Pastor's Tantra

Merlin narrowed his eyes slightly.

Because he knew the old man and was very familiar with him. They knew each other a long time ago.

——The man locked in the birdcage by Titania was none other than James Moriarty, Aiwass's adoptive father.

Although he was locked in a cage, the old man looked in good condition at the moment. He was dressed solemnly as if he were attending a banquet, and even his hair was neatly combed back and neatly styled.

In addition to the crossbar for the bird to stand on, the birdcage also has chairs for people to sit on. At this moment, James sat down safely, even crossed his legs, and looked at Merlin with a smile.

"...I heard that you have been missing for a long time, but I didn't expect you to be here."

Merlin said: "They all thought you had an accident in the Theocracy."

"I did go to the Theocracy. On the one hand, it was to pick up some things, and on the other hand, it was also to worship the giant tree."

James smiled and said: "I have great respect for the giant tree - it single-handedly carries a civilization and creates a race with its own flesh and blood. If the giant tree were more powerful, it would definitely choose to support the whole world."

"I will listen seriously."

Merlin said casually: "How is your recent research? You haven't called me for a long time, so everything must be going well, right?"

"You can say that."

James chuckled and said, "But in front of His Majesty, it's better not to talk about these boring things - what did you do in the Fairy Kingdom?"

"Then you have to ask your children."

Merlin said unceremoniously: "When you are here as a guest, they are not idle."

"Which child of mine?"

James asked: "Son or daughter?"

"Of course it was the little fox from Alexander's family. Thanks to him, I found out that Vivian was doing something again - she changed my Shadow of Avalon ritual. But she didn't have that ability, so I suspected it might be That guy Jacob helped her change it. As a 'great wizard', he often uses rituals to borrow the power of other paths, and the apostle he met on the path of love is Vivian. So they are connected. .

"But if Jacob hadn't done it...then the situation would have been more complicated. Maybe Tiansi and Zhushen were involved. Although my skills are not very good, ordinary people can't just change them if they want. Changed.”

Merlin pulled up his big-brimmed hat and said seriously to James and the Fairy Queen: "So I have to go to the Beheading Valley to see if that Alexander guy has left anything else. But there was the Amber God there. It was engraved, and I no longer had a physical body, so I couldn't enter through the normal way.

"So I have to borrow the Fairy Cave. If he left any rituals, there must be clues in the Fairy Cave."

"Shadow of Avalon..."

Fairy Queen Titania asked with interest: "Is it the ritual that resurrected Lancelot? What did Vivian change it into? Is it fun?"

"I can't say."

Merlin shook his head cautiously: "But the one resurrected by it is definitely not Lancelot. I'm not sure if it will be fun, but it will definitely be troublesome. So I stopped the ritual first."

He was actually not sure whether that ceremony would bring down Ying Tiansi as Aiwass said.

In Merlin's knowledge, there is no ritual that can directly bring Tiansi to the material world. If Tiansi could be pulled down so easily, wouldn't they have been pulled down long ago?

Although Tiansi and the apostles can also be reincarnated, they are active actions. Usually it is to "cut off and practice again" in order to go further or to change the path.

Merlin knew a little bit about the ritual simply because he was half a demon and had some intuitive ability beyond the path. However, he is not a professional curse mage after all...his main path is the path of wisdom. He can only be regarded as a dabbler in rituals - of course, a dabbler at the level of an apostle.

He analyzed it logically and felt that the ritual did have such an effect... but Merlin was not sure that this was how it would work in the end.

Generally speaking, when Merlin encounters this kind of ritual with uncertain effects, he will let it run around first to try it. But this ritual felt a bit fatal, so he didn't dare to try it - it would be bad luck if he really pulled off some acquaintance.

What on earth are Vivian and Jacob doing?

Is this something you can touch?

"I might actually know a little bit about this."

James raised his eyebrows and said calmly: "When Aiwass' parents came to Glass Island, they brought a letter. The letter mentioned his father's research... It was a letter sent by his brother. "

"Whose brother?"

"Julio Alexander, Jacob's second son, the father of Aiwass. A letter sent to Julio by his brother, Jacob's eldest son."

"...I'm not very impressed."

"Well, Julio is just a young priest. Not even a bishop. It's normal that you have no impression."

James nodded and continued to explain to his old acquaintance: "His eldest son is also not very famous. He later inherited Jacob's desire for the road, became a demonologist, and lurked inside the Noble Red. . But then he was killed by the Noble Red people. It is precisely because of this that the Noble Red knew about Jacob’s research.”

"I haven't heard of it either."

Merlin shrugged and smiled helplessly: "Tell me straight, what did that letter say? What was Jacob's specific research? I only know that it seems to be related to artificial humans... Or Eleni told me, It was he who used the wrong means to reach the supreme pursuit of alchemy. As a result, Jacob was later cursed by the sand clock because of this."

"Jacob was anonymous back then because of his research. I was also at Lloyd's of London back then, and I had many confrontations with him when I was young."

James squinted his eyes and said softly: "He is indeed a genius. But genius can usually only be one step ahead, and two steps ahead is a madman.

"He is more than two steps ahead - his research is truly taboo. Even copying souls is just a necessary component of his association technology. I think what he really wants to do is to create gods.

"The letter mentioned that he tried to integrate the fragments of the phantom into human souls to create people who were born with special characteristics."

"...Isn't that the Phantom Egg?"

Merlin frowned: "What's the point of this?"

"I don't know. His death is inexplicable. I actually suspect that he is not dead...or he has quietly become an apostle of a certain god. Although it is not clear what he wants to do, it is definitely right to destroy all his plans."

James replied calmly: "According to his original plan, Aivas Alexander should be handed over to Bishop Mathers by Julio; and Julia Heracross would eventually be adopted by the Bartons.

"So I interfered to a certain extent... and raised both Yulia and Aiwass in front of me. But I didn't expect that they would actually get together on their own."

"Is this why you suddenly faked your death?" Merlin asked.

"Well, after Aiwass came into contact with the Noble Red, he suddenly became wary of me. And he also inexplicably mastered some secret knowledge that he shouldn't have, involving Tiansi and Zhushen. I suspect that he was influenced by Jacob The influence of the cloth may be that I received some knowledge in the dream.”

James narrowed his eyes: "So I planned to give them some space... to see what would happen to them if I was not there. So I came to see Her Majesty Titania and asked her to take me in for a while.

"Since you have been staring at Avalon, please tell me what they have done during this time."