book of old days

Chapter 21 Lady in the Lake
At night, Sean couldn't wait to get ready for action.

The two woke up the sleeping Lancet, threw him a black cloak, and led him into the mirror again.

Fortunately, those monsters did not appear. After what happened last night, I shouldn't go this way again, but the reality is too eye-catching, so I have to.

Sean hid a mirror in the houseboat during the day, and the group walked for more than ten minutes before arriving at their destination.

Through the mirror, came to the houseboat.

A small boat sits on a shelf in the cabin.

The two men dragged the boat into the water and pushed Lanster into the boat.

Lancet seemed to feel some kind of crisis, and instinctively struggled, and Sean quickly told him to stop.

"Don't worry, we just need a little help from you, and we won't kill you."

Alhaz was not so polite, he directly took out his dagger, and gestured at his face: "Don't struggle with Lanster, otherwise I'm not sure what I will do."

After coaxing and scaring, Lanster finally boarded the boat obediently.

However, Lanster was still dishonest after boarding the boat.

"Professor, do you know who my father is? If something happens to me, I swear, he will catch you at all costs! But you still have a chance to save yourself, as long as you let me go now, I swear I can be Nothing happened."

Seeing that the two were unmoved, Lancet increased his threat, "I swear, if you dare to hurt me—"

"Didn't you find a problem?" Alhaz suddenly interrupted him, "You swear too much, anything, once there are too many, it will become cheap."

Lancet was stunned, but immediately roared again: "You two bastards, do you know who I am? I am a Lancet, the future Duke, how dare you treat me like this, you will pay for it The price, you and your family, none of you can escape! Let me go if you have the ability, let's have a fair duel, one against two, and I will let you know the fate of offending me!"

For some reason, looking at Lancet's distorted face, Sean felt relieved. Is this what a villain should look like?

He suddenly hit Lanster in the face with the butt of a gun. Lanster looked at Sean in shock, as if he didn't expect that Sean, who had always been gentle, would suddenly become violent. Sean gave him another shot, nose Bleeding, Lanster finally fell silent.

The two paddled the boat quietly under the moonlight at midnight, and there was silence all around, only the sound of oars rippling the water.

Soon the boat came to the middle of the lake.

It was exactly midnight at this time, and the moonlight fell from the sky, coating the lake with a layer of silver. The surrounding woods were silent, and there was no wind at all. Sean and Alhaz who rowed the boat.

Everything is so peaceful.

Sean took out the Book of the Old Days from his purse. Lancet held his nose and looked at the book curiously, as if attracted by the eyeballs on the cover, until Alhaz grabbed his wrist and raised the dagger , Lanster's eyes once again showed a look of horror, he struggled weakly for a few times, and then his hand was pressed on a glass cup, and his wrist was slit open with a knife.

Blood flowed from his wrist, and half a cup soon dripped. Alhaz handed the cup filled with blood to Sean, and bound Lanster roughly with a piece of cotton cloth.

Lanster was a little thankful, but also a little unbelievable: "That's it?"

Alhaz winked at him, "Avoid waste, alright Sean, let's get started."

Sean nodded and spread the book out.

It was the first time for him to engage in this kind of mysterious ceremony, everything was novel and interesting, and at the same time, he was in a hurry with uncertainty.

He put the cup containing the blood on the bow of the boat, looked at the introduction to the ceremony in the book, and finally confirmed the four elements of the ceremony.

The Lake of Purity, the Moon of Perfection, the Blood of Nobility—and then, the Gift of the Knights.

He had been unsure of the etiquette to use before, so he hesitated for a moment, or knelt down on one knee, which was a knight's award ceremony.

Because the boat was too cramped, he almost fell down, Alhaz looked at him thoughtfully: "Sean, how about I call it?"

"No, I can do it myself." Sean said, putting the ancient book away.

In the past few days, he has been taking time to learn the ancient Breton language. Although he hasn't learned much, he has mastered the incantation for summoning the fairy in the lake.

At this moment, under the bright moonlight, he recited the mantra against each other.

[Mysterious existence from a distant country. 】

[Worshiper of moonlight, manipulator of water, lover of noble blood, lady of the lake who controls the lake]

[I will witness you with the bright moon, I will invite you with etiquette, and I will guide you with noble blood. 】

[In the name of the contract signed between your and my ethnic group and the ancient times. 】

[I summon you to appear in this world. 】

After chanting the spell, there was no response around.

Sean looked around uncertainly, hesitated for a moment, and knelt down on his knees instead, which was a knight's ceremony.

[Mysterious existence from a distant country...

Another spell, still nothing.

Sean couldn't help feeling cold, what's going on?Could it be that this stuff is fake at all?Or is it that his ancient Breton language is not up to standard?
He simply stood up this time, staggered on the boat and kept steady, picked up Lancet's saber and put it on his chest, which was a knight's sword holding ceremony.

[Mysterious existence from a distant country...

There was still no response, and now Sean really panicked. He looked at Alhaz suspiciously, and Alhaz spread his hands, as if he didn't know anything about the situation.

Xiao En secretly cheered himself up in his heart, don't worry, maybe he misunderstood the ritual, some ancient words often have multiple interpretations, this kind of summoning ritual must be very precise in its requirements for the elements .

He read the book again.

Full moon, no problem.

There is no problem with the pure lake.

Rituals of the Knights—wait a minute, I get it.

The so-called knight etiquette he used just now was actually mostly developed in the last few hundred years. In ancient times, the knights of Brighton were not so particular.

The knight's ceremony mentioned in the book should not be an ordinary etiquette action, but a custom and habit unique to ancient knights.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Sean's mind, and he remembered a book "The Legend of the King of Knights" that he had read not long ago. It was one of the legacy left by his grandfather Albert, and it recorded a story.

Legend has it that when the knight king Artorius summoned twelve knights, in order to ensure the loyalty of the knights to each other, he dripped the blood of all the knights into a golden cup. The twelve knights shared the blood in the cup and swore by the blood that they would never betray.

So the knight's gift should be——

He picked up the blood in the cup, gritted his teeth, took a sip, and then sprinkled the rest in the lake.

The smell of blood spread in his mouth, and there was a hint of fishy sweetness in the stickiness. He tried hard not to spit it out, and chanted again loudly.

[Mysterious existence from a distant country. 】

[Worshiper of moonlight, manipulator of water, lover of noble blood, lady of the lake who controls the lake]

[I will witness you with the bright moon, I will invite you with etiquette, and I will guide you with noble blood. 】

[In the name of the contract signed between your and my ethnic group and the ancient times. 】

[I summon you to appear in this world. 】

When the last incantation was uttered, he looked around again, but there was still no movement.

Xiao Enxin finished talking, isn't this little Lanster the son of the old Wang family next door?Or maybe the Lancet family was interrupted in the process of inheritance?As a result, bloodlines are no longer valid.

Or maybe he misunderstood the noble blood, it must be a descendant of the knight king Artorius to be effective?

So what is it that he kidnapped Lancet?Suicide?

Just being speechless, a trace of mist appeared on the surrounding lake for some reason. The mist was not thick, but spread a thin layer on the lake, rose in the air, and diffused. The moonlight shone on the mist, making All around turned silver.

Sean felt excited, is it finally here?
He looked towards the lake, and in the mist, a slender figure slowly rose from the lake, as if being held up by an invisible force.

What a nice view!

The three of them almost held their breath, she was just as depicted in the illustration, no, even the beauty of that painting was not one-tenth of her.

She was wearing a gauze dress, which seemed to be woven by some kind of luminous algae. Her skin was white with a touch of green, and her facial features were exquisite, just like a person in a painting. Her bare feet stepped on the water, like walking on the ground, Her body was glowing dimly under the moonlight, which looked very unreal, like a phantom, and seemed to exist in another space.

This magical moment makes time seem to stand still.

Until the woman slowly picked up a handful of lake water, drank the blood-mixed lake water in one gulp, wiped her lips gently, and looked at the three people on the boat with glowing eyes.

"Following the ancient agreement, I came here upon summoning, so human beings, did you summon me?"

(End of this chapter)