Chapter 3318 Disappeared Records Unofficial History
After waiting for almost half an hour, when Xia Duo's patience was about to run out, an elf dressed up that was obviously incompatible with this tavern walked in from outside.
In an instant, the still noisy environment in the tavern suddenly became quiet, and more than half of the guests immediately wanted to get up and leave, but the elf was blocking the door, and no guest dared to walk past like this.
However, the guests inside were not allowed to leave, but the elf who had just arrived had no restrictions. He walked quickly into the lobby of the tavern, glanced back and forth, and finally set his sights on Xia Duo.
But he left quickly. If he hadn't observed carefully, he wouldn't even have noticed the pause. At the same time, the private interrogation had already begun:
"Are you Mage Athos? Lord Osmantus sent me here."
"I am." Chateau replied, and then asked, "What did he say?"
"My lord asked me to take you into the Starry Library. You need to change your clothes before entering. It's inconvenient here, so please come with me."
"Um."
Xia Duo agreed, then threw a gold coin tip on the table, and quickly left the tavern behind the elf who clearly had the mark of nobility on his body.
On the way, Sha Duo asked the other party how Osmantus allowed him to secretly enter the Library of Stars. Regarding this question, the elf was already prepared for this question. He immediately answered Sha Duo without even hesitating:
"In the past six months, the mysterious lock technician responsible for visitor authorization verification at Fanxing Library is a nephew of my family. He can postpone the news of your entry into the library until the end of the month at most. Of course, this is if you do not take the initiative to reveal your identity.
Down."
"Do you know who I am?" Xia Duo suddenly became curious.
"I know, but you are just Mage Athos today."
"All right!"
Xia Duo didn't ask any more questions, and even slowed down a little, just staring at the other person from a distance. After all, he still looked like a human at this moment. Although he had been disguised and was not his true face, he was just like this with a person.
The elves walking together are quite eye-catching.
Soon, the two walked two blocks one after another, and finally came to a quiet community built on the branches. On the way, Xia Duo also changed his body and appearance again, turning into a moon elf with golden pupils.
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When they arrived at the community, the elf took Xia Duo to a private villa surrounded by green trees. There was also a large family of elves living in the villa, but Xia Duo's arrival did not disturb them.
Under the control of Osmantus' subordinates, Shado seemed to have entered another dimension of the villa. The family did not notice it at all until he changed his clothes and left.
After leaving the villa, as if aware of Xia Duo's doubts, the elf took the initiative to explain: "The family of my lord's wife who lived there just now."
"..."
Shado was speechless, but became more curious. He asked the elf: "What is your relationship with Osmantus? Why did he even tell you about the existence of the wife in the outer chamber?"
Elf tradition advocates monogamy, but such traditions or even rules can never become a burden to the superiors. However, Xia Duo was somewhat shocked by such an unabashed display of his unconventional side in front of outsiders.
He felt that maybe this was the true nature of diplomats, and maybe it was also a true portrayal of the upper echelons of elf society. All traditions and rules were subsidiary, while strength and interests were fundamental.
However, regarding Xia Duo's question, the elf showed hesitation for the first time, but after hesitating for a while, he still told the truth:
"I am the illegitimate son of Lord Osmantus."
"..."
Sha Duo was shocked again. It turns out that there are elves in this world who use illegitimate children as tools! It must be said that in just a short period of time today, his impression of Osmantus has changed one after another.
But he was also a little confused, why did the other party do this?
He didn't think that all this was done by the elf in front of him. Without Osmantus's explicit consent, he didn't believe that an illegitimate son who was treated as a subordinate tool would have such courage!
Unable to figure it out, Xia Duo stopped thinking about it. It was not an important matter anyway.
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Soon, Shado followed the elf who claimed to be the illegitimate son of Osmantus and arrived at the upper level where the Starry Temple of the Branches was located.
The Stars Library is an ancillary building of the Stars Temple and is also a public library open to the outside world.
Speaking of which, Shado is not completely unfamiliar with this place. He came to the Temple of Stars before to attend the commendation and celebration dinner after the Metril incident.
It's just that I didn't expect that one day he would secretly go to the Starry Library.
Although it is an ancillary building of the Stars Temple, in terms of building area, it is not inferior to the main body of the temple. Along the way, although Taivi Mansa is currently under martial law, there are still people at the door of the Stars Library.
Elves are constantly coming in and out.
And looking at the attire of the elves, most of them were civilians. After asking Orin, the illegitimate son of Osmantus, Shado found out that it turned out that members of the upper-ranking families of Tevimansa almost never came to the Library of Stars.
It's not that they disdain the collections of public libraries, but that members of upper-class families can remotely access the Stars Library while sitting at home, and view various classics and materials according to their own permissions.
This was beyond Xia Duo's expectation. He originally thought that in the current era, there was no longer the form of remote access to the library as in ancient times, but he did not expect that Ye Erlan still retained it.
In ancient times, this form of library was very common, and there were even special types that only supported remote access but not offline reading.
However, this remote access method has a higher risk of permission leakage than ordinary offline reading, and relevant permissions can even be remotely hijacked.
Unless you are very confident in your own technology, rashly opening up remote access will only add a little more fodder to the almost stagnant magical world.
It seemed that Ye Erlan was quite confident in his ability in the field of remote authority verification, which inevitably ignited the passion in Sha Duo's heart to compete with him.
But forget it this time, he has something serious to do this time. If he has a chance next time, he will definitely try the library's ability to protect against remote intrusions.
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As Olin said, as long as Xia Duo doesn't behave strangely and isn't reported by other visitors, he won't attract any attention.
These visitors come to the library to find the information they want, and usually do not cause any trouble. In the lobby on the first floor of the library, Xia Duo saw several remote projections with only their upper bodies floating.
This is how members of the high-ranking family of Taivimansa access the library remotely, using the spell projections with specific functions provided by the library.
Even these high-ranking family members did not do anything to the civilian visitors who were also in the library. In fact, these high-ranking family members could do something.
For example, eviction.
Of course, strictly speaking, the library is required to provide a quieter environment. In this case, simply expelling civilian visitors is the easiest way for the library to do so.