“The… internal information of Vitalis Palace?”
Avena sat on the sofa. She took off her glasses and placed them aside. She gently pinched and rubbed the bridge of her nose with her right index finger and thumb.
After a while, Avena shook her head with a hint of helplessness and said, “I’ve been away from Ansu City for several years. My connections have basically been severed…”
Suddenly, Avena paused. She looked up at Ciel, who was standing to the side.
“Do you have an idea?”
Ciel looked at Avena’s expression and asked.
Right now, Ciel urgently needed to figure out what Forte was doing in Vitalis Palace at that ti and who was around him… This would be very helpful for the subsequent plans and actions.
The ti for this Past Days simulation is July 16th, 6:00 PM. It can cover up to July 17th, 12:00 PM. If everything is prepared properly, Ciel can eliminate Forte in this one Past Days simulation.
If it fails, Ciel would have to spend who knows how many Fate Points and make how many attempts just to get the Past Days simulation back to July 17th, 12:00 PM.
If multiple simulations fail and her Fate Points are also continuously decreasing, Ciel might even have to consider using the most clumsy thod… killing Forte multiple tis in reality until he can no longer use his “Uniqueness.”
But this clumsy thod has great uncertainty… Each of Forte’s deaths will leave behind a small amount of information. That cumulative information will only make each new rewind more dangerous and make Forte even harder to kill.
In the end, Ciel might even have her identity directly pinpointed by Forte…
It’s just that Forte has acquired far less information than she has. She has a huge information advantage over him. Forte is just an arrogant and conceited person. She absolutely cannot treat Forte as a fool—a fool couldn’t have reached this point.
It’s a pity that Ciel truly has no connections within the royal family. If Avena couldn’t provide any information, Ciel could only consider investigating herself and find the results before the next Future Days simulation cos and refreshes the Past Days simulation.
“Ciel, do you rember when you were learning Old Ansu language, I sent the things you needed to translate to a professor in Ansu who researches Old Ansu language?”
Avena looked at Ciel and asked.
Professor?
Ciel pondered for a mont and quickly rembered.
That was sothing Avena had ntioned to her in a letter. In the letter, Avena explained that she felt her skills were not refined enough and she couldn’t fully translate those words, so she had to send the materials to a professor who researched Old Ansu language…
Later, Ciel also learned Old Ansu language based on the books that professor recomnded and sent. There was also a ssage from that professor to Avena in the books. The professor thought Avena wanted to continue her studies in Old Ansu language and seed very happy about it.
“Helen Stone?”
Ciel asked.
This na was from when she first arrived in Ansu City. It was the middle-aged woman who ca as a representative. She was Avena’s teacher and seed to have a considerable acquaintance with Avena.
“No… she is just my teacher.”
Avena shook her head and explained, “The professor who researches Old Ansu language is nad Ravenwood.”
“Raven?”
Ciel nodded. “An unusual na.”
In Old Ansu language, Raven ans “crow.” Very few people would use this as their na. The word crow has a negative symbolic aning in Ansu, generally symbolizing plague, victory and mourning culture, and also the implicit aning of the Ansu Clock Tower’s “living totem.”
It’s hard not to associate the concepts of “forbidden knowledge” and “curses” with soone who studies Old Ansu language and uses Raven as their na.
“That is indeed not her real na,”
Avena nodded. “This is the na she changed to after becoming engrossed in researching Old Ansu language… However, I don’t know what her original na was either.”
“Does she know anything about the royal family?”
Ciel pressed.
“She was originally a non-academic fellow at Augustus University and also served as my private tutor… Not long after I left Ansu, she resigned from the university and was appointed by the royal family to serve as the Queen’s private special advisor on archeology.”
Avena paused here, then continued, “If you want to ask about the royal family, you should be able to learn a thing or two from her.”
“Non-academic fellow? Isn’t she a professor at Augustus University?”
Ciel asked with so confusion.
“Mm…”
Hearing Ciel’s question, Avena pondered for a while before explaining:
“Augustus University only started accepting female students in the last two years… At least before she left, Augustus University did not accept female students or female lecturers. She couldn’t get a formal degree or teaching position, and could only participate in research or provide private tutoring to noble families as a ‘non-academic fellow’.”
After hearing Avena’s answer, Ciel felt a little lost in thought.
She had been struggling in the transcendent world for too long. She almost forgot about the other mundane, backward regulations here.
That title of professor should be Avena’s private way of addressing that Professor Raven.
“Can you still contact her?”
Ciel looked at Avena and asked.
“Yes, I know her address.”
Avena nodded. “We occasionally correspond by letter. At least the last ti we corresponded, she hadn’t changed her address… Should we go visit her now?”
Seeing Avena volunteer, Ciel didn’t hesitate and nodded directly.
Knowing that Ciel had an urgent matter, Avena didn’t waste any ti. She imdiately prepared to go out with Ciel, but before leaving, Ciel changed into a Deton Group uniform—because wearing a mask with this uniform wouldn’t seem strange at all.
However, as they were going out, they happened to run into Lucy, who had co to find Ciel.
In the original tiline, at this point, Ciel and Avena were scheduled to go see Adele and hand over the research notes from the simulation. By calculating the ti, she figured out that Lucy was also expected to arrive around now.
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