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Chapter 887: Chapter 261 First Lifedrain

“Are you taking Lily with you?”

Aiwass inquired, “She is very reliable, suitable for exploring dangerous places. Selene is still somewhat unstable.”

“No way!”

Selene protested dissatisfactorily, “I am very well-behaved!”

Lily then hugged Selene and whispered in a voice that only she could hear, “Stop making trouble.”

Ignoring Selene, Miss Aleister pondered for a moment, yet shook her head, “I will take Selene with me.”

As their consciousness gradually separated, they could no longer hear each other’s thoughts.

At this time, Miss Aleister for the first time voiced a completely different opinion from Aiwass.

Aiwass was also surprised, “Wouldn’t Lily be better?”

“Exactly because Lily is better, she should stay with you. Selene indeed is unstable, so let her stay with me—if you ever enter the eternal dream, it’s very likely you will be unable to intervene externally. Being purely a creature of ‘love,’ Selene may become uncontrollable if left alone for too long. And if you cannot intervene, her actions could cause trouble.”

Miss Aleister analyzed calmly, “On the contrary, as a Moon Witch carrying the Power of Creation, Selene might be more useful to me… and Lily is attached to ‘Aiwass’ anyway. She probably would not want to go with me.”

“…But in this way, it seems unfair to you.”

Aiwass lowered his eyes, releasing the hand that was holding Aleister’s chin.

He knelt down slightly, tenderly caressing his other self’s hair, and asked with a hint of concern, “Why don’t you take both? It’s dangerous enough what you have to do, yet you’ll have an unstable member with you… and now ‘Yin-Yang Harmony’ hasn’t expired yet, so most of your Mana Pool should have been locked, right?”

Before the promotion of either Aiwass or Aleister, ‘Yin-Yang Harmony’ actually became the chain that restrained Aleister.

After the split between Aiwass and Aleister, the abundant mana they had from dual paths was halved.

In the Son of the Moon form, all of the body’s mana is transformed into wind, earth, and dark attributes.

With ‘Yin-Yang Harmony’ in effect, only the wind and earth attribute mana pools transform into a colorless mana pool. One-third of the dark attribute mana remains locked and unmovable.

That means that the current Aleister can only utilize one-third of the original dual-form Aiwass’s colorless mana.

“Haha, I do enjoy playing in high-end matches. You know that.”

Aleister proudly tilted her head up, her black, lifeless cold hair swaying to the sides, resembling a snake’s tail or a small whip, “I never play mainstream heroes, my forte is enduring pressure and struggling! It’s only entertaining to go against the mainstream—”

“—Aleister is a noble and indifferent noble lady, do not speak such vulgar words.”

Aiwass slapped Aleister’s hair, grabbing a lock and gently pulling, quietly reminding her, “Remember your character.”

“Of course, I remember—let go! I still have a bit of colorless mana, the Book of Law is with me—”

Aleister unhappily hugged her own hair, struggling to pull it from Aiwass’s grasp and trying to smooth it out again, “I can only play around with you… Aren’t you the same? Don’t you feel lonely?”

“…I can actually chat with the boss.”

Aiwass paused, honest in his words.

The contract for Advanced Divine Art was assigned to his side, and now he could only provide remote support through divination to help Aleister.

Aleister sighed slightly, becoming a bit more serious, “Alright… It seems that the result of our Paths’ separation is starting to take effect.

“Don’t worry too much about me; everything I do is based on feasibility. Rather, it’s you whose thoughts are too chaotic because of your concern for me.

“Think about it, Lily, as the personal maid of Aiwass Moriarty, if she appears with me at Star Antimony, it’s very likely that the outside world will perceive our relationship as even closer, possibly leading to unexpected situations. And ‘Aleister,’ fundamentally a role to handle dirty tasks… it’s better to be more clearly separate from ‘Aiwass.’

“—Stepping back, even if Selene goes berserk, so what?”

Aleister’s mouth corners slightly lifted, tone cold: “The Son of the Moon… has never been anything nice. If our plan succeeds, we suppress the Demon Scholar, if it fails, we divert the disaster elsewhere. Either way, I don’t lose—just directly handle the problematic ones. Stop protecting me—my identity can be sacrificed, at worst it’s just a dead end. As long as my body can eventually be returned to you, we can still merge back into one.”

“Be a bit careful, try not to harm the innocent.”

Aiwass advised, “If possible, try to save more people.”

“…I can only say, I’ll try my best.”

Aleister smirked, “The Fallen Celestial Marshal isn’t so easy to deal with. If I expose too much information, it might attract unnecessary attention—Are you so sure that we can overcome the Fallen Celestial Marshal in May? Don’t be overly compassionate, brother.”

Is this the purely dedicated Aiwass… Miss Aleister couldn’t help but sigh in her heart.

The existence of the Path of Transcendence seemed instead to burden him.

With a subtle sense of jealousy, Miss Aleister smacked her lips and warned, “Be a little more careful, Aiwass! Don’t really think of yourself as a pure Contributor—for my sake, okay? Be cautious when dedicating yourself! Lily, you keep an eye on him too! Aiwass now, could truly sell himself for others!”

“Yes.”

Lily’s expression turned serious too, she lowered her head and responded, “I understand… Miss?”

She wasn’t sure how to address Miss Aleister.

“No need to come up with a new title for me.”

Miss Aleister appeared somewhat helpless: “I am merely an illusion that exists for six months. After all, I am a part of Aiwass; you could just call me Aiwass.”

“That won’t do.”

Aiwass spoke gravely, “The oracle of the Hourglass has spoken—remember, you are a person. Not some thing, and certainly not a commodity or goods.

“You are me, and I am you. But aside from that, you are also an independent individual.”

Miss Aleister was momentarily dazed.

She pursed her lips, yet her expression tried to look fiercer: “Be careful, I’m a Transcendental being. Maybe I’ll turn into something like the Silver-Crowned Dragon… after ascension, become wild-hearted, and directly devour the original body.”

“…Original body? Oh?”

Aiwass, upon hearing this, just laughed: “Did you think of yourself as an avatar? Haven’t I said it… I am you, you are me.

“If you want to eat… then eat.”

He said softly, pulling Miss Aleister into his arms, slightly tilting his head to expose an undefended neck.

In Miss Aleister’s gaze, Aiwass’s green pupils twinkled with a sunset-like pure golden-red brilliance, like a flawless Ruby.

“This is the Eucharist… I am mercy.”

Jokingly, Aiwass murmured the secret words of the Shepherd’s Nurturing.

—Of course, this was ineffective.

Because Aiwass currently had no Power of Transcendence, not to mention Balance.

However, the Path characteristic of “Sacrifice of Flesh” from the Path of Devotion was still in effect—

Miss Aleister unceremoniously bit into him, her eyes bloodshot.

Scorching and sweet blood gushed into her mouth in large gulps.

That feeling was as if, on a cold winter day, one entered a house and gulped down a big cup of hot cocoa mixed with milk. Miss Aleister almost cried out in a moment.

“…This is my first time Lifedraining.”

“And it’s my first time being drained.”

Aiwass said calmly with narrowed eyes: “What I said was not a joke.

“If you want it—this body, you can take it away.”

“…Is this the understanding of a Contributor?”

Miss Aleister murmured in a low voice as she drank blood silently.

In a moment of reverie, she almost felt a touch of divinity in Aiwass at this moment…

“So, you should also show some understanding of a Transcender.”

Aiwass spoke softly, gently stroking Miss Aleister’s hair: “If it’s still not enough, you can drink more. I have the Fire Rite Skill, it won’t harm me.

“—Remember, once you’re in Star Antimony, don’t go Lifedraining the innocents. If you want to drink, tell me… I’ll figure out a way to mail it to you.”

“…I’m not that foolish a Vampire who still needs to carry food out of the house.”

Miss Aleister struggled to keep composed for a moment.

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