"Don't let my appearance fool you. I'm an expert at exorcising evil spirits."
"Exorcising evil spirits? Father Kotomine, what do you mean?"
The moment Rasputin mentioned evil spirits, Mash seemed to realize something. Perhaps to avoid reminding Olga Marie, the Alien God, of anything, Mash and Ritsuka had always addressed Rasputin as Father Kotomine. After all, the name Rasputin too easily brought his identity as an Alien Apostle to mind.
"An expert at exorcising evil spirits? You're far too modest. Everyone knows the Holy Church has unique magecraft for such matters." The Holy Church of the Moon World was also a major force, possessing magecraft, Mystic Codes, holy relics, and other things entirely unlike those of the Mages Association.
Shen Fei was quite interested in those things as well. Unfortunately, the Holy Church was not as easy to join as the Clock Tower, so he could only sigh in regret.
"That's right. There's no doubt that Servant has been possessed by an evil spirit. It's that mask. In Mexico, it's called a skull. I can sense powerful divine power from it. If we remove that mask, the Servant should regain her sanity, though I can't guarantee she'll fully return to her original state."
"I see." Shen Fei immediately understood what Rasputin meant. Only he could remove the mask bearing divine power from Emperor Flower's face, relying on his methods of exorcising evil spirits.
"Becoming a guardian of the underworld means never being able to leave the underworld for the rest of one's life. Whether the living leave the underworld or the dead enter it, both are trials. Yet guardians are forbidden from leaving the underworld. Is that a new rule from a god born of Pan-Human History?" Tepeu suddenly spoke.
"That's right, Tepeu. You're very clever. A god did establish