Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 272: Suddenly Become Very Smart?

In the northwest area of ​​the museum, there is an exhibit of the skeleton of a prehistoric giant beast excavated from Clemond, the "Wild Wind City" northwest of Leisenburg. It is a monster that looks like a giant elephant but has a pair of saber-toothed teeth and ferocious claws. Even if it was placed in the wild and desolate primeval forest in ancient times, it would be a top-level hunter. Therefore, it exudes a violent and ferocious aura, which makes people stay away from it, but also can't help but want to watch.

On the other side of the behemoth booth, in an unnoticed corner, several girls dressed in distinctly exotic styles gathered together, whispering about something.

Of course, they couldn't be discussing the fighting power of this prehistoric behemoth, but rather a major event that was more important than that and concerned human destiny.

“So, the method you mentioned.” Alice stared at Ovella, who was forced into a corner by her. She was holding a heavy book in her arms and a lantern with a dim flame hanging around her waist. She looked weak and helpless. “What is the method? If you can’t tell me… hehehe!”

Alice hummed meaningfully.

Metien patted her hand and warned her, "Don't scare Sister Olvera, or I'll tell Lingge!"

You have changed, Metien. I know you have Shemi and many other good sisters, and you don't need me anymore. But what have I done to make you disrespect me so much that you don't even want to call me Sister Alice!

The golden-haired maid was complaining to herself, but everyone just watched coldly, which fully demonstrated the fickleness of the world. After she acted for a while and found that no one paid attention to her, she naturally wiped away the tears that didn't exist in the corners of her eyes, and said to Metien with a smile: "Oh, I'm just a little anxious! Ovella is so cute, how could anyone want to bully her? Obviously, I won't! But Ling Ge is not necessarily."

Her acting skills are amazing, and she not only talks nonsense but also does not forget to discredit Ling'er's image, which is even more touching and tearful, as if witnessing the moral benchmark of a good relationship between employers and maids under the new era of capitalism.

The girls played around for a while, and finally Saint Xia Liya said lightly, "If you don't hurry up, Lingge will be back," and let them focus back on the business - well, it wasn't really a big deal, it was just that Alice's paranoia broke out again.

The text in the library flickered, and a lot of results popped up. Although this was an unpopular cultural relic left over from the unpopular history of an unpopular country in the Western Continent, there were still many relevant scientific records and literature. A brass scroll written in mysterious words that could not be deciphered was still very attractive to historians and linguists. Otherwise, it would not have become a treasure of the Lubeon Museum.

In a flash, most of the search results were wiped out, leaving only a few scattered results, which were basically within the range that could be manually screened.

“Don’t be anxious.” Seeing Ovella blushing and holding the book steady again, the shepherdess withdrew her hand. Then, as if it was a habitual action, she touched the princess’ head again. The smooth platinum hair sparkled like the sunshine between her slender fingers. She comforted her softly, “Just take your time.”

"..."

Avella's face turned even redder, almost to her ears. At the same time, she felt a sense of security from the bottom of her heart. She nodded her head vigorously: "Yes!"

This scene is naturally very heartwarming, but unfortunately someone doesn't understand the situation: "Is it done? Is it done? Hurry up, hurry up!"

It seemed that there was no need for a third keyword. The first two keywords were already very specific, enough to rule out most irrelevant answers. However, to be on the safe side, Ovella still whispered the last keyword: "The third keyword is, 12th century AD."

The favorability with his companion Alice has dropped significantly.

“The second key word is, originally.”

坐在小羊头顶的谢米看着这一幕忽然感觉生理性不适，默默地闭上了眼睛，开始背诵自己刚刚学习到的新知识：“如果1+1等于2，那么2-1就等于1……”

This was the solution she had come up with. Since the Kreisov Brass Scroll was an ancient artifact with written records, it could definitely be retrieved in the Library of Truth. As the Queen of Mystery, Olvera had an ability that she had not mentioned to everyone but was very natural: she could read all the books in the library without any obstacles.

"How could there be a treasure?" Metien muttered quietly, while watching Ovella struggling to open the heavy book in her arms. She didn't know whether it was because the book was too heavy or because Alice kept urging her, causing her to be a little anxious, but she couldn't hold it firmly, and her little hand slipped, and she almost dropped the book on the ground. Fortunately, Saint Xia Liya reacted in time and reached out to help her, thus avoiding this from happening.

Saint Shallia smiled faintly, the curve of her smile was like a clear spring.

"The first keyword is the Kresov Brass Scroll." The princess said softly.

Very scientific, and very magical.

Olvera silently entered keywords for [Library of Truth].

Therefore, no matter what ancient language the brass book was written in, or how difficult it was to decipher, it was clear to her, unless it was written by Alice - which she really couldn't understand, perhaps because, in the judgment of the [Library of Truth], the words written by Alice could not be considered "knowledge" at all.

This was the era when the Brass Book was born. When not knowing what keywords to use, adding a time limit was undoubtedly the safest approach.

When all three keywords were given, only the last search result remained on [Library of Truth].

"Got it, got it!" Alice became excited: "Hurry up, Olivia, what's written on it? Is it a treasure? Is it? Is it?" You are so annoying.

Olvera glanced at her silently, then scanned the contents displayed on the library. Under the curious eyes of her friends, she read them out softly -

"The Lord has sent me angels to bless me with good news. Now I pledge an oath to form an everlasting alliance."

"The current monarch is Albert Raymond Gabriel Felixie, the 89th king of the Kingdom of Kreisov. He has been gifted by the heavens and enjoys the honor and nobility of the millions of people on this land of hundreds of thousands of miles. He has foresight and glory. Under the witness of the head of the church, the priest of heaven, Weber Elka Gavdil, I am willing to make this covenant with the angels given by the Lord. Once the oath is completed, the army under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Kreisov and the believers of the Heavenly Church should not use weapons against the angels or destroy their treasures; and the angels should not arbitrarily use their great power to harm the descendants of the royal family of Kreisov, shake the rule of the kingdom, and interfere with the protection of the God of the Holy Heavenly Mountain in the world."

"The covenant has been made, forever as vast as the sky; unreachable and unbreakable; for a hundred thousand years, all will abide by this oath; future generations of royal families must not forget it."

"A.D. 1120, spring, primrose day."

"In the village of Avignon."

"Gone."

Olvera said.

This is the end of the brass book.

After listening, people had different reactions.

The pink-haired girl blinked her eyes, not quite understanding; Saint Shallia had a thoughtful expression; Shaymi was thinking hard, as if he was trying to hear some life philosophy from it; the lamb didn't care and bleated twice out of boredom; and Alice... uh, Alice asked, "What kind of bird language is that?"

Both the original text and the translation by Ovilla were full of obscure and difficult ancient rhymes. Although it was translated in this way to fit the background of the times, Alice was too lazy to understand it herself, so she scratched her hair and complained, "Can't you use a simpler way of saying it?"

You are the one who has too many things to do.

Olvera complained silently again, and then helped her translate the content into something that even illiterate people could understand... I mean, something that modern people could understand: "In other words, the monarch of the Gukresov royal family, under the witness of the high priest of the Heavenly Order, signed this covenant with a person called the 'Angel Given by the Lord', swearing not to let the army and the believers of the order harm the angel, and the other party could not use his power without authorization to harm the royal bloodline and shake the country's rule... That's about it. The covenant was signed in the spring of 1120 AD, on the day of primroses, in a small village called Avignon."

Isn't it easy to understand now? Alice nodded with satisfaction.

"So it seems that the Kreisov Brass Book is actually a covenant, not a record of treasure?" The pink-haired little girl stretched out her finger and poked the golden-haired maid's waist: "Sister Alice, you seem to be disappointed?"

Actually, it’s a good thing that Alice didn’t go crazy, so they could save a lot of trouble.

"Who said that!"

A certain golden-haired maid sneered, appearing confident: "Didn't you hear this sentence in it: The army of the Kingdom of Kreisov and the believers of the Heavenly Order should not use weapons against angels and destroy their treasures... In other words! The treasure does exist! But it is not the royal treasure, but the treasure of this angel!"

Why do you remember this sentence so clearly?

Metien complained in his heart, but on the surface he forced a smile: "Is that so? But this happened in the 12th century. Where can we find the treasure left by the angel?"

"It is written in the brass book, in the village of Avignon."

"This is just the place where the covenant was signed, right? It has nothing to do with the treasure..."

"No, no, no, Metien, you are still too naive. According to the contents of the covenant, this angel obviously possesses very powerful power. Even the Kreisov royal family and the Heavenly Cult, who ruled the country at that time, were wary of him, so they reached an agreement with him not to harm each other. Since it was such an important alliance, why didn't they establish it in the capital of the kingdom, the city of Dolucien at that time, but went to a small village specifically? Would the people of the Kreisov royal family dare to neglect this angel given by the Lord? Then, the answer is obvious - it was the angel who took the initiative to ask for it! Why did he make such a request? Humph, I don't need to say more, right?"

enough!

Why are you so smart only at times like this! ?
Now, not only the pink-haired little girl, but also the other companions started complaining in their hearts.

What a hell today.

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)