The Record of Initiation - Legacy of Nightmares Chapter 1 Sophia is not Sophia
The Imperial Library is a duplex, one-story building with a height of eight meters. The exterior wall has been repaired many times, and the shabby historical feeling smeared on it with gray-white stone powder gushed out.
When you walk into the door, you will see the new building. The new building is very clean and tidy. Because of the effect of the dust-free spell, every stone brick is incredibly bright.
The oak bookshelves arranged in the first public reading area are as neat as a line of guards. The space in the public reading area is very spacious, but there are no tables and chairs.
Sophia Zekin, one of the administrators of the Royal Library in Lamesa City and the adopted daughter of Granny Vishal, is reading a children's fairy tale book in the public area.
This girl's hair is slightly curly and reaches her back. Part of her hair is braided into two braids and placed on top of her loose hair. She wears a sky blue hairpin given by her friend. She also wears it around her neck to refresh herself.
Rose rosary necklace, and a single right pupil eye connected by a chain to assist reading.
Sophia's skin is fair, with a slight flesh color. She has good facial features, the color of her eyes is holy blue, and her ears are slightly pointier than ordinary people, but it is difficult to detect without careful observation, and they are often hidden in her long hair. Her face has a little baby fat.
, but there was no expression on her face. At this time, her friend Miller ran into the library in a panic and ran in this direction.
Upon noticing Miller's arrival, Sophia closed the book in her hand and held it in her hand. The girl made a quiet gesture, approached Miller and lowered her voice and asked, "What's wrong? Miller, you are so panicked."
Miller's footsteps echoed in the empty library. She was panting and supported her knees with her hands. While panting, she lowered her voice and said to Sophia: "Huh, uh, it's not good~ It's not good, Sophia-chan~"
[Ah, don’t divert other people’s attention to us, Miller!] Sophia lamented feebly in her heart and looked around. Then she said to the people nearby who were also reading but looking here.
He made an apologetic gesture, and then put the book in his hand back on the bookshelf. Fortunately, it was now one o'clock at noon, and most people had gone to eat. The remaining people also looked at them with understanding, or they didn't notice the two at all.
A young girl.
Sophia stretched out her hand to gently help Miller calm down, then took her hand and took her out of the library, heading outside the library before asking her what happened. After walking out of the library for a while, Miller regained his breath.
After seeing her adjusting her breath, Sophia asked: "Miller, what happened? You are so panicked?"
"My father heard something incredible at the meeting today!" Sophia knew that Miller was the eldest daughter of a noble family, but only famous or powerful families could participate in the meeting. Sophia didn't know about Miller.
Miller himself had never mentioned that his father had this qualification, and she had never inquired about it.
Sophia silently lamented that Miller never looked like an aristocratic lady, but it was fortunate that she could be friends with her. Then the girl made a continuing gesture and asked: "Then what?" Thinking that Miller rarely came here in such a panic.
Asking for silence in the library, she guessed the reason: "It doesn't have anything to do with us, does it?"
"Grandma Weixia's work of deciphering the ancient books that she started half a year ago has made progress. The book seems to record things about the evil god." Miller held Sophia's shoulders, looked around, and whispered in his ear: "It seems to have been discovered.
We found the exact address, which should be the withered woods outside the city. The big shots agreed that His Majesty the Emperor should be informed secretly and quickly, and now various churches have begun secret preparations."
"Evil God?! No way?" Sophia exclaimed in a low voice, but turned around and asked again: "But if it is Granny Weixia, then it should be very possible. But, which forest are you talking about?
?" Sofia, who never liked going out, didn't know where the woods Miller was referring to were.
Miller pointed to the north of the city, then pushed Sophia away a little and said excitedly, his voice almost uncontrollable: "But, they asked Granny Weixia to recommend candidates. Granny Weixia's candidates include Sophia-chan!
How can such a dangerous thing be left to Sophia-chan!"
"Okay, okay. Miller, please don't be so excited." Sophia put her hands on Miller's shoulders, habitually comforting her excited friend.
"Ah ah ah~ I have classes to attend in the afternoon and I'm going to be late. I'm leaving now. See you tomorrow!" Miller suddenly remembered that he had to go to class, and then ran to school in a hurry.
Watching Miller run away with sparks and lightning, Sophia shook her head helplessly. [At this time, her mother-in-law may be at home, so I’ll ask her when I see her.] Calculating the time in her mind, the girl took her belongings with her
Come on, go home.
Sofia's home is not far from the library. After walking for a while, Sofia returned to the door and took out the key and opened the wooden door.
"I'm back~"
No one at home answered. After closing the door, Sophia took off her shoes and put on her socks, and walked to her mother-in-law's bedroom on the wooden floor. The door of the bedroom was ajar.
"Mother-in-law, are you there?" Sophia knocked on the door gently, waited for a few seconds and saw no response, then gently opened the door.
The door was pushed open a little by the girl, and the mother-in-law could not be seen in the crack of the door. After the door was fully pushed open, the quilts and pillows on the bed in the room were neatly arranged, and there was an envelope and a dozen papyrus and quills on the table.
Leaning quietly next to the ink bottle.
[Envelope?] Seeing that her mother-in-law was not in the room, curiosity drove Sophia into the room. The girl picked up the envelope to see if there was a signature on it. The envelope was not sealed with clay, and there was no signature, but it was on the papyrus.
It's a commission from the Adventurer's Guild.
[This must be for that mission] Thinking like this, Sofia picked up the papyrus and roughly looked at the contents. The content of the commission was probably to hire adventurers to assist historians in exploring newly discovered ruins on the outskirts of the Yizilo Mountains.
Sophia put down the papyrus and opened the envelope to see if there was any paper inside, but there was none.
After putting things back in their place, Sophia left her mother-in-law's room and took a sip of water that had been left to dry in a glass bottle on the wooden table in the living room. The girl was thinking about what to do next.
[Let’s wait for her mother-in-law to come back first, and then ask for details] After making plans, Sophia started to make a simple lunch, while thinking that her mother-in-law might still be somewhere and not come back at this time.
Because her mother-in-law has been very busy these days and has no time to buy vegetables and cook. So Sofia simply put some fresh carrot leaves and dried carrots in the water, then boiled it over fire. Then put the leftovers in the bowl and put them in enough space.
Some hard white bread was soaked in it, and a little salt was sprinkled on it, which filled my stomach.
[I must learn how to cook from my mother-in-law in the future] After Sofia finished her not-so-tasty lunch, she simply cleaned up the food waste and hygiene.
After cleaning the dishes and sweeping the wooden floor, Sophia fell into a state of not knowing what to do again. She had to wait for her mother-in-law today, so she couldn't go to the library to read. The girl sat on a chair to relax for a while and decided to find something at home.
Something to do. So she went back to the bedroom and looked for the book she bought not long ago and read it.
The room was stuffy, and Sophia fell asleep on the table as she watched. When she woke up again, it was already past six o'clock in the evening. The red light of the setting sun filtered in from the window on the back of the house, but her mother-in-law still didn't
return.
[At this time, my mother-in-law still hasn’t come back. Could something have happened?] Sofia was a little worried and decided to go find her mother-in-law. While thinking about where her mother-in-law might stay, she brought the things she needed to go out at night. But the girl
I didn’t expect her mother-in-law to stay anywhere other than the library, and the library was closed at this time. However, Sofia knew that her mother-in-law was an old acquaintance with Jasons, the vice-president of the Lamesa Adventurer Guild. Maybe she could ask the vice-president.
President.
[Vice President Jason may know where my mother-in-law is, I have to go there.] Sophia took her things and went out, preparing to go to the Lamesa Adventurer Guild. By chance, after changing her shoes, Sophia was about to open the door and set off.
Someone knocked on the door. Of course it wasn't my mother-in-law, who had the key.
"Who is it?" Although Sophia was an extraordinary professional, she followed the minimum level of caution and did not open the door.
"I am Jason, the vice president of the Adventurer's Guild. Wei Xia has made an appointment to treat me to dinner tonight. Isn't she at home?" A mature male voice came from outside. Sofia had met Jason once when she was a child, although she couldn't think of it.
Got up. But the security in Lamesa is still very good, and no matter how bad it is, Sophia is also a mage.
"Is it Mr. Jason?" Sofia felt right when she heard the visitor's name and opened the door without any suspicion.
A one-eyed middle-aged man who was six feet tall but looked old stood outside the door. He was wearing ordinary civilian clothes, but they were quite new.
"Oh, it's little Sophia. She's grown a lot after two years of absence."
"Good evening, Mr. Jason." The girl tried to force out a smile that she was not good at.
"Did Wei Xia go shopping?" Jason stood outside the door and didn't intend to go in. What a gentleman.
"No, I haven't seen my mother-in-law since noon today." Sofia shook her head and said, "I just wanted to find you and ask if you knew where your mother-in-law was."
Jason frowned and said, "It's strange. I had something to do, so I only talked about it over dinner. Haven't you gone home yet..."
"Don't you know where she is?" Sofia almost repeated, maybe a little anxious.
"She used magic to send me a message this morning. Normally, we don't meet even if nothing happens."
Sophia remembered the stack of papyrus in the bedroom. Unlike her usual self, Sophia didn't even change her shoes, so she hurriedly took out the papyrus with writing on it and handed the part about the commission to Jason.
Jasons, who was waiting outside the door, took it and looked at the content above. "This is exactly what we plan to discuss, but we can't know where Weixia is based on this..." He seemed to want to say something, Zhang
He opened his mouth but still didn't say the next words.
"Can you tell me what you know?" Sensing Jason's change, Sophia asked anxiously.
"It's nothing, you can rest first. I will come to visit again tomorrow. If I haven't come back yet, I will deal with this matter. Weixia is a very strong high-level spellcaster. It will be okay, don't worry." Jason Siyang
Li Yang held the papyrus in his hand and asked, "I'll just take this commission, is that okay?"
"Okay... then I'll trouble you." Looking up at the tall Jason in front of her, Sophia could only choose to believe that her mother-in-law, who had always been very powerful in her heart, would be fine. She could only follow Jason's advice,
Returning home, the girl took an early rest after finishing the daily notes. This chapter has been completed!