Otome's Law of Ascension

Chapter 73

Licia didn't feel scared at all. The beautiful female ghost gave her a very close feeling, even a little familiar.

It moves around the room, walking to the mirror for a while, walking to the window for a while, and then walking to an open space, picking up something and hugging it in its arms.

It's like holding a baby.

Licia held the slightly hot wand and remained motionless, observing its smooth movements as if they were still alive in the world. She was curious about who this woman was.

Licia saw the female ghost raise her hand to wipe her tears, and then it turned into a few wisps of smoke and got into the brass wand.

"It's amazing." Licia had to think about the wand and herself.

Because I returned to the ancestral home of the Campbell family, something in the wand must have been triggered, and this should be the reason.

So the owner of this brass wand should be a deceased senior in the Campbell family.

Licia kicked her feet and got off the bed.

She wanted to go to the place where the family portraits were displayed, on the other side of the castle, Lizia had visited once after the bar mitzvah.

She closed the door softly and passed the study room, which was still lit.

"Miss Licia?" Marian just closed her eyes and rubbed her eyes when she saw Licia walking downstairs with the circle of light.

She made a hush motion at Marianne. "I suddenly remembered something and wanted to go to the showroom."

Marian walked over in small steps and helped Licia hold the luminous circle.

This is a new luminous array that Licia purchased after her room was destroyed. It looks like a flower. Although it is beautiful, it is very heavy.

"Thank you, Marianne." Licia nodded at her. "Can you accompany me there?"

Marianne held the flower-shaped magic circle, cheered up and nodded. "With pleasure, miss."

Licia picked up the cloak and tied it on herself, then found someone's cloak and put it on for Marianne as well.

Licia can feel Marian's kindness and flattery, not just from the 70.00% favorability, she is also very happy to accept such a loyal partner.

So invite Marianne to come with her.

The two of them set foot on the damp stone road, circled around the tower castle where the master lived, and came to another single building with a narrow pointed roof.

"How do I get in?" Licia pushed the door and found that it was still motionless.

Marianne pointed to Licia's chest. "Do you have a family crest with you? I think Master Mixiu put it here with a crest." Marianne pointed to an inconspicuous groove on the door.

Licia searched twice, found the family crest necklace from the cloth bag, removed the round gold-plated badge from the copper chain, and embedded it in the groove.

"Okay, miss, it's on." Marianne pointed to the doorknob while holding the luminous array.

Licia nodded, twisted a full turn, pulled the doorknob, and opened the door.

"Ahem, it seems that no one usually comes here." Because the hall was too empty, Licia's words still echoed.

Marianne turned and closed the door, and the two walked to the left on the wooden floor.

"This is the showroom." Licia probed in. In the long room, the walls were covered with oil paint portraits.

Licia asked Marian to put down the luminous circle and put it on the table where an ancient sword was placed, and then Licia opened the large luminous circle in the room.

Every portrait is clearly presented in Licia's eyes.

Among them is a picture drawn by her father, Duke Michaux, and her mother when they got married. The two are happy and loving.

Licia followed the picture and saw a portrait of her grandfather, the old Duke Campbell, which was a family portrait.

This picture is very strange, there is a smeared mark on the right shoulder of the old Duke Campbell, and more obviously, the teenager Michelle Campbell is standing on the left side of his father, and the one on the right side is painted with a star at the corner of his mouth middle-aged woman with mole of big mouth.

This middle-aged woman is not Licia's grandmother, but Mishu Campbell's cousin. Although Licia calls her aunt, she is actually just a cousin.

"Marian? Why do I feel that this painting was not like this before?" Lizia's hand stroked the canvas, and the oil paint used in the place where the cousin was painted was obviously thicker than other places, as if to cover another same as painting.

"Yes, miss, I think so too." Marianne was very conflicted about whether she should tell Licia some hearsay news.

"I accidentally heard the butler accidentally reveal that the Duke once had a sister." Marianne said cautiously. "But I'm not sure it's true either."

Licia nodded. Usually, such rumors are true in all likelihood. "Understood." It may be that her aunt made some unforgivable mistake and was completely expelled from the Campbell family. As a result, their generation did not know that this person existed.

All portraits and written records were erased.

Lizia really wanted to scrape off the outer layer of paint carefully to see the inside, but she didn't dare yet.

She continued to look at other images, and none of the portraits gave her the feeling of a female ghost.

Licia had a faint feeling in her heart that maybe the female ghost was her real aunt, the one whose existence was erased.

"Let's go." Licia looked around again, but found no other strange portraits.

Marianne picked up the flower-shaped luminous circle from the stand where the ancient sword was placed, but her hand slipped. In order to prevent the latest lighting object from breaking, Marianne made a little big move and accidentally knocked the shelf down. The ancient sword on the ground was overthrown to the ground.

The sword god fell to the ground, bounced twice, and the scabbard fell apart a little.

"Ah, Goddess, please forgive me for my recklessness, Miss Licia, I really didn't mean it." Marianne hurriedly apologized.

Licia hissed twice. "It's all right, Marianne, it's all right."

Licia picked up the ancient sword and pulled it out curiously to have a look.

"It's so heavy." The moment Licia pulled out the sword, she felt that the sword suddenly became very heavy.

"Hiss." But Licia's arm muscles were gradually adapting to the weight of the sword.

Marianne wanted to help with the illuminated magic circle, but she didn't dare to move it. She was relieved until she was sure that Licia could hold the sword smoothly.

"It's not engraved with words or heraldry patterns. Is it just an ordinary sword?" Licia shook her head and asked herself. "It's definitely not easy."

She put the sword into the scabbard.Then return the sword to the stand.

"Crack!" Licia watched in disbelief as the shelf where the sword was originally placed was cracked, but luckily the stone pier was not broken.

"Oh, it's all my fault!" Marianne almost cried. "If it wasn't for me not being sure."

Lycia hurriedly gathered the scraps of the wooden shelf into a ball and threw them out of sight under the table.

"It's okay, don't cry, I put the sword directly on the stone platform, as if it was here." Licia clapped her hands. "Let's go, it's not a big problem."

Licia led Marianne, who was still emotionally unstable, out.

*

In the morning, Licia got up very late.

Both Mi Xiu and Ashe had finished their breakfast and were sitting at the dining table waiting.

"You're back." Duke Mishu put the newspaper aside, and Ashe took a sip of black tea.

Licia nodded, and Marianne helped her pull out a chair, and then brought a plate of fried eggs and warm bacon, and a glass of milk.

"I heard that you encountered danger when you went out this time?" Mi Xiu asked.

Licia took a bite of the egg and drank some milk. "Yes, Dad. I was too late last night to disturb you."

Duke Mixiu nodded, his expression was very tired, and his eyes were all black and blue.

"You've done a good job. I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has decided to grant you the title of Viscount." Duke Mixiu showed appreciation in his eyes.

Ashe just drank her tea with her head down, as if she didn't hear the words.

"Well, I just saved His Highness by accident." Licia took a bite of the cold bacon, which was very salty.

She put down her fork after two bites, and looked at Ashe.

"Where is my sister, is today a day off?"

Ashe nodded. "Otherwise, you don't think I need to ask for leave in order to see you."

Mishu glared at Ashe. "Shut up, Ashe."

Licia clearly felt that her father's attitude towards Ashe was getting worse day by day, which was reflected in herself as his favorability was increasing day by day.

"Okay, I'll shut up." Ashe held the teacup and left the table without any dissatisfaction.

"Dad, I'm just going home to pack my luggage, and I have to go to school quickly." Licia also got up. For her father who changed her attitude to prefer her, Licia was not in the mood of joy.

Instead, she felt very awkward.

"Of course, you have to continue to strengthen your relationship with the Crown Prince." Mi Xiu nodded.

After Licia left, she knocked on Ashe's door.

"Why, father values ​​you so much, why don't you say a few more words? Come to me? Is it to make fun of me?" Ashe opened the door, making way for Licia to pass. "Laugh at me, the librarian?"

Licia had to call Ashe a man with a knife mouth and a bean curd heart. "Okay, Ashe, are you okay?" She walked into Ashe's room and sat down on the bed.

Ashe crossed her arms and closed the door with her foot. "OK."

"You know, did father ever have a younger sister?" Licia asked, she knew that there was a high probability that Ashe didn't know, but she wanted Ashe to pay attention to it at home.

"I don't know." Ashe, who was only two years older than Licia, shook her head. "Isn't there only one heir from the Campbell family to my father's generation?"

Lycia supported the bed with her hands, then raised her head. "We may have had an aunt."

Ashe sat down next to Licia. "What's the use of having an aunt? She must have committed a crime similar to that of my brother, and she must have been completely wiped out by the family."

Ashe sighed.

"Will Keith be erased from the Campbell family?" Licia remembered that Keith still had a portrait from the bar mitzvah in the showroom.

"Of course, it will be slowly erased." Ashe said. "Unless the charges can be cleared before his death."

Lycia thought it would be a long time before Ashe heard from her vanished aunt.

As a result, on the second night of her stay at school, Ashe came to the academy alone in a carriage to find her.

"Ash!" Licia threw the book in her hand to Caroline, who was doing self-study with her, and ran towards Ashe who was wearing a blue skirt.

"Why are you here now? Is there something going on at home?" Licia asked. She saw that Ashe had already gained 50.00% favorability, and not only did she feel dependent on her formerly incompatible sister.

"I know the aunt you're talking about." Ashe lowered her head and leaned into Licia's ear and said. "There really was this person, and she was burned to death by the church because she was believed to have an affair with darkness."

Licia took a deep breath. "How did you know."

"In the library, I was marking some books that were sent to be destroyed, and I happened to see a punishment record." Ashe looked around, took out a book from under her skirt, and stuffed it into Licia's chest. "That stack of books has been sitting there for several years, waiting to be destroyed. I didn't expect such a coincidence, and I happened to see this book."

Licia kept nodding, and stuffed a book with a moldy cover into her waistcoat. She was wearing a school uniform today, with a tight hip-wrapping skirt, so she could only hide the book in her clothes.

But now that the night is dark, no one should notice.

"Okay, I'm leaving, take your time." Ashe tidied up her clothes and was about to board the carriage.

Licia held her back. "This is a rented carriage. Didn't you come in the carriage at home?"

"Me? Do you think father would be willing to send a family carriage to pick up the librarian from get off work?" Ashe smiled self-deprecatingly.

"No, it's so late, it's inconvenient to rent a carriage to go back, especially..." Licia didn't say the next thing.

"Especially I'm not a heraldry ability user yet?" Ashe snorted. "Come, Lycia, your condescending sympathy sickens me."

"I'll take you back." Buchton ran diagonally from behind Licia, holding a sword in his hand, and his hair was still messy.

"Ai Xi, I'll take you back." Buchton took Ai Xi's hand and boarded the carriage involuntarily.

"Did you call Buchton?" Licia asked Caroline, and at the same time agreed with her approach in her heart. She also thought that Buchton must be sincere to Ashe.

Caroline returned the book to Lycia. "Of course. Otherwise he is still reading in the library."

"However, Licia, your first entrance exam can't be difficult, you read too far ahead." Caroline was about to take a difficult theory exam, and she was studying hard every night.

"It's not too advanced, I think it's too late." Licia remembered sending the blood fruit to Teacher Ke Lier yesterday.

Teacher Ke Lier was full of praise for the quality of the blood warehouse fruit picked by Licia. In order to reward Licia, she planned to teach Licia some core potion preparation methods, but Licia's foundation was too weak. , and cannot understand.

(End of this chapter)