Chapter 3405

As Xia De's voice fell, both Daniste and the cat looked forward, but no books flew over.

Only in the galaxy, faint star traces paved another small path in front of them. Both understood what this meant, so Xia De took Daniste's hand again and walked along that small path toward the direction of the moon.

Only no matter how they moved forward, the size and distance of the silver moon hanging in the library's background did not change. And although the bookshelves around them did not change much either, Daniste, who was familiar with star charts, could see that the star chart was changing as they advanced.

Before long, the starry path came to an end, and scenes other than bookshelves appeared in the library.

On a high platform with three steps, a huge reading stand was placed, and on the reading stand was a giant book that was at least five meters wide when unfolded and taller than Xia De.

The two came from the direction of the front high steps, so they could not observe what the front and back covers of that giant book looked like. And the unfolded part of that book, like any book in this library, was in a translucent state with the colors of the starry sky.

"I can't feel any whisper elements, is this it?"

Xia De asked softly, and Daniste shook her head:

"I haven't seen it either. Let's go, let's go over and take a look."

The two walked close to the high platform, and only after stepping onto the three steps did they feel the whisper elements; they suddenly realized that these elements were suppressed by the other books in the entire library. This was a library left behind by the Ancient Gods; even the 【Book of Ages】 was just a book.

On the left and right pages of the unfolded book, only the upper half of the left side had text, and that text was red, and it was in the Delarion common language.

Reading these words did not bring any strangeness to the two, because the content above was very simple:

【Daniste Gustav and Xia De Hamilton together used a ritual to open the 【Silver Moon Library】. After learning some secrets of the Ancient Gods through the books left by Helena Carter and obtaining Miracle - Mythology and Miracle - World respectively, the two came before the "Book of Ages".】

Xia De hugged the cat tightly to prevent it from pouncing on the book. He leaned over to look at the words on the book and whispered:

"We actually found it? I thought there would be some twists and turns, but it's so smooth that I don't know what I should..."

Then they saw text automatically appearing on the book:

【Xia De Hamilton said: We actually found it? I thought there would be some twists and turns, but it's so smooth that I don't know what I should...】

The record stopped where Xia De stopped speaking. This unknowable-level relic was indeed recording.

The administrator Miss knew what Xia De meant:

"Decide for yourself what you should do. But Annette is right; it's best not to use relics of this level directly."

Then what she said was also recorded in this book.

"The color of these red words looks somewhat similar to the 【Philosopher's Stone】."

Xia De said again, then carefully extended his right palm and pressed it on the blank part on the left side of the book.

His doing so indeed had an effect. After his palm was removed, a series of runes appeared there:

【Name: Xia De Su Lun Hamilton】

【Level: Ringed Shushi (Ninth Tier)】

【Fortune: ↑↑↑】

【Age: Two years old】

【Starry Sky Revelation: Your high-tier Sublimation Word should seek the answer from fate.】

Xia De blinked, but he didn't feel strange. Then he turned his head to look at Daniste, and the latter happened to turn her head to look at him as well.

Her face was filled with bewilderment and a little helplessness:

"Two years old... Could it be that your ability to confuse fate also works on this book?"

Then they both noticed that the information about Xia De on the book slowly faded, while the content above continued to write what Daniste had said, only below her words, another line of text appeared:

【Daniste Gustav is questioning the content of the "Book of Ages," not knowing that "Fortune" is determined by the God of Fate, "Age" is given by the Tree of Time, and "Revelation" comes from the observation of the Moon Sage.】

"This book is conscious, right?"

Xia De was shocked, but the red-haired female sorceress still didn't believe it, or rather, didn't dare to believe it:

"I might have misread it just now, Xia De, you do it again."

So Xia De's palm pressed on the book again. This time he pressed for a longer time, so after removing his palm, not only did the basic information from just now appear, but various pieces of information that had appeared on relics capable of observing "truth," such as 【Dice Story Collection】 and 【Fate Observer Cards】, also emerged.

His height, weight, miracles, spells, legendary influence, professional skills, and even how much wealth he had—a situation Xia De himself didn't know—were all listed clearly.

Xia De even felt that if he pressed his hand for a longer time, it would even write down that he liked black hair, purple eyes, cat ears... it would even write down that he liked helping others.

Of course, although the information became detailed, the 【Age】 was still "Two years old."

Daniste's expression was already filled with some panic:

"My turn."

Saying this, she rolled up her sleeves and also wanted to touch the book, but when her palm was less than two fingers away from the page, it was blocked by an invisible barrier. Xia De then reminded her:

"I found this book. Although you can read this book with me, you cannot touch this book."

The female sorceress pursed her lips and said nothing. When Xia De was thinking about what to do with this book and suddenly had a bold idea, she pulled Xia De's hand and asked:

"How old are you really?"

Unless necessary, Xia De would not lie to them, so after hesitating for a moment, he answered:

"It's fine to say 22 years old, and saying two years old... also has some truth to it. But this is not a very important question; you don't need to worry about this."

Then the female sorceress fell into a panic and helplessness that Xia De couldn't understand, but Xia De didn't care. Just as he said, the question of how old he really was had no meaning.

"Two years old" represented the time he came to this world—counting from the spring or summer of 1853. Such a result appearing only showed that this book was indeed very high-end and could reveal results that other relics couldn't:

"According to the rules of the library, I should be able to read the books I seek at will, but now I don't want to flip to other pages of this book... Can I tear off a small piece of paper?"

He said to the book:

"【Puppeteer's Script】 can be dismantled into individual sheets of paper; there's no reason the "Book of Ages" can't. And I don't want to change any past or future; I just want to take it out and study it."

【Who are you talking to?】

"She" asked in Xia De's ear, and Xia De answered in his heart:

"Of course, to this book. I see that this book might be able to answer."

"She" continued to smile:

【No life form, soul, or thought reaction has been sensed; this book is just a book. Wait a moment, I can help you try to communicate with the library through inspiration.】

After a moment of waiting:

【You can tear off a small piece of paper as the thing you obtained after entering the library this time. But after that, this library trip will end.】

"No problem, one piece of paper is enough."

Xia De was very satisfied. Although it was disappointing not to know the whereabouts of Ms. Helena Carter, the other gains this time were already enough. He even learned that the Sublimation Word really needed to be sought on the snowy mountain.

And Ms. Helena Carter's sentence, "I am waiting for you on Kalas Mountain," fully proved that their efforts all along had not been wrong. Xia De believed they would find that "Curse-Eaten Great Tree" sooner or later.

So he told Daniste the information he obtained and the fact that the journey was about to end. The female sorceress, who was still immersed in her own thoughts and stealing glances at Xia De from time to time, seemed startled by Xia De's act of speaking:

"Xia De, you honestly tell me, do you really..."

She wanted to ask again, but Xia De hugged her in the starry sky and kissed her. He kept his eyes open and looked into the administrator Miss's eyes. The latter also had her eyes open at first, but then simply closed them in a look of giving up on herself. However, it seemed at least she wouldn't go on to dwell on that meaningless matter anymore.

After the kiss ended, Xia De extended his right hand, which was not held by Daniste, toward the "Book of Ages." Only before he touched the page again, the paper on the right side of the two unfolded pages, which was less than the size of Xia De's palm, peeled off by itself and drifted into his hand.

"The paper of the Angel-level 【Puppeteer's Script】 is Sage-level, so the paper of the Unknowable-level "Book of Ages" should also be Angel-level, right?"

He looked forward to it in his heart, and then the paper directly "melted" after touching his palm, turning into power and disappearing.

【Outsider, you have obtained the miracle - Fate Manual. This miracle can help you record and interpret fate, corresponding to the 【World】 spiritual rune.】

"Hmm?"

Thick fog surged from the starry sky, moonlight and starlight were obscured behind the thick fog, and everything in the library disappeared.

A few seconds later, accompanied by Little Mia's soft call, the scene of the living room at home reappeared after the fog dissipated. At this time, the magnificent silver door standing on the high platform had disappeared, and the precious jewelry and materials used for the ritual had all been consumed, leaving only the wordless black book on the high platform.

Xia De looked at his right hand in surprise, confirming that the page of paper had really disappeared. Daniste had also seen that scene just now and was about to ask Xia De about the whereabouts of the "Book of Ages" page, and then she saw Xia De casting a spell:

"Miracle - Fate Manual."

He reached out and wiped lightly in front of him, and the surprised administrator Miss saw a giant book resembling the "Book of Ages" unfold in front of Xia De. If it weren't for the fact that there were no whisper elements on this book in front of her, she would even suspect that the Unknowable-level relic had been successfully brought out of the library by Xia De.

?? PS: Modified some details of the previous chapter:

? (i) The cooldown time of Lagley's Leap changed to 1s, and the distance changed to 300m was too exaggerated, corrected to 3s, 200m.

? After the insight in Chapter 918, the distance changed from 10 meters to 20 meters, and after Vanessa was promoted to the Thirteenth Tier in the Dark Night Temple in Chapter 2506, it became 100 meters. After obtaining 【Enhanced Spatial Perception】, the cooldown time was 5s. Now both the cooldown time and distance have been expanded accordingly.

? (ii) The acquisition of the World spiritual rune adds the following effects:

? Authenticity of Misuo-type abilities enhanced, spiritual consumption for maintaining Misuo reduced.

? Note, it is the consumption required for maintenance that is reduced; the consumption required for activation remains unchanged.

? (End of chapter)