Not long after Haina left, James Moriarty returned home carrying a heavy suitcase.
"Are the people from the Supervision Bureau leaving just now?"
Old James asked as soon as he entered the door.
He apparently met Haina at the gate of the manor and exchanged pleasantries for a while.
James is a polite-looking old gentleman with obvious wrinkles on his face. The gray pupils are somewhat cloudy, the eye sockets are deep, and the hair is gray and sparse. His skin is well maintained. The cheeks are thin and the cheekbones are high. Although he looks thin when wearing the coat, you can immediately feel that he is not thin when he takes off the coat.
When he speaks, he always speaks in a gentle voice, with a long drawn, soft and tongue-twisted Elf accent. One look and you can tell that he has a pretty good tutor, and his temper is definitely the same.
He put down his suitcase at the door and took off his double-breasted trench coat and top hat and handed them to the valet standing at the door. "Their people will question Aiwass." Yes, thank you, Dole. Remember to send this box to Aiwass's room later." "Yes, sir." His valet responded in a low voice. Then, he took the things and retreated.
"Miss Haina is late."
The old elf did not choose to hide the situation for her, but expressed his dissatisfaction bluntly, "She is always like this, and she dropped her hat just thinking about it. Tie, reckless. If she continues like this, sooner or later she will miss something big and be severely punished by her boss."
"Sooner or later, we will wait until it happens; If she made a mistake because of her bad habits, then let her mistakes teach her a lesson."
The old man just smiled, squinted his eyes and said softly, "Don't let her make mistakes in the future. And scold her now, Oswald. You are just her instructor, not her boss."
He is very friendly to his elf butler named Oswald.
This is also normal, because more than sixty years ago, when he was about the same age as Aiwass today, he was also watched by Oswald.
In addition to the old housekeeper, the house also employs sixteen other live-in servants, including a housekeeper, two maids, two valets, two maids, and five male servants. , a cook, two helpers, and a coachman. Aiwass's eldest brother usually doesn't go home. Apart from him and Yulia, the only other owner of the house is the old man.
James usually behaves in a low-key and calm manner, and is very polite even to the servants. Although he rarely smiles, he never gets angry or angry at others.
Or to be more precise, no one has ever seen him get angry or angry in these decades. Even when faced with the most rude guests, the old man always maintained his demeanor without being humble or overbearing.
Yes, old man.
Although James is nominally Aiwass's adoptive father, in factHe is old enough to be Aiwass's grandfather.
This is also very reasonable. When he adopted Aiwass, Aiwass was only six years old. And now he is eighteen years old.
Aiwass and Julia's eldest brother, Edward Moriarty, was adopted by James when he was eight years old. Now he is thirty-five years old.
"Dad."
Yuliya, who was standing next to Aiwass, came over and said hello softly.
She was like a well-behaved cat. She put her head close and was touched lovingly by the old man.
"How are you today, Yulia?"
He asked seriously, "Have you taken any medicine?"
"I have already taken it."< /p>
Yuliya whispered, her voice giving people a dreamlike and transparent feeling.
"Go to bed early and don't read too late. You can never finish learning."
The old man carefully warned, "Don't go to bed later than nine o'clock at night. Your health Isn’t it good to hear that, Yulia?”
Seeing himself talking, Yulia’s eyes began to drift to the side, so he spoke a little louder and emphasized, “Yuliya”< /p>
"Yes, I know."
Yuliya responded vaguely.
The old man sighed helplessly and emphasized again, "Don't stay up late, you silly girl."
"You don't go out, there is no difference between day and night to you. It's better to go to bed early and read whatever books you have during the day. This is also good for the eyes. "
As he spoke, Yulia became silent again.
Old James had no choice but to emphasize, "I'm old now and can't afford to stay up late." I have to go to bed at ten o'clock in the evening. If you have any questions, I can't answer them for you. But if you read during the day, you can come to me anytime if you don’t understand something. There is no class for me tomorrow on Friday, so I will stay at home for three days this time. If you don’t understand anything, you can come and ask me, okay?"
"Okay. "
Yuliya did not pretend not to hear this time. She raised her head seriously and stared at the old man with ruby-like eyes. "I have recently been reading a book on alchemy from the discussion of the path of balance. . Does Dad know about this?"
"Dad knows all the books at home. "
The old man said calmly, "Dad knows a little about the nine roads. "
His tone was calm, but there was a sense of confidence.
"Then I will go to bed early today. "
The girl stretched out two fingers and pointed to the sky by her ears, and said seriously, "I swear, I will keep my word."
"No. "
But the old man just stretched out his hand, gently bent the girl's fingers, and retracted his fist.
"Don't do this. "
James said seriously, "This is a simple oath, a spiritual gesture. If you violate your oath, you will really be punished. ”
“I just want to try. ”
Yuliya whisperedSaid: "Is the gesture I just saw in the book today correct?"
"Correct. So don't do it again next time."
The old man sighed a little tiredly He breathed, "Go and eat quickly. I have something to tell Aiwass."
Yulia responded and followed Oswald to the restaurant. There were only two people left in the living room.
James returned to silence and sat opposite Aiwass.
The old man picked up the cup of tea that Haina had not touched, poured it out and then added a cup of hot tea for himself.
Looking at Aiwass who was silent, he held the teacup and asked softly, "How do you feel about the current state? Is it still stable?"
What he said was exactly Aiwass. The shadow demon contracted by Wentz.
It is impossible to hide this kind of thing from my adoptive father.
Since Aiwass was lying at home when he woke up, it means that it was probably housekeeper Oswald who brought him back in a coma. Then James must have checked his body and performed a simple universal seal. At least he didn't let Shadow Demon take over Aiwass's body while he was unconscious.
It can be said to be very considerate.
In the "future" picture, the crazy, gloomy, stooped James Moriarty and the kind old man who cares about him in front of him look like they are not the same person at all
All he could remember were scenes of James loving him
When Aiwass was in his early ten years, he once accidentally said that he missed his time in the orphanage. , the special fried cod steak that Aunt Misu would make for them during the festival.
As a result, Aunt Misu was invited to work as a cook at home for a while with a high salary the next day. Not only the special fried cod steak, but also other "civilian dishes" she knew were also taught to the cook at home. When he asked her to leave later, he also gave her an additional reward.
Aiwass was so frightened at the time that he did not dare to say what he wanted to eat or want for at least half a year. I was afraid that as soon as I finished speaking, the back leg would immediately buy it.
Even little Aiwass, who has not recalled the memories of his past life, has always been very clear about himself. After all, he is not the biological son of James Moriarty. He doesn't deserve this kind of treatment.
That is to say, Aiwass himself is more sensible, so he did not turn into a playboy under such pampering.
So now when Aiwass looks at his adoptive father, he always feels mixed emotions. He also has a sense of luck.
Is there a possibility that the adoptive father was not the mastermind at the beginning of the plot, or that he fell into evil ways when the Kingdom of Avalon fell apart?
< p>This is not impossible.In the original plot, when the Kingdom of Avalon fell apart, Aiwass followed the protagonist and fled to the Theocracy. Since that time, he and his adoptive father have been separated. When we met again, it was already three years agoFinally.
Maybe
What happened in the past three years
However, that cannot explain Aiwass's role as a spy and his ability to infiltrate the "Player" This thing around.
"Aiwass"
Seeing that Aiwass was lost in thought again, the old man called softly again, "If that doesn't work, I'll go find the bishop to help you exorcise the demon that possesses you. "Okay."
"Ah, I have no problem, father. The demon knowledge I got from their group happens to have the means to seal the shadow demon."
Ai. Wen Si raised his head and said with a comforting smile, "I was thinking about other things just now."
"Then I believe you."
The adoptive father nodded slowly, "You I have brought you the materials you asked for yesterday. The rope on the gallows is also the nail on the head of the deceased who was tortured by chariot. This is really difficult to find. The queen has abolished chariot torture after she came to the throne. I found it from the museum.
“I don’t know if you want it anymore, so I brought back the four existing ones. Collection records are also handled very cleanly, so there is nothing to worry about. If you want anything else, just tell me not to trust outsiders so easily. ”
Find them so quickly
Aiwass couldn’t believe it.
He didn’t expect that only one day later, his adoptive father would actually find them.
Is this the power that the Moriarty family can exert when the Kingdom of Avalon still exists?
"Great. With them, I can be more powerful." Stably seal the shadow demon. "
Aiwass felt warm in his heart and said with heartfelt gratitude, "Thank you, Dad."
The two ritual materials he asked for were not actually used to seal the shadow demon. Because sitting in a wheelchair is the simplest and most stable sealing method, and this is the optimal solution tested by the demonologists of the Star Antimony Kingdom four years later.
"Then I won't have dinner today. ”
He felt a little itchy in his heart and seemed a little impatient. Aiwass was originally such a fan of mysticism, and he would not feel any violation at all in making such a move now.
p>"I'll do it. ”
Seeing Aiwass trying to push the wheelchair away, Old James quickly took two steps forward, held the back of the wheelchair, and pushed Aiwass to his room.
< p>On the way, the old man said softly, "Aiwass, although you may be unhappy when I say this, dad still has to say something."During the ceremony, humans and human corpses must not be used as materials or sacrifices. In addition, dad will find a way to find whatever materials you want, can you agree to it?"
p>Hearing this, Aiwass, who was sitting in a wheelchair, opened his eyes slightly in surprise.
Not because he was surprised that his adoptive father, who was the mastermind behind the scenes, actually made such a seemingly moral request
But because he knew what the old man said. Exactly.
It wasn’t until the "Falling Heaven Division" came and the level limit of demonologists was raised that the demonologists of the old era would realize that their path was completely wrong.
They all thought that the focus of demonologists was on "demon", but they did not expect that the focus was on "scholars".
Humans cannot use humans as ritual materials, and elves cannot use elves. If it is a transformed undead, the bones of any animal cannot be used as materials. This is a taboo for "heaven's evil".
Any demon scholar who has used fellow sacrifices and violated the punishment of heaven's evil cannot be promoted to "Senior Sin Scholar" from this profession. Those level 40 demonologists can only transform themselves into various demons. That can't even be considered an advancement, it can only be considered as exchanging one's professional level for a racial template that is stronger than humans.
There is no doubt that such upper limit and ability will be much weaker than that of the "Sin Scholar" as a hero profession.
Players cannot use members of the same race as ritual materials from the very beginning, so they cannot achieve the wrong advancement conditions.
Now, James has told this secret so clearly.
Is it a coincidence, or
Aiwass felt something in his heart, and just nodded seriously.
He stretched out two fingers of his right hand, raised it to his ear and swore word for word, "I swear, I will not use the lives and corpses of my own people as my ritual materials and sacrifices." ."
After he finished speaking, he suddenly saw a fantasy scene
in the dark night, on top of the snow-capped mountains.
Wearing a silver crown on his head, the dazzling dragon whose whole body looked like crystal, diamond and silver looked at him quietly.
The illusion only lasted for a very short moment, not even half a second. But when Aiwass woke up, he was covered in cold sweat.
You feel the gaze of authority
You have obtained the characteristic Silver Scale of Authority
The Silver Scale of Authority uses this mark as a seal, and the Dragon with the Silver Crown is the right one. Watching you, a certain oath you have made cannot be broken. When you attack anyone who breaks the oath, you will gain 1 beneficial divinity
"I don't know if it's your luck or misfortune, but just a simple oath made him notice you. It must be a coincidence"
p>The old man behind Aiwass also seemed to feel something and paused.
He was silent for a while, then continued to push the wheelchair slowly and said softly, "But no matter what, the God of authority has heard your oath and cannot break it."
"Of course"
Aiwass closed his eyes a little tiredly, feeling his heart that was beating so fiercely that it felt like it was blocked, "I will never embark on that irreversible path of depravity. "Please remember to collect it, the latest and fastest website without anti-theft is free to read