After Professor Garcia left, Shad continued to lie slumped in the chair with his eyes closed. After several minutes, he quietly squinted his eyes and looked around the silent living room. After confirming that the other party had really left, he sat up straight.
He wiped the sweat off his forehead, and under the light of the gas lamp, his face showed an expression of waking up from a dream. Of course, the look just now was just an act, and it seemed that the deliberate performance was right. In the eyes of the professors of St. Byron, even if they only saw the abode of God, it should not be easy.
Looking down at the basin again, under the light of the brass gas lamp on the wall of the living room, there was not a drop of water left. Only the dry elective course parchment scroll lay quietly inside, with no words on the back.
"What happened just now?"
He asked his head and took out the key from his pocket. It was indeed the time key, but the surface of the key was covered with cracks.
"Why can the key be reused? Why did I encounter the mission of the Infinite Tree Father when I traveled through time and space for the first time? Why is that god called the Ancient God? The thirteen original gods mentioned by the Old God..."
Stranger, I am you. You don’t know, and I don’t know either.
The woman chuckled.
All the differences I have shown so far from the normal state are all due to your uniqueness. The knowledge of the Draerion language is the broken memory of the previous soul in my body that I have absorbed; the ability to perceive relics at close range is the uniqueness of the soul of an outsider. I am you, and this is your uniqueness. You don't know, and I don't know either.
The explanation she gave was exactly the same as what Shad had been thinking during the day.
Xia De listened to the words in his ear, leaned back in his chair, and looked at the ceiling:
"I finally saw a god in this world with my own eyes."
He sighed, and after his spirit was fully restored, he thought of more things:
"Thirteen ancient gods, why have I never heard of such a statement? The father of the infinite tree... Thirteen founding series Rhodes cards, the last thirteen witch emperors of the Fifth Epoch, what kind of coincidence is this? The number thirteen must have some special meaning. Everything originated from the ancient gods?"
Maybe you can guess it yourself, I think you should have an idea.
"Yes, but there is no evidence for this idea..."
With a sigh, I concluded tonight's "adventure":
"At least I didn't lose anything this time."
You also gain the spell False Undeath.
"But I did not complete the mission and receive the reward of thaumaturgy and spirit runes."
You have two more chances.
"I don't understand what kind of power the 'afterglow of God' that the old god mentioned is."
But at least you are still alive and you still have endless possibilities.
Xia De sat in the chair and laughed:
"In fact, I am very grateful that you can speak to me. Although I am still not sure what you are, it feels good to have someone by my side all the time. Don't comfort me, I am not such a fragile person. Now that I have seen the opportunity to gain power, I will not let it go... God's afterglow... Perhaps Father Augustus will have an opinion."
Looking at the bedroom door that was slightly opened, the tired orange cat Mia squeezed out from the door with sleepy eyes, but the gap was obviously not that narrow for cats.
The amber eyes looked at Xia De, and with a run-up of its short legs, it suddenly jumped onto Xia De's knees. After lying down, it didn't feel Xia De stroying it for a long time, so it slapped Xia De's legs with its claws in dissatisfaction.
Shade then reached out and stroked the soft fur on Mia's back. The orange-yellow fur was unusually soft and warm, like holding a small stove.
"Meow~"
It turned over on Shade's legs, kicking its four legs, exposing its white belly to Shade, tilting its head and looking at Shade from below with its big eyes. The stranger felt that he had completely gotten rid of the mental impact of what had just happened:
"Thank you, too, Mia. Thank you for liking me so much."
He played with the orange cat with his hands and looked up at the window covered by heavy fabric curtains:
"god."
The stranger murmured to himself.
(Mi Mia is running...)
The next day was Thursday of the fourth week of the Sunshine Month. When Shad picked up the newspaper, milk and goat milk in the morning, he indeed received a letter from the "Taylor and Wanda United Mining Company" in the south of the kingdom. Inside was the page of poetry manuscript that allowed Shad to contact the academy directly, exactly the same as the one that Dr. Schneider had.
While having breakfast with Mia, Shad hesitated for a while. Although Professor Garcia said he could write the report for him, Shad finally wrote another one himself, and then attached a description of his physical condition, and sent it to the college through the pages of the manuscript.
The college responded quickly, and it seemed to be written by Professor Garcia. The handwritten cursive letters looked like continuous vines. He asked Xia De to take care of himself. The credits and other rewards for this investigator mission would be decided after the college meeting of the History College.
This investigation event, which was almost like seeing a god, raised the level of the Time Key of the Fifth Era -1068 to the Angel Level. Therefore, Shade guessed that if he really saw a god, he should be classified as Level 0 of the Unknowable Level.
After dealing with these things, he whispered good morning to the woman in his head for the first time, and then put the manuscript page into the novel "Silver Knight". Now the broken key was locked in the drawer of the bedroom desk. The spell of false immortality obtained yesterday can only be used when in a seriously injured state. Shade was reluctant to hurt himself or the cat to the point of being seriously injured and dying, so he could not use it for the time being.
But at least a new spell was acquired, and you can tell from the effects that it is extraordinary.
He still didn't understand what happened last night, and planned to try to open a new time key again after the History School's summary of the matter to confirm whether last night was a special case.
Although he wanted to obtain the quest rewards of the Fifth Era-1068, the Thaumaturgy-Blade of Chaos Time and the Echo of the Spirit Rune, the innocent creator of the Old God said that he must at least have the power of "the afterglow of God" to complete the quest.
Therefore, before figuring out what "God's Afterglow" is, Shade will not waste the other two chances with the key in his hand.
"Could this be due to the peculiarity of my soul? I won't think about it for now. Today's target is the Prophecy Association."
He said as he arranged his clothes in front of the floor-length mirror while Mia rolled around and played on the bed behind him.
Stranger, your soul is very special, and this is still a problem caused by your characteristics. I am you, there is no doubt about it.
The whispering voice said, and the voice was very happy. It was the first time that Xia De heard the other party speak like this. She seemed to be in a good mood, probably because Xia De said good morning to her.