"Older than this house?" Cynthia didn't understand what Eren meant.

"Yes...... As you said, this is a collection of original manuscripts of all books from ancient times to the present day. To test his suspicions, Alan walked over to the wall and picked up a few rolls of parchment that looked old.

"Yes, that's what my grandfather's notes say. ”

"But in fact, it seems that there are not only original manuscripts of books...... Look at this. With that, Alan threw one of the rolls to Cynthia.

Cynthia unfolded it with confusion, and after carefully reading the contents, she realized that, as Alan had said, the parchment in her hand was not so much a manuscript as some kind of record or report. The date of payment was April 10, the 2nd year of the First Age of Hepp.

"What is this?" asked Cynthia.

"A report from the work of a medical practitioner at the time. Alan said, and threw her a similar one, which Cynthia saw and found that the payment was made at the same time, but this one was from an architect's construction idea.

Alan pulled another copy from the upper shelf and looked at it.

But after reading it this time, he put it back in its place, hesitated for a moment, and then threw a copy of it next to it to Cynthia: "That...... Look at this again. ”

Cynthia skimmed it quickly, and just as she was about to ask something, Alan had already said, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be a work log of some nature, and the time should be April 20, 21, or 22 of the first year of the Hepp Era." ”

"It's really the 22nd......" Cynthia was stunned: "You didn't even open it, how did you know?"

"Because the one I just saw was on the 21st. ”

Cynthia seemed to see a little bit of a clear idea of what kind of magic was being cast on the revolving bookhouse.

"Even unknown magic should have a pattern," Alan continued...... "Although there is everything from work reports and records to manuscripts, the first layer contains things from the 2nd year of the First Age of Hepp, and then 3 or 4 years...... In other words, the magic of the original manuscript can only be applied from the moment it is cast until the time it is cast until the time later, and cannot interfere with the works that have already appeared before that...... Then all the manuscripts included here should also be works that came out during this period. ”

Cynthia understood what he meant, and was a little unwilling, standing silently by the pool.

Alan stood on tiptoe again, pulled out a volume from the bookshelf on the upper floor, and after reading it roughly, said, "Well, as expected, this is a book on farming that was completed in June of the 4th year of the First Age of Hepp. ”

"Manuscript?" Allen's words gave Cynthia a little hope, and she immediately said, "Then it seems that we still have hope!"

But Alan stared at her for a long time, hesitated, and shook his head: "But even magic, there are many things that can't be done, for example, you can't stop aging, or, find things that have been damaged or lost...... I think the thing we're looking for belongs to the latter. ”

Cynthia's face was solemn after hearing Alan's conclusion, but she was powerless to refute it, because in the current situation, his inference could be true.

"And the description 'from ancient times to the present' seems too general. Alan thought for a moment, and then said, "Since the Stone family built this place 1,300 years ago, it can indeed be called from ancient times to the present...... But what if the book was produced earlier, earlier than this room, before the First Age of Hepp, such as the time when magicians formed gangs and fought for 500 years, or even earlier, when magic was born...... After the ravages of the Monoculus, the original manuscript of the book may have been missing, or even burned completely......"

"That's enough!" Cynthia yelled suddenly.

Alan was immersed in finding a vague truth, but when she heard Cynthia's roar, she realized that her expression was extremely gloomy.

"Uh...... Sorry, I'm just suggesting one of the possibilities based on the clues I have so far...... Uh......" Alan hastened to explain to comfort her, "and maybe there are other reasons why the original manuscript of that book is not included here...... Ah, no...... It may also be included, but we didn't find ......"

"It doesn't seem to make sense to stay here anymore. It was a long time before Cynthia spoke again. After the roar, it seemed that a lot of emotions were vented, although it still looked disappointed, but at least Cynthia's tone was close to usual, "Let's go back." ”

Alan was a little relieved and nodded: "Hmm...... All right. ”

The two walked out the door together.

With a "click" to re-lock, Alan saw through the crack in the door that the light in the room had disappeared in an instant, and it was dark again.

Cynthia didn't say anything from the time she went out, she kept sighing softly, she didn't see the result she wanted, she didn't know if she was angry or unwilling.

Alan was hesitant to tell her about what had happened last night, and that Alyssa and Frey had seen it, and that Frey had approached the book while they were unprepared.

But because this matter involved Alyssa, Alan didn't dare to speak. Cynthia and her are incompatible, if Cynthia is told that she has also seen that book, Cynthia probably will not believe that the book was not taken by her, and I don't know what kind of big trouble these two people are going to make when the time comes.

So in the end, Alan gave up. He didn't mention it again until he sent Cynthia back to the dorm building, and he decided to find a chance to figure it out with Frey himself.

Provided, of course, that Frey doesn't say a word to Cynthia.

"Good night. Cynthia looked disappointed, hurriedly finished speaking, and disappeared around the corner.

A cold wind blew, Alan couldn't help but shiver, he looked up at the sky, and found that as Alyssa said, the clouds in the sky were very thick tonight, and there was indeed no starlight.

"Looks like it's going to change?" he hurried all the way back to his room.

He wanted to tell Riel about tonight's discovery as soon as possible, but when he returned to his room, he found that Riel had already fallen asleep.

"This guy obviously slept for a long time in the afternoon...... It seems that this trip has tormented him a lot. Alan was a little helpless, but he could only laugh, "Okay, Alyssa should also come to tomorrow morning's class, and I'll talk to them when the time comes." ”

Alan made up his mind, and hurriedly washed up and went to bed.

But the next day he was not woken up by the wake-up bell at seven o'clock, but by a thunderclap.

It was about half-past five, and he heard only the sound of "thump!", as if something had exploded in his ears, first dull, then extremely loud, and he woke up in an instant.

Then he heard a soft exclamation from the entire building, "Oh!"

Riel also rubbed his sleepy eyes, "What sound?"

It seems that it is not only him, this thunder probably woke up the entire school.

Alan heard the sound of falling rain outside the window and quickly opened the curtains.

At this moment, I saw a bright lightning bolt streak across the sky, followed by a dull thunderclap bursting.

"Something exploded!" Riel didn't seem to wake up yet, so frightened that he subconsciously covered his head. It wasn't until a long time later that I saw that Alan was calmly standing by the window watching the rain, that I realized that it was the sound of thunder.

"Oh! Damn it! Beya never had such a strange thunder on a rainy day!" Rare, perhaps to save face from the loss he had just made, cursed loudly and stole a glance at the Raven brothers, and found that it was a good thing they didn't seem to notice.

It was almost six o'clock, but outside the window there were dark clouds, wind and rain, and it still looked dark, and there would be thunder from time to time.

Alan looked outside and saw that the situation in the garden was blurry due to the rain. All he could see was that the rain was heavy, and the "boom" kept hitting the flowers, accompanied by strong winds. These flowers, which were claimed to be undefeated all year round, seemed to have been knocked down a lot, and some branches were even blown off, which made him suddenly feel a little pity.

It was the first time Alan had seen such a heavy rain, and in his impression, although it had rained all day, it was quite gentle, and there had never been such a strong wind, and this kind of rain was so heavy that it could even cover the sight, as if it could flood the entire campus.

Fortunately, at about seven o'clock, the rain finally started to lighten, and the best news was that the wind finally stopped, which at least made it easier to go out.

The two took out their umbrellas, brought their textbooks, and went out for breakfast together.

Probably because they didn't want to go out on a rainy day, it was deserted all the way, and there weren't many people until they finished eating and went to the general hall. When it was time for class, Professor Stubone was unexpectedly late.

"Oops, heck, this kind of weather is really annoying. While closing the umbrella, he took out a handkerchief and wiped his head and face, I don't know how he opened the umbrella, it was wet from head to chest, which looked quite funny.

But what surprised Alan the most was Alyssa, who had always been rain or shine when she was at Beya, and she was not affected by any external factors. By the time she arrived, Professor Stubone had been talking for a while. But fortunately, because of her excellent performance before, Professor Stubone did not reprimand her, and simply pretended not to see it.

"Why are you here so late today...... It's not like you. Alyssa asked in a whisper as she approached them.

"I don't know...... Today I just feel very sleepy. Alyssa didn't seem to be awake yet, and yawned again.

"Wow, didn't that much thunder wake you up?" Rare laughed, "You can sleep better than me!"

"No......" Alyssa gave him a blank look, ignored him, and then whispered to Allen, "How was last night?"

"I don't know whether to be happy or sorry...... In short, no. "But I accidentally caught some clues about another thing......

"What?" Riel was instantly interested.

Alyssa looked at him expectantly.

"Hmm...... It's a bit of a long story, let's talk about it after class......" Alan looked at Professor Stubourne, who was speaking with great interest on the stage, and whispered, "It's a very delicate matter...... About the Winslow family. ”