Chapter 790 The Cat and the Sun (please vote for more updates)
Miss Samuel spread a blanket next to the bonfire, and after Shade carefully put Miss Olanold down, he asked about the extra stone platform with five grooves.
"Yes, this is the altar with the "Unknown Book of Sacrifice" sealed. After you left, Brienne and I found a way to get it here."
The stone altar is about half a person tall, and its shape is somewhat similar to the courtyard fountain that Shade had seen at Miss Carina's manor.
The circular altar is surrounded by five equidistant grooves, and in the middle of the altar is a raised square stone, where the "Unknown Book of Sacrifice" should be.
Miss Samuel handed the bottle containing fire to Shade, then put her hand into her robe and handed him the relic [the body of the sunworm]. It seemed that she really used this thing as a hot water bottle.
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But Shade did not immediately go get the five items he had prepared. Instead, he dug into his pocket and found Mia's doll, and then used a handkerchief to restore it to a real cat:
"Meow!"
The cat squatting in Shade's hand raised its head and bathed in the firelight. It made a gentle cry, then widened its amber eyes curiously and looked around.
This made Shade really relieved. He took the risk of taking little Mia into the land of death. Although Mia was in the form of a toy, Shade was still worried that the cat would be affected. Now it seems that his worry is
extra.
After carefully placing Mia on the ground, the timid cat did not dare to run around. Instead, it lay next to Shade's legs and timidly observed everything around it.
Miss Samuel was also mentally healed by the appearance of this cute little creature. She smiled and said softly:
"Is this your pet cat? Most of the witches in the academy keep pets, but we prefer magical creatures that can be used as combat pets, or birds like owls that can send messages. However, this cat is so cute, it is definitely better than
Practical pets are more popular."
She reached out to pet Mia, but was dodged by the frightened orange cat.
"It's not my cat yet, but I'm trying to make it mine."
Shade said with a smile. After seeing little Mia, his heavy mood became better.
The orange cat Mia, who is probably less than one year old so far, is usually very afraid of unfamiliar environments, but then she will show the curiosity of cats. After discovering that the only stranger here is a woman wearing glasses.
After that, it shifted its attention to the two items in front of Shade, namely [the body of the sunworm] and the glass bottle containing fire.
He stretched out his paws to grab it, but Shade mistakenly thought that the cat wanted to touch the bonfire, so he hurriedly hugged it with one hand.
"Miss Samuel, do you think there's something wrong with this cat?"
Amidst "her" laughter, Shade asked this question again.
The witch of Zaras chuckled:
"Why, do you, like a few witches of our time, think that your pet cat will turn into a beautiful girl one day in the future? This kind of thinking is not acceptable. Without magic potions or special relics, cats are just
Just a cat."
Although she asked this question, she still adjusted her breathing, and then gently sprinkled some gray light spots on the cat held by Sha De. The light spots also touched Sha De's arm, but because it was not an entity, there was no touch.
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"A completely normal pet cat."
"Okay then, let's get back to business. We need five items. I went back to collect some after I left."
He started taking things out of his pocket:
"This is absolutely fine."
The Holy Emblem of the Sun brooch made by Iluna was placed together with the two items prepared by the witches.
"Then there are these five, we can try them one by one."
The five items are the "parchment imprinted with solar runes" purchased from Mr. Edmund, the "antique badge that can slightly enhance the power of the sun", the "heating pebbles" given by Miss Carina,
"Suspected to be the broken sword of the Sun Knight" and the "ruby with naturally occurring sun pattern flaws" obtained from Old John.
Among them, the ruby was the most expensive, and Miss Carina's two items confiscated Shade's money.
He didn't have much time, so he didn't waste any more time. He stood up and took these items to the altar. Although Miss Samuel was in poor condition, she still stood up hard and followed Shade.
Shade first stuffed the bottle containing the fire and the relic into the two grooves of the altar. As the items were put in, densely packed flowers spread from the circular grooves toward the square stone box in the center of the altar.
The warm yellow lines. If you look closely, you can see that they are actually two-fifths of the sunburst pattern.
"Meow!"
Mia seemed particularly excited and wanted to break away from Shade's arms, but Shade held her tightly.
"Look, what Brienne and I thought was right."
Miss Samuel said.
"After that"
The brooch made by Iluna was put into the third groove, and denser patterns covered the surface of the stone altar in front of her. Shade's guess was also correct:
"Then it's time to choose two out of five. I hope my luck isn't that bad."
Shade said softly, first putting the ruby into the groove, but it had no effect. Then he put the heated pebbles and the cut-off sword, but it had no effect either.
He immediately became nervous, as did the witch behind him.
Gu Yi
"Miss Samuel, you can do it next. I think my luck may be a bit bad."
"Is this some ridiculous superstition?"
The witch asked, but she still picked up the roll of parchment produced in the New World of the Sixth Age and placed it in the groove. The warm yellow lines slowly spread from around the groove to the center of the altar, making the sun pattern on the surface
become more obvious.
"Look, you really have better luck."
Shade breathed a sigh of relief, and the witch picked up the last badge and put it in the last groove. Both of them stared at it, but to no avail. Even though neither of them said anything and waited for ten seconds, there was still nothing.
phenomenon occurs.
"Fortunately, there is a backup plan. Shade, call out that god and use my power to form a book."
Miss Samuel stumbled and tried to sit back by the bonfire. Shade was worried that she would fall and quickly reached out to support her. This also gave little Mia the opportunity to jump out from the restraints of Shade's arms.
"Miss Samuel, we can try to think of other ways. If your last wish is consumed here, how will you leave the Valley of Death?"
He supported the weak-looking high-level witch, and the scholar from Zarath Academy said helplessly:
"But do we have any other options? If we can't open the seal and get the "Unknown Book of Sacrifice", the gods will not allow us to make a wish to leave."
"Think of other ways. Maybe you have other options."
An explosion of warm yellow light appeared behind Shade, and the light even instantly suppressed the light of the bonfire. Warm and sacred, Shade could not use more precise words to describe the light behind him, but he really felt that for a moment, the light behind him
It's the sun.
Turning around and looking, a complete sun pattern had appeared on the surface of the altar. As the light subsided, cracks appeared on the surface of the stone box in the center of the altar. Finally, the square stone box completely cracked, exposing the stone slab inside.
You don't need to look closely to see that at the last groove, little Mia squatted there quietly, with her back to Shade and the Witch, looking at the stone slab in the center of the altar.
Shade couldn't see the front of the cat, only the hair on its back and the short tail hanging down from the edge of the altar.
"this"
Before Shade could get closer again, Mia ran towards the stone slab with her short legs. She twitched her nose and sniffed, then raised her legs to step on it, and finally sat down. This posture was very strange to Shade.
Familiar, it always lies down in this position every time it wants to sleep.
"What's going on, what's wrong with my cat?"
Shade couldn't understand it at all, and looked at the cat in surprise. Then he went to see Miss Samuel, who asked softly:
"Has this cat shown any extraordinary power?"
Shade thought for a moment:
"Other than being extra smart, there's nothing special about it."
Except for absorbing a trace of divine power, the divinity that Shade used at that time came from the "Lord of the Blood Feast". That god has nothing to do with the "sun". In fact, the divinity that Shade has absorbed so far
Sex, not a single drop has anything to do with the sun.
"Did it show any abnormalities? For example, it occasionally disappeared for a period of time, or used potions related to the sun?"
Miss Samuel asked again.
"At least not when I adopted it. This cat was even a little timid and very reluctant to follow me out. As for before adopting it, its owner, Miss Mia Sang Gold, returned to the countryside to inherit the inheritance of her ancestors.
An ordinary girl.”
Miss Samuel nodded:
"Then there is only one possibility."
Shade looked at her expectantly.
"This cat of yours has a special bloodline, a bloodline related to the sun, and its bloodline is very noble."
Shade was greatly disappointed. Miss Carina had said this, and even Luvia had said it. They all believed that Mia's high intelligence came from the special bloodline of an unknown ancestor. Maybe her father's and mother's lines were not the same.
This specialness has been expressed, but in Mia's generation, blood suddenly became dominant.
This is not impossible. There is corresponding research at Sirkessis Higher Medical School.
[So, why do you expect that this cat has other special features? 】
The voice in his ears also sounded at this time. Shade couldn't give an answer, so he didn't answer:
"I will investigate the matter of this cat slowly in the future, and we will hand this over to the old sage in gray robe as soon as possible."
Shade said, reaching out to lift Mia off the slate, and then go to get the slate. But unexpectedly, the cat rarely resisted Shade, lying on the slate and unwilling to move.
It reminded Shade of the scene of hens lying on their nests he saw in the countryside of Fort Midhill.
After a long time, little Mia stood up reluctantly, swept the surface of the stone slab with her tail, and then jumped into Shade's hand. I don't know if it was an illusion, but Shade thought that the orange part of the cat's hair had changed.
It's even more shiny than before.
Shade reached out and pinched the cat in his arms, first the ears, then the belly, then the paws, then the tail, and then received a paw from Mia. He hoped that he could squeeze out something about this from Mia.
A new clue about the cat, but Mia probably doesn't have the ability to drop small notes when pinched.
Reaching out for the stone slab, the altar immediately collapsed. The stone material scattered into a pile of dust, and the three items originally in the groove, except for the relic [the body of the sunworm], all turned into dust.