As usual, the lizard maid entered the castle from the side door pushing stacks of ironed sheets. The click of high heels on the stone pavement entered the corridor, and turned into a silent poke into the dark red blanket.
The lizard maid carrying linen, buckets or sundries passed by it without communicating with each other. They walked along the long corridor next to the garden to the end and disappeared around the corner.
Unlike the usual delivery of clothes, this lizard maid took a slightly longer detour and came to the west side of the castle, which she rarely passed.
The bat guard, who stood like a statue at the intersection, waved its velvety ears with fine cilia, and the pinna followed the passing lizard maid and cart.
Passing through the corridor extending outside the castle, the lizard maid waiting here picked up the sheets and returned to the depths of the corridor, leaving the perception of the bat sculpture.
A dark shadow emerged from the gap between the sheets and slid along the spiral steps into the corner.
At the end of the steps, Lu Li pushed open the unlocked trap door and walked into the head maid's tower bedroom.
Claire used to like this place, no matter the exquisite decoration or layout, it shows this. Every window can be opened. In the weird era, you can see the prosperity of Midnight City here; in the old days, you can see the stars in the sky here. But now,
Surrounded by darkness, it is as if I live on a lookout in a dark wilderness.
It is said that when the castle belonged to that nobleman, his favorite little daughter lived in this tower.
During this period, the lizard maid Vina arrived and closed two windows for Lu Li, leaving only one window that no longer let in the wind.
As evening approached, a strange breeze fluttered the curtains. Lu Li on the desk alertly jumped to the bottom of the table and peeked outside.
The curtains floated up like gauze curtains, gradually highlighting an outline, and were lifted open by bandaged palms.
Claire jumped into the room and turned around to search: "Lu Li?"
Lu Li stepped out from under the desk and was caught by the wind into Claire's arms.
There was still some time before the dinner started, and the lizard maid Vina brought Claire's "evening dress," a maid's dress that was slightly slimmer than usual.
Claire took off her clothes, and under the service of the lizard maid Vina, her thin body wrapped in bandages put on a new maid's dress.
"Where's Margaret?" Lu Li asked Wei Na.
"I didn't see her..."
After sending Lu Li here, Margaret ran away without knowing where she was.
"Do you really don't need to give me your eyes?" Claire mentioned again: "I can peek into its soul during the dinner."
"Need not."
The core of this operation is to confirm the identity of the chef. It is obviously easier to give the True Seeing Eye to Claire, but the Viscount's ability is unknown, and Asammonth, who remains stupid, may be aware of the True Seeing Eye.
Dang Dang Dang
The evening bell echoed in the night sky, Claire opened the curtains on the castle side, and the windows lined up in the castle bloomed with the only firelight that could be seen everywhere a few months ago but now.
"Mother is summoning us. I'm going to the dinner party." Claire's lips touched Lu Li's forehead and she put him on the bed: "Be safe, your life is far more precious than our memory."
Claire led the lizard maid Vina away, and Lu Li stayed alone in the tower, waiting for the bat guard to leave the castle and search the territory. That's when Lu Li took action: hiding in the chef's room, waiting for it to return, and peeking into its soul.
Da da
Lu Li's cat ears turned towards the direction of the sound.
Da da
The sound of high-heeled footsteps could be heard on the spiral steps under the trap door.
The Lizard Maid won't be here at this time.
Da da
The footsteps were getting closer and closer. Lu Li jumped off the bed, got under the bed, curled up his tail and blended into the darkness.
The trap door was pushed open at this moment. The lizard's head appeared under the trap door, and with a clattering sound, the thighs wrapped in stockings stepped up to the tower.
Here comes Margaret.
"What happened?"
After confirming the soul of the lizard maid, Lu Li stepped out from under the bed.
"I found this from the library, maybe it can help you." Margaret put a book on the desk.
Lu Li jumped from his chair to the desk. The name of the book was written on the abominable human skin cover: "The Necronomicon"
The Necronomicon is also called the Book of Summoning. This book records many weird summoning rituals. Lu Li had heard of them when he was a student, but he didn't need this knowledge at that time, and this knowledge was relatively taboo.
Turning over the title page, the first page of the "Necronomicon" is a description of the items required for the ritual of summoning ghouls. Carrion, bones, tomb soil, funerary objects, etc. The higher the level, the more powerful the summoned ghoul.
From the lowest ghoul farmer to the ghoul army, even when the ceremony is grand enough and the sacrifices rich enough, the pleased ghoul god may descend into consciousness.
But except for some sinful esoteric cults, the presiding officer is usually not contaminated with ghoul rituals.
The Necronomicon also contains a reminder that if the summoned being is dissatisfied with the ritual, it will attack the host.
The cat's claws turned over the pages of human skin page after page. In addition to the weird things that can be summoned by simple rituals such as ghouls, there are also weird things that require complicated rituals to summon or communicate. These even include some weak evil gods and ancient people's sacrifices and servants.
The ritual of evil spirits.
Usually only the latter are recommended by the academy. Although ancient priests or servants are dangerous, they will not eat you up after helping you complete your goals.
The summoning ritual of [Brain-sucker Nashua] is marked as a special threat. When it is summoned, it will suck out the flesh and soul of all living bodies it sees, like drinking coffee mixed with milk. It will turn yellow.
The depiction on the page depicts its long, slender, pointed, hollow hummingbird-like beak like a straw.
The only advantage of the ritual is also its disadvantage: the summoning ritual is simple and does not require sacrifices. As long as you draw a magic circle on the ground, there is a chance of successful summoning.
There is also a line of ink written in the corner of the page about it, an indecipherable jumble of text.
"What does this mean?" Lu Li asked Margaret.
"Like writing but not, maybe left by some desperate illiterate."
And when Margaret said "useful", she didn't mean bringing the "Necronomicon" to the Land of Light to enrich the inventory. It could indeed help Lu Li at this time.
[Sinan, the wise race]
Margaret turned to the last few pages of the "Book of the Dead". The depiction showed a bird floating upright, with tiny cilia on its tail, wearing a white hanging cloak, and its head seemed to be wearing a transparent helmet, with no skull protection.
Revealing the weirdness of brain structure.
The brain ravine of the depicted wise race Sinan has a red vein, which represents the status of an elder. The ordinary wise race Sinan has a milky gray color.
This is a kind of intelligent group that wanders on the edge of the human world. The description in the "Necronomicon" is: they know everything that happens in the world, and the only thing you can let them talk to is the price you can pay.
This is not an exaggeration. In Margaret’s memory, Giant Tree Academy has a well-known name for it: Observer.
