After the summer exam week six months ago, Shade went to the opera with Dorothy alone. At that time, he still called Dorothy "Miss Louisa."
But after this exam week, Shade will go to St. Byrons to receive the medal, and he will go to St. Byrons in person. Although Shade doesn’t know the standard awarding process and whether he really needs to go to the academy, he vaguely feels that this
Probably it has something to do with Miss Denister.
In short, although everyone's results were a bit unexpected, everyone successfully passed the 1853 academic year examination.
After confirming that Shad was going to St. Byrons in the evening, Dorothy left first. The 1853 Kingdom Prize for Literature was about to be awarded, and her father, Professor Louisa, was helping her "clear the relationship" recently, so she herself had to
Go home often and take a look.
Luvia then left. She needed to go back and submit a written report on her exam status and year-end assessment to the Prophets Association so that the association could discuss with St. Byrons as soon as possible to determine her plans for the new year.
Course selection and sublimation language selection.
This kind of report even needs to be made in duplicate, and it cannot use a mechanical typewriter, it must be completely handwritten. In addition, having to find different people to stamp and sign it, the purple-eyed girl will probably be busy for several days.
The doctor and the priest helped Shade clean up the examination room. The old priest originally planned to ask Dr. Schneider to leave the page of the poem manuscript to Shade so that he could contact the college more easily. They had a drink together as usual in previous years, but Shade stopped the two of them.
:
"Priest, doctor, please wait a moment, I have something to say."
He looked outside and confirmed that the moon had risen, so he asked the priest and the doctor to stay in room one for the time being, while he carried the cat to room two next door.
After a while, Shade came back with an arrow with a dark golden luster. Just one look at the arrow revealed that it was quite extraordinary. There were strange patterns of three concave circles on both sides of the arrow, and
Five crystal grains, four blue and one gold, are directly inlaid on the metal. The simple sense of history and the vicissitudes of time all illustrate its power.
And if you look carefully, you will have a strange dizzy feeling, as if you have been reading for 24 hours straight before exam week. At the same time, an inexplicable voice in your heart urges the person who sees the arrow to take the arrow.
Stab into your own heart.
But fortunately, both priests and doctors are very capable of resisting negative mental influences.
"Nice stuff I got recently."
Shade also sat down on the sofa and motioned for the two of them to extend their hands.
The old priest and Dr. Schneider, who were wiping their pipes, looked at each other, then rolled up their sleeves and stretched out their right hands.
The arrows were pierced into the palms of the two men respectively. As the power of their respective elements fluctuated, the doctor just frowned slightly in thought, seeming to have acquired a new thaumaturgy.
Behind Priest Augustus, the life ring slowly emerged in the steam mist. With the enrichment of the brass-colored enlightenment aura, a brand new two-ring spiritual rune appeared. That is enlightenment-[Heart of Darkness].
"Oh, the spiritual runes for the second ring are complete!"
Priest August looked back at his life ring in surprise, with a surprise smile on his old face. Neither he nor Dr. Schneider asked Shade what the arrow in his hand was.
"I also gained a good thaumaturgy."
The doctor nodded and said, also looking at the priest's life ring, he touched his chin:
"Priest, maybe you can prepare to enter the third grade at the end of this year. I remember that all your second grade examination subjects seem to have ended."
"There is still one more exam to go. If this surprise had come a month earlier, I might have applied for an upgrade exam."
Even though he said this, the priest was still very happy:
"I originally thought it would take another year or two, but I didn't expect such a surprise. After a while, I will go to the library to borrow third-grade books, so I might as well read them in advance."
"That's great. If you, priest, can reach the fourth ring before we set off to the far north, the journey may be easier."
Shade also commented.
"Oh, Bill, Shade, I'm not an energetic young man like you."
The priest smiled and shook his head, then asked Xiang Shade:
"The exam week is over, do you have any plans recently? Winter is only half over, I don't think you can just stay at home and wait for the client to come to your door. Are you going to a new city again this time?"
When "rescuing" Priest Augustus in the fall, the rest of the team learned the secret that allowed Shade to travel to distant cities.
"Speaking of which, I'll probably go to the Randall Valley in a while. Oh, it's the Spring City south of Kasenlik."
Going to a strange city is for what "Luvia" said is the only time key to the [Past Life and Sixth Era], but he still has to find a way to establish the correct road sign, and Shade also plans to take a rest.
In the winter of 1853, he almost never stopped for a moment in order to face the many tests of secret keepers at both ends of time.
"I heard that the opera company in that city is very famous. The famous artist in the Old World, the female opera singer Miss Benenice, runs the [Golden Dawn] Opera Company there."
Doctor Schneider said with a smile, "Golden Dawn Opera" is the most famous opera company in the human world in this century.
"I went to Randall Valley when I was young."
Priest Augustus continued to wipe his pipe. Seeing both Shade and the doctor looking at him curiously, the old man said:
"Is it weird? When I was young, I was often sent on missions by the church. I went to the Randall Valley, probably around 1835. I was only in my thirties at that time, a little younger than Bill is now."
"So do you have any friends in Randall Valley City? If so, I can go visit and see how they are doing."
Shade said while stroking the cat. In fact, he was very interested in the experience of Priest Augustus when he was young. When he was in Fort Midhill, he learned about the fruitless love affair of the priest in his youth.
"Oh my friend"
The old priest raised his head slightly:
"It's really hard to say. However, if you really have time, you can visit Father Morpheus from the local Dawn Church. I owed him 10 pence from a bet back then, and I never had the chance to pay him back. If you have the chance, you can do it for me.
Pay it back."
This is no problem. Shade and Dr. Schneider looked at each other in surprise. They were not surprised because the priest would bet with others, but because the old priest actually remembered 10 pennies for nearly 20 years.
The image of Priest Latter Augustus became taller in their eyes.
They didn't chat for too long. Priest August stood up first, and the doctor also stood up and invited Shade:
"There are so many surprises today. Detective, since you don't go to St. Byrons until eight o'clock in the evening, would you like to have a drink with us? I know you don't drink on weekdays, but this is to celebrate exam week
Ended successfully."
Shade thought for a while and agreed to the invitation. Of course, the cat was not willing to go to the noisy environment of the tavern, so Shade left it at home and prepared a sumptuous dinner. It was obvious that little Mia
I am very satisfied with this appropriate arrangement made by Sha De.
By the time Shade returned home, it was already 7:20 in the evening. While he was out drinking, the poem pages in Dr. Schneider's pocket had already given Shade the way to go to the college again.
But this time it is no longer a dangerous relic [Broken Old World Map], but a means of transportation, that is, a sage-level relic [Midnight Nightmare Carriage].
Before being taken into custody, this was a quite dangerous relic. It often appeared at night, carrying guests to unknown and terrifying distances. And the divination of the missing people would yield answers that the Central Warlocks could not even face.
There is reason to believe that [Midnight Nightmare Carriage] has the ability to pass through most seals in an uncontained state. Therefore, in the early sixth era, the joint containment operation launched by the three major colleges in order to study its space penetration characteristics was met with many attacks.
times of setbacks.
Later, at the cost of a twelve-ring warlock being seriously injured, he was reluctantly sealed in St. Byrons Comprehensive College. The college believed that this was created by a certain evil god who had gone away to collect flesh and blood sacrifices for himself.
A special magical item, or the so-called "artifact" in knight novels, but this conclusion has not been confirmed so far.
But what is certain is that after the [Midnight Nightmare Carriage] is contained, that is, after the dangerous coachman is bound in a sterling silver coffin and mercury is poured into the coffin, the carriage itself can be used by mortals.
St. Byrons itself is an academy of thaumaturgy famous for housing relics. After more than a thousand years of attempts, it has gradually turned this relic into one of the most important means of communication between the academy in the far north and the outside world.
one.
With the power of the entire St. Byrons, the carriage driver was suppressed, and the carriage was driven by an alchemy puppet or summoned creature who was given the official faculty status of "St. Byrons Comprehensive College". In theory, the carriage could be driven through the
Various locations in the material world. Of course, the carriage in a contained state has lost the power to penetrate most spaces, and there are actually many taboos in its use.
For example, a ring warlock with the "unlucky traveler" spiritual rune must not use this carriage under any circumstances. And when Miss Danister and other professors entered the civilized world from the academy, they informed the church in advance.
Act normally, so out of respect for the cooperating Founder Church of God, we use normal means of transportation.
But if the college sends professors privately, this kind of relic can be put to use.
According to the official document sent by the academy, Shade could bring pets, summons or other small creatures with him on this trip, so Shade decided to take Mia to St. Byrons to have a look.
After he returned home, he packed up his belongings, then sat on the sofa and waited for the carriage to arrive. When the clock on the wall reached eight o'clock, the bell downstairs really rang.