Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 708 Boarding the Ship and the Thief

When the honey badger headed for the 22nd circle, she was accompanied by the Pope's guards.

When she left, she had quietly turned into a middle-aged man with a serious face.

He had a white mustache and short curly gray hair. He was wearing a Xingbi-style butler uniform and was quietly following a petite young girl with long black hair.

Bayard could not appear from the Theocracy out of thin air, so Aiwass needed to enter the Star Antimony first as "someone other than Aiwass and Bayard." So she removed her disguise and revealed her true face.

Aiwass never imagined that... the first batch of supplies he mobilized after becoming Pope was to buy the most expensive elf-style white dress for his own trumpet.

The two of them walked all the way to the first circle, and there was silence all the way.

The honey badger did not ask any questions, and Aiwass - or Miss Aleister - just calmly held the crow, sitting in the public transportation facility that circulated like a subway, watching the surrounding scenery quickly change.

It wasn't until they walked into the port area that the noisy noises from the goblins instantly made the stagnant space flow:
"A travel guide to the Church, a must for all visitors! It only costs six gold coins or eight white crowns!"

"Elf clothing! Authentic handmade elf clothing - Miss, don't you want to take a gift with you when you leave? And there are also handmade silver jewelry in the elf style!"

"A collection of the latest three days' worth of newspapers! From six countries, a total of thirty-six daily newspapers! You can get the latest news from all over the world right here in the Church!"

"Snake people's delicacies! Handmade dates, iced fruit juice! The perfect black tea is sold at a low price!"

Aleister ignored the goblin vendor who was trying to sell him elven clothing and turned his head slightly.

When she tilted her head, the honey badger behind her had already slightly bent down respectfully and listened attentively to the order of this "young lady":

"Go buy me a newspaper... and some sherbet."

The honey badger disguised as a middle-aged butler did not change his expression when he heard the order.

The housekeeper just said politely: "These fruit juices need to be added with wine, you..."

As a housekeeper, Honey Badger couldn't directly ask her daughter "Can you drink?" So she chose a smarter way to remind her.

After all, wine is a product of the path of love. Whether it is the banquet host, Hengwo or Xuetiansi, the rituals are all related to wine.

Greed, excitement, hunger, drunkenness, estrus... After entering these states of "strong desire", the pupils will uncontrollably turn scarlet - this is also the main means for the Hawkeye organization to identify the Children of the Moon hiding in the crowd.

"——long-winded."

Aleister just sneered and raised her head like a proud little girl: "I just want to drink! Will you buy it for me?"

But she did not deny that she could get drunk, nor did she say things like "I can't get drunk".

Now the honey badger understood.

Aleister meant that even she couldn't suppress the characteristics of the Moon Child after drinking, but she still drank. Her purpose was to transform into the Moon Child state in public.

"……Yes."

So the honey badger obeyed the order directly and went to buy newspapers and fruit juice.

As Aleister waited for her to come back, she was suddenly bumped lightly by a gray-haired child behind her.

Just as she was about to glance at the man, her view was blocked by a sudden surge of people.

Feeling the amethyst necklace hanging around her neck disappear, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, but she didn't get angry immediately. That necklace was not an extraordinary item, but just an ordinary piece of jewelry.

Jewelry created by art masters, because they can be imbued with the power of the maker's path of beauty, will in most cases become extraordinary items. As long as the creation is beautiful enough, it will also be able to get feedback from the power of the path, and it is difficult for a true jewelry master not to become an extraordinary person.

Therefore, whether jewelry is an extraordinary item can often be judged by the simplest method of "whether it looks good or not".

It is beautiful enough, and even the gems, gold and silver may be real, but it does not have any extraordinary powers - there is only one explanation, that is, the jewelry itself is a replica.

Some noble ladies who are not extraordinary people will buy jewelry that is as beautiful as extraordinary jewelry, but they have no properties... just like the so-called "skin". This kind of jewelry is safer if it looks good enough... because real extraordinary jewelry can easily attract robbery by wild extraordinary people.

There are a lot of this kind of jewelry in the warehouses of the Church.

Because those goblins love to deal in this kind of "high imitation" jewelry.

If they are sold at the price of imitations, the Theocracy will not care; but if someone tries to sell them as the originals - that is, as extraordinary items, then the market supervisors will send people to confiscate them.

Ironically, those who are caught are usually not the goblins, but the humans who purchase goods in bulk from the goblins.

When Aleister left, the small suitcase that Honey Badger carried for her was filled with this kind of top-grade imitation jewelry - although it was imitation, it was also genuine jewelry. They could be sold at a very scary price, and this was also the money Aleister used for his activities in Star Antimony.

The reason why Aleister let the thief succeed was because as the child of the moon, she could keenly smell the smell on the other party - a very faint but particularly recognizable pungent smell.

——That is the smell of formalin, the tissue preservation fluid that the necromancers of Xingti come into contact with most.

The smell on his body hadn't dissipated yet, which meant that he hadn't been in the Church for long. He was carrying a box and walking towards the port, which meant that he would board a ship soon. And there was only one ferry waiting...

That is to say, they will meet on the ship soon.

A good entry point.

The corners of Aleister's mouth rose slightly, and at this time the honey badger had already walked silently behind her.

"Newspapers are quite expensive," Honey Badger said, handing Aleister a newspaper with a black leather briefcase attached. "Forty Star Antimony gold coins - this price can buy 400 newspapers in Star Antimony. In Iris, it's even more than 800... Selling things in the Theocracy is really profitable."

"Here you go, give me the sherbet."

Aleister made a crisp sound.

"……now?"

"of course."

After Aleister finished speaking, he exchanged the briefcase for fruit juice - a popular drink among lizardmen and snakemen, an alchemical juice imitated in desert areas where there are no fruits.

Generally speaking, it is a kind of fruity champagne, made from essences, flavorings, alcohol and sparkling water, with ice cubes.

In modern terms, it is "pure technology, without any natural ingredients"... and in this era, this kind of beverage involving alchemical products is much more expensive than pure natural fruit juice.

After taking a big sip of the Snakeman brand handmade fruit juice, which reminded Aiwas of modern carbonated drinks, Aleister showed obvious pleasure on his face.

"Let's go."

Aleister said briskly.

(End of this chapter)