Turning to look at Gallie, Richard said: "Gallie, go and tell Marquis Vian that I appreciate his kindness, but I have some things to do, so I won't bother you.
Also, tell Harry and Cathy that I may not have time to teach them in the near future. If they want to learn, they can read this handbook I gave them. "
As he spoke, Richard took out a papyrus scroll from his arms and handed it to Gallie.
Gallie took it and nodded, indicating that he had taken note of it.
Richard waved his hand: "Go."
"Yes." Gallie turned and left.
When he walked to the door, he heard Richard give another instruction: "By the way, for dinner, let the kitchen make the food richer, and let everyone in the manor gather together to eat it as a celebration of Saturnalia. As for me... don't worry about it, I'm busy with something."
Jialie stopped and turned to look at Richard, a little stunned. After a while, he nodded and said, "Yes, Master." After that, he left.
Richard watched Gallie leave, returned to the table in the study, and sat down.
He picked up the already cold tea, drank it in one sip, and stayed alone for a while.
He didn't say anything during the process, and he didn't show any expression, he just kept quiet.
After a while, Richard stood up silently, walked out of the door, and left Blue Lake Manor. Then he cast a spell, flew into the air, and headed to the Shambhala Mine.
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When we arrived at the Shambhala uranium mine, it was already evening, and the entire mine was filled with a lively atmosphere.
The mine owner Waltz was obviously a native of the local area, and he valued the "Saturnalia" very much, so he specially asked the canteen to improve the food quality to celebrate the miners.
The miners were very happy and excited about the free meal, and this emotion invisibly infected the old Lich's big yellow dog. As a result, the big yellow dog ran around happily all day long and howled at every turn.
"Woof woof! Woof woof!"
"Ouch! Ouch!"
Don't be impatient when it comes to howling, but the place where you howl happens to be in front of Pandora's door is wrong.
This seriously affected Pandora's way of solving questions.
So when Richard saw Pandora, he saw Pandora chasing the old Lich's big yellow dog all over the mountains and plains, preparing to teach him a lesson.
Pandora's chasing speed was not fast. She could have easily caught up with the big yellow dog, but she deliberately kept the same speed as the big yellow dog, forcing the big yellow dog to foam at the mouth all the way.
On a hilltop, the old lich Ah Fu looked at these, blowing his beard and glaring in anger, and couldn't help but said to Richard who arrived: "Hey, you saw it, you little girl is really too much. My that Dog, isn't it just because today is Saturnalia that she ate a lot of meat and bones and barked more when she was happy? Is it worth it for her?"
After complaining for a long time, the old Lich suddenly asked Richard again: "By the way, you know that today is the 'Saturnalia', right?"
"I know." Richard nodded.
"Alas." The old man sighed, shook his head, and said with some emotion, "I really can't figure out why there is this festival and my dog is so unlucky. I remember that in my time, there was no 'Saturnalia' , but there is a 'Resurrection Day'. It is held on March 3rd every year to celebrate the arrival of spring, the resurrection of all things, and to pray for a good harvest."
"It sounds like it's not the same." Richard said.
"That's weird!" The old Lich rolled his eyes and categorically objected, "'Resurrection Day' is 'Resurrection Day' and 'Saturnalia' is 'Saturnalia'. How can they be the same!"
"Although they are different, they are somewhat similar. You can definitely celebrate Saturnalia as the Festival of Resurrection."
"Impossible." The old Lich categorically rejected it again, looking very stubborn and said, "Even if I really celebrate 'Saturnalia' as 'Resurrection Day', my memory will tell me immediately that this It's a joke. The memory has been modified, and the soul will detect the slightest thing wrong, and let me understand that it is all fake.
Only March 3rd is the real 'Resuscitation Day', and only then will I celebrate. But the weird thing is that in this day and age, no one knows about 'Resurrection Day'. During the day, everyone I asked around shook their heads. In other words, there is no other person with whom I can celebrate 'Resurrection Day'. "
"Perhaps, this is the price." After a pause, the old Lich said sadly.
"The price? The price of becoming a lich?" Richard answered.
"Yes, the price of becoming a lich." The old lich nodded, "I remember someone told me that becoming a lich can indeed lead to a long life, almost eternal life. But in the process, there is also an unbearable price. .
That is, you can only watch all your familiar relatives and friends die one by one. Even after waking up from a long sleep, the whole world has changed drastically and is completely unfamiliar, just like now - a brand new era. "
"So you regret becoming a lich?"
"Regret?" The old Lich's expression was a little complicated. "To be honest, I'm not sure. However, I know one thing very well. The current era is not as good as my era."
Richard pursed his lips, looked at the old man Lich and asked, "Then if there is a chance, well, I mean if. If you could choose to go back to your time, would you do it?"
The old man Lich was stunned and did not answer immediately, but fell into serious thinking.
After a while, he said: "Originally, when I woke up before and knew that this was a new era, I was a little happy. Because in the new era, there are no longer those enemies in the past, and I no longer have to worry about being hunted down.
But now I think about it, even if there were enemies, it was better in my time. After all, the enemies at least knew me. If I really have the opportunity you mentioned, I think I will choose to go back, or even I can choose to lose all my extraordinary power.
You know, I had a dream a few days ago. That is, I went back to my childhood. My talent was not detected by the wizarding organization called the "Convent of Saint Maria", so I stayed in the small town and lived a mediocre life.
When I grew up, I married the fat cousin who liked me and gave birth to several very naughty children. Finally, at the age of fifty, he contracted a serious illness and died, living an ordinary life. There is nothing wrong with this kind of life. "
After finishing speaking, the old Lich suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly, looked at Richard and said: "But no matter what, there is no chance for you to say it, and I can't go back at all, right?"
Yes... Richard was about to answer when he suddenly saw the old man Lich standing up excitedly, staring down the mountain, and said angrily: "Hey, little girl, stop! Didn't you see that my dog collapsed? You still bully it. Hell, you still pull its hair, you... go too far!"
At this time, at the bottom of the mountain, the big yellow dog was lying on the ground completely tired, and Pandora was picking out the dog's hair fiercely.
The old man Lich shouted several times and found that Pandora ignored him at all. He angrily complained to Richard next to him: "Hey, you have seen it. Is there any rule here? Is there any rule here?! Please take care of it! Take care of it, take care of it!”
As a result, after talking for a long time, without waiting for Richard to answer, the old Lich turned his head and saw that Richard had stood up and walked away quietly.
"What are you doing?" the old Lich asked loudly.
"Of course I have something to do." Richard spread his hands and said as if he didn't want to get involved in the dispute - after all, this was a dispute between a lich, a dragon and a dog, and he walked towards the underground factory of the mine.
As he walked, he heard the screams of the big yellow dog and the annoyed sounds of the old lich coming from behind. Richard suddenly felt that this festival was still very lively, and couldn't help but smile.