Pastor's Tantra

To be honest, Aiwass is really the Pope now.

Although he is the interim Pope, he is indeed qualified to judge blasphemous heretics!

Although this painting is full of various theological errors... especially the pure white candle head, Aiwass did not show any abnormality, but just looked at the door following Sasha's gaze.

At this time, a black-haired, red-eyed boy about sixteen or seventeen years old walked in surrounded by the crowd.

His appearance is more beautiful than many young ladies present, with scarlet eyes as bright as rubies, and a pair of curved and slender red and black gradient chameleon horns on his head. His long black hair hangs down to his waist, and his Adam's apple cannot be seen from the stand-up collar dress...

But such a beautiful person, there is no feminine and neutral taste.

Instead, it gives people a strong sense of confidence and masculinity, shining like the sun-

When "Cain" appeared, the originally melancholy dance in the hall suddenly turned into a brilliant and sacred symphony.

Even the lights were focused on him, following his steps forward.

And Cain also had the same smile on his face as the others, with his arms wide open. It was like he was ready to hug someone, or like a star greeting his fans.

People stopped dancing and turned back to cheer him endlessly.

When he walked into the crowd, the crowd naturally parted to both sides. Amid the increasingly loud cheers, Cain easily passed through the center of the crowd without touching anyone.

When he passed by Aiwass, he smiled and nodded at Sasha, and by the way, he looked up and looked at Aiwass with some surprise, his hand still on Sasha's shoulder.

Then, Cain walked through the crowd and walked under the white candlelight statue.

"Everyone!"

He spoke loudly, his voice was unexpectedly young, bright and energetic.

Cain's face was full of smiles: "No one should be sad, let's revel to our heart's content! Celebrate the death of the mad dragon and wish him to ascend to heaven!

"Endless dance, indulgent drinking!

"This is the day of endless feasting!"

As he said this, he produced a glass of wine from nowhere.

The son of the dragon raised the wine in the glass high and saluted everyone: "Cheers to my father, Zagreus!"

"Cheers to Zagreus!"

There was a tsunami of laughter from the dance floor.

At some point, Aiwas found that his empty glass was filled again.

"Cheers to laughter!"

He cheered loudly, and the audience responded: "Cheers to laughter!"

"Cheers to crazy dancing!"

"Cheers to crazy dancing!!

"Cheers to the heroes! Cheers to the grand closing!!

"——Cheers to the death of the mad dragon! "

He shouted loudly and drank the wine in the cup.

People responded in the same way, cheering and drinking the wine in the cup: "Cheers to the death of the mad dragon!"

"Cheers to the death of the mad dragon!"

Accompanied by screams and celebrations, people threw their glasses as hard as they could. Those glasses bloomed and shattered in the sky, turning into sparkling fireworks. Cain smiled and raised his hands like a band conductor.

As he changed his gesture, the banquet became chaotic.

The band switched the music again. The basic tone was still the previous melancholy dance music, but the rhythm was slightly modified and one or two new parts were added. The originally melancholy slow-tempo dance music became much more cheerful.

As the music became more heated, people kissed each other passionately, screamed, and threw their bodies , and then threw them high into the sky. The coats flew up one by one and turned into flames in the air, and pure white birds flew out of them.

A circle of hollow round tables appeared around the dance floor. Plates appeared one after another on the ring-like table, and the birds landed on each plate - each bird turned into a different delicacy, exuding a rich aroma. Glasses of fine wine appeared beside the table, inexhaustible.

Some people hugged each other and danced again, while others ran to the table to feast.

At this moment, Aiwas suddenly felt that The time around began to slow down... The most obvious thing was the music that became extremely strange after being stretched out, and then people's movements gradually stopped along with the music.

They maintained a carnival posture with smiles on their faces.

Cain raised his hands and looked at the guests under the light.

And whether it was "Cain" or "Sasha" beside Aiwass, they all maintained a motionless posture.

Aiwass reached out and touched Sasha's cheek, but he could no longer feel the softness and warmth from her. Instead, it was like touching a rough canvas, and it even felt a little wet.

He reached out and slowly withdrew his hand. Sasha's shoulder, walking alone in the middle of the quiet dance floor.

The people around him maintained their wild dancing postures, maintaining all kinds of strange postures and expressions frozen in place.

Only Aiwass's boots walked on the ground, echoing in the silent space.

It was not that he wanted to move... but he found something wrong with Cain.

Right next to Cain, three wooden doors appeared out of thin air, in front of him and on his left and right.

A line of white words appeared under his feet.

[Why is this party held? ]

Then, corresponding sentences appeared under the three doors.

Under the front door is written [Funeral and Sacrifice].

The left and right sides are [Celebration and Carnival] and [Crazy and Killing] respectively.

In the middle of the three doors, there is a rotating second hand. It appears to be a one-minute timed selection.

"Ten minutes..."

Aiwass murmured softly.

It had been about ten minutes since he opened his eyes.

Choose once every ten minutes?

One minute... It's a bit reluctant to analyze and think in detail, and there must be some intuition.

Although in terms of atmosphere, no matter how you look at it, you should choose "Celebration and Carnival". But Aiwass always felt that it would not be that simple.

He felt that Cain's words had something to say... and the option of [Crazy and Killing] made him even more uneasy.

Judging from the few words spoken, Zagreus seems to be dead. And this is the banquet held by the heroes who killed the "mad dragon" Zagreus...

...Although it's a little strange.

Why did the heroes who killed the mad dragon "honor Zagreus" instead? Why did Cain perform this ceremony?

If the copy were changed, maybe Aiwass would think in the direction of "the truth hidden in history".

——But the problem is, he doesn’t know what the author of this painting thought!

Or should I say...

"To complete a painting...does it mean that everything is correct?"

Aiwass thought and saw that the second hand had turned three-quarters of a circle.

So without thinking, he directly opened the door of [Funeral and Sacrifice].

The door opened, and inside was a fantasy and colorful scene. I even saw Aiwass having a headache.

He walked for almost a minute before reaching the end of the fantasy-filled corridor.

At this time, Aiwass discovered three different doors - each of the three doors was decorated with a three-petal flower.

One of them is a simple wooden door that Aiwass just selected, and three of its petals have been lit. And the three lit petals have the same brightness.

But the other two doors are different.

The second door is an ancient stone door wrapped with emerald green vines. Only one of the three-petaled flowers on it is lit up, and the brightness is the total of Aiwass' door.

The last door is made of steel. There were two petals lit up on the door, one of which was obviously brighter than the other.

"...Does this mean that different people have choices?"

Aiwass suddenly understood and knew how to switch to other paintings.

Can I switch to a different world every time I make a choice? How is the "task" triggered?

Considering that he was already familiar with the situation in the first painting, and a little curious about what would happen next... So Aiwass chose to open the first door and walked in again.

When Aiwass opened his eyes again, he found that he was still in the middle of the dance floor. And Aiwass's right hand was still on Sasha's shoulder as he danced with her.

But "this painting" began to appear abnormal.

Aiwass has a good memory, so he clearly felt that there were more people on the dance floor——

Originally, this place was not crowded at all, but now it is starting to become noticeably crowded. There should be one or two more couples on the dance floor, or even more!

——Someone came in!

And there’s more than one!

Aiwass's heart tightened and he raised his attention.

It turns out that it was from here that we entered the online state...

But Aiwass soon realized the identity of one of them.

I saw a blond woman let go of her dance partner's hand, walked to the bottom of the pure white candle with stern eyes, and stood in front of Cain.

"Can I ask you to dance?"

She reached out her hand and invited Cain with a smile on her face.

Cain looked at her with interest—or rather, at her crimson pupils.

"Why not?"

The boy with long black hair smiled and responded.

And the other side.

The painting style is completely different from this world.

It was like a child's painting, the whole world became abstract and more colorful.

On the vast grassland, Aleister turned into a crimson fire fox.

She was standing on the back of a tall white horse, shouting unceremoniously:

"Fuck him!"

In front of her, a crow swatted away at the baboon holding the staff unceremoniously!