Chapter 23: The Seal on the Akiba Stone
Tarot, who was lying on the recliner and basking in the sun incognito, showed his figure and laughed at her: "Hehe, you, what's there to worry about this kind of thing, huh?"
"An old man like you who doesn't know how many years you've lived, of course you don't know the psychology of us young people who are anxious to grow up," Su Ya pursed her lips and sneered, "If I can be the age of the empress, I don't have to think all day long about why I don't have enough time, why my strength is so much worse than her, and when I can catch up with her!"
"Oh?" Tarot said with a playful smile, "You mean, the key reason why you are worse than the Empress is because you are younger than her?"
"Hmm," Su Ya subconsciously wanted to nod, but when she caught a glimpse of his ill-intentioned eyes, she softened again, "Otherwise, what do you think is the reason?"
The Tarot Great Demon King confidently stretched out a finger and shook it in front of her eyes: "I think it's because you didn't find out about my deposit earlier and signed a contract with me." ”
There is really some truth in saying this, she has not become an official magician for so many years before, and she has signed a contract with Tarot for more than half a year, and her strength has improved by leaps and bounds, and she has become a high-level magician in one fell swoop...... It's just: "The village chief said that my previous six years were not in vain, and domesticating angel cats to exercise spiritual contact is a guarantee of a successful contract with you." The village chief won't lie to me!"
"Hehe, 'exercising spiritual connection' is the guarantee of a successful contract with me," the Tarot Great Demon King's condescending expression appeared, "Who passed out before the contract was signed? That is also called 'success'?"
Recently, the shocking truths are really one after another, Su Ya felt a little numb: "So at the beginning, in fact, my mental strength was not enough at all, if you want, I will become your puppet in minutes, right?"
"Clever. ”
After getting along with Tarot for so long, Su Ya knows that he never does useless work, and today he has said this favor. Naturally, I hope she is grateful to Dade: "Okay, thank you for your kindness, put forward your request." ”
Tarot continued to shake his fingers: "Don't call me old man again in the future." ”
Su Ya stretched out her hand, slapped his palm, and held it: "That's it!"
Probably didn't expect Su Ya to take the initiative to hold her hand, Tarot was stunned for a moment, and then held her, but said in his mouth: "Didn't I tell you, there is a space crack around me, don't touch me coldly." At least to say it. ”
"But that's weird!" Isn't it embarrassing to shout "I'm going to touch you" before clapping her hands? And why is there such a strange thing as a spatial rift around the tarot, Su Ya asked curiously.
Tarot's answer was cold: "Because I'm different from you." ”
Then, there is no then. Su Ya knew that this was what he didn't intend to explain, and he didn't bother to ask any more, so he let go of his hand, returned to his workbench, and began to refine things and work.
Backing the mountain. Rely on everyone to run, or rely on yourself to be reliable.
Turning over the eight Autumn Leaf Stones that she had exchanged for from the five brothers of the Great Magician Luo, Su Ya temporarily decided to refine something for Lolita first. This stone Su Ya originally changed a piece from the third child of the Luo family, Luo Mengmian, because she felt that there was a strong vitality in it, which was suitable for raising flowers and grass. That piece was thrown into the garden by Su Ya as a flower fertilizer stone. It is only early spring, and the flowers and plants in the garden are full of flowers, which is not inferior to the prosperity of the royal garden. It's just that the place is a little smaller, only a small piece of her window. So when the Roche brothers came to buy it again, she took it all and planned to expand the garden.
However, when Su Ya saw Lolita's pale complexion just now, she knew that because of Lolita's congenital deficiency and the cultivation of undead spells, there was a lack of vitality in her body, and it would not be good for her body for a long time. If there is a bunch of autumn leaf stones to bless and supplement, it may be much better.
A good friend's body is naturally more important than flowers and plants, so Su Ya changed her mind and wrote and drew on the workbench, wanting to design a bracelet that Lolita likes for her. The autumn leaf stone is originally shaped like a maple leaf, and the color is fiery red, which is quite beautiful, but I don't know if with Lolita's strange aesthetics, does she need to add some skulls to it?
In her fugue, Tarot, who had already closed his eyes and was pretending to sleep, opened his eyes again and said, "Show me those stones." ”
"Oh. Su Ya answered, casually threw the autumn leaf stone to him, Tarot raised his hand, and the scattered stones flew into his hands, he rubbed carefully, and pushed open the window, directly sucked the piece in the garden into his hand, nine stones lined up in a row, the original fiery red color, it looked more dazzling, faintly burning.
Even Su Ya, who was immersed in preparing other materials, also found an abnormality: "What's the matter? Doesn't it mean that the biggest role of the Autumn Leaf Stone is to replenish vitality? Why do these pieces still react?"
"That's true with ordinary Akibashi," Tarot replied, "but these nine pieces have been tampered with." ”
"Ah, shouldn't those great magicians fool me?" Su Ya gritted her teeth and said, "I know that the people who follow the empress are not good people!"
"You can blame them this time, the hands and feet of these nine stones are not something they can do, this is a famous combination seal in ancient times, called the 'Treasure Seal'. Because the autumn leaf stone contains strong vitality, the mark can remain effective for a long time, so its seal is often used. ”
"You mean, these Akiba Stones are used to seal the treasure?"
"Hmm. Tarot said, his fingers flying, and the nine autumn leaf stones swirled around his fingers, the fiery red color became more and more dazzling, until it slowly appeared and pieced together a painting.
Su Ya leaned over and looked at it for a long time: "What does this painting mean, why do I look so familiar?"
"Of course it looks familiar, because it's not a painting at all, it's a map of where the treasure is located. ”
"Map?" Su Ya tilted her head and looked at the painting again, "This mountain, this water, isn't this near the Colosseum?
"The Colosseum was built by Julius Caesar 2,000 years ago, and this seal is from ancient times, and the map shown in the seal is naturally from ancient times. ”
"Wait, I seem to have found something, wait until I sort out the time," Su Ya lay on the workbench, picked up the quill and "brushed" to write down what she thought of, "In ancient times, the treasure was sealed in the autumn leaf stone, and two thousand years ago, Julius Caesar built the Colosseum above the location of the treasure, and made a prophecy about 'the gods are above, and the miracle comes'.
When the Luo brothers exchanged things with me, they said that they had found these autumn leaves stones in an ancient ruin, but the ancient ruins were told by the empress to go. They didn't return, they just found some useless magical treasures, natural mineral treasures, and these autumn leaf stones that they felt alive but couldn't use. Hahaha-" Su Ya couldn't help but slap the table and laugh alone, "In other words, I unknowingly dug a big corner of the empress, right, hahaha, the empress is simply looking for these autumn leaves with treasures, but they don't know each other, hahaha...... And she also personally gave the management of the Colosseum to me hahaha......"
Speaking of later, Su Ya couldn't suppress her wild laughter at all, this was the most hearty laugh she had in more than three months, and her tears flowed out of her laughter: "The gods are above, providence, providence, woo woo...... In that case, will I be able to meet my mother soon, if I can use what the Empress wants as a bargaining chip...... Woowoo woo ......"
Tarot stood up, walked to her side, directly stretched out his fingers to wipe away her tears, and said with rare gentleness: "It's obviously a good thing, why are you crying?"
Su Ya was a little uncomfortable by his movements, took half a step back, wiped her face indiscriminately, and replied, "I'm just too happy to be able to help it." What, Tarot, how do you think I use this as a bargaining chip to swap moms with the Empress?"
"I understand your feelings, but, Sua," Tarot touched her head and said, "You must know that fair transactions can only be done between people of equal status, otherwise you have to expect the powerful party to be a self-binding person, do you think it is possible between you and the empress?"
“…… Impossible, I'm really dizzy, I know what kind of person the empress is, and I still expect to make a deal with her," Su Ya dropped the pen in her hand and smiled bitterly, "I'm so whimsical!"
"Actually, it's not completely impossible, we can think about this matter slowly, Tarot reached out and grabbed the autumn leaf stones, and in his backhand, they had already recovered their original appearance, "Anyway, since I can unlock this seal, I can naturally seal it again as before," he showed a very righteous smile, "I think it is imperative that we find a way to explore the so-called treasure first, what are the what, Su Ya, what do you think?" (To be continued......) R1292