Pastor's Tantra

Aiwass doesn’t pastor Shadow Fiend too deeply on the train.

It's not for safety reasons - in most areas of Avalon, even if Aiwass is unconscious, Lily and Shadow Demon alone are enough to protect him.

The main reason is that the train is a public place and it is inconvenient to do many things.

When you are in pain and fear, but only have compassion and kindness in your heart, you can strengthen the element of "dedication" and thereby strengthen the effect of pastoral care.

But if such a good room is filled with blood, it will really cause trouble to others.

And if there is too much movement, the waiter waiting at the door may be called in. At that time, the other party may be shocked, and the existence of the pastoral law may even be exposed.

Considering the premise of keeping quiet, Aiwass tried to abandon the ceremonial knife for the first time - and directly bit his wrist with his own teeth, almost biting his wrist off directly. Since Aiwass can make the blood flow in the wrist area, it means that he has bitten through the vein.

This fear of gradually approaching death, biting oneself firmly against resistance, in terms of pure pain, is far less painful than clenching the ceremonial knife tightly and carving the sharp blade into the bone. After all, "bone-deep pain" is not just talk.

However, biting through one's wrist with teeth that are much blunter than a ceremonial knife undoubtedly requires a stronger will.

——So, if the same degree of compassion and kindness are used to inspire pastoral care, which effect will be better?

By observing Shadow Demon's reaction, Aiwass got confirmation.

This is better now.

Rather than "pain", suppressing "fear" and "resistance" with kind thoughts is the key to getting closer to the core.

Aiwass gradually understood.

——That doesn’t mean you can’t use ceremonial swords.

Just use a dull knife! In order to ensure that he could penetrate the bone by clenching it, he chose a ritual knife that was too sharp, but this actually violated the essence of pastoral care, because subconsciously he was still choosing a "more convenient and comfortable" tool.

Would it be better if I stabbed my hand directly through the abdomen or heart?

…The only problem is, my fingers don’t seem to be that strong.

Also because he only fed some snacks this time, Aiwass's mental state was pretty good. Before a third of the candle was burned, Aiwass ended her pastoral care and turned to using the fire ritual to heal his wounds.

"Is it my imagination?"

Aiwass returned to his original form and lay on the bed, holding the shadow demon who had turned into a black cat on his lap.

He asked with some doubt: "Why do I feel that you have become stronger?"

"That is the kindness of the master~"

The pitch-black kitten, which looked like a black hole with eyes, let out the sweet voice of Miss Assassin Chloe like a baby.

"Tell the truth." Aiwass interrupted mercilessly.

"Tsk."

Shadow Demon clicked his tongue and stopped talking in his voice.

She switched to Miss Bayard's cold and mature voice that was completely different from Chloe's: "It starts from the promotion ceremony."

Aiwass immediately guessed what it was: "Is it because you ate your past self?"

In his last promotion ceremony, Bayard ate himself as the vampire Bayard, and also ate himself as the new shadow demon who still had the mark of the sin of rage.

The other two Bayards sacrificed themselves voluntarily, perhaps unintentionally fulfilling the conditions of a certain ritual.

After all, the holy number is three, which belongs to Si Zhu's domain. Sizhu is the god who binds his body with sin thorns and burns his body to chase darkness. He has the sacred concept of bearing sins and sacrificing himself for others.

Thinking of this, Aiwass suddenly became interested: "Did you obtain the brand of rage again?"

The Mark of Sin is the embodiment of the core strength of the Fallen Sky Division.

It can transform material world races such as humans or elves into demons that can enter and exit the dream world at will. This is undoubtedly a power that is quite close to its origin. Moreover, demons who have been awarded a major sin brand only need to continue to practice their major sins to continue to become stronger and evolve upward with the same major sin brand. Depending on their race, the upper limit of the level can float from level 50 to 70. class.

But on the other hand, if the devil "awakens" and is no longer entangled by his sins...for example, like Bayard, if he completely stops being angry, he will also lose the possibility of continuing to become stronger.

A demon that loses the mark of mortal sin cannot evolve.

Apart from the obvious difference in combat experience, there is basically no difference in power between the Shadow Demon hundreds of years ago and the Shadow Demon when Aiwass summoned him.

However, Shadow Demon gave a reply after a short silence: "Yes, I have regained the mark of sin.

"...But, it's not [Rage]."

"What's that?" Aiwass asked.

"——It's [jealousy]."

Although the expression of the shadow demon cannot be seen clearly, I feel that its current expression is also very subtle: "I got the mark of jealousy... If nothing else, I may be the only shadow demon who got the mark of jealousy."

"No wonder."

Aiwass nodded thoughtfully.

This time he felt that Shadow Demon's strength had improved much faster than before.

With the same mana before, Shadow Demon's growth rate was obviously much slower than that of Little Butterfly.

The Shadow Demon, who has regained the Mark of Sin at the sixth level, has regained all his strength as a high-level demon, unlocked his growth potential, and has the possibility of evolving into a high-level phantom demon.

Although the subsequent growth path may be subtly different from the previous one, it may even become a brand new demon after evolution. After all, "rage" and "jealousy" are definitely different, and the shadow demon carrying the crime of jealousy... is probably the only one in the world.

"How far do you feel you are from reaching the sixth level?"

Aiwass asked Shadow Demon carefully: "If you receive pastoral care on this scale every day, how long will it take for you to reach the sixth level?"

"I am not far from the sixth level, my master."

Shadow Demon quickly responded: "I think it should only be two weeks at most."

"Okay, I understand."

Aiwass nodded slightly and decided to devote more resources to Shadow Demon this month.

——Then, it’s almost time to start preparing for the Shadow Demon’s seal.

The most powerful pastoral care should be used to help Shadow Demon break through the racial limit.

When will Shadow Fiend evolve? It’s time to get stuck.

Aiwass thought so, and slowly fell asleep holding the black cat.

When he woke up again, the train had arrived at the Glass Island.

Because Aiwass' return this time was completely impromptu. He did not notify anyone, so no one came to pick them up.

Noble Red is dead and school is on vacation. So Aiwass returned to his real home after a long absence.

Not No. 14 Ronin Street, but Moriarty Manor in the White Queen.

Aiwass hasn't come back for a long time.

Lily took out the key and opened the door, and the two of them strolled on the gravel road from the front door to the main entrance. The gardens on both sides are well kept and still in full bloom even in winter.

Snowdrops, white daffodils, pink roses, red roses. They are carefully laid out to give a warm and comfortable feel.

"Good afternoon, Professor Sorenson. Long time no see."

Aiwass smiled and greeted the old gardener.

The old man also smiled and nodded to the future head of the Moriarty family in response.