For the convenience of everyone in the church to read, the room is brightly lit at this time. Gas lamps, chandeliers, and candle lights illuminate almost every corner with warm yellow light.
Jenkins clearly observed the surprise and panic of the professor when he heard that he planned to swallow the world tree seeds.
"You must not swallow the seeds of the World Tree."
The professor immediately warned, put down the book in his hand and looked at Jenkins seriously. Because the books on the long dining table were almost piled up like a hill, no one noticed the conversation here:
"It must not be swallowed."
"Why?"
"Meow~"
The cat on the lap let out a sleepy sound, and seemed to be sleeping soundly.
"Because you are the royal descendant of the elves and the real World Tree priest, but you are not the World Tree itself. If you swallow that seed, you will be assimilated by the huge vitality of the World Tree!"
"is that so?"
Jenkins was taken aback, but it made sense after thinking about it. Swallowing two-thirds of it last time almost caused damage to the body, and the complete world tree seed must not only increase its strength by half.
His soul would probably be fine, but his body might take root on the spot.
I was glad to be reminded in advance, but I was a little scared. Fortunately, I never asked for the last third:
"Yeah, so I really can't swallow this kind of seed, so how can the seed of the world tree work in my hands? Thank you, professor, I almost became a tree person."
"You don't need to be so polite. This is what I thought of when I was studying the 'Forest of Flowers' you mentioned. Our world is really wonderful."
Jenkins learned about the world other than the physical world from the train paradox last fall, so he also asked the professor, and the professor knew the names of Blossom Forest and Lava Hell.
But Jenkins was still taken aback when he heard this, because the priesthood of lies actually reminded him that what he just said was a lie.
He didn't expect to hear a lie at this time, let alone the professor would tell a lie. But in the last sentence, there seems to be only one place where you can lie, unless Professor Burns really thinks that Jenkins really wants to thank you, that is not polite.
"Are you... still studying the Flower Forest?"
He asked cautiously.
"Yes, but there is very little information. Only a few elven literature can find a few words, but I don't understand elven literature."
This sentence is the truth, there is really only one place to lie.
"Then what do you think about the so-called [World Tree Seedlings]?"
So Jenkins asked again.
"This..."
The professor thought for a moment:
"If you want to truly awaken this ability, you might as well explore yourself and discover your own essence in the search for yourself. Your essence is probably life. A better understanding of this will enable you to better understand yourself .”
This sentence coincides with Miss Knight's reminder about the awakening of bloodlines.
"You also thought of these yourself?"
"Yes."
The professor nodded, and Jenkins decided it was a lie. He kept his eyes on the page, never thinking that the professor would deceive him on this point.
"but why?"
The professor certainly wasn't trying to harm him, Jenkins was sure of that. Then there is a problem with the professor's information source. It's not that the professor doesn't want to tell him the truth, but he can't tell him.
"What I said just now is just a guess, you don't have to take it seriously."
Just as he was thinking, Professor Burns said again. Jenkins noticed that the professor refused to look at his face when he spoke, which showed that he was also guilty.
"Ok, I see."
He replied like this, hesitated for a moment, and thought of the point of this matter.
After tens of seconds of silence between the two, Jenkins suddenly asked again:
"Speaking of which, I remember you said that the opportunity for you to become a benefactor is to get enlightenment from a dream. Do you have any idea about this matter now?"
The professor's expression froze, and the hand that was about to flip the book stopped, but his eyes were still looking in the direction of the book, but not at Jenkins.
Jenkins knew that he had found the key to the matter, but he did not rush, and waited silently for the professor to speak. He knew that the professor would never fool this matter. With the professor's character, lying was already the worst thing he could do.
It was still quiet outside the window, as if nothing had happened except for the heavy fog all over the sky. The people in the room surrounded the long table, and the candles were burning quietly on the chandelier hanging from the ceiling, so that the mountain of books on the table and the shadows of the people beside the table were drawn far to the wall.
People around were talking in low voices, but Jenkins and the professor fell into an eerie silence. The two tacitly kept staring at the pages of the book in their hands, but neither of them was reading.
"Actually..."
In the end, the professor spoke first. His voice was very low. Jenkins had never seen the professor speak like this:
"Yes, that's not what I thought of myself."
He heard the implication from Jenkins' question just now, so he didn't make any further excuses.
"So... the suggestion just now, you really got it from a dream?"
Jenkins remembered that his father had said that the Church knew that the opportunity for Professor Burns to become the Giver came from a dream, but he still didn't mind, and agreed to his application to become an apprentice of the Keeper of Secrets. This shows that the church believes that the source of enlightenment for the professor is safe and reliable, so the advice received this time should also be credible.
"Yes, from a dream. Since I told you about the Middleton family and the elves two months ago, I have been hearing some whispers in my dreams. Recently, I finally figured out the meaning of those whispers."
"But why... you want to..."
Jenkins hesitated to speak.
"The whisper told me that I can't tell you the source of this information directly. Of course, if you discovered it yourself, then it doesn't matter... I am really not a good liar, sorry, Jenkins..."
There was a sense of relief when the apology was made, but Professor Burns still looked very sorry.
"Don't apologize for such a small thing, I don't care..."
Jenkins shook his hand indifferently, and asked again:
"What else did you hear? Besides the information related to just now, is there something else?"
"Yes, there is one more thing, but I don't recommend you try it, so I didn't say it. Jenkins, you must not take the risk, otherwise I will report this matter directly to the church. I think even the sages and The existence in the dream is coming to punish me, and I can't let you get into a dangerous situation."