She had indeed guessed correctly. The card that was turned over was not the "moon" or the "devil", but the "Phoenix". Professor Sanchez looked at Shade in surprise, as if he had not expected this result.
"Harms, I think they're all right."
Professor Miral said to Professor Sanchez, who nodded and accepted the answer:
"Well, ladies and gentlemen, please continue to pay attention to the news about Miss Mana Felena. If you have valuable information, you can provide it to the academy. The academy will not be stingy with any reward, yes, any reward. Thank you for your cooperation. This inquiry ends here. We will also meet with other local groups. Do you have anything else to say?"
The doctor, Luvia, and "Dorothy" immediately shook their heads. Shad, who had something to hide, of course did not say anything. However, Reverend Augustus, who was standing behind the doctor, raised his hand, indicating that he had something to say:
"The Dawn Church has asked me to go on a business trip near Mount Xikar. I will probably leave next week, and there is a high possibility that I will not be able to come back for half of the fall. If I leave my group's base for such a long time, I need to report it to the academy."
"The Church of the True God also knew about Mount Xikar..."
Professor Sanchez frowned slightly:
"I see. This kind of normal outing can be approved, but according to the process, you need to submit a report, application form and letter of commitment before leaving. After knowing the specific location of the business trip, the college can arrange for you to temporarily join a local study group for a few months. Of course, you can refuse, but if you don't contact the college for a few months, there will be a pile of documents for you to fill out when you come back."
"I see."
Seeing Father Augustus nod, Professor Sanchez looked at Shade again:
"Mr. Hamilton, Miss Danister, the librarian, asked me to pass on a letter to you."
He pointed to the page of the poem that the doctor had placed on the table, and as the light flickered, an envelope appeared there. Shade walked to the table, picked up the envelope, and squeezed it to confirm that there was only one piece of letter paper inside.
"So Professor Miral, do you have anything else to say?"
Professor Sanchez asked the fortune teller from the School of Astronomy again. The latter nodded and said to Luvia:
"The college's autumn stargazing event is expected to start in the second half of this month. If you are interested in participating, please remember to apply in advance."
The autumn stargazing event of the School of Astronomy is a large-scale divination activity organized by the school every year. Even correspondence ring sorcerers can participate through the projection ceremony. It is a special event of the School of Astronomy.
After saying this, Professor Sanchez reminded the five people not to forget the winter exams, and then left with Professor Miral and Miss Simpson.
The figures of the three gradually faded, and the flames in the basin also disappeared bit by bit. Very strangely, no one in the room spoke at the first time, and the other four people looked at Xia De who was holding the cat.
Strictly speaking, only Luvia knew clearly that Shad was related to the appearance of Miss Feliana, but in fact, Father Augustus, who knew that Shad was heading to the dark realm, Dr. Schneider, who knew that Shad was related to the Human Pus, and Dorothy, who knew that Shad had planned something big, all guessed that Shad was inseparable from this matter.
Of course, in the end no one asked about it in person, but Dr. Schneider sighed and said that strange things like this seemed to always happen in Tobesk in the past two months.
"But to be honest, compared to the frequency in previous years, there hasn't been a lot of activity since the summer."
Father Augustus, who had lived in the city for almost his entire life, pointed out this error:
"It's just that everything this year is particularly unexpected."
It happened that Dr. Schneider was out yesterday, so the group study session did not take place. Now that we are together today, everyone shared what happened in the past week.
Except for Xia De and Luvia, the lives of the others were relatively peaceful. The doctor said that he had collected all the materials for the ceremony of his promotion from the fifth ring to the sixth ring, and he could hold the ceremony as long as the yellow moon reached its fullest state in the year.
"Come to think of it, I'm planning to advance from the third ring to the fourth ring recently."
Luvia mentioned this, and Dr. Schneider nodded and asked the blonde writer:
"Louisa, how is your ceremony going?"
Dorothy has to perform a ceremony to advance from the fourth ring to the fifth ring, which is a ceremony to advance from the low ring to the middle ring. Because it involves the connection of the words of sublimation, although the materials for the ceremony are not difficult to find, the difficulty of the ceremony is higher than that of the doctor's fifth ring to the sixth ring.
“It will take some time to prepare, but it should be fine before winter comes.”
said Dorothy.
"In this way, if everything goes well, by the end of this year our group will be able to meet the minimum requirement of having five ring sorcerers, with one each at the sixth, fifth and fourth rings."
The doctor smiled and said, Xia De curiously asked:
“Are we going to apply to go to St. Byrons next spring?”
This was not a question he asked out of curiosity, but something the doctor asked Shade to ask before they separated at the clinic. The doctor originally planned to go to St. Byrons as soon as possible to use the power of the academy to strengthen himself. But now that he had swallowed an ancient demon like "Human Pus", he was not so anxious to go to the academy. After all, although the conditions at the academy were good, the freedom was not comparable to here.
The doctor didn't want to leave so quickly, and after confirming that Xia De didn't want to leave within a year or two, the two of them conspired to make the inquiry.
"No, no, not so fast, Shad. We only meet the minimum application requirements, but the requirements actually change every year depending on the number of students formally enrolled in the college and the vacancies of lecturers and professors. Shad, before you came, I told them that for the sake of safety and the standard of living after arriving at St. Byrons, you can't apply if you don't meet the requirements."
After arriving at St. Byrons, everyone still has to make a living, and because of their different strengths, the treatment they receive will naturally be different. This is a very realistic situation.
"I've inquired about other groups in our academy and the correspondence groups in Serksais and Zarath. Generally speaking, everyone will choose to set out when there are at least three middle-level warlocks in the group, and they will also take some time to deal with other things around them. I can't give up my clinic immediately. Louisa's career has made a new start, and the priest's church work cannot be easily abandoned. Shade can't abandon your social connections here. So, I plan to prepare for a few more years. After all, except for Priest Augustus, we are not particularly old."
The others nodded, agreeing with the doctor's opinion.
Dr. Schneider was pleased that there were no objections, so he concluded:
"We are not in a hurry to go to St. Byrons, so we can put off the journey for a few years. I have even heard that some teams decided to set off only when their leaders were about to be promoted to a high level. It is now the autumn of 1853 in the Universal Calendar. We will definitely set off within five years, but the details will depend on everyone's promotion speed and the requirements of the academy."
Xia De touched Mia's little head in his arms.
This means that he will have to live in this city for a long time.
It was only four o'clock after the group meeting. Father Augustus was going back to the church and promised to tell everyone as soon as there was specific news about the business trip. The doctor still had work to do. There were indeed many patients in Tobesk who needed the help of a psychiatrist.
Although Shade wanted to be alone with Luvia for a while, the rested purple-eyed girl had to return to the Prophet Association immediately to report what happened after she left alone yesterday. Because of her physical condition, she had been delayed for the whole morning. If she didn't show up, the association would have unnecessary suspicion.
So Shad left with "Dorothy". She was almost sure that what happened yesterday must be related to Shad, so she wanted to hear Shad's story.
On the way back in the carriage, Shad opened the letter from Miss Danister. The first sentence made him almost tear the paper:
I have dealt with the record of the time when the "Dream of St. Byron's Comprehensive College" was delivered to you, erasing the record of the relic being handed over to you, and now only I know that it appeared in your hands.
"Why do you look like that? Miss Danister, have you changed the academy's bounty order that was originally given to you? Do you want you to slay a dragon now?"
Leicia joked, but was polite enough not to look at the letter in Shade's hand.
"No, just... little things."
Shade said, looking down and continuing to read.
Miss Danister was not sure if there was any connection between Shade and the founder of the academy. But at the right time, even if it had nothing to do with Shade, it would definitely attract the academy's investigation. She dealt with the records of the incident, erased the memories of some people who handled the relics, and warned Shade to think carefully about what he did in the future.
Miss Dennis didn't want to get the truth from Shade, she only cared about the "Silver Moon Library". So she didn't ask Shade to explain the matter in the letter, but asked Shade to stay away from these troublesome things, because she couldn't always handle the follow-up of the matter in the first place.
"Miss Danister said that the relic of the Sleeping Spirit Rune that I originally wanted to borrow is no longer available for loan."
Xia De folded the letter paper and turned it into a plush toy, then used a spell to draw fire and burn it directly.
"Oh? That's okay, just give me your Sleeping Spirit Rune."
The princess who was using the blonde's body said, smiling:
"Besides, you don't have to rush until you get the third ring of light promotion."
"Well... actually I've already got three rings."
Shade said, and Leicia blinked:
"I remember when I saw you at Yodel Palace on Wednesday, you were still in the second ring... Today is Sunday... There are only four days left, so I can understand that you suddenly gained enlightenment, after all, you have been preparing for the light for two and a half months. But how did you get all the ritual materials at once? Moreover, does your promotion ceremony not need to consider the moon phase and time?"