Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 145 Sacred Items and Vows
"Don't be in a hurry to thank me. Next is the question-and-answer session. I hope you can answer truthfully and don't hide anything."

Crestel's facial muscles trembled, as if he wanted to put on a smile, but his jaw and mouth were hidden in the shadow outlined by the raised neckline, making it difficult to see his expression clearly.

His dark green eyes stared at Angel, as if he wanted to see through her soul and see if she was lying, and the color of his eyes became darker, almost pitch black.

"Tell me about your experience of mastering the 'Assassin' potion."

Angel took a deep breath, and the excuse of "getting inspiration from Ms. Daley" that had been modified and perfected countless times came to mind.

"This is because I heard about Ms. Daly..."

"Stop," Crestel interrupted Angel's speech, "Ms. Daly Simone is upstairs, I can hear these words from her, what I want to know is you, your 'own' perception , for example, how did you sum up the 'assassin' code."

My own perception about "Assassins"?

Angel understood, and put aside the clichés in his mind, reorganized the language, and said:
"During the battle with Mrs. Sharon back then, with the help of Ms. Daly and Mr. Leonard, I had a chance to kill her. At that time, I felt a kind of... Although I really don't want to say this, but I did feel that Here comes the thrill of killing."

She didn't elaborate on the details of the battle, because before this senior deacon came to examine the two nighthawks who made the special application, he must have read all the reports about them, and he must have known the situation of the battle back then.

As she thought, Crestel just nodded clearly and signaled Angel to continue.

"Then there was the operation to trace the notes of the Antigonus family through the sealed item '2-049'. In this operation, I was ambushed by an assassin on the wanted list and killed him in a counterattack; With Klein's assistance, I solved the 'Secret Order' members who tried to snatch the notes, and in these two battles, I experienced the above-mentioned pleasure of killing..."

"Based on these few battles, I have summed up the 'assassin' rules of counterattacking and killing the opponent under the unexpected attack of the opponent, and become an 'assassin' who waits on the sidelines and pretends to be the target."

"When I realized this, I felt that I had truly mastered the power of the potion, and I had a special and wonderful feeling..."

Angel told the "Goddess Sword" in detail how he digested the "Assassin" potion, except for concealing the "little bit" of truth that he already knew about the acting method.

Crestel nodded, her dark green pupils returned to dark green, and her eyes softened a lot. From this, Angel did not feel any hostility or scrutiny, which made her heave a sigh of relief.

"From the various battle reports sent to the Holy Church by Tingen City, I can see that you are an outstanding nighthawk. Of course, you have the ability brought by potions, but it is more about your own superiority. Believe me, this talent has surpassed most Nighthawks."

Creste sighed.

"You have summed up your experience through this talent and intuition, so, have you shared this experience with other teammates?"

"Yes, I think this experience will help you quickly master the potion and reduce the chance of losing control. Why not share it with my teammates?"

"All teammates?" Crested asked.

"Well... yes, all Extraordinary people, excluding the civilian team members, when I communicated with Klein, I found that he also had a feeling for this, which is why we submitted the special application together."

Angel thought that it would be Klein's turn to accept the test next, so he "prepared" him with Crestel in advance.

"Very good, very good. You are a person who is good at sharing your experience with your teammates."

The corners of Crestel's eyes narrowed, and Angel guessed that the corners of his mouth under his collar curled up into a smile.

"There is one last process to follow."

He lifted a metal suitcase from the high-back chair. The suitcase was silver-white, about a meter long, and slightly flat, like a weapon box containing firearms.

It was only then that Angel realized that there was actually a box next to Crestai. Before the other party picked up the box, she didn't seem to feel the box at all, ignoring the existence of this object.

Putting the box on his lap, Krestai's pupils became pitch black again, and with a virtual press of his right hand, the invisible covering on the surface of the box disintegrated and shattered.

At the same time, all the surrounding light disappeared, and the gas lamp on the wall could only illuminate itself, but the scattered light seemed to be sucked into the metal box, leaving only Angel, Crestel sitting opposite, and this silver light reflected metal box.

This... is somewhat similar to the examination session just now?Is it the extraordinary ability of this "Goddess Sword", or the characteristics of the objects in the box?
Angel felt something, and watched Crestai open the metal box with a "snap", and turned the box to face her, revealing a pure white dagger inside.

The length of the sword is less than one meter, and the material of the sword body is like bones, quietly exuding pure white light. In the environment that has become dull, it looks like a bright moon hanging high in the night sky, attracting Angel's gaze.

Looking carefully, the smooth sword body is densely covered with layers of logos and symbols. The more you look at it carefully, it seems that there are more logos in the symbols. It makes people want to count the number one by one and study each one slowly.

……

boom--

Crestel moved the high-backed chair slightly, making noises caused by friction with the ground, keeping the box and the dagger inside out of Angel's focus, and waking up the latter from the thoughts he couldn't shake off.

Taking a deep breath, Angel looked away, not daring to look at the pure white dagger again.

"Goddess Sword"...recognized by "Holy Object"...

Angel suddenly remembered Dunn's evaluation of this senior deacon.

It seems that the holy object is this weird dagger.

"Put your hand on the sword, follow me to recite the oath, and make the oath."

Crestel said.

Angel obeyed the instructions, stood up from the high-back chair, walked towards the only "sacred object" emitting light in this lightless environment, bent down, and pressed his right hand towards it.

A cold feeling spread through her body through the contact point, but it didn't feel bone-piercing.

"The Goddess of the Night, higher than the starry sky and older than eternity."

She heard Crestel chanting in Hermes.

"I swear to you by my real name and my spirituality."

"I, Angel, from now on, I will never disclose the corresponding details to those who don't know the 'acting method'."

Acting... Sure enough, this is what Ms. Daly called "making a vow"...

Angel's thoughts wandered, and then he followed the senior deacon and recited the oath in Hermes.

"And answer the three questions of the person in front of you truthfully."

"If you violate it, you will be punished."

"Please bear witness to my oath."

Halfway through the recitation, she already realized something was wrong. Normally it would be impossible for her to say the arbitrary oath of "answering three questions truthfully", but there seemed to be a wave of energy coming from the end of the arm that was pressed on the sacred object. The magical power made Angel follow suit and follow the "Sword of the Goddess" to recite the oath completely.

Vaguely, she felt that the connection between herself and an existence in the infinite distance was strengthened in the oath.

"Praise the goddess."

After reciting the oath, Crestel drew a crimson moon on his chest, and Angel followed suit.

Then the senior deacon closed the lid of the metal box again, and pressed his right hand up like when he opened it, rebuilding an invisible barrier around the metal box, isolating the gravitational force that attracted all the light in the box.

The dim but warm light of the gas lamps once again filled the alchemy room.

"Okay, the oath is established, I think you should also feel the connection with the holy object, so I hope you can answer the next question truthfully."

Unlike asking Angel to answer truthfully before, this time Crestel's tone was particularly serious, reminding her of what Ms. Daly said when she mentioned the "oath".

"First the first question."

The senior deacon's restored dark green eyes looked at Angel with burning eyes.

"When did you become 'the instigator'?"

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