Pastor's Tantra

When the second painting was completed, everyone who was still in the second painting was teleported back to the fantasy corridor.

They don't have to answer the question this time because the time to make a choice hasn't come yet.

In front of the three doors, a countdown mark appeared on the ground.

Two of the doors have been turned into paintings.

"..."Endless Feast" and "Animal World"."

Aiwass murmured in a low voice: "Then what is the third painting like?"

He could clearly see that the light spots emerging on the third painting did not change much. It is still adding points evenly, but it has selected three rounds of answers in total. The first time it was full of three votes, but now it only has five votes.

This means that there are indeed two people who have lost the ability to vote.

...Is it because he was petrified?

After all, according to the allocation, the third painting should also contain extraordinary beings on the twilight path.

He is capable of petrifying others. In this promotion ceremony that encourages death, the consequences of being sealed are much more serious than death.

I don’t know what happened to the Moon Child in the first painting. Aiwass didn't know whether she was finally sealed in the painting or in the corridor outside...

Aiwass stayed here until the clock on the floor ran out. The light spot on the third door suddenly brightened, and new traces appeared.

There are two more light spots here than before.

Has one person been released from the seal? Or is there one more person?

If there is one more person, then it should be the eldest princess. Aiwass did not see her in the second painting, so she must have gone on an adventure in the third painting.

She seemed to have survived...

Aiwass breathed a sigh of relief.

Even though that was the person who killed her - I still hope she can live longer.

As the basic template for the third painting, this painting "Belong with Me"...if nothing else, Aiwass had actually seen it before.

——That was the painting that Master Yanis gave to Aiwass and Isabel when he left Avalon. It was named by Isabel, and this sentence was said by Aiwass himself.

And the three directions completed through this painting...the three endings of "The Ending Ring", "A Thousand Years Later", and "Goodbye" made Aiwass somewhat uneasy.

He once again found traces of Huan Tiansi from his promotion ceremony.

It seemed as if someone was always reminding him that he was just a key thrown away by Huan Tiansi. One day Huan Tiansi will retrieve him and use it to open that door...

"...Let's show them off as soon as we see them."

Aiwass sighed, opened the door and walked in.

Counting this time, this painting should have been chosen in four different directions, and it should no longer be the same as it was originally.

I hope I can find some familiar traces in it...

Aleister on the other side also thought so.

——until she opened her eyes in a fit of dizziness.

I was used to the fairy tale filter in the second painting, and suddenly returned to the world of real style. For a while, Aleister still couldn't adapt...

"……Um?"

Her eyes suddenly opened wide.

Aleister felt that he suddenly came to a very familiar, yet completely unfamiliar world——

She was standing on top of the bell tower.

Above the sky, the sun shines brightly.

But compared to Avalona, ​​where you can still see a little blue sky, the sky here is more of a leaden gray.

And below the bell tower...

Heavy traffic.

Familiar yet strange.

Cars were passing by at high speed, and towering high-rise buildings were rising from the ground. The crosswalk is filled with dense and orderly flow of people.

The mirror-like walls above the high-rise building constantly reflected GG, which Aleister seemed to understand but couldn't understand - it sounded like Avalonian, but mixed with a lot of iris flowers and... Words and dialects of Star Antimony.

here it is……

"……modern."

Aleister murmured under his breath.

But this... is not her home.

She was filled with emotions.

Her hands subconsciously clenched and unclenched the railing. Her hands and arms trembled uncontrollably, and then her whole body began to tremble.

Her heart suddenly began to beat extremely violently, and she was panting heavily, as if she had asthma. When he felt a little calmer, Aleister took a deep breath, and the force suddenly twisted the metal railing——

"【stop】!"

At this moment, a voice fell.

It landed on Aleister and bounced off on its own.

Aleister only felt his body stiffen for a moment, almost imperceptibly, and the law magic disappeared out of thin air.

At this moment, a middle-aged policeman riding on a drone like a Frisbee suddenly flew over.

"-Hey, girl! Be careful, it's dangerous out there! How did you get up here?"

He raised his voice from a distance, half admonishing and half warning: "Don't stand next to the railing. It's very dangerous and you can easily fall off. I don't care where you are a student. Don't think that you can become a student just by learning some superpowers." Superhero, you are too young! Go back to school!"

After hearing this, Aleister realized something belatedly.

She looked down at her outfit.

White shirt, tan plaid pleated skirt, dark brown short suit, and striped tie. This does look a bit like a school uniform somewhere...

“…Sorry, sir.”

Aleister suppressed his excitement and throbbing in his heart, pretending to be about to cry, and whispered: “I’m in a bad mood…”

“Alas, you kid…”

The middle-aged man dressed as a policeman sighed and flew over on the roulette wheel: “Are you heartbroken? You kids…”

It was not until then that he saw the metal railing bent by Aleister, and he was immediately shocked.

But seeing Aleister standing obediently next to him, he didn’t know what to say.

He struggled for a long time, and still asked: “Where are your parents? I need their contact number.”

“They are all dead.”

Aleister was tearful and answered softly: “When I was very young, I was killed by the devil and the curse master…”

“…Oh, oh. Damn it, oh…Sorry…”

The middle-aged man realized that he had said the wrong thing, and was choked immediately, and then he stuttered and apologized.

He floated there, looking at Aleister, hesitant to speak.

"...Sir," Aleister raised his head, and there seemed to be some real tears in his eyes, "I'm a little hungry. Can you buy me something to eat?"

"...No, it can't be too expensive, girl."

The middle-aged man said helplessly: "I don't have much private money-this can't be reimbursed by the Supervisory Bureau."

"Hamburgers and soda will be fine, okay?"

"Oh, of course."

The man breathed a sigh of relief, and it was obviously within his acceptable range.

He looked up at the sky: "It's getting late, let's go to lunch together, okay? Don't do such dangerous things next time."

As he said, he gently pulled Aleister onto his flying disc. Then he took the two of them directly to the street below the clock tower.

Until they were close to the ground, the two got off the flying disc.

The flying disc shrank instantly, turned into a shield, and was carried on the man's back. It seemed that there was some kind of magnetic device on his back, and he just put it behind him and it adhered to his back.

Aleister said politely in a low voice: "How should I address you, sir?"

"Just call me Inspector Weber. I usually patrol the Red Queen area. If you have something unhappy, you can come to the Inspectorate to find me. Except for holidays, I am usually either on the street or in the bureau."

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Such a polite term. Are you a young lady from somewhere? Oh... sorry."

He thought Aleister's words were very interesting, quite ancient, like the style of an ancient heritage academy that teaches rich people. But he just said this when he realized something.

"It's okay, I didn't grow up in an orphanage. I was adopted..."

Aleister shook his head and said with a smile.

"Oh?"

Inspector Weber asked curiously: "What's your name, girl?"

"My name is Aleister."

Aleister said frankly: "The people who adopted me...their last name is Moriarty."

"Oh, Aleister...wait...which Moriarty?"

Inspector Weber paused, but was startled.

Aleister's heart moved.

She stopped and tilted her head to ask tentatively, "How many more Moriartys are there?"