Chapter 387 Alienation of the world?
A week is not too long at all.
Ronald read a book every morning and went to work in the afternoon. He lived a very stable life. Occasionally, he took time to go to the Countess's place for some intellectual discussions. Time moved forward in a calm manner.
In this way, the time agreed with the monks of the monastery came.
Arriving at Sanlingyin Monastery on time at eight o'clock in the morning, he walked into the courtyard and was greeted by the old man from when Ronald came here for the first time.
By the way, this old monk is called Andre.
Through this week's contact, Ronald had a preliminary understanding of the situation of several monks in the monastery.
Among the six monks in total, the four male monks were all middle-aged and elderly people with an average age of about sixty or seventy years old. , one of the two female monks is also older, and the last one is the only young man.
An old man named Andre came to Ronald.
The expression on his face was still the same calm one:
"Mr. Ronald, the application you submitted before has the result."
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Ronald knew that Andre had always maintained such an expression, so He nodded indifferently and responded:
"So Brother Andre, what is the outcome of this matter?"
"You have permission." The old monk said something that made Ronald very happy. But then, Andre began to shift his gaze to the library, and then continued in a still unfinished tone, "But the importance of these books is extraordinary. Even if they are open to you, please finish reading them as soon as possible today." After that, we will continue to seal it up." "
Although it is a bit presumptuous, we hope that what you see inside will only be kept in your mind, and it is best not to spread it to the outside world." "..."
This
of my own I'm afraid it's the right time to go.
Listening to the old monk's words, Ronald immediately had a premonition in his heart.
The information so formally hidden within this religious organization that has been passed down from the Dark Ages without any interruption to this day is absolutely and truly in touch with the truth of that bygone era.
Because he was really excited, Ronald even clenched his fists at this moment and followed Andre almost inseparably to the library.
So under the leadership of the old monk, the two walked into the entrance of the library together.
But this time they did not go up those stairs, but went straight to the fireplace at the far left end of this long passage.
The sluggish flame is still burning.
The old monk took the initiative to squat down in front of the fireplace, then calmly stretched out his right hand and reached into the flames.
The holy white magic emerged and immediately covered Andre's bony fingertips.
Ronald saw it very clearly.
Under the protection of this special magic power, the old man pushed aside the hot ashes in the fireplace, then reached out and grabbed a handle-like object hidden in the fireplace.
Click -
a soft sound, the sound of some kind of mechanical twisting came from the fireplace, and it was quickly transmitted to the outside.
As the sound of mechanical movement spread through the walls, traces of magical distortion began to appear on the wall beside the two of them.
A similar but slightly different technique to the Bureau of Investigation's wall-hiding technique was activated. Finally, a gap opened in the wall next to it, revealing a dark, closed environment.
At the same time, the old monk who raised his body again picked up the candlestick from the side and put it into the fireplace to light it, then handed it to Ronald: "Mr.
Ronald, please be sure to protect the precious books inside."
"The church owes you This kind of open reading permission for outsiders is a very rare behavior, and I hope you will cherish it very much."
Ronald nodded solemnly and responded:
"I understand, I will definitely pay attention to it."
He took the letter handed over by the old man. Candlestick, Ronald turned and walked into the passage.
He could hear the old man's breathing behind him staying in place, but standing at the entrance of the passage, the monk did not follow Ronald in.
It's Andre who isn't interested in the books here.
Or are there church insiders who have very high restrictions on entering this place to read books
? What do you think they are doing?
The thought just popped into his head, but Ronald quickly shook his head to dispel it.
A day is neither long nor short.
He must seize the time and strive to collect useful information here with the highest efficiency.
The light of the candlestick flame in my hand is not that dazzling.
However, with Ronald's excellent eyesight, he could still clearly see all the books in this location in this environment.
Maybe it's called a book collection, which is a bit loose...
In this secret library, which is more than 20 meters long and looks like an underground passage, a large number of wooden hard-shell boxes are arranged on the bookshelf in sequence, and whether the bookshelf or the wooden box, the surface Not even a label.
"Tsk"
smacked his lips, Ronald randomly selected a few boxes and took them down.
After blowing off the dust and opening the lock, what was inside was mostly scattered pages, manuscripts, or handwritten texts of original records, and there were very few compiled books.
However, from the color of the pages on which the words are recorded, it is obvious that they have a long history.
"This is it!"
There is no doubt about it!
This must be what Ronald has been looking for, related to written records before the Dark Ages!
And this time is different from the personal biography in the [Scroll Research Society], or the details revealed from a few words in the [Nine Rings Secret Society].
Take these wooden boxes opened by Ronald.
Their contents are all based on the background of that past era, which is completely different from the era Ronald lives in now.
Strange words record strange words.
With the blessing of language comprehension ability, Ronald read the text in his hand without hesitation:
"The demon wolf of Changyue Forest suddenly broke out of the barrier set up by the casters, and even the residents of an entire village were massacred around it. Massacre, only a few people escaped to deliver the news.
In this case, we can only send out the Expeditionary Knights to attack them, hoping to stop this anger from the forest.
Goddess above!
Those innocent people What did the civilians do wrong?
Heretic gods like Jordanian drove such monsters out and took away their lives..." It is
roughly recorded in the text.
It is about an incident in which a demonic wolf escaped and harmed civilians in the forest, and how to deal with it afterwards.
On the surface it looks unremarkable.
But if placed in the context of this world, the situation is completely different.
Where has the alienation of the world gone?
It's scary that a monster appears and even kills an entire village, but there are actually many civilians who have escaped and are spreading the news.
If this is the case, the number of [seeds] must exceed the threshold.
Today, the alienation of the world that is common sense on the mysterious side has not appeared, and there is no text that even mentions related issues.
How to explain this phenomenon?
Frowning, Ronald put the documents in his hand back into the wooden box and stuffed them firmly back on the bookshelf.
He raised his gray pupils and looked deeply at the library, which was more than 20 meters long.
Can you still not understand?
I really came to the right place this time!
(End of chapter)