Chapter 120: A Chance Encounter on Campus
Early Thursday morning, Angel was helped by Mr. Fool to exchange the extraordinary characteristics of the "sheriff" for 600 pounds in cash from Miss Magician through "sacrifice" and "gift".
Counting the gold pounds in her hand, Angel praised the fool from the bottom of her heart, this transaction made her deposit exceed 700 pounds again, and there was no need to cut back on food and clothing, and reduce expenses.
After a simple homemade breakfast, she continued to her study and began transcribing the Book of Secrets, borrowed from Sherlocka, skipping some of the already familiar content, as well as praise of the strange primordial moon, focusing on the various secret rituals, spells, and curses.
But soon, Angel struggled with several texts written in Gufsak.
She understands common languages such as Rune and Fusak, and even Indis knows a little about it, but she is at a loss for their unified source, the ancient Fusak language, which is known as the source of the Chinese languages of the Northern Continent, and some of the original words retained in the evolution process can still be understood, and there is no way to reach the exclusive vocabulary, and the changeable grammar makes her eyes dark.
"Sherlock didn't mention it because he knew the language, so he wasn't dyslexic?"
She scratched her head, wanting to skip these articles and read the latter first, but found that the content after it was closely related to the previous one, and if she skipped it, it was easy to have some unpredictable problems, and even easy to make a wrong first impression, which would lead to failure when using related rituals in the future.
After thinking for a moment, she decided to copy down the pages of the ancient Fusak language, find someone to translate them, and then copy them in her notes.
The first choice was naturally Sherlock Moriarty, who rented the Book of Secrets to her, who knew the language and would not leak secrets, but her small pride prevented her from thinking about it, and instead hurried out to find a university in downtown Beckland and pay someone to translate it.
As the capital of the Kingdom of Rune, there are many Beckland schools, but unfortunately most of them are located in the suburbs, and there are only some old colleges left in the city.
Of course, in half a month, it will not be called this name, after reorganization and merger, the technical college is about to be upgraded to the "University of Industry and Technology", not only has the original number of popular majors, but also opened a number of new science and engineering disciplines, it is said that the steam church has contributed a lot of efforts in it, providing funds, manpower, and finding a lot of teachers.
Angel's goal is the archaeology department at the university, which is fluent in a variety of foreign languages, especially ancient Vrsak, an ancient language spoken thousands of years ago, and who is less interested in the specifics of these texts than in the history department, reducing the risk of leaks and being questioned.
When she took the mercenary carriage to the North End, it was not surprising that the "Good Luck" revolver she was carrying caused the carriage to collide with another carriage coming in the opposite direction as it passed through the narrow alley, Angel apologized for overpaying the fare, and then walked to the technical college.
Construction is in full swing in the new area added by the college for reorganization, and there is a steam locomotive at the entrance of the school that has just been moved here, and the wheels and rails next to it have not been removed.
It was class time, there were few pedestrians, Angel asked about the location of the archaeology department, and quickly found the teacher's office, where there were only two teachers who were not in class and were writing something, Angel knocked on the door, and one of the teachers looked up and looked at her.
After the pleasantries, the middle-aged teacher, Benny, promised to translate the words as quickly as possible in exchange for a £20 payment, a handsome payment that made the other teacher look at him with envy - he had lost this extra income by just looking up a few seconds late.
"Miss Watson, you can come tomorrow morning to get the translation, and I'll work overtime to finish it today."
After receiving a deposit of five pounds and a few pages of manuscripts, Benny, a darker-skinned teacher, said confidently that his complexion reminded Angel of Klein's teacher in Tingen, Azik, but the former's premature and balding appearance ruined this impression.
After achieving her goal, Angel wandered around the campus at a leisurely pace, but the construction of the campus quickly made her lose interest.
When he returned to the head of the train at the entrance of the campus, it was time for the end of class, and the students who lived nearby had left the campus to go home for noon, and Angel quickened his pace for fear that he would not be able to grab the hired carriage.
The unfamiliar students' faces flashed in front of her, and suddenly, Angel noticed that a familiar figure walked by, she subconsciously looked sideways, and her footsteps suddenly stopped.
A round-faced woman with long blond hair and about eighteen or nineteen years of age walked slowly past the crowd, her side face a little haggard, but generally she looked healthy.
"That's ......"
A stream of familiar and unfamiliar memories flooded into my mind.
Memories of having dinner with her at the table, arguing with her and apologizing, saying goodbye to her in the train station......
"Lily Granger?"
Those memories were inherited from Cole Granger, not "herself", but Cole's experiences had long since been integrated into her body, so that when she first met Lily, she felt a sense of familiarity engraved in her heart.
But Angel did not catch up, but silently watched the girl with a thin back slowly walk into the street, get into a public carriage and leave the technical college.
During this period, she just opened her spiritual vision and carefully observed the other party's aura, and did not find any problems.
That's enough...... She thought silently.
Cole Granger is dead, and the newborn Angel Granger is dead in the official record, so let their only loved one live away from these extraordinary powers and live their lives in peace.
Changed direction, and Angel also left the technical college.
……
"What do you think of the Assassin?"
With her legs crossed and a lazy look, Severia buried herself in the sofa and asked with a yawn, her smooth calves under the black gauze skirt were fair, in stark contrast to her clothes.
"Sherman?" Ignoring the other party's decadent but seductive temperament, Angel quickly wiped out the pastries on the coffee table and replied slurredly, "I taught him techniques such as meditation and vision, let him exercise first." I don't think he's happy to join the Witch Sect, and the instigator who tricked him into joining, called Joels, was arranged by you? ”
"No, Joels really just passed by and happened to save him, although he was reluctant to join the sect, but strange to say, the 'assassin' potion was his own initiative."
"Unsolicited request?"
Angel couldn't believe it, and even stopped holding the pastry in hand, the Sherman he saw that day was indecisive, even a little cowardly, not quite like the kind of person who would take the initiative to become extraordinary.
"Then you can ask him yourself, I look forward to your surprised expression."
Severia smiled, no longer mentioning the newcomer to the Eastern Side, but changing the subject:
"You went to Hilston last weekend with Miss Audrey? What really happened that day? ”
Her expression became serious, she sat up straight from the couch, her grey eyes fixed on Angel's face.
The latter had been prepared before he arrived, and at this time he had used the same rhetoric as he had dealt with the night watch, but in order to make a statement, he revealed some information "obtained from Audrey".
"I heard a nobleman at Audrey's tea party say that there was a messenger of the 'Aurora Society' who died in the sewers, and his body was sprinkled with tarot cards."
Sure enough, Severia showed a thoughtful expression, and only nodded after a moment:
"That's true, Ms. D of the 'Aurora Society' disappeared on the same day, it's a pity that we don't have information channels from the official extraordinary, so we can't get more accurate information, but you have gained something from the aristocratic gathering......"
"Ms. D? Is she related to Mr. A, who is holding the Extraordinaire rally in Queens? ”
Angel asked casually, but her mind was clear, and she was sure from the information that Severia had inadvertently revealed that in Beckland, the Witch Sect did indeed have a close connection with Aurora.
(End of chapter)