Chapter 802: Guests About to Visit

"Good evening, Miss Danister."

At 9:21 PM, Xia De appeared on the chair in the central circular clearing of the St. Byrons Library, and the library manager sat on the sofa opposite. After the students helping to hold the ritual said goodbye to Miss Danister, they got up and left. This time there were two students, one male and one female. The older male was a human, and the female had scales on her face, not knowing what race she was.

"Her grandmother was a mixed-blood mermaid."

Miss Danister saw Xia De's curiosity and said after they walked away.

Miss Danister was still the same, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and holding a book in her hand, even in the middle of the night, she was full of energy. Although Xia De really wanted to understand the process of the birth of descendants of mermaids and humans on an academic level, he didn't ask out of politeness:

"It's so late, are there still many people in the library?"

He noticed the young students sitting on the ground holding books in the gaps of the bookshelves:

"I thought that a boarding school like St. Byrons would also have a curfew and night lights-out time like ordinary schools."

"Lower grades have it, higher grades can move around in the castle before 11 PM, but cannot violate school rules. You can stay overnight in the library, but the autumn activities of the Astronomy Academy have just ended, but the Star Whale and the starry sky light path are now making a lot of noise, and students all want to get answers from the library."

Miss Danister introduced, so Xia De pretended to be curious and said:

"I also heard news of Midhillburg in Tobesk. Luweiya An Na Te, a ring sorcerer in the same group, also observed the Star Whale on Wednesday night. I heard that Midhillburg had a midsummer night, similar to Tobesk... Is it true?"

"Yes."

The library manager looked very worried:

"Our principal intended to try his luck to see if there would be another Miss Feilianna in this Chosen ritual, but encountered such a thing. The news you got is probably incomplete. What happened in the Mount Sihu area from Wednesday night to early Thursday morning is thousands of times more complicated than you can imagine."

Seeing that Xia De still wanted to ask—Xia De actually didn't have this idea, Miss Danister took the initiative to change the topic:

"This matter has nothing to do with you, and you don't have to inquire too much. Calling you here this time is still about the 'Moon of Guidance' of the Sexes Higher Medical College. Originally, it was expected that he would arrive in Tobesk at the end of this month or the beginning of next month, but there was a small problem, and I'm afraid it will be mid-November before he can arrive in Tobesk."

"Pushed back by a week? It doesn't matter, when the other party arrives, I will act. I am... also very connected in Tobesk."

Miss Danister nodded with a smile:

"That's good. If his identity wasn't so tricky, it wouldn't be so troublesome, spending so much effort waiting for him to arrive in Tobesk before taking action."

"Identity tricky? I remember you mentioned that the other party is also correspondence, is the reality identity tricky?"

Xia De asked, and Miss Danister gave an affirmative answer:

"You probably heard that the Cavendish royal family of Delarion is connected to the Zaras Spell Academy, and those with talent among the royal family members will be sent to Zaras to study."

For example, Lei Qianya Cavendish of this generation.

"The Anjou royal family of the Karsenrik United Kingdom is connected to the Sexes Higher Medical College, and will also send those with talent among the royal family to Sexes to study."

This reminded Xia De that he handed the suitcase containing the "Difference Engine" drawings to the Princess of the Anjou royal family in Midhillburg, and that Princess clearly had very slight witch power.

"The true name of the Moon of Guidance, Leikins Pushia, is a distant relative of the Anjou royal family. Mr. Pushia's grandmother and the mother of the contemporary King of Karsenrik were twin sisters. So after showing talent, he became a correspondence ring sorcerer of Sexes."

Of course, such an identity is not enough to make a Thirteenth-Ring Ringed Ringed Shushi wary. But regarding the "Silver Moon Library", Miss Danister wanted to avoid as many people as possible knowing about it, so she acted so cautiously:

"Let's talk about some political topics. Do you know about the visit of Princess Lei Qianya Cavendish of Delarion to Karsenrik on behalf of the royal family this summer?"

Xia De of course knew about this, although he didn't know why it was mentioned, he still nodded cautiously:

"I know. There is a lot of related news in the newspaper. Do you also know about this?"

"Of course, we also subscribe to newspapers in the civilized world and care about the politics of the two major human kingdoms. I have been following the "Hamilton Detective Story Collection" serialized in the "Steam Bird Daily" recently. Speaking of which, the protagonist of the novel is very similar to your identity... somewhat off-topic."

Miss Danister shook her head and pointed to the tea table. The newspaper floated to Xia De. On it was a photo of Lei Qianya returning to the country at Coldwater Port:

"For the sake of diplomatic balance, the Anjou royal family plans to let the Second Princess Margaret Anjou visit Tobesk this autumn or winter."

Xia De also knew about this (Chapter 653), it was just that there had been such rumors, and it was about to enter winter, but there was no exact time point.

"Leikins Pushia will follow the visiting team to Tobesk. Originally he wasn't there, I used some methods to make him take the initiative to join the visiting team."

Miss Danister stopped her voice, because a young lady with orange hair wearing a black robe and an embroidered school badge on her chest walked over:

"Miss Danister, sorry to bother you. Professor Winchester just sent news, asking if that batch of relic books is allowed to be contained in the library basement?"

"Discuss it at the school lunch meeting next week. You reply to Professor Winchester and tell the Library Management Academy not to always throw those dangerous things into the library."

Miss Danister waved her hand, as if she was very annoyed by this topic. The girl with orange hair nodded slightly, looked at Xia De curiously, and then turned and left.

Seeing Xia De's curiosity, Miss Danister introduced while picking up the teacup:

"The library opens some positions, allowing students below high-ring to do book sorting, library guide, and other work. This not only has remuneration but also can obtain limited practical credits, and even helps with applying to stay at the school to teach. When I was young, I also did book sorting work..."

She shook her head slightly and ended the topic:

"In short, it has been determined that Princess Margaret's party will depart at the beginning of November and arrive in Tobesk in the middle of the month. You will probably see the news in the newspaper next week. Telling you in advance is to let you prepare in advance. I remember your real-world profession is a detective? And you have a knight title, so you should have a way for nobles, right?"

She is not completely ignorant of Xia De.

"Yes."

Xia De nodded immediately, he was very confident:

"Because I saved the Queen, I even entered the Yodel Palace and had a private conversation with the King."

"Then I can rest assured."

Seeing Xia De's appearance, Miss Danister also smiled:

"Asking you for help was indeed not wrong."

Probably because there was nothing to do tonight, after finishing the business, Miss Danister talked to Xia De about the history of this library. She had promised that once the "Silver Moon Library" was found, Xia De would be listed as the next candidate for the library manager, which of course was not said casually.

The large-scale loss of history in the Fifth Era, although it caused this ancient library to also have a historical break, some materials were still preserved, such as the name of Miss Brini Olandon, who was the first library manager of the Academy library.

"She is considered the most important student of Miss Mana Feilianna and has elven blood. Because of the kinship, this also led to a large number of elven-descendant students in the Academy later."

Miss Danister said, drawing a circle in the air with her finger, and the phantom of the golden moon appeared above the tea table:

"As one of the original founders of St. Byrons, Miss Olandon's materials have a great connection with Miss Feilianna. In order to investigate the more specific life of Miss Feilianna, I found some old books in the library that had been around for a long time and accidentally discovered that the core spiritual rune of this lady was actually 【Yellow Moon】."

"That's really a pity, Miss Olandon was a witch living in the Fifth Era, otherwise we wouldn't have to look for any 'Moon of Guidance'."

Xia De said regretfully, while looking around:

"This feeling is really interesting, the same space at different times, perhaps in the distant Fifth Era, that lady also imagined that future successors would be discussing her story."

"A very romantic fantasy."

The Thirteenth-Ring female sorceress said with a smile, and Xia De took the opportunity to bring up his topic:

"Speaking of which, I recently came into contact with the broken holy emblem of the Old God 【Gray-Robed Sage】 and learned a spell related to the library. I remember you mentioned that the establishment of the library is related to the believers of that Old God."

"Yes, so what spell did you learn?"

Miss Danister signaled Xia De to demonstrate.

So Xia De sat upright, grabbed his palm forward, and recited in his heart:

"Method to enhance time perception!"

He maintained this action, but nothing happened. For a full three seconds, when Xia De had begun to feel embarrassed, a roll of parchment flew over from afar and landed accurately in Xia De's hand.

"Really possible?"

Xia De was very surprised, not expecting this matter to be solved so easily.

But looking closely at that roll of parchment, he found that it was a thesis on methods to enhance time perception written by a senior student of St. Byrons that he had borrowed. Most of the methods on it he had tried, and besides providing some interesting ideas, they were basically useless.

"But it doesn't matter, after all, in the projection state, the power of supernatural power will be weakened. If that old sage really left the method of enhancing time perception to the believers, and the believers collected it in this library, then perhaps I need to come here in person..."

"Oh? Are you using a spell to directly find the information you want from the library?"

Miss Danister asked, so Xia De introduced the general situation of the 【Library Retrieval】 spell. The library manager lady nodded with great interest:

"I have heard of this kind of spell. More precisely, in the era when the Old God had not yet departed, this should be considered a divine art. After all, this library itself prohibits most supernatural powers to search for books to prevent leaking the secrets of the library. Only this kind of homologous divine art can work in the St. Byrons library."

"Then, besides being partially integrated into us, are there any other places where the believers of that Old God are? I am very interested in this kind of spell."

Xia De took the opportunity to ask, and Miss Danister nodded:

"Do you know the Apuna Library?"

"I know."

He encountered a high-ring sorcerer of the library during the guardian battle of the Nature Church in the Interstice.

"There is information showing that before the Old God's cult collapsed, a small number of believers carried some important materials and joined the Apuna Library."

Xia De immediately decided to contact the library if he had the chance, maybe the information on time perception was there.

"Besides this, there is also a very ancient organization, very ancient, but also very... ridiculous. They always think that the end of the world is coming, so they try every means to prepare in advance to deal with the end of the world."

Miss Danister said again, and said a familiar name:

"Light-Guiding Hidden Cult.

Those people hide very secretly, and I only heard that some of them traded a few relics with St. Byrons when I was a student. After the Old God's cult collapsed, two high-level members of the cult carried some materials and joined the Hidden Cult. This is not a rumor, it is recorded in the materials of St. Byrons. Of course, the vast majority of the Old God's cult stayed at St. Byrons and became our faculty, but that was thousands of years ago."

"St. Byrons, Apuna Library, Light-Guiding Hidden Cult... all three places may have clues."

Xia De thought in his heart, feeling as if he would never be able to be idle. ===== CHAPTER 803 =====