"I didn't expect anyone to live in this place. Shulex tugged at her collar and leaned against Xinghan to look curiously at the photos on the table.

Xing Han stretched out his hand and picked up the photo frame, a thick layer of dust fell on it, there was no glass barrier, the dust was in contact with the photo, and he blew it lightly with his mouth, and the characters in the photo were clearer.

The man in the photo looks like a priest, with his right hand around the boy's neck. The boy has a smile on his face, the family of three is very happy, and the background of the photo is exactly the same as the clock tower, but time has passed, and now the academy has been built.

Xing Han touched the missing corner of the photo, as if someone had deliberately torn it off in order to hide the identity of a woman.

"Hey, what's wrong?" asked Shulex, seeing that Xinghan hadn't moved for a long time, poking him in the back.

"Oh, it's okay, let's take a look. Xinghan put down the photo and motioned for Lystia to follow him and continue up.

The clock tower is not very high, only about three or four stories high, and the interior is only divided into upper and lower levels, so the staircase hanging in the middle will be longer.

At the end of the staircase, the door is locked, but due to age, the lock has rusted and can be pushed open with a light push. The door panel is a very old wood, which is also destined to not stand the wear of time, brittle like paper.

Pushing open the wooden door, a rotten smell inhaled into her nostrils, and Xiulex couldn't help but cough twice. The structure appears to be larger than the one below, and in the center of the room is the core of the entire clock tower, a giant gear.

"Strange ......"

"yes, after all these years, it seems that only this gear can still be used here. Silky crouched next to the gear, and there was not a trace of dust on the metallic edges, as if someone had been cleaning it.

"Xinghan, this clock tower is a remnant of the last century. Lystia said suddenly.

Xing Han asked puzzledly, "Why do you say that?"

"Look at the silver coin here......" Lystia seemed to have something in her hand, and walked near the light by the window, she pointed to the pattern on it with her finger, "This is the period of King Lyzexia's reign, that is, the last century, if this silver coin appears here, it can basically be determined." ”

"Is King Lizethia the Emperor who unites Europe?" asked Shulex interjected.

"Well, yes, since the death of King Lizethia, the silver coins of Europe have been unified into the portrait of the current emperor, and the other silver coins printed with King Lizexia have all been confiscated and refurbished, and I am afraid that only here can remain. Lystia placed the coin in the sunlight of the window, and there were already many spots on the surface of the coin that had the atmosphere of the old times.

"Now, Xinghan, I think it's necessary to know the history of this academy, what do you think?" Xiulex pondered for a long time, then looked up and asked Xinghan.

Xing Han nodded and said, "But even if the events of the last century are turned to the history of the academy, they probably won't be found." ”

The three of them fell silent at the same time, Xing Han was right, it was basically impossible to trace things that far away, not to mention that the scope of the investigation was still this unknown small bell tower.

The time unconsciously came to four o'clock in the afternoon, and after Xing Han yawned, he said, "Xiu Leix, I'm going to train, don't stay here any longer, it doesn't look safe." ”

"Well, then I'll go back first, and I'll let you know as soon as I have any information about the history of this academy. Hulex also seemed to have lost her energy, and after an afternoon of investigating something that she had no clue, her patience had long since been worn out.

"By the way, Listia, you and Love will go back together, we won't be home until about half past seven in the evening, and if you're hungry, let Love make dinner. Xinghan pulled off the necklace around his neck and handed it to Lystia.

"Oh, I see. ”

......

"Xing Han, why are you absent-minded today? Is something wrong?" At about half past five, Xing Han, who had been distracted for a long time, suddenly heard the voice of the ice pupil, and only then did he react.

"Bang!"

Xing Han rubbed her shoulders, and for a moment she was distracted, she was hit by a fireball from Lilicia, but fortunately, even if she had retracted her magic power in the moment just now, otherwise she would never be safe.

"That...... I'm a little tired today, and I can't think about some things clearly. Xinghan lowered his training sword, and Broken Star was not in his hands for the time being, so he could only practice with Lilicia with this.

"Do you want to rest? Lilicia put away her magic and walked over to Xing Han's side and asked.

Xing Han shook his head and said, "It's okay, you can be serious next." ”

"Really?" Bing Tong glanced at the time, it was still early before the end of the training, and since Xing Han insisted on continuing, there was no way, "Don't force it." ”

"I know. ”

Although Lilicia knew that Xinghan was not in a state, the magic in her hand was always not well controlled, and she hit him extremely hard several times. I felt guilty for a while, and finally stopped practicing at half past six.

"Is it because love is not there that you are so weak?" Lilicia asked, handing Xinghan a bottle of water and sitting next to him.

"I don't know, probably. Xinghan raised his head and filled half a bottle, then looked down at the ground thoughtfully. After a while, Xing Han raised his head and said softly, "Lilicia, is my strength really weak today?"

"Well, it doesn't feel like the power that a Broken Star user can have, and I don't see that your moves and patterns are half a threat to me. Lilicia tightened the cap and watched Phil and Funa's practice in the distance.

"What a hassle......

"Xinghan, to be honest, that woman gives me a bad feeling. After a long time, Lilicia said suddenly.

Xing Han glanced at Lilicia and asked, "Which woman are you talking about?"

"The one named Murben Hafey, Listia's mother. ”

Feeling the same way as himself, Xing Han nodded and said, "Well, I think so too, by the way, listen to Lystia say that her mother is a magician." ”

"Magician, but I can't smell magic from her. Lilicia exclaimed.

"Probably because she never used it. ”

"Really...... In other words, Hoshihan, have you been worrying about this all afternoon?" asked Lilicia.

Xing Han didn't deny that that woman did bring too much gloomy aura to herself, and beside her it was like she would face death at any time, and she didn't even know what force she was killed by!

"And there's one thing I've been unable to figure out......"

At half past seven, Xinghan and Lilicia came to the clock tower located in a corner of the academy, and listened to a lot of things from Xinghan along the way, and she also roughly understood the situation.

Lighting the oil lamp on the table, the light instantly covered the entire gloomy room, and at this time, Xinghan suddenly noticed that the scene that had been ignored during the day. Photographs of all sizes hung around the room, but the images on them were different, the man, the child, and the woman, still had their heads or upper bodies torn off, and some even had their entire bodies torn off from the photos.

"Let's go. Xing Han dragged Lilicia, who was in a daze, her body trembled violently, as if she was frightened by this gloomy atmosphere, and nodded lightly after a long time.

Going up to the second floor, Xinghan opened the window, and from here he could indeed see the rooftop where he was shot at noon.

I tried to aim, and if there was someone in that position, I could really shoot anywhere in him. Xing Han sighed, only knowing that the first bullet was far from enough, he could feel it at that time, the first bullet was just an ordinary bullet, and he didn't feel anything else when he shot through his body.

"Xinghan, these silver coins are not from our era, are they?" asked Lilicia, pulling out a handful of silver coins from a nearby box.

In the afternoon, Xinghan didn't notice the chest over there, but Listia brought one over to investigate for herself, never knowing that there would be a chest full of silver coins like this in the last century.

"Wow-"

Flipping through it casually, the reason for the number of silver coins here was beyond his imagination, and it was because of these large numbers of silver coins that Xing Han had the idea of digging deeper.

After about two or three seconds, Xing Han's movements suddenly stopped, and he seemed to touch something in his hand. Lilicia brought the oil lamp to him, and saw Xinghan holding a picture in his hand, the contents of which were almost the same as the one on the first floor.

Lilicia let out a bored sigh and said, "Why is this one again?"

"No, this one is different. Xinghan seems to have noticed that something is wrong with the photo, and in retrospect, the following photos are all men on the left and women on the right, but this one is the other way around. Not only that, but even the scene behind them has changed, and it seems that this photo is not in the same timeline as the others.

The previous photo showed a pasture in the background, but this one was after the academy was built.

"Was it when the academy was first built, wait......" Xing Han suddenly denied his thoughts, the construction time of the Zero Lan Academy was fifty years ago, and a century is a hundred years, so why is there a silver coin printed with the head of King Lyzexia at this time? The two are completely inconsistent in time!

At this time, Xinghan not only realized the time error, but also noticed a problem that had been covering him for a long time, since there was no trace of the sniper at all, why would Xiulex think that it was the precipitator who shot him?

"Xinghan, there is a magic array activating nearby. Lilicia suddenly turned and ran to the window.

Xing Han frowned, indeed, there was an undetectable magic that was approaching this clock tower, and it was impossible for the Spell Tellers to possess any power, they had nothing but Foreknowledge and the help of angels.

"O torn thunder elves, unleash the flickering blast light!" Xinghan slammed out of the window, throwing a bright yellow ring of lightning towards the corner of the city not far away.

"Xinghan, be careful!"