The next day, the weather was fine.

"Damn, it's late... Hopefully Erin didn't leave..."

When Raymond got up, he didn't have time to eat breakfast, so he hurried to the library.

From afar, he saw Erin waiting quietly at the door of the library.

Raymond doesn't know if it's an illusion,

He always felt that Erin was dressed up very beautifully today.

Wearing a court lace dress with plain white silver silk hooks, red lips and bright teeth, and light makeup, it shows her eyebrows and eyes, like a white lotus that cannot be blasphemed.

She stopped and waited, like a lonely Hanmei,

A cold arrogance overflowed,

There is a kind of arrogance that people are not close to in the distance.

It's been a long time since the agreed time,

Erin's face did not show any anxiety,

Instead, I picked a slightly remote corner,

Always waiting quietly.

......

At this time,

A handsome aristocratic young man happened to see Erin in the corner,

He took the initiative to greet him, "Miss Irene, are you going to go to the library?" ”

Erin nodded politely, "Yes, Felik-san. ”

Felik was overjoyed, and immediately invited: "It just so happens that I'm also going to exchange for a martial art, or let's go together?" ”

Erin smiled politely and shook her head: "No, I still have to wait for a friend first." ”

"Friends?"

With an indignant look on his face, Felik muttered, "Oh my God, what kind of bastard is it that actually made our beautiful Princess Irene wait for him?" ”

It's too late, it's too late.

That's when the bastard in his mouth came over.

"Sorry, I'm late..."

Raymond touched the back of his head, looking apologetic.

If it weren't for the old man who had been dragging him to discuss potions last night, he wouldn't have overslept until dawn.

Felik frowned, and looked at Raymond quietly,

This man is very eye-catching.

Philik's father was the Minister of Commerce and Trade of Philip, and there were many powerful people in the court.

At least the high nobility of Philip and its surroundings are more or less familiar.

However, he had no impression of Raymond's appearance at all.

To Felik's surprise,

When Erin saw that "bastard", instead of complaining for a long time, a smile appeared on her pretty face.

It is like a budding flower bone, which will bloom brilliantly when it is watered by the spring rain.

She smiled at the man, bright as a flower, "It's okay, I haven't been here for long." ”

Seeing this, Felik's eyes widened.

This smile made him very jealous.

"This is..."

Raymond looked at Felik on the side, his eyes revealing a hint of inquiry.

"This is Felik, we just happened to meet."

Erin generously introduced,

I don't know why I would have a ghost to explain more.

Then he turned to Felik again, as if introducing a close friend, and smiled, "This is Raymond." ”

Raymond looked heartless, nodded and said, "Hello, Felik." ”

"Hello, Raymond."

Felik smiled bitterly.

can be called a "friend" by Erin,

Could it be that he is a high-ranking nobleman from the royal capital?

But what is the relationship between this guy and Princess Irene?

......

The Philip College Library claims to be the largest in the Black Sea.

Astronomy, geography, navigation, human history, potions...

The library has a wide range of books in your collection.

In addition to the hundreds of thousands of ordinary books in the first floor,

The second layer of the core is a storage of countless rare transcendent advanced books.

Even the entire Black Sea can't find a second copy of a single book, a secret book, a rare book, a codex...

All kinds of precious books are piled up,

Advanced knowledge of engineering, advanced navigation, advanced martial arts, alchemy, magic...

There are also more than a thousand potions sequences that go to the Secret Archive of Transfers.

Erin is like a cheerful flower elf, and she leads Raymond all the way to introduce her.

The two followed the spiral staircase upstairs, and Raymond experienced the unique scenery inside the library for the first time.

The second floor is more than 15 meters high, giving it a very comfortable and elegant aesthetic.

The roof of the house has a Gothic spire made of stained glass,

Not only is there plenty of lighting,

It is also projected into the colorful rainbow light, which is beautiful.

The walls are covered with European Renaissance style murals, giants vs. octopus kraken... Dragons & Adventurous Teenagers...

The wooden bookshelves refreshed by tung oil are yellowed and shiny, and the classics are neatly stacked and tired, revealing the rich heritage of Philip's territory everywhere.

"This is what my grandfather built back then... I heard that it was the top designers of the Black Sea at that time... The boy on that mural is the story of my great-great-great-grandfather slaying a dragon..."

Erin herself especially likes this library,

She looked up and pointed to the mural on the wall, where her slender swan-like neck was on full display.

Look up and see the sky, the scenery is unique,

Raymond frowned as he looked at the beauty.

This second floor has seen the blue sky through the roof,

Where is the secret room on the third floor that Anna said?

Erin turned her head to look at Raymond's brows and asked, "What's wrong, Raymond?" ”

"It's okay, I'm just a little distracted."

Raymond didn't know,

When he and Erin stepped onto the second floor of the library,

In the dark, there is a glimmer of gaze watching them all the time.

......

"These rows of bookshelves here are some nautical knowledge of the collection... It's martial arts over there, but you can only borrow it with credits and contribution points, and I'm no exception..."

Erin was like a competent tour guide, and her little face was excited to lead Raymond around.

The librarian saw that it was Erin, and even some restricted areas did not stop them, allowing the two of them to wander inside.

The second floor of the library is very large,

Raymond walked around for most of the time before he got a general impression.

He always had the "Knicks lingua franca" in his mind, because it was the key to his interpretation of the "Hayens Death Note".

Finally, the two walked around for a long time, and Raymond saw that Erin's face was also tired,

Only then did he open his mouth and said tentatively: "Erin, are there any classics related to ancient languages and the history of ancient civilizations on this second floor?" ”

"Yes!"

Erin blinked, tilted her head and thought for a while, "Civilized languages belong to the side disciplines, and there are not many people who borrow them. If I'm not mistaken... It seems to be on a bookshelf in the corner over there... Moorish civilization, Nix civilization, Kazakh civilization, Barron civilization..."

Sure enough, there is!

Raymond was ecstatic.

But soon,

When he saw the texts, he was disappointed.

Although this is basically the only classic book in the Knicks civilization period, Raymond flipped through it at will, most of them were some color book murals, black and white rubbings,

The amount of text is very small, and there is not much reference value at all.

These things are called books, and they are more antiques.

......

Although of little value,

But Raymond still relied on his interest to go through the thick books.

I don't know how long it took,

When he closed the last book of the "Knicks Civilization" period,

With a long sigh,

eventually

He didn't find the general dictionary he was looking for.

"Huh... Where did Erin go? ”

Raymond came back to his senses and didn't see Erin, and his vision was full of dense bookshelves.

The structure of the library is somewhat like a labyrinth.

It just so happens that there are few people in this corner,

It's quiet and a little eerie,

It makes him feel swishy.

"It's troublesome now, there is no 'Knicks Lingua Française Dictionary' on the second floor of the library, is it possible that I can only go to the Tianlan King Capital to find it?"

Raymond remembered that King Tianlan had a clue to get the "Knicks Lingua Franca" dictionary,

But it's thousands of miles away from Philip's domain.

If you want to go to sea, you have to go to sea at least a year and a half.

"Forget it, ask Erin directly when the time comes, maybe his father will have a private collection in his hands..."

Raymond was a little frustrated, and a glimmer of hope flashed through his mind, "Or... Is there in that third-level secret room that Anna was talking about? ”

......

Raymond was just about to get up and leave,

The oil painting hanging on the wall next to the bookshelf immediately attracted his attention.

The color of the oil painting is cold and gray,

In the background is a wall full of books,

It's like a private library of a wealthy aristocracy.

Not far from the bookshelf there is a red brick fireplace,

The bonfire is burning,

gaze condensed,

The bonfire seemed to be boiling and burning,

flaming charcoal,

Burn the whole fireplace red,

It's like burning through an entire oil painting.

And the weirdest thing in the painting is that

Next to the fireplace was a gorgeous golden coffin inlaid with various colored gemstones!

The coffin lid is slightly staggered,

Visible white goose down filled sleeping mat outside,

Nothing else.

The protagonist of the painting is a middle-aged man with a dark vulture and a bloodless face.

His cheekbones are prominent, his eyes are dark and deeply sunken, like a perennial addict who stays up late.

Not only the face, but also the skin of the hands and neck also show a sickly pale that has not seen the sun all year round.

But his lips were smeared with a strange scarlet paint, which was as beautiful as blood, giving people a great visual contrast.

A well-fitting black tuxedo, a high-necked cape with black leather on a red background, a top hat, shiny leather boots, and a bauhinia cane.

His eyes were as deep and dark as ink, revealing a wise glow that seemed to be able to see everything.

This shape of the person in the painting,

Not like a living person,

More like a vampire.

Raymond thinks those eyes are very realistic.

When he looked at the painting,

It was as if the person in the painting was looking back at him.

"It's an interesting drawing... Seems to be a painting of a vampire? But... How does this bauhinia cane look like the exclusive noble coat of arms of the Philip family? ”

Raymond held his chin and watched carefully for a while,

I vaguely feel that this oil painting does not seem to be simple,

However, he also had some doubts...

Obviously, when I came here just now, I didn't see such a realistic oil painting on this wall.

"Forget it, I probably ignored it before."

Raymond muttered in his heart,

I just wanted to look away,

But at this moment,

A strange scene has appeared...

He watched,

The eyes of the man in the painting suddenly turned!