Chapter 365 Return to Glass Island

Aiwass doesn’t pastor Shadow Fiend too deeply on the train.

It's not for safety reasons - in most areas of Avalon, even if Aiwass is unconscious, Lily and Shadow Demon alone are enough to protect him.

The main reason is that the train is a public place and it is inconvenient to do many things.

When you are in pain and fear, but only have compassion and kindness in your heart, you can strengthen the element of "dedication" and thereby strengthen the effect of pastoral care.

But if such a good room is filled with blood, it will really cause trouble to others.

And if there is too much movement, the waiter waiting at the door may be called in. At that time, the other party may be shocked, and the existence of the pastoral law may even be exposed.

Taking into account the premise of keeping quiet, Aiwass tried to abandon the ceremonial knife for the first time - and directly bit his wrist with his own teeth, almost biting his wrist off directly. Since Aiwass can make the blood flow in the wrist area, it means that he has bitten through the vein.

This fear of gradually approaching death, biting oneself firmly against resistance, in terms of pure pain, is far inferior to holding the ritual knife tightly and carving the sharp blade into the bone. After all, "bone-deep pain" is not just talk.

However, biting through one's own wrist with teeth that are much blunter than a ceremonial knife undoubtedly requires a stronger will.

——So, if the same degree of compassion and kindness are used to inspire pastoral care, which effect will be better?

By observing Shadow Demon's reaction, Aiwass got confirmation.

This is better now.

Rather than "pain", suppressing "fear" and "resistance" with kind thoughts is the key to getting closer to the core.

Aiwas gradually understood.

——That doesn’t mean you can’t use ceremonial swords.

Just use a dull knife! In order to ensure that he could pierce the bone by clenching, he chose a ritual knife that was too sharp, but this actually went against the essence of pastoral care, because subconsciously he was still choosing a "more convenient and comfortable" tool.

Would it be better if I stabbed my hand directly through the abdomen or heart?

…The only problem is, my fingers don’t seem to be that strong.

Also because he only fed some snacks this time, Aiwass's mental state was pretty good. Before one third of the candle was burned, Aiwass ended her pastoral care and turned to using the fire ritual to heal his wounds.

"Is it my imagination?"

Aiwass returned to his original form and lay on the bed, holding the shadow demon who had turned into a black cat on his lap.

He asked with some doubt: "Why do I feel that you have become stronger?"

"That is the kindness of the master~"

The pitch-black kitten, which looked like a black hole with eyes, let out the sweet voice of Miss Assassin Chloe like a baby.

"Tell the truth." Aiwass interrupted mercilessly.

"Tsk."

Shadow Demon clicked his tongue and stopped talking in his voice.

She switched to Miss Bayard's cold and mature voice that was completely different from Chloe's: "It starts from the promotion ceremony."

Aiwass immediately guessed what it was: "Is it because you ate your past self?"

In his last promotion ceremony, Bayard ate himself as the vampire Bayard, and also ate himself as the new shadow demon who still had the mark of the sin of rage.

The other two Bayards sacrificed themselves voluntarily, perhaps unintentionally fulfilling the conditions of a certain ritual.

After all, the holy number is three, which belongs to Si Zhu's domain. Sizhu is the god who binds his body with sin thorns and burns his body to chase darkness. He has the sacred concept of bearing sins and sacrificing himself for others.

Thinking of this, Aiwass suddenly became interested: "Did you obtain the brand of rage again?"

The Mark of Sin is the embodiment of the core strength of the Fallen Sky Division.

It can transform material world races such as humans or elves into demons that can enter and exit the dream world at will. This is undoubtedly a power that is quite close to its origin. Moreover, demons who have been awarded a major sin brand only need to continue to practice their major sins to continuously become stronger and evolve upward with the same major sin brand. Depending on their race, the upper limit of the level can float from level 50 to 70. class.

But on the other hand, if the devil "awakens" and is no longer entangled by his sins...for example, like Bayard, if he completely stops being angry, he will also lose the possibility of continuing to become stronger.

A demon that loses the mark of mortal sin cannot evolve.

Apart from the obvious gap in combat experience, there is basically no difference in power between the Shadow Demon hundreds of years ago and the Shadow Demon when Aiwass summoned them.

However, Shadow Demon gave a reply after a short silence: "Yes, I have regained the mark of sin.

"...But, it's not [Rage]."

"What's that?" Aiwass asked.

"——It's [jealousy]."

Although the expression of the shadow demon cannot be seen clearly, I feel that the expression it should have now is also very subtle: "I got the mark of jealousy... If nothing else, I may be the only shadow demon who got the mark of jealousy."

"No wonder."

Aiwass nodded thoughtfully.

This time he felt that Shadow Demon's strength had improved much faster than before.

With the same mana before, Shadow Demon's growth rate was obviously much slower than that of Little Butterfly.

The Shadow Demon, who has regained the Mark of Sin at the sixth level, has regained all his strength as a high-level demon, unlocked his growth potential, and has the possibility of evolving into a high-level phantom demon.

Although the growth path may be slightly different from the previous one, and it may even become a new demon after evolution. After all, "rage" and "jealousy" are definitely different, and the shadow demon that carries the sin of jealousy... This is probably the only one in the world.

"How far do you feel you are from the sixth energy level?"

Aiwass asked the shadow demon carefully: "If you receive such a large-scale pastoral care every day, how long will it take you to reach the sixth energy level?"

"I'm not far from the sixth energy level, my master."

The shadow demon quickly responded: "I think it should be at most two weeks."

"Okay, I understand."

Aiwass nodded slightly and decided to tilt more resources to the shadow demon this month.

——Then, it's almost time to start preparing the seal of the shadow demon.

The most powerful pastoral care will be used to help the shadow demon break through the racial limit.

When the shadow demon evolves, it's time to enter the card obediently.

Thinking of this, Aiwass hugged the black cat and slowly fell asleep.

When he woke up again, the train had arrived at the Glass Island.

Because Aiwass came back completely on impulse this time, he did not inform anyone, so no one came to pick them up.

Noble Red was dead, and the school was on vacation. So Aiwass returned to his real home after a long absence.

It was not No. 14 Ronin Street, but Moriarty Manor in White Queen District.

Aiwass had not been back for a long time.

Lily took out the key to open the door, and the two strolled on the gravel road from the front door to the main entrance. The gardens on both sides were well maintained and still bloomed even in winter.

Snowdrops, white daffodils, pink roses, and red roses. They were carefully laid out, giving people a warm and comfortable feeling.

"Good afternoon, Professor Sorenson. Long time no see."

Aiwass smiled and greeted the old gardener.

And the old man also smiled and nodded to the future head of the Moriarty family in response.