The Oak Inn is an interesting hostel, not only for the locals, but for all those who try to stay at the inn, because money is not the most important thing when you want to stay in this hotel, but the most important thing is knowledge.

Any visitor must answer ten questions from the front desk in order to check in, and these ten questions are different every time, covering astronomy, geography, theology, religion, and everything else that can be thought of. A person who can answer these ten questions in his entirety is an intellectual of a certain level, even if he is not a scholar with excellent knowledge.

It is precisely because of this kind of harsh check-in conditions for ordinary people that the vast majority of people are kept out, so that the business of the hotel does not seem to be very good, and the innkeeper does not seem to care very much about the quality of the business, and still insists on doing his own thing, which over time makes the Oak Hotel one of the most distinctive hotels in the city of Venaya.

When Leo checked in, he also answered ten questions, which were not too esoteric, but the knowledge involved was very interesting. For example, the type of pattern of a certain architecture, or the meaning of a certain language, or the legendary hero of a certain book, etc., are not related on the surface, but on closer examination, all the questions point to Peterman, the conqueror, the founding emperor of the first dynasty of Mares.

Petermann the Conqueror was a slave-born, and his legendary life can be described as magnificent, some compare him to the knight kings of the French Empire, and the only regret is that he never completely conquered the continent of Minsk during his lifetime.

However, no matter what historians and writers say about this person, they have to admit that he is the only emperor who has the opportunity to unify the Minsk continent, and his death also represents that the Minsk continent has forever lost the opportunity to unify into an empire.

It is precisely because of the connection of these ten questions that Leo feels that setting up this kind of check-in level is not just to screen guests, I am afraid there are other purposes.

Led by the hotel attendant, Leo came to his assigned room, which was an ensuite, with a guest room, a study, a bedroom and a bathroom, and the scenery was as beautiful as the newsboy said, standing on the balcony with a panoramic view of the harbor, and also being able to see the flowers and trees of the botanical garden on the side, the living environment was indeed very suitable.

"I would like to book a ticket for tomorrow's ferry to Port Sète in the Kingdom of England. Leo asked as he handed the tip to the waiter.

"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult. The waiter took the tip and stuffed it into his pocket, and then replied: "In the past ten days, the Kingdom of England has held the Poseidon Festival, which prohibits all ships from sailing within the waters of the Kingdom of Inge. ”

"Poseidon Festival?" Leo was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously, "When will there be such a festival in the Kingdom of Inge?"

The waiter replied, "It was only five years ago, and it seems that it was proposed by the royal family of the Kingdom of England." ”

Leo asked again, "Isn't there a boat smuggling on Poseidon's Day?"

"No one dares to smuggle people. The waiter explained: "I heard that all the ships that tried to break into the waters of the Kingdom of England on the Poseidon Festival have disappeared inexplicably, so no one dares to approach the waters of the Kingdom of England on the Festival of the Seagod. ”

"This rumor sounds a bit false, has anyone really seen a ship go missing?"

"The people who have seen it have disappeared with the ship, how can they still be here. The waiter smiled and said, "But everyone has spread it like this, and there are several freighters that often travel to and from the Kingdom of Inge that have indeed disappeared on Poseidon Day, so everyone chooses to suspend all ships to the Kingdom of Inge on Poseidon Day for the sake of insurance." ”

After listening to the waiter's explanation, Leo didn't ask any more questions, turned around and closed the door, but there was a thoughtful look on his face.

Although Leo didn't know what was going on with this Poseidon Festival, he felt that it had something to do with the Poseidon Scepter he had traded back then.

Leo didn't put much effort into this matter, ten days was nothing for him, there was no need to be in such a hurry, so he felt that during this time, he would continue the things that had not been completed on the ship, sort out the various knowledge he had gained now, and learn new knowledge at the same time.

Dio Bronno gave Leo a list of books before Leo left, because he saw that Leo attached great importance to the Gamorean language, so this list was almost all written around the Gamoret language. For example, civilization books related to the Gamoree language, and other scholars' academic books on the Gamoree language, etc., but the most on this list are language books, which are not language books that analyze the Gamoree language, but books on various languages in other countries around the world.

In Dior's view, Leo's understanding of the Gamoree language is already regarded as the world's top expert, and continuing to read the Gamoree research books written by other linguists will not have any effect, but if you want to further analyze the Gamoree language, you can't just start from the Gamoree language itself, but also need to learn other languages and grasp the development laws of human language, so as to be able to further study the more complex Gamoree Turing roots.

What Leo lacks now is the amount of knowledge related to other languages, he only knows the official languages of several major countries in the world, and his knowledge of other minor languages is almost zero, so when he was in the hotel, he asked the waiter to help him buy books in various languages according to the book list to supplement his language knowledge.

Although Leo stayed in his room for a long time and did not spend time in the port of Venaya like the others, the people in the inn were not surprised by this, as Leo was not the first person in the inn to behave in this way, and many of the scholars who lived here did not like to move around.

The hotel has also designated a set of special service methods for such guests, others don't know what this service method thinks, anyway, Leo feels very comfortable, at least he can concentrate on his studies and research, and he doesn't need to think about anything else, the only flaw is that it requires a lot of money.

However, Leo didn't need to worry about money now, after he solved the gang leader in Miria City, he found a large amount of money such as cash and cash checks, which was enough to support his extravagant spending here.

It's just that, after two days of peaceful study, a knock on the door interrupted Leo's study, Leo walked out of the study, opened the door, looked at the waiter who knocked on the door, showed a displeased look, and said, "Is there something wrong?"

The waiter hurriedly explained, "Mr. Dodd, there is a gentleman who wants your help. ”

"Help, what help?" Leo looked at the waiter in confusion.

"As far as we know, you have a lot of research on Peterman the Great, the conqueror of the First Dynasty of Mares, and there is a guest in our inn who is also studying the First Dynasty who has encountered some minor problems on the subject, so I asked our hotel to help find out if there are any guests who are also engaged in the study of the First Dynasty, and see if we can help solve some small problems. ”

Leo didn't beat around the bush and asked directly, "What's in it for me?"

Maybe it was because Leo was too direct, and the waiter in front of him was also stunned for the first time to see such a scholar, but he quickly came back to his senses and hurriedly said: "As long as the problem can be solved, that guest is willing to pay five hundred vinaya dollars for a problem." ”

Five hundred Vina is already a very high price, according to the room where Leo lives now, it is only twenty Vina a day, if you count some additional services, it is at most fifty, and paying fifty Vina to solve a problem can be said to be extremely generous.

Leo thought for a moment and asked, "The first person you are looking for should not be me, right?"

"You are the fifth. The waiter replied honestly.

"How many puzzles did the first four solve?"

"Eleven, and there are still four left unresolved. ”

Leo was also interested in these questions about the First Dynasty of Mares, so he nodded and said, "I'll take this job." ”

"Please ...... then," the waiter smiled, and was about to take Leo to the scholar's room.

"No need. Leo shook his head and said, "You go and bring those few difficult questions, I finish solving them, you send them over, I don't need to contact the other party." ”

"Uh......" The waiter was stunned, a little embarrassed: "I'm afraid this ......"

"Since you can't make a decision, ask someone who can. Leo didn't give the other party a chance to speak, and as he closed the door, he said, "If he doesn't want to, forget it." ”

Then, hearing the sound of departing footsteps outside the door, Leo turned back to his study and continued his studies of the minor language.

It didn't take long for the knock on the door to sound again, Leo came out, opened the door, and saw the waiter standing at the door with a few porters holding the box, and when he saw Leo, he immediately said: "The guest agreed to your request, the box behind is the antiquities of the First Dynasty, the box is written on the difficult question to be solved, I will wait at the door, after you have solved it, you can call me directly." ”

Leo didn't say much, and motioned to move the things in, and the waiter turned around and walked out after the things were put away, and took the initiative to close the door.

Walking over to the boxes, Leo picked up the paper attached to one of the boxes and looked at what was written on it.

Before he focused his attention on the content of the paper, he noticed the obvious smell of women's perfume and the font with a strong feminine character on the paper. Although this does not prove anything, and it may have been written by the scholar's maid, Leo felt that his guess was correct, and that the scholar who solved an academic problem with 500 Vina coins should be a woman.

Although the status of women in the world of Veron has improved a lot, unlike in the past, they were not even allowed to read and write, but a female scholar is still rare in the academic circles of various disciplines in the world of Veron, at least among the people Leo knows, it seems that only Sylvia and Anne can be regarded as scholars.

After a moment of thought, Leo returned his attention to the problem, and soon he found the question of the scholar of the First Dynasty of Maris very interesting, and he opened the box, took out the antiquity related to the problem, and looked at it in front of him.

The question is simple and interesting, and it is for Leo to unravel who the user of the artifact in his hand is.

In general, most of the antiquities judged to be the user have obvious characteristics, such as the name of the user on the object, or the antiquity has a clear record in a certain ancient book. But the problem is that the antiquity in Leo's hand is just an ordinary ancient faience, and the shape and style are no different from the common pottery of the first dynasty of Mares, and it is almost impossible to judge the ownership of the antiquity from the appearance of the pottery alone.

Leo examined the mottled and faded paint of the pottery for a moment, and found no notable clues on it, and then looked inside the pottery.

Although the light was a little dim, Leo's eyesight was not affected in any way, and he was still able to see what was going on inside, just like the paint on the outside, and there were no noteworthy clues in the bottle.

Leo placed the pottery on the table and sat down to think about it for a moment.

He did not think that the scholar had deliberately sought out an ordinary pottery to tease him, and from all circumstances, the scholar must have guessed about the owner of the pottery, but he was a little unconfident in the results of his speculation, hoping to obtain stronger proof from others.

Thinking of this, Leo picked up the pottery again, only this time he no longer looked at it with his eyes, but used the spirit net to probe the internal structure of the pottery, and soon he found something interesting.

On the surface, this pottery is made of clay, but in fact, the clay of this pottery is mixed with a large amount of bone powder, and judging from the fact that these bone powder still have some faint psionic fluctuations left even after so many years, the bone meal should come from a powerful psionic or a dead creature with spiritual energy, and the strength mentioned here is really powerful, at least above the sixth level psionic person.

This discovery reminded Leo of a book he had seen with Rembrandt, in which it was mentioned that the priests of the early kings of the hill would make a sacrificial pot, and that the creation of this special object for sacrificial rituals required a rib on the priest's own body.

When Leo saw the book, he only thought that the ribs used were a bone knife similar to a sacrificial knife, after all, the shape was suitable, but now that he saw this pottery that might be a sacrificial pot, he realized that it was originally ground into bone meal.

Leo didn't think much of it, and after making a judgment, he wrote the answer directly on paper.

Then he looked at the other artifacts and the corresponding puzzles, which were very easy to identify compared to the first sacrificial pot, and the questions were not very difficult for Leo, and he quickly answered them all.

After instructing the waiter waiting at the door to take all the items and answers, Leo did not continue to learn the language, but sat down at the bar in the living room, brought himself a glass of wine, and waited quietly for something.

After a while, there was another knock on the door, and Leo stepped forward to open the door, looked at the person at the door, and said, "Is there any more questions?"