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Chapter 764

Chapter 764: Chapter 147 Can You Open That Door Chapter 764: Chapter 147 Can You Open That Door ——In that instant, Aiwass felt a suffocating silence, so intense it made him dizzy and his vision blur.

Although there had been plenty of evidence before, and Aiwass’s heart had long harbored a premonition...

He had so hoped that his foster father would give him a negative answer at this moment.

Even after awakening memories of his past life, which made him wary of Professor Moriarty...

he genuinely respected his foster father.

Not only for his profound knowledge, nor just because he had taken in and raised Aiwass and Yulia, but also because Professor Moriarty possessed a humble and gentle nature.

When Aiwass was young, he greatly admired his foster father’s calm demeanor, his gentle wisdom, and composure in every situation.

...

That was precisely the image of the “perfect male” in Aiwass’s memory.

So, from Aiwass’s point of view, he actually did not wish to be an enemy of his foster father.

Not to mention the debt of upbringing.

But if he was the one to kill Aiwass’s birth parents and then adopted Aiwass afterward, that completely changed the nature compared to simply adopting the orphaned Aiwass.

“Surprised?”

The Mockingbird seemed to have no particular reaction but instead asked, “You must have guessed it already, right?”@@@@

“...The reason?”

Aiwass asked solemnly, “What’s the reason?”

“It’s the fear of Jacob, of course.

Since you’ve already had contact with Cardinal Loki and know that you are a key, I guess you must be aware of Jacob’s taboo research...

right?

“To achieve the miracle that even the gods have not, replicating souls, creating life.

He even aimed to create deities, and even things that transcend deities...

Truly a world-class Transcender, also indeed unmatched in ambition.”

...Swampfolk?

The thought popped into Aiwass’s mind.

Noticing a slight movement in Aiwass’s eyes, the Jewel Bird revealed a very humanized smile—though it might sound strange, only in this “anime-style” Fairyland could one truly see a bird smiling.

“It seems you already know that you are the Phantom Demon Egg he created.

But that term isn’t quite precise.

A more accurate expression would be...

you are, in fact, one of Jacob’s experiments.”

“...An experiment?”

“Yes, you are indeed the child of Julio and Annie, but he modified you and inserted a Holy Entity within you.

The nature of the Holy Entity, I believe you understand.”

“A fragment of the Serpent Celestial Marshal...?”

“It seems you’re progressing faster than I anticipated.”

The Jewel Bird nodded approvingly: “That’s correct.

So strictly speaking, you’re not exactly like his other creations.

Because you are unique and special—the quality of the Holy Entity is distinct from the other ‘contents.’

“So, I’ll ask you another question, Aiwass...

“Do you know where you and Yulia were supposed to be according to Jacob’s original plan?”

——Yulia.

Aiwass’s pupils shifted slightly.

He had already contemplated the possibility that Yulia might also be one of the Swampfolk created by Jacob.

But now, he finally got confirmation from Professor Moriarty.

Because Yulia possessed the Blood of Heracles, she was of the lineage of the fallen Helasal Empire royalty, and at the same time, the Phantom Demon Egg.

The Defiant Flame Butterfly itself also had special significance—Butterfly Liya was a unique Phantom Demon, meaning she was not a reincarnation, but a newly born Phantom Demon.

So the question was, why did this newly born Phantom Demon appear only within Yulia?

The series of low-probability events piling up likely meant it was no coincidence.

“Or, to put it more clearly—who really killed them?

Was it the Cursing Sorcerers I hired, or Jacob’s ‘grand plan’?

Rather, it was because I destroyed Jacob’s plan that I was able to save you from the ‘fate’ you so loathe, Aiwass.

I am your variable.

“I think, compared to the grace of raising you, this grace of defying fate...

is much greater for you, isn’t it.”

Bird·James spoke in an extremely calm tone, as if making small talk.

There was no passion or impetuousness in his voice.

Yet precisely because of this...

his words were so bewitching.

Aiwass knew rationally that he was equivocating, but his thoughts were somewhat chaotic at the moment, unable to organize his logic properly.

But he also knew that one key, decisive phrase.

It was the title James himself had used during the promotion ceremony—”my Little Key.”

So, Aiwass spoke out, his tone becoming even sharper and more aggressive: “Then why...

have I become your key?

“What exactly is it that I am the key to opening?

It can’t possibly be about opening this damned birdcage, Father!”

“Do you know of the Cicada Slough?”

James asked in return.

“...The first event that led to the easier replacement of Pillar Gods?” Aiwass replied.

“Hmm.

It happened after an important event.

Since then, history splintered in every direction...

A great being known as the ‘Reincarnation Celestial Marshal’ thereby lost the power to keep resetting the world.”

James articulated each word: “But strictly speaking, it was not ‘lost’ but ‘abandoned.’ The world was not unable to reset, rather, it could no longer reset to a time before the Cicada Slough.”

On hearing this, Aiwass slightly widened his eyes.

He had a guess at what James meant.

“As I said above, ‘those things that decided which path you would take have been fixed, even if you did it a hundred times over, your answer would be the same.’

“The past may not be unchangeable.

As long as you find the right key, and the right door...

the locked history of the past can also be restarted.

“And now, our grand endeavor has been half completed—you are the key I have found, Aiwass.

“You are not a fragment of the Serpent Celestial Marshal, but a fragment of the Reincarnation Celestial Marshal.

“Thus, you can open that [The Gate to the Past].

We can...

change everything.

“Regardless of Julio’s life and death, or Jacob’s plan...

even the division of the Helasal Empire, the establishment of Avalon, the birth of humankind and Elves, The Great Tree’s self-sacrifice...

and the change of Pillar Gods.

The fall of Supreme Heaven, the accession of the Crown Lord, the solo dance of the Eternal Self...

right up to the end of the first eon.

Since the day of Amber’s birth, everything can be rechosen.”

That deep voice was enchanting: “There is still a chance for everything.

Everything...

is filled with opportunities.

“Isn’t this good?”