Xia De actually kept a diary, but he did not write a real diary. Instead, after inheriting the diary of the previous generation of detectives, he wrote five or six days a week, "There is no client today, the deposit is reduced" or "Mia eats Too much, consider asking Miss Gold for money" and other useless sentences.

Unlike Shad, Professor Drake has a good habit of recording his life every day. His diary is quite well preserved, and all the records before and after the adventure more than ten years ago are also there. Although on the surface, the contents of those diaries are very normal, but Xia De found that a few days before the professor left for the "Lake of Cherubim", he complained in the diary that his eyes were a little red and swollen, and he would appear when he looked at things. ghosting.

Maybe this is just a small problem in the eyes of ordinary people, but for a ring warlock like Xia De, when investigating an abnormal event, if the person involved in the event has eye problems, then there is a high probability that this person has problems all over his body.

As for the letters, before the date of going to the Lake of Cherubim, Professor Drake had intensively corresponded with friends and academic colleagues from other places to discuss issues. The letters themselves were just trivial matters such as the publication of papers, invitations to visiting scholars, and asking if there were any student recommendations, but they made Shade guess that if Professor Drake had encountered strange things before going to the "Lake of Cherubim" , perhaps he had written to ask other professors of history and folklore.

Therefore, Shad can find Professor Drake's old friends to ask whether Professor Drake asked unusual questions more than ten years ago. And the reason why he had this idea was because he found a familiar name in the stack of yellowed old letters:

"Professor Tiris Manning of Tobesk?"

He was at the desk and handed the old letter to Professor Drake. In the letter, the two were discussing the issue of cat worship, and believed that the worship of cats was related to the primitive moon worship. Therefore, they believed that there was still an extremely ancient tradition of worshiping the moon in the Karas Mountain area, and they agreed to have time to watch it together. look.

"Oh, Professor Manning, we haven't been in touch for many years."

Professor Drake flipped through the past letters with a nostalgic expression:

"Why, Mr. Watson, do you know him?"

"As you know, I'm from De La Rion. When I was in Tobesk, I visited Professor Manning to discuss the connection between cats and dreams."

Xia De said with a strange expression, thinking of the [Joyful Dream Pen] incident in his mind, and then thought that Professor Manning really had a wide range of friends, and his contacts in the academic circle of history and folklore were amazing. The normal or weird folklorists Shade met in different cities were more or less able to connect with Professor Manning.

"Professor Manning's age seems to be three or four years younger than mine. Is he okay now?"

asked Professor Drake.

"Professor is in very good health."

After encountering the out-of-control incident of the [Happy Dream Pen], Professor Manning recovered quickly, which is something that young people who indulge in sensuality can't do.

"I still have some friendship with Professor Manning. I will write to Professor Manning. He may have a clue."

Shad said, Professor Drake nodded, holding the letter as if recalling the past.

"Diary" and "Letter" are the more obvious clues, while the third clue is somewhat vague.

It was the professor's old book "On the Development of Folklore", which should be an old textbook from before. When Xia De touched the book, "she" reminded Xia De that there were extremely thin traces of elements in this book, almost equivalent to none at all.

After Xia De opened the book, he found a line of strange characters written diagonally on the side of the illustration on the last page of the book. Those characters are like a string of tadpoles, obviously not contemporary characters. Relying on his proficiency in words, Xia De tilted his head and translated the meaning of that line of words:

[Knowledge is power. 】

"Professor, what text is this?"

Xia De handed the book to Professor Drake who was looking at a stack of old manuscript papers at the table. The professor stretched out his hand to take it with difficulty, but shook his head after a glance:

"I have never seen such a text."

"Didn't you write this?"

The professor hesitated for a moment:

"At least I don't remember it."

Xia De then took the book temporarily as a third clue. Maybe this is another distraction, like "Swamp Witch", completely irrelevant to his investigation target. But these are the only clues in his hands, and no details can be missed.

Xia De spent the entire afternoon of this Thursday at Professor Drake's home. By the time the materials were sorted out, the sunset had already appeared in the western sky. Seeing the tired look of the professor, Xia De left and promised to sort out the materials in his hand as soon as possible, and contact the professor immediately if there were new clues.

After a quick meal in the city, Shad did not return to the White River Valley Vineyard, but went to Mr. Bernhardt's estate in the east of the city.

The Bernhardt family is one of the oldest families in the area. The vineyards, farmland and land occupied by the family have an area that outsiders can't imagine. Although he is only a viscount, Mr. Armand Bernhardt's quality of life is extremely good. In addition, he has a high level of ring magician, so he is almost the leader of the clan among the local blood-sucking species.

Different from the dark and terrifying castles where vampires live in horror stories, Mr. Bernhardt's manor is bright and magnificent. It is even said that when it was completed more than 300 years ago, the priest in the city was invited to bless it.

Because it was not the first time he had visited Bernhardt Manor, when Shade rode his horse to the gate of the manor in the dark and rang the bell, the servant who came to open the door recognized him almost immediately.

And when Shad saw that Mr. Bernhardt, the latter was looking through a roll of parchment in the study with a frowning face. Seeing Shad enter the door, he asked:

"Xia De, how is your level of ancient writing?"

"Which era of text?"

Even if he could understand any text, Xia De still asked, not only to hide the secret, but also to show humility.

"Writing around 2,500 years ago in the Fifth Age, but I'm not sure where it originated."

He handed the parchment in his hand to Xia De, and then ordered the servant to bring tea:

"I have studied ancient characters systematically, but I'm not good at it... It's not that I'm born stupid, it's just that I'm not good at it."

The middle-aged vampire sighed, Xia De glanced at the contents of the parchment:

"Oh, this one, I took it as an elective at St. Byrence. It says..."

He roughly scanned the words. Although the words containing strange knowledge can affect the mind, at least the words on this piece of parchment can't affect Xia De:

"It's really weird. Here, the 'emotion' is regarded as a symbiotic parasite that resides in the soul, and the story of the interaction between the parasite's 'emotion' and people is described. But the content here should not be complete, neither the beginning nor the end."

"Yes Yes."

Mr. Bernhardt seemed very happy, and stood up from behind the desk:

"St. Byrence's education level is indeed very good. It is worthy of being one of the three thaumaturgy academies famous in the material world. This is an excerpt from "The Book of Seven Sentiments", including the parts of 'anger' and 'jealousy'. Friends put It was lent to me, but none of us understood the writing on it."

"Please give me a pen and paper, and I will help translate. Mr. Bernhardt, you are really lucky. I bet other local correspondence ring magicians may not be able to recognize these words."

Xia De said that the total number of characters on the parchment in his hand was only more than 200.

"That's great, Xia De, I didn't expect your cultural class level to be so high."

Mr. Bernhardt complimented him, he was not polite to Shard.

After the servant brought the black tea and snacks, Xia De almost finished translating the short text. The two went to the sofa to talk about things, Xia De picked up the black tea and let the heat smoke his cheeks, and Mr. Bernhardt joked:

"Princess Margaret's visit to Tobesk, but the recent big news, there are news from Tobesk every day. I heard some rumors, Lakeview Manor the night before yesterday, I hope I remember the place name correctly, Lakeview The grand banquet at the manor, Xia De, are you already familiar with Princess Margaret?"

"Has this news reached Carson Rick?"

Xia De, who was holding a teacup, said in surprise.

"This kind of interesting news always spreads fast. Ordinary people may not have heard of it, but I have a special way. Detective, there are only a few ways for people to entertain themselves. Among them, talking about the rumors and news of the royal family, even if it is Ring magicians love it too."

After finishing speaking, he raised his eyebrows at Xia De:

"Have you tried to persuade Princess Margaret to sell you the royal family's White River Valley vineyard?"

Xia De did have this plan, after all, the only member of the Anjou royal family he knew was this one:

"Princess Margaret and I are not that close yet. But the princess invited me to the reading salon next week. I think I should express myself properly. The White River Valley Vineyard is really important to me."

He doesn't shy away from his ideas, and Mr. Bernhardt understands:

"His Royal Highness Margaret Anjou was a difficult girl to deal with when she was in Willendelle. Before that, I heard that she hated dealing with men, and there were some bad rumors about it."

This is because Her Royal Highness still wants to become Miss Sylvia's apprentice~lightnovelpub.net~ Although His Highness is good at socializing, he is not easy to please. Xia De, what is the relationship between you and Your Highness now? "

Mr. Bernhardt asked with great interest, just as he said, in an era when entertainment was rare, news about the royal family was a rare national entertainment:

"Last week, I was asked to help transport those smuggled... Ahem, those tobaccos, it's because we are distant relatives, otherwise, how could His Highness be so polite to me."

Xia De thought for a while:

"Our relationship...we played a guessing game and she gave me the handkerchief."

The vampire showed an expression of awe, but he felt that it was not an exaggeration. He vaguely remembered that the young man in front of him had done something more exaggerated, but he felt that he couldn't remember what it was.

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