Chapter 1054: Killing Permission
After Aiwass and Aleister left, only Yassen and Sherlock were left in the carriage.
These two people were once considered mortal enemies - the Phantom Thief and the Detective had a hostile relationship.
Not to mention that Yassen, who grew up in Iris, disdains authority, while Sherlock does his best to maintain it. Whether in terms of path, career or ideals, they are not in the same boat.
Now they can become friends, partly because they have overcome difficulties together, and partly because they both have a sense of morality and lofty ideals.
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Seeing Aiwass and Aleister leaving, Yassen couldn't help but sigh: "These Children of the Moon...are really a bunch of scourges..."
He was once a member of the Hawkeyes after all.
Although he has withdrawn from the organization now, he still agrees with the philosophy of the Hawkeye Organization in his heart - Iris is the Iris of mankind, and all Children of the Moon should be expelled.
"Soon."
Sherlock turned over the documents in his hand and spoke absentmindedly.
"What's so fast?"
"Everything is fast."
Sherlock raised his head and glanced meaningfully at Yassen, which made his hair stand on end.
"...You mages of the path of wisdom are really annoying."
Yassen smacked his lips, took out a bottle of ice-cold champagne from the side compartment of the carriage, and poured a glass for himself and Sherlock: "Can't you have something to say?"
"Alright."
Unexpectedly, Sherlock pointed to the empty space with his finger: "Pour two more glasses... Oh no, one cup will do."
"One cup?"
Yasen was stunned for a moment and then reacted: "Oh, that's right. That little lady looks young, and she really shouldn't drink."
"That's not the reason...forget it, you'll know after a while."
As Sherlock spoke, he stared intently at the thin document in his hand.
There are obviously only a few lines of words on the paper, and I don’t know what I’m looking at…
Yassen curled his lips, feeling that Sherlock was just pretending to be cool - or just too lazy to explain to himself. He has known Sherlock for many years, and occasionally writes letters to Sherlock about some of the mysteries he encounters. He always likes to create mysteries like this.
Just like a prophet who has adapted to the path, he talks about something that he doesn't understand at the moment, but in retrospect, he realizes that everything he said is right, but he didn't guess what he meant. Then you will feel a sense of frustration from insufficient wisdom, and you will sincerely admire his wisdom - what a joke!
He will not be deceived! That's obviously because Sherlock likes to hear people say things like "I really don't understand, Sherlock". As long as the other party admits defeat, he will raise the corners of his mouth and explain patiently and carefully in an elegant and calm manner.
As an extraordinary person on the path of beauty, Yasen's logical ability is indeed not very good, but his instinctive vision is sharp enough.
——According to Yasen’s perception, this is probably caused by the lack of recognition he received when he was a child. I'm afraid there must be a smart person among his parents, siblings or classmates who is completely incomparable to Sherlock. The frustration caused by that time made him so obsessed with "victory" and "correctness" now.
And this is probably the reason why Sherlock doesn't have enough friends... He wants to make it clear and make the other person aware of the gap in strength between the other person and himself. If there is someone weaker than him, he must admit that he is weaker than himself; if there is someone stronger than him, Sherlock will be sincerely convinced... just like his admiration for the person who is stronger than him when he was a child.
This is probably the real source of the adaptability of the authoritarian path in Shylock's mind - different from the "inherited from his father" that he confided to himself in his letter. Sherlock's ability to reach the third level in his early twenties must have come from his inner impulse. And his subsequent resistance to the path of authoritarianism... In Yassen's view, it was actually Shylock's inner resistance to "loneliness".
——The higher you go on the path of authoritarianism, the fewer friends you will inevitably have.
The only people who can travel together are people of the same level and on the same path. If someone rises to a higher position, their relationship will also change.
After all, at the pinnacle of the authoritarian path, the Silver Crowned Dragon is also an absolute loner—no friends, no relatives, no love.
Sherlock must have instinctively realized something, but he was unsure of the key, so he felt anxious...
Yassen watched Sherlock lost in thought, but at this moment the door of the carriage was opened from the outside.
Aiwass came in slowly from the outside and sat alone on the seat opposite the two of them. Looking at the still bubbling golden champagne in front of him, he grinned: "Oh, you also knew to leave some for me. One bite, great detective."
"...Is it over so soon?"
Yassen was surprised when he saw Aiwass coming in: "Have you... given up on this goal? Or is it that the earl is not present?"
He glanced at Sherlock, and it was obvious that he already knew it.
But...why?
"Ask a question."
Sherlock raised his head and asked Aiwass: "Where are we going?"
"The House of the Comte d'Orléans."
Aiwass first ordered the coachman, and then asked Sherlock, "right?"
"correct."
Feeling the carriage moving again, Sherlock exhaled and turned over the information he had looked at hundreds of times in his hands and closed it: "It seems that it is no longer needed."
"Then...what about Count Halick?"
Yasen asked subconsciously: "Did he kill him?"
Evans glanced at him and replied with a smile: "Yes.
"As for the other targets...it depends on how fast Aleister can fly. After all, the other counts don't live in Les Eygents, and it may take a long time to fly. If she can't make it back, we can solve it ourselves. "
... The misleading spell of the Void Box has been lifted, but do we still have to kill them all?
No, it can't be considered a complete extermination. After all, these are just a few Moon Children of the Earl's Mansion at best.
In terms of the scale of the entire Iris, this is just a drop in the bucket. Even though the Hawkeye Organization has been hunting down all humans who have transformed into Moon Children as a deterrent, the number of Moon Children is still increasing every year. It is said that the number of Moon Children has exceeded 1% of the total population of Iris.
Even in the era of the Helasar Empire, there were definitely not so many Moon Children - you know, the Moon Children will only look for offspring from the upper class, and 1% of the total population means that their share in the upper class is probably already very important.
Even if all the Moon Children of the Earl's Mansion are killed, it is likely that the situation of the Moon Children occupying the upper class of Iris will not improve...
As if he guessed what Yassen was thinking.
Without waiting for the other party to ask, Aiwas shook his head and took the initiative to say: "This is not to solve the problem, it's just a... warning. Or it can be said that this is a signal. "
"I know Aiwas very well."
Sherlock picked up the champagne, took a sip and put it down: "He has a special sense of morality that does not belong to this era. So I can guess... when he really sees the atrocities of the Iris Moon Son, he will never let them go.
"As a former pope, he more or less represents the position of the Church, and it may not be convenient for him to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. Given the current depth of control of the Moon Son over Iris, if they are exterminated, it must have involved this taboo. Of course, we all know that this taboo is actually a "courtesy" for the Church to restrain itself, and it does not actually have any decisive binding force.
"--But there may be a way to circumvent it. "
"Yes."
Aiwas nodded.
He looked at Sherlock and Arsen, thought for a while, put his hands together, and confessed with a pious face: "In fact, I have already prayed on the way here."
"...Pray? "
Hearing this, Yassen couldn't hold back: "Have they held a funeral in advance?"
"Of course not. The Moon Children are actually a special kind of flesh-and-blood phantom demon... Their essence is close to the beasts of the beast path when they walk the world. In other words, even if they die, their souls will not go to the dream world. The souls that truly belong to this identity have already gone to the dream world when they transformed. "
Aiwass said something that Sherlock had known for a long time, but it shocked Yassen.
And the next sentence shocked him beyond words: "My killing of the Moon Children was permitted by the gods. "