Chapter 437 Searching for Isabel

With Philip's help, Aiwas arrived at the port at a very fast speed.

But of course he didn't look for them one by one... that would be like looking for a needle in a haystack, stupid and inefficient.

Aiwas immediately revealed his identity as the Minister without Portfolio, and ordered all ships to stay for six hours and conduct a comprehensive cargo inspection with an extremely tough attitude.

This is a completely reasonable request, which falls within the scope of the Minister of Trade's authority.

Now that the position of Minister of Trade is vacant, the Minister without Portfolio can temporarily issue orders as long as he gets the Queen's authorization.

Aiwas certainly didn't have Isabel's authorization, but that kind of thing could be made up later. He didn't expect to use such an order to stop the succubus Emma... But if Emma really wanted to take Yulia away, then Isabel would definitely be on the only ship that left. He could also lock the approximate range.

After locking the possibility of Emma secretly taking Yulia away, Aiwas breathed a sigh of relief.

The "Minister Griffith" had previously expressed his desire for Yulia's blood, and he was related to the Eye Demon, and the Eye Demon was related to Emma. Emma kidnapped "Yulia" directly, probably for the same purpose.

If possible, he actually hoped to find the succubus Emma in the Lloyd's building - based on the understanding of Emma during his brief contact with Aiwas, she had a high probability of hiding "Yulia" in the Lloyd's headquarters and setting a trap; or taking "Yulia"'s blood and washing her memory, sending her directly back to Moriarty Manor; or bringing "Yulia" to her side and then having a second round of negotiations with Aiwas.

And if she must get Yulia anyway, then other men who coordinated at the port should take "Yulia" away directly, and then she herself would return to the Lloyd's building to pretend to be innocent to create an alibi.

Although the Great Guardian had no contact with Emma, ​​he was experienced. He roughly considered these possibilities at the first time.

That's why he arrived at the Lloyd's building first and asked Aiwas to go to the port to check the situation.

- If Emma has returned, she will certainly not leave casually. Her conspiracy must be completed here, or she must hide her behavior here.

So there are only a few situations for Emma not being here - either she is walking back but has not arrived yet, or she has set a trap and is lying in ambush nearby, or she has taken Yulia away directly, or she has killed or controlled Yulia and is taking blood.

Considering that Emma has an official status to some extent, Aiwas thinks that Emma should not dare to do anything too extreme.

After all, when Aiwas met, he shouted at her directly - at that time, Emma, ​​who was at the fifth energy level, did not dare to attack Aiwas, who was at the third energy level.

From this, it can be inferred that Emma should be the type of person who is more timid in character.

She should adopt a relatively conservative strategy, giving priority to saving herself rather than hurting others.

Compared to fighting and killing, Emma prefers to weaken or control others with conspiracy and traps... Of course, if she is not such a character, she will definitely not awaken into a demon incarnation like "Succubus".

... Because of this, Aiwas always feels that Emma's behavior logic is a bit strange.

Even if you want to catch Yulia, it seems that there is no need to catch her at the Candle Festival, right? Wouldn't it be better to catch her when she is ready to leave or after she has left?

Aiwas is a little confused.

Because this is completely useless to her and will only destroy Emma's original plan, Aiwas is a little unsure about what she wants to do.

However, Aiwas and the Great Guardian have blocked the Lloyd's headquarters and the port respectively.

Next, just search one area at a time.

In this case, Aiwas can use the search prayer.

Fortunately, Aiwas is a priest, so he has mastered a lot of messy prayer rituals.

The search ritual is only effective when the target or clue is near you. The advantage is that as long as the clue is nearby, you can definitely get it. There will not be the situation of "should have seen it but was blind and didn't see it" like the Eye of Avalon.

So, Aiwas asked Philip to fly to the high place of the port.

Then he took out the ritual knife, prayed briefly to sanctify it, and then stabbed the sharp and solid ritual knife into the palm of his left hand, with the tip of the knife even faintly protruding from the back of his hand!

Because of the severe pain, Aiwas's face turned pale and he trembled suddenly. He gasped and his body twitched uncontrollably twice.

Enduring the severe pain, Aiwas closed his eyes and prayed solemnly word by word: "I solemnly call on you, the noble fire thief!"

"The god of the holy number three, the god of sin thorns, the god of burning and driving away darkness - the stag of the candlestick!"

Although in theory, all priests are first believers of the candlestick.

But it was the first time that Aiwas was so pious to the candlestick.

His pupils shone with golden-red light, and the gaps between the fingers of his left hand holding the ritual knife ignited with tiny flames: "I beg you to descend into this blood and fire!"

"I am a follower of the Way of Devotion, a priest of the Nine Pillars! I am Aiwas Moriarty!

"Please guide my way and tell me if there is any trace of the person I am looking for around me!

"I offer my own blood at this moment to pray for true knowledge. I swear that this blood is shed for the benefit of others. Please respond to me -"

Aiwass said, suddenly pulling the blade out of his palm and raising his left hand in front of his eyes.

The surging blood-red flame ignited from Aiwass's palm, and Aiwass's long hair and clothes were blown and trembled violently by the sudden storm.

Staring at the crimson flame, Aiwass suddenly had a vision in his vision.

He felt as if he were standing in front of some flame, with a sacred bonfire crackling in front of him.

Please, Si Zhu...

Today is the Candle Priest - she disrupts your ceremonies, charms your priests, harms innocent people on this holy day...

But soon, the storm roared past. The flame in Aiwass's hand gradually dimmed and extinguished, and the hallucinations in his eyes and ears gradually dissipated.

——There is no answer.

The instructions are not here.

"Not here, please go back a little bit."

Aiwass patted Philip on the back gently.

Phillip said in a deep voice: "No problem, I'll fly slower and stop when you tell me."

“Okay, right here—please stop.”

Aiwass quickly ordered.

This is a place that feels familiar to Aiwass...or rather, the place where the dream begins.

Because he was currently standing at the location of the previously sealed "Pelican Bar". Now this bar has been sealed for a long time and everything inside has been emptied. Now it has become an abandoned warehouse, where some stones are stored.

Aiwass used the missing person ritual for the second time.

But this time the ceremony had a different reaction——

The flames spurting out from the left hand held by Aiwass in front of his eyes formed some kind of temporary illusion in Aiwass's eyes.

In a dark alley, he saw a helpless little girl.

There was an overturned basket next to her, and there seemed to be something in it. And she was still holding something tightly in her hands, her shoulders drawn inward, and her arms folded together. His back was pressed against the wall, as if he wanted to protect something in his arms.

As people slowly gathered around her, her eyes were full of fear and unwillingness. She seemed afraid of being beaten, but she didn't use her hands to cover her head...

The hallucination only appeared for a brief moment, and the flame in Aiwass's hand dissipated.

But Aiwass was extremely excited, and there was no need to perform the ceremony again to confirm: "There is a reaction! I know the road——"

He did know the hallucinatory alley.

——Not only did he know him, but the crow sitting on Aiwass's shoulder also knew him.

Because that was the alley where the demonologist from Noble Red tried to sacrifice Aiwass to summon the Shadow Demon.

Under the guidance of Aiwass, Philip quickly arrived at the precise location given by Aiwass under the storm.

What Aiwass saw in his hallucinations before was not what had already happened. But what is happening.

The poor people who surrounded the little girl were blown away by the storm falling from the sky before they could harm her or complete the robbery, and they lay on the ground in a miserable state.

They climbed up from the ground and saw the noble and white giant gryphon. They didn't even dare to say a word and ran away quickly in fear - not even daring to call out, not saying a word, just rolling and crawling. Ran away.

Philip's majestic and complicated eyes stared at their fleeing backs.

Aiwass jumped down from the gryphon and tried to comfort the girl: "It's okay, it's okay..."

His words suddenly stalled for a moment.

Looking at the dirty, thin, thinly-clad girl, Aiwass suddenly realized that he seemed to know her.

This was the little girl who came to buy flowers from Aiwass when Haina took him to the Pelican Bar in a wheelchair!

Although the clothes Aiwass was wearing were not priest uniforms, the flower seller instantly recognized Aiwass's identity: "It's... a kind-hearted big brother!"

——Obviously, not everyone was kind to her during her flower-selling days. Therefore, the few Aiwass who were friendly to her were firmly remembered in her heart.

She suddenly made up her mind, and seemed to have figured out something.

"Brother, I have money...I have money now..."

As the girl spoke, she casually handed the stack of white crown coins she held in her hand to Aiwass with great heartache: "I'll give you these coins... I'll just take one... "

She realized that she couldn't keep or spend the windfall she had received.

But she would not be willing to give them to those vicious people who wanted to harm her.

At that time, Aiwass gave her a red coin and did not ask for change. At that time, she returned the nine copper coins to Aiwass very seriously, just because she didn't want to accept charity. Although she was only selling some flowers or wild flowers that were not in good condition, she was not a beggar or a beggar after all. Stand up and sell.

Even though there are many "flower girls" of the same age who are engaged in that kind of business, she is not. She earns money through labor, and although it doesn't even keep her full every day, she still has dignity.

...But that kind of dignity was shattered the moment the beautiful sister with a gentle smile handed her one hundred white crown coins.

If it was just one red coin, she could still return it. But if it was a white coin, she would be in a dilemma. Not to mention this is one hundred white crown coins.

A luxurious meal of fried sausages, an omelette and a bowl of mashed potatoes only costs four copper coins, and one white coin can buy fifty of these delicacies. She couldn't even calculate how much one hundred white coins could buy. All she knew was that it was a large amount of money that would keep her from going hungry for a long, long time... and even allow her to move directly out of the dangerous Lloyd District and live in a prosperous and safe urban area!

She can also invite a priest to cure her mother's illness, and she can even go to school or buy a new set of clean and warm clothes!

There might be other things she could do, but she couldn't imagine it.

This huge sum of money made it impossible for her to return the money, so she could only accept it with sobs and tears.

She knew in her heart that she had to hide this huge sum of money, otherwise she would not survive tomorrow. But she couldn't help the throbbing in her heart... As a result, because she reacted too much, she was directly targeted by other gang members who were doing nothing and doing nothing during the candle ceremony.

Soon, that beautiful dream was shattered like a shattered mirror. She woke up and realized that she had no power to change her destiny after all, and she might even die soon...

So she just wanted to give the money to a very small number of people who were kind to her.

——It’s better than having them taken away by those who bully you!

She clenched her fists and thought in her heart.

But when Aiwass saw the money, he was suddenly stunned.

One hundred white coins... Who would suddenly give such a huge sum of money to a poor person?

Either he is a distinguished big shot who is kind but doesn't know much about Lloyd's District, thinking he is doing a kind charity; or he is a bloodthirsty audience with ulterior motives who just want to have fun.

Coupled with his own searching ritual...

The figures of the two people appeared in Aiwass's mind.

Isabel, or Emma.

So Aiwass immediately asked the girl: "Who gave you this money? Is it a beautiful sister?"

"right!"

The flower seller's eyes suddenly lit up, and the hand that was struggling to hand over the money became much smoother: "Brother, give the money back to her! I can't take so much..."

But Aiwass just pushed the money away and asked: "What color is her hair and what color are her eyes? How tall is she approximately?"

"White hair, very white, like snowdrops. And red eyes, a bit scary, but very beautiful, the color of roses... She is a little taller than me."

The girl replied obediently and gestured at the same time: "Just a little bit..."

Aiwass immediately confirmed that it was Yulia!

In other words, it’s Isabel dressed as Yulia!

--Finally found!

This girl's money has not been taken away yet, which means she probably hasn't gone far yet——

So Isabel is alive and safe!

Avas breathed a sigh of relief and felt as if the whole world suddenly became brighter.