Volume 1 The Scourge of Witchcraft and the Enemies of a Thousand Years Ago Chapter 51 A Strange History of the School

"Senior Frey, what's going on...... These rooms seem to be moving?" Alan asked.

"Yes, you read that right, they do move...... All the rooms here, and even the entire building, have been inflicted with an unknown ancient spatial magic, which is why they are called 'Perpetual Motion Houses'. The same is true of another tower. "So I'll give you some advice, if you have a class here that day, make sure you come here at least an hour early, or you're likely to be late because you can't find your way." ”

When Alan heard this, he understood why Mr. Connor would say that he always got lost in class......

"But why was it built like this, isn't it inconvenient?" asked Allen, puzzled.

"Because it wasn't meant to be a classroom, it was built by the people who lived here in the first place. Frey said.

"The first people?"

"Yes, this is one of the oldest buildings in the school. Although the other buildings here are at least 400 years old, they can only be compared to a drop in the bucket...... Because it's been around since the 'time of the Great Brawl'. Frey said.

"Time of the Great Scuffle!" everyone was stunned.

"That's right, that is, it at least already exists......" Frey said.

"1300!" Ryle was so shocked that his jaw dropped.

"It's no wonder I feel that the architecture in this part is different from most of the castles. Allen said.

"You're very observant. Frey looked at him carefully, "But it's not because of the different functions that make the building unique, it's because in this castle, except here, all the other buildings were rebuilt later, including the city walls, the auditorium, the student dormitories, and so on. ”

"Reconstruction? has anything happened here?" asked Allen.

"Follow me. Frey said to a halt, motioning for them to follow him back the way he came, as if there was something else to explain.

Frey led Eren out of the Twin Spires, through the Hall of Universal Magic, and then all the way to the southwest, soon to the side entrance of the History Museum.

It was nearly noon, and the magic test was still going on in the square, and although it was far away, they could clearly hear Professor Stubourne's loud voice.

Frey took a bunch of keys out of his pocket and opened the side door to the museum.

"Originally, this was originally scheduled to be visited by all the freshmen after the magic appraisal, but it should take another day or so to complete all the appraisals, and now I don't have anything else to do, so I'll make an exception and take you to see it first. Frey said as he motioned for them to come in, "I see you're interested in history, too. Frey said as he looked at Allen.

"Uh, uh...... I just like to get to the bottom of it. Allen said.

"In my opinion, it's all the same, anyway, there is a mentality of wanting to see the truth in it. Frey said.

The inside of the museum is very large, but the layout is very simple, with a long row of tables in the middle, which divides the entire museum interior from the middle, and the floor is paved with thick bluestone bricks, which looks very old. However, despite the simple layout, there are many items on display on the tables on both sides and in the middle, including old-looking magic wands, various fossils of animals from ancient times, and various gadgets that were used by people in the past.

The first thing Riel saw was a large fossil, with a head about the size of a human. He looked closer, and it was winged like a bird's fossil. Looking further down, I saw that the parchment under it read, "The original chiming bird, the ancestor of the current chiming bird, the body structure is not much different from the current chiming bird, except that the body shape and wings are several times larger, and it can fly." ”

"Turns out those birds that look too lazy to die all day long used to grow so big!" Rare was a little embarrassed.

But Frey didn't stop there, but led them straight to the other end of the museum. There was a door on that wall that connected to another room.

"This is the statue exhibition room. Frey took out the key again, opened the door, and led them into the room.

The style of this room is very different from that of a museum, and if the museum has a strong prehistoric atmosphere, then this room has a strong sense of civilization, because this room is full of statues and reliefs, carved with many historical figures and certain unknown scenes. There were not many windows in the room, which seemed to be less well-lit than in the museum, and the floor was covered with a thick carpet, and there was no sound of footsteps when stepped on, as if the statues on display here were simply asleep, lest the slightest noise might wake them up.

Everyone was silent.

However, although the walls around the room were full of statues that he had never seen before, the one that caught Allen's eye the most was the one in the middle of the room.

It's a bit of a unique structure. Ordinary statues are carved into a stone with a figure or object, but it is made of a boulder hollowed out from the middle, divided into four parts, facing four directions, and a person is carved on each face.

Alan felt familiar, and looked around the statue for a long time before remembering that the people carved on it were exactly the same as those carved on the outer wall of the twin spires. The dappled sunlight just shone on the statues' faces, making their expressions look lifelike, as if breathing life into them.

"These are the original four Guardians. Frey looked at Alan and said, "It is unknown who its author is, but it is known that it is older than the Perpetual House." The ones on the walls of the twin minarets were re-carved by later people based on this. ”

"Oh. Alan nodded as he looked at it carefully.

"But it's not that I want to show you, it's this. Frey said, pointing to the wall above the reliefs.

Several people looked up, only to find that there seemed to be something carved densely on the wall above these reliefs, and it was all around the room. It was only because the light shone on the relief below, and it appeared that it was dark above, that they did not notice.

"What is this?" Alan asked.

"The history of this castle. Frey said.

Several people were interested, got closer, and looked at it carefully.

The first half of the handwriting is blurry, and it looks very old, recording the origin of the castle.

It turns out that the castle existed before the First Age of Hope and was built by the Stone family, one of the largest lords of the time. The Stone family originally lived in Montrorada. When MONOCULUS first appeared, the then head of the family, Walder Stone, was greedy for life and feared death, and after signing a contract to fight MONOCULUS together, he repented, and he made a plan with several of his henchmen. He first took most of his family to participate in the battle to stop the Eye, and then pretended to die in battle, and the small group of family members involved in the plan recovered his "corpse", giving the world the illusion that the Stone family would be destroyed, and then quietly fled here with the gold and silver treasures that their family had looted for generations, built this castle, and lived an isolated life. The people of the Stone family are all proficient in space-time magic, and the twin spires were built at that time, and the two towers together have hundreds of rooms, large and small, and are inflicted with unknown high-level perpetual space-time magic.

But no one knows when the Stone family fell, because by the time it was discovered in 887 A.D., there was no life in the castle. The courtyard was overgrown with weeds, everyone in the castle was dead, there were several skeletons in almost every room, I don't know what terrible things had happened, there was no trace of a fight, as if they had all died overnight. After looking through the family tree in a drawer, people realized that the owner of the castle was the Stone family, who had been prominent hundreds of years ago. The excited people realized that there might be something hidden in the castle, because nearly nine hundred years ago, the Stone family was destroyed and the treasure that their family had accumulated for generations disappeared with it. The discoverers began to search the castle. But weeks passed, and every room and nook and cranny of the castle was searched, but nothing was found, and even the earth in the courtyard had been dug several feet deep, and there was still no trace of the treasure. In a fit of rage, the disappointed treasure hunters burned everything in the castle, and only the twin spires, thanks to the many defensive spells cast, were able to survive. But the treasure of the Stone family was gone.

"What's written on it?" asked Riel after reading it for a long time, realizing that he didn't have the patience to read so many words.

"It's about the history of this castle. ”

"Is it that long?" asked Riel. Because Alan had been watching for a while, but he didn't say a word.

"Hmm. Alan replied simply, then ignored him and looked down.

The handwriting in the previous part is already a little blurry, and the rest looks clear, but it is also relatively brief: after the MONOCULUS was sealed, the Hepp continent began to flourish again, and it was at this time that the city of Krivari arose. It started out as a small village, but due to its location near a tributary of the Letnes River, the fertile soil on both sides of the river and the flat terrain that extended in all directions, it quickly developed into a bustling metropolis thanks to its natural geographical advantages. The Winslow family was one of the first magical families to move here, and their family was born with excellent physique and ability, so they quickly made a name for themselves here. The castle was rebuilt at the expense of the Winslow family, which is why there are two very different architectural styles in the castle. After that, the castle was taken over by the Winslow family, until the magic eye was sealed for the second time, the Magic Management Society appeared, and the Winslow family came to power, and it began to exist as a magic school, and the Winslow family served as the headmaster.

However, Alan has always had a question in his heart when he read this paragraph, because in the previous paragraph, the description of the Stone family seems to be an objective evaluation made by later generations, and the wording of this paragraph is completely different, wherever the Winslow family is involved, there will basically be an adjective like "great", or "excellent", which makes Alan care a lot.

"Maybe it's not as simple as it ...... described."