Chapter 54: A Congratulatory Gift for the Birth of the King!
Professor Jeno took a half-day off and pushed off all the afternoon classes, saying that he was preparing for the assembly.
As he hurried out of the academy, he didn't notice that the shadows under his feet shook slightly.
It was six or seven o'clock in the evening.
Professor Jeno appeared at the gate of the academy on time, and even hired a carriage to pick up Liao Yu and Vilcy, and went to the place of the next "assembly" together.
"Does Mr. Jeno have a family?" Liao Yu asked in the carriage pretending to be chattering.
And the emaciated professor was stunned at first, but soon returned to normal. He smiled happily and said to Liao Yu:
"Of course, I have a very virtuous and gentle wife, and two very lovely daughters, whom I love."
"What about Professor Liao Yu?"
"Me? I don't have this plan yet, but family is for me... It always feels too far away, and I have been alone since I was very young, so Mr. Yeno, I envy you, will your wife and children attend the assembly this time? ”
Jeno shook his head and said calmly, "No, they... They went on a trip. ”
"That's a shame."
The elf on the other side, listening to the small talk of the two humans in the carriage, didn't know how to interject, so he could only sit silently.
And she always felt that Professor Liao Yu seemed to have something to say, and Professor Jeno also... Acting strangely.
It should be that she thought too much.
The assembly wasn't too far from the Academy, and the carriage slowed down for a quarter of an hour, eventually stopping at a slightly cold street.
"Mr. Liao Yu, Miss Vilce, the meeting place is on the ground of the opposite street, please pay attention to the steps and follow me."
"This side of the Colora neighborhood is a very old part of the royal city, the last renovation was decades ago, and the lighting facilities here are very poor, I am very sorry, because of the limited funds, I can only choose this location to rent the space."
Professor Jeno lit the oil lamp that he had prepared at hand.
At six or seven o'clock, the sky was already dark, and as Professor Jeanne said, most of the street lamps here were scrapped, only a few, emitting a faint light, and from time to time they would flicker.
Professor Jeno, who was carrying an oil lamp, walked in the front, followed by Liao Yu and Vilce.
The three people along the way didn't say much, and fell into silence for a while.
After walking for about a few minutes, Jeno came to a place that looked like a scrapped shop, opened the iron door of the roller shutter, and Professor Jeno stopped at the door, and gestured to Liao Yu and Vilxi.
Vilch looked into the store, only to see that there was a staircase leading to the basement, and torches were lit on both sides of the staircase, but the light of the flame did not bring Vilch a sense of security, but there was a kind of...
Weird.
"I'm sorry Miss Vercie, but the light stone branded with 'Illumination' is too expensive for us, and we have to replace it with oil lamps and torches. “
"No... Nothing, I don't mind, Professor. ”
Vilcy shook her head quickly, and then no longer hesitated, and walked down the stairs to the depths of the basement.
Although the elf said that he didn't mind, Liao Yu could clearly feel that Vilxi was moving closer to him a little closer to him, intentionally or unintentionally, shortening the distance between them.
In fact, Vercy's heart is the same, she is fortunate to know Liao Yu, and now Professor Liao Yu is also with her, otherwise let her come to this kind of place alone to participate in the assembly...
In short, Vilch is very uncomfortable here.
And quickly.
The discomfort worsened as she descended to the end of the stairs and into the hallway of the basement.
Because there are a lot of sculptures in the corridors.
In the light of the torches on the walls, the silhouettes of these pitch-black sculptures are clear.
Take the one closest to Vilshey, for example.
This sculpture is shaped like a giant octopus, with an infinite number of tentacles, and there are dense suckers on the tentacles, just a glance at it makes Vilcey feel a chill.
It's not a phobia, although Vercy has it too.
But what really made her frown tighten...
"What's the matter, Miss Vilshey, are you interested in this statue? Let me introduce you, this is what I told you in class, the first apostle of the demon race, the demon breeder who is in charge of the power of breeding, Ulala. ”
Professor Jeno was the last to come down the stairs.
You can also hear the heavy closing of the door at the entrance.
For Liao Yu and Vilcy, who were already in the corridor of the basement, Professor Yeno's appearance seemed to have changed, becoming more talkative, less silent, becoming...
The excitement is up.
He came to the lead again, just like the director of the museum, and regardless of Vilcy's not very good face, he began to introduce the elves and Liao Yu to the elves and Liao Yu, a total of nine sculptures on both sides of the corridor.
"Look, this snake pupil and scales are the symbol of the wisdom and demons in the demon race, Leon, the head of the wisdom and demons, as the brain of the demon race, gathers wisdom and strategy, and is in the position of the second apostle."
"Miss Vilce, look, and this, what beautiful wings and tails, that antelope-like head and horn, incomparably beautiful and charming, yes, this is the succubus of the demon clan, the third apostle, Elena."
"Huh? Miss Vilce's face is not very good, is it uncomfortable? Then I must recommend this sculpture to you, oh, please don't care about her appearance, although the rot is ugly in the demon race, with bugs and flesh as companions, but the rot demon is also a great apothecary, any flesh and blood disease and pain, under the hands of the fourth apostle Alice, will be in vain. “
The more Professor Jeno spoke, the more fanatical he became.
It's as if these sculptures, like beliefs and gods, are the greatest beings in history, and he is a devout believer, singing the praises of the glory of the "Lord".
Vilcy, who is here, no matter how stupid he is, can sense that something is wrong.
But she still retains the last shred of innocent hope.
"Yay... Professor Jeno, didn't you teach us in the ancient history class that demons are... Invaders? Why do you want to put so many sculptures of invaders here? Why do I feel from your tone that you seem to be... Very recommended? ”
"Admired? Oh my child, don't say that, it's the greatest humiliation to me. ”
Professor Yeno's words just made the elf breathe a sigh of relief, but the next moment, Vilsi's whole body tensed up.
I saw Professor Jeno walk under the statue of the sixth demon apostle, he opened his arms, and the excitement and excitement that had been hidden on his face finally no longer had any concealment at this moment.
He twisted and laughed wildly, his hideous expression turning into a gesture of reverence, and he worshipped the statue of an apostle in front of him with a skull in his hand and his whole body wrapped in bandages.
"How can you exalt these great Lords? We should revere the Nine Supremes, their existence, even the supreme, and you, me, and all human beings are ants, all of whom use the dreams of fools as a means to argue, and the mediocrity of a swarm of ants as a monument! ”
"Only by offering everything to the Lord, listening to the Lord's whispering, and following the Lord's guidance, can we be redeemed and freed from lowliness."
"Feel honored! Today's servants will be my sacrifice to the Lord and to the Nine Supreme Beings. ”
"So..."
"Don't put that on your face, Miss Vilshey."
"Let's work together for the return of the demons, for.... A new king is born after a thousand years! Congratulations! ”