Putting on his coat and hat, and picking up the cat, Xia De hurried downstairs. After opening the door, an unusually dilapidated carriage stopped outside the door. The metal decorations on the outside of the carriage are all corroded, and the black-clothed coachman seems to be integrated with the carriage, and the reins in his hands are full of tiny cracks.

The carriage was completely made of wood, but it didn't have the smell of rotting wood. Instead, it had the smell of earth that is common in cemeteries. When Xia De stepped on the extended black iron steps to board the carriage, he heard the whole carriage creaking, which made him particularly worried about the safety of the journey.

The coachman, who was definitely not human, did not communicate with Shad, but the school badge of St. Byrence hanging in the carriage, as well as the bookshelves for travel, fixed teapots and snack trays prepared by the college are all in the style of the college, Xia De De is not worried about getting into the wrong carriage.

The interior decoration of the carriage is extraordinarily elegant, even if it is compared with the carriages of the nobles' private carriages, it is not much different. The inside of the car is covered with cushions to prevent collisions, and the seats are antique upholstered sofas fixed to the floor. There are a total of four small and exquisite gilded copper kerosene lamps, which are hung on the four sides, but as the carriage starts to start, the lamps are all extinguished.

There is a white oak coffee table in the center of the two sofas, and a brown patent leather round table on one side. Trying to hold the teacup, I found that the teacup seems to be firmly attached to the table. Although it can be lifted with force, there is no need to worry about the tea falling on the expensive red cashmere carpet due to bumps.

"It's really good. It seems that this should be the means of transportation used by the big figures in the academy. It seems that I didn't get on the wrong car. However, the kind of big adventure that started because of a misunderstanding is not the style of my encounter. Iluna is easy to encounter to this kind of thing."

Thinking in his heart, he held the cat who was reluctant to go out, and saw that the car windows were closed tightly, and the curtains were directly nailed to the car. And as the carriage started slowly, Xia De knew that his journey had officially begun.

Even though Xia De had a strong spatial talent, he still lost all his spatial perception in five seconds after the carriage started. I can't tell east, west, north, south, and I can't construct the current approximate location in my head based on the memory of the terrain near my house.

One could only hear the whistling of the wind whistling outside the carriage, but if one listened carefully, it clearly sounded like a huge monster crying and howling in the distance.

The bumpy carriage caused Xia De to resonate at the same frequency as Miya who was being held by him. This kind of bumping made the cat extremely interested. For a while, Xia De not only felt the carriage vibrating, but even felt that Mia herself was shaking In active vibration.

But fortunately, the shock only lasted for less than half a minute and ended.

After driving smoothly, the kerosene lamp on the round table in the carriage lit up first, illuminating the roll of parchment hanging down on the round table, on which the schedule for Xia De's next itinerary was written in cursive letters.

Xia De, who "has never seen the world", looked at the lit interior of the car with the cat, but soon Xia De became more interested in the outside:

"Tell me, what does it look like outside now?"

"She" replied with a chuckle:

[Maybe you can try to take a look through the gap. 】

Of course, Xia De was just curious, and didn't really explore what was going on outside.

He poured himself tea, and cut a red apple for Mia. By the time the supper for one person and one cat is almost eaten, the 30-minute trip has come to an end.

There was no prompt, but Xia De felt that the outside of the carriage was returning to the normal world.

Sure enough, after the kerosene lamp in the car was extinguished again, the bumps followed. At this point, Xia De was sure that Mia definitely took advantage of the bumps in the car and deliberately vibrated, because the cat obviously did not vibrate at the same frequency as him.

With the final shock, the carriage landed on the ground smoothly, the kerosene lamp was lit up, and the carriage drove forward for a certain distance before slowly coming to a stop.

"arrive."

Before Xia De could open the door by himself, someone opened the car door from the outside:

"Mr. Shard Suren Hamilton?"

The head of a young man with messy light brown hair protruded from the outside of the car, Shad nodded immediately:

"Yes."

"Oh, welcome to St. Byrence!"

The young man in a robe spoke in a non-standard Delarion language. Xia De jumped out of the carriage with the cat in his arms, and then looked up in surprise at the clear Vientiane Galaxy above his head. arrive.

The temperature outside is lower than in Tobesk, but there is no snow here. The air is exceptionally good, especially for Shad who lives in the "capital of steam" Tobesk, the air here is almost as fresh as the forest.

In the quiet night, the gas street lamp with the St. Byrence school emblem illuminated the carriage, and the carriage was parked in a semi-circular square. In the center of the square stood a huge stone statue in the shape of flipping through a book, and this square It itself is the front platform of the towering, brightly lit giant library.

The library is at the height of the building complex, and the semicircular square is surrounded by white stone steps that go down step by step, and the steps are evenly divided into different sectors by metal railings decorated with tree vines. Looking down, the classical castle-like buildings stand under the starry sky in the quiet night, and the pointed towers complement the classical covered bridge buildings.

As far as the eye can see, street lamps outline the outline of the city extending to the far distance of the ice sheet in the dark night. The old castle buildings and classical buildings stand here on the ice sheet in the extreme north just like the last era. There are vague shadows of icebergs and glaciers on the horizon, and there is not even a trace of dark clouds under the brilliant sea of ​​stars.

"Surprised, isn't it?"

The young man who came to welcome Xia De asked with a smile. He introduced himself as a fourth-year student in the School of History, and was arranged by the professor to guide Xia De:

"St. Byrence Comprehensive College is a veritable Academy City."

"Has this library building always been here?"

Xia De asked curiously.

"Yes, it has been here since the establishment of the college. It is one of the few buildings in the college that has never undergone major changes. After all, the library has the oldest ritual matrix and large-scale alchemy building technology. The successors of the college have so far, Nothing can replicate the power that built the library."

Xia De nodded, facing the night wind, hugging the cat and looking at everything in the distance:

"Before countless suns and moons alternate, they also stood here and saw everything in front of them."

This is the second time Xia De really used his body to set foot on the land of St. Byrence. This land and this city have already established a connection with him at the other end of time. Since I had only met Miss Feilianna and Miss Olanode not long ago, when I thought that I had crossed time and breathed the same air with them, I couldn't describe in words the sense of loss in my heart.

"Mr. Hamilton, let's go into the library first. The administrator, Mr. Dean and Mr. Deputy Dean of the School of History are waiting for you."

Although I have entered the large library of St. Byrence Comprehensive College through projections several times, it is the first time to actually enter through the door. Before entering the door, Xia De asked politely if he could bring pets into the library, and the response he got was that it would be fine as long as Miya didn't run around.

The door of the library is five huge double-leaf metal doors that form a wall. Shade has only seen similar doors in churches. The most central door is engraved with the words of St. The school motto, and the rest are in the bilingual languages ​​of Delarion and Carson Rico, writing the rules of the library.

And stepping into the gate, it seems to have come from winter to warm spring. The marble floor was so smooth that it seemed to be able to reflect light, and the floor was covered with a red carpet extending to the deepest part of the library, and the area of ​​the entrance hall was almost as large as half the area of ​​Saint Teresa Square.

Of course, the library was quiet at this time. Although Xia De could see the huge star map circulating on the ceiling and the candlesticks floating above the bookshelves, it seemed that there were only a few people in the library, but only now It's only eight thirty in the evening.

"The exam week just ended, except for a few people, very few people come to the library at this time. After all... I think you understand."

The young man who led the way said that Xia De wanted to ask about the other party's year-end exam results, but felt that such a hasty question was inappropriate.

All the way forward, it seems to go deep into the ancient maze constructed by bookshelves. But it is completely different from Sir Priscia's library maze, because there are traces of "alive" everywhere.

The ancient libraries, even in the sixth era, are still full of vitality, passing on knowledge and wisdom to the young people of the next generation. Miss Olan Nord's wish in the Gaddis Library has become a reality in Shad's eyes. She really assisted Miss Fei Lianna to build the greatest library on the ground.

The meeting place is still in the center of the library, under the high ceiling of the rotating planetarium. When they met in the past, they always sat opposite each other with a chair and a red sofa across the coffee table, but this time, a group of four red sofas surrounded the coffee table.

The young student who led the way for Xia De left after Xia De entered the open space between the bookshelves, and after Xia De entered, he also saw four people sitting on the sofa waiting for him.

"Crimson Moon Witch" Miss Dennister is still the same, even the sitting position has not changed, she is sitting alone on a sofa.

Professor Garcia, the deputy dean of the School of History who had helped Shad a lot, was sitting with another middle-aged man with silver-white hair on his head. The latter was wearing a pair of monocles. When he looked at Xia De, Xia De vaguely understood that the other party was the current generation of Dean of the School of History, Professor Odias.

The two professors sat on the couch to Miss Dennist's left.

When he met Professor Garcia for the first time, Xia De felt that his ears were a bit sharp. Now it seems that this is a manifestation of the elven blood.

(end of this chapter)