Pillars of Ita

"Aren't you the mages of the Karlier family? If I remember correctly, the Karlier family is also one of the seven mage families. Although the seven mage families may not be unified, I am more like an outsider in comparison."

"That's not necessarily the case. Since Miss Jita knows that there is not only one voice within the Seven Sorcerers family, she has naturally heard that the Seven Sorcerers family is actually divided into two, headed by the spell and protection faction. As for us, we have not been too close to both sides."

Lilayet replied while leading the two through the long secret passage.

He said before that he had no malicious intentions, Jita couldn't believe it, so he just took back the magic book calmly, held the cold book cover with one hand, and was ready to cast spells and leave at any time.

Although the mage from the Carleyer family saw through this, he didn't say anything. He just said, "Miss Jita came to find evidence about the attack. In fact, you can just ask me directly. As one of the seven mage families, although we may not have the same heart as others, we know a lot of internal information that the outside world does not know."

"You guessed it right. The attack on the Astrology Institute was led by the Seven Sorcerers family alone, but it wasn't the Hawke family who did it. It was the Eisengreen family who initiated the prophecy, and the Griffin family who actually did it. They are closely related to the Brotherhood."

It was these words that made Geeta stay.

She raised her head to look into each other's eyes, and asked in a soft voice, "Didn't it mean that the Griffin family and the Hawke family are incompatible? Originally, the Golden Goat and Griffin Feather formed an alliance to fight against the wisdom of the cunning owl. But recently, the Eisengreen family and the Hawke family have gotten closer. At first, people thought it was due to Duke Hawke's turmoil, but now that the Hawke family has undergone tremendous changes, the Eisengreen family has not come down."

"Ms. Jita, why bother to ask questions knowingly?" Lailayette shook her head. "Factions are an internal affair of the Seven Wizards' family, and 20 years ago we were able to unite to deal with the Holfen School."

"Since you left the Stag Principality, the astrologers of the Golden Goat have been behind you. The Hawke family has already used them to locate the whereabouts of Ash Lynn's legacy. Although the prophecy is sometimes just a mystery, the Seven Wizards have known that you have come to the empire since then."

"So they didn't trouble you from the beginning, but let you enter the empire, and then they used the hands of the Holy Chosen Guild and tried to get the Patrol Cavalry Administration to intervene."

"——As for the little girl, it was just a coincidence. In fact, their real purpose was to get you involved, because they believed that something was on you. But I didn't expect that the success would fall short, and the Hawke's family unexpectedly made a mistake, so they even brought in an informant."

Lilayet chuckled lightly when she said this, with a mocking look in her eyes.

Jita asked seriously: "Have you seen the notes left by Ash Lynn, but I think you didn't seem interested in the Holfen School at that time."

"You're right, it used to be like that, and they were indeed confused for a while after that," Lailayer nodded, "...plus the Abenand incident, I heard that you guys got very close to that president, but that may not be a good thing."

"Friston is a very ambitious person, and only he can do that kind of thing, regardless of the consequences, and use thunderous means to sweep away all political opponents standing in his way."

He paused, "Of course, this is naturally approved by the emperor."

Jita looked at each other with a trace of curiosity in her eyes, which actually coincided with her thoughts, so how dare the Seven Sorcerers family make small moves at this moment?

"Because it's different this time," Lilayet shook her head. "This time they found something more interesting. This time, their target was the little girl, and it was you who got involved. Of course, they also understand that you are standing behind the little girl from the Lynn family, and are ready to conflict with you."

Cui Xisi listened for a long time, finally understood the conversation between the two, and interjected: "Did they not prepare well last time, or is it that the members of the Seven Sorcerers family are always so arrogant, so... funny?"

Lilayet looked back at her: "Miss Tracy, this is not what a guest should say."

"So you still recognize me," Tracy said angrily, "I thought I was transparent. I was caught in this place for no reason, and I signed a contract for no reason, and I met the people of the Carlyer family."

The young mage smiled, "It's your luck that you were chosen by the holder of Guriel's grimoire, and you will understand later. You are a guest of the family of the seven mages, how could I not recognize you, if nothing happened in the Nozpitz underground, you and the Gray King's student union are the first candidates for the crown blessing, and His Majesty is quite optimistic about you."

Trixis fell silent, turned her eyes to Jita, and said, "So you still recognize me, can you tell me what happened? I don't want this 'benefit' of unknown origin."

She said a little angrily, "You guys from the Seven Sorcerers family really don't know what to do. You knew I shouldn't have come here. Of course, you may think that you were not prepared enough last time, but don't forget that Jita and the others were unprepared. Unlike you, you completely lost in that big arbitration and lost an adult."

"...So this time, this time the Hawke family, the Eisengreen family and the Griffin family have made a comeback and regained their confidence," Tracy sarcastically said, "But don't forget that His Majesty is watching you this time."

Lilayet was not angry, but shook her head, "Miss Tracy, you are not from the empire, so naturally you don't understand the real position of that person. Your Majesty has never stood behind anyone, and his last choice will not affect the present."

He looked at the lady scholar at the side, only to realize that she was also looking at him.

What Trixes wanted to ask was actually what Jita wanted to ask, but Miss Scholar was always reserved and couldn't boast so freely.

Jita only asked softly: "Have you investigated me?"

"About Guriel's magic book?" Lilayet shook her head again, "There is no need to investigate. The moment you resonated with the book of life, we identified his identity, Miss Jita. In fact, it was earlier. In fact, when you fought against the wind knight, the eye of Karlaye sensed it."

He continued: "...Later, under the guidance of the Eye of Carlyle, I applied to the family to go to the underground of Nozpitz to lead the granting ceremony of the elemental blessing. At that time, I sensed the existence of another holder of the magic book in the underground. It must be you, right?"

"However, something happened later. I didn't expect that the ceremony would lead to the elemental tyrant Alphonse, so I postponed the meeting with you until today. But in fact, when you followed the Griffin family into the big tomb, we actually noticed it. It's ridiculous that those fools came back with a bag of air. They lack an understanding of the power of a real naturalist."

Jita noticed the emphasis in the other party's words, "You mean - a real naturalist?"

"Naturalists have three stages: Narrator, Reader, and Recorder. Mr. Karatu should have told you," Lailayet said, "There are quite a few mages who know these three stages, but many of them can only stay in the first stage throughout their lives, including some great mages. Only those who have really embarked on this path can be called naturalists. What's more, there are fake books among the many magic books. At least three of the empire's seven magic books are not authentic."

Seeing that Jita's eyes became puzzled, he replied: "Don't wonder why we know of Mr. Karatu's existence. You are the holder of the Book of Guriel, and Mr. Karatu cannot stop looking for you. After all, only the holder of the Book of Guriel, who has been approved by the magic book, can know the secret."

Gita opened her mouth, but after hearing what Lailayat said, she took back the words that came to her lips.

She ended up with just one more question: "Fake book?"

"It's not that the magic book itself is a forgery," Lilayet said, "it's that the magic book is not always shown by its real name. A magic book can have multiple names. When it is shown by different names, the power displayed is also different. But every magic book has one and only one real name."

The young mage waved his hand, and the magic book that Tracy was holding in his arms automatically flew into his hand—yes, Tracy was holding the book of life all the way—this was also impossible, Jita naturally couldn’t carry two heavy magic books by herself, and since her life was at stake with Miss Scholar, it was naturally impossible to leave the other person there alone.

So I had to act as a labor force temporarily.

Seeing Lailayat calling the book over without saying hello, Trixes couldn't help but glared at him.But Lilayet didn't care, she just put her hand on the book and said, "It's like this book."

He said softly: "When it was in the Lilaye family, it was called the Book of Vipers and the Book of Snake Kiss, and it did show the corresponding power, which is why it got its name. Since this book was found by us, it has had three owners. Except for the first owner who is a mage from the Karl Layer family, the other two owners are your holy chosen ones."

"...But what I want to talk about is actually its previous owner—that is the protagonist of this story, Guriel."

Jita raised her head, showing disbelief.She thought for a while before asking, "You mean Gulier?"

She gently placed her hand on her magic book.

"The Book of Time, that's the real name of this magic book, it's true," Lailayat looked at the magic book in Gita's hand and nodded, "But it was the magic book used by Guriel in the second half of his life. He spent his youth in the empire, and he used to hold this book of poisonous snakes until he set foot on the road of a great mage."

Jita subconsciously wanted to say that this is impossible, how could someone experience two magic books in a lifetime.But she suddenly thought that she seemed to be going too far now, and contracted two magic books at the same time, and the two magic books lived in peace and coexisted peacefully.

Miss Scholar opened her mouth, but was unable to speak for a moment.

Lilayet continued: "Generally people think this is impossible. After all, how could a person contract two magic books successively, but such things did happen in history. The great magician read a revelation, a dream, from the book of poisonous snakes. He completed his self-transcendence from that dream, and was promoted to a reader after that, and then left the proverbs and left the Karlaye house."

"Mr. Karatu was the witness of the whole incident. The great wizard came to the empire as a guest and had a close relationship with the ancestors. The two discovered the secrets from the scrolls together, and came up with a reliable basis for the narrator, reader, and recorder. It's just that the ancestor never returned after that, and we only learned that he became the owner of the Book of Time after a long time."

Jita fell silent.

Karatu was a character more than 100 years ago, and one of the legendary heroes in the disaster of the Dragon Witch. He was active in that era before even the Lynn family was born, but the legendary great wizard might indeed have experienced such an event.

The Karlaye family lost their grimoire more than a century ago, and it was not found again until more than 30 years ago. In terms of time, it was just right, and it was never recorded in the document that Karatu stayed in Colin-Ishurian all his life.

In fact, since the end of the disaster of the dragon witch, the great wizard has been traveling around the continents.

However, Miss Scholar still questioned: "But according to the information, isn't the magic guide book of the Carlier family recovered from under the deep sea?"

"That's just a rumor from the outside world," Lilayet smiled lightly. "People want to believe that there are many ancient relics under the Abyss. In fact, only one of the magic guide books from other families was found from the Abyss, and most of the others came from the Holy Chosen. The Holy Chosen were well-informed. It was through your Holy Chosen that the Karlaye family locked the location of the Book of Vipers and retrieved it."

He looked at the book in Jita's hand, "The book in Miss Jita's hand, isn't it also because the Tapolis Oak Knights locked down its location through their own channels, and then tried their best to find it. After all, no one on this continent can compare to you Holy Chosen in matters such as inquiring about news and searching for treasures."

"But Mr. Leilayet still didn't say, what does all this have to do with me." Jita said lightly.

She didn't really believe in such a coincidence in this world.

Gullier is a mage from the Karlleyer family, the ancestor of the young man in front of him. He used to be the owner of the Book of Vipers, and he also took charge of the Book of Time in his hand.

The only thing she knew was the last point. Karatu had indeed told her so. When the Tapolis Oak Knights found the magic book, they did know its origin—the Book of Time, Guriel's magic book.

It was based on this series of information that the guild was able to retrieve this precious magic book. As for how she stood out from the youth training camp and became one of the candidates for this book, that was another story.

But even if all of this is true, it still can't explain why he is connected with the book of poisonous snakes, and how did this book of poisonous snakes become the book of life?

She somehow felt that the answer to all these lies in the young mage of the Carlier family in front of her.

Jita looked at the other party, and Lailayette seemed to have expected that she would guess the connection, and she didn't want to hide it. She just nodded and said, "This is related to that proverb."

"motto?"

"The motto left by my ancestor Guriel," Lilayet said, "he found the reader's promotion level from that dream, and left the family soon after, but he left a motto before that."

"Does that proverb refer to what's happening right now?" Geeta asked.

"No," Lilayet shook his head lightly, "that proverb is actually related to the big prophecy of Xintaan that lasted nearly 700 years. The ancestor Guriel wrote down everything he saw in a dream, and a black-haired goddess he had never seen before gave him a revelation in that dream. In that revelation, he saw how our world had come to the end of time—everything was reduced to ashes, even the stars were dimmed, the sea of ​​light was completely extinguished, and the whole world was surrounded by eternal darkness. shrouded."

"That proverb was too similar to the big prophecy 700 years ago, so it didn't attract much attention from the family at the beginning. Besides, it is very common for a great wizard to travel and seek knowledge. At the beginning, people didn't expect him to disappear forever. But it wasn't until the book of poisonous snakes disappeared together with ancestor Guriel and returned to our hands more than 30 years ago. Everything foreseen in the proverbs came true. We gradually believed in what ancestor Guriel saw in that dream."

Jita couldn't help but think of the stone statue of the girl, and the black-haired girl she saw in the big snake's dream, "Is that the goddess Mr. Gullier saw in his dream?"

Lilayet still shook her head, "Except for the ancestor Guriel, no one has ever seen what the black-haired goddess looks like. There are several goddesses in the Orin pantheon, but Ms. Aimiya and Ms. Milella are not black-haired. Although Ms. Roman is black-haired, it is not consistent with what the ancestors described."

"I heard that Ms. Emiya has a twin sister, a twin goddess." Jita said.

"We have also investigated this," Lilayet said, "Since the return of the Book of Vipers, the Karlier family has gradually begun to face up to this prophecy, but Ms. Ameya's younger sister, the shadow in the jungle is also very different from the goddess described in the Proverbs."

"Where's the blind girl Elaine?" Tracy asked.

"The Karlaye family worships the snake. In fact, its symbol is transformed by the blind goddess of fate, Ms. Elaine's deadly kiss. Although the goddess in the proverbs is also blind, the legend says that Ms. Elaine has snake hair, just like Medusa in mythology."

Jita asked, "Then the icon in that room?"

"The holy image is what Pandoras guards." Lailayat thought for a moment before remembering that Gita didn't know the name of the big snake. "Pandoras is the guardian of the Book of Vipers. It existed when the Karlaye family first obtained the Book of Vipers. But it didn't always guard the Book of Vipers, but it always guarded the icon."

He paused, "The icon is indeed exactly as described by the ancestors, but there has never been a god similar to it among the gods of Orin, and we don't know the origin of the icon, and she has nothing to do with the dark saints."

Jita didn't ask questions about the Dark Saints. For a family like the Carlyer family, it's too easy to investigate the Dark Saints. Although knowledge in the dark is taboo, it's only for ordinary people.

She was silent for a while before asking, "So what is that proverb?"

"The two books will return one by one," Lilayet replied, "The former book will be 1 days and nights before the latter book, and the latter book will be the master of the former book."

"The holder of the book will be the one I choose. She will lead you to that bright future. She is the story teller, reader and recorder, the only hope in the endless eternal night."

"In death there is a chance of new life, and dead trees will also grow new branches—"

"I didn't understand at all," Tracy shook her head, "So Jita is the chosen one?"

She asked jokingly, but Lilayet nodded seriously, "The return of the Book of Vipers was indeed 1 days and nights before the second book. When Miss Jita cast the power of the Book of Time for the first time, the Eye of Karlye did sense it, and all the signs were confirmed one by one."

He solemnly paused word by word: "What's more, the empire is going to war. The actions of the Seven Sorcerers' families are all reflected in the prophecy. The Carlier family is not too close to other families, but I also know that there is another hand behind them that is pushing everything."

He looked at Jita, "Miss Brita is just a victim. I know that the Eisengreen family has contacts with other people in the Astrological Institute, but the Carlyer family can't know the real whereabouts of those people. They have established a tight network in the empire many years ago. Many events in the empire over the years, including the Ash Lynn case 20 years ago, are closely related to it. However, the eye of Karlyer will more or less reveal some of these secrets."

"A cultist?" That was the real purpose of Miss Scholar's coming here. She never forgot why the Seven Seas Brigade came here.

"Cultist."

Lilayet shook her head, "It's as simple as it really is, but it's not. I know you are looking for the movements of the minions of the Green Calamity, but the Eisengreen family and the Griffin family have never had any contact with the believers of the Dark Saints on the surface. The person you caught at the Arbitration not long ago caused the Hawke family to stumble.

"He just proved that his identity was suspicious in the big arbitration. In Altaria, the identity is actually suspicious. Those who dare not reveal their identities in broad daylight are actually only a few, and most of them are related to those who are operating in the dark. But unfortunately this is not enough. The investigation can't go on at this point. As for the president's counterattack, it is actually a means outside the rules. After that, it did cause some chaos in the Hawke family."

"Don't His Majesty the Emperor care?" Tracy's eyes widened. She knew some inside information about the empire, but she still knew very little about the high-level people. Besides, even in the ultra-sports league, it was absolutely taboo to have an affair with dark forces.

The incident that happened in the Second World's Covenant Mountain many years ago, although the main body was the third division, still had an abyssal impact on other divisions.

"Even the magic emperor, it is impossible to identify who has an affair with the darkness and uproot that family," Lilayet replied, "What's more, that His Majesty has his own ideas. As the supreme being, how could it be easy for others to guess his mind."

"I still don't understand," Tracy said, "So what does this have to do with us? Even if the Carlier family really sees that future and wants to save themselves, what can Jita and I do? Things that you can't do, can we rely on a few of us Holy Chosen?"

"It's Miss Jita, not you." Lailayat took a deep look at her, preventing her from putting gold on her face. "Of course, if you are the knight she chooses, this status must be honored."

"You—" Tracy was a little fuzzy.

The last secret door opened in front of the three of them.

Lilayet stopped, and after glancing at the secret door, there seemed to be a solemn hall inside, "The mages of the Karlayer family never believed in outsiders, but in the eye of the poisonous snake. If we still have the slightest doubt about the prophecy, but the moment the eye of Karlayer sensed you, we have no doubts in our hearts."

He turned his head and looked at Jita: "If you still have doubts about the whole incident and want to know what the real purpose of the other mage families is, you can't get an answer if you ask me. Although Carlye is one of the seven mage families, Miss Jita should also know that we are not too close to other families. But you might as well ask the Viper's Eye—it will give different answers to everyone's questions, and you may see the real answer from it."

"why?"

Jita stopped and asked, she was not asking the answer to this question, she wanted to ask why the other party trusted her so much.Although the other party had given the answer before, she still felt that it was too hasty.

"I've already said the reason. You are the only heir to Guriel's book, his student, and the only person he designated," Lilayet replied, "Of course, even we don't dare to believe in a proverb, but it doesn't matter, the eye of Karlaye will give the answer."

"What if we're not?" Tracy seemed to have assumed her identity, "Then don't you want to keep us here?"

It's not that she is not free, but that contract still left a faint burning pain in Xinghui's soul.

She didn't want to lose Xinghui for no reason.

Lilayet did not answer her, but looked at Jita: "Everything is impossible without a price. Since Miss Jita was discovered by the snake's eye, she should never have thought that she would be able to escape unscathed. Since you have stepped into this place, you should have already imagined all the consequences, right?"

Jita nodded slightly, and only asked, "Here is the real Eye of Carlyle? But I saw another Eye of the Viper in that hall just now."

Lilayet smiled slightly, "The Eye of the Viper has never been a specific existence, it is just the inherent perception of it by outsiders. This sacred object actually has the same origin as the Book of Vipers. As for what it is, Miss Jita will understand once she has seen it."

As he spoke, he made a gesture of invitation.

Gita looked at the darkness in front of her, and took a breath, but Lailayat was right, since she came here to seek the truth, and now that the Karlaye family is willing to defect, she has no reason to stop at the slightest risk.

When she came here, she was naturally prepared for everything.

... (end of this chapter)