Pastor's Tantra

Aiwass, who was shrunk by the Fairy Queen, looked at the sapphire bird that was about the same size as himself and narrowed his eyes slightly.

--destiny.

It's fate again.

Not long ago, the Lord of Scale Feather mentioned his fate to Aiwass - like a lamb raised by a shepherd, protected and raised for the final feast. And the only resistance he can make is for the beasts to come out of the sheepfold and die in the dark forest, causing unbearable losses to the arrogant shepherd...

Going a little further, Cardinal Loki is also such a Riddler.

So Aiwass spoke, half peacefully, half sarcastically: "Cardinal Loki chose the successor of his destiny. He chose you, and you rebelled; and now, father...you said that I The arrival is destiny.

"Am I your chosen successor? Or just... a key?"

Hearing this, Gem Robin was obviously a little surprised.

He looked at Aiwass in shock, as if he couldn't figure out where Aiwass learned these secrets for a moment.

But Professor Moriarty did not deny Aiwass's words.

"It seems you know a lot of things..."

Bird James sighed.

From its sharp beak, a heavy sigh came out: "But there are some things that are not suitable to be known too early."

"Why?"

"Because knowledge is poisonous."

The bird replied: "I'm not talking about the kind of curse that will pollute your mind...but there are some things that once you know, your subsequent actions will be influenced by it. From this perspective, it is not a kind of curse." A worm that exists in the form of a secret and can control the mind?

"For example, you know that I am here, and you know that 'Moonlight' has the ability to enter the fairy kingdom. That's why you came here to find me - then how could it be that I controlled you to come here? I said this It’s fate, what’s wrong with it?”

Sapphire Bird's tone was gentle and calm, and he was not angry at Aiwass's words.

Instead, he taught earnestly and sincerely: "Aiwass, you have to understand a truth. When you go forward and encounter a crossroads, it often does not mean that you have the freedom to choose. All you have is not to choose. freedom. Even the freedom not to choose may be in destiny.

"Because the things that determine which path you will take have been [determined]. This is the history that has been determined in the past. Even if you do it over a hundred times, your answer will be the same. You will arrive at the same moment At the same crossroads, choose the same direction after the same thinking.

"——And this thing is fate. It is the future, but it is also inevitable. It is inevitable determined by the past."

"...Determinism?"

Aiwass murmured.

He didn't know what it was - it just popped out of the depths of his mind when he heard Professor Moriarty's words.

Later, Aiwass thought of the first magic card he made after awakening the memory of his previous life: the moon.

He also remembered that the creators of Tarot cards were the prophets who "adapted" to the path.

The ability to predict the path is from the top down, but the standards of prophets and astrologers are completely contrary to:

The prophet believes that the future can never be accurately predicted, because every prediction will actually change the future, and there are too many people who can predict the future, so the act of predicting the future itself is meaningless and inaccurate; and astrology Warlocks believe that all unexpected changes in the world are because forecasters have not yet learned all the information. Therefore, they predict the future and cause future changes precisely because they know too little.

But Professor Moriarty is different.

On the one hand, he agreed that "knowledge is poisonous" - which happened to be the thinking of the prophets; on the other hand, he agreed with "determinism", which was the idea of ​​the astrologers.

But he did not choose any one of them, but integrated them.

In other words...

"So your claim is that fate can be changed?"

"nature."

Sapphire Bird said calmly and confidently: "Destiny can definitely be changed. Although it is inevitable determined by the past, the only thing that is determined is the past, and the present is still the past to the future. Part of it. So as long as you master the present, you can change the future."

Aiwass frowned slightly: "But you also said that everything now is determined by the past..."

"That's right, so there's only one exception."

Bird said: "That is information from the future.

"This is like forbidden knowledge. Anyone who understands it must be erased; but those who intend to erase must understand it if they want to know that it is forbidden knowledge. This is a paradox. .The same will be true in the future.”

really……

Aiwass made one point clear.

He realized that Moriarty was indeed not from Huan Tiansi.

In this way, he basically clarified the respective camps of several chess players - Aiwass didn't know what Loki wanted for the time being; and his grandfather was most likely the summoner of the "holy entity" Jacob should be a believer or apostle of Huantiansi; the purpose of Huantiansi is to devour the fully developed self before completing a certain great deed...

——And Professor Moriarty’s goal is different from all of them.

"Aiwass, I have a question for you."

Sapphire Bird suddenly said: "Do you still remember why you came to pursue me?"

Hearing this, Aihuas expression suddenly froze.

……yes.

Until then, Aiwass suddenly realized that he had deviated from his original goal at some point.

Aiwass initially investigated his adoptive father because he learned a secret during his first promotion ceremony - his biological parents were most likely murdered by Professor Moriarty. Aiwass always wanted to find an opportunity to ask, but he didn't dare to contact him.

Because all kinds of evidence show that his adoptive father has hidden secrets and will become the final BOSS in the future.

And later, it was because Professor Moriarty faked his death and disappeared. Aiwass thinks that he is not that easy to die, so he wants to find his traces and learn what he is doing.

After Aiwass learned more about Jacob, the Golden Dawn, and the divine entity, he felt that although Moriarty was missing, he seemed to be lingering around him. He wanted to know urgently what he wanted to do and what his purpose was.

Until Aiwass came into contact with Freya, Cardinal Loki and the Lord of Scale Feathers, and learned about Moriarty's past and his own destiny... The first thought in his mind, but he didn't know when it turned into " Is there any relationship between the adoptive father and Huan Tiansi?"

Before he knew it, Aiwass had veered off course.

Like a sailor setting sail in stormy weather, he is sweating profusely and holding the compass, trying to escape the waves and sharks. But when the storm calmed down, he was completely lost.

"...I do have a question for you."

Aiwass's expression became serious: "My biological parents - I mean, Julio Alexander and Anne Alexander, were they killed directly or indirectly by the curse master you hired, commanded or controlled?"

"I did it."

Gem Bird did not hesitate and said lightly: "You guessed it right, I did it."