This time, the number of people who could vote clearly increased.
Apart from the soul-state "Sour Wine" and the Princess who had left the first painting, the soul-states of Aiwass and the Old Mage were added in an instant, along with the still-living Aleister and the ever-loyal "Old Dog" Laro.
The number of voters had risen to six. Half of them were soul bodies.
This time, five points were directly added, one of which was gleaming. The iron door finally showed some change—it now had a deep groove etched on its surface, and touching it felt like handling a keratin-like texture.
The groove was a dark golden color, resembling either the claw marks of some animal or the scab formed after human skin rips open.
"At last, the storyline of this painting is moving forward..."
Aiwass let out a breath of relief. "Luckily, their unfamiliarity with modern societal rules didn't cost us too much critical information..."
