Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1027 The Original Hermes
"What's up?"

The Lord of Scales and Feathers appeared at the door at some point and waved to the three people inside: "If everything is fine, I won't go in... Otherwise, the child will become a phantom demon under my pressure."

——Sure enough, the Lord of Scales and Feathers knew about this!
Aiwass suddenly realized it, but felt it was inexplicably normal.

This is quite reasonable... What secrets in this world can be hidden from the Lord of Scales and Feathers who watches other world lines every day?

And judging from what the Lord of Scales and Feathers said, He seemed to admire Haibasha's persistence and hard work.

"Boss, I want to ask..."

Aiwass confirmed: "What should we take with us to revive the child?"

"That's not something you can tell me."

The Lord of Scales and Feathers said with a smile: "This is a taboo of the Sand Clock. The old man is very serious, and I don't want to be lectured by him."

Although he said so, he seemed very relaxed. He leaned against the wall and spoke lazily.

Seeing the strange reaction of the Lord of Scales and Feathers, Aiwas suddenly realized and blurted out: "Then...

"'What do you think Lady Hypatia would need to revive her daughter'?"

"That depends on the extent of the resurrection."

The Lord of Scales and Feathers spoke in a deep and heavy voice, like a gentle elder: "To be on the safe side, I suggest you take all five. But the most important one is Saffron."

"Why saffron?" asked Aiwass.

"Why... uh-huh. You asked a good question."

The Lord of Scales and Feathers said with a smile, "These five flowers each have their own story... well, they are not very good stories.

"There's no need to talk about the other four - do you know the legend of 'Saffron'? An apostle of the Sand Clock was throwing a frisbee in the material world out of boredom, but he accidentally killed an elf child. The innocent child was called Crocus... This name is the name of 'Saffron'. Yes, he is the original Saffron.

"At that time, the earth and the sky were already connected, and gods were not allowed to walk on the earth. The apostles, as agents of the pillar gods and the heavenly officials, were exceptions, but they were also strictly required to restrain their power... At that time, they were still called "subordinate gods" by mortals. Whether it was the pillar gods or the heavenly officials, they were their main gods. In that era, the image of the subordinate gods was the image of the main gods, and the voice of the subordinate gods was the voice of the main gods.

“Not to mention the indiscriminate killing of innocent people without any reason…even if you say something that is not in line with the Lord God’s wishes or do something that damages the Lord God’s image, you may be punished by your Lord God.

“The apostle was worried that he would be punished, so he turned the child’s body into this flower in an attempt to hide his crime… Of course, he failed.

"In fact, this apostle was once an apostle that Sand Clock trusted very much. He is the patron saint of inventors and businessmen. In that dark age, his altars and temples were everywhere. He is also responsible for guiding the souls of the dead... If those dead souls get lost on the road, he will guide them to the underworld. In that era before the Wild Hunt, he was one of the few gods who took the initiative to clean up the dead."

"But even so, the minor crime of killing a mortal by mistake was still severely punished by the Sand Clock. He was deprived of his status as an apostle, lost his memory and reincarnated as a mortal. Under the arrangement of the Sand Clock, he was reincarnated into the home of the child he killed and became their youngest son..."

Having said this, the Lord of Scales and Feathers suddenly stopped talking.

The Lord of Scales and Feathers looked at them meaningfully and asked, "Do you know the name of this apostle?"

Sherlock and Arsene looked at each other, shook their heads, and then looked at Aiwass.

If Aiwass, who had learned advanced divine arts, didn't know, it was even more impossible for them to know.

Seeing that the three of them had no reaction, and even their instincts did not warn them, the Lord of Scales and Feathers laughed with satisfaction and gave the answer: "His name as an apostle in the past was Mercury. This name may be unfamiliar to you... After all, before the birth of mankind, he had been stripped of his apostle duties.

"——However, you must know his name as an elf. And you must be very familiar with it..."

Having said this, the Lord of Scales and Feathers paused before saying, "His name is... Hermes.

"The 'Hermes' as in 'Sherlock Hermes'."

no doubt.

He is the ancestor of the Hermes family.

Hearing this, Sherlock's eyes widened.

He had heard that there was a trace of elven blood in his family. But seeing that none of his family members had obvious signs of immortality, Sherlock never cared about his "trace" elven blood. The only thing that might be related to elven blood was probably Mycroft's overly strong twilight desire.

In Avalon, which practices authoritarianism... With a minister of the palace like his father who is directly under the monarch and smarter than Sherlock, Mycroft should have strong adaptability to the authoritarian path, the wisdom path, or the balance path. But he inexplicably has an overwhelming adaptability to the dusk path... This should be a characteristic of atavism.

“…But I am the path of wisdom.”

For some unknown reason, Sherlock suddenly started to defend himself, "I'm not from the Path of Balance..."

"——What a coincidence."

The Lord of Scales and Feathers leaned against the wall and laughed happily: "Mercury was on the path of wisdom before. Before he was reincarnated as an elf, he was a winged wizard who followed the Great Master... and as an apostle of the Great Master, he also had a son who is now more famous than him. That is the current Gray Sky Master.

"Hermes, who was later born as a spirit, arrived at the end of the Dark Ages. He wrote the poems that the foolish women of the past chanted. He was also a follower of Dionysus, traveling with Hypatia and Selene.

"However, the thing that concerns you most here... is actually something else."

The Lord of Scales and Feathers stopped talking when he reached this point.

And Sherlock is so smart.

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He had guessed the truth.

"...The Foolish Songs Tantra."

Sherlock whispered.

He finally understood... why Hybasha had told them the story of Dionysus the Fool in such detail.

And why did he become so lonely and sad after Sherlock's comment that "the fool who worked hard all his life to deny the 'generalization of God' was revered as the god of wine after his death"?

And...why she entrusted the task of rescuing her daughter to the three of them at the same time.

Needless to say, Aiwass's identity was clear. Lily also had to learn the "Ovum-Moon Tantra" and split out the old body "Selene" that was abandoned by Hengwo. Only he seemed to have nothing to do with this matter...

Now, he finally understands.

“——That’s right!”

The Lord of Scales and Feathers snorted twice and laughed with joy at seeing a good show: "The book "The Secret Sutra of Foolish Songs" was completed by Hermes and Haibasha together."

"...I can't possibly be...the reincarnation of Hermes?"

Sherlock's voice was a little dry.

"certainly--"

The Lord of Scales and Feathers said in a long tone: "No. If you don't become an apostle again, the only outcome of entering the dream world is that your soul will be shattered... and turned into material for a newborn baby."

At this point, the Lord of Scales and Feathers just smiled and said, "But that may not be the case. After all, that is Gray Tiansi's father, the god who taught him to lie.

"Or maybe, for him...death itself is a lie?"

Before Aiwass and Sherlock could ask again, the Lord of Scales and Feathers waved his hand:
"——Well, you've been dreaming long enough. It's time to wake up."

The next moment, the three of them felt the earth shaking.

Aiwass only had time to grab the two treasures and hold the most important "Magical Girl Saffron" before he lost consciousness; the other two also grabbed the doll and tried to grab the things at hand, and then lost consciousness at the same time.

Watching the world around him gradually return to normal as if it had been "swallowed", the Lord of Scales and Feathers continued to stare at Haibasha's studio.

His featureless face seemed somewhat silent at this moment.

(End of this chapter)