In an instant, Cardinal Matilda fell silent.

A ripple of silence echoed through the silence of the four who watched the corpse.

Since this house has just been built, no one has lived in it before......

So how did this corpse come about?

Ivus subconsciously glanced back at Sherlock.

- Is this your problem?

Although Sherlock is not in his child form these days...... But from another point of view, isn't it true that the detective who has turned into a child has just returned to his adult form and encountered big cases?

Sherlock glanced at Ivus a little inexplicably, and then very consciously walked up and crouched down to observe the corpse.

But as soon as he crouched down, his brow furrowed.

Because the corpse was so clean that there was no clue to be seen at all.

It was a female elf who looked to be in her twenties and thirties, with short brown curly hair. She also wore a red robe that only a bishop could wear.

- This is an elven bishop.

After she was released, her abdomen was gradually soaked. Blood slowly seeped out from within. But the clothes that were only slightly soaked the size of a palm no longer spread.

Her expression was also very calm, without any signs of struggle. Her skin was still elastic, pale but not pale, and her body temperature was only warm rather than cold.

It's as if she had just opened the cupboard and died.

According to Cardinal Matilda's "ability to preserve freshness", it can only be determined that the time of her death was less than a month.

“…… There is no way to tell when you died. ”

Sherlock shook his head, trying to gather the rest of the intel: "The wound is in the abdomen...... Can I check this? ”

As he spoke, he politely looked back at Cardinal Matilda, who remained silent.

After all, he is no longer a child now. Although the dead are close at hand, this is not Avalon, as an advisor to the Inspectorate, he does not have access to corpses in the Church.

Cardinal Matilda sighed, "You come and check, Detective Hermes. ”

Hearing this, Sherlock undressed the corpse and examined the wound.

From Cardinal Matilda's expression and attitude, Eivas realized that she seemed to know this man.

As Sherlock examined the body, he approached the cardinal and asked, "Who is she?" ”

"Her name is Mercedes, and you certainly don't know her."

Cardinal Matilda sighed, "But Grey knows. ”

“…… Her Highness? ”

Ivus was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "Is it a pure white friend?" ”

- If he didn't have a "long date", then the person who accompanied him at this time and introduced these facilities should be the Gray Saintess.

Then she'll see this corpse fall out of here...... It is even possible to fall directly into her arms.

"It's a mutual friend of Grey and Janis. I grew up with them. ”

Cardinal Matilda shook her head and spoke slowly: "Maybe the relationship is not as good as they are for each other. But she's the only friend with Grey now......"

…… Is this a provocation? Is anyone upset with Grey?

The thought popped into Aiwas's head.

- No, that's not right.

Ivas immediately dispelled the thought of a bit of a fluke.

It's not that simple.

Because the only people who entered this house were the owner of the house and the other cardinals, except for the papal guards who had come to put their luggage before.

Judging by Cardinal Matilda's reaction, it seems that the fact that the Grey Maiden began to condense is not a secret. In other words, it is highly likely that other cardinals knew about it as well.

Looking at the saint's overly heavy affection for Janis, her condensation seems to be related to Janis not saying goodbye for two hundred years.

At this time, if you kill the saint's only remaining friend and expose the body to her...... It will undoubtedly stimulate her to condense further.

Washton's heart tightened.

…… It turns out that the plot has already begun?

"It's a little weird, I'll talk about it later."

Sherlock put his clothes back on, got up and frowned, "The amount of bleeding is too small, it may be something else." Because it stands to reason that such a wound should not be enough to kill someone, let alone a bishop...... She's supposed to be the third level too, right? ”

"Yes. As far as I know," replied Cardinal Matilda, "Bishop Mercedes has reached the third level on at least three paths – she is not a professional, but a inheritor. ”

"Inheritor?"

Ivus was a little puzzled: "What's wrong with this?" Aren't the papal guards all inheritors? ”

"Although some young elves...... For example, Janis has a profession. But Grey and Mercedes are both heirs. She is a candidate for sainthood. ”

Not all young elves have a "career".

After all, the career system is a new thing that Weizhe and Sand Timepiece have recently inaugurated, and it has only appeared for more than a thousand years. Through the Pillar God and the Celestial Division, the corresponding profession is recognized, and the corresponding authority symbol is provided.

In this way, it has succeeded in attaching the scattered and chaotic professional inheritance to the name of the gods.

In this way, it can be ensured that the transcendent will not go crooked, and it can be regarded as sorting out the ability system. So that the original person-like extraordinary ability has been integrated.

It is entirely possible that the ancient transcendents before inadvertently read some occult books that should not be mastered, and mastered some mysterious knowledge that deviated from the path, and their souls were polluted and deviated to another path, or they received the knowledge of different great beings in the same path, resulting in schizophrenia.

This is not possible under the class system - it is not the range of abilities that the class belongs to, not even the mystical skills of the same path. And as long as the transfer is completed, you can directly get a supernatural ability with a fairly high degree of completion. And as long as someone walks the road, others can get the same profession and the same ability after following this road and passing the test.

This is also a kind of "disenchantment", which belongs to the core authority of sand timepieces.

For example, the "enlightener" is a profession that has been transformed by the inheritance of saints.

It is highly likely that Ivus was the first person in modern times to master the transfer of the Enlightened Person, as it is possible that this profession was recently accepted by Wei Zhe. It is also possible that this is a profession that the candle does not want believers to be employed.

Looking back now, the most standard god name of Si Zhu is "the god of sin thorns" and "the god of burning and chasing darkness".

These are the two professions to which Si Candle directly belongs.

The latter clearly corresponds to the Torch Burner, while the former corresponds to the Enlightener—in other words, the Enlightening One is destined to be bound by sin.

The candle did not want his followers to bear the original sin that he should have bought, so he did not encourage his followers to turn to enlighteners. That's why he came to Ivus and asked him if he wanted to turn back to the Torch Burner.

In ancient times, it was a path of inheritance opened up by an elven saint on his own. Her legacy was not written into the Tantra, but was buried in the ruins—the statue she turned into after her death was supposed to be on the sixth or seventh floor. Only by touching the statue of the Sage can you find the possibility of finding a job.

It's like a puzzle game, and the password for the safe is theoretically inside another puzzle. But this number is fixed, and Aihuas directly entered it after checking the strategy.

But not all inheritances of supernatural powers have been set as professions by the two pillar gods.

Inheritances that require a mix of multiple paths, or even special bloodlines or skill inheritance requirements, are basically not recorded as professions. For example, the children of the moon, such as werewolves, such as demons transformed into demons, and some special inheritances mastered by elves...... Or "shepherd."

The biggest difference between a professional and a inheritor lies in the directionality of the resonance of the path.

The soul of the professional will be affected by the profession and purified by the path...... Bishop Mathers, for example, has been stuck at level 39 for a long time.

He's said it before...... He delayed completing the advancement ceremony and stepping into the fifth energy level because he was worried that he would be impregnated by the path power of the fifth energy level and change his personality and sanity.

The transformation of the body by the profession can make the state of the professional more stable and not lose control or strength.

The inheritor, on the other hand, must rely on his own resonance for the path in order to reach the corresponding energy level. Once the resonance of the corresponding path is lost, the ability will even decline - this is the relatively primitive state. Just as muscles that have not been exercised for a long time will become fat, and skills that have not been learned for a long time will be forgotten.

Without the anchoring role of the "profession", once you completely lose your heart - even for a moment, you will immediately lose your extraordinary abilities.

But for the elves who are much calmer than other races, they basically don't lose their strength for this reason. According to the elves, the "class system" is primarily an ability born for the more emotionally unstable shortborns, and it is a force that the shortborns will only try to master—over a long period of time, the elves have had time to carve themselves into a posture more suitable for receiving their respective inheritances.

Many elves, even though they are less than a thousand years old and born after the birth of the class system, will still become inheritors.

This is mainly due to the influence of elders and society.

"In my opinion, one of the reasons why Janis left the Church is the Grace of Bettinatia."

Cardinal Matilda said slowly: "Bettinatia is the inheritor. She was originally Janis's mentor.

Sometimes Grey would tell me that she thought there might be a reason why Janis never came back. In our country, the status of the inheritor is generally higher...... After all, the profession is there, and anyone can change jobs, but the inheritor must have someone to guide them one-on-one. Inheritance means that there are mentors, parents, and reliable, credible, and traceable social relationships.

"Therefore, the concept of inheritance of our elves is very important, and sometimes the mentor who inherits the mantle is more important than the parents.

"When my worldview was just beginning to be shaped, I had to spend a lot of time with my mentor in order to receive the inheritance, and I spent more than ten times more time with my parents. Some tutors do not even let the children go home in order to prevent parents from having a bad influence on their children and thus deviating from the needs of the inheritance.

In that sense, Janis was like an orphan. After Bettinatia Ninpo, Janis chose to continue her studies with other mentors, but she chose to escape the church and become a professional......"

Cardinal Matilda's eyes were mixed: "I think, at least at that time...... She should have low self-esteem. They may or may not have quarreled. But since then, Grey has spoken a lot less and stopped making new friends.

"Bishop Mercedes is Grey's only friend. She has accepted the same inheritance as Grey, but because she has a more lively personality and a much lower level of the Holy Maiden, she can also be said to be the 'Failed Holy Maiden'. When Grey reached the fifth level of the double path, Mercedes could only touch the third level.

"She's at the end of her path, but she's reluctant to turn professional. Maybe it's because of self-esteem, or maybe it's just because she wants to be with Grey who is lonely. Therefore, she hung on the twenty-first floor for a long time and continued to receive the Holy Virgin's Fellowship...... I've always thought that this would be fine. At least little Grey can have a companion and someone to talk to her.

“…… Luckily, it's not Grey who is here with you. ”

(End of chapter)

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