As if because of the arrival of exam week, nothing else happened in the following week.
The evil god's arrival in Tobesk seemed to have become a node. Various things happened frequently before that time point. After the evil god was defeated by the god summoned by the "God Summoner" rumored by the ring sorcerers in the city, it seemed that all the evil in the city disappeared... ...
Of course this was impossible, it was just Shad's illusion. The short period of peace was purely because he had hardly gone out recently.
Iluna temporarily left Tobesk on Monday and went to the Holy See of the Church of the Sun to accept inquiries about matters related to "Whispering Poems". Not only inquiries, but there seemed to be some rewards, but she would have to wait until she came back next week to find out; Luvia was busy fortune-telling about the next chosen person and had no time to deal with Shad; Miss Louisa and Dr. Schneider were both troubled by the exam week. The former's ancient texts were a big problem, and the latter's "Ether Mechanics" almost made the professional psychologist suffer from mental illness; Father Augustus was overwhelmed by two things: exam week and preparations for the Holy Prayer Festival. He was the person with the most things to do this week.
As for Miss Carina, I don't know if she is recovering from her injuries or doing something else. She hasn't contacted Xia De this week.
In addition to his bad luck, no clients came to his door for five whole days from Monday to Friday, so Xia De spent a relatively leisurely time since he came to this world.
Reading books at home every day, organizing Detective Sparrow's old files, and living with Mia made Shad, who had been busy for some time, feel relaxed.
The appraisal of the Origin of Balance went smoothly on Sunday, and on Monday, Shad used the page of manuscript paper in his hand to try to contact Miss Danister. Based on the list he got from the past, he wanted Miss Danister to find some information about the old god's "Gate of Transformation" from the college library.
He didn't know whether Miss Mana Felena left any information about the future ring wizards when she established St. Byron's College, but judging from Miss Danister's reaction, it was likely that she didn't.
Just like the first time travel, which left almost no trace of Shad except for the story, even if there was a trace of Shad's second time travel, it would be just a small splash. Traveling through the time key will not trigger a time paradox. Even if Shad's travel process is different from others, it will not allow him to use his travels to influence the past at will.
In this way, even if the ancient god Infinite Tree Father has left, his power really exists in all the continuous timelines of the material world.
The information given by Miss Danister was delivered via pages of poetry manuscripts on Tuesday evening, but Shad did not choose to use the time key of the year 3002 of the Universal Calendar for a second time late Thursday night.
On the one hand, he didn't want to be distracted before the exam on Saturday. After all, the exam was not about memorizing textbooks and filling in the blanks. Even if the "other me" in his head had a photographic memory, he still had to prepare himself. On the other hand, the first chance to get the key in the year 3002 of the Fifth Epoch had been "wasted". Before he was sure what problems he encountered in the ritual of contacting the "Glorious Gate" of the Old God, Shade wanted to prepare seriously before facing it.
This was not only because he was worried about not being able to complete the task and not getting the reward from the ancient god, but also because Miss Feliana helped him last week, and Shade also wanted to do his best to repay her.
Therefore, he did not use the key when he should have. After the exam, Shade planned to spend Sunday to carefully sort out the information he got from the Red Moon Witch, Augustus Priest, Luvia and Miss Bei Yasi, and then start his second journey in 3002 at 12 o'clock on Sunday night after the exam.
Of course, this whole week was not just for preparing for the written test. Xia De had already submitted his application for promotion to the second grade in the summer to the college through the doctor. The news from the college was that he should complete all the required courses first, and there was no need to rush for practical credits. Whether the application was approved would be announced on the day of the exam.
So, on Tuesday afternoon, Shad first spent half a pound in tuition and 7 shillings in material fees to learn from Old John how to make the "Alchemical Item - Ever-Bright Candle". This is the most complicated alchemical item in "Introduction to Elementary Alchemy". If you only rely on the book content to learn by yourself, you can learn to make it, but it will definitely not take half a day.
In fact, it would have been possible to choose simpler alchemical items as the final assignment, but Xia De wanted to get a higher grade evaluation, so he chose the ever-bright candle.
There was no trouble in making the alchemical items, nor in preparing the potion. On Wednesday morning, Shade visited Father Augustus as agreed, and because he went early, he mixed a few small cookies as communion before meeting Bishop Owen.
The Holy Prayer Festival was scheduled on the Tuesday after the exam week, which was the 30th day of the Thunder Moon. It was not before the exam on Saturday, which really relieved the Augustus priest who had been under a lot of pressure recently.
Bishop Owen wants to confirm whether Shad will be able to attend the event next Tuesday. The church intends to arrange a speech for "Hamilton of Redgerd" to promote Mr. Dawn's universal love for the world through his experience.
Of course Shad would not refuse, so the cheerful old bishop hinted that there would definitely be an appearance fee for this speech.
In addition to the Holy Prayer Festival, the three even discussed what happened in Tobesk Parish last Thursday night from the perspective of ordinary people. Although there were two ring sorcerers present, they pretended to be unaware of the so-called evil god and focused on discussing the poisoning incident.
"In fact, I used to drink milk from Silver Parrot Delivery Company. But I just forgot to renew it not long ago, so I was lucky enough to escape. This once again proves that Mr. Liming is indeed protecting his believers."
Xia De commented on his experience like this, and then carefully drew the holy light on his chest.
His performance greatly impressed Bishop Owen, who was very pleased with this new believer:
"Mr. Hamilton, you don't have a regular way to order milk now? Never mind. I'll ask the country worker who delivers milk to the church to also send you some."
"Actually, I also ordered goat milk..."
"It's okay. I'll deliver it to you. Don't worry, the milk ordered by the church is absolutely safe."
Although this "absolute" sentence structure made Shad very worried, Father Augustus reassured Shad as he led him out of the church:
"The children in the church will be fine if they drink milk. If the church can't even guarantee this, then we might as well donate the church to other churches... This analogy seems a bit problematic, just pretend I didn't say anything. Besides, now you can hardly find problematic milk in the entire Tobysk area even if you look carefully. Shad, did you know that since last Thursday, all milk distribution companies in the city have been strictly inspected and rectified."
From this perspective, what the cultists did in the Thunder Moon in the summer of 1853 directly contributed to the fact that there would be no milk safety accidents in the city for decades, which should be considered a pleasant surprise.
Xia De was not a member of the church, so he could only hear a few words from priest Augustus about the follow-up of the God's Descent. The cultists who believed in the Lord of the Blood Feast were truly wiped out. Except for a few members of the cult who were not in the local area, the entire cult organization was almost uprooted.
The Silver Eyed Man of Mercury Blood was killed on Thursday night. When the church dealt with the cultists, it also eradicated the already loose illegal organization.
But Mercury Blood was not completely eradicated, because some members of the organization themselves believed that assisting the cultists in calling on the evil god was a stupid idea.
Therefore, before the God's Descent Ceremony on Thursday night, a group of people left Tobesk in advance. According to the church's investigation, there are more than ten ring sorcerers in the split Mercury Blood. They plan to go to the west coast of the Old World and then sail to the New World. The Blood Spirit School welcomes them to join.
Of course, the news most closely related to Shade is that the title of "The Masked Man Under the Silver Moon" has become history, and his new code name is now "God Caller", which very concisely explains what he has done.
The church is very secretive about the news of the "God Caller". The news circulating in the local black market is just speculation that the other party is a thirteen-ring warlock who can call upon the power of the old gods who have already left.
But no one dared to discuss this matter too much, as the people in this world were born with a fear of God. But the church did not give up on finding the person who truly saved Tobesk, and even spread the news that they wanted to award him a medal.
Divination and many other methods were used to try to find the Thirteen-Ring Warlock, but unfortunately, the result they finally obtained was even more ridiculous than the people of Coldwater Port believing that Shade was a "terrible mermaid from the deep sea."
"The church now believes that the thirteenth ring warlock, the Godcaller, is an astronomy professor who is proficient in free fighting and criminology and is hiding in the university district of Tobysk City, living with a lame retired doctor."
This was the news that Shad heard from the Augustan priest. God knows how he got this outrageous news.
In addition to the church, St. Byrons, far in the north, is also investigating the truth of Thursday night. The practical credits rewarded on the academy bounty order are enough for Shad to be promoted from the first grade to the second grade ten times.
The doctor wrote to the four members of the team on Monday to inform them to write to him about what they saw and heard on Thursday night. Although the church would share information, the academy wanted to know more details about that night, and the local ring magician group naturally became the most important first-hand source of information. Of course, Shade knew all the details in theory, but he didn't dare to write more, so in addition to reviewing, he wrote some insignificant details to slightly muddle through the matter.
Just like that, after a week of peaceful time and hard study, Xia De finally arrived at the exam time on Saturday.