"Good. I promise. ”

"No, you have to swear."

"Well, I swear." I raised my left hand and put my right hand on my chest in a swearing-all manner.

"Madame Roger is a vampire, and she's lived for a thousand years." Regia said very seriously, word by word.

Suddenly, an urge to laugh was forced down by myself, and I almost suffered internal injuries, "What, she's a vampire?" ”

I thought she had some unique opinion, and after a long time, she actually made a judgment that could make people laugh off her big teeth, "You mean the kind that only haunts in the dark and sleeps in the coffin during the day." A mysterious creature that can also turn into a bat? ”

"You don't believe it, do you?" Regia's face darkened.

"It's not that I don't believe it, but your opinion is very reasonable." Seeing that she was about to turn her face, I immediately reaffirmed my position, "If she is really a vampire, that would explain why the body found in her cellar did not have a drop of blood." ”

"yes!" Regia was immediately rejoicing again when she saw that I was supporting her.

At that moment, the doorbell rang.

I saw Andrew walk in dejectedly, with a very thick pouch under his arm.

"Rich?" I threw my hands at him, "Give me back the money first." ”

"No money." Hearing the word money, he seemed to be greatly stimulated, and his eyes were still red.

"And what's under your arm?" I looked at the pouch and said, "Look at the thickness, at least tens of thousands of euros." ”

"your tens of thousands of euros. I'll give it to you if you want it! Andrew snapped and left the leather bag on the table.

Regia and I were puzzled that when we opened the bag, there was really no money in it, only a book with a black cover and the words "Grimm's Fairy Tales" written in German. The book is very old, and the dark cover is very uncomfortable to look at.

"You don't want to pay back the money and hide all the inheritance, right?" I squinted my eyes and questioned with deep suspicion, "Don't you mean to tell me that all the inheritance is this book?" ”

"Not bad. It's the book. "Andrew was so depressed that he was about to cry," the lawyer said, saying that Uncle Blank had made a will and seemed to have donated all his fortune to an inexplicable organization called the Children's Autism Foundation. It is said that the only thing left in the property that is not registered is this damn book. ”

Looking at his miserable appearance of dead parents, I couldn't help laughing, and then said angrily, "I'm sorry, it's your business." I can remember the money I borrowed, and I have to pay it back no matter what. ”

I took out a small notebook and read it seriously, "The fare, the cost of food, the cost of buying clothes and pants, and the accommodation fee for these days." All of them don't add up to much, just over 300 euros. ”

"Oh, my emperor, more than three hundred euros. Ah Ye, you are the devil! Andrew was sad enough, but now he couldn't help but hold his head and wail.

I didn't bother to pay attention to him, and turned my attention to the black "Grimm's Fairy Tales" on the table, "Speaking of which, what is going on with this book?" ”

Based on my recent conversations with Regia, I had a guess that Andrew's longing legacy was likely to be lost. After all, the police notified Andrew to come over, but they only used him as an experimental exorcism prop, and they were originally going to hide the situation of the corpse. But this guy actually got a weird-looking book as a legacy, which was a bit unexpected to me.

"I know this book." Regia touched the cover of the book, "Listen to my father, there is a Grimm fairy tale in Dr. Blank's belongings, and it should be this one." Dad also said that Dr. Blank died covered in blood, and that the blood was not his, but that of some kind of mammal. All his clothes and belongings were stained with the blood, but the book was still clean. ”

Dad guessed that Madame Roger was doing some evil ritual with Blank's corpse, and that the book had only been put into the doctor's arms later. Only then can it be explained why the book is not stained anywhere. ”

"So, in fact, this book was originally the bewitching item of Madame Roger?" I frowned, "Why did something so important get given to Andrew as a relic of Blank?" ”

"What's so important about Grimm's Fairy Tales? In Germany, millions of copies are printed every year. You can buy it at any bookstore if you want. Although the cover of the book "Regia Disagrees" is a bit strange, the essence is still a "Grimm's Fairy Tales". Besides, since they have deceived Andrew, it is impossible to say that they will not arrange some inheritance for him. The book was with Dr. Blank at the time of his death, and should be counted as his thing. It's just right to make a souvenir for Andrew! ”

"That's how the police should think, and that's how they should be. Putting aside their dirty thoughts, I just don't think this book is simple. "This book strikes me as very strange, and it seems to correspond to a certain speculation that has been in German academia for a long time.

Andrew, though he didn't understand much of the conversation between me and Regia, was interested in the book as I said. The bastard immediately came to his senses, "Ah Ye, since you think this book is interesting, then I'll sell it to you." We're friends, let's make it cheaper, a thousand euros. In addition to the three hundred euros I borrowed, you will give me another seven hundred. ”

"You really will sit on the ground and start the price, and it will be a waste not to be a part-time businessman." I looked at him with tears and laughter.

"You're my best friend, and I won't treat you badly." He patted me on the shoulder.

"Don't. You pay me back three hundred. "I threw the book back to him.

Andrew immediately cried and lost his face, "Or, the debt will be written off, and you will give me three hundred?" ”

I shook my head.

"Give me another hundred?"

"That's just to offset your debts, I don't want any money. Just need you to cover my expenses in Amber Town and back home. "He's really going to cry.

I pondered for a moment, and only after hanging him was frightened did he nod unhurriedly, but his heart was full of joy, "Okay, I guess you bastard won't pay me back when he goes home." I reluctantly used this book to pay off my debts. Come, press a handprint here, sign it. ”

I casually tore off a piece of paper in my notebook, I wrote an agreement for the guy to sign his name, pressed my handprint, and folded it happily and put it in my pocket.

Regia looked at me in surprise, then silently picked up the book and read it carefully.

"What are you doing?" Andrew asked in surprise.

"I'm afraid, there's definitely something strange about this book, not just the cover." Regia flipped through the book and read it again and again, and finally turned the black cover open.

"Grimm's fairy tales in black packaging are originally very weird." Andrew scoffed, still excited that he didn't have to pay it back.

Regia looked up at him with hatred and suddenly asked, "How long have you known Mr. Nightfall?" ”

"It's been almost half a year." Andrew hesitantly replied, "What?" ”

"What kind of person do you think he is?"

"Treacherous, cunning, vitriol, and most terrible of all, erudition." Andrew did not hesitate to describe me in the vicious word, "and a profiteer." I've only been in Amber Town for a few days and asked me for three hundred euros, so I might as well grab it. ”

"Although I've only been in contact for more than two days, it seems that you haven't known him well before I do." Regia patiently explained, "Do you think Mr. Nightsilence would pay three hundred euros for an ordinary Grimm fairy tale?" ”

"Ahh Hearing this, Andrew immediately froze, "Yes, how could that profiteer let me take advantage of it for no reason?" Could it be that this book really has some value? ”

Their eyes stayed on me, as if waiting for me to explain. I finally couldn't help myself and laughed proudly.

"Grimm's Fairy Tales is known to almost everyone in the world, and even accompanied most people's childhood. It was produced in the early 19th century and was collected, collated and processed by the famous German linguists, the brothers Jaeglin and Wilhelm Green. Since its inception, it has had a wide impact around the world. I motioned for Regia to pour her a cup of coffee and took a slow sip.

"We all know that." She finished her coffee and flipped through the book.

"Do you know what major I'm studying?" I asked.

"I haven't heard you mention it." Reguia shook her head.

Andrew smugly, "I know, it's a forensic profession." ”

"You are identified as a friend, and you claim to be my friend, and you don't even know my details." I almost punched him in the head, "I chose nature as a freshman. In my sophomore year, under the guidance of my mentor, I chose another major, naturalism. ”

"Naturalism? Natural history? "Don't talk about Andrew, even Regia is the first time I've heard of this major.

"Natural science contains a lot of things, and you don't understand it. And it has little to do with it. So skip it. I laughed, "As for naturalism, there's more to it about. After nearly 200 years of evolution, it has been subdivided into many subjects. Charles Dahl, for example, is the strongman who wrote The Theory of Evolution. It was with the Beagle that he sailed around the world in order to better learn naturalism. It's just that his naturalism tends to study the earth and the creatures that live on it. ”

"Are you that great?" Andrew squinted at me, incredulous, "I just know you're good at identifying things." Totally not convinced you could shoulder to shoulder with Dahl. ”

"I'm certainly not a strong man, and besides, it's the naturalism itself and the many scientists who study it that are great. I'm just a little bit of a fight. Even if I study for a lifetime, I'm afraid I won't achieve anything. I shook my glass.

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