle voice and encouraged: "Your name is Aiwass, right? The Crown Master is looking at you... behave well."

Aiwass shook his hand and said with a wry smile: "Yes, I will definitely work hard."

...There is a saying, being stared at by the Pillar God is not something to be happy about. This puts a lot of pressure on Aiwass.

Fortunately, there were no leaks this time.

The Great Sin Ceremony was because the Fallen Heaven Slayer's fart happened in the future, so Aiwass didn't dare to tell anyone a word about it.

But the Mithraic ritual did exist thousands of years ago. It was an ancient ritual that really spread in the ancient Parthian country. It is indeed a path that can be restored through Sherlock and popularized in Avalon.

Although Aiwass has lied many times using this excuse, this time it was true.

He could really see this ritual from the book. It's not like he forcibly invented it like he made the Butterfly of Flames.

It's just like a priest who can pray to get help from apostles of other paths, or a blood mage who can learn spells from other paths. This is one of the means by which the path of wisdom acquires the abilities of other paths.

The first two abilities it acquired in the early stage happened to be Avalon's mainstream path - dedication and authority. It can be said that this profession is stress-free to implement, and the most troublesome rituals can be turned into an assembly line.

After drawing the symbols on the wall and praying with Hengga's gaze, you can kill several cows in one go to complete the ritual for several people. After this group of people completes the ceremony, there is no need to wipe the ritual on the wall, just replace it with the next group.

Although the Pillar God's gaze cannot require too many requests at a time, there is no need to clean up the ceremony hall. This efficiency and cost can be optimized.

Of course, perhaps the biggest problem is that Avalon simply cannot lure so many high-level mages...

We can't let all the mages from Narcissus Principality come to Avalon, right?

That Star Antimony may really have to fight Avalon.

...but not necessarily. If those mages really came to Avalon, maybe Star Antimony wouldn't fight with Avalon.

Because then Avalon would be "a real weapon of mass destruction."

——Hey, this seems to be a solution?

Aiwass fell into deep thought, wondering if he could find a way to recruit some people.