"Good evening, Miss Danister."
At 9:21 pm, Shade appeared on a chair in the central circular space of the St. Byrons Library. The librarian sat on the sofa opposite. The students who helped with the ceremony said goodbye to Miss Danister and left. The two students this time were a boy and a girl. The older man was a human, and the woman had scales on her face. It was unknown what race she was.
"Her grandmother was a half-mermaid."
Miss Danister noticed Shade's curiosity and spoke after they were far away.
Miss Danister was still the same, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and holding a book in her hands. She was energetic even at midnight. Although Shade wanted to learn about the process of the birth of mermaids and humans from an academic perspective, he did not ask out of politeness:
"It's so late, are there still many people in the library?"
He noticed a young student sitting on the ground holding a book in the gap between the bookshelves:
"I thought that residential schools like St. Byron's had curfews and lights-out times like normal schools."
"Junior grades have it. Senior grades can be in the castle before 11pm, but they cannot violate school rules. You can stay overnight in the library. The autumn activities of the School of Astronomy have just ended, but the matter of the star whale and the starry sky light path is now a hot topic, and students all want answers from the library."
Miss Danister introduced it, and Shade pretended to be curious and said:
"I also heard the news about Midhill Castle in Tobesk. Miss Luvia Anat, a ring wizard in the same group, also observed the star sea whale on Wednesday night. I heard that Midhill Castle had a midsummer night, which is similar to Tobesk... Is it true?"
"Yes."
The librarian looked very worried:
"Our principal originally intended to try his luck and see if Miss Felena would appear again in this Chosen Ceremony, but this happened. The information you received is probably incomplete. What happened in the Xikar Mountain area from Wednesday night to Thursday morning was tens of thousands of times more complicated than you can imagine."
Seeing that Shade wanted to ask more questions - Shade actually had no such idea, Miss Danister took the initiative to change the subject:
"This matter has nothing to do with you, so you don't need to inquire too much. I called you here this time because of the "Month of Guidance" of the Sixes Higher Medical College. He was originally expected to arrive in Tobesk at the end of this month or the beginning of next month, but there was a small problem. I'm afraid he won't be able to arrive in Tobesk until mid-November."
"Pushed it back a week? It doesn't matter. I'll act when the other party arrives. I'm in Tobesk... and it's also very relevant."
Miss Danister smiled and nodded:
"That's good. If his identity wasn't so tricky, there wouldn't be any need to go through so much trouble and wait for him to arrive in Tobesk before taking action."
"Identity problem? I remember you mentioned that the other party was also a correspondence student. Is it a real identity problem?"
Shade asked, and Miss Danister gave an affirmative answer:
"You may have heard that the Cavendish royal family of Delarian is involved with the Zarath School of Spellcraft. The talented members of the royal family will be sent to Zarath to study."
For example, Leithia Cavendish of this generation.
"The Angevin royal family of the United Kingdom of Carsenrick is connected to the Sexes Higher Medical School and will also send talented people in the royal family to study at Sexes."
This reminded Shad of the time when he handed over the briefcase containing the "Difference Engine" drawings to the princess of the Angevin royal family at Midhill Castle, and that princess clearly possessed very slight witch powers.
"The real name of the Guiding Moon is Laikins Prissia, a distant relative of the Angevin royal family. Mr. Prissia's grandmother and the mother of the current King Carsenric are twin sisters. So after showing his talent, he became a correspondence ring sorcerer in Serkses."
Of course, such an identity would not be enough to scare the Thirteenth Ring Warlock. But regarding the matter of the "Silver Moon Library", Miss Danister wanted to keep it from too many people as possible, so she acted so cautiously:
"Let me talk to you about some political topics. Did you know that this summer, Princess Lacia Cavendish of Delarion will visit Carsenrick on behalf of the royal family?"
Of course, Xia De knew about this. Although he didn't know why this was mentioned, he still nodded cautiously:
"Yes, there are many related news in the newspapers. Do you know about this matter too?"
"Of course, we also subscribe to newspapers from the civilized world and follow the politics of the two human kingdoms. I've recently been following the Hamilton Detective Stories serialized in the Steambird Daily. By the way, the protagonist of the novel is very similar to you... ... but that's a bit off topic."
Miss Danister shook her head and pointed to the coffee table. The newspaper floated towards Shade. On it was a photo of Leicia in Coldwater Harbor when she returned home:
"In order to maintain a balance in diplomacy, the Anjou royal family plans to have the second princess, Margaret of Anjou, return to Tobesk this autumn or winter."
Xia De also knew about this matter (Chapter 653), but there have always been such rumors. Winter is about to come, but there is no definite time point.
"Kings Prisha will follow the visiting team to Tobesk. He was not originally on the list. I thought of some ways to get him to join the visiting team on his own initiative."
Miss Danister stopped talking because a young lady with orange hair, wearing a black robe with the school badge embroidered on her chest, came over:
"Miss Danister, I'm sorry to bother you. Professor Winchester just sent a message asking whether the batch of relic books can be stored in the basement of the library?"
"We will discuss this at the school lunch next week. Write back to Professor Winchester and ask the library to manage the school and stop throwing dangerous things into the library."
Miss Danister waved her hand, as if she was tired of the topic. The girl with orange hair nodded slightly, looked at Shade curiously, and then turned and left.
Seeing that Shade was very curious, Miss Danister picked up the teacup and introduced:
"The library has opened some positions, allowing students below the senior high school level to do book sorting, library guide and other work. Not only is this paid, but you can also get limited practical credits, and it can even help you apply to stay on campus to teach. When I was young, I also worked as a book sorter..."
She shook her head slightly and ended the topic:
"In short, it has been confirmed that Princess Margaret and her party will set out at the beginning of November and arrive in Tobesk in the middle of the month. You will probably see the news in the newspaper next week. I tell you in advance so that you can prepare in advance. I remember that your real job is a detective? And you also have the title of knight, so you should have some connections with the nobility, right?"
It's not like she didn't know anything about Shad.
"Yes."
Xia De nodded immediately. He was very confident:
"Because I saved the queen, I even entered the Yodel Palace and had a private conversation with the king."
"Then I feel relieved."
Seeing Shade's expression, Miss Danister also smiled:
"It was right to ask you for help."
Maybe there was nothing to do tonight, after talking about business, Miss Danister talked to Shade about the history of this library. She had promised that once the "Silver Moon Library" was found, she would list Shade as the next candidate for the librarian, which was certainly not a casual remark.
Although the large-scale loss of Fifth Period history caused a historical gap in this ancient library, some information was still preserved, such as the name of Miss Brianna Olanord, the first librarian of the college library.
"She is considered Miss Mana Filianna's most important student, and she has elven blood. Because of her kinship, a large number of elven students later appeared in the academy."
Miss Danister said, drawing a circle in the air with her finger, and the shadow of a bright yellow moon appeared above the coffee table:
"As one of the original founders of Saint Byrons, Miss Orlanod's information is closely related to Miss Feliana. In order to investigate Miss Feliana's life in more detail, I found some old books in the library and unexpectedly discovered that the core spiritual rune of this lady is actually the Yellow Moon."
"That's a pity. Miss Orlanod is a witch who lives in the Fifth Age. Otherwise, we wouldn't have to look for the 'Moon of Guidance'."
Xia De said regretfully, looking around:
"This feeling is really interesting. The same space but different time. Perhaps in the distant Fifth Epoch, that lady also imagined that her future successors were discussing her story."
“It’s a very romantic fantasy.”
The thirteenth ring sorceress said with a smile, and Shade took the opportunity to bring up his own topic:
"Speaking of which, I recently came into contact with the broken holy emblem of the old god, the Gray Robe Sage, and learned a spell related to the library. I remember you mentioned that the establishment of the library was related to the believers of the old god."
"Yes, so what spells did you learn?"
Miss Danister motioned to Shade to show it.
So Xia De sat upright, his hands pointed forward, and silently said in his heart:
"A way to enhance your perception of time!"
He kept this action, but nothing happened. For three full seconds, when Shade was already feeling embarrassed, a roll of parchment flew over from a distance and landed precisely in Shade's hands.
"Really?"
Xia De was greatly surprised. He didn't expect that this matter could be solved so easily.
But after looking at the parchment carefully, he found that it was a paper written by a senior student of St. Byron's School on how to enhance time perception. He had tried most of the above methods, but apart from providing some interesting ideas, they were basically useless.
"But it doesn't matter. After all, in the projection state, the power of supernatural powers will be weakened. If the old sage really left the method of enhancing time perception to the believers, and the believers kept it in this library, then I may need to come here in person..."
"Oh? Did you use magic to find the information you wanted directly from the library?"
Miss Danister asked, so Shade gave a brief introduction to the library's search spells, and the librarian nodded with great interest:
"I have heard of this kind of spell. To be more precise, in the era when the old gods had not yet left, this should be considered a divine spell. After all, this library itself prohibits most of the extraordinary powers that search for books to prevent the secrets of the library from being leaked. Only this kind of divine spell of the same origin can work in the library of Saint Byrons."
"So, apart from the part of the old god's followers that have been integrated into our place, are there any other parts? I am very interested in this kind of spell."
Shade took the opportunity to ask, and Miss Danister nodded:
"Does the Apna Library know?"
"Know."
During the battle to defend the Natural Cathedral in the Narrow Space, he encountered a high-level warlock from the library.
"There is information showing that before the old god's cult collapsed, a small number of believers brought some important information and joined the Apna Library."
Xia De immediately decided to visit the library if he had the chance, perhaps they had information on time perception.
"In addition, there is a very old organization, very old, but also very... ridiculous. They always think that the end of the world is coming, so they try every means to prepare in advance to deal with the end of the world."
Miss Danister continued, mentioning a familiar name:
“The Priory of the Guiding Light.
That group of people hid very secretly. I only heard about some of them trading a few relics with St. Byron when I was a student. After the Old Gods' cult fell apart, two high-ranking members of the cult took some information and joined the monastery. This is not a rumor, it is recorded in St. Byrons's information. Of course, most of the Old Gods' cult members stayed in St. Byrons and became our faculty, but that was thousands of years ago. "
"St. Byrons, Apner Library, Guiding Light Hermitage... all three places may hold clues."
Xia De thought to himself that he felt like he would never be able to rest.