Chapter 1162: Chapter 1162: Priest Augustus and the Randall Valley
After the sumr examinations ended half a year ago, Shard went to see an opera with Dorothy alone, and at that ti he still called Dorothy “Miss Luisa.”
But after this examination week, Shard is going to Saint Byrons to receive a dal, and he is personally going to Saint Byrons. Although Shard doesn’t know if the standard award ceremony truly requires going to the academy, he vaguely feels that this might be related to Miss Danester.
In any case, although everyone’s results were sowhat unexpected, they all smoothly passed the 1853 year-end exams.
Upon confirming that Shard still had to go to Saint Byrons in the evening, Dorothy was the first to leave. The 1853 Kingdom Literature Prize ceremony was approaching, and her father, Professor Luisa, was recently helping her “smooth over connections,” so she herself needed to frequently go ho for a look.
Following that, Luviya also took her leave. She needed to go back and write her examination and year-end assessnt results into a written report to submit to the Prophet’s Society, so that the society could quickly discuss her course selection and Sublimation Incantation choices with Saint Byrons for the new year.
This kind of report even required two copies, and it couldn’t be typed chanically; it had to be entirely handwritten. Combined with getting different people to stamp and sign it, the purple-eyed girl would probably be busy for several days.
The doctor and the cleric helped Shard clean up the examination hall. The old cleric originally intended to let Dr. Schneider keep that page of poetry manuscript for Shard to facilitate contact with the academy; they followed the usual practice of having a drink together, but Shard called out to the two:
“Cleric, Doctor, please wait a mont, I have sothing to say.”
He looked outside, confird the moon had risen, then asked the cleric and doctor to stay in room number one temporarily; he carried the cat to the adjacent room number two.
After a while, Shard returned holding an arrow with a dark gold glow on the arrowhead. Just a glance at that arrow tells you it’s quite extraordinary: both sides of the arrowhead featured a peculiar pattern made of three circular indents, and four blue with one gold crystal grains were directly embedded in the tal. The ancient historical and weathered sense of age indicated its power.
And taking a closer look would cause a peculiar dizziness, as if reading continuously for 24 hours before the examination week. Simultaneously, an inexplicable voice in the heart urges the person seeing the arrow to drive it into their own heart.
But fortunately, whether it was the cleric or the doctor, they both had a good ability to resist negative ntal influences.
“This is a good thing I recently ca by.”
Shard also sat down on the sofa, signaling the two to extend their hands.
The old cleric, who was wiping his pipe, and Dr. Schneider exchanged a glance, then both rolled up their sleeves and extended their right hands.
The arrow was each pierced into the palms of the two, and with the fluctuation of their respective elental power, the doctor only frowned slightly in thought, appearing to have acquired a new Arcane Technique.
And behind Priest Augustus, his Ring of Fate slowly appeared in the steam mist, and with the enrichnt of the brass Enlightening Aura, a brand new Second Ring Spirit Rune erged. It was Enlightennt – [Dark Heart].
“Oh, the Second Ring spirit runes are complete!”
Priest Augustus turned around in surprise to look at his Ring of Fate, an elderly smile of joy on his face. He and Dr. Schneider did not ask Shard what the arrow in his hand actually was.
“I also gained a nice Arcane Technique.”
The doctor nodded, saying, as he looked at the cleric’s Ring of Fate, rubbing his chin:
“Cleric, maybe you can prepare to move up to the third grade at the end of this year…I rember, your second-grade examination subjects seem to be finished.”
“One more subject is missing. If this surprise ca a month earlier, I might have applied for the grade upgrade exam.”
Even as he said this, the cleric was still very happy:
“I originally thought it would take another year or two, didn’t expect this surprise. I’ll borrow the third-grade books from the library to take a look in advance.”
“It’s really nice that if you, Cleric, could reach Four Rings before we set off for the Far North, that trip might be even easier.”
Shard also comnted.
“Oh, Bill, Shard, I’m not a young person with your energy.”
The cleric shook his head with a smile and then asked Shard:
“Now that the examination week is over, do you have any plans recently? Winter has only passed halfway, and I think you wouldn’t just stay at ho waiting for clients to co. Are you heading to a new city this ti?”
In the fall, during the “rescue” of Priest Augustus, the others in the group knew of Shard’s secret of being able to travel to distant cities.
“Speaking of which, I might be heading to the Randall Valley soti soon. Oh, that’s the Spring City south of Casenli.”
The journey to a foreign city is for the only Ti Key to the [Bygone Era: Sixth Era] as ntioned by “Luviya.” But finding the correct path is one thing, and Shard also plans to take a break. During the winter of 1853, because of the many tests for the Keeper of Secrets on both ends of ti, he hadn’t stopped for a mont.
“I heard that the opera troupe in that city is quite famous. The renowned artist and opera singer Miss Blanchett, fad across the Old Continent, runs the [Golden Dawn] Opera Troupe there.”
Dr. Schneider said with a smile. The [Golden Dawn Opera Troupe] is the most famous opera troupe in the human world of this century.
“I visited the Randall Valley when I was young.”
Priest Augustus continued to wipe his pipe. Seeing Shard and the doctor looking at him curiously, the old man finally spoke:
“Is it surprising? When I was young, I was often sent on business trips by the church. I went to the Randall Valley around… 1835 or so, back then I was just over thirty, even younger than Bill is now.”
“Do you still have any friends in Randall Valley City? If you do, I can visit them and see how they’re doing.”
Shard said while petting the cat. Actually, he was very interested in the experiences of Priest Augustus when he was young. During his ti in Midshire Fort City, he had learned about the cleric’s youthful and unresolved tender romance.
“Friends, huh…”
The Old Cleric slightly raised his head:
“That’s hard to say. However, if you do have ti, you might visit Father phistopheles of the local Dawn Church for . I owe him 10 pence from a bet we made years ago, and I never got the chance to repay him. If possible, you can pay it back for .”
That shouldn’t be a problem. Shard exchanged a surprised glance with Dr. Schneider. They weren’t surprised that the cleric had made a bet with soone, but rather that the old cleric rembered a debt of 10 pence for nearly 20 years.
In their eyes, the image of Lat August the Cleric grew even more towering.
They didn’t chat for much longer. Priest Augustus first stood up, and the doctor also got up and invited Shard:
“Today’s surprises are really many. Detective, since you’re only going to Saint Byrons at eight in the evening, how about having a drink with us? I know you usually don’t drink, but this is to celebrate the successful end of exam week.”
Shard thought for a mont and then agreed to the invitation. Of course, the cat didn’t want to go to the noisy environnt of a tavern, so Shard left it at ho and prepared a sumptuous dinner. It was evident that little Mia was very satisfied with Shard’s thoughtful arrangents.
By the ti Shard returned ho, it was already 7:20 in the evening. During the outing, the poetry manuscript in Dr. Schneider’s pocket had already provided Shard with the way to head to the Academy again.
But this ti, instead of using the dangerous relic [Tattered Old World Map], he was to use a ans of transportation, naly the Sage-Level Relic [Midnight Nightmare Carriage].
Before it was contained, it was quite a dangerous relic, often appearing at night, carrying passengers to unknown terrifying destinations. And divinations about the missing persons would get answers that even Circle Sorcerers couldn’t face.
There’s reason to believe that the [Midnight Nightmare Carriage] in an uncontained state possesses the ability to traverse most seals, which is why in the early Sixth Era, the Three Major Academies’ joint containnt operation to study its spatial penetration trait faced multiple setbacks.
Later, at the cost of severely injuring a Twelve-Ring Sorcerer, it was barely sealed within Saint Byrons Integrated Academy. The Academy believes this is a special Divine Item created by so long-vanished Evil God to collect flesh sacrifices, or what knight novels call a “Divine Artifact,” though this conclusion has never been verified.
However, it’s confird that the [Midnight Nightmare Carriage] can be utilized by mortals after being contained, with the dangerous driver bound in a pure silver coffin filled with rcury. The carriage itself becos usable.
Saint Byrons itself is a Magic Academy renowned for containing relics, and after more than a thousand years of attempts, this relic has gradually beco one of the most important ans of communication between the academy on the Far North Continent and the outside world.
Using the entire strength of Saint Byrons, the carriage driver was subdued, and the carriage is driven by an Alchemical Golem or Summoned Entity officially employed by the “Saint Byrons Integrated Academy.” In theory, it can navigate various places in the Material World. Of course, in a contained state, the carriage lost the ability to penetrate most spaces and has many taboos when actually being used.
For instance, Circle Sorcerers with the Spirit Rune of “Unlucky Traveler” should never use this carriage under any circumstances. And when Miss Danester and other professors enter the civilized world from the academy, since it is a normal operation pre-notified to the Church, they use standard ans of transportation out of respect for the partnering True God Church.
But when the academy secretly sends professors on missions, this relic cos in handy.
According to the docunt sent by the academy, on this journey, Shard could bring pets, summoned entities, or other small life forms. Therefore, Shard decided to take Mia to see Saint Byrons.
After returning ho, he packed the items he needed to carry with him, then sat on the sofa waiting for the carriage to arrive. As the clock on the wall reached eight o’clock, the bell downstairs indeed rang.
“Mia, it’s ti to go.”
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