Chapter 22: My Happiness

Though it was the previous priest who first talked about the phrase “goals,” he was stunned by Sherlock’s response.

Amidst his shock, there was an unmistakable sense of pleasure!

“Have you ever… actually had these sorts of goals?” The previous man’s eyes sparkled, as if gazing at a valuable treasure. “Ah, I knew I did not make a mistake. You might be that form of individual!”

“What sort of individual?”

“That sort… the form of one who may evolve to the third stage!” The previous priest stated, excitedly rambling on:

“After the gates of hell opened, our world was already influenced by the opposite aspect. Some creatures and objects underwent unusual transformations and have become objects that wanted to be contained. And people, too…

In actual fact, contractors are merely people affected by the Abyss. The stronger the affect or the higher their notion of the Abyss, the extra highly effective the contractor turns into.

Nearly all highly effective contractors have had a sure dream… internally known as the ‘awakening dream’ by the church.

Within the dream, they encounter a peculiar creature, which is, in truth, their contracted demon.

As for the explanations… I can’t say for sure. Nevertheless, some researchers have proposed that hell is a world that may materialize souls, the place all our human feelings and experiences are given bodily kind.”

At this level, the previous priest shook his head helplessly, in all probability considering that these researchers have been merely fabricating nonsense. Nevertheless it did not matter; he continued:

“In any case, the sooner and clearer and extra frequent the awakening goals are, the stronger the person’s notion of the Abyss turns into. This additionally signifies that these people will turn into extra highly effective than different contractors sooner or later!

One notable instance is Common Barton, who presently guards the gates of hell. It’s rumored that he started having awakening goals on the age of 11, with a frequency of virtually two to 3 occasions per week…

By the point he reached 30 years previous, he had already turn into a third-stage contractor. If he have been personally on the frontlines as a substitute of commanding operations, he may need killed extra demons than the bloody butcher who is aware of nothing however slaughter beneath his command.

As for Mr. Dante… haha, who is aware of what his awakening dream is like. Maybe he experiences it each night time.”

“What’s flawed?” Sherlock requested, confused.

The previous priest adjusted his fluctuating feelings and stated severely, “I am simply getting previous and having unrealistic daydreams. However clearly, your dream… is not an awakening dream.”

“It isn’t?”

“No… since you dreamt of a room,” the previous priest stated with a wry smile. “An awakening dream permits the thoughts to the touch the contracted demon on the opposite aspect of hell. So, on the very least, it’s best to dream of a demon. Animals or one thing like Sister Catherine’s casea plant. However in any case, it could not probably be a room.

‘Biology’ and ‘area’ are two fully completely different ideas.”

Upon listening to this, Sherlock as soon as once more fell into contemplation.

He absentmindedly reached for a cigarette, meaning to gentle it, however the rain had soaked the tobacco, rendering it unattainable to ignite the damp leaves. Helplessly, he returned the cigarette to his pocket.

“You make sense,” he casually replied.

“You do not appear disillusioned.”

“In fact not,” Sherlock stated. “I am only a detective… and I am fairly narcissistic. The variety of contractors beneath the church is probably going over 100 thousand, possibly even 1,000,000 by now. Including another would not make a distinction.

So, I am not pursuing that.”

“What are you pursuing then?” the previous priest could not assist however ask.

Sherlock tilted his head, gazing on the faintly swaying gentle. In his imaginative and prescient, a halo fashioned:

“Puzzles… the issues folks desperately wish to conceal. These are what I pursue. I could not turn into a kind of highly effective contractors… energy and wealth do not maintain a lot attraction for me.

But when at some point, somebody on this planet solemnly declares, ‘This puzzle, your complete empire, can solely be unraveled by the good detective Sherlock Holmes,’ then I might genuinely… really feel happiness.”

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