Pastor's Tantra

Minister Drost took Aiwass to Queen Sophia's palace.

Not even Diomedes entered the house - he stood guard outside the door, refusing to let anyone near.

The Queen had died less than an hour ago, but the place was still full of life. But all the maids and guards have been removed, making it look a bit empty.

Of course Sherlock was not imprisoned here, after all there were windows.

Considering that Drost does not want Shylock to be found, he is probably in the underground ceremony room now. In order to prevent outsiders from affecting the ceremony, the ceremony room was isolated from inside and outside.

Therefore, even if divination, precognition, or rituals and prayers with similar functions are used on Shylock, it will be difficult to pinpoint his location accurately. And this place is still underground, so even if you want to run away with him, it will be difficult. You can place the trap directly underground without worrying about accidentally injuring your own people.

Then the other way around - since this is the most suitable prison, given Shylock's importance to Drost, he will probably be locked up here.

As for putting it outside, that is absolutely impossible.

As a regicide, Drost is already full of hatred. Not only a few big-name extraordinary beings, but even those knights might want to kill him. Even if an elf butler suddenly rushed out and killed him, it was not impossible.

So until everything settles, Drost will only hide in the Palace of Silver and Tin. At least there is protection from the Star Antimony people here.

But the Queen's palace must also have some meaning.

Droste is a man with a deep mind, and it is impossible for him to do something useless.

And when Aiwass saw Drost draw the curtains after entering the door, but did not turn on the light, he almost laughed.

He was even certain that Drost's next move was to walk to the tea table and light the lamp.

That was the table where Isabel usually had snacks and had afternoon tea. It is also the place used by Aiwass and Yulia to play cards and chess.

Isabel usually eats afternoon tea in the study, sometimes in the doll house, and sometimes in the bedroom.

Like other girls of this era, Isabel loved playing with dolls. She has her own dollhouse, a collection of 1:12 miniature palaces and hundreds of various dolls. From knights, kings, princesses, to dragons, griffins, pegasus... there are even pocket wine cellars, pocket study rooms and pocket round tables.

This was originally a dollhouse shared by the children of the entire royal family, but now it belongs to Isabel alone.

And on this desk lamp, there is a "fire of truth" used to detect lies. Different from the silver model used in the Arbitration Hall that gives people psychological pressure, this light is specially designed to confuse people. From the appearance, it looks like a normal oil lamp, only brighter.

It's a trick the Queen uses to detect lies when she invites some important ministers to talk.

Later, Aiwass felt that there was no need... With Sherlock and his brother here, there was no need for such methods. So it was removed.

...Obviously, the fact that Drost knows about its existence shows that Queen Sophia trusts him very much. Otherwise the Queen would not have told him this secret.

But this trap is of no use to Aiwass.

All joking aside, Aiwass may even be more familiar with the Queen's palace than Queen Isabel.

After all, Isabel is quite busy as queen.

Every day when she wakes up, there is always something for her to deal with. For example, hosting a round table meeting, discussing some government affairs with Privy Council Minister Hermes, accepting interviews and attending events, and meeting with some important figures. Or maybe they practice singing, drama, painting, musical instruments, performances, sculptures, running around every day.

When she was in the bedroom, she was either painting or playing the piano, or reading some books or sleeping. She probably didn't even notice the pattern on the bricks on the wall of the Queen's palace.

But Aiwass is different.

He often went over and huddled in Isabel's quilt to take a nap.

——Of course he has a room of his own. But Isabel's room was better lit, more spacious and more ornate.

Of course, it may simply be that someone else’s quilt feels better to sleep on. Just like the cat food in other cat bowls is more delicious.

And Isabel is the queen, so this can be regarded as a kind of sleeping on the bed of a dragon - it sounds very exciting, and it smells like a powerful minister. It's even more delicious when you sleep. Anyway, it's been more than a month since they confirmed their relationship, and Isabel doesn't dislike him.

After Aiwass wakes up, he will take a leisurely tour. Look through her for some snacks, or see if there are any traps or treasures hidden by the craftsmen in the room, or just ask Yulia to come over and play chess and cards together. Otherwise, just chat with the queen's guards and practice speaking Elvish.

He even specifically studied what kind of route can be used to approach the window of the palace from the outside, and specially set up a barrier outside the window with the Queen's Guards... Even Aiwass made a special trip to climb in the ventilation duct. .

So now Aiwass felt like laughing after hearing Drost's words.

——No one knows the Queen's palace better than me.

Aiwass even once deceived the Grand Guardian before the True Fire. It was even more impossible for Drost to make good use of it.

Thinking of this, Aiwass already had a new plan in mind.

Sure enough, Drost pretended to light the candle naturally.

"It's a little dark." Aiwass mentioned casually, pretending not to know what he was doing.

But Minister Drost just had a straight face and shook his head seriously: "You don't want people outside to know that we are having a secret conversation in the queen's palace, right?"

"Are you still afraid of this?"

Aiwass asked half seriously, half sarcastically.

"You don't know, Monsignor."

Droste just pretended to sigh: "I am also...standing on the edge of the cliff, in danger."

"No, I know."

Aiwass said lightly: "I even know that the Star Antimony people plan to kill you after they have finished using you."

The candle flame did not flicker.

Seeing this, Drost was suddenly shocked.

He did not resist and said things like "This is impossible" and "Produce evidence". It was obvious that he had already had similar conjectures in his mind.

Therefore, he just remained silent for a while and made a gloomy and ferocious expression: "Your Majesty Bishop, where did you... get this information?"

"Don't scare me, Minister Drost."

Aiwass smiled and said without fear: "How did I know this? You know it yourself.

"Star Antimony's economic situation is worse than you think. They simply cannot afford the remuneration you are asking for... let alone give you a title or a manor.

"The forces within the Star Antimony Kingdom are severely divided, and no one party can afford this price. If they dare to raise it, they will be pulled down by the other two families by relying on the public opinion of Star Antimony. And they hope to control Avalon, but they are unwilling Destroy Avalon...so Minister you will be cleared by them after the dust settles.

"I guess you will be abandoned by the Avalon people as a deserted son who pleases them."

The cardinal spoke slowly.

Drost was sweating from his temples.

He quickly glanced at the candle from the corner of his eye and found that the flame of reality still did not waver.

"...How did you know all this?"

He could only repeat what he said before. But his tone no longer dared to be so harsh, but softened a lot.

Aiwass was unfazed.

He just crossed his fingers and looked at him with a smile. His face was full of amusement and pleasure.

Seeing Drost become nervous involuntarily, Aivaska casually said before the other party exploded: "Do you know Emma?"

"…Which Emma?"

Drost's heart skipped a beat, and he could only pretend to be calm and speak calmly.

"The 'daughter' of the Red Prime Minister, his first secretary. The person behind the Noble Red, and the connector between the Noble Red and Rosicrucian..."

Aiwass said with a half-smile: "The incarnation of the succubus, a famous star all over the world... What other names do you want to hear about her?"

Minister Drost's pupils were trembling.

There are some secrets here that he has only recently had the opportunity to come into contact with; there are also some names that even he doesn't know about.

And Aiwass not only knew this, but also knew Xing Antimony's attitude towards him.

This made Minister Drost couldn't help but blurt out: "Are you from Countess Emma?"

——It turns out that Bishop Moriarty is an ally? !

Aiwass just smiled and shook his head.

"It's not 'I'm hers'," Aiwass said word for word. "To be more correct... it should be, 'She is my thing'.

"Every day she lies quietly in my arms, her magic flows through my fingers, and her fragrance wraps around my body. As long as I want, I can summon her anytime, anywhere. Just...hehe , it’s just not convenient to show you.”

Looking at Aiwass, whose attitude was almost arrogant and the corners of his mouth were raised in pleasure.

After hearing this, Drost was silent for a while.

He looked towards the candlelight.

The candle flame was motionless.

——The Fire of Truth is broken?

Such thoughts came to his mind.

So Drost, with the idea of ​​​​testing, said in a deep voice: "Stop talking about this, Bishop Moriarty. Are you here to see Sherlock? It's a pity... that great detective has been killed by me. "

As soon as he finished speaking, the candle began to tremble violently for a moment.

...isn’t it broken?

Realizing something, Drost looked at Aiwass with some horror.

So if Aiwass is telling the truth...

Then Aiwass is more than just his ally.

——He is basically his leader, superior, and supervisor!

Thinking of this, he suddenly broke into a cold sweat.

It turns out that the Star Antimony Man had already planted a spy in Avalon that was more covert than himself... Now that he had successfully assassinated Queen Sofia and could no longer take a step back, the other party finally revealed his identity.

Seeing the half-smiling look on Aiwass's face as he looked at him, Drost immediately reacted - his temptation had long been seen by Aiwass.

The True Fire is a top secret in Avalon, and Aiwass has absolutely no idea. So he could only see through his lies.

"...No, please forgive me for lying just now. Sherlock is not dead, I just locked him in the ritual room... Please save me, Lord Bishop!"

Drost immediately knelt down on one knee and lowered his head to Aiwass like a knight saluting Queen Sophia.

There was no trace of the leisure and pride that he felt when he saw Aiwass from outside.

He didn't care about his dignity at all, but sincerely requested: "I actually felt it before... because His Highness the Prince looked at me wrongly, which made me very uneasy."

It's like looking at a dead person. This made him uneasy.

But now, he finally got the reason to feel uneasy from Aiwass.

——The Star Antimony people want to default on their debts! Eat both ends!

This made Drost grit his teeth in hatred.

The monarch of Xing Antimony clearly guaranteed it to him. They say that the Star Antimony people will not be like the Iris people, who will just throw away people as garbage after using them...

It is indeed not lost!

They even want to use their waste——

How hateful!

More hateful than the Iris Man!

"Your Highness Lucien... I really can't hold my anger back."

Aiwass squinted his eyes, leaned forward slightly, slowly tapped the armrest of the chair with his right index finger, and said calmly: "Your guess is good. But how to solve it depends on your sincerity."

"I have 150,000 gold coins here..."

"Do you think I'm short of money?"

Aiwass interrupted Drost.

Before Drost could say anything, he just said to himself: "Of course, I don't lack women. Likewise, I don't lack power either."

"…Then what do you want?"

Droste gritted his teeth and realized that this seemingly young man did not seem to be that easy to fool.

……etc.

Look young?

He froze for a moment and realized something.

Of course Countess Emma cannot obey Aiwass Moriarty. The last time she came to Avalon, Aiwass hadn't even been born yet.

As a person who has never left Avalon, it is unlikely that Aiwass knows the secrets that only the top executives of Star Antimony know.

At the same time, Aiwass's tone did not seem like a gentle and tolerant priest...

...But what if he is not Aiwass Moriarty?

Drost looked at Aiwass's meaningful and dangerous smile, and suddenly felt a chill running down his spine.

An amber craftsman can put one person's soul into another person's body.

The dark side of Xing Antimony’s generation is the amber craftsman with the pinnacle of skill!

——And among the two top transcendent beings who arrived in Avalon this time, there was a direct disciple of the Black Phase!

Realizing this, Minister Drost was shocked.

He is not Aiwass!

Then it all makes sense!

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