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Chapter 553: Chapter 431: Secrets After Drinking Chapter 553: Chapter 431: Secrets After Drinking “`

“…Hm.”

Aiwass groggily got up from the bed, making an incomprehensible moaning sound.

Lily was by his side in an instant, one hand supporting Aiwass’s back, the other handing him a cup of water at just the right temperature, “Drink some water, young master.”

Aiwass was gently fed warm water by Lily, and his consciousness, dry and stilted like an unoiled machine, began to rapidly recover.

…Did I just black out?

His last memory was of Queen Isabel leaving with Edward, and everything after that had simply vanished into thin air.

How strange.

A third energy level Transcendent from the Path of Devotion, and I got this drunk?

“I feel much better…

Pass me a candle, Lily.”

Aiwass lifted his head, finished the last sip of water, then spoke in a slightly hoarse voice, “Is it time for dinner yet?”

Only then did he suddenly realize that the room was filled with lit candles.

Lily handed him a candle and got up to draw back the curtains.

Looking at the sky outside, Aiwass was stunned for a moment, “Is it already the next day?”

Grasping the candle, Aiwass quickly came to a realization, “Is it because I was making ‘that’ Phantom Card?”

His memory and reasoning gradually returned.

Aiwass recalled that the final step in creating the “Lust” Phantom Card was to let the creator become completely intoxicated under overwhelming passion, falling into a state of utter drunkenness beyond control.

At that point, with one’s own willpower, one would drop blood with a high alcohol content onto the card’s surface.

This act would also sacrifice the latest fragment of memory to the Eternal Self…

resulting in an effect similar to “blackout drunkenness.”

…But did it have to consume so many memories?

He couldn’t even recall if he had eaten.

While using the Fire Rite Skill to restore his physical state, Aiwass asked, “Did I have dinner with you all yesterday?”

“You did.”

Lily explained softly as she went to pour water, “You only performed the last step of the ritual around ten o’clock last evening.”

As she spoke, she showed Aiwass the Tarot Card, now sealed between two crystal plates, its surface submerged in blood.

The card was currently emitting a mysterious phantom light, making its surface blur, twist, and undulate constantly.

It looked like the distorted scenery seen through the air above a barbecue grill.

Seeing that the card had already been completed, Aiwass finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“…Did I say anything while eating?

I mean, after getting drunk.”

But then Aiwass became suddenly concerned, “And when did I get drunk?

Was it during dinner with everyone or after that?”

Creating this card required him to plunge into a state of total excitement and intoxication.

Such a state was quite dangerous.

—In terms of both physiological and social implications, there was a significant risk of death.

The people who had celebrated the New Year with Aiwass for dinner last night were essentially the ones he trusted the most in the world.

At most, add Sherlock and half of Hayna to that list…

He trusted Hayna wouldn’t betray him, but he didn’t trust her judgment.

If he didn’t dare to create this card even under the watchful care of those people…

then he would be even less daring in other circumstances.

Yet this card was necessary for the complete “killing” of the Succubus Emma.

Without the seal of the Phantom Card, even if Emma were killed, she would resurrect again.

And by that point, Aiwass’s secret could be exposed, or even attract the attention of the Fallen Celestial Marshal.

Therefore, to kill her, he must seal her to silence her—or rather, all Superior Phantoms from the Transcendent Path that Aiwass killed with the Great Sin Beast had to be silenced in this manner prior to the fall of the Fallen Celestial Marshal.

Although he knew this was inevitable, and the card had now been completed.

Aiwass suddenly started to feel anxious again.

To ensure he could become completely drunk with ordinary alcohol, he very likely used the Banquet Master’s ritual to ensure his entry into a state of chaos.

And afterwards, he lost about four hours of memory.

…The excitement, the drunkenness.

Though Aiwass had a lot of confidence in his own rationality…

he still couldn’t be 100% sure that he hadn’t gone crazy from the alcohol or blabbered some nonsensical words.

Aiwass looked to Lily expectantly, pressing, “What did I do at the time?@@novelbin@@

Or rather, what did I say?”

Based on Aiwass’s understanding of Lily and himself, he was certain he would have kept Lily by his side before losing control.

Which meant, Lily must have witnessed the entire process.

However, Lily just smiled with crinkled eyes and shook her head.

Uncharacteristically, she did not answer Aiwass’s question but consoled him instead, “Young master, you didn’t get drunk at the banquet, nor did you go mad from the drink.

You got drunk in your own bedroom after the banquet ended, and only managed to utter some drunken babble afterward.”

“It was Queen Isabel and Miss Ligeia who drank with you.

You used a special ritual to quickly get yourself drunk…

and the next to get drunk was Queen Isabel.

But after both of you were drunk, Miss Ligeia took the Queen away.”

“As for what you said at the time…

you might want to ask Queen Isabel herself.”

Lily’s lips curved slightly, as if holding back laughter.

…Eh?

It was the first time Aiwass was outright refused by Lily.

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