Chapter 2210: Whispers - Prejudice

Hearing the priest say this, Xia De finally laughed, and he also breathed a sigh of relief.

"It was 【Prejudice】 that influenced you. You said that the influence of that relic is unstoppable. Don't worry so much; haven't you realized the problem now? I have been helping you collect those bones all along, actually with the intention of supervising you to use that power correctly. Now it seems my task was completed quite well."

The old priest sighed again.

"You seem not to have been influenced by 【Prejudice】."

"Who said I wasn't influenced? If it really had no influence on me, I think when I was in the city, I should have used a more gentle method to stop all this, instead of letting us come outside the city to fight each other."

Xia De, at the Seventh Ring level, defeated the Fourth Ring old priest, but he didn't feel proud at all, and both sides were just sparring, so there was no need to mention this matter again.

"It's good that you are fine now. Pay attention to this kind of problem in the future, and also have less contact with such relics that can subtly influence psychology. You are probably most afraid of this now."

The priest nodded and didn't say anything more. So Xia De turned to look at Vincent Taylor, who was still unconscious, and shook his head with some regret.

"My friend Miss Beiya, who works at the church, happened to go on a business trip, so there is no way to leave this person for her to handle. Now the people of the Molly Opera Troupe all know that it was the two of us who took him away, and it is not easy to leave him to the church in a reasonable way."

"Leave it to me. I also have a reliable sorcerer friend in the Dawn Church. Let him hand Taylor over to the church to deal with."

The priest bent down, took a bottle of potion that looked like the color of tree bark from his bosom, and fed it to the other person.

"Amnesia potion. After drinking it, the effect is similar to severe drunkenness. He will forget some things, so don't worry about him revealing our affairs... But the church's method of handling him will probably also be execution."

"This dangerous world... How the church handles it has nothing to do with us. We only do what we can do."

Xia De bent down to lift him up, then carried him on his shoulder.

"Let's go. Returning now, we still have time to eat lunch together. We still have to go to the doctor's for a meeting in the afternoon. Speaking of which, the doctor and I are planning to do a big thing tomorrow, so the meeting this afternoon might not be very long."

Priest Ao Gu Si nodded and didn't ask what the two were going to do. They then left the forest clearing side by side. The priest suddenly said again:

"Detective, perhaps compared to me, compared to that original angel, you are the most suitable to guide people to death."

"Priest, spare me. Am I not busy enough now?"

"Detective, then in your heart, is there really no prejudice against anyone?"

He clearly did not believe Xia De's statement just now. He really thought Xia De was not influenced by 【Prejudice】 at all.

The figures of the two gradually moved away. Xia De answered the priest's question with a smile:

"You know my background. I have only known this world for less than a year since I woke up last summer, and I have also mastered such powerful strength now... You know what I have done. Let's put it this way, there must be prejudice in my heart. I have prejudice against everyone in this world equally, and I mock everyone other than myself in my heart equally."

The wind blew up withered yellow fallen leaves flying past behind the two, and thick steam fog was gathering. Although the bell and whistle sounds rang out, they did not make Xia De's voice unclear, and the priest also understood Xia De's meaning.

"Priest, look, if I myself have 【Prejudice】 against everyone, then what effect can more 【Prejudice】 have on me?"

【Outsider, you have perceived "Whispers", and you have some perception of "Prejudice".】

A huge brass wheel ring appeared in the sparse sunlight in the forest, and the rapidly rotating Fate Ring was enriched with black iron-colored spiritual light. This was the third time Xia De had received a hint about "Prejudice" in Tobesk (Note), and everything was a matter of course.

【The development of civilization is accompanied by prejudice, and the nature of intelligent creatures cannot be far from prejudice. If the prejudice in the human heart is a great mountain, Outsider, the world in your eyes is that highest peak. Mock, hate, loathe, complain, these are all fine. I whisper in your ear, and I witness with you, this world at sunset.】

"This is really a story about prejudice."

【Outsider, you have listened to the voice of your heart, and you have learned the whispers of "Prejudice".】

On the Fate Ring, the black iron-colored spiritual light finally gathered in one place. 【Desire】 guided Xia De to come here just for this:

【Outsider, you have inscribed the Black Iron Whisper Spirit Rune - Prejudice. Your Chain of Seven Deadly Sins has been enhanced.】

【Gluttony】, 【Greed】, 【Sloth】, 【Wrath】, 【Apathy】, 【Pride】, 【Prejudice】, the seven spirit runes resonated faintly on the Fate Ring, and all were enhanced because of each other's existence. "Prejudice" itself belonged to Xia De's "Original Sin", so there was no need to hold a ritual to add a new rune to the 【Chain of Seven Deadly Sins】.

The figures of Xia De and Priest Ao Gu Si moved away from here. Profane-Dragon, Enlightenment-Flesh, Whisper-Red Butterfly, Whisper-Prejudice. Xia De was still lacking a sublimation language spirit rune and a golden "Miracle" spirit rune to promote to the Eighth Ring.

After returning to the city, the priest went to handle Vincent Taylor, while Xia De first went home to bring Little Mia out. The two met at the entrance of the Dawn Church around 11:30, then went to a nearby restaurant to eat lunch together, and only then went to Doctor Shi Nai De's psychological clinic together.

Because there was plenty of time, they walked through the city. Since the matter at Green Lake ended, although Xia De had chatted with the priest several times, they had not had such a deep talk. Along the way, they talked about their recent affairs and the troubles they had recently encountered.

The priest talked about the Saint Prayer Festival, while Xia De talked about his adventure in Moon Bay.

Because the time was calculated accurately, the time was just right when they arrived at the doctor's. Luvia arrived at about the same time, and she also asked for leave for Dorothy:

"Dorothy went to the countryside to collect material, or you can understand it as, she went to do things for Xia De. She will probably be back tomorrow or the day after, and it won't delay the exam next Sunday."

"Just remember the exam."

Doctor Shi Nai De nodded and didn't say anything more. He also knew that Xia De was doing very important things.

And the group study meeting that day was indeed not long. The most important thing was that the doctor informed everyone that the meeting next Saturday would be suspended, and everyone should gather at Xia De's place on Sunday morning to prepare for the exam.

And before this short study meeting ended, Priest Ao Gu Si also unexpectedly announced one thing:

"After the Saint Prayer Festival at the end of the month and the exam are over, I want to go out for a walk."

"Hmm? Why? Is there anything to handle outside?"

The doctor asked puzzledly, and Luvia and Xia De also didn't understand what the priest meant.

Priest Ao Gu Si wiped his pipe, and said in a very slow voice:

"In the morning, I encountered some things with Xia De. No, it has been resolved, you don't need to help.

I just suddenly realized that my psychology still has some problems. I want to go out for a walk by myself and see stories in other places. I won't leave for a particularly long time, you don't need to worry about me."

Xia De finally understood the priest's idea, and the doctor asked again:

"Is that so... Where do you plan to go?"

The priest looked up at Xia De:

"Moon Bay, that is the place where Xia De is currently adventuring. I won't meet with Xia De, I just want to take a look in that city filled with wealth and sin, take a look at the lives of those living people that I may have ignored, and take a look at those stories that can reignite the warmth of my soul."

Doctor Shi Nai De looked at Xia De. Xia De indicated that he didn't care, and Luvia didn't seem to want to express an opinion on this matter, so the doctor had to cough:

"Alright then, although I don't know what you encountered, it seems my treatment indeed still has some problems... Priest, is it easy to ask for leave at the church? Also, when exactly do you plan to depart? We will go to the train station to see you off."

"Don't worry about asking for leave. An old priest of my age can ask for leave whenever he wants. You don't need to see me off either. On the day I depart, I will carry my luggage and leave quietly by myself. When you see me again, I will have returned to normal."

Seeing that the expressions of the other three were not very good, he smiled and comforted them:

"No need to be sad, I'm just going out to relax, I'll be back in a month at most, and maybe I'll even run into our detective in Moon Bay. And even if I have to depart, it will be after next Sunday. Now that Miss Louisa is not here, it is not the time to say goodbye. It won't be too late for you to say goodbye with a sad face after the exam."

Since Priest Ao Gu Si's idea of going to Moon Bay to relax had been spoken out, it was useless for anyone to try to persuade him. He was determined to go, and Xia De and Doctor Shi Nai De considered it and thought that letting the priest go out for a turn to relieve the pressure brought by the Saint Prayer Festival and the exam week was also good.

The doctor's concern was just that Priest Ao Gu Si chose Moon Bay. Although by the time the priest arrived in Moon Bay, the matter of the demon would have been resolved anyway, he knew that Xia De's matter certainly could not be resolved yet.

After the study meeting that day, the priest and Luvia left first, and Xia De stayed behind to discuss the priest's matter with the doctor. Of course, the most important thing was that the two discussed the arrangements for tomorrow. In fact, the doctor had already obtained that relic that could allow him to teleport from Old John at noon today, but considering that the night was not suitable for action, he postponed the action time to tomorrow morning:

"Look, it's this." ===== CHAPTER 2211 =====