It is impossible for the girl to find the evil god in the textbook

"This is... the Digang Examination Scroll, which is the content of "Xuanjun Seven Chapters Secret Sutra"?"

Ella still has memories of this weird syllable, which is inevitable, compared to the huge psychological shadow left on her by those huge earth burrowers at that time.

"Exactly, you know this ancient spell?"

Professor Aurora was a little surprised, as if she just remembered something,

"Oh, of course, Miss Williams, you know this kind of spell. I remember that you and Kleist participated in the excavation of the remains of the prophet in the United States last semester. This should be the spell that Richid is good at. He is A student in the same year as me."

The female professor picked up the bone china cup, took a sip of water, and continued,

"There are many ancient books in this book, including the "Necronomicon" held by the first headmaster Lovecraft and many other precious magic books, "Xuanjun Seven Chapters" is only one of them Of course, this is only an incomplete copy. Most of the knowledge recorded in the ancient magic book is too dangerous to be explored by your age. Even if it is only a part of the selective copy, it needs to be learned step by step. Once I see that a student has dizziness or loss of mind, it means that he cannot continue the course."

"So, let's start with Chapter 1."

Professor Aurora pointed to the blackboard with a short staff, and the ancient Chinese text on the first page and the corresponding English translation appeared on it.

"The Seven-Chapter Secret Sutra of Xuanjun was written around the second century AD. The author was the ancient Chinese magician Xuanjun. His specific identity cannot be verified. In this book, I copied several spells about summoning and controlling dangerous creatures. arts."

"You are already in the fifth grade. According to regulations, you will join Kraft's executor team this year. However, most of the time, you cannot deal with evil creatures by yourself. This type of magic can be effective Waiting for time. Then first, I will teach you the first summoning magic in "Xuanjun Seven Chapters Secret Scripture"——Restraining Demons and Holding Ghosts. This kind of complicated spell is different from what you have learned in the past. It is only in the brain It is not enough to establish the connection between graphics and magic power in the text. You must have a deeper understanding of this spell, and these descriptions will play a certain auxiliary role..."

Xuanjun's explanation recorded in ancient books is extremely obscure and difficult to understand, even if it is translated into English.Ella feels that this is a fundamental difference in philosophy. The concepts that constitute ancient Chinese magic culture are fundamentally different from European magic.It is almost difficult for them to grasp the intended meaning of these contents.

But at a certain point, Xuanjun came to the same conclusion as Kraft's school motto.Fear of knowledge and excessive exploration of secrets to gain wisdom will eventually lead to destruction.He recorded his own understanding in the book, and the general meaning after translating ancient Chinese is: people only know the phenomenon of things, but do not understand the essence of things. It is not that people are seeking knowledge, but knowledge is constantly pursuing people. , not pursuing but chasing.Its pursuit is like a hunting dog chasing its prey, cruel and ruthless.

The two hours ended quickly, and Ella left the classroom in a daze. Ling beside her showed the same expression as Ella.It took Professor Aurora only two hours to decipher half of the annotation of the first incantation. During this period, she drank water seven or eight times and had to go to the bathroom.After the class ended, the female professor wished her students a happy Christmas. After saying that, she hurriedly left towards the bathroom.

Ella was in a somewhat bad mood. It was the first time in five years that she left the classroom in this state.Even if she couldn't learn the most complicated spells in class, she wouldn't be so clueless like this.

According to her estimated progress, it would probably take her at least half a month to a month to fully master this spell, which obviously did not satisfy Ella.

Professor Aurora might be speechless if she hears this conclusion. According to her plan, in the first half of the fifth grade, her best hope is to teach them two spells. Mastering them within a month is considered a success. It's frighteningly fast.

The girl was thinking about a certain sentence in the commentary, and she didn't pay attention to what was in front of her. Ling's eyes were completely dull, which was worse than her.So they crashed straight into someone whose body was as tall as a wall and sent the two girls falling to the ground.

Ella let out a low exclamation, then raised her head and saw a familiar figure.

"Ella, Ling? What are you doing?"

In Kraft School, the only one who is so tall is Professor Adolf.Adolf pulled them up and cast a dust-cleaning spell.

"You seem to be a little out of shape today, what happened?"

Ling rubbed her painful buttocks, and answered him angrily,

"Professor Aurora is teaching us ancient magic. I don't think I can understand a single word."

"Ancient magic?"

Professor Adolf seemed to recall some not-so-good memories.

"Ah, I remember that learning that kind of thing is indeed very important. There is no need to rush. Ella, Kleist asked me to inform you to go to Professor Roger's office now."

"Ah, okay."

Ella shook her head and temporarily put aside the matter of spell annotations.

Ling took Ira's satchel first, and brought the new spell textbook back to the hut that Ira rented in Glamis Town. This thing was really heavy.

After bidding farewell to Ling, Ella went to the office of Alchemy Professor Roger. His office is located not far from Crescent Lake. It is not far from the alchemy room under the elevator in the center of the lake. It is convenient to enter the alchemy room and can also Be aware of the magic fluctuations there at any time.

Professor Roger, who has long black wavy hair, is sitting behind his desk with a bad expression. Ever since Ella brought back the damaged Eye of Hermes last time, Roger has always had this expression towards her. Like Ella smashed his personal collection or owed him hundreds of pounds.

"Take it back, Williams, and I won't mind hexing you with dozens of curses if you break it again."

Roger pointed to the black cloth package on the table. Its size made Ella's heart skip a beat. If she guessed correctly, this should be something she was very familiar with.

Ayla disassembled the forbidden fabric, and there was a palm-sized bronze mirror inside. On the back of the bronze mirror was a strange bird with broken wings. Two entwined snakes converged on the top of the bronze mirror, holding up a circular shape together. Dark yellow amber, the cracks on the mirror surface have been completely repaired.

"Eye of Hermes?"

Ella was very surprised. She didn't expect that this alchemy tool that belonged to her could be repaired.She noticed that in addition to the shriveled eyeball, there was also a small piece of transparent rhombus crystal in the piece of amber.

"I repaired it with the broken golden cup. As a result, its original side effects have been weakened a lot, but it has been contaminated with some of the characteristics of the Philosopher's Stone. You need to use it every time in the future. Feed it with blood, any blood full of vitality and magic power is fine, just enough to smear the mirror surface, if it is ordinary blood, such as pigeon blood or goat blood, then you need half a liter to soak it in completely. If not In doing so, it will absorb your own life, and I suggest you choose a cemetery in advance."

The original side effects of the bronze mirror are negligible to Ella. For some reason, the shadow will not compete for her body even if it is revived again.The new side effects, though troublesome, are relatively insignificant and acceptable.Compared with this, the Eye of Hermes' improvement to Ella is much higher.

Chapter 9 Christmas is coming

Professor Roger emphasized several times before allowing Ella to leave his office with the Eye of Hermes.

He has always been this kind of person. Professor Roger, who is alone, treats the alchemy props in the center of the lake as if he treats his own child.

In the past few years, Ella was the student with the best grades in Alchemy and Potions. Professor Roger has always treated her well, but since the last time the shadow cracked the mirror, Ella has never been there. I've seen a good look on this professor's face.

"This is the first time since then that Roger has spoken so much to himself, which is a good sign."

Ella thought.

The girl left the school in a good mood and returned to Glamis Town. The last classes ended this afternoon, and the Christmas vacation will last until the fourth of next month.

Most of the students had already saluted and prepared to leave the school. After the steam train left tomorrow morning, there should not be many people left in the manor. Most of the people who stayed in the school were young couples or faculty members living in the manor.

Most likely, Kleist will stay here to take care of his White Rose. It is said that there may be heavy snow in these days. On the other hand, the deciphering of ancient books unearthed from the Sibylla ruins has also reached a certain critical stage. Recently, Ai Ra rarely saw the principal. He spent most of his time buried in his office, dealing with those crooked words.

Ella took out the key and opened the wooden door. Ling was slumped on the sofa and moldy. Her eyes were dull, and she seemed to have not recovered from the last class. Judging by her appearance, she probably tried again after she came back, but the result Worse than when I just finished the course.If Ella asked her, Na Ling would reply, "I thought I understood something, but suddenly I don't understand it either."

It was almost six o'clock in the afternoon. Ella opened the cupboard and planned to prepare today's dinner, but found that there were not enough ingredients.

"There's no bread at home, let's go out to dinner today."

Ling finally cheered up a little, turned over and jumped off the sofa.

"How about a couple of drinks at the Deeper Bar?"

Ella thought for a moment, then nodded,

"It's good, I like the elderflower water there."

"I'm going to have a few beers and forget about all those damn spells."

There is already a festive atmosphere in the town, and red satin and green mistletoe garlands are hung in front of the shops on Glamis Commercial Street.The tree in the center of the street was decorated with many decorations, and there was still a little bit of snow from last night on its branches and leaves.There are even some humorous magicians who put on red and white robes. Few magicians will believe what Santa Claus said, they are just for fun.

There are not many people in the Shade Bar, and it seems a little deserted on this kind of day.Two months ago, a wizard from other places opened a beautifully decorated teahouse in Glamis Town, which was obviously more popular with young students. After all, not everyone liked the fish face of the bar owner.

"Hey, ladies, long time no see, what do you want to drink?"

The boss greeted them. Aila and Ling were regular visitors here. They had already been here when they were in the first grade. The boss had already become familiar with the two girls.

"Give me a cup of elderflower water."

"I'll have two bottles of ginger beer and some food."

With that said, Ling found an empty table and pulled Ella to sit there.

Five years have passed, but Ella and the others still look very different here. Most of the bars are older wizards and some mysterious guys wearing hoods.The two girls sitting between them seemed a little awkward, and occasionally glanced over, but after seeing Kraft's school badge clearly, they would retract their eyes rationally.

The boss with a fishy face brought over the drinks and food. It was a stack of bacon and a few loaves of steamed bread, as well as a plate of fish and chips and cream of pea soup.

"To be honest, I think the Fanny Teahouse might be more to your liking. Young people these days like to go there."

The boss shrugged. It seemed that he didn't care much about the gradually deserted business.

"I don't like it there."

Ling used her teeth to pry open a bottle of ginger beer and expressed her disdain for Fanny Tea House.

"The atmosphere there is awkward, full of couples kissing together!"

"You make delicious elderflower water."

Ella replied in this way. After hearing her words, the bar owner seemed very happy, and brought a few more plates of grilled veal steaks, saying that they were used to entertain his friends.

The boss returned to the bar and continued to wipe the dirty glasses that seemed to last forever.

Ling continued on this topic, seeming somewhat curious about his friend's thoughts,

"Ella, what do you think, are there any nice boys in school? How about Hyde... Forget it, he's too bad, let me say nothing."

As he spoke, Ling showed a disgusted expression, and stuffed a piece of bacon into his mouth.

Ella took a sip of elderflower dew, thought about it seriously, and answered truthfully,

"...Actually, I can't call a few names at all."

"No way? I saw you walking with Tom Miller this afternoon."

Ella asked doubtfully,

"Who is that?"

"The boy who helped you move the books seems to have the best test scores in fourth grade."

Only then did Ella suddenly realize,

"Oh, so that's his name."

Ling showed a little sympathy for Tom, who didn't know where he was now. It turned out that the student union president he admired really didn't even remember his name.

The topic about the boy came to an abrupt end. Ling seemed to be in a much better state than the previous few days. After drinking the calming potion and resting overnight, she regained her usual vitality.

This reassured Ella a lot.

She ate the bread in small bites while listening to her friends complaining about the suddenly increasing difficulty of the spell class.

There is a strong fire burning in the fireplace of Shade Bar, and the crisp sound of cracking wood can be heard from time to time, which makes people feel a little drowsy due to the warmth.

Professor Yousef pushed open the door of the bar, and when he saw the two girls, he smiled on his serious face.He carried two gift boxes and walked to the girls' table.

"I finally found you, thanks to Mr. Turner who was walking on the street. Ella, Ling, this is an early Christmas gift for you."

Ella saw the suitcase being dragged behind Yusuf's back,

"Teacher, are you going to perform another task?"

"Yes, I'm going abroad and I'm leaving tonight, so I won't be able to get you guys presents on Christmas Day. It may be a few more years before I can let go of the executive team and retire to teach a more leisurely course. "

He made a rare joke.

Ling's gift box was full of candy, but after Ira unwrapped it, it was a thick calfskin book.