"Are you sure you want me to help you lie? I'm not good at it."
After seeing Miss Audrey, Jenkins explained what he wanted to do, and then the two returned to the building where the church preaching hall was located while talking, and walked along the corridor to the place where Jenkins had just talked with the professor half an hour ago. Outside the room where we flipped through books together.
"It's okay, the professor is not the kind of person who is very good at seeing through lies."
Jenkins shook his head indifferently.
"But are you sure there's no danger?"
"Yes, I'm very sure. The church's plan failed just now, and we have to make two-handed preparations. I know that the church can definitely win by using hard power to fight against that thing. But if it can reduce the consumption of some active power, wouldn't it be a better thing? ?”
Seeing what he said, Miss Audrey nodded hesitantly.
Soon Jenkins called Professor Burns out of the room. Professor Burns didn't know Miss Audrey. After being introduced by Jenkins, he realized that she was a pagan demigod. After greeting each other, Jenkins signaled Miss Audrey to speak. The latter gave him a condemning look, and then said seriously to the professor:
"Mr. Burns, you probably heard from Oliver's father that I am Jenkins' divination teacher. When he went out with Bevanna just now, I did a fortune-telling for him, and the revelation told me that he must Get the way to enter the strange land from you now, which will play an important role in our victory over the Son of the Mist."
This isn't really a lie, and if Jenkins guesses right, he'll gain some extra powers while in the Underworld.
Professor Burns was not so easily persuaded, so Miss Audrey said again:
"I'm Jenkins' teacher, and I won't harm him."
The corridor is extraordinarily bright because all the gas lamps on the walls are turned on. In addition, the architecture and decoration style of the church itself likes to have reflective and glittering objects all over every corner, so Professor Burns can clearly see that this When they said something, the expressions on the faces of Miss Audrey and Jenkins.
Both of them look very serious, Jenkins is used to this, and as a fortune-teller, it is a basic ability to bury secrets in his heart.
"This matter, I think it's best to discuss it with the church, at least think about how we should rescue Jenkins once he gets into trouble."
"No, it can't be like this."
Jenkins expected the professor to say this, so he had already prepared a speech for Miss Audrey:
"My divination shows... the enlightenment you have received comes from a great existence outside the material world, and it is best not to let too many people know about such an existence. Mr. Burns, you probably know that people outside the material world Any information is knowledge that is burdensome to mortals."
The professor agreed with this point, but he was still hesitant, so Jenkins added the last weight to this persuasion:
"If I thought it was dangerous, I wouldn't want to go to Treacherousland myself. My instinct and inspiration tell me that this is a journey without danger, and I even plan to take chocolate with me into Treacherousland. Professor, you Also know my protection for this cat, if I think it is dangerous, do you think I will take it?"
Hearing this, the professor looked at Jenkins, then at the cat, and sighed after a long time:
"Oh well."
According to the professor, entering that special strange place does not require a ritual to call, nor does it need to wait for any special time point. He found a piece of paper, wrote a sentence in elven language and handed it to Jenkins, and admitted that he did not know those slender letters that looked like branches and leaves, and the professor was not familiar with elven language.
"Hold the seeds of the world tree, recite this sentence, and then kiss the seeds, and the gate of the delusion will open to you..."
The professor said worriedly, and then wanted to go back on his word:
"Otherwise, let's talk to Oliver, I always feel it's wrong to do so."
"If you are worried, then I can follow Jenkins into the strange world."
Miss Audrey suddenly said that this proposal shocked Jenkins, but after thinking about it, it seems that it is not impossible—as long as the inviter is not angry.
"No, this paradox can only be entered by those who have the blood of Middleton. I don't think you can follow."
The professor stopped immediately.
"It doesn't matter, Middleton here is not just Jenkins. There are other people who can follow him and help him. Although that person is a pagan, he is also very reliable."
Miss Audrey nodded and said, Jenkins understood who she was talking about, but he didn't want Sigrid to get involved in trouble. But he couldn't use this reason to object, because he had just assured the professor that this trip to the strange land would not be dangerous.
"Actually, it's not impossible to let Sigrid go with me. She is indeed a descendant of the elf priest, and the blood of the elves is also displayed in her body. Maybe this trip can also bring her something. Harvest... Maybe, I can use this to claim the third of the seeds... But how can I compensate her?"
After discussing the plan, Jenkins went to find his distant cousin. Although she also came to the Church of the Sage with the Church of Nature, but because of her weak combat effectiveness, she only played a role as a medical team. At this time, the work was not busy, and when I heard that Jenkins came to look for her, amidst the laughter of other nuns and ladies, I lowered my head and walked through the corridor with Jenkins, and saw Miss Audrey and Bo Professor Erns.
Because of time constraints, Jenkins quickly explained the current situation. Sigrid didn't expect Jenkins to find her because of this kind of thing, and she didn't expect to hear the real purpose of the "metal pendant" from Jenkins, but she agreed to enter the strange world with him without hesitation. There was really no hesitation at all.
On the other hand, Professor Burns, who regretted being easily persuaded, told Jenkins that if the two did not return within two hours, the church would definitely find out that he had disappeared, and it would be impossible to hide this matter by then.
Considering that the time flow between the Paradise and the real world is not fixed, Jenkins is not sure when he and Sigrid will be able to come back, so he understands the professor's concerns, and said that once the church finds out, it will be directly reported to the church. Just report it:
"It's not illegal anyway."
After finishing speaking, he nodded to the professor and Miss Audrey, and faced the wall with Sigrid, each took out a part of the World Tree seed.
"Do you understand Elvish?"
Jenkins suddenly asked, and the nun next to her thought for a while:
"Know a little, but not fully."
"Okay, the pronunciation of this sentence is like this..."
He said in a low voice, and then the two of them read out the words written by the professor on the paper in the elf language with not very standard pronunciation:
"Praise the Lord of Flowers, you are the guardian of nature, the symbol of life and reproduction, you are the righteousness of all things, all things return to nature, and flowers will prosper forever."
This sentence is somewhat blasphemy to the righteous god [Spirit of Nature]. Fortunately, Jenkins only said the pronunciation without translating it, otherwise Sigrid, who is a follower of the righteous god [Spirit of Nature], would not have read it out.
After the complete recitation, the two gently kissed the world tree seeds held in their hands. Although, without warning, a crack emitting white light appeared on the white wall in front of him.
The door to the strange world appeared in front of Jenkins again.