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Chapter 851: Chapter 229: The Eve of the Election Ceremony Chapter 851: Chapter 229: The Eve of the Election Ceremony Although the Candle Festival is on January 1st, it is merely a sacred day bestowed by Eternal Self.

Since Eternal Self has no intention to celebrate, the day is left to the Candle Master.

“The number three” is the sacred number of the saint of Candle.

Therefore, March 3rd of every year is the time when the power of the Candle Master is the strongest.

Any ceremony that requires borrowing the power of the Candle Master can be scheduled for either January 1st or March 3rd.

The day of the Pope’s succession is always set on this day.

…But in fact, this year is not a regular papal election day.

Usually, the Pope tends to choose a round-number year to step down.

The best scenario would be three hundred years, and the next best is three hundred and thirty-three years.

If a sacred number isn’t available, then it would be another round-number year.

Now it is the year 1899, and next year will be 1900—a number from “one” to “nine,” which is considered very auspicious by the Elves.

Plus, next year marks the 300th anniversary of the tenure of this generation’s Eternal Pope.

Ignoring so many layers of beneficial factors…

this is not just a problem for those with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Even passersby would speculate that this generation’s Eternal Pope probably resigned ahead of time due to irresistible forces.

For this reason…

On the night before, there were some anxious discussions among people on the streets.

The papal election ceremony will begin preparations at 1 a.m.

on March 3rd and officially start at 9 a.m.

The results will be announced at noon, three hours later.

At 10 p.m.

on March 2nd, Aiwass put on their new clothes, accompanied by Isabel and Lily, and started moving upward through the “elevator.”

Normally, the Short-Lived Species would be rare at the height of the fifth Ring.

But tonight, it was like a New Year’s celebration with Short-Lived Species running around the streets with cameras.

The Elves, on the other hand, weren’t sticking to their reserved demeanor—they brought out equipment far more portable and costly than cameras.

It was a recording and broadcasting gemstone, a crystallization of Divine Arts and ceremonial technology, a special product of the Elves.

It uses the Divine Arts directed at the Song Celestial Marshal to capture sound and the Divine Arts directed at the Spirit Amber Celestial Marshal to solidify images, then seals them inside a white crystal using ceremonial technology.

If there is still a need, it could even remotely transmit the data within through a ritual.

Set on the ceremonial platform, this device can achieve a “live broadcast” effect.

In the second Ring, filled with various advanced entertainment facilities, people watch various music performances and sports events remotely through this type of device.

By tomorrow morning, the election ceremony will be streamed to every level of the Rings through the broadcasting crystals.

Normally, this technology wouldn’t be necessary, as it would be sufficient just to transmit the “multi-camera real-time monitoring” from Cardinal Loki’s side.

However, that layer’s monitoring was broken by Aiwass, and although quickly repaired, it still occasionally bugs out—like when the magic mirror aimed at a certain place suddenly freezes, requiring a restart of the corresponding magic mirror to resume normal function.

In principle, Aiwass, who also contracted with the Lord of Scalefeather, should have succeeded and completed the task of “directing”…

but for some reason, the Pure White Saintess personally altered the details of the ceremony—directly deploying a group of “cameramen” to assist in the broadcast.

This means…

this year alone, people other than the Cardinal Archbishops can also directly enter the election ceremony.

This implies what they might capture is certainly not limited to what the fixed cameras can capture, nor is it pre-reviewed by the Cardinal Archbishops before being shown to everyone like in the past.

Fresh exceptions often mean intrigue.

And all of this had already begun from the moment Aiwass stepped onto the elevator—

Anyone could see, they were wearing a specially textured black robe, with a bizarre diamond-shaped slit on the chest.

The edges of the slit were adorned with golden thorn patterns.

Black Sin Thorns spread out, entangling with the golden thorns.

And in the winding Sin Thorns, lay a top-quality emerald.

It has layers of inward-collapsing cracks, the deeper inside, the dimmer it appeared…@@novelbin@@

it looked like an iris and pupil.

Besides, sparse golden patterns adorned the black robe, resembling feathers or fish scales.

Aiwass also had a long ceremonial cloak draped over their shoulders—the colors matched the robe inversingly, with a golden base and black thorn patterns.

Undoubtedly, this understated yet luxurious Cardinal Archbishop robe was also an item with attributes.

But what is counterintuitive…

it is categorized under “accessories” rather than “upper garments.”

[Cardinal’s Validation·Aiwass]

[Transcendent Accessory (Deep Purple)]

[Cape-Cardinal Robe]

[Attributes: Automatic Cleaning (limited to triggers of the Path of Devotion)]

[Trait: Auto-Repair (Triggered only by Path of Devotion)]

[Mythical Trait: Cloaked in Scales and Feathers (Triggered only by Path of Devotion)]

[Cloaked in Scales and Feathers: “+1 priority to all Divine Arts of the Lord of Scalefeather”]

[“——Hey, hey, hey?

Can you see this line of text?”]

Wearing this robe, Aiwass can exert an extremely powerful force—it is specifically used to amplify the Advanced Divine Arts he has learned.

No wonder other Cardinal Archbishops wear this outfit every day…

However, that last line of text left Aiwass utterly astonished.

Who wrote this?

Why did this sort of “equipment description” pop out from my panel?

…Was it the Elf Craftsmen who made this garment, or…

the Lord of Scalefeather himself?

But Aiwass felt that neither seemed quite right.

The Lord of Scalefeather possesses the most formidable prophetic abilities.

Even if he doesn’t know about Aiwass’s system, he would definitely be able to see his past and future performances, thus figuring out this matter.

As for the Elf Craftsmen, who would only have one interaction with Aiwass, there is even less need for them to communicate with Aiwass through this manner…

Most importantly, the other party didn’t leave behind any identity or contact manner!

Even if Aiwass wanted to respond, he wouldn’t be able to!

So, Aiwass decided to pretend he hadn’t seen it.

After all, he deeply cherished the attributes of the coat—not only does it boost priority powerfully, but it also possesses incredibly practical self-cleaning capabilities!

Just wear it for now!

And this jacket, adorned with ceremonial cloaks and gemstones peeking through a hole, and neither red nor white in color, looked all too familiar.

At first, not many people noticed Aiwass, but later, as others around them pointed it out, more and more people started to notice.

Word about Aiwass’s attire spread rapidly within the confines of the small elevator.

“…Is that the Cardinal Archbishop’s clothing?”

“——Wait, is that really a Cardinal Archbishop?

That’s a human.”

“What?

Don’t deceive me because I’m face-blind.

Isn’t that an Elf?”

“Don’t just look at the face, look at his height and ears—this is clearly a human!”

“A human can be a Cardinal Archbishop?

It must be fake…”

“Who says humans can’t be Cardinals?

Are you discriminating against humans?”

“Are you out of your mind?

Who would dare to imitate the clothing of a Cardinal Archbishop?”

Noise, whispers, arguments, debates…ever since Aiwass appeared in front of people, such sounds were incessant.

Lily’s presence seemed as if the Void had dissolved into the crowd.

It was even hard for Aiwass to find her.

Meanwhile, Isabel made almost no camouflage, but with her elf-like beauty, no one discussed or even gave her a second glance.

All gazes merely swept past her, then focused on Aiwass.

This relieved Isabel, who initially worried about her identity being exposed.

However, the fact that not a single person noticed her made her feel slightly peculiar.

——Oh well, it’s good this way.

Thinking so, Isabel discreetly moved another step into the crowd.

Eventually, someone could not hold back, squeezed through the crowd, and approached Aiwass.

“Esteemed…

Cardinal Archbishop, sir?”

She spoke half in reverence, half hesitantly, and tentatively asked, “Excuse me, may I take a photo of you?”