325 Item from Ancient Times (2/2)

Snowy Lionet didn’t know what was going on, but as Fina’s loyal servant, it also moved its four short legs and went to the statue.

Wang Qian and Li Kun suddenly felt something was wrong. The kittens that were chasing and playing around the pet shop had all cuddled to one corner, fearfully watching the statue.

After carefully looking at the statue for a moment, with its wisdom, Old Time Tea had seen that the statue was tied with Fina in numerous aspects, and it asked, ”Your Majesty, will this statue be dangerous?”

Fina shook her head, ”Not for now. It’s just a fake.”

Although it was a fake, it was a very delicate and beautiful one, which could easily be mistaken for the real statue.

In the time where Fina came from, there was not only the belief of the Cat Goddess, but there was also the worshipping of evil gods in the dark corners, and the very statue was one of the symbols of worshipping evil gods. This fake statue looked almost the same as the authentic statue of the Cat Goddess, with the biggest difference lying in the nose ring. The orthodox statue of the Cat Goddess could have earrings, but would never have a nose ring, for a nose ring was often associated with the image of hell and the devil.

Of course, in terms of the power, purity and popularity of the Strength of Faith, the belief in the orthodox Cat Goddess prevailed over the worship of evil gods, which were after all sordid practices. Fina just didn’t expect that these things could have endured such a long time and be preserved through generations.

As Fina had learned, unlike in the East, where house cats were loved dearly by people, in Western history, house cats had been through a long period of darkness when they were regarded as the devil’s advocate and were thrown into fire with notorious witches to be burned to death. The origin of such a rumor that house cats were linked to the devil lie in the worship of evil gods emerged in ancient Egypt.

Fina was very puzzled. She had seen the authentic statue before, so she could tell the one in front of it was a counterfeit at first glance. However, no matter how similar the fake looked to the real one, the dispositions couldn’t be imitated, so why did the fake statue still retain the scent of worshipping evil gods?

Fina turned around and looked at the kittens in the corner. Having felt the evilness emanating from the statue, they were trembling and staring at the statue, frightened...

Eyes wide open nervously, Old Time Tea looked at the statue and then turned to look at Fina. Even when confronting the Rainbow Fighters and the Qing Ren, it had never been so nervous before. But after all, it was facing an invisible opponent from ancient times that it had never fought before. If not for the mighty warrior spirits inside its body that were continuously withstanding the powers released by the statue, even Old Time Tea would have felt a little bit frightened.

Fina got even closer, so close that her body almost touched the statue. She closed her eyes, and used her sense of smell to find out the source of the peculiar existence. This thing could only be done by Fina, because only Fina had once come into contact with the evilness from ancient times.

Her neck became stationary, and immediately Fina opened her eyes, staring at the golden nose ring, which emitted the most powerful source of evil in the statue. Fina struck out her claw and pulled at the nose ring.

Scratched by Fina's rather sharp nail, a layer of oxide was scraped off the surface of the nose ring, revealing the inner layer which still had a trace of oxidation, indicating that the real history of the nose ring was much longer than that of a modern replica.

Fina and Old Time Tea looked at each other and understood at the same time. This statue was a fake, but the nose ring was real, probably poached by the creator of this statue from the grave of some evil god worshipper. Perhaps the creator did not know the meaning of the nose ring, using it only to make the replica resemble the original statue to the maximum extent. However, by merging the real nose ring into a fake statue, the evilness from ancient times had shown signs of reviving.

Fina kept focusing on this ancient nose ring, the history of which may even be longer than Fina’s existence. It was very precious, witnessing an era. Yet it was very evil, so evil that it must not continue to exist anymore.

Although a little bit pitiful, Fina understood that there was only one way for this to be done. This task couldn’t be accomplished by Fina, whose claws were sharp, but not so sharp as to cut clean through iron as though it were mud.

Fina cast a decisive look at Old Time Tea.

Old Time Tea smiled calmly, ”At your service, Your Majesty.” Then, it stretched out its claws, intensified by the Strength of Faith.

As it waved its claws, the nose ring fell from the statue.