OBS Chapter 2812 Crow and Curse
Chapter 2812 Crow and Curse
Chapter 2812 Crow and Curse
When Shade was telling these stories, he blurred all the information related to time to avoid any impact on the future. When Shade finished talking about these things during lunch, the black-haired lady said curiously:
"If that's what you're saying, doesn't that mean Danister taught you nothing?"
"She taught me my thaumaturgy - [Glorious Moon Realm] and [Moon Dream]. She also inspired me with some rituals and the use of Moonlight Slash."
“But these ordinary teachers can teach, too.”
The sorceress smiled and held her chin with her hand. This action was quite déjà vu. Miss Danister had also done it:
"So what is she busy with? If she wants you to be the next librarian, how can she just let you grow up like this?"
"Well, actually I'm quite busy, busy with the affairs of the Chosen One."
Of course, it wasn't just Shad who was telling stories that day. When Ms. Helena Carter shared stories with Shad, she didn't have to worry about disrupting time.
She told Shad some interesting stories about Miss Danister - some of which Shad thought it would be best not to mention in the future. In the afternoon, when he followed Marissa to the noble manor and watched her prepare afternoon tea and snacks in the kitchen, the black-haired sorceress talked about her own things again:
"I am different from you and Danister. I am not a correspondence student who awakened my talent outside the academy and was discovered to join the academy. I am not a formal student who was directly admitted to the academy after my family lived in St. Byrons a long time ago and awakened my talent.
Even Danister probably doesn't know my origins. I showed up at the gate of the academy when I was still a child."
She recalled the past with a smile:
"The ancient defense mechanism of the academy determines that unless it is allowed, even if someone comes to the academy, they can only see the vast snowfield. But the place where I fainted when I was only six years old was right at the entrance of the academy."
"But isn't St. Byrons in the north of the Arctic Ice Cap? How did a six-year-old child like you get there? The temperature there is below minus twenty degrees Celsius all year round."
“The academy spent many years figuring this out but still couldn’t. At that time, a powerful angel-level relic related to meteorological disasters appeared in the far north, which seriously interfered with divination and tracing.
After I graduated from the academy, I also conducted many years of research. Later I learned that I was born into a tribe living on the Arctic ice sheet. My parents have lived there for generations. It is said that the origin of these tribesmen is the pilgrims who pursued the way of the moon in the Far North in the Fifth Era. "
Therefore, her ancestor may have met the werewolf girl Miss Bister in the Fifth Era.
"The disaster caused by the angel-level relic at that time killed everyone. I still don't know how I survived. From my childhood memories, I was swept up into the sky by a blizzard and landed right at the entrance of the academy. My teacher later said that this meant that I was destined to become the academy librarian.
I asked her, then why can't I be the principal?"
Xia De also laughed.
In addition to telling her own story, she seemed to want to teach Shade something, but because she was still following him, she only gave a brief introduction to the powers and systems she was good at.
Like Miss Danister, she uses the power of the red moon, but compared to Miss Danister's expertise in this area, this lady is actually a potion master. After hearing that Shade has a way to continuously obtain "Moonlight Water", she dictated to Shade several potion formulas that sounded very good, which were all invented by her:
"Danniste obviously likes alchemy more than potions. I left all my potion notes to her, but I guess she didn't read them carefully. When you go back, you can ask her for those notebooks and study them yourself.
Of course, I will teach you here, and if you can stay here for a long time, I think you should be able to learn a lot of knowledge from me that Danister is not interested in. "
Chatting makes time go by quickly, especially when the content of the chat is of great interest to everyone. So time unknowingly came to the evening of this day, and even the sunset in the evening of midsummer was so hot that it was unbearable.
After finishing a day's work, Marissa returned to her rented apartment and met the young knight Faris who was waiting for her downstairs.
The two quarreled again at the door of the apartment building, and the girl didn't say what happened to her in the end. Instead, the knight accidentally used a very rude word, which made the girl angry and closed the door.
So the knight walked away in despair, and Shade, who was standing by the mailbox across the street, said:
"He really seemed to love that girl."
"I bet he didn't go far, but was waiting to see where the girl would go from the apartment."
She was right. The young knight was indeed waiting in the alley nearby, from a position where he could see both the window on the second floor of the apartment and the main entrance of the apartment.
Shade and the black-haired sorceress were waiting across the street. They didn't wait too long. When the sun set and only the last rays of sunset were still shining on the city in the forest, the window of the second-floor room that Marissa rented was suddenly opened, and then a black crow flew out.
"crow?"
The crow's flying speed was not very fast, and it was wobbling like it had just learned to fly, which was completely different from the owl that Shade knew. But looking at the crow's body shape, it was clearly an adult bird.
Without waiting for Shade and the sorceress to make any move, the young knight followed after a moment of hesitation. He was just an ordinary person, and he probably wouldn't associate anything with the crow. Shade guessed that he thought it was a "carrier pigeon".
Then, from the other side of the street, two low-key men with their hats covering their faces followed. Of course, Shade didn't know them, but the thirteen-ring female sorceress who had been staying in the area for a while knew them:
"The local Church of Nature seems to have discovered the problem. So, do those blasphemous elements represent some kind of curse?"
She spoke softly, but did not call for Shade to follow him. Instead, she looked up at the open window.
"Since so many people are chasing after her, let's not rush to catch up. I released a tracking beacon on her this afternoon, so she can't run far. Come with me to her apartment, I have a feeling there will be clues there."
"Perhaps we can find a crow feather or two."
Shade said this, but instead of flying up from the street in broad daylight, he walked up the steps below the apartment building and knocked on the door.
The apartment rented by this young actress was similar to Dorothy's. They both rented a room in the entire building. Dorothy rented an entire floor. Anyway, the person who opened the door for Shade this time was an old lady who looked very old and wore a hairnet and reading glasses.
She hunched her back slightly, held up her glasses and glanced at the stranger:
"Young man, who are you looking for?"
Xia De made way for the sorceress behind him to cast a spell. Unexpectedly, after the old man saw the black-haired lady behind him, he hesitantly asked:
"Are you a librarian?"
This time, even the thirteen-ring sorceress raised her eyebrows in surprise, but she was well-informed and quickly adjusted her expression:
"Yes, I do work at a university, so you know me?"
"No, no, I don't know you, but someone left something for you. Come in, I've finally waited for you after all these years."
Xia De looked at the lady behind him in surprise. The lady nodded slightly and motioned Xia De to follow:
"Then excuse me."
The old woman lives on the first floor by herself and has a maid taking care of her life. However, the maid is not at home because she has gone to the market to buy vegetables - vegetable prices are cheaper in the evening.
She asked the two to sit down in the living room while she went to get something. The furniture on the first floor where the old woman lived looked very old, and there was a strange smell in the room, perhaps because it was not ventilated often, which was a common smell of the elderly.
She had two cats, one black and one white. The two cats were very interested in Xia De. When the old man came back with the box, they were already lying on Xia De's legs.
The old man didn't pay attention to his cat's behavior. Instead, he put the mahogany box on the coffee table and sat on the sofa.
"I was born in 1750. I was seriously ill when I was just born and I was about to die. Back then, the town of Ximu was still very small. There were no good doctors or good hotels. At that time, there was a stranger staying at my house. He claimed to be an astrologer and he saved me.
My whole family was very grateful to him, but he did not ask for payment. My parents told me that he touched my head and said that a week before I died, a woman with black hair, a wide-brimmed hat, and an exceptionally pretty face would come to my house, and if she was the librarian, I should give her the box.
She smiled and said to the black-haired sorceress:
"Over the years, I have always worried that I would not meet you before I died, and that I would not be able to fulfill the promise my parents made. Now that you are here on time, I can prepare my will and funeral properly."
"Ma'am, what funeral are you talking about?"
The young maid who came in from the door carrying a basket of vegetables asked curiously. The old man stood up and said to the two people on the sofa:
"There is a letter in the box. You can read it yourself. I won't disturb you. Please remember to close the door for me before you leave."
As he said that, he walked towards the young maid and pulled her to the kitchen. Before closing the door, he did not forget to greet his two cats. The cats, one black and one white, then walked towards their owner, looking back every few steps.
When the kitchen door closed, Shade cast a doubtful look at Ms. Carter again, and the latter put her hand on the box:
"I bet I'll be very surprised in a minute."