Pastor's Tantra

"……student?"

Aiwass narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Cardinal Loki with his right hand behind his back.

Vines on his shoulder also narrowed his scarlet pupils simultaneously.

Cardinal Loki glanced at Vines, and the corners of his mouth, which still had traces of stitches, slightly raised: "You are not an honest person... should you say you are worthy of being Moriarty? This sinful surname..."

"What do you know?"

"a lot of."

Cardinal Loki replied: "I know most of the secrets in this world, even more than you can think of.

"Aiwass... I reiterate that I do not want to be your enemy. I know that if I fight you, I may be completely destroyed, so we might as well skip this step... What do you want to know? Directly Just ask. And I will answer every question.

"For example... you, as a fragment of Huan Tiansi, were re-created by your 'grandfather' Jacob."

——It’s different from what everyone else calls Aiwass.

It is not a vague "holy entity", but refers to a very clear "fragment of Huan Tiansi".

Aiwass's heart sank slightly.

When he was almost taken over by Huantiansi in the previous promotion ceremony, Aiwass was almost convinced that he had a very close relationship with Huantiansi. But now, this conjecture has been verified again from a third-party perspective.

"...You haven't answered my question yet."

Aiwass was silent for a while, then looked at Cardinal Loki again: "What...has he learned from you?"

When Loki heard this, his smile gradually disappeared.

His ombre-colored hair, which reminded Aiwass of the flames of a gas stove, suddenly became windless and automatic. It's like the solidified, stagnant flame map begins to burn again.

Loki said slowly: "He inherited my most important mysterious skill from me - my stargazing tantra."

"...stargazing?"

Aiwass murmured: "Is it adapted to the astrology of the path?"

He remembered that Professor James had written several papers on astrology when he was very young.

His talent in mathematics and astrology was so great that Aiwass once thought that he was an extraordinary person with wisdom and adaptability to the path. With his enthusiasm for astrology when he was young, it was very reasonable to go to the Theocracy to learn more profound knowledge.

"That is the original book of astrology, a method of observation that was born when the second sun broke. The many secrets I know were told to me by the stars.

"——The stars told me that I would meet the successor of my destiny that day. Then I met James Moriarty who was studying.

"At that time, he was basically about the same age as you, barely a few years older. Before that, he had never been exposed to the path of adaptation, and he was not even a transcendent. But as the stars said, he was very Smart and quick to master... He learned the essence from me for three years.

"He learned astrology from me, and he will stand here and accompany me to observe the Theocracy when he has nothing to do. Although he is not an elf and has no worries about Ningpa, he will also enthusiastically help other people and my followers. Together with the preaching of controlled fire.”

"It sounds like there's nothing wrong with it," Aiwass interjected.

Cardinal Loki replied: "The problem is that for a short-lived species... the secrets he holds are too many and too heavy. The things he worries about are far beyond his ability. But This is nothing... As an astrologer, I see too much and can do too little, and one day I will adapt."

"But he didn't."

"Yes, but he didn't. The more secrets he saw, the more he wanted to interfere with the world. He read a lot of books from the Thirteenth Circle and visited many teachers. His original one-year study abroad time was It was extended again and again to four years... After seeking true knowledge, he returned to the Avalon Royal University of Law and completed the rest of his coursework.

"At least at that point, I just thought he was going to make a difference in Avalon."

Cardinal Loki's voice was rational and calm, as calm as reciting a manuscript, without any anger or even waves.

"When he left me, he was only twenty-four years old. At that time, he was full of interest, passion, and well-read, and wanted to create a career of his own. When I learned about him again, he was already twenty-four years old. Ten years later.

"——As far as I know, it was the witch named Anna Kingsford who changed him."

Cardinal Loki is not shy about sharing secrets.

This may be because he wants to show kindness to Aiwass, or it may be something that every astrologer has in common - because he knows far more than he needs to know, he will talk non-stop once the conversation begins.

This is undoubtedly information that Aiwass cannot obtain at all.

What Loki said was corroborated with the information already known to Aiwass - Moriarty's extreme concept of "premature death and necessary evil" was indeed inherited from Controlled Fire .

But hearing what Loki meant...he didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with his ideas at all.

"...You said he is chasing you and you will not be able to help yourself."

"Yes."

"You couldn't help but steal Freya's secret medicine?"

Aiwass questioned.

Regardless of whether Loki is a prisoner or not, as the boss of the surveillance room, he must know who stole the "Tears of Time".

What was unexpected was that Loki did not quibble or lie, but frankly admitted: "Indeed."

"...Is this also part of a 'necessary evil'? In order to be elected pope, you intend to use Tears of Time and even murder the bishop to persecute Saint Ningbo?"

"So that's what you thought."

Hearing this, Loki suddenly laughed: "This is what you don't understand about me.

"——I don't care about the position of the Pope at all. All cardinals are pastors, so what's the significance of the title of the head of the pastors?"

"Don't you deny the attack on Pure White?"

Aiwass asked.

The corners of Loki's mouth raised slightly, and he nodded slightly without responding.

And Aiwass asked: "Then what is your purpose? Or, if you really succeed as pope - what are you going to do?

"If you really don't intend to be my enemy, then you should be able to tell me the answer to 'what am I going to do'. As you said, you will answer all questions."

"—Controlled Fire."

Cardinal Loki replied without hesitation: "I want to promote controlled fire and save the Eternal Theocracy; I want to cut off the inheritance of the elves and let the elves be reborn.

"You also know that the immortality of the elves comes from Ning Ba's curse; if Ning Ba is truly cured, the elves will lose their long lifespan, and the Eternal Theocracy will fall into chaos, and will eventually die out with the passage of time; Nine Pillars The Church of God will also lose its foundation because of this. I knew about this earlier than Freya, and even earlier than anyone else... When I became an elf, I already knew the root of the elf's immortality. What is it.

"Although the name of the Eternal Theocracy itself comes from the inheritance of the Eternal Saint, not the Pope - but rather than the Theocracy, I hope that the Church of the Nine Pillars will survive in the end."

Cardinal Loki replied slowly and word for word: "Because it is the candlestick who forgives my sins, not the giant tree; it is the candlestick who gives me new life, not the pope.

"I am a believer of Si Zhu, not the son of the Giant Tree and Lingpo. What happens to the elves or the giant tree has nothing to do with me. I only walk on my own path."

"...Compared to the elves, I am more inclined to the Theocracy; than to the Theocracy, I am more inclined to the Church. Is this what you mean?"

Aiwass understood.

Loki really doesn't need to lie - he is indeed a devotee of the fifth level, and his will is strong.

He only serves the survival and interests of the Church of the Nine Pillars... and the Eternal Saint is the core inheritance of the Eternal Theocracy, passed down from generation to generation and succeeding the pope. In other words, these popes were always independent of the church system.

What Loki wants is not to "become the Pope himself", but "to prevent a saint from succeeding to the Pope."

He knows the principle of Ningbo, so he knows that it cannot be cured or cured; and the solution to alleviate Ningbo is "Controlled Fire"... He himself also knows that cutting off the inheritance cannot cure Ningbo, but can only reduce it. The probability. But this is the effect he wants.

——Seal and control the flames that can produce light but also burn humans.

This flame is the "Ningpa Curse" itself.

This is Loki's path of devotion - for the survival of the church and the Theocracy, let the elves who are destined to become amber die as soon as possible so as not to affect other people.

This is exactly...

Premature death.