"In the previous battle, the library on the Tribunal side was seriously damaged, so the more precious books and materials were moved here."
Raleye was still leading the way.
Naturally, their entry into the ruling court was unimpeded.
The spy chief of Entrod introduced Ronald to the situation nearby, and at the same time, he also took Ronald to a location quite far back in the building for the first time.
During this period of time living in Entrod, Ronald now has the most basic understanding of the architectural style here. The position he is so deep into now should be the area at the back of the ruling court that is used for living.
in other words.
This is where the Entrod royal family once lived.
"So all the books in the original library have now been moved to such a back location?" Ronald asked R'lye curiously.
And the head of Entrod's secret service just showed him a complicated smile: "It is human nature to put precious things closer to you."
"..."
During a few casual conversations.
The two walked through the intricately decorated corridors and finally entered the door of a room that looked like a collection room.
Click——
Raleye simply stepped forward and opened the door.
The magic power fluctuations that caused the guardian spell to be temporarily lifted also appeared.
Ronald looked around the house. There were no human guards here. The ruler of Entrod trusted the protective spell here very much.
Immediately, Raleye brought Ronald in generously.
In the collection room illuminated by candlelight.
The desk and chairs were neatly placed in a very conspicuous position, and a wooden box that had been prepared long ago was placed steadily on the desk.
I only see the picture in front of me.
Ronald knew that preparations had been made.
"Then I'll start now?"
Ronald gave Raleye a questioning look.
The spy chief skillfully took ink, paper and pen from the side, placed these items on the desk, and made a gesture to invite Ronald to sit down. Then Raleye explained in a gentle tone:
"Mr. Ronald, you can start at any time."
"But for the most basic confidentiality work, I hope that you should not leave this room before you finish deciphering this original book. If you have any needs, you can ring this bell, and you will be there within one minute.
There will be someone to handle all your needs.”
Along with this explanation, Raleye took out a golden bell from his arms and placed it in front of Ronald who had just taken his seat.
Both parties explained their work well and related questions were answered.
After that, it was natural to decipher the original code.
However, in view of the time-consuming nature of this work, Laleye, who was still busy with official duties, immediately walked out from the original road, and then carefully re-sealed the door.
Snap——
The door is closed.
With the reactivation of the defensive spell, the outside world and the inside of the house seemed to be instantly separated into two worlds, and everything around them became quiet and scary.
throughout the room.
Except for the sound of Ronald's own breathing and the light of the burning candle.
No more subtle movements can be detected.
"Okay, let's start the work..."
Since you agree to the other party's request from the beginning.
Naturally, Ronald would not do anything about the actual work at this moment.
After relaxing his arms a little, he first placed the pen and paper in a convenient position according to his personal habits, and then took out the original text to be translated today from the wooden box.
This source code is not active.
Although the pages are yellowed, they don't have the vicissitudes of those old original books in the past.
If we only evaluate it based on first impressions, Ronald feels that this should be a book that is close to modern times. At the same time, the few pages also show that the content of this original text is not much.
So...what kind of book would this be?
With such curiosity, Ronald focused his eyes on the first line of words on the page.
"When he was thirty years old, Randolph Carter lost his key to the door to dreams..."
"Um--"
"well……"
"ha?"
The first second after seeing the first sentence, Ronald actually didn't react at the first moment.
But soon.
He, who was not a man of poetry and literature, realized what the essence of this thing was.
Even though the actual name of the original text is not directly marked on the manuscript-like pages, Ronald can 100% confirm that this prose-length work...
It should be "Silver Key"!
Well... do you really want to translate it yourself?
In other words, if you sit in this claustrophobic environment and translate this kind of thing, you won't have any problems, right?
Ronald now has countless questions in his mind.
There are also subtle surprises after previous conjectures were directly verified.
Sure enough, this series of works, which has considerable influence in the cultural field, has also become an original classic in this world.
At this moment.
Ronald didn't even have to think about the original text.
As long as you see the name itself, you can guess how difficult this kind of original trial will be.
Even if Ronald were to list all the original books he had come into contact with in his memory, I am afraid that the difficulty of learning the spells in that original book would not be higher than the simple pages in front of him.
"Hiss-hoo-"
Ronald took a deep breath.
In order to ensure that his understanding of the things in front of him was perfect, he continued to read along the first line of text:
"Before that year, as a kind of compensation for his ordinary life, Carter had wandered every night in some strange and ancient cities that did not exist in this world; wandered in some cities located in the ether sea.
On the other side, there are beautiful gardens full of wonders."
alright!
Foolproof!
Absolutely impossible to go wrong!
This must be Lovecraft's work - "The Silver Key"!
Ronald could even boldly guess that the mystery that requires the contents of this original book to be solved is probably also one of the original books of the Cthulhu series.
Maybe it's "Through the Silver Key"?
What should I say...
This former royal family of Entrod really has a lot of talent, and dares to put this kind of original book in his own palace!
And also because of the appearance of this original book.
A question that Ronald had always thought might be a coincidence was brought before him again - Raleye.
After it became clear that there were original Cthulhu texts in the palace, the spy leader who wrote his name as a certain underwater city...
Could it be that he is actually more crazy, evil and contradictory than those cult warlocks?
"..."
"Haha, interesting."
After thinking briefly, Ronald chose to continue translating the original text.
Of course this moment is different from before.
He didn't plan to run away as soon as the translation was over, and everything would be fine.
It is one thing to abide by the promise and complete the translation of the original text, but to ensure that the other party does not use the original text that he has translated to make any big news, that is what Ronald intends to ensure.