Reintes took a sip of his coffee, giving Sherlock time to digest the information.

The environment inside the house is quiet, with pale yellow candlelight flickering.

Sherlock remained serious and listened quietly.

"After the church examines you, if you pass, you will be given a document listing the essentia you can choose from and an introduction to its properties. This is a benefit for newcomers, so you can check it out and get to know each other better. ”

After Reintes said this, Sherlock hurriedly asked:

"Is it a free choice? Or is it designated by the church? ”

"In principle, the Church does not interfere with the essentia selection of newcomers. In the Church of All-Knowing Anoana, as far as I know, there are also a handful of other essentia transcendental. ”

"As long as you are a believer in the Church of All-Knowing Ocendo, or a member of the Order, whatever faith source you choose, it is your personal act."

That's good...... Sherlock breathed a sigh of relief.

"But、"

Reintes' "but" suddenly made Sherlock nervous again.

"But, I still have to tell you. The 'Omniscient Kita' and 'Arcane Terminal' in the hands of the Omniscient Arcane Church already have a complete recipe for all the promotion materials. If you choose these two essentia of faith, the path will be smoother. ”

"As for the other essentia, it's not impossible to choose. But after all, it is a crippled route, and the material recipe is difficult to obtain, so it will encounter more obstacles and difficulties. ”

"Of course, it's all up to you, I'm just giving advice." Rheintes said with a smile.

"If you choose the broken route, will it be difficult to find a recipe for the ingredients in the future?" Sherlock asked.

"It's difficult!"

Reintes shook his head, his gray-blue eyes revealing a serious attitude.

"Any prayer material, after use, the recipe is forgotten. Only the powerful Church, and the ancient families inherited from ancient times, have special means to preserve the entire recipe of the ingredients. ”

"So, if you start from the incomplete essentia route, the future recipe of prayer materials will be exponentially more difficult to collect, causing your transcendent path to stagnation."

It turned out to be this reason...... Sherlock finally understood, and his heart was also paused, if he really wanted to take the extraordinary path of the "Secret Mirror of Fortune", he would face difficulties.

But difficulties are difficulties, and the right choice is the priority. The right path that can make the legendary great J. Leonardo da Vinci unforgettable, Sherlock feels that no matter how difficult it is, he must resolutely rise to the top.

After drinking the coffee in the cup, Reintes savored the bitter and fragrant aftertaste, and continued:

"Essentia is the source of all transcendent powers."

The first pope of the omniscient Odonic Church left a famous saying:

Essentia, representing the great power that transcends reality and nature, is the source of the birth of the deity, and is also the embodiment of the divine person.

The path to transcendence is to step on the ladder of the unknown. Each step up is one step closer to the Divine Person. With the right way, resolute courage, and plenty of luck, mortals can compete with the gods and reach the top of the gods! ”

When Sherlock heard this, he always felt like he was advertising...... But complaining and complaining, I have to admit that the first pope was very right!

The right way is to take the right route and not die.

Courage, this is a must, and what can't be carried is already ashes.

Luck is even more indispensable. It is great luck for a mortal to become a god.

Reintes gently put down the coffee cup:

"Thank you for your hospitality, and that's all for tonight's conversation. In the last few days, you just have to wait for the church to send someone to evaluate you, and there is no work or task that you can perform for the time being. ”

As he spoke, he picked up his top hat and put it on, then got up and straightened the folds on his clothes, and laughed again:

"Actually, I came here to talk to you about Malfoy. But I thought about it, everything will be more secure when you are successfully promoted to transcendental, and then continue to investigate! ”

"So, looking forward to your good luck! Have a good mood tonight and good night! ”

"Thank you, Captain!"

Sherlock got up to see him off, and Reintes was already waving his hand and stepping out the door.

Looking at the figure of Reintes leaving in the night, Sherlock stood by the door and pondered.

Wait until I'm promoted to the Transcendent before I talk about Malfoy? What does that mean that my chances of success in the promotion are very high?

Sherlock comforted himself, and finally increased his confidence.

......

After a night.

The next morning, Sherlock spent the whole morning busy.

Van Tucker sent another batch of household items, all second-hand goods found at the Cuckoo Folk Market. Although they are old things, if they are carefully organized and cleaned, they will not affect the use.

The layout of this forest hut is not large, and the two-bedroom and bathroom are already the optimal allocation in the limited space. Therefore, the second-hand goods that Sherlock found are enough to be properly decorated and arranged to a reasonable and comfortable effect.

Of course, with Sherlock's own cleanliness and mild obsessive-compulsive disorder, tidying up old furniture and cleaning and arranging household items is not a chore. Instead, it is enjoyable and perceived as pleasure.

Anyway, there is no need to think about work for the time being, Sherlock exerts all his energy, from the morning to nearly 16 o'clock in the afternoon, and then he is satisfied, and after stopping, he rests for a while, boils water and prepares to make coffee to relieve fatigue.

He was looking at the gurgling kettle of steam, when suddenly there was a knock on the door of the living room behind him, "Bart, barge......".

The door was open for ventilation, and Sherlock looked back.

It was Rheintes knocking on the door, and he stood by the door, smiling at Sherlock.

And beside him, there was one more middle-aged man.

This strange man was wearing a gray thickened trench coat with a raised collar, and his figure was moderate, but the regular clothes inside the trench coat were a classical style of double-breasted robe with intricate patterns. The corners of the robe dragged down to the knees, revealing a pair of high, pointed-toe boots.

The visitor wore an ordinary round-brimmed felt hat, the brim of which was pressed very low to directly block the sparse brow. Revealing eagle-like eyes and a face with two blade-like whiskers.

In the hands of this strange man, he also carried an earthy yellow box like a piano box. The surface is old and vague lines, and the four corners are inlaid with copper edges, which looks ordinary.

"Sherlock, introduce, this is the senior deacon of the All-Knowing Annon Church Inquisition, Your Excellency Herquin, who has come to be in charge of this assessment of you."

Sherlock quickly got up in surprise, he really didn't know it was coming so quickly!

"Hello, Lord Hequin!"

"Captain!"

Sherlock greeted politely and invited the two in.

"Well, it seems that Mr. Sherlock is being treated well to be able to hire a maid to clean this little house."

Herquinn glanced around the room and laughed in a hoarse voice that ripped at bellows.

"This is what Sherlock did on his own, and he has this fine character of life." Reintes asked Herquinn to sit down, then explained with a smile.

"Oh? A scholar who studies the occult can still have a practical and ingenious style of life, hehe, it's very interesting. ”

Herquin nodded, sat down in her chair, and pulled down her top hat, revealing her brown hair. Then he gently placed the box in his hand on the side of the chair.

Sherlock smiled politely and moved over his chair to sit next to him.

"You know what I'm here for, right? Mr. Sherlock. Herquin's sharp eyes were fixed on Sherlock.

"Yes, Lord Herquin, Captain Rheintes has told me."

"Okay, you don't have to be nervous, tell the truth. The church does not treat new members harshly when they join. Routine inquiries don't take much time. ”

Herquinn smiled a friendly smile, but his image did have a fierce look, even if he was smiling, he had the temperament of pulling out a knife at any time.

"Understood, Lord Herquin." Sherlock took a deep breath and nodded calmly.

"Sherlock. Kidd was born in 1859 in the border town of Portsmouth. In January 1863, due to the death of his parents, he was sent back to Greenwood Street in Birzingham, where he was raised in an orphanage by the Municipal Welfare Department. In 1867, he entered the Public Church School of the Welfare Department, in 1877 he was admitted to the City University of Birzinham, in 1879 he served as an assistant to Hoffmann, a senior professor in the Department of History and Archaeology, and in 1880 he officially graduated and moved to an apartment at No. 23 Baker South Street, where he has been registered as a private office ever since. ”

"On October 4, 1880, the contract of employment of the Ninth Parish Street Orderly's Union was signed. He also submitted an application for the qualification of a Protestant of the Omniscient Church of the Omniscient Church, a qualification for the study of all departments of occultism, a qualification for the performance of special tasks of the Church, and a confidentiality agreement for special information of the Church. ”

"Mr. Sherlock, are all the above inquiries true?"

Herquin's voice paused, and he looked at Sherlock calmly.

There was a silent and strange atmosphere in the living room, and Reintes was very serious, without the slightest eye contact with Sherlock, and sat upright.

Sherlock suppressed the slight nervousness in his heart, nodded seriously:

"Yes, everything is true, it is clear and understood."

"Yes, Mr. Sherlock."

Herquinn nodded in satisfaction, then pulled out a silver badge out of nowhere and handed it to Sherlock:

"Please hold the emblem, you don't need to do anything, just hold it."

Sherlock took another deep breath and reached out to gently grasp the corner of the silver emblem. Herquinn grabbed the other corner, and the two held on to each other.

When Sherlock came into contact with the Silver Sign, for a moment, it felt as if he was standing under the wall of the Holy Emblem. It was still that quiet and soothing atmosphere, and it seemed that the restless distractions in my heart had been swept away.

Time passes slowly in this atmosphere of extreme silence but with unpredictable undercurrents.

After about two minutes, Herquin opened his eyes, and with a smile, withdrew the silver emblem, and nodded:

"Congratulations, Mr. Sherlock, you've officially passed the exam!"

That's it...... Sherlock was happy and excited, apprehensive and confused, feeling that everything was too easy, and his previous worries were overthinking.

"Congratulations, Sherlock." Reintes also looked at Sherlock and congratulated him heartily.

"Thank you, Lord Herquin, and thank you, Captain...... I...... I really don't know how to express it, really, only thank you......"

Sherlock bowed in gratitude with gratitude.

"Your latest identity will be signed by the Church and forwarded to Rheintes. In addition......"

Herquinn pulled out an envelope from the inside pocket of his trench coat.

On the cover is the emblem of the All-Knowing Church of Occult Ability.

"This is the transcendent knowledge that can be read under your permission, as well as an introduction to essentia properties."

Herquinn handed the envelope to Sherlock, "You have three days to think about it. Once you've decided to choose a essentia of faith, you just tell Rheintes the results. ”

"But if you make a decision now, you can do it now."

"Understood, Lord Herquin. I can decide now! ”

Sherlock put away the envelope and did not look at it, but replied earnestly.

"Well, what are your options?"

Herquinn seemed accustomed to this kind of scene and nodded calmly.

Reintes looked at Sherlock with no fluctuation in his eyes.

"I choose the essentia of faith - the secret mirror of fortune, the 'apprentice'."

Sherlock spoke his choice.

Herquinn only raised her eyebrows slightly.

Reintes remained as calm as ever, and moved slightly to sit down.

'Are you sure?' The 'Secret Mirror' is a crippled route in the Omniscient Arcane Church, with only a Tier 9 'Apprentice' material recipe. If you are promoted, you will have to go on your own, and the church will not be able to help you! ”

Herquinn said in a serious tone.

"Sure." Sherlock nodded earnestly.

"Well, since you insist, then I will also fulfill my duty."

Without further ado, Herquinn got up from his seat, picked up the khaki box, and placed it on the table. I don't know what mechanism was pressed, and the box opened immediately.

"I just happened to bring a prayer material for the 'apprentice', so let's take this opportunity to fulfill your wish. Reintes, come, help the helper. ”

Reintes smiled and walked over to Hequin.

"This ......"

Sherlock stared at the table, somewhat dumbfounded.

The two halves of the open cabinet are presented like two small cabinets. It was full of bottles and jars, crucibles, hearths, silver knives, gold scissors, parchment rolls, and so on, all kinds of strange things.

"Right now? Only...... Can you get promoted? Sherlock asked, stammering, with great doubt.

"Of course, the 9th rank prayer materials don't need any high-end operations. You don't have to worry about being nervous, I've done this many times. Oh, yes, Rheintes. ”

"Yes, Lord Herquinn is a veteran in this area, Sherlock, don't worry."

Herquinn and Reintes, as they spoke, hand-to-hand operations.

"Main material: '1 copy of the Ansu Islands Tyrok Dark Gold Wing Embers'."

"Auxiliary materials: '9 parts of aeolian gravel crystal sand in the extreme south';"

"'9 live squid in the distant misty sea' and '9 drops of star-spotted night glow grass juice'...... Reintes, fuse that, right. ”

"There's also 'Bald Eagle Pupil Crystal Powder', well, plus 'Mithril Filtered Pure Water 9 grams'...... Be careful, these should be separated, not touched, there will be danger......"

"The last copy of 'The Legacy of the Ansu Islands', just a little bit, it doesn't matter if you want it or not, nothing will go wrong anyway...... Yes, that's ......"

With many complicated emotions such as excitement, apprehension, surprise, and panic, Sherlock stood aside, looking directly at Herquinn and Reintes, making materials.

The open-hearth furnace uses a strange solid to burn the crucible, and various pooled liquids or powders are poured into the crucible in turn.

Bizarre colorful mist, steaming on the tabletop. But it didn't dissipate, it was like a rain cloud, floating above the crucible, filled with a strange pungent smell.

"Open this Mithril inscribed parchment, yes, this one, I have been blessed by the Pope himself, and the quality is quite good!"

"Okay, it's okay, let me do it!"

With a silver tong, Herquin picked up the cauldron and slowly poured the strange viscous liquid mixed with it onto the flat sheet of Kanazawa parchment.

Multiply!

A cloud of smoke rose up, followed by a slight hissing sound.

It was as if there was a murmur echoing from a distant direction, but it was gone in an instant.

The strange liquid vanished without a trace, and all the fog was completely gone.

On the parchment, an intricate and strange marking pattern emerges.

"Success!"

Herquinn rubbed his hands, picked up the parchment that was moving with Kanazawa, and handed it to Sherlock:

"Okay, come on. This is your 'Mirror of Fortune' essentia, the 9th rank 'apprentice', the Chapter of Prayer! ”

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