"The blood-drop-shaped symbol is intertwined and covered with half a moonlight-like mark. The text on it is a bit like Latin twisted together in the past life. This is a rare type of text that does not belong to humans. About this type of text
Its origins can be traced back to at least the Fourth Era, or even the Third Era..."
Looking at the comparison table of ancient and modern characters on the book, Hodge recalled in his mind the contents of the characters and symbols that he planned to study in depth.
"Symbols, marks, although I still don't understand what they mean, but I seem to have found a little clue..."
"The mottled door corresponding to the blood cup, the special words on it are actually from the vampire clan?"
Hotch pointed to the incomplete Vampire text, compared it with the text in his mind one by one, and found many similarities.
Because the ancient text of this book is too incomplete, many of the contents are just fragments of words, making it difficult to analyze them in paragraphs. Hodge could only vaguely find the correct meaning of a few words, comparing them with the distorted text on the mottled door.
"Blood... holy object?"
"Your Majesty...King?"
Hotch muttered something under his breath, closed the book again, and breathed a long sigh of relief.
Hodge gathered his thoughts, thought for a while, put the books in his hands back on the bookshelf, strode out of the magic barrier without any regrets, passed the steps, and returned to the library.
At this moment, the door of the library was suddenly opened.
A black figure wearing a silver pointed-beak bird-head mask walked in.
Hodge glanced at the person who came and ignored him. He went back to the desk and sat down. He picked up his pen and started writing, summarizing.
Will stared at Hodge in surprise for a while, but after discovering something strange, he stood aside silently, merging with the shadows in silence.
Brush brush brush.
In the library, the sound of Hodge's pen sliding across the paper was echoing continuously.
Hodge's handwriting is extremely sloppy, mixed with Salom's universal script, Raymond script, and even some Chinese and English, mixed with each other to form a special cipher text that only Hodge himself can decipher.
"This time I entered the secret door and gained three things."
"First, I gained a preliminary understanding of mysticism and understood the connection between levels and the knowledge I learned. Learning knowledge beyond levels may cause mutations and contamination, and I formulated the rules for using the blood cup, a special sealed object."
"Two, initially give up the investigation of obviously high-level things such as mottled doors, dark spaces, silver keys, and blood cups. Curiosity will become a cause of death. You can make tentative attempts within the scope of your ability."
"Third, the blood cup corresponds to the words on the gate, which represents the vampire clan. It is possible that the blood cup may be the treasure of the vampire clan... Well, this is temporarily doubtful and can be used as a direction for further investigation."
At the end of the paper, Hoch added another sentence in Chinese - Curiosity killed the cat.
After writing this, Hodge's nervous mood relaxed a lot. He read it several times, then folded the paper, silently approached the magic lamp, let the magic lamp dimly lighted the paper, and threw it into the brazier.
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After doing this, Hodge looked at the paper that was burning and gradually turning into ashes, and asked casually, "What's the matter?"
"Back to the young master, the Marquis knows that you entered the secret door. He said that some books are not suitable for you to read now, so he asked me to stop you." Will, who was dressed as a doctor with a bird's beak, answered in the same unflattering tone.
"Then why didn't you stop what I was doing?"
Hotch looked at Will who emerged from the shadows and asked in an indifferent tone.
"Master, there is nothing abnormal about you. Except for some changes in your mood, everything is normal and does not need to be stopped." Will's slightly hoarse voice sounded in the room.
"Where is father?" Hotch stood up and asked.
"Go back to the young master, in the small living room on the left side of the first floor." Will replied.
"Um."
Huo Qi hummed lightly and strode out of the library, heading towards the first floor.
Will silently followed Hodge, landing silently, like a ghost.
A moment later, Hodge met his father, Marquis Bach, in the small living room.
"Is there anything gained?" Marquis Bach first observed Hodge's condition, and then asked in a soft tone.
"Yes, the harvest is not small." Hodge did not hide anything and said directly: "The book "Occultism and Minority Language" was of great help to me."
"Oh, that one..." Marquis Bach understood something, nodded, and said, "How many articles have you read?"
"Just finish reading the first article and give up your stupid curiosity." A wry smile appeared on Hodge's face and he complained: "Father, you are too bad. You deliberately put this kind of book in the most conspicuous position."
"So, after reading this article, you left the secret door room?" Marquis Bach said while turning his eyes to Will.
Will, who was behind Hotch, nodded slightly and responded.
"I wanted to continue, but after thinking about it, I gave up my foolish curiosity." Hodge answered using the content in the book.
"It's good to know how to advance and retreat." Marquis Bach nodded slightly and expressed his appreciation for Hodge's move to stop reading: "That book was indeed left by me to remind you. I originally planned to let you take it with you after you become Sequence 9.
Let’s read and study together with you.”
"But now that you've seen it, it doesn't matter."
"Hodge, you have to remember, don't pry into the knowledge beyond your own level, don't listen to the nonsense beyond your own level, and don't look at the shadow of this world that doesn't exist."
"I have seen too many people die tragically because of curiosity, and I have also seen many people who became crazy because of listening to strange ravings. Many of the folklore legends in that book are not fictional, and basically have corresponding historical materials.
The record was just erased."
Marquis Bach said this in an understatement.
Hotch only felt his scalp numb, and that weird feeling came to his heart again. He was extremely lucky that he stopped reading in time and stopped delving into the meaning of the mottled gate symbols and markings.
Although Hodge doesn't know what those things mean for the time being?
But the level of these things is obviously higher than the mid-sequence, at least the power at the saint level.
To pry into the secrets of the Saint level when you are not yet at the level of Sequence 9?
Hodge only felt that he was seeking death!
Fortunately, because of this book, he stopped seeking death in time.
Otherwise, any kind of change is possible, and it may even affect innocent people, parents and the entire castle.
"Yes, father, I understand." Hoch nodded seriously and said, "I will not go to the secret door room again before I am promoted to Sequence 9."
"When I have enough power, I will continue to learn."
"Well, as long as you understand." Marquis Bach nodded slightly, glanced at the time on the wall clock, and said softly: "Let's go, your mother is back, let's go and greet her."
"good."
Hotch unconsciously became nervous. He knew very well that he was finally coming to the second step of the plan.
That was to find out the information about the gathering of Her Royal Highness the Princess from the mouth of her mother, Mrs. Belle.
Especially things that may involve the Marquis's residence...