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Before Mr. Raibert spoke, Shad emphasized again:

"I am proficient in ancient texts. In addition to the texts of the Fifth Epoch, I have also dabbled in some texts of the Fourth Epoch."

This is the bargaining chip he had thought of before proposing the deal with [Apna Library]. Knowledge is wealth, and foreigners know it well. Although he only had a meager savings of five figures, there was a lot of "wealth" in his head.

"Oh? Text from the Fourth Era?"

Mr. Raibert who received Shad said curiously:

"Our library does have some books of the Fourth Epoch, most of which have not been translated into modern languages. If you are really proficient, then we can offset the value of that ancient object by translating books. The library has always believed that, Knowledge and wisdom are the most precious wealth..."

He turned and looked at the bookshelf behind him:

"I have here a book "The Lost Melika" that records the materials of the cannibal tribe of the Fourth Epoch - the Akan tribe. There are a few lines of ancient text on it. If you can identify it..."

As he spoke, he wanted to get up to get the book, but Xia De stretched out his hand directly:

"Library search."

The old book with a black cover flew directly into Xia De's hand from the left side of the third floor on the east wall. The nose behind the mask twitched, inspiration made him feel like he was touching sticky blood, but the book was actually dry, which showed that the knowledge in this book was extremely dangerous.

"Is it this one?"

Shade put the book on the coffee table, and Mr. Raibert sat down again in surprise:

"What kind of thaumaturgy was that just now?"

Shad didn't answer, Mr. Raibert gave him a curious look, opened the fifth page of the book, and pointed out the crooked letters on the sixth line, which looked like stick figures in the shape of hooves of cows and sheep:

"That's all. This is the quoted sentence. I don't think there is a mistake in copying."

The entire book is in handwritten form, reminiscent of the thin black notebooks that detectives and policemen carry around. A red string was used as a bookmark, and the yellowed paper was covered with milky white traces like orange threads, like some kind of mold.

Xia De looked at that sentence, and suddenly felt a strong sense of discomfort, which made him seem to hear wailing in his ears.

"This one~ it seems difficult to translate, yes, this kind of text is quite out of the way, and it's weird and disgusting."

Xia De frowned, pretending to be embarrassed, and spent five minutes translating the two lines of letters:

【He who eats brains is wise and intelligent; whoever eats arms is infinitely powerful; whoever eats feet is poor and lowly; who eats scalp is the king of Melika. 】

After the translation, he pretended to be mentally unstable again, lowered his head and panted for a while before calming down. And Mr. Raibert confirmed that Shad's translation is very close to the analysis of those words by the current mainstream view.

So the two struck a deal. Shad will come to No. 21, Icom Street again tonight. Mr. Raibert will need his translation of the same language—about fifty or sixty letters, and give it to Shad. Shad had until Sunday to translate, and had the translation in hand by Sunday night, when he could get the slate he wanted.

Xia De originally thought that among the three stone slabs, the one in the Apna Library was the most difficult to obtain, but unexpectedly, with the help of Old John, it became the easiest one to obtain. Although I haven't got it yet, there shouldn't be any surprises.

Therefore, the last slate that has not been obtained is the one that has a high probability of being hidden in the library of St. Byrence Comprehensive College. Xia De needs to go to the library in person to find it, and the only chance he can go to the library in person at present is when the librarian Miss Dennist confirms that "Guiding Moon" is useful and needs him to appear in the library, Use the aura of the core spirit runes to open the clues to [Silver Moon Library].

"So, the most important thing right now is that Sir Priscia."

Shad thought to himself, but this visit to 21 Ickham Street did not see the gentleman. According to Shade’s description from Dr. Schneider on Saturday, Mr. Priscilla is different from Princess Margaret. After the latter came to the local area, she was very enthusiastic in contacting the local ring magician team, and through Mr. Alan Madison’s team, acquired the local black market. rare materials, items and specialties. As for Sir Priscia, after contacting Mr. Madison's group that night at the Lakeview Manor, he never took the initiative to contact the local correspondence ring magician again.

So it seems impossible to collect the aura of "Guiding Moon" through Dr. Schneider's friends, and Shade still has to go the way of Princess Margaret.

After visiting 21 Ickham Street in the early morning, Shad returned home and went from the basement to the White River Valley Vineyard in Huntington. When I was changing carriages after entering the city, I bought a copy of the "Huntington Morning Post" from the newspaper boy.

The news on the previous pages had nothing to do with Xia De, but on the third page, he saw the news that the well-known charity organization "Snakeheart Hospital" in the Old Continent had acquired a local property and was about to open for business.

Snake Heart Hospital has communicated with the local city hall, obtained the help of the city hall, and received policy funding. This is an institution under the name of [Spiritual Religion], and Sister Divelin is determined to deploy more local staff for the secret of Pantanal. If the nun's plan goes well, in February 1854, she will be able to enter the depths of the big swamp with the witches to hunt down the "Evil of the Pantanal" and recover the flames of the first fire.

That will happen a few months later, and it doesn't have much to do with Xia De at the moment. He sat in the carriage and read the newspaper, and came to Professor Drake's house again. The professor had been waiting for Xia De to visit for a long time, and asked the maid to push him to the study anxiously. The old man couldn't wait to ask Xia De:

"Mr. Watson, good morning, you are finally here. Is there any result of your investigation?"

"I entrusted my friend in Tobesk to contact Professor Manning and find your letters, but those letters are of little value. I just know that you were in very good health before visiting the 'Goddess of the Lake'."

The professor was a little disappointed, and Xia De took out the photos he had put in his notebook:

"But I found new clues elsewhere, Professor, do you know this photo?"

He handed over the photo of the professor and Halder Ondiba, the owner of the "Arrow" more than ten years ago, and Professor Drake reached out to take it, his eyes widened in astonishment:

"I have no memory of this group photo. Looking at the background, this should be a photo taken in the countryside in the Pantanal swamp. I also remember the dress on the photo, but I don't remember taking photos with this person. .”

He raised his head and asked Xia De:

"Who is this, Mr. Watson? Does he know something? Can we find him?"

"Halder Ondiba was arrested and executed by the [Church of War and Peace] Inquisition in this diocese more than ten years ago."

"What?"

"It's a cultist."

Xia De said, looking at the professor's expression seriously, and the surprise and panic on the old professor's face didn't seem to be faked:

"Oh, what the **** did I do ten years ago?"

"It's hard to say."

Shad pointed to Jalder Ondiba in the photo:

"Even now, the dead gentleman is still being hunted down. When I was investigating this matter, I almost collided with those dangerous guys. They dare to kill people, and they don't care about the police."

Professor Drake put the photo on the desk tremblingly, then tightly grasped the armrest of the wheelchair with his right hand, panting heavily:

"Mr. Watson, I am so sorry to have put you in danger. Do you know anything more?"

"The current investigation progress is only this. It seems that the 'Goddess of the Lake' not only erased your adventure memory, but even blurred a lot of relevant clues. Judging from the current information, Professor, the memory you lost may not be The price, but something you voluntarily gave up and didn't want to know."

The old professor's already old face seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, and the stacked wrinkles made the age spots so clear:

"You mean, I did something wrong, and I may even commit a crime, and the wish I made is to let the goddess of the lake erase all traces?"

"There is no conclusion yet, but this guess should be very close to the truth."

Shad paused, giving the horrified Professor Drake time to think.

After the professor picked up the teacup, Xia Dec asked softly:

"Speaking of which, Professor, do you have any antiques in your home that you don't remember the origin of?"

The professor recalled:

"No... at least I don't think so. I remember every item in the house very clearly."

His tone was not very firm, and he obviously knew that his memory was not reliable.

"Do you have any arrows in your collection?"

Xia De slightly stretched his head forward, lowered his voice and squinted his eyes, and asked again in the study room full of books, under the light of the gas lamp that was lit due to the thick fog outside the window.

"Yes, I also collect antique weapons."

The old professor answered quickly, and Xia De felt his heart beating violently. His peripheral vision glanced at the red and gold wallpaper in the study, at the old gas lamps, and at the bookshelves:

"Can you describe the specific appearance of 'Arrow'?"

"I'll show it to you directly."

The professor was about to greet the maid, but he frowned and looked at Xia De:

"Speaking of which, I really don't seem to remember where that arrow came from."

The old man inside the desk pursed his chapped lips that had just been moistened with tea, he was a little dazed:

"Oh yeah, I don't even remember I had that item if you hadn't asked. I don't seem to have looked at it in over a dozen years, but I'm pretty sure I have it. That's the feeling. …”

Kansas Drake lifted his head from his wheelchair and looked at the ceiling of the study. The familiar study seems to be spinning at this moment, everything in front of him is becoming blurred, the feeling of spinning makes him want to bow his head and vomit, but then he feels that he is supported by someone:

"Professor, professor!"

He heard the young man's voice, felt the teacup being brought to his face, the heat steaming his cheeks.

"Have some tea, professor, professor!"

Xia De fed the tea with No. 4 holy water to the old professor. The professor swallowed the tea with difficulty, and then he seemed to die~ lightnovelpub.net~ He closed his eyes and leaned back on the back of the wheelchair.

After a long time, he opened his eyes again, and there was a bit of spirit in the old eyes. The lips moved a few times, and the voice was gradually returning to normal:

"Yes, I have an 'arrow'. Although I don't know where it came from, I remember it is in this study."

"Where?"

Xia De looked around, trying to find traces of the dark space. According to what outsiders know about detective novels, this kind of study room should have a mechanism for "moving the position of the book to open the secret door".

"it's here."

The professor lowered his body with great effort, opened the drawer in the lower left corner of the desk, and took out a slender mahogany box. There was no writing on the box, but there were circles of circles of chain-like patterns.

"Really... For more than ten years, I have never thought of why there is a box in the drawer."

The professor closed his eyes and let out a long sigh, and handed the mahogany box about one meter long to Xia De.

Shade didn't feel any trace of the element when he touched the box, but when he opened the box, the whispering element emerged immediately.

He narrowed his eyes, and suddenly exerted force on the palm of his hand holding the box. Inlaid in the red lining is a golden arrow with a bronze pattern on the surface. The quaint atmosphere shows that it comes from the ancient years, and the heavy sense of history makes Xia De almost hold his breath.

The lines climbing on the surface of the arrow constitute a strange text:

【Knowledge is power. 】

"The answer is on the surface of the mystery. I actually found it here with Professor Drake—the sage-level relic [Aikenola's Arrow of Knowledge]."