Chapter 105: Radiance

Professor Manning started a conversation with Miss Louisa very familiarly. Judging from the content of the conversation, he seemed to know Miss Louisa's father:

"That fountain pen, I have an impression. I was introduced by a friend and bought it from an old writer who lived two streets away. That writer's physical condition was very bad at the time, dark circles, mental dissipation, like severe myasthenia gravis."

The professor sat on the chair behind the desk, holding his two hands together and saying. Behind him was a whole wall of bookshelves, but the books were not arranged neatly, and some books even had slips of paper clipped in them, swaying in the wind outside the window.

But Xia De liked this decoration style very much.

Miss Louisa looked at Xia De. The professor's description of the old writer was obviously that the other party was hollowed out by the fountain pen. Probably before he died, he made up his mind to sell the fountain pen and stay away from those temptations, but unfortunately, it was already too late.

But fortunately, Professor Manning was full of spirit; he probably had not used that fountain pen, just treating it as a collectible.

"Yes, I am here this time to buy that fountain pen from you. To tell you the truth, the old writer you mentioned was my friend, and he passed away two months ago."

Miss Louisa made a regretful expression, and Xia De also imitated her appearance and put down the teacup.

"That fountain pen can probably be considered a Relic. I am also an old friend of that old writer, and I want to buy it back. You can name a price; I think as long as the price is reasonable, I can accept it."

The professor thought for a while:

"If it is a friend's Relic, of course I will not refuse to sell it. In this way, I will go to the collection room upstairs to take that fountain pen back. Please wait for me for a moment."

Saying this, he stood up and also instructed the maid to bring some snacks for the two guests.

Thus, both the maid and the professor left the study, and that black cat also followed. After confirming that their footsteps were far away, Xia De said slightly relaxed:

"It turns out it's just like this. I thought it would be very troublesome."

"Look, I said, this matter is very safe. You can treat it as gaining experience."

Miss Louisa said.

Xia De nodded and picked up the teacup again, and asked curiously:

"Then what are the side effects of the Document-level Relic 【Joyful Dream Pen】? Is it just attracting people to use it, and then the user's body gradually decays?"

He felt curious about this, although he already had quite a few Relics in his hands, this was the first time he had seen such a novel one.

"It's not just that. Using the dream pen for a long time, letting the dream pen absorb too much mental power and blood, then it is possible to let things in the dream come to reality. The terrible things born from the dream pen can be simply considered as materialized nightmares. So, it will be classified as Document-level."

The writer explained, and Xia De made an expression that this thing was so powerful.

As for Miss Louisa wanting this pen, it was not that she wanted to try it, nor did she want to hand it over to the academy to receive a reward. Miss Louisa is a writer, and her own Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi system also takes the 【Writer】 core rune as the core.

She recently encountered a bottleneck in learning secret arts, so she wanted to find some Relics with similar powers to gain inspiration. This is like Xia De purchasing the 【Silver Moon Orb】 wanting to strengthen his study of Silver Moon-type secret arts.

The two chatted about the history of this fountain pen once being contained, mentioning that the probability of the dream pen being held by men is much greater than by women.

At this time, hearing footsteps, realizing that the maid had returned, they turned to discuss the good weather today.

The fat maid wearing a headscarf brought new black tea and a stack of small snacks for them. Those were some muffins, with butter on the side. Professor Manning's standard of living was indeed not bad.

"Sorry, I wanted to get something the cat could eat, but I couldn't find it in a hurry."

The maid apologized to Xia De again. Xia De shook his head and was about to say it didn't matter, but suddenly realized a problem:

"You mean, Professor Manning doesn't have anything here that a cat can eat?"

His hand grabbed the armrest of the chair fiercely, and Miss Louisa also looked at the maid with a frown.

The middle-aged woman did not know why the two had this expression, but still nodded hesitantly:

"The professor doesn't raise pets at home, so there is no..."

"Did you see it just now?"

Xia De turned to ask Miss Louisa, and the latter answered at a fast speed:

"Of course I saw it, that black cat."

The two stood up almost at the same time. Xia De put Little Mia on the chair instead of carrying it.

"You stay here and watch the cat; don't let it run around."

He said to the maid, and Miss Louisa patted the fat maid on the shoulder, her tone becoming extremely gentle:

"Stay in the room and don't leave until we come back."

The maid's eyes immediately became unfocused, and she nodded very stiffly. Xia De had seen this move before. In the garden maze of Lake View Manor, the captain of the Orthodox Church's Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi team used similar abilities, but they were probably not as good as Professor Sanchez's 【Charm Human】.

Leaving the cat and the fat maid in the study, Miss Louisa in front and Xia De behind, the two walked toward the third floor. When stepping on the stairs, Xia De did not forget to ask in his heart:

"Why didn't you remind me that I encountered 'Whisper' elements?"

【Because I didn't feel it.】

"But that cat was very close to me."

【It's not the main body. Since it was born from a dream, the probability of it revealing its main body in front of you is very low. What you saw should just be a false phantom of a nightmare; it is observing you.】

"So the disadvantage of 'the other me's' reconnaissance ability lies in distance."

Xia De summarized in his heart.

Following behind Miss Louisa, walking up the stairs, the two stopped on the last step of the third floor. The third floor was still full of the atmosphere of life. Photos of the professor hung in the corridor, and paper boxes of unknown use were piled up by the wall.

But there was no sound on the entire floor, and all the doors were tightly closed. Miss Louisa tentatively called Professor Manning's name, but did not get any response.

She cautiously said to Xia De:

"Follow me in a while. Although it is a nightmare born from a Relic, judging from Professor Manning's state, the nightmare born from the Relic's loss of control should only be in its initial form. When I patted the maid's shoulder, I checked her situation. She is very ordinary, indicating that the nightmare didn't even have time to take action against other people in this house."

Miss Louisa said to Xia De. Following the steam gushing out from behind her, the brass-colored Ring of Fate fully appeared.

Xia De nodded, following behind the blonde girl, leaving the stairs and stepping onto the third floor. Miss Louisa seemed to be testing something, pausing at every door on the third floor, and then continuing to walk to the next door.

Her back was very beautiful. I don't know if it was because the weather was too hot, but Miss Louisa's back was soaked. Near her swaying golden long hair, the clothes on her back seemed transparent, letting Xia De see...

"Hmm?"

Xia De felt alert and stopped his steps. The outsider's knowledge was extensive, and the situation at this moment made him have an ominous guess.

"Could it be that now it is..."

He looked down at his hands with a feeling in his heart. The originally smooth skin on the back of his hands cracked inch by inch, and golden light marks flashed under those cracks. Rolling up his sleeves, the cracks extended from his hands to his entire body. Almost in the blink of an eye, his whole body was covered with golden cracks, and even cracks appeared on his clothes.

Brilliant golden light radiated outward from inside the cracks. Warm and gentle, but extremely sacred and solemn.

This was just a visual effect; Xia De did not feel pain, but instead felt the fullness and warmth of power.

"This is..."

He said incredulously. As his palms moved, golden radiance actually flashed in the air. As his body swayed, golden light marks were pulled out behind his clothes.

【You wouldn't think that the so-called radiance is just spoken, right?】 ===== CHAPTER 106 =====