When I returned to the city from Kenu Town, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening. After Garen went home directly, he fell asleep after washing up.
My parents are not at home, so I guess I went out to a work party again. Younger sister Ying'er was sitting on the sofa reading a book, and when he came back, she deliberately raised the book to cover her face, she didn't know what the hell was going on.
Garen's arms were dislocated. Even though he had applied ointment, there was still some pain. In addition, the strange things he encountered in the castle today made him physically and mentally exhausted, and he didn't have the energy to pay attention.
After resting at home for a week, the swelling of the arm injury subsided, but I still couldn't do too strenuous exercise, such as martial arts.
Garen really couldn't stay at home anymore, and his sister was bored all day long and didn't talk to him. In this era, the world does not have computers and TVs for people to entertain. He simply took some change and went directly to the library in the city.
"This is your borrowing card, please keep it, and don't wear off the serial number."
The service lady at the service desk in the lobby handed over a black square card with both hands, smiling.
"Thank you." Garen took the card and glanced at the number on it, 233. "Is this number based on the number of people?"
"Yes sir." The service lady nodded, "For general books, please go to the left. For rare ancient books and special foreign languages, please go to the right."
"OK."
Holding the card, Garen walked straight into the left passage.
The black passage is a little dark, and there are bright yellow wall lamps on the walls on both sides, making the whole passage look dim.
He walked into the aisle only to see two young girls walking in front of one another. The floor is covered with a thick black carpet, and the footsteps are almost inaudible at work.
"There are too few people, mainly because the price is too high. A card of 5,000 yuan requires someone to introduce it, and you can only read it for a month. Most people who really want to come and read books look down on them, and those who do value them don't have the time and energy. .”
Shaking his head slightly, Garen followed the person in front of him for a distance, then turned left, and immediately entered a small narrow room.
The room was illuminated with pale yellow lights, and the surrounding walls could not be seen. They were full of bookshelves, and the walls were completely blocked by densely packed red books. There are also two single red sofas and a black wooden table full of books in the room.
Stand at the door of the room and look straight ahead. A door can be seen opening in the opposite wall, leading to another such similar room. And on the opposite side of that room is another door, which leads to a new room.
These rooms are connected in a straight line like a skewer, door to door, all the way to the far corner. Guests coming in can go straight through all the rooms.
The two girls in front of Garen did not stop, but continued to walk forward, and stopped when they reached the third room.
Garen retracted his gaze and glanced left and right at the books on the walls on both sides. There were classified wooden signs hanging under the wall lamps on the walls. The books in this room are historical.
He went on, through here, into the next room. The second room is for geography classes.
The third room is for dance drama and painting art. The two girls are not beautiful, but standing here, each reading a book, they are quite engrossed.
The fourth room is Mathematical Chemistry and Philosophy.
The fifth room is marriage, sex, health care. In fact, it is the place where books such as ** are stored.
Influenced by the Weisman Empire, the atmosphere of the Federation is particularly open. Although there are not many such books, they can still be published publicly.
In this room, a young woman in her thirties sat on the sofa and watched with relish.
In the sixth room, as soon as Garen walked in, he saw a girl in a white dress and black silk sitting on the sofa, with long light golden hair hanging behind her back, and a white headband tied in the middle, she looked very ladylike.
"Finistine? You're here today too?" Garen was slightly taken aback, then smiled. Go to the sofa next to the girl and sit down.
"It's a coincidence." The girl raised her face, revealing a delicate and pure face.
Her skin was very fair, with a slight sparkle, her eyes were large and clear, and her dark blue pupils looked at Garen coldly. It gives people the feeling of a pretendingly cold little sister, completely different from the arrogant young lady who had a picnic on the bank of the river last time.
That's the side of her life, the gentle side she shows toward recognized friends.
Finnistine sat on the large and soft sofa, her petite body almost sank into the sofa, surrounded by red. A large red book was placed on her thigh skirt, covering most of her upper body, giving her a cute and delicate look.
However, Garen also knew that this beautiful girl had a cold face and a warm heart, so she was not fooled by her appearance. You must know that Finestine introduced his qualifications to this library, otherwise he might not be able to enter here. Because he didn't even know that there was such a library in the city before.
Sitting in a more comfortable position, Gallon took a red book on the table and flipped through it casually. On it was a book of heraldry that recorded the coats of arms of famous families in the Federation and the world. A more complete introduction.
"Although it's a holiday now, why do you have time to come to Huaishan again?"
Finnistine lowered her head and continued reading. "It's quiet enough here, not like a bunch of flies at Manroland bothering me."
After she and Garen met again last time, they chatted about the jewelry of doom. Because Gallon has an unusual interest in doom antiques, Finestine, who has always liked special and mysterious antique jewelry, has a lot to talk about.
Finnistine could tell that Garen was not the kind of person who deliberately approached her for other purposes, so she let go of her guard. When talking about my favorite topic, mysterious antique jewelry, the other party showed a very serious attitude and put on an attitude of listening attentively. This made Finnistine feel very fond of Garen, and the two chatted for five or six hours in a small cafe before they parted.
After that time, Finestine took the initiative to apply for the library's qualification and borrowing card for Gallon. The two can be regarded as pure antique jewelry enthusiasts.
"You're quite tired, hiding here and there." Gallon smiled, "By the way, didn't you say you found a new good thing last time? How's the situation?"
Finnistine put down the book, her little brows were slightly frowned, looking a bit distressed.
"It's very difficult to get it. The other party refused to sell it no matter what. I raised the price twice, but it was useless. It can be seen that he really doesn't want to sell."
"What is it?"
"A lucky bow from the great voyage period. It is said to be a bust of a mermaid that can bring luck to people."
"A bust of a mermaid? How much did you pay?" Garen asked, licking his lips.
"Two hundred and fifty thousand."
"The prow of the mermaid bust, 250,000 is indeed a bit low."
"But this is the largest amount I can transfer recently. It won't work any more, and I don't have much pocket money." Finnistine showed a distressed expression on her small face.
"Let's not talk about that for now. By the way, is there any news about the two pieces of jewelry that I asked you to check for me last time?" Garen changed the subject.
"That's quite simple." Feinisting paused, recalling a little bit, "Those two pieces of jewelry, one is Marceline's Blue Fantasy, which is said to have been made for her by a jewelry processing master named Marceline. A piece of antique jewelry made by a lover. The master died of illness shortly after making the jewelry. The strange thing is that the lover who wore this jewelry was fortunate enough to grow from an ordinary person very quickly. As a new master of jewelry craftsmanship, his net worth has also become a huge fortune. And this piece of jewelry was also placed in his jewelry store as the treasure of the town store. It was only stolen later, and there were countless imitations after that. If you run out, there is no way to get the real thing back.”
"Is this man alive?" Garen was taken aback.
Finnistine gave him a blank look. "Why do people die when they live well?"
She just likes the relaxed feeling of chatting with Garen. In front of other people, they all value her beauty, family background, and background.
But in front of an ordinary boy of the same age as Garen, he didn't care about her appearance and background at all, and what he valued most was her knowledge, her knowledge of antique jewelry, especially the knowledge of mysterious jewelry.
"Hehe. A slip of the tongue." Garen smiled sheepishly, "What about the other one?"
Finnistine leaned back, grabbed a black string hanging in front of the wall, and gently tugged. "Wait a minute, what do you want?"
"Er Guqili black tea." Garen said casually.
Finnistine nodded.
After a while, a girl in a black and white maid outfit walked into the room. "May I ask what you two need?"
"A cup of Tonino coffee, a cup of Gucci black tea, both must be hot." Finestine ordered lightly.
"Understood, please wait a moment." The maidservant bowed and left the room.
Garen chuckled. "Didn't you like cold ones before?"
"Why are you laughing!? You can't change the taste once in a while?" Finnistine blushed and became annoyed, "Do you think I'm learning from you?"
"Yes yes yes, I know I know." Garen waved his hands again and again, holding back his smile. "I understand." After speaking, he couldn't help but burst out laughing again.
"Okay, be serious!" Finestine held up the book and knocked Garon on the head. Although it looked heavy, the force was very light. "Let's talk about another thing, which is also the treasure of this jeweler. It is called the Eye of Avril. It is inspired by a princess named Avril in the Westman Empire. It is said that she was blind from birth, but her eyes She was born extremely perfect and beautiful, and this piece of jewelry is named after her eyes. There is no mysterious background, but it is said that this piece of jewelry was once blessed by Wiseman III, hoping that the princess' eyes will always be as beautiful and clear as this piece of jewelry. It is rumored that this piece of jewelry has been lost to the people for many years, and it is not known whether it is true."
"It should be true." Garen touched his chin and said softly.
"how do you know?"
"Guess."
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Garen smiled and became serious. "Okay, let's get down to business. Last time you said that you found a new change in the ring of doom you bought? What is the change? Can you show me again?"
Finnistine pondered for a while, but didn't make a sound for a moment. It happened that the maid came in with black tea and coffee, put the coffee and black tea in front of the two of them respectively, and left quietly.
The scalding heat slowly rises from the brown cup, and the room is very quiet for a while.
After a long time, Finestine spoke slowly. She frowned and rubbed her temples in distress.
"I can't tell. Anyway, it's a very weird feeling. During this period of time, everything went wrong, pocket money was suddenly tightened, and friends quarreled with me for no reason." She paused.
"You also know that I have few friends and a narrow circle. Ever since I bought the ring of doom, it has become like this. You don't think it's really that thing that works?"
"Where's your ring of doom? Show me." Garen also frowned.
Finnistine blushed suddenly.
"I didn't bring it with me next time, I'll bring it here to show you."
(end of this chapter)