Pastor's Tantra

Chapter 520 Clear Soup Aiwass

Under Matilda's guidance, Aiwass once again passed through a green light curtain.

He felt that strange touch again, like running his fingers through soap bubbles.

Taking advantage of a cardinal beside him, Aiwass asked curiously: "Excuse me... what is this, Cardinal Matilda?"

"The Veil of Temperance?"

Matilda glanced at it and replied: "This is the blessing of the twin mirror... To put it simply, things that are too fast cannot pass through it. The faster the speed, the greater the force of the rebound."

"It's too fast to pass, but it's too slow to pass..."

Aiwass murmured.

...Then isn't this actually equivalent to a speed bump?

"That's right. This way, everyone will not run into each other in the corridor. If someone invades, the attack will not be able to penetrate this light curtain."

Matilda said warmly: "If you can learn advanced magic, you can also set up your own screen of control."

Obviously, Cardinal Matilda knew what Aiwass was doing here.

She led Aiwass around and walked to a palace-like... or bathing-like building.

The surroundings are surrounded by vegetation, except for a bathtub in the middle of the room, which is filled with golden liquid steaming with white smoke - it is shining with a gentle light at the moment. This is obviously holy water that has been consecrated, and it is exuding the aroma of citrus and strong alcohol. And it is suspended with knotted vine buttons one after another... It looks like a pot of soup.

"This is holy water brewed from marigolds and orange blossoms picked at noon."

Cardinal Matilda showed a gentle smile, stretched out her hand and introduced to Aiwass: "Mixed with grain wine, ginseng, blackberry leaves, holly and grape vines that have been stored for more than thirty years. It is heated with burned pine bark and bishop grass. boiled."

…Are you going to put me in there and cook it?

Aiwass looked at the blue-haired female elf and hesitated for a moment.

This pool is obviously still boiling!

And under Aiwass's gaze, Matilda reached out and operated. The pool stopped boiling.

She ordered to Aiwass: "Take off your clothes, including all your underwear. You go in and soak first, and I will help you get other things. The temperature should be suitable, and there is no need to worry about contamination... This Only one person can use the pool.

"You can leave the clothes here temporarily. I will bring them with you when you leave."

With that said, she pointed to the wooden basin next to her and left thoughtfully.

Aiwass breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Matilda's age is estimated to be several times older than his own age with a zero after it... But if she is watching from the side, Aiwass is really embarrassed to take off his clothes.

Because he didn't know when Matilda would come back, he quickly took off his clothes and got into the hot spring.

The strong orange blossom aroma accompanied by the smell of wine made Aiwass moan in comfort.

The water temperature in this pool is over 80 degrees, which is equivalent to freshly brewed hot tea. It can instantly burn the skin of ordinary people.

But to Aiwass, it was like ordinary warm water. He didn't even need to adapt to the temperature before he could dive right into it - this surprised Aiwass himself.

He observed that even his own skin was not red. He closed his eyes and soaked for a long time, feeling his spirit relaxed, but Matilda hadn't come back yet. So he opened his eyes out of boredom, shrank under the water with interest, and blew bubbles like a child.

Since the transformation of the body after the completion of this advancement ceremony, all the excess body hair on Aiwass's body has been removed, and his skin has become fairer and more delicate than before. But it actually became more resilient.

Nowadays, let alone ordinary people, even extraordinary people holding ordinary daggers or long swords would find it difficult to cut Aiwass's skin.

Although he has not been attacked yet, Aiwass is very confident - most of the current bullets cannot break through the defense of his skin. Even if he is burned by flames, Aiwass will not be scalded... Even if he is tied to the stake, he will not burn to death at all. Death by suffocation is more likely than burning to death.

He is not yet able to take himself off oxygen. Therefore, it is still very dangerous if it is sunk at sea.

However, with Aiwass's current physical fitness, he could probably swim directly back to the nearest land.

From this moment on, he truly transcended mortals - he would no longer be killed by mortals with weapons due to chance and conspiracy.

No wonder, the extraordinary people from various countries basically only reach high positions after reaching the fourth energy level...

Now Aiwass understands exactly why.

Aiwass soaked for a while.

When the water temperature dropped to forty or fifty degrees, Cardinal Matilda arrived belatedly.

She looked at Aiwass in the pool and had no reaction at all. She just stretched out her hand to test the water temperature, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "No problem, the water temperature is still enough..."

As she said that, she took out a box of strange things: "Drink it."

"……What's this?"

From a distance, Aiwass looks like a bowl of boiled beans in tomato sauce with a watery soup.

He immediately resisted.

It's not that I'm worried about poisoning, it's mainly that this doesn't look delicious...

"It's beans boiled in pomegranate juice."

Like a kindergarten teacher, Matilda explained to Aiwass gently and carefully: "We compare pomegranate juice to the blood of the candle, and the kidney beans can be regarded as the seeds of sin thorns. It is not fully cooked. , so it is slightly toxic. But it doesn’t matter to you...quickly, drink it while it’s hot.”

Aiwass grimaced and drank it.

Undercooked kidney beans have a bitter taste, while boiled pomegranate juice is not very sweet but is extremely sour. Aiwass drank them like he was drinking medicine - an experience he hadn't had in a long time.

Immediately afterwards, Matilda stuffed a dried date into Aiwass's mouth. Aiwass chewed it subconsciously, feeling the sweetness flowing down his throat, and his frown became better.

"Come out, Aiwass."

She pointed to the open space with the red carpet and motioned for Aiwass to get out of the pool.

Although he was a little shy, Aiwass still pretended to be nonchalant and came out of the swimming pool.

Without Matilda doing anything, all traces of water on Aiwass body were completely evaporated. His skin was steaming with white smoke visible to the naked eye, exuding an intoxicating smell of orange blossom.

Matilda quickly took out a plate of ointment and smeared it on Aiwass's body skillfully.

——How should I put it, if Matilda looked older, Aiwass wouldn't be so shy. But she looked too young, which made Aiwass feel like she was being cared for like a child.

Fortunately, Matilda was still explaining to Aiwass at the same time: "This is a special consecrated oil made of cinnamon essential oil mixed with coconut oil. It will only be used during the 'Ritual Ceremony'... It symbolizes the sun and the moon. The joint protection of the gods can also be extended to the joint protection of the nine pillar gods."

[The Ceremony of Ranking] refers to the promotion ceremony to the Holy Order of Bishops and above. This is why Cardinal Matilda is called the Priest.

Soon, she finished applying the ointment on Aiwass's body.

Afterwards, she took out a complete set of bishop's clothes. They radiated heat, as if they had just been roasted by fire. Every time Aiwass put on something, he felt a burning sensation coming from the junction between the clothes and his skin - as if he had just been soaked in pepper water or smeared with chili oil.

Aiwass looked down and found that there was something wrong with the style of the clothes.

He had already worn the clothes of a bishop once during the previous promotion ceremony.

But now, the style of clothes he wears seems a little different...

"Wait, Cardinal Matilda."

Aiwass reminded: "Did you get the wrong clothes?"

Although this dress is generally red, it has many golden decorations.

The biggest difference from the bishop is that its sacrificial robe is gold instead of crimson.

—These are not the clothes of a bishop, but of an archbishop.

That is, at the same level as Bishop Mathers, he can be in charge of the capital church of a certain country. This is already the highest level that humans can reach under normal circumstances.

Although it is true that it is the fourth level that can be promoted to the Archbishop, not all fourth levels are archbishops. The upgrade speed of Holy Orders is usually slower than the upgrade of extraordinary ability levels.

In other words, much slower.

Because being promoted to Archbishop means becoming the spokesperson of Nine Pillars Church in this region. Therefore, various issues such as merit, character, qualifications, beliefs and influence must be comprehensively considered, and the meetings of the Immortals are too slow... so much so that in some places, the bishops have long been qualified for promotion, but they are still delaying promotion.

It wasn’t intentional or the back-and-forth kind of meeting in the Round Table Hall. It’s just pure procrastination.

——There’s no rush anyway, let’s talk about it in a few years.

"That's right."

Cardinal Matilda took a deep look at Aiwass and replied: "His Majesty the Pope means that you will be directly promoted to archbishop."

As a student of the seminary, Aiwass can be regarded as an assistant priest.

From aide to priest, from priest to bishop, from bishop to archbishop... Aiwass can be regarded as rising three levels in a row.

Aiwass felt no joy.

Rather, it's quite the opposite.

——He only felt a chill.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. This is completely inconsistent with the rules and traditions of the Theocracy!

Something is wrong, this is definitely wrong!