Chapter 552: Chapter 430: The Phantom Card Sealing the Succubus_2 Chapter 552: Chapter 430: The Phantom Card Sealing the Succubus_2 “Lord” is a title unique to Avalon, reserved for knights.
To be called “Lord” means to become a knight knighted by the Queen.
Edward’s extraordinary skill had already reached the threshold of the Arbitration Hall, but he had previously declined an invitation from the Arbitration Hall due to his foster father’s opinion.
As a member of the Moriarty Family, it’s unlikely for him to enter the Round Table Hall.
The armor inherited by the Moriarty Family is the armor left by Mordred, the founder, and this set of armor was worn by Old James.
The Queen could not possibly knight the other members of a founding family, essentially a split family.
Therefore, Edward could not simply enter the Round Table Hall through knighting like a commoner.
To circumvent this rule, one must obtain armor that is not passed down to descendants in their personal capacity.
And this type of armor is usually the ministerial armor, which is received upon taking office and relinquished after stepping down.
Therefore, Isabel’s words were essentially equivalent to “Do you want to be a minister?”
But Edward hesitated for a moment and then shook his head, refusing, “Father taught me…
If I’m not promoted based on my own abilities, I must refuse.
Because my abilities cannot control my authority, so…”
“It’s naturally based on your merit, Lord Moriarty.”
Isabel simply chuckled and answered serenely, “Your negotiation with Irisflower holds significant meaning, bringing peace and prosperity to Avalon.
This has already transcended your function as Chief Inspector—”
The Supervisory Court, fundamentally a spy organization, also serves to supervise the Supervisory Bureau.
A senior inspector is essentially at the same level as the head of the Supervisory Bureau but is considered half a rank higher due to functional reasons; and above the senior inspector is the Chief Inspector, responsible for commanding all senior inspectors within a certain range.
A village of normal size would only have one Supervisory Bureau, while a city usually has several.
Multiple cities make up a county, and only a county would have a Chief Inspector.
Glass Island, being the capital, therefore has a county-level establishment, even though it is the size of a city.
Even so, to sign a contract of this magnitude in one’s own name with Irisflower, the position of Chief Inspector still seems somewhat insufficient.
“Therefore, in order to make this treaty more enforceable and also to prevent the Irisflower People from reneging—after a call with the Irisflower Prime Minister, I will appoint you as the Plenipotentiary Minister to Irisflower on the day after the national funeral, during the Round Table meeting, and grant you knight’s armor,” Isabel stated seriously.
“This is not to seek your opinion, but to inform you,” she declared.
After speaking, she added one more point, “This also reflects grandmother’s wishes.”
Edward immediately knelt down on one knee again, accepting his new appointment without hesitation.
Plenipotentiary Minister, a position of real power second in the hierarchy of Avalon’s diplomatic system.
The only problem is probably that he would have to take up permanent residence in Irisflower.
This matter required the agreement from the Irisflower side.
Meaning, the people of Irisflower also wished for him to stay there.
Realizing his new mission, Edward had no questions, no objections, no superfluous words.
This is what a pure Path of Authority Transcendent would do.
Following this, Isabel’s smile once again became warm.
She took Edward’s arm in one hand, enthusiastically leading him to her study, “By the way, Lord Moriarty.
About this document, there are some things that I don’t understand…”
Edward was clearly very nervous about Isabel’s relationship with Aiwass and even somewhat at a loss.
He didn’t know what would be considered rude or how to act without dampening spirits.
But when it came to serious matters about work, he could immediately calm down.
Aiwass hadn’t given Isabel advance notice about Edward’s intelligence.
It was Isabel who, after interacting with Edward, recognized his nature and instinctively chose a manner that Edward could accept to become acquainted with him.
“…I really want to show Sherlock.”
Aiwass murmured softly.
Sherlock hadn’t been in touch with Isabel for a long time and probably didn’t know how fast she was growing after truly facing pressure.
He would definitely be surprised if he saw Isabel again.
She was the type that, as long as she wasn’t completely crushed by pressure, would visibly grow stronger at an astonishing rate.
Thinking this, Aiwass shook his head and continued to focus on card making, while Ligeia watched him make the Phantom Card with his permission.
Each Phantom Card used by the Great Sin Scholar recorded blasphemous knowledge.
It was different from the conventional Tarot Cards, mainly because it lacked cards like “Justice,” “Strength,” “Judgment,” and “Temperance.”
But the Phantom Cards also had several new cards that corresponded one-to-one with Tarot Cards.
One of these cards, “Strength,” corresponded to “Lust.”
It could also be translated as “Desire for Power” or simply “Desire.”
This was a card belonging to the Domain of Love, with the same attribute of Darkness.
In the “Strength” card, there’s a figure of Victory, marked with the sign of “Infinity” or the Ring of Ouroboros, bending down to stroke a fierce lion.
The lion symbolizes the primal animal instincts, also referred to as “Beast.” For instance, impulse, or the chaotic passion…
It’s tamed by the goddess’s love, led by her mercy.
Thus, the “Strength” card actually symbolizes “Controlled Power,” foretelling of Eternal Self, as well as the Beast Master.
In the transformed “Lust” card, however, it is almost the complete opposite of the “Strength” card.
The card shows a beautiful goddess, nude and in the pose of one heavily intoxicated, lying atop a seven-headed lion.
In her right hand she holds the Holy Grail, from which blood drips down from the moon, with countless snakes writhing out of the blood.
In her left, she clutches the reins to the lion, stretched taut as if they might slip from her grip at any moment.
This is another interpretation of the states of Eternal Self and Beast Master—not fully taming the Beast Master.
It is an explanation for the wild, chaotic bestiality that still resides on the Path of Love.
Chaos, love, passion, reins, desire, intoxication, snakes, loss of control, blood, reproduction, the moon…
So many keywords are already enough to prove the strong affinity of this card with the Succubus.
—This card is the one Aiwass has meticulously crafted in preparation to seal the Succubus, Emma.
The process of making this card is, in some sense, extremely dangerous…
But Aiwass was unafraid.