The joy of defeating the Balrog and obtaining the witcher's long sword brought a perfect end to the first week of the Dead Leaf Moon. On the second day, Monday, Shade had to face the troublesome things in his hands again.
The doctor came early, and Shade asked him to go directly to the dark door in the basement. Before breakfast, Shade sent a letter to the librarian, Miss Danister, the "Red Moon Witch", through the pages of the manuscript in his hand, explaining that he had obtained the Yellow Moon Spirit Rune.
The reply letter was sent back just after Shad had breakfast, so after a simple preparation, Shad went through the ritual of the dead with four chairs and was projected from St. Teresa's Square to the college library in the far north again.
When Shade appeared, the two students of Saint Byron who assisted in the ceremony left immediately. Shade turned around and looked at their backs. One of them had a small bat pattern floating above his head, which meant that he was also a vampire.
"The academy actually recruits vampires as students?"
He asked curiously to the thirteen-ring sorceress sitting on the sofa. The two of them were now in the open space in the center of the quiet and empty library. The surrounding bookshelves of different heights extended to places that Shade could not see, while above their heads there were star maps and a metal spherical astrologer hanging.
The astrologer, which Xia De couldn't understand at all, was spinning slowly, and dots of light left traces on the ceiling.
Perhaps because it was still early, there were not many footsteps in the library. Even the diligent ring sorcerers probably wouldn't go to the academy library to study after seven in the morning.
"Yes, there is a clan of Dhampir species living in Saint Byrons."
The red-haired sorceress remained the same as always. On the coffee table in front of her was a pile of untidy books. Judging from their styles, they seemed to be the textbook "Basic Alchemy" that Shade had obtained.
"I'm glad you took the initiative to contact me about the Silver Moon Library, Mr. Hamilton. I've read your letter. You said you got the Yellow Moon Spirit Rune?"
"Yes."
As he spoke, Xia De in the projection state summoned the life ring behind him.
"Oh, three rings? And three rings, there are already two spirit runes?"
Miss Danister asked in surprise, but after thinking for a while she didn't say much:
"In that case, you can consider moving up to the third grade after the exam at the end of the year. That's really fast progress."
Thaumaturgy can still be used in the projection state, as demonstrated by the professors who came to the Shade family. So, after confirming that it was indeed the Yellow Moon Spirit Rune, Miss Danister once again took out the black shell book that could help her find the "Silver Moon Library".
With the book collapsed on his legs, the core spiritual rune "Red Moon" in the center of the thirteen-ring warlock's life ring projected spiritual light, and on the life ring behind Shade, the core spiritual rune "Silver Moon" and the three-ring spiritual rune "Yellow Moon" also projected spiritual light together.
On the originally blank page, as the brass and gold light shone, blurry marks gradually appeared. But just like last time, the contents of the book still did not fully appear.
"It seems that simple spirit runes are not enough. We still need core spirit runes."
The librarian shook her head with some regret:
"It is indeed clearer now than the last time, but it is still unrecognizable."
"Speaking of which, when will the Moon of Guidance of Serksais arrive at Tobesk?"
Shade couldn't help but ask.
"Soon, at the end of this month or the beginning of next month, I will have to trouble you to collect traces of his spiritual light."
Miss Danister closed the black book, then looked up at the life ring behind Shade, which was gradually disappearing in the steam:
"Silver Moon and Yellow Moon, how interesting! If you can obtain the Red Moon Spirit Rune, you will be qualified to learn the Thirteenth Ring Magic Technique that evolved from the Fifth Epoch Witch's spell at the Thirteenth Ring."
"What magic?"
"The forgiveness of the Moon Goddess. It requires the spirit runes of three months, and they can only be the Yellow Moon, Red Moon, and Silver Moon. Similar concepts are not acceptable, and at least one of the three moons must be the core spirit rune. This is the thirteen-ring magic that belongs exclusively to Saint Byrons, and was left by the first librarian of the academy. It is said that the prototype is the power of the Fourth Age or even earlier."
"The first administrator..."
The image of Miss Orlanod suddenly jumped into Shad's mind, and he embraced her in the past, as if it happened yesterday... ... Yesterday was Sunday, so it really happened yesterday morning.
In order to stop himself from thinking too much, Xia De quickly ended the topic:
"Oh, is there any progress in the investigation of Miss Mana Felena's appearance in Tobesk? Everyone in our group is very curious."
"The world's ring sorcerers will be curious, but unfortunately there are no traces left in the area. The most valuable clues at present are actually the memories of the eyewitnesses at that time."
Speaking of this, Miss Danister also had a headache:
"Recently I have been looking up materials from the last century in the library, hoping to find some clues. But Mr. Hamilton, this library is piled with old parchment scrolls, probably enough to pave the road from here to your home. Librarians all have this 'good habit'. No matter what kind of document it is, as long as it enters the library, it will not be thrown away even if it has no value."
"I see... This reminds me of the fallen old god, the Gray Sage, the guardian of the library."
Shade said casually;
"I remember that this god's magic seemed to be related to the library."
"Yes, and the magic of the old gods is now called spells. Don't make any mistake about this."
Miss Danister said very seriously. She also knew what Shade meant:
"But there are not many statues and powerful items left of this god, so it is not easy to learn the spells corresponding to this god. Speaking of which, this great man also helped Saint Byrons. When the college library was first built, his followers followed the oracle and completed the initial structure of the library. The power that I can take out the right book from any bookshelf with a wave of my hand is related to the power given to me by this library and the position of administrator, and this power comes from the underlying ritual structure of the library."
"The founders of the academy were familiar with the great man's cult?"
"I don't know about that, but it is said that the first generation of administrators once completed the mission of the great Grey Sage. This is recorded in the documents of Zarathus."
It seems that the mission that Shad is going through in the year 3024 of the Fifth Era directly determines the appearance of the library he is currently in. The past and the present are connected again. In an era when the Father of the Infinite Tree has gone away, Shad will continue to connect the orderly but incoherent time through His power.
The Infinite Tree Father is with you.
"She" whispered in Xia De's ear.
In the quiet library, Shade narrowed his eyes, and Miss Danister held up her teacup, wondering what she was thinking. There was no wind, only the right light that came from nowhere, illuminating every inch of the floor engraved with runes and every old bookshelf filled with books.
Inspiration came to Shad, and he suddenly thought that perhaps in the previous era thousands of years ago, Miss Feliana, Miss Orlanod and the girl Fiona with a red dragon tail had also stood here and remembered Shad here, just as Shad was remembering them now.
Same space, different time. Xia De even wanted to reach out and touch the air in front of him at this moment, because the deceased people really existed here.
"Perhaps they have also imagined, at the other end of time, that I would appear here a thousand years later, sitting on the sofa and looking back at their position."
Xia De thought to himself.
Time and space intersect here.
"so what?"
So, go ahead and continue the stories that have already happened.