After the class on Tuesday morning, Isabel came to Aiwass for dinner as a routine.
Isabel has a lot of things she wants to share with Aiwass. From last Friday to today, when the two have not met, the topics have been backlogged for four days.
In the past, Isabel had no concept of time. For her, daily life was an infinitely repetitive cycle, and she had no expectations for the next day.
But now the situation is different. She is looking forward to being promoted together with Aiwass, looking forward to their adventures in the dream world, and experiencing another life together; she is also looking forward to chatting with Aiwass and sharing the interesting things in each other's lives recently.
thing.
Even though this kind of sharing happens every day, the content is completely different.
In the past, Isabel still liked weekends. Because every weekend, she could stay quietly in the Palace of Silver and Tin without talking to anyone. She could sing, draw, and play musical instruments there by herself, and time would blink in the blink of an eye.
It's over.
The tranquility of being isolated from the world can always heal her tired mind.
But now as the weekend approaches, Isabel will become worried about gains and losses. Because she won’t see Aiwass for the next few days, and she has gradually become accustomed to talking with others. Once she adapts to that kind of life, she will know how to
Because of loneliness.
Therefore, Isabel will carefully prepare a notebook with the topic plans she has prepared. She and Aiwass are not in the same academic department. They can only see each other steadily for more than three hours at noon every day, and they may not even be free in the afternoon-the two
There is often something unexpected happening between individuals.
This leads to the fact that sometimes she misses the topics she wants to talk about. She obviously met something interesting last night or in the morning, but she forgot to mention it after they met. She didn’t think of it until they separated, and the next time they chatted was already a day away.
What happened next... After doing this a few times, Isabel began to take notes, make some plans and preparations for the chat session, and record down the questions she had thought about or the interesting things she wanted to say.
She heard last night that Aiwass brought his sister to school. Isabel was very curious at that time, because she had known that Aiwass's sister was frail and sick and rarely went out to see the wind.
Now that she suddenly went out, she must have finally recovered from her illness, right?
Isabel is quite curious about Aiwass' sister, because Aiwass often uses "Yuli" as a topic of conversation. Although she has never met Yulia Moriarty, Isabel already has a considerable understanding of her.
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Her character... seems to be somewhat similar to mine?
Thinking that both of them have no friends, and both have a good relationship with Aiwass. Maybe they can have a common topic and become friends?
So Isabel offered to meet Yulia, and Aiwass readily agreed.
After asking Aiwass what his sister liked, Isabel went back to prepare.
It was only at this time that she realized that she was indeed the princess of Avalon - obviously everything should be quite troublesome, but she just mentioned that it was ready before the end of the afternoon class.
Although she had the key to No. 14 Ronin Street, in order not to give Yulia a bad impression, Isabel nervously rang the doorbell at the door.
The so-called comparing one's heart with another's - Isabel thought for a while. If it were herself, if the door of the room where she was staying was suddenly opened by a stranger, she would definitely feel uneasy. No matter who the person was, Isabel would only feel subconsciously.
discomfort and resistance.
Fortunately, she lives in the Palace of Silver and Tin and doesn't have that opportunity.
What surprised Isabel was that it was not Lily who opened the door, but a cute girl she had never seen before——
Isabel is not too tall to begin with, but Yulia is half a head shorter than her.
The long white hair hangs down to her waist, and the bangs covering her forehead and temples make the girl's already petite face look even more delicate.
Her eyes were a rare, warm color like rubies. Isabel subconsciously thought of the candies she usually likes to eat.
...surprisingly very energetic.
"elder sister……"
Yulia made a soft voice: "Who are you looking for?"
Hearing this, a gentle smile appeared on Isabel's face unconsciously.
She is not the youngest in the family. Except for her two-year-old brother who is still alive today, Isabel still had younger brothers and sisters. But they are all dead now.
"I'm looking for Aiwass...at the same time, I'm also looking for you."
Isabel closed the door and subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch Yulia's hair - the girl's white hair was not as white as an old man's bones, nor was it pale and cold. Instead, it felt slightly warm.
, people can see the vitality and vitality at a glance.
The satin-smooth feeling gave Isabel a phantom-like touch from the tips of her fingers without even touching it.
She even wanted to touch Yulia's cheek. She was so cute, just like her grandmother's cat.
But she felt that was too rude - Aiwass said that Yulia was a very shy and timid girl. This would scare her.
"You are Yulia, right," Isabel said softly, "I prepared a gift for you..."
With that said, she handed the satchel she carried with her to Yulia.
Yulia tilted her head slightly while holding her bag, looking a little confused.
"open to take a look."
Isabel encouraged softly.
She was actually a little uneasy, because she was a little confused about the gift she chose - even though Aiwass swore that this was what Yulia liked.
But Isabel still felt that this was too strange. Why would a fifteen-year-old girl like these?
Yulia opened her satchel and found three thick books inside.
"The Triumphal Carriage of Antimony", "Theory of Transmutation of Metals: Special Agents and Modified Metals", "Astronomy of the Lower World".
"This is--"
Yulia's eyes suddenly lit up, and her whole body became excited.
Because these three books are all very famous alchemy works, and they are also books that cannot be bought through normal channels in Avalon.
"The Triumphal Carriage of Antimony" is a sacred book written by Valentine I, the founder of the Kingdom of Star Antimony, and "Astronomy of the Lower World" is an ancient alchemist's summary of alchemy - it regards alchemy as "
"Lower Astronomy" corresponds to the real astronomy "Upper Astronomy".
Transmutation is an alchemical term. It refers to one substance being changed into another substance, and one element being changed into another element... For example, a specific base metal is transformed into silver or
gold.
In this process, a transformation agent with mysterious properties is needed. It is a "special agent". It only consumes a small part to carry out a large amount of metal modification. Different types of special agents required for different alchemical processes are synthesized.
The methods and amounts used are different.
The essence of the legendary "Philosopher's Stone" is the ultimate special agent - only a small amount is needed to transform base metals hundreds of thousands of times its weight into gold. This is also what the alchemist said
One of the three ultimate goals we pursue.
It is equally famous as "life creation" and "universal solvent". The latter refers to a universal solvent that can dissolve all substances in the universe and return them to their most basic properties, so that any substance can participate in alchemy
among.
These three books respectively explain the three general directions of alchemy: "spiritual sublimation", "material modification" and "conceptual projection". It can be said that they contain the foundation of the entire modern alchemy.
This is not a popular science book for laymen, but something that only extraordinary people who are serious about alchemy research should start reading.
Although this is not a tantric book, if you can fully understand these three books, you can also obtain at least three mysterious skills from them, and then change your profession to become a real alchemist.
Yulia has a Star Antimony version of "Antimony's Triumphal Car", which is in the professor's collection. She has almost broken it... She has read it at least ten times, and can memorize many chapters directly.
But after all, she didn’t quite understand Star Antimony.
Even after repeatedly consulting the dictionary, she still couldn't understand some of the rare words, alchemical terms and coined words in the book. She often asked Professor Moriarty to help interpret words and passages that she couldn't understand.
The remaining two books are not even in the professor's collection - the former is too introductory for the professor, but it records the mysterious skill "substance transformation" necessary for changing the profession of alchemist.
The latter is another field that none of the professors have studied... It is a mysterious alchemy that uses the names and concepts of gods, similar to prayers and rituals.
It is impossible to buy these books in Avalon. They are completely forbidden books.
There are some in the library of Wangli University of Law, but the books in the library must be returned after reading... This makes Yulia a little reluctant. Moreover, Aiwass also has books that he wants to read, and Yulia doesn't want to use them.
I can use my brother's quota to borrow the books I want to read.
Yulia flipped through it a little, and was surprised to find that they were not typed out on a typewriter, but handwritten in their entirety!
These books are written in Avalonian, and the handwriting appears vigorous and powerful. Some notes, corrections and conjectures were written down in the content——
Apparently, this is the "first draft translation" of the Avalonian versions of these books today.
"...You should be Her Royal Highness Princess Isabel, right?"
Yulia no longer dared to pretend not to know the other person. She even hesitated: "Can I accept such a precious thing?"
She liked them very much. But because of this, she could feel the value of these books - and she even dared not accept them.
There is always a feeling, as if collecting these books is going to sell my brother...
"it does not matter."
Isabel smiled and said: "This set of books was a gift given to my grandmother by the president of Milton University... Because of my grandmother's education reform back then, alchemy was no longer a taboo. And in order to support this policy, he
The eleven alchemical works that I translated were sent to my grandmother, so that they became the basis for the textbooks compiled by the University of Avalon Law.
"After the textbooks were compiled, these books became my grandmother's private collection. Later, my talent for the authoritarian path was not good, so my grandmother gave them to me.
"I also thought about whether to learn alchemy. But it turned out to be too complicated for me. Aiwass said you like alchemy... It's great that you like it, so that knowledge will not be wasted.
It is a real misfortune that such a good book is left unread.
"Just keep them safely, Yulia."
Isabel said softly: "I want to become a great alchemist."
"Thank you sister!!"
Yulia was very happy and carefully put them back into the bag.
Seeing that Yulia really liked the gift she gave, Isabel also breathed a sigh of relief.
Aiwass actually got it right.
Yulia does like alchemical books...
How could a fourteen or fifteen year old girl like this kind of thing?
The Moriarty family is not short of money, so there is no point in giving away things that can be bought on the market. It will only appear vulgar and tasteless; it is useless to just give away books, because the library of the Royal University of Law belongs to the royal family.
Collecting books was like borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha; but Aiwass didn't know what Yulia liked - the preferences he gave could be said to be extremely strange.
Mechanics, electronics, chemistry, paleontology, and my favorite products should be alchemy-related products, such as alchemy books.
...Listen, does this sound like something a fifteen-year-old girl should like?
Isabel even thought about giving Yulia a set of butterfly specimens. This should be regarded as an ancient creature, and it seemed to be more in line with girls' aesthetics - at least it looked beautiful.
But she thought about it for a long time and decided to respect Yulia's personal preferences.
So she finally thought of a suitable gift:
——Unique alchemical translation manuscript!
Even though Isabel was not very interested in alchemy at that time, she still felt that these were very precious gifts and treasured them well. But even though they were treasures, Isabel almost forgot about them, and finally remembered that she still had them.
Such a set of books.
Now they can find the right owner for them, someone who truly understands their value.
Even excluding the factor of pleasing Yulia... Isabel is really happy now.
This girl is quite cute.
Looking at Yulia who was happily holding a book and smiling happily like a little girl, Isabel showed a gentle smile.
Sure enough, she guessed right, she and Yulia would indeed be very happy together!
"Where's Aiwass?"
Isabel asked again.
"Brother is reading." Yulia followed closely beside Isabel, carrying her satchel. "He said... he was preparing for his next promotion."
Yulia's affection for Isabel has increased a lot.
Not only did she give Yulia a gift that she liked, but her attitude towards knowledge also made Yulia quite fond of her - she originally thought that Isabel, as an extraordinary person on the path of beauty, should not know much about alchemy.
What's important... I didn't expect that she actually did some research on alchemy.
While waiting for Aiwass, she chatted with Isabel for a few words. She found that Isabel had actually read these books seriously... Although she had almost forgotten them now, she could still recall some of them with Yulia's prompting.
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Your amazing princess!
Yulia was in awe.
Even for herself, she has never read many of the books in the professor's study. Either they are in fields that she is not interested in, or they are too obscure to understand, or the entire book is devoted to a professional field.
A small topic...
This kind of book doesn't seem that interesting. Yulia's original motivation for reading is to experience the world... but the highly professional knowledge seems too abstract and she can't understand it at all.
Therefore, although her adoptive father also gave her some books, many of which were bought from abroad, Yulia did not actually read them all... Despite this, she brought those books with her when she moved.
And Princess Isabel, although not interested in alchemy, read these books conscientiously when she was given them as gifts. Because she was too serious, it seemed that she would make people feel pity for her.
This princess has a pretty cute personality...
Yulia thought.
In the relaxed atmosphere where both of them felt that the other was so cute, Lily pushed Aiwass's wheelchair over.
After asking what Yulia was holding, Aiwass thanked Isabel on behalf of Yulia - he didn't expect Isabel's gift to be so expensive. He originally thought Isabel would give a few hardcover books.
After reading the book, it turned out that Isabel was so serious when we first met.
I have to prepare some return gifts, Aiwass thought.
But he also fell into a gift-giving dilemma - as a high-ranking princess, what is there that Isabel can't get?
After keeping this incident in mind, Aiwass and Isabel brought up the issue of Yulia's enrollment intentionally or unintentionally.
"no problem."
Isabel responded simply: "Leave this matter to me...but maybe Yulia will have to take the exam alone.
"After all, if she really can't keep up with the course, it will not be good for her study. It will bring a lot of pressure to her. Based on her course results, it will be decided which department she will be assigned to... If she does alchemy
If your level is not too high, then it is better to be assigned to the second department to learn basic subjects for half a year, and then transfer to the occult department next year."
Her Royal Highness the Princess kindly reminded.
She is no longer so timid when chatting with Aiwass. And under the guidance of Aiwass, Isabel has gradually understood how the power she possesses should be used reasonably.
The biggest change is... she no longer rushes to deal with Aiwass's request immediately after hearing it. Instead, she begins to try to think about the problem from the other party's perspective and use her own common sense and knowledge to judge.
Find out what problems the other party will encounter, and then try to solve them in advance.
Isabel unexpectedly discovered that she was quite good at this.
Although she does not have the ability to control the will of others, guide others to think, and strengthen the loyalty of others like the authoritarian path...but she has the talent to feel the hearts of others. She can easily perceive the true purpose hidden by others from their words.
Not everyone will express their true thoughts in a conversation. Some people can't do it, and some people don't want to do it.
As an "all-rounder", Isabel's understanding of everyone is rising at the same time——
Perhaps it is because the interpretation of heart and thoughts itself belongs to the field of beauty.
As her conversation with Yulia deepened, Isabel gradually felt a little bit of Yulia's essence.
She was vaguely aware of it.
... Yulia does not seem to be the fragile and soft girl that Aiwass said. On the contrary, she has a rather calm...even cold to the point of being heartless in her heart.
Yulia has a strong and competitive nature, and she is much stronger than Isabel in all aspects.
The softness and attachment she showed was not because her heart was fragile... but because she had a good impression of herself, especially Aiwass. So in front of the two of them, Yulia was not
Willing to expose one's aggression——
But what would Yulia do if she faced someone she hated?
Aiwass told Yulia that she should pretend to be colder when facing her classmates after she enters school to protect herself... He always felt that Yulia was weak and needed protection from others. And Yuli
Ya indeed had such an image in front of Aiwass.
But according to Isabel, this is not the case.
Maybe Yulia doesn't need to pretend at all. She just needs to express her true feelings.
Isabel suddenly became interested.
——She wanted to see Yulia go to school. See how she showed her cold nature.
An update of 5,500 words, two in one today!
I originally wanted to take half a day off for one chapter to take a rest, but ended up writing five thousand five hundred and five in one chapter and turned it into two in one...
I’m going to play Bode today, so I’ll take a break for a long time!
I didn’t write about the little butterfly, sorry meow! Kowtow, bang bang bang!
