The old Notre-Dame Cathedral is brightly lit and the walls and ceilings are hung with crystal chandeliers, which decorate the church even more magnificently, and it exudes a unique and mysterious atmosphere at night.

Seeing my shocked expression, Father Buckley asked me, "Do you know our sect?" ”

I hesitated for a moment before I recalled, "I know a friend who is from the Holy Cross, but now he has returned to the Holy Cross, and he told me that you were originally a Christian Knights Templar, and he said that you have separated and become two sects. ”

Karting said at this time: "Yes, the reason for this is because of this magic book. ”

Karding sighed again and recounted: "I remember what our teachers said at that time, there were two kinds of people with special abilities in the Order at that time, one was the Holy Power, which was created by the first head of the Templar Order, Paladin, to improve the physical strength, mental power, and telekinesis to make this combination into a mana, and the other is the magic power, the way of practicing the Holy Power is different from the natural carrying or passing on of magic to the next generation, the Holy Power is to find people with a solid heart, Through extremely hard physical and mental exercise, and obtained a kind of magical power, but at that time, the magic power in strength and foundation far more than the holy power, over time the magic power weakened, the study of the holy power and hard work gave birth to many powerful knights, at this time the people with magic power wanted to write a book, to summarize the experience of the magic left by the predecessors, but at that time in the Order, many people opposed this matter, and the magic book was completed under the opposition of the majority of people, At that time, most people thought that we were evil demons, and that gradually cultivating the Holy Power was the right way, but they forgot who protected Christianity and the Order with powerful magic in the first place, and then the Order finally divided into two factions, and the opponents also conspired to destroy the magic book, and several magicians and wizards at that time knew the news, so they fought with the Holy Sect, and left the Order from the newly established Secret Cross Sect of the Dark Pavilion, and the group of opponents was later renamed the Temple Secret Cross Society, and they were all out of the original Christian jurisdiction. ”

Father Barkley watched Karting talk about so many past events in one breath, and comforted: "It's all in the past, forget it." ”

Karding snapped, "How can I forget? You forget, I can't forget the massacre more than 100 years ago! ”

I wondered, "What massacre?" ”

Father Buckley looked sad and said sadly: "Although it was more than a hundred years ago, but this incident is very troublesome, do you know that as early as the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, there was a massacre of magicians and witches, and the reason for this is because the Holy Cross Society spread rumors that magicians and witches were sent by the devil to charm people, and they sold their souls to the slaves of the devil, and at that time many excellent magicians and witches were tied to the cross and burned to death, In fact, they launched an extermination operation with the intention of finding this magic book, taking advantage of people's ignorance and killing many innocent people, and finally we were forced to retire and never mention our sect again, but they never imagined that this collection of magicians' writings was hidden in this well-known century-old church. ”

Although Father Buckley explained the reason in just a few words, who knows how much blood and tears and sorrow are hidden behind this book?

Karkin recovered from that memory and said sadly, "That's how my grandparents were killed, and my greatest wish in life is to learn the spells in the magic books." ”

I suddenly wondered Uncle Karding looked so excited, looking at his 40-year-old appearance, he looked unwilling to learn the skills in the book, I said to him: "Uncle, if I learn the above spells, I will tell you above." ”

Karking shook his head and said, "No, now I know, this book only admits a person who can learn the spells on it, and Father Buckley and I have no magic power, and we can only rely on the magic pattern to use alchemy, and we can't learn any of the spells above at all." ”

Father Buckley nodded, "Yes, if we can learn, the book will open for us, and this book is yours, but we represent the entire Dark Cross Sect and have three conditions for you. ”

I looked at the magic book that was glowing all the time in my hand and asked, "What conditions?" ”

Father Buckley said in a deep voice, "First, you must not do bad things with the spells you have learned above, second, if you do not learn any spells on it, this book must be returned to the Dark Cross before you die, and third, you must join our Dark Cross Sect. ”

I replied, "The first one, I can abide by, I can promise that as long as I don't hurt the people I love or hurt me, I won't use the spells of this book, the second, I don't know if I can do it, and the third, I can do it." ”

Father Buckley wondered, "Are you in danger at any moment?" ”

I said honestly: "Yes, because I originally belonged to a killer organization, I am a professional killer, and I have now thrown off their tracking, and I don't know when they will find me again." ”

"No wonder I see a murderous aura between your eyebrows, and the girl next to you looks like a weak person, but your demeanor is very similar to a combination of a magician and a shrine maiden. ”

Karting was obviously calm, and said: "Don't worry, the reason why magic is said to be an evil demon by their group of people is that it is many times faster than normal skills to learn, and it is not difficult to learn spells, but the difficulty lies in how to control it, because I heard that the new spells learned by people with magic power in ancient times are difficult to control and cause large-scale damage, so not only do they lose one of their lives, but also carry many human lives, magic is different from other spells because it is too powerful, and if it is not well controlled, it will cause great consequences." , so you must be cautious when using it. ”

At this time, Alice, who had not spoken for a long time, said, "Since magic is so dangerous, then why do you want to learn it?" ”

Father Barkley laughed and said, "Because learning magic gives you great power, just like the book says." ”

I said, "All things are for my use, all things are subject to me!" ”

The magic book in my hand opened again, showing the contents inside, and roughly flipped through the book, which is only 36 pages in total, which divides the magic into details, fire, water, earth, wind, thunder, ice, light, darkness, summoning these nine ** techniques, each spell only occupies six pages, so it doesn't look complicated, and Father Buckley, Karting and Alice around me also look at the content of it attentively.

Karting said as I flipped through it: "Don't think that you can learn all the spells on this one, in fact, you can only learn one of the above spells at most, that is, just look at the six pages of a spell that matches you, although there are only six pages, but to control this power can not be practiced overnight." ”

I turned my head sideways and asked, "Then how do I know what spell I am suitable for?" ”

Father Buckley suddenly took out a delicate square box from his bosom and put it in the palm of his hand, and said with a mysterious smile: "Boy, you have Forah, this is something we use internally to test how to test people's attributes. After speaking, he opened the box, and there were pieces of white square paper inside, he took out a piece, and said: "This is called the magic test paper, you just need to hold the piece of paper in the palm of your hand, and just thinking about this piece of paper in your heart will affect the magic power on your body to change." ”

"If a piece of paper burns it is fire, when it is wet, it is water, if it becomes powdery, it is the earth, if it is divided in half, it is wind, if it shows cracked fine lines, if it is broken into a small piece of ice, if it becomes golden yellow, it is light, if it becomes completely black, it is dark, and this attribute of summoning cannot be tested with this paper." ”

Alice asked, "Why can't the summons be tested?" ”

Father Buckley replied, "Because summoning is a kind of magic, and no one but the legendary man can do it, so we don't know how to test it." ”

I took the square piece of paper from Father Buckley and tested it the way they told me, thinking about it in my heart, but I felt nothing in the palm of my hand.

Karting counted the time and said to me, "It should be okay, you can spread out your palms and let us see." ”

When I opened my palm, the piece of paper had not changed, and Father Buckley took the piece of paper and wondered, "Impossible!?" ”

As Father Buckley looked at the paper, it suddenly turned from white to pure black, and then the paper gradually disappeared.

Father Buckley and Karting have seen many similar situations, although they were stunned for a moment, but quickly understood, Father Buckley first said: "You are suitable for practicing dark magic, people with this attribute are very rare, there is only one wizard in this sect is like this, however, when she passed the test, she immediately turned black, not as strange as yours, and after a while, and also melted." ”

Karting continued: "Dark magic ranks eighth in magic, the rule of this ranking is that the higher the magic, the more difficult it is to control, the lower the magic attack range, the more destructive the range is, of course, the power of fire is the most ferocious, the dark magic attack power is not so great, but it has the characteristics of invisible and shadowless, the important thing is that I don't know, what dark magic is, the wizard in this sect doesn't often contact us, and the magic in this aspect of dark magic, the priest and I are laymen, You'll have to figure it out for yourself. ”

I looked at the clock hanging in this room and asked, "It's late now, I'm just here for tourism this time, and it's an accident when I encounter something like this, can we go back now?" ”

Father Buckley thought for a moment and said, "When you want to join the congregation, we have to have a ceremony, and this girl will not be used, so come here in three days." ”

Karting said to us again: "If your travel time limit here expires, you can come and stay with us, and you are your original killer identity, the priest and I are not worried, because once you join our Dark Cross Sect, we will not regard you as an outsider, and according to what you said you are safe now, then we will take care of everything for you through the political dignitaries we know, you can rest assured." ”

Karting continued, "Now let me take you back to your quarters. ”

As I was about to leave with the magic book in hand, Father Barkley stopped me and said, "I have a few things to talk to Mark alone, you go first." ”

When Karkin left with Alice, Father Barkley whispered, "Not only did I come to you this time, but do you remember what Karkart said when you didn't want to come?" ”

I nodded, "Yes." ”

Fr. Barkley: "Hmm! He said: "Alice, the reason why I think she is a witch, is because the witch means a sacrifice to the devil, and there have been such people in our sect, which is a way to get a breakthrough through the consumption of life force, according to my years of experience, I think she is close to the stage of running out of oil, and if you can find any solution in this book, you must tell me, maybe there is a way to save her." ”

I then understood why Father Buckley had asked me to come here to read the magic book, and I said gratefully, "Thank you, Father." ”

Father Buckley smiled and said: "Don't thank me, everything is predestined, since God has sent you to me, there must be a reason, I am just a help, you must take care of everything in the future, three days later at 18:00 in the evening, you must come on time, do not neglect." ”

I respectfully said, "Yes, Father." ”

After seeing me leave, Father Buckley summoned Father Aven and said to him, "Send me my convocation inscription, the Dark Cross Cult is about to hold an initiation ceremony." ”

The three of us walked down the street illuminated by the street lamps, and the night was getting deeper, and the moon, which was still missing, looked down on Paris with her fainter light than the street lamps.

When we introduced us to the accommodation, Karting was surprised: "I didn't expect your accommodation to be just one street away from here, it's so close." ”

I didn't say this mission with Beixue, because it's not suitable to say this kind of thing now, and with Beixue making a plan, it must be very detailed, before entering the Dark Cross Sect, I believe it will end, and then I will cherish Alice and Beixue, and we can part ways, and in this church, we can study Alice's curse with peace of mind, and both are perfect.

As her thoughts raced, Alice's beautiful voice came to her ears and said, "Uncle Kartin, since you are a magician, do you often participate in performances?" ”

Karting laughed, "That was a long time ago, but when it comes to this, I'm going to have a magic trick for Mark." ”

I wondered, "Can I learn this magic trick too?" ”

Karting pointed to the magic book and said, "Look, the book you're holding now isn't heavy or in the way, but you can't hold it in your hand, can you?" ”

I raised the magic book in my hand and said, "Yes, it's inconvenient to do this, you see that this book is always shining, it's too eye-catching." ”

Karting instructed, "You hold it in your palm like a piece of paper, and you have to read the sentence written on the first page of the book, thinking that it should be reduced to the size you think fits." ”

Then I realized that the original sentence in the book was a mantra using the variation of the book, and I said, "All things are for me, all things are subject to me!" ”

The book, as if it knew my intentions, immediately shrunk in size, and stopped when it was three centimeters long and two centimeters wide.

Karting had never seen such a strange thing, and said straightly: "It's good to have magic powers, this magic book, just listen to you, I have never succeeded in holding this book before." With that, he took off from his neck a silver cross necklace, the lower end of the sterling silver cross was a sharp angle, like a small sword, and he continued, "This chain has been handed down from my teacher, and it is said to contain a holy soul that can bless people, and I don't need it anymore, so give it to you." ”

Alice doubted: "Then this necklace can't directly punch holes for the book, how can you wear it?" ”

Karting pretended to be mysterious: "This is going to use magic tricks, come and give me your magic book." ”

I handed the small magic book, and Karting took it into his hand, brought it close to the cross, and shouted, "One, two, three." ”

The magic book instantly hung with the silver cross, as if it were made of nature, such a thing was carried on the body, like a piece of jewelry, and no one who knew the root could not guess what secrets were in it.

I asked, "Uncle Karding, how did you do that?" ”

Karting handed me the necklace and said, "This magic book Father Buckley has the right to dispose of it, but I can't teach me the secrets of magic in vain, and you will be a dark magician in the future, so you don't need to learn this false and unrealistic technique from me, so you still don't want to know, haha, okay, you guys are also at the door, the top floor, right?" ”

Alice and I watched Karkin leave, and then went upstairs, and before Karkin left, I asked, "Aren't you afraid that I'll run away if I get this baby?" ”

Karting replied very cleverly, he smiled: "Whether you believe it or not, although you can study this magic book now, it is very easy for us to find such a thing, so we are not afraid that you will run away with this book, and we believe in you so much, and we don't care about your original profession, you don't want to have some more people who want your life for no reason, don't do stupid things, kid." ”

I had a distinct sense that Karting was saying something that was both hard and soft, and that he was smiling, but he was saying it in a serious way, very seriously.

Today's adventure really opened the eyes of Alice and me, I have forgotten what Karting said, take one step at a time, there are so many strange things happening in my life, so I live an extremely fresh life every day, it all started when I met Alice, it was she who made me know love, life, strangeness, and that unpredictable future.

We walked into the door of the room together, and I asked Alice, "Are you happy today?"

Alice put her arms on my shoulders and said sweetly, "It's a pleasure to be with you every day." ”

We looked at each other, sniffing and sniffing, our body temperature getting hotter, a faint fragrance coming from Alice's body, and just as our lips were about to be pressed together, there was the sound of irregular and hurried footsteps downstairs.