The early morning sun sprinkled on the vast white snow of the imperial capital of Bahrain, reflecting a dazzling white in people's eyes, and the streets that had been silent all night became busy again, only the gates of the imperial capital were still cold and closed, blocking outsiders from the imperial capital and preventing people from the epidemic area from bringing death into this prosperous city. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The square was deserted in front of the Imperial Royal Library, which was located across the street from the Imperial Palace, and few people would come to the library on such a snowy morning, and several of the lower priests of the library were clearing the thick snow at the door.

This is a priest in a silver cloak who stepped on the thick snow on the library square to the front of the library's grand staircase, he kept his head down and looked up at the huge statue of the goddess of wisdom standing above the library's grand staircase, lowered his head again, silently shrunk his hands under the cloak, and walked towards the library door.

As he walked up the staircase, he suddenly heard a call from behind him: "Good morning, my brother, come to the library so early." ”

Hearing this, the silver-robed priest stopped, turned around slightly, still lowered his head, and his face was hidden in the shadow under the hood of the silver cloak, glanced at the lower priest who was talking behind him, and said softly: "Yes, hard work, brother, such a heavy snowfall is really rare." ”

"May this snow destroy all the devils and calamities in the Empire, so that the lands beyond the Imperial Capital can have such a peaceful and peaceful morning. The lower priest made a prayer gesture and said.

The silver-robed priest nodded approvingly, made the same gesture of prayer, and then said goodbye to him, and continued to walk towards the door of the library, as he walked, he heard his fellow priests at the bottom of the steps say to him, "You are so bold, that is the High Priest of the Wings of Light, and you actually call him a brother?"

"Didn't God say that we are all His sons? no matter how high or low we are, we are all brothers and sisters, aren't we?" the lower priest asked puzzled, and his companion shook his head helplessly and said, "I can't tell you newcomers, as long as you don't call the high priest brother next time you see him!"

The silver-robed priest listened to their conversation as he ascended the stairs and entered the library door unobstructed, and as he entered the first-floor hall, a librarian greeted him and respectfully asked him what books he needed.

"I'm looking for some books on the history of the Empire, I'm sorry for you. The silver-robed priest humbly said to the librarian, who hurried into the library as he walked through the rows of neatly arranged shelves, and stopped in front of a row of shelves in the middle of one of the rooms.

"The shelves in this row are full of books about the history of the Empire. The librarian pointed to the dazzling array of books on the high shelves and said to the silver-robed priest, "I wonder which dynasty you need to inquire about the history of the dynasty?"

"Dangchao. The silver-robed priest said softly, and the librarian was stunned for a moment, then smiled wryly and said, "You are really joking, His Majesty the Holy Emperor has only been in power for ten years, and even if there is a major historical record, he will not be sent here." ”

"That's what you're talking about, what about the former Holy Emperor?" the silver-robed priest asked with a slightly embarrassed laugh from under his hood, after a moment's thought.

The librarian immediately led him to the side of the bookshelf, took down a large thick book from the shelf, and said, "This is the life history and memorabilia of His Majesty the previous Holy Emperor. ”

"Thank you, I'm going to take a look here, and I'll trouble you again if I need to. The silver-robed priest took the book from the caretaker's hand, and the caretaker said goodbye to him and turned away.

As soon as the caretaker left, a little owl with black feathers and red claws came out of the hood of the silver-robed priest, and when the little furball saw that there was no one around, he flapped his wings and flew to the bookshelf opposite the silver-robed priest, and bowed his head to the silver-robed priest and said, "Bad wolf, what are you looking for here?"

Dressed as a priest of the Holy Light, Rogge did not answer her question, silently bowed his head and opened the book given to him by the librarian, and flipped all the way to the part that recorded the last years of the reign of the previous Holy Emperor, and suddenly his eyes were locked on one name: Valentine, the Cardinal Priest.

According to a rough account of the book, Valentine was an orphan in the imperial capital, grew up in an orphanage in the Holy Order, became a junior priest at the age of fifteen, and worked as a caretaker in the royal library, but when he was eighteen years old, a sudden circumstance changed his fate.

That year, when the Holy Emperor was giving a public lecture in the square in front of the Royal Library, Valentine, as the librarian, was listening to the Holy Emperor's speech in the crowd, when he suddenly saw a crossbow and bow emerging from the window on the second floor of a nearby house, aiming in the direction of the Holy Emperor.

Valentine didn't have time to hesitate, shouting "There is an assassin!" as he grabbed a stone from the ground and threw it in the direction of the Holy Emperor.

The scene was in chaos, the royal guards escorted the Holy Emperor out in a hurry, the Imperial Capital Guards swarmed out to search for the murderer, and Valentine followed the scattered crowd back to his residence, and that night, the priests of the Wings of Light Priesthood came to his residence and brought him to the Holy Emperor.

Seeing this fair and handsome young man, the Holy Emperor's face showed a hint of curiosity, and he asked Valentine about the day, and Valentin spoke fluently and told the Holy Emperor how he had discovered the assassin and raised the alarm.

The old emperor admired the young man's calmness and generosity, and asked him about his current status and education, and Valentine told the emperor that he was free to recite the theological works written by the old emperor himself, and the old emperor was very surprised to hear this, and asked him to try to memorize it.

Valentine asked the old emperor to choose any passage as a starting point, and began to recite it from the position chosen by the old emperor, and the whole book was memorized like a stream, and the meaning of it was also explained like a treasure, and the old emperor was amazed by his talent and decided to keep him by his side.

Valentine, who entered the palace, served by the Holy Emperor's side day and night, won the appreciation of the old Holy Emperor, and was finally appointed as one of the twelve high-ranking cardinal priests, and became the youngest red-clothed priest in the history of the empire.

After the death of the old Holy Emperor, according to the Code of the Holy Order, one of the twelve cardinal priests would be selected to perform the duties of the Holy Emperor, and the most respected one at that time was the then High Priest Goethe.

But surprisingly, when the results of the vote were announced, the cardinal priest Valentin received eleven votes, while Goethe only received one vote, and according to the imperial code, Valentine became the new Holy Emperor, and Goethe could only bow to the position of high priest.

Seeing this, Rogge gently closed the book in his hand and said to Lilith, who was standing on the bookshelf and looking around, "No wonder our high priest hates the Holy Emperor so much, it turns out that the two of them still have such a past. ”

He put the book back on the shelf, and at the same time reached out to catch the little furball that had jumped down, and said, "I guess Valentine must have done something, otherwise with Goethe's prestige in the Holy Church, those old fellows in red would not have voted for such an unknown little fellow." ”

"I still don't understand what's the point of this?" The little furball pouted and looked at him with a confused look on his beak and asked, "We might as well go directly to the palace and kill the bad Holy Emperor, why do we want to read the things about him written in the book?"

"Do you think it's that easy to kill the Holy Emperor?" said Rog as he put her on his shoulders and tucked his hands into his sleeves as he walked as he looked at the books on the shelves on either side, "Judging from Valentine's resume, he is definitely not a mortal, and judging from the blow he hit me, his magic power is no less than that of Goethe, and we can't take the liberty of assassination." ”

"So what are we going to do now?" asked the little furball, looking at him blankly.

"We're going to find another book. Rogge replied while looking around, and the little furball helplessly lay on his shoulder and sighed: "I hate reading, it's so boring, I get hungry when I read a book." ”

"That's why you're a stupid bird. Rog teased softly, and suddenly stopped and looked at a thick black book above the shelf, and he took it down on tiptoe, and saw that it read "Index of Magical Potions".

He opened the directory and searched down in turn, and finally fell on the line "Black Dragon's Blood", and found the place where the Black Dragon's Blood was recorded according to the catalog, which recorded the role of the Black Dragon's Blood, which was mainly used to break the seal and make armor for immunity to magic.

Luo Gezai carefully read all the records, closed the book and frowned: "Sure enough......" Little Furball looked at the thoughtful expression on his face curiously, and couldn't wait to ask: "Bad wolf, what have you found?"

"I had a not-so-good feeling that things could be much more serious than we thought. Rog put the book back on the shelf, let the little furball hide under the hood of the silver cloak, and hurried out of the library with her.

He walked through the busy streets to the vicinity of Antonio's house, and in an alley opposite Antonio's house, he found Catherine, who was there to monitor the situation, and as soon as he saw him, he asked: "How is the situation, did Goethe send anyone again?"

"No, but I saw several priests watching Antonio's movements nearby, and it was clear that they were also on the lookout for Antonio to report to the Holy Emperor. Catherine said, glancing in the direction of Antonio's house outside the alley.

"You and Monica keep an eye on here, come and join me in the evening, so that the Lantern God can find me with the dimensional map, remember not to be late, and be sure to come to me before dark. Rogge said with a solemn expression.

"I see, what are we going to do tonight?" Catherine asked with a nod of confusion, "Have you found Miss Tully?"

"We do have a dangerous thing to do tonight, but it doesn't have to do with Tali, but if I'm not mistaken, if we get the information we want, we can find out where Tali is, and we can reveal the truth, but we have to succeed tonight because time is running out. ”

Rogge turned around and was about to leave, when Catherine stopped him suspiciously and asked, "Wait a minute, where are we going tonight?"

Rogge paused and glanced back at her confused and uneasy face, and softly spat out a few words: "Condor Prison." ”