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Chapter 735: Chapter 120 This is not Avalon Chapter 735: Chapter 120 This is not Avalon After that, the Pure White Saintess quickly arrived with an entire team of twelve Papal Guards—this could be said to be the highest military force of the entire Holy Nation at the moment.

However, Aiwass wasn’t troubled.

Under the arrangements of the Pure White, Aiwass went straight home.

According to her, the investigation would soon be over.

No matter the result, she would have Yanis inform Aiwass of the corresponding outcome before the sun set today.

After all, even if the item couldn’t be found, Aiwass could directly undergo a lie detector test and repeat the words Loki had told him.

So, there really wasn’t a big problem.@@novelbin@@

Aiwass even suspected that Cardinal Loki had deliberately given him that information before taking action, so that Aiwass would not be troubled after killing him.

—Although there might be some lies within, at least “the information known by Aiwass” was indeed these; they accurately and completely constituted Cardinal Loki’s chain of motives.

He was surprisingly considerate.

It wasn’t until the afternoon that Lily came back with Freya.

“Mr.

Oswald didn’t come?”

Seeing Lily return, Aiwass, who was reading a book on the living room sofa, closed the book and casually asked.

“No.

Did something happen on your side, young master?” Lily responded.

She didn’t seem too worried since Aiwass had come back safe and sound.

As long as Aiwass was unharmed, she didn’t really care what happened to Cardinal Loki.

“How did you know?” Aiwass was somewhat surprised.

Could it be that Cardinal Loki’s death had already spread to Oswald’s side so quickly?

“I guessed.”

Lily shook her head gently and answered softly, “When I just came back, I noticed some people on the streets looked uneasy.”

“The Fifth Ring?”

Aiwass nodded with interest and said, “Interesting.”

After the incident in the Eleventh Ring, the Papal Guard quickly cordoned off the scene.

And those other priests were confined on the spot by the Night Fiend…

even after the battle had ended, they still hadn’t recovered.

The greatest fault Aiwass had here was probably attacking these innocent Elf Priests.

Although it was to prevent them from being drawn into a more fierce battlefield, and such injuries could be completely healed with the Rite of Fire, it indeed caused them trouble.

About three hours had passed since then, and Lily had come back.

By then, the Fifth Ring had already shown visible chaos.

The Fifth Ring originally had a sparse population, and they were mostly Short-Lived Species…

From where did they get the information?

“We didn’t immediately go to find you because Mr.

Oswald mentioned something on his side.”

Freya, holding the lunch that wasn’t finished and was packed to bring back, placed it on the table and spoke to Aiwass, “He said, ‘In the end, everything would wrap up in a ‘Moriarty style’ peacefully.’ What exactly happened?”

“…I guess that sentence was told to Mr.

Oswald by father, right?”

Aiwass slightly narrowed his eyes and spoke.

Freya nodded her head.

Moriarty style—this phrase was loaded with information.

Was it referring to Professor Moriarty’s spider-like manipulation of human hearts or the style in which Aiwass rose in social standing with each enemy he defeated?

After all, both James and Aiwass were Moriarty.

However, speaking of spiders…

“Lily,” Aiwass, struck by a thought, suddenly recalled something he had forgotten and turned to ask Lily, “I remember when you saw Cardinal Loki and Bram, it seemed like you saw something?”

He remembered that Lily had a strange reaction at that time.

Even though it was only for an instant, Aiwass still kept it in mind.

Bram could use grey spider silk, and that seemed a bit like Lily.

“…Ah.”

Lily reminisced for a while, recalling part of it, “It seems there was something.

But I can’t remember it…”

But soon, her expression changed, “Wait, I remember now!

That fleeting illusion—it felt very similar to the sensation when reading ‘The Spider’s Silk Continuations’!”

Upon hearing this name, Freya’s eyes moved slightly to the side.

Lily even felt fear—she didn’t know when she had completely forgotten about this matter!

This was unnatural.

Normally, Lily would have hinted at Aiwass immediately.

But she herself couldn’t recall it at all, and she didn’t mention it over the past two days.

The sensation was like a moth in a corner, vanishing from sight the instant one looked away.

“…Are you sure Cardinal Loki had it too?”

Aiwass, on the other hand, was surprised and opened his eyes wide.

Lily tried to recall, but she wasn’t certain, “It’s probably the same feeling…

but it seemed more intense.”

“As for Bram, that’s easier to understand…”

Aiwass fell into deep thought.

When Bram was in Avalon, he was notorious for his rebellious nature.

It was also rumored that he had used a Codex Book…

If the one he used was “The Spider’s Silk Continuations” that Lily later acquired, it was possible; or he might have obtained another version of “The Spider’s Silk Continuations” in a different language overseas, that was possible too.

But Cardinal Loki—wasn’t he a Giant?

As a Giant who was either “mindless” or “unhappy,” yet he mastered “The Spider’s Silk Continuations” whose main theme was the power of “lies”…

that sounded really strange.

Could it be that the connection between Bram and Cardinal Loki was here?

What was the common denominator among Loki, Bram, and Lily?

These were three completely different people…

Why would they all be acknowledged by the same Codex Book?

Unable to think of anything else for the time being, Aiwass organized his thoughts a bit and began to explain the situation to the two of them, “In short, the Tears of Time were indeed stolen by Loki, and he did harbor ill will towards The Holy Maiden.”

“…So the two deceased have nothing to do with Cardinal Loki?”

Freya only listened to the first part and guessed what Aiwass was about to say, “In fact, our father noticed this and tried to frame Cardinal Loki by committing murder.

And because Cardinal Loki truly committed another crime, he wouldn’t survive scrutiny…

Is that about right?”

“Pretty much.”

Aiwass nodded.

Although there were some differences in the details, that was basically the gist of it.

—Clearly, Freya had some understanding of their father’s way of doing things.

Just then, there was a sudden knock at the door.

“Aiwass, are you there?”

The voice of the Pure White Saintess came from outside.

Although the door couldn’t really stop The Holy Maiden, and Pure White could simply push the door open at will, she still knocked very politely.

Lily immediately went to open the door and welcomed Pure White and the two accompanying Papal Guards.

Seeing this, Freya retreated to the corner of the room.

She crossed her arms, standing silently and quietly to the side.

It wasn’t until Freya saw that The Holy Maiden’s expression was not stern and sorrowful, but rather relaxed, that she secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

The blindfolded Saintess seemed to sense Freya’s gaze and slightly tilted her head towards Freya’s direction after entering the room.

Then she “looked” at Aiwass and nodded lightly, “The investigation results are in.”

“How did it go?”

Aiwass asked.

Without waiting for Pure White to respond, he glanced at the two guards and smiled, “It seems the situation is quite optimistic.”

In the end, The Eternal Saintess was just a support role.

Although she could perform the Nine Pillar Gods’ Advanced Divine Arts, it was obvious that the Saintess curriculum wouldn’t cover combat knowledge—the intensity of confrontation could easily agitate one’s mind, shattering that sense of tranquility approaching eternity.

That’s why when The Holy Maiden traveled, the Papal Guard was certain to follow.

Even the Eternal Pope did the same…

The biggest difference between the Pope and The Holy Maiden was that the latter had hereditary divine armaments, but if you talked about the list of Divine Arts, they were actually quite similar.

In the end, both were still support roles, skilled in protection, healing, dispelling, and buffs, not in intense combat.

The essence of these Papal Guards was to provide muscle for the two top support roles in the whole world.

In a formal situation or a dangerous area, the larger the scale of The Holy Maiden’s accompanying guards, the more serious it was.

A full squad of twelve was the highest standard.

Because under the buffs and protection of The Holy Maiden, a team of Papal Guards could ravage any organization in the world without a scratch.

Yet when The Holy Maiden came to seek out Aiwass, she only brought the minimum number of two.

This indicated that her visit wasn’t bad news, and there would be no trouble or danger.

Freya still had to gauge The Holy Maiden’s facial expressions…

but simply by seeing the number of guards Aiwass knew the matter was settled.

Pure White clearly understood what Aiwass was getting at.

She teased, “You seem to understand very well, Archbishop Aiwass.”

“I comprehend a bit, Your Highness.”

Aiwass placed his right hand on his chest, bowing deeply.

“Indeed, it’s good news—we found the Tears of Time he stored very easily.

The composition has been verified, and it’s confirmed there’s a problem with Loki.”

Pure White became serious, “Using this as a reason, I am temporarily stripping Loki of his Cardinal title until the investigation is thorough and the Hall of Cardinals’ vote is complete.

Now that the eleventh Ring has stopped, Loki is no longer a Cardinal Archbishop…

so you haven’t committed the crime of assaulting a Cardinal Archbishop.”

“…If I recall, I fought with Cardinal Loki first, and then you stripped him of his title.” Aiwass tilted his head slightly.

“We’re not in Avalon, Aiwass.”

Pure White reached out and touched Aiwass’s head casually, “In the Holy Nation, ‘rules’ are meant to prevent disorder, not to impose post hoc punishment—later punishments mostly depend on the specific stance of the person in charge.

As long as something broadly follows the procedure, and no one has raised any objections, then it can be concluded in such a way.

“To put it more clearly…

as long as no other Cardinal Archbishop stands against me, I can handle this entirely by myself.

“Because Cardinal Loki is already dead.”