Chapter 90 Moth
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Having understood the key point and silently resolving to use a different persona for future big events, Lin Ruo familiarized himself further with the abilities of the Provoker and then headed to the Church of the Evernight Goddess for another lesson.
After all, promotion was promotion, killing Ince was killing Ince, but studying couldn't be neglected.
Lin Ruo deeply understood the importance of mastering the basics of mysticism, like the foundation needed to build a house. If his mystical knowledge wasn't solid, he would be the one to suffer in the future.
He didn't want to become a Head & Shoulders, oh no, a Hazel the Second in the future.
Moreover, Lin Ruo was also curious whether the Evernight Goddess would have any reaction after he stirred up such a mess.
With this in mind, Lin Ruo wasn't surprised at all to see Saint Anthony after arriving at Saint Samuel Cathedral, and greeted him with a smile: "Good evening, Your Excellency Saint Anthony."
Saint Anthony was still wearing the black and red robes of a clergyman, and the five Dark Holy Emblems on his chest seemed to be permanently affixed.
His deep yet serene eyes looked at Lin Ruo, his gaze falling on the Concealment Badge that Lin Ruo had been wearing on his chest, and a gentle smile appeared on his thin and clean face. He said, "Good evening, Your Excellency Lin Ruo. I heard that you stopped a great conspiracy that would have been enough to destroy Tingen. That's really gratifying, isn't it?"
His words were quite down-to-earth, completely different from his usual demeanor in front of outsiders. However, Lin Ruo could tell that Saint Anthony was genuinely happy when he said this, relieved that the conspiracy in Tingen could be resolved.
He doesn't know the plan behind Tingen… well, that's not surprising.
"I just did what I was supposed to do." Lin Ruo, having made a preliminary judgment, replied modestly, and then pretended to tap his chest four times, saying, "Praise the Lady!"
"Praise the Lady!" Saint Anthony also tapped his chest four times, but his piety was much higher than Lin Ruo's.
He then said, "Your Excellency Lin Ruo, you mentioned before that there is a deity called the Moth, is that right?"
"Yes." Lin Ruo nodded, and realizing something, he asked, "Have you found any clues related to the Moth?"
"I'm not sure if it's related to the one you mentioned." Saint Anthony said, "But recently we have indeed found a case related to the Moth."
Saint Anthony led Lin Ruo to the archives room, pulled out a few files that were obviously just put up today, handed them to Lin Ruo, and said, "This case wasn't initially noticed to have extraordinary power involved, so it hasn't been included in the Nighthawks' investigation range, until recently…"
Lin Ruo took the files and began to browse.
The case happened a week ago. According to the case description, a woman murdered a man because her love was unrequited. However, because she was later judged to have mental problems and the woman herself had a high status, she was acquitted.
But this woman disappeared after being acquitted. After that, someone found a corpse in the basement of her house, which belonged to this woman, but the time of death was half a month ago.
Moreover, the scene where the corpse was located was arranged as an altar for a sacrificial ritual, and the place representing the deity was engraved with a symbol similar to a moth.
With just one glance, Lin Ruo confirmed that the symbol on the photo in the file was the symbol of the Moth of the Moth Pathway.
"But why would she leave such obvious flaws? And why would she do such a thing?" New doubts immediately flooded his mind, and Lin Ruo couldn't help but think of the tenets of the Moth.
The tenets of the Moth Principle are chaos and desire.
Therefore, the Moth believers are always good at deceiving, good at acting, and even through the influence of the level three Moth he obtained before, Lin Ruo can also confirm that the Moth believers should have the ability to change their appearance. It is not surprising that they can impersonate others to deceive others.
But even so, Moth believers have no reason to leave such obvious flaws, unless there is another purpose… Lin Ruo suddenly thought of something, and read the case again, finally focusing on the photo of the scene of the victim's death.
That was an absolutely carefully arranged death scene, and even just the photo could make people feel the murderer's strong and distorted love for the victim.
In the lightless night, moths always die from candles.
Lin Ruo suddenly thought of this sentence. He looked at Saint Anthony and asked:
"Your Excellency Saint Anthony, did this case itself cause a big sensation?"
"In a sense, that's true." His Excellency Saint Anthony nodded, "What are you thinking?"
"This is a drama, a drama about tragic love, and also a scam." Lin Ruo clenched the file, already understanding what was going on, "She is performing a drama, showing it to everyone, and then letting everyone know that this is just a scam."
"She is creating the influence of the Moth."
There are many types of influence in the secret society world. The drop of the believers of each pathway after death is one type, and creating things that conform to the nature of the corresponding pathway, attracting attention, and causing a certain influence is another type.
And if the believers of the Moth Pathway want to be promoted, this kind of Moth Pathway influence is necessary.
…
"I really envy you witches, being able to easily obtain the love of others, unlike us moths, who often can only love and not get it." The woman with a delicate appearance looked at the charming witch in front of her and said with a sigh.
The witch just glanced at her and smiled lightly: "Do you really love him? Isn't it just a performance?"
"You're wrong, there is no performance for me, because in the drama I am the character in the play!" The woman smiled brightly, "And I really love him, very much, but who told him not to love me, then that drama can only end in tragedy."
"You are really a madman." The witch said, but her tone was still very light.
"Don't say that, I will be angry." The woman blinked her eyes, and suddenly leaned closer to the witch, saying: "Speaking of which, you are so beautiful, can you be my heroine?"
"No!" The witch took a half step back, shook her head, and said: "I'm not interested in women."
"Ah… what a pity!" The woman shook her head, revealing a pity expression.
"You should be promoted, I am here to assist you in the promotion, not to watch you go crazy." The witch said so.
In the secret society world, those who embark on the eight paths and possess extraordinary power are called Chosen Ones. Their levels are divided into nine stages, from low to high, from first to ninth, and above that is the Celestial Authorities.
[T/N: Cultist Simulator or smth, its a game i think lol]
However, humans can only reach the ninth level at most, and the limit is destined from the beginning. Not only that, no matter which pathway humans take, they will have an additional "madness trait" for each level they rise.
And the witch knows that this Moth follower in front of her, the third-level Chosen One of the Moth Pathway, has the "madness traits" of: "Performance Mania", "Love Hunger" and "Delusion".
She will always be enthusiastic about performing, always crave to be loved by others, but will never be satisfied.
And this is just the beginning.
It's really sad… the witch thought so, but smiled.
Sure enough, every world is the same.
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