"You don't seem surprised!"
"Of course not. You're Aiwass, the angel of science and atheism! You'd never pass up any wisdom and are curious about everything. You were bound to make this choice."
In the lab, Samuel faced Aiwass with unwavering confidence. He wasn't afraid of her choosing otherwise—she wouldn't.
If she did, she wouldn't be Aiwass.
"Please, go ahead!"
Samuel smiled, opening a book before him—the living grimoire, Scientific Magic.
Wings of light extended like tendrils, connecting to the book, their strange glow linking with Aiwass.
"Fascinating knowledge… This interwoven, layered wisdom is astounding. Wait… this is…"
Chains extended from Scientific Magic, wrapping around Aiwass and pulling her into the book.
Their wisdom intertwined, countless pieces of knowledge seeping from Aiwass, instantly analyzed, computed, layered, and tested by the Ark connected to Scientific Magic.
Aiwass absorbed it back, growing stronger with each cycle. But as she took in more from the Ark, her structure shifted, refined by the perfection of her "science" concept.
She was being infiltrated, decoded.
"…"
Aiwass remained silent. Every moment, her structure sublimated, her essence ascending—yet also sinking deeper.
To her, such erosion was trivial. If she wished, it posed no issue.
But… the thing ahead was the true weapon!
In the Kabbalistic Four Worlds, the Archetypal World represents fire—the realm of God, pure souls, and thoughts, the world of divine will, represented by the angel Michael.
The Creative World is wind, the realm of spirits and souls, where light from the Divine World organizes, and thoughts take form, representing God's heart, with the angel Raphael.
The Formative World is water, the domain of human souls, where gender distinctions arise. An elemental world, where the Creative World's constructs become material, representing God's mind, with the angel Gabriel.
The Material World is earth, where humans live, souls gaining bodies. The primal light fragments, crystallizing into matter, nature, and human existence. Abstract concepts become concrete, represented by the angel Uriel.
The Artificial Heaven Plan creates a new world between the Four Worlds, disrupting their connections and dismantling the magic system built upon them.
As a world, the Artificial Heaven should have its own representative. It doesn't align with elements, subverting the fire-wind-water-earth magic system. It needs no elements.
Per Samuel's understanding, the Artificial Heaven is a world of wisdom, technique, and progress—science. Its existence grants humanity the tools to thrive.
No need for beastly claws, stone-like bodies, or appeasing gods. With wisdom and technique, humanity stands tall.
Aiwass, the angel of science, was destined from the start to be its representative.
The Artificial Heaven began forming within Scientific Magic—an incomplete world where life could evolve to its peak without gods.
It was Aiwass's inevitable destination.
The Ark manifested at the Artificial Heaven's core, golden wisps spreading outward.
"Calculation" is the process—turning wisdom into "experience," "technique," and "science." An essential process.
"I see… This is your trap…"
Aiwass silently observed. It was a trap—or bait—crafted solely for her.
It might only work on her, but… she could never escape it.
As the "angel of science," Aiwass embodied science itself.
Science, like magic, is merely the application of the world's phenomena. Strictly speaking, they're indistinguishable.
Aiwass was the pinnacle of their fusion, a "highest known lifeform" from an unknown realm.
She negated divinity while resembling a god, her denial lending her credibility.
Now, the key to science—the process of "calculation"—lay before her, tied to Samuel, to humanity. To fulfill her essence, she'd need to collaborate with him—or with humanity.
From now on, only humans could grow through science. Only humans!
She'd become humanity's angel, the ultimate, perfect human.
Not Adam, created by God, but the theoretical perfect human, bound to humanity.
Because humans possess the "process." Only humans.
With the "process," humans can learn magic and science.
But humans lack the "result," so they aren't Magic Gods, and Magic Gods cease to be human.
As the angel of "atheism," Aiwass negates divinity, severing her potential to become a god-like concept.
Not that she cared…
She was the angel of science. Science shouldn't belong to one being or race—it should be a power all curious lifeforms can use to progress. That's what science should be.
If limited to humans, how was it different from divinity?
It violated her "atheistic" essence.
Samuel knew her concerns and how to address them, but the time wasn't right. It required waiting.
"Aiwass, let's cooperate for now! This is just a show of my sincerity. In the future… I'll give you a perfect invitation!"
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