Pastor's Tantra

Chapter 832 The Painter's Imagination

With his goal in mind, Aiwass continued to sway in the center of the dance floor while secretly listening to the conversations of the people around him and observing their every move.

Just like that, four or five minutes passed.

If it were a normal dance, the time for this piece of music would have ended long ago, and the dancers should also take this time to take a break and replace the dance with another group of people... But the people here did not stop at all.

The band with smiles on their faces was still playing non-stop, and the melancholy dance music didn't seem to stop at all - the music simply cycled back and forth, never-ending.

Still not seeing anything unusual in the people around him, Aiwass kept that smile and greeted the girl in front of him softly: "Hello."

"Hello, my lord."

The girl made a clear voice and answered politely.

Hearing this title, Aiwass's heart moved.

This probably means that the other party doesn’t know me at all…

So he followed the other person's words and answered with a voice similar to that of the guests around him and a nonchalant smile: "When did you come?"

"I came late, almost two days ago. But I came earlier than you, sir."

The girl said with a smile.

Aiwass was a little surprised: "How do you know?"

The girl's eyes looked at the wine glass still held in Aiwass' hand - even though the five fingers of her right hand were tightly clasped with Aiwass's left hand, Aiwass never let go of the wine glass. Because he has no idea what this thing is used for.

But the girl replied: "Because you haven't finished drinking yet."

"…Hmm."

"If you feel tired after a while," the girl smiled, "remember to stop and finish the drink first."

"Thank you."

Aiwass said gently: "How should I call you?"

"My name is Sasha, my lord."

The girl said softly.

Hearing this name, Aiwass was slightly startled.

He remembered... the painting he was finishing, and its name was "Tower of Revelry."

If he guessed correctly...

"Who are you...which Sasha?"

Aiwass asked uncertainly.

He almost wanted to say, "Are you the Sister Sasha from the host's family?"

But then he thought about it and suddenly stopped the car - there may not be a "banquet host" in this era.

If this was the time before the host became an apostle, he would not be called the host at this time; and if this was the time after the host was promoted, he should be called the host. Even in the distant future, it is not impossible for him to become a pillar god.

The girl smiled gently at Aiwass.

She spoke softly: “I am the lover of my master Zagreus.

"——When will your cup of wine be finished? Do you need me to serve you?"

"No need..."

Aiwass declined with a smile and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

He was roughly aware of the timing of the painting.

He finally noticed the violation——

Whether it is the "Sister Sasha" in front of me or the guests around me, they all look human!

Their ears are round, not pointed like elves. But in the era of the Banquet Master, humans had not yet been born - humans were the last creation of the Beast Master and the first creation of Eternal Self. And Hengwo and the host of the banquet were once mortals of the same era...

In other words, even if the host of the banquet has completed sublimation in this era, most human beings are still in the barbaric and primitive stage. If there was such a grand banquet, then it would most likely be attended by elves.

There may even be some upper-class races left over from the Beast Lord era...but in short, it is impossible for them to have been exterminated by then.

And the most important thing is that Aiwass has seen what Sister Sasha looks like.

He once used a ritual to pray to Sister Sasha - although Sister Sasha is only an apostle, not a god, and still needs the host of the banquet as a transfer customer service. But he did see Sister Sasha in the physical world... and was even hugged by Sister Sasha once.

There are subtle differences from the "Sasha" in front of me in terms of hair color, eye color, body shape, height and even race. The only similarity is probably their hairstyle.

Sister Sasha is first and foremost an elf - she is not human!

Secondly, Sister Sasha's figure under that nun's uniform is actually very good, but this girl's figure is much more ordinary...

So Aiwass completely understood——

Although he had no knowledge of art history, he was unable to accurately determine the time of this painting. But he can be sure that the time when this painting was painted must not have been the era of the banquet master, but the era of mankind.

This is the banquet imagined by the human painter!

He knew Sister Sasha existed and that Sasha had the right haircut. This shows that the painter has done some research and checked the information - and judging from Sister Sasha's figure, hairstyle and hair color, the painter probably saw the stone sculpture of Sister Sasha.

In this case, it is very clear where the artist drew his materials.

The secret order enshrining the relics of Sister Sasha - the holy place of the Children of the Moon in the era of the Herasl Empire, Teresa Monastery!

The architecture here has an obvious ancient elven style, but the clothes and the content of the people's conversations are more like the imperial era... And the exaggerated banquet floor with red carpets and the white candle bust are actually It's all unreasonable.

The reason why the painter made the bust of the candle white is simple - because the carpet is red, the dresses and skirts of the guests are basically red and black, and the building is a wooden structure decorated with gold. If the huge bust were also all red, the center two-thirds of the screen would be all red, which would look very ugly.

But he obviously lacks the knowledge of magic, and his understanding of the elven age is not deep enough——

For Aiwass, who was a pope and had studied advanced divine arts, he could see through many common sense mistakes made by the painter at a glance. In other words, it is because there are errors everywhere here that Aiwass is not sure that this is the era before the banquet master was promoted...

The custom of "red carpet at the banquet" itself comes from the beggar's imitation of Zagreus in the past by later generations.

At that time, he often held "carnivals" where guests would take off their clothes, or wear only a bathrobe, and play in the huge wine pool. There is endless food and wine, and people don't even need to drink to get excited, drunk, carousing, and howling like wolves.

…That’s actually because the skin absorbs the alcohol.

More ancient ritualists believed that "wine" imitated "blood", so it was like being rejuvenated in a pool of blood. In this way, guests were filled with vitality. Because this theory makes sense through ritual theory, this ritual was established - people can really restore their vitality through the wine pool ritual.

But not all banquets can be so extravagant.

Because of this, people believe that laying a red carpet on the banquet can borrow the power of the host through the ceremony to make the banquet more lively - it is more or less red, so just pretend it is a wine pool.

Since this custom itself came from the imitation of Zagreus after he was promoted to the host of the banquet, how could there be such an exaggerated red carpet at the banquet in the era of Zagreus?

And this cake-like stage itself is unreasonable...

It would make sense if these were all the artist's imagination.

——In other words, what Aiwass saw was not the real history, but related to the imagination in the mind of the artist who painted this painting...

At this moment, Sasha, who was not yet a nun, smiled brightly when she saw Aiwass finishing the glass of wine.

She stuck it up and looked at the door again.

"The host of the party is coming," she said.

"...who is it?"

Aiwass was a little nervous for a moment.

Zagreus?

The girl who looked quite immature replied: "It's my son - Cain."

"……ah?"

Aiwass was stunned for a moment, unable to hold himself tight for a moment.