By this time, Shafia and Oswald had also left Moriarty Manor.

They are discussing a plan of action for the future.

Despite Ivus's intention to assassinate Prince John, Shafiya plans to try to steal the remains. After all, there is a chance that the operation on the side of Ivas will fail.

Before, she was one against two and was not ready for battle, so she wisely chose to flee.

But with Oswald this time, they may not lose in a head-on clash -

So Shafiya had the confidence.

This time she took Oswald home first, took her husband and children to safety, and retrieved her staff.

"The first series of missions to be carried out is to recover the Queen's body."

At Shafiya's house, she assigned Oswald a task: "If the first sequence of tasks is confirmed to be unsuccessful or cannot be completed, the second sequence of tasks will be activated immediately - to extract a tube of the Queen's blood."

"This is a needle with anticoagulant added beforehand, and we take one tube at a time. To aspirate at least ten milliliters...... As an alternate material for the Shadow of Avalon ritual.

"If the second order of missions fails, just abandon the queen's body and start searching for and rescuing Sherlock Hermes instead, while trying to divert the two people from Star Antimony as far as possible and delay time for Evas's plan.

"If you can, help Ivus kill Minister Drost...... He was a priest after all, and he wasn't good at fighting. Although that fat man has mostly forgotten how to fight now, he is still a fourth-level transcendent......"

"—First of all, Madam Grand Inquisitor," Oswald interrupted Shafia solemnly, "I must emphasize that our plans and missions are based on the premise that Master Evas is safe enough. If he is in mortal danger, I will immediately abandon these plans and rush to the rescue. ”

"Of course, I'll go with you," Shafiya nodded in agreement, "at least not to let that kid have an accident." ”

That's the person Princess Isabel loves and the only thing she can rely on now.

Shafiya wanted to save Evas's life at the very least.

People are still alive, and there will be opportunities no matter what; If a man dies, there is nothing.

Taking a step back, as long as Ihuas and Isabel were sent to the Church Kingdom, she was left alone in Avalon...... There is also a chance to perform the Shadow of Avalon ritual again.

Professor Moriarty's words just now had gradually convinced her.

That demagogic voice kept ringing in her head, and she couldn't forget it.

…… If Prince John is going to die anyway, it would be better to die sooner.

If Ivas can't do it, let her find someone to do it—John is only two years old. It's hard to save John, but it's still easy to kill John. It is certainly simpler to take blood from Prince John's corpse than from the Queen's corpse.

At that time, let yourself bear the guilt.

Shafiya thought silently in her heart.

On the other side, in the Moriarty Manor.

Everyone else is gone, and only Isabel remains.

She was invited into the drawing room by Professor Moriarty. Eating snacks and drinking tea with her, chatting with her about something that didn't look like the queen had just been assassinated, which made Isabel a little wary, so she continued to maintain her disguise, fearing that it was some kind of temptation.

Professor Moriarty said he was curious about how Isabel and Ivas met.

…… In fact, Isabel is also very curious about Professor Moriarty.

Because Ivas rarely mentions his adoptive father on weekdays, at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Edward admires the professor very much.

And Yulia's attitude is the strangest - on the one hand, she is quite affectionate and trusting of her adoptive father, but on the other hand, she is vaguely jealous of him.

That feeling......

Isabel felt like two men who had families and were quite familiar with each other on weekdays, and when they went out to have fun, they happened to run into each other - there were such scenes in the dramas she watched.

The two sides have a common secret and are able to use each other to destroy the other; But once this secret is used to destroy the other party, it means that he will also be destroyed. Isabel believes that Yulia's attitude towards her adoptive father is like this...... Trust and vigilance.

Ivus, on the other hand, seemed to be very jealous of his adoptive father.

It's like the attitude of the ministers Isabel who came into contact with her grandmother when she was a child, and she didn't mention it subconsciously. Even when it is mentioned, it will not call the other person by their first name, or the word that they often call the other person, but will use some kind of pronoun instead.

It's as if if you pronounce the word to address the other person, someone will suddenly respond.

Isabel had known Professor Moriarty before.

At university, Professor Moriarty was responsible for astrology, astronomy and advanced mathematics. Isabel did not have to take any of these three courses, so she did not have a formal teacher-student relationship with Professor Moriarty...... But at least she was familiar with Professor Moriarty.

However, curiosity is curiosity......

But throughout her conversation with Professor Moriarty, Isabel kept her nerves tense, thinking fast, weaving or embellishing lies.

On the one hand, it is to hide the identity of his promotion, and on the other hand, it is to help Ivus hide information.

- Based on what she knew about Ivas and her keen inspiration, Isabel still vaguely sensed Ivus's vague hostility towards her adoptive father.

Although it is not known the origin of this hostility.

But since Ivas is resistant to Professor Moriarty, Isabel will inevitably be on Ivace's side.

It's good that Shafiya is gone, Isabel thought to herself.

If Shafiya was here, she wouldn't be able to lie. Otherwise, if you hide it from the professor, you may make Shafiya who knows her better suspicious. The professor knows almost nothing about herself, so she has a lot more room to play......

But at this moment.

Suddenly, she heard a clear bell.

According to Janis, this is a death reminder that only appears during Full Moon Rituals where there is a "need to play" and requires cooperation against powerful enemies. The appearance of this hint also means that there is a cooperative battle in this promotion ceremony.

This is so that those who are looking for teammates don't have to wait for those who have been dead for a long time. Only once of the three promotion ceremonies Isabel has experienced has she not heard such a bell...... It also happened to be the ceremony of Wei Zhe.

The moment Isabel heard the bell, her pupils contracted with nervousness, then dilated with fear.

- Someone died?

Is Ivus alright?

Because Sherlock didn't make it, her only teammate was Ivus. But she thought about it for a moment, and according to the distance, Eivas might not be able to reach the Temple of Silver and Tin at this time...... So she breathed a sigh of relief.

But then, she heard a loud laugh.

It's like a comedian telling a joke on stage, and at least a dozen different laughs rang out from the audience. Some are sharp, some are low, and some are loud...... Some were hysterical and laughed until they couldn't breathe.

The identity of the promoter has been debunked!

It was the first time Isabel had heard the voice.

When she was promoted for the first time, because her teammates died too quickly, her identity was not even revealed. And the only person who could reveal their identity in the second ritual was the "front desk" who died in each layer of nightmares.

And this time, she was finally able to find out...... What exactly did Sherlock mean by "laughter" and Janis by "sarcastic laughter......

- Eliminated two! And it's still eliminated one after another!

If the first person to be killed was not Ewass, could the second identity be revealed?

Isabel pursed her lips and forced herself to compose.

No, unlikely.

Immediately after the first death knell, it should be when you are doing something or having an important conversation, because the death knell suddenly rings and is exposed. With Eivas's mental quality, it is unlikely that he will be exposed because of this kind of thing.

"Are you ...... Worried about Ivus? ”

At that moment, Professor Moriarty suddenly asked.

Isabel glanced at the other party with some hesitation, still playing the role of the cowardly princess, nodded slowly, and whispered, "Yes......

“…… After all, he's just a priest, is it really okay? ”

She had already had a momentary emotional outburst just now, and if she said that she was not worried at this time, it would be easy to arouse suspicion. So Isabel smoothly pushed the reason for her worry about Ivas to Ivus's career.

"Don't worry, Your Highness Isabel."

Professor Moriarty said softly, "Ivas is very good at prayer. Not only can he pray for the power of the pillar god, but even the apostles and the celestial division are very familiar......

"That's right, Your Highness. Have you ever heard of ...... 'Ring of the Heavens'? That's the power that Ivas is very good at borrowing. ”

“…… Ring Heaven? ”

Isabel repeated with some confusion.

"That's right."

Professor Moriarty nodded, smiling at Isabel.

“…… Do you mean Ouroboros? The Celestial Division of the Tail, the Celestial Division of the Infinity......"

Isabel finally remembered that Lygia seemed to have something to do with the Celestial Rings: "The Fellow of the Ascendant Warlock...... Is it? ”

Professor Moriarty was silent for a moment.

The corners of his mouth rose slightly.

"Yes."

He nodded in response, "That's Him." You should know which path He belongs to, right? ”

"Beyond the Path?"

Isabel wasn't sure: "I don't really know much about theology...... But He is the son of the serpent father. ”

“…… Truly. ”

Professor Moriarty was silent for a moment, then nodded slowly.

He put a finger to his lips and lowered his voice: "I'm here to show you more secret knowledge...... Your Highness, you can tell Ivus about this later, and he will be astonished. Of course, if you don't want to talk to him...... The choice is yours. ”

When Isabel heard this, she immediately became vigilant.

Is this trying to pass on some false information to Ivus through me?

But you can't listen to it...... What if this is something useful for Ivus?

…… When Isabel thought of this, she realized that she was stuck in a chain of suspicion.

It's not listening, it's not listening.

After much deliberation, Isabel decided to listen to it. At least get the initiative.

But perhaps because she lacked much knowledge about theology, she listened to it in a bit of a daze, and could only write it down for the time being......

“…… Before the cicada molt, the Ouroboros did not actually belong to the transcendent path. He was the self-destructive Celestial Priest, the Reinvigorating Celestial Division...... It is a celestial division that belongs to the path of equilibrium. It wasn't until he got one of the fruits of the cicada's metamorphosis, the [Endless Knot], that he became a celestial priest who transcended the path.

"And in ancient times, before the elves were born, Ouroboros had a completely different authority than it does now."

Professor Moriarty whispered, "He was able to reset the world line and reset the world to a moment in the past. Until after the [cicada] occurred, history was torn apart and there was no way to go back to before the [cicada molt]. So He discarded the fragment......

"Once a Ouroboros, there is another name.

—The dragon called Him ...... Reincarnation Celestial Division. ”

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