Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 930 Pioneer Yulia
In fact, what surprised Aiwas the most was that when he returned to Avalon, Yulia did not come to greet him.

He even stayed in the Temple of Silver and Tin for most of the day, but Yulia didn't come to find him.

Is there something wrong with her body? Or is she not in Glass Island? Or is she sulking?
Aiwass was very worried for a moment.

Hearing Aiwas's question, Isabel shook her head: "It should be fine, Yulia is probably busy."

"Busy?"

"Well, she has a key experiment that has been busy for a long time."

Isabel was also a little worried: "Why don't you go and take a look? Yulia seems to have been stimulated by something... Since the Fallen Angels came into the world, she has hardly left her room in the past half month, and even food and water have to be delivered to her room.

"I was worried about her before, so I went to see her twice. She seemed to be inventing some machine by herself... She didn't like me to disturb her. But I still asked the pastor to check her health every few days to prevent her from getting sick.

"Because I couldn't understand her invention, I asked Nobel Prize winner to take a look...but he couldn't understand it either."

"……Row."

Aiwass was also a little worried when he heard this, so he nodded and said, "Then I'll go and take a look."

He walked in the direction of Yulia's room as he remembered it.

Then I discovered that Yulia's room had been transformed into a rather terrifying scale - her room now combined the rooms of four full royal members, and its size was even nearly three times that of Isabel's room.

"...Yulia?"

Aiwass knocked on the door, but got no response. However, he could hear faint sounds from inside and see light seeping out. There must be someone there.

He opened the door with the key given by Isabel, but did not see Yulia in the first room.

Although it is unclear what experiment Yulia is doing...but if she is suddenly frightened, it is possible that the shutdown experiment will fail.

Aiwass didn't want to destroy Yulia's hard work or put her in danger, so he used high-level magic to hide his steps and voice and carefully pushed open the second door.

At that moment, he was shocked by the scene before him——

There was a huge brass machine in front of her, and Yulia was sitting in the corner, holding a blueprint, thinking hard about something.

Seeing that she was not doing anything dangerous and crucial, Aiwass dared to speak: "Yuli?"

When Yulia heard Aiwas' voice, she was stunned for a moment.

She turned around suddenly and saw Aiwass standing at the door.

"elder brother!"

Yulia immediately made an excited sound, then carefully put the drawings into the file bag, and then turned around and rushed over happily.

Seeing Yulia's reaction, Aiwas felt relieved.

At least Yulia's mental state is normal, and she doesn't seem to hate herself... That's good, that's good...

When Aiwas hugged Yulia, he suddenly realized that the girl seemed to have grown taller and heavier.

Normally, when he held Yulia in his arms, the girl's head would rest against Aiwas' stomach - by the way, as for Isabel, if Aiwass raised his head slightly, he could rest her head against his chin, making it fit perfectly.

But now, Yulia's head can already touch Aiwas's chest. I'm afraid it's only a few centimeters away from Isabel.

It was only at this time that Aiwass could remember... his lovely and sensible sister was actually only fifteen years old. Previously, the Flame-Butterfly absorbed too much nutrition as the egg of the Phantom Demon, and now that Yulia had become healthy again, she entered a stage of rapid growth.

"...I have grown up."

Aiwass touched Yulia's head with relief and a little disappointment.

If it weren't for these messy things, he should have lived a plain but fulfilling daily life in school, and he would have been able to see Yulia more often. He wouldn't have realized that he hadn't been home for a long time after the child suddenly grew taller.

Yulia shook her head slightly, gently touching Aiwass's chest with her cheek, breathing in Aiwass's scent. Her warm breath soaked through Aiwass's shirt and seeped into his skin.

Even without using the special vision of his right eye, Aiwass could feel Yulia's fatigue.

——Fortunately, Aiwass is no longer as powerless as he was a year ago.

He gently touched Yulia's forehead, ignited his own life force with illumination magic, and injected it into Yulia's body. Her mental state improved at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing that Yulia had recovered her spirits, Aiwass asked, "What are you doing, Yuli?"

“I’m doing new research.”

As Yulia spoke, she suddenly asked, "Brother, can you give me the ability you mentioned before... to give Lily?"

"Yeah, of course."

Aiwas nodded: "I just came here to help you complete the ceremony." He teased: "Why, didn't you say before that you wanted to test your own strength? Why haven't you reached the fourth energy level yet?"

"…because I realized that if I was too weak, I would be held back."

Julia responded seriously, "The warships of the Church started a war at Xingti before... because brother thought that Isabel and I were there, right?
"Luckily we weren't there, so nothing happened - but that also means that if we weren't lucky, something might have happened. Even my brother might have gotten into trouble in order to rescue us...

"…Since then, I have realized that the world is no longer as peaceful as it was before. I need strength now—"

Yulia's voice was very soft, but her expression was firm: "At least I have the power to protect myself! I won't be a burden to others, and I don't have to be protected."

From a very young age, Yulia had a strong sense of self-esteem.

If an ordinary person had an incurable "serious illness" like hers and was adopted by the Moriarty family, they would most likely just give up - before Aiwass awakened his past life memories and obtained the method of making the Sin Card, the symptoms of the Phantom Egg were basically unsolvable, and Yulia must have known this.

A woman who is seriously ill and almost always in a high fever state... and knows that the disease has no possibility of being cured and that she may die at any time; at the same time, she has no worries about food and clothing, but she is still trying her best to learn new knowledge.

Because Yulia couldn't accept the fact that she was just a useless thing being pampered.

Even if the knowledge she learned is of no use at all and her efforts are meaningless - she is still unwilling to give up the fact that "I am still trying".

——If a person gives up on himself, his soul will also fall.

"I understand."

Aiwass nodded seriously: "Then I will give you strength."

"…As for the fourth energy level."

Yulia shook her head: "I have actually reached the threshold of the fourth energy level."

"Then why not get promoted?"

Aiwass was a little confused: "No matter which school of alchemist, the job transfer requirement for promotion to the fourth level should be 'a well-known invention', right?

"To accomplish this step, we only need to borrow Isabel's influence. In addition to being a scholar, Sand Clock also has a merchant side - it is allowed to complete this step through transactions."

As an alchemist's profession is purely about spending money, his advancement can also be forcibly completed by spending money.

To be a household invention, it is not necessary for the invention to be very useful or popular. It can be achieved by simply increasing the publicity and forcing the promotion - and this is not considered a bug, it is the correct way to advance in the path of balance.

This is also the reason why the Xingti Royal Alchemy Association cooperates deeply with the royal family.

Whether it is through face, invention, influence, money, power... using the ability of any dimension to exchange for the benefits of another dimension, thus connecting everything together - this is the way of balance.

"Because I want to complete the job change to 'Pioneer'."

Yulia's thoughts were extremely clear: "My leveling speed is definitely slower than my brother's. If I can't get a powerful profession, even if I get the power of the Flame-Rebellious Butterfly, I will definitely be much weaker than my brother."

"so what?"

When Aiwass saw that Yulia's target was actually him, he felt helpless: "You just need to be yourself, you don't have to be the same as me. No matter what your ability is, you are my sister."

"Different."

Yulia's mind was calm and clear: "My brother is already the Eternal Pope, and now he controls the power of Avalon and the Theocracy. His influence is extremely strong throughout the world, and even the Fallen Angels may not be invincible.

"But I didn't sense a single bit of pride from my brother. I only smelled heaviness and exhaustion... This means that even this level of strength is still not enough.

"If we have to face other powerful enemies in the future, and even a strong man like the Pope would find it difficult to deal with them, then if we are slightly weaker, we will still be held back...

"… And, what I really want is not just to 'not be a drag'. I want to really help my brother - to do that, I must become a pioneer."

"But the pioneers..."

Aiwass hesitated to speak.

That is almost the most difficult profession to advance to in this world - much more difficult than the Scholar of Great Sin.

Before reaching the fourth level, one has at least one "incredible and world-changing invention."

This means that if this invention cannot be completed... Yulia will have to suppress her urges on the path and not advance.

Not only would that cause tremendous mental stress, but the anxiety would also affect the invention itself...

"I already have an idea."

Yulia said, looking back at the huge machine: "This is an old machine built from Mr. Babbage's abandoned manuscripts decades ago.

"It's called the Difference Engine. I plan to use it to modify and optimize it."

(End of this chapter)