Complaining about his laziness in his heart, Shade carefully let go of Luvia who was hugged by him, but the motion of getting up still woke up the purple-eyed girl. Luvia, Dorothy and Lesia all knew that Shade
I have the habit of getting up on time, so I'm not surprised that he woke up now.
"Louvia, come and pick out a few items."
Shade sat up and took the wooden box from the bedside table. After opening it, he handed it to Luvia. Luvia was sleepy and did not leave the warm quilt. She asked Shade to put the wooden box on the pillow:
"Really, getting up with girls and immediately giving them beautiful jewels and jewelry, detective, where did you learn this bad habit?"
Even so, she still lay on her side and took away a purple gem. The color of the gem was very similar to her eyes.
Shade didn't respond to Luvia's teasing. He looked around and didn't see little Mia. He didn't remember where the cat was last night, but he only remembered that Luvia's new pajamas were very beautiful.
"Mia?"
After getting dressed and walking out of the bedroom, he saw the cat looking at him pitifully in the air. The reason it was in the air was because Shade didn't collect the palm-sized slate with silver corners last night.
Get up, and now the cat is lying on the stone slab floating in the air.
It was not the first time that Luvia stayed overnight in Saint Teresa Square, so she stored some of her own clothes in the astrology room reserved for her on the third floor. There was no need to rush home to change clothes this morning.
So I had breakfast with Shade, and then went to work on Silver Cross Avenue.
Even because Saint Teresa Square was closer to Silver Cross Avenue, she didn't have to worry.
While having breakfast, Shade mentioned that the "Lady of the Lake" promised him that for every completion of the first three trials, he could get a gift or bring a friend to see her. The first time Shade brought him
After losing Sister Devlin, Shade now has two chances left.
Priest August is unwilling to see another angel. You can ask the doctor again. Although Dorothy and Lesia are also very special, they cannot use the [Magician's Escape Box] that can only be used by high-level warlocks.
Although Luvia was of a lower level than the two princesses, Shade believed that she could use the relic, so during breakfast that day, he asked Luvia about her wishes. But something very unexpected happened.
, Luvia refused without thinking:
"I don't have any questions to ask, and I don't have any wishes that others can help me realize. I won't take the initiative to meet anyone who may be related to higher-dimensional existence. Yes, Shade, thank you for your kindness, but I want this
Opportunities you can give to others."
She said so categorically that Shade, who originally wanted to ask for the reason, couldn't open his mouth. But thinking about it carefully, this should be related to the time curse on Luvia. She was rejected by time and was even exempted from the unknown relic [Backtracking].
[At that time]. Although Shade still doesn’t know what Luvia did to make her so special, but she must have destroyed something important.
Today, Shade is still busy, but he still dare not leave precious Mia at home. He originally thought of sending her to Miss Carina's manor for "refuge", but Luvia took the initiative to take care of it.
Responsibilities in a Cat's Day:
"I took it to the Oracle Association. The association does not prohibit bringing cats to work. Besides, doesn't it fit in with people's stereotypes that fortune tellers own a cat?"
The purple-eyed girl said, and Mia was reluctantly taken away by her.
While completing Old John's delivery mission on Saturday night, Shade helped the ring warlocks in Apna Library escape from the church's pursuit, and unexpectedly discovered that "Guiding Moon" Sir Shapley was suspected of being an academic spy.
When sending the guy injured by the church ring warlock to No. 21 Ikem Street in Tobesk University District, Shade proposed a deal, and Tuesday morning was the time the two parties agreed to meet.
The reason why we agreed to meet in the morning was because only by appearing in that kind of neighborhood in the morning wearing black robes could we not be discovered. When Shade knocked on the door of No. 21 in the early morning fog, the door was almost immediately occupied.
opened.
He walked into the room in a flash, and then complained softly to the man who opened the door:
"Oh, damn it, don't you pay for city heating?"
The temperature inside the house is simply colder than outside the house.
The person who opened the door for Shade was a ring warlock he had never seen before. When shaking hands, Shade confirmed that his level was the sixth ring, the same as Dr. Schneider. He was taciturn and called himself "Mr. Liebert", leading Shade directly.
Went to the study room on the first floor.
Except for the door and window, all the four walls of the study are covered with bookcases. There are desks and sofa sets on the floor, and tea sets have already been placed on the wooden coffee table, but of course Shade will not drink it.
Tea here.
The two of them did not waste time chatting, and the conversation went directly to the topic:
"The news on Saturday night was indeed leaked from our side, which led to you being rounded up by the Peace Church team. As compensation, I have negotiated terms with the gentleman from the monastery and will try my best to complete the deal you proposed.
Sir, what do you need?"
Shade was wearing a robe and a mask, and his voice behind the mask was very hoarse:
"I need a stone slab. After the collapse of the cult of the old god [Grey Robe Sage], some people joined you. At that time, they not only brought you an astonishing number of books, but also some special items. Among them should be
There is a stone slab, which is roughly square in shape, with four corners surrounded by collision angles. After touching it, there is a probability of obtaining spiritual runes or knowledge of thaumaturgy."
Shade described based on the stone slabs he had already obtained, "The Sage in Gray Robe" had no reason to make the three stone slabs look very different. After it was confirmed that one of the stone slabs was rectangular, the other two would not be round or triangular.
The man who entertained Shade was silent for a moment:
"I'm going to confirm whether the items you described are still in our hands."
He stood up and left. Shade sat alone in the empty room and opened today's newspaper on the coffee table. Mr. Lebert came back about half an hour later. He presumably contacted the headquarters of the [Apna Library]:
"Yes, the slate is indeed in our hands. We believe it is a book, but no one has been able to discover its secret so far. Its size is consistent with your description. There are no letters on the front and back, four
The bumper is made of a material similar to ruby."
The corner of the stone slab in Shad's hand is made of metallic silver. Since the one in the hands of Apna Library is ruby, then the corner of the last stone slab suspected to be in St. Byrons is most likely to be yellow, but it is not certain.
Brass or gold, but also topaz:
"Oh, it's fine if it's in your hands. Please give me a price."
Mr. Lebert nodded:
"We never use money to judge the value of a book. We prefer to barter. Although we don't know what this stone is, it must be an item from the previous era. Its value...
.”
"There is no need to emphasize its value. I believe I know more than you. Please tell me directly what I have to pay."
Shade interrupted him.
"Books, valuable books."
"The gentleman from the monastery must have secured some convenience for me, so please tell me what book it is."
Mr. Lebert was silent for a moment:
"I have to admit that the old gentleman from the monastery is really good at bargaining, but the value of that stone slab will not be the same as the cabbage in the market. You only need to pay a few books, which record the handwriting that can obtain the knowledge of spiritual runes.
Copies of books will suffice, and later large sums of gold pounds can be used to make up for it.”
Shade felt that this was probably Old John personally negotiating the price. After all, although everyone likes gold pounds, sometimes the items pursued by the ring wizards are really priceless treasures. The Apuna Library generally does not accept cash transactions:
"If you need a book, is this okay?"
Shade put his hand into his pocket and took out the book "The Creeper in the Dark" that he found in the river cave yesterday. He could get the "Snake" spirit rune.
The spiritual runes related to animals are completely incompatible with Shade's Ring Warlock system. He himself has no intention of controlling snakes, turning into snakes, or becoming a bald man with no nostrils and eyebrows. Others around him are not suitable for this kind of spiritual runes.
Shade originally planned to sell it to Mr. Edmond in Coldwater Port over the weekend, so he took it out to try his luck. Unexpectedly, the man talking to Shade immediately recognized the origin of the book:
"Book of the Pantanal."
Mr. Lebert muttered and flipped through the pages quickly:
"It should be the translated edition in 1795. The word errors on pages nine and eleven are the most important features of this edition. Your book should be one of those translated manuscripts."
He said and sniffed again:
"The smell of the ink is okay. The ink is mixed with shepherd flowers that are unique to the Pantanal area. As of 1853, there are no more than 27 manuscripts of this edition of the book. We got it more than ten years ago.
A copy of "The Creeper in the Dark" is in very poor condition, with a quarter of the page missing. I didn't expect to see such a well-preserved copy today."
Shade noticed that while he was quickly flipping through the book in his hand, his eyes were slightly emitting a light blue light. This was not the magic eye, because Shade did not feel the whisper element. This should be the unique magic mastered by the [Apna Library].
Technique for checking books.
"This is considered stolen goods."
Shade emphasized, and the man nodded:
"It doesn't matter whether it's stolen goods or not. We have very professional distressing and disguise skills."
Mr. Lebert placed the book on the coffee table between the two of them:
"This is a good collection, but you have to know that this book is far inferior to the antiquities from the previous era that you want to get."
He twirled his fingers at Shade, and Shade snorted:
"Of course, as long as the antiquities do not belong to the Sixth Age, the price will increase exponentially. Tell me, how much price should I add? Several thousand pounds? Tens of thousands of pounds? Or, you want me to do something else for you.
?”
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
ps: There is a recommendation on the 26th. When the time comes, there will be an update, at least 1w.
There has been a little less talk in this chapter in the past few days, but the reading data has not changed much. It seems that there are fewer places to complain.