Shad did not stay overnight at Luvia's house, but returned home in the dark. After all, Dorothy said she would come to St. Teresa's Square today.
I thought this slightly busy Friday was finally coming to an end. But as soon as Shad walked out of the basement, Dorothy hurried down from the gas-lit upstairs in her slippers:
"Oh, Shade, you're finally back. If you didn't come back, I really don't know what I would do."
"What's wrong?"
Shade asked in surprise, and walked up the stairs. The blonde girl stuffed the pages of his poem into his hands:
"Half an hour ago, a message appeared on your manuscript page. Miss Danister will come here at nine o'clock in the evening and ask you to get ready... Although I don't know what you are going to prepare, fortunately you are back. It is now ten past eight..."
"Nineteen minutes and twenty-three seconds."
Shad told the exact time, and then realized that Miss Danister had spent more than half a month to finally collect all the materials for the "Ritual - Calling the Door of the Silvermoon Library".
"That's great. Actually, you don't need to prepare anything. Oh, I'll go boil a pot of hot water and prepare some tea."
"I won't be here anymore."
Dorothy kissed the side of Shad's face, and then touched his back as Mia cried out in dissatisfaction:
"I don't want to interrupt your business."
"But... ... "
Shad wanted to call Dorothy, but the sorceress, who had already entered the hall, guessed what he was going to say and smiled back at him:
"I'm going back to my apartment on Quill Street to get some clothes. I'll come back at half past ten to hear more about your adventures in Randall Valley. Or maybe later? I don't know how long you'll need."
Miss Danister was probably too excited. When Shade opened the door downstairs at nine o'clock and saw the thirteen-ring sorceress getting off the midnight dream carriage, her first words were not to say good evening to Shade, but to ask nervously:
"Is the source of chaos still with you?"
"Of course, why not?"
Shade asked curiously, watching the carriage glide away invisibly in the shadows.
"I'm just worried that something might go wrong in the end. After all, you know how long I've been waiting for this day."
She was carrying a large black suitcase, and Shad politely took it from Miss Danister after she came in and helped carry it. The suitcase contained the materials for the ceremony.
This special ceremony that can call the "Gate of the Silver Moon Library" needs to be held in the "Moon Holy Residence" with a "library or study scene". Room 2 on the second floor of Saint Teresa Square is the Moon Holy Residence, and in the first half of the month, Leisia paid for the renovation and renovated the living room of Room 2 into a study and reception room, so the ceremony was held there.
This kind of decoration has other advantages. The Secret Keeper's Hall is also in the living room of Room 2. With a table and chairs, it is convenient for Xia De to use it at any time.
This was the most complex ceremony that Shade had ever participated in. Miss Danister manipulated the items in the box she brought with her and painted the ritual array on the floor between the desk and the coffee table.
The thirteen-ring sorceress relied on her exquisite control and magic that Shade could not understand to make the materials fly automatically to the position they should be in. However, subtle tasks such as adjusting the inclination of the silver mirror and sprinkling the "star dust" around specific runes still required Shade and Miss Danister to do it themselves.
The arrangement of the ceremony took nearly forty minutes. When everything was ready, Miss Danister took out the wordless black book and checked it several times with Shad before finally confirming that everything was fine.
At this time, the floor of Room 2 on the second floor was painted with mercury runes, and a platform was built with blessed holy silver and olive branches, on which was a gold and silver floor mirror. The mirror itself was not an extraordinary item, but it was created by the elves, with a history of 1,300 years, and the dense patterns were covered with elven runes.
The number of gems and diamonds was almost impossible to count. According to Miss Danister, the cost of all the ritual materials was close to 400,000 gold pounds. There were no rare items that "only existed in a limited number in the material world", which meant that if Shade could collect 400,000 gold pounds, he could also start this ceremony.
Sell 6 St. Teresa's Place and you can...
"That's absolutely impossible!"
Xia De retorted in his mind, and then as expected, he heard "her" laughter.
"Very good. It went very smoothly."
Miss Danister said nervously, closing the black book floating beside her, and throwing the "Source of Chaos" that emerged from the book back to Shade, making the information in the book disappear:
"Check the key."
"Here."
Shade turned to the stately brown painted wooden desk, drove away the cat, opened the lid of the box, and the glowing slate floated out. Because Shade didn't want to admit that all three keys were in his hands, he only took out the "Yellow Moon Slate" that originally belonged to Saint Byrons.
"Here are the keys. You can begin the ceremony."
Miss Danister nodded, and Shade walked out again with the dishonest cat in his arms, and the stone slab floated behind him. In the center of the huge mercury ritual array was a high platform with a silver mirror erected. Three thin rune lines extended from the bottom of the platform, drawing three circles inside the ritual array.
Miss Danister stood in the circle on the far left, and Shade stood on the far right, then threw the Source of Chaos into the mercury circle in the center. The round gem fell into the circle accurately like a piece of iron attracted by a magnet, and then floated above the ground.
Amid the whistle and the sound of the bell, the life rings of the two ring magicians appeared behind them. As the light of the red moon and silver moon spirit runes shone, the light of the yellow moon, representing the source of chaos, also shone on the silver mirror.
The silver mirror became somewhat unreal in the three overlapping rays of light, and the view of Room 2 on the second floor reflected in the mirror gradually turned into a scene of March floating in the starry sky.
In the last step, the wordless black book flew towards the silver mirror on the platform. As the book entered the mirror, the mirror itself exploded with a harsh sound. Thick white fog poured out from each piece of the broken mirror fragments, and instantly enveloped the platform.
Both Shad and Miss Danister held their breath, and even little Mia widened her eyes and looked over there curiously.
As the white mist dissipated, the original high platform disappeared. The huge silver metal double doors, shining with the light of stars and the moon, stood on the floor of No. 6 St. Teresa's Square, surrounded by the fragments of the exploded antique silver mirror.
So sacred, so beautiful, so charming. On the holy silver metal door, one door depicts the trajectory of the starry sky and the moon, and the other depicts a white-robed sage sitting on a high stool. It is a lady with her head turned away, and her face cannot be seen clearly. The relief depicts her beautiful profile. She holds up the moon with one hand and flips through the books on the desk with the other hand. On the side are bookshelves of different heights.
"Silvermoon Library, finally..."
Miss Danister almost moaned these words, staring at the door in front of her with obsession:
"It's unimaginable, it's so beautiful."
The door was reflected in the eyes of the two people and the cat. Mia blinked her amber eyes, and from a certain angle, her eyes almost turned silver. And Shade tried to control his breathing. After the door appeared, his body underwent strange changes that he himself did not understand.
His heart beat faster, and his breathing rate was so high that his chest could rise and fall visibly. He felt a certain force pulling him, a very important force to him, as if a part of his soul was missing, and the missing part was inside that door.
It's your illusion, your soul is more complete than anyone else's.
Because of the ritual requirements, the lights were not turned on at this time. All the doors of Room 2 were closed, and the windows of the living room were covered by curtains. Stars of light appeared in the enclosed space as the "door" was summoned. Shad held Mia and walked with Miss Danister across the gorgeous starlight to the holy silver gate.
The two of them recited the spell written in the wordless black book together:
"May the first silver moon protect me under the starry sky at night."
Along the crack of the door from top to bottom, three rectangular grooves appeared one after another, and their size was exactly the same as the stone slab floating next to Shade at this time.
Without Miss Danister's reminder, Shade took the initiative to push the stone slab beside him, and it automatically floated to the groove in the center. When the stone slab was tightly buckled into the silver giant door, the faint yellow moonlight extended up and down towards the crack of the door with the stone slab as the center.
When the clear yellow moonlight completely permeated every inch of the door crack, silently, the door panel on the left side engraved with stars and the moon opened a crack. Of course, it was just a crack.
And behind that gap, there was indeed the familiar thick fog that Xia De was wriggling like white silk.
The library door summoned by the ritual can only be entered by those who participated in the ritual, and this time it was two people. Shade then made a gesture of invitation, and Miss Danister bit her lower lip, looked at the door and nodded, and took the lead to walk into the door that was only opened a crack.
Then Shade followed him in, of course, he was still holding Mia. Because he usually brought the cat with him when entering this kind of space left by the ancient gods, so the "Silver Moon Library" that could only be used by two people had an extra cat enter at this time, but Shade did not notice it.
The white mist enveloped his whole body, and he felt as if he was back home... He was already at home. His soul slowed down for a moment because of the beauty of this moment, and he heard "her" welcome in his ears:
Outsider, you have entered the "Silvermoon Library".