The so-called waiting is naturally to wait for the "test" that will appear next.
But before they could recover, Earl Black was the first to break the silence: "No need to wait...he's already here."
Everyone turned around subconsciously, only to see an innocent and cute little girl appearing in the corner on one side of the corridor.
Her clothes also fit her image perfectly. She was dressed in a bunny suit, with bunny ear hairpins on her head, and a carrot-shaped satchel across her body, full of childishness and innocence.
No one paid much attention to the appearance of this bunny girl. What they were thinking was that this bunny girl should be a "question machine" like the poet and astrologer before. They just didn't know what kind of question she would come up with.
topic?
The poet's question concerns an unclear poem; the astrologer's question concerns the interpretation of a horoscope.
From their dressing up, it seems that we can tell the direction of their questions.
Thinking along this line of thinking, could the question asked by the bunny girl be related to small animals?
While everyone was thinking, the bunny girl made no further moves. Instead, she squatted in the corner like a carrot, supporting her chin with both hands, tilting her head and looking at... Angel.
No one was surprised that the bunny girl would look at Angel.
Previously, the bard only paid attention to Doakes, and the astrologer only paid attention to the Black Count, so it is normal for a "person" to only pay attention to Angel.
What everyone is more concerned about is that this bunny girl does not seem to be wearing a "mask"? Doesn't it stand to reason that there is a third broken mask?
Also, why didn't she say anything? You know, the poets and astrologers in the past took the initiative to speak. Although the words they said were not good things, just to "raise the topic," at least they took the initiative to speak. This little girl
She didn't say a word, and no one knew when she would appear. If it hadn't been for the reminder from the Black Earl, they would probably have ignored her existence.
"Is she mute? Or is she waiting for you to say hello to her?" Doakes said to Angel in the psychic belt: "It's normal for children to be reserved, so it's your turn to take the initiative!"
Doakes' tone was encouraging, not that he saw anything fishy, but that he simply wanted to see Angel's joke. In his opinion, this child looked cute in his dress, but it was absolutely abnormal to appear here.
He is probably another naughty kid, or a bad boy.
No matter which one it is, it is definitely difficult to deal with. Therefore, encouraging Angel to communicate is just to watch the show.
However, the next plot disappointed Doakes, because after looking at Angel for a long time, the child suddenly stopped talking and turned around and disappeared.
Before she disappeared, she threw a broken mask out of her carrot satchel.
Now, the previous doubts were solved. It wasn't that she didn't have a mask, it was just that she didn't wear it on her face, but put it in her satchel.
But this doubt was solved, and a new doubt was born: Where is the promised test?
Why is there no test? He just stared at Angel silently for a while, then threw the mask out. What's going on?
"Why?" Doakes kept mumbling in the psychic belt: "Why can you get the mask without doing anything? Lord Black Earl and I have worked hard to solve the problem!"
As soon as Doakes finished speaking, Vai whispered from the side: "The person who solved the problem is obviously Kael."
Doakes: "Anyway, I worked hard, at least it was me who wrote! But he didn't do anything, he didn't even say a word, it's not fair!"
Although Doakes was making an exaggerated accusation, his words really piqued everyone's curiosity.
The performance of this little girl is so different from the previous two!
"Did you start looking at faces at such a young age?" Vai muttered.
Doakes was dissatisfied and said: "What are you thinking? If you really look at it, I'm much more handsome than him!"
As for Doakes's confident statement, Vaizan disagreed and said otherwise, but one thing was certain, Doakes was indeed better-looking than Angel who had used the transformation technique.
At least Doakes is dressed neatly. But Angel's current look is a bit decadent and lazy.
As for comparing Angel's true appearance to Doakes, it's difficult to judge.
Because they still don’t know what Angel’s true appearance looks like.
Previously, everyone thought that Angel's true appearance was the blond and blue-eyed appearance in magazines and periodicals. But when the wise master used the mantra book earlier, the actual appearance of Angel was projected, although the specific outline could not be seen clearly.
, but it’s definitely not what it looks like in the magazine.
So, there is no comparison at all.
Seeing that Vai and Doakes started to argue about "good-looking or not", the Black Earl, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't help but speak: "There is no need to discuss this topic, whether to give a question or not, to test or not."
If there is no test, it is not our decision."
The Black Earl's words were a kind of setting tone. With this setting tone, everyone stopped arguing.
Only then did Angel speak: "I understand your doubts, but Lord Black Earl is right. The girl's abnormal behavior is not something I can decide."
"There are only two things I can tell you: first, that girl's bag not only contains a mask, but also a derivative of the wood spirit. In other words, the creature we sensed before should be her. Second,
The masks are all in place.”
The first thing is not too important. They knew before that the other party must have the derivative of the wood spirit. The only thing that needs attention is that if the derivative of the wood spirit is in the rabbit girl, then the poet and the astrologer before are
Who? What’s the deal with Bunny Girl?
However, these questions remain unsolved for the time being and can only be shelved.
The second thing is the most noteworthy thing at the moment. After all, whether it is a poet, an astrologer or a bunny girl, they all leave behind a mask before disappearing. Obviously, this mask has some special meaning.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Now, the broken mask has finally found the last piece of the puzzle. Perhaps this special meaning will be revealed soon.
"Could this mask be the surprise that the wise master said for us?" Doakes said.
Vai: "Probably."
Doakes watched Angel piece together the last broken mask, with a trace of hesitation on his face: "If it is really a surprise, just giving one mask is too little... The three of us are not enough."
Vai was speechless and said: "You don't even know what a mask is, so you start thinking about distribution?"
Doakes didn't care about Vai's sarcasm and patted Vai on the shoulder: "You have to know that this is the reality of the wizarding world. When it comes to issues of interest, if you don't take the initiative to speak up, you will most likely be ignored on purpose in the end.
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As soon as Doakes finished speaking, he received Angel's eyes, and the Black Earl also pointed his nostrils at him.
Doakes coughed quickly: "I'm not talking about you, I'm imparting... experience to Xiao Vai..."
Angel didn't say anything, but just took a deep look at Doakes. The Black Earl simply threw a sound suppression spell to Doakes, a big red
On the mouth.
With Doakes' ability, he could break free of this silence seal, but in the end he did not do so. He just protested slightly with his eyes and retreated to Vai.
After a few more seconds, Angel finally put the mask left by the bunny girl together.
When the three broken masks were put together, they seemed to have spirituality and blended into each other. In the blink of an eye, the cracks disappeared, and what appeared in front of everyone was a complete mask.
The mask looks very ordinary, at least, compared to the masks of Gray Merchant and his men, it is far inferior in aesthetics.
It's even okay to call it face inversion.
The whole body is off-white, and the size is within normal specifications. The facial features are three-dimensional but featureless, and there are no holes for the eyes, mouth, or nose. This is also a characteristic of the wizarding world. No nose is used to breathe, no eating, and no eyes to see.
Basically, it is already standard equipment for a mature extraordinary person, so the mask made simply doesn’t give anything. A mask like the one derived from Angel’s right eye is actually an anomaly.
"Sir, does this mask have any special effects?" Vai asked curiously.
Previously, in the eyes of everyone, except for the somewhat confusing material, this mask was just a mortal thing. But the scene where the mask merged with itself just now was staged in front of them. Being able to blend with itself already showed that this mask was anything but ordinary.
Angel shrugged simply: "I don't know, you can't tell until you put it on."
After speaking, Angel looked at Doakes: "Do you want to try it on?"
Doakes's eyes suddenly lit up, but he soon showed a look of vigilance. There were obviously so many people present, and even Angel himself could try them on, but he chose to focus on him... It was a scam!
There must be a scam!
Based on Doakes' understanding of Angel, there is definitely something wrong here.
Thinking of this, although Doakes was a little curious about the effect of the mask, he still made a gesture of resistance.
Angel narrowed his eyes and said nothing. But this calm attitude made Doakes feel even more that his choice was right.
The Black Earl said at this time: "Before, you said this was Lao Shi?"
Angel nodded: "Yes, the entire mask is made of old stone. Therefore, the mask should inherit part of the effects of old stone. However, old stone is a very special material. Its characteristics are determined by the holder.
decided."
Black Earl: "What do you mean?"
Angel: "This starts with the effect of old stone."
"Old stone is recorded in the information I read that it is a 'living' stone, and it has a similar life-extending effect."
"Living stone, similar to stone spirit?" Black Earl asked doubtfully.
Angel shook his head: "That's not the case."
If it was really a stone spirit, Angel would directly say that it was a living stone, or a rock-like creature.
But the old stone is actually different from this stone-like creature. It has no life, but it has memory.
Its memory comes from the holder.
The most basic effect of the old stone is actually to extend life. As long as you carry the old stone with you, your life, your time, everything will be frozen at the moment you carry the old stone.
After that, as long as you keep carrying the old stone, your life will always be in a frozen state and you will not grow old.
The conceptual meaning of "old", which consists of time and experience, is recorded and replaced by old stones.
It is also called the "old" stone because the old stone ages instead of the holder.
The holder will not grow old because of the old stone, but it is not completely without side effects. During this process, the old stone records what the holder sees and gains, that is, memory.
In the wizarding world, there is a faction that defines living as having memory. They believe that memory is the essence of all life. As long as the memory is still there and can continue to expand, then this is living, and living means that you have life.
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Therefore, according to the definition of this faction, when Lao Shi has a memory, in a certain concept, it is the "living" other you.
Whether this definition is right or wrong, I don’t care for the moment. But after Lao Shi has memories, some changes will indeed occur.
Originally, the old stone only had the effect of extending life, but when memories exist in the old stone, these memories can be called alive and can also become power.
And the power of this kind of memory comes from the holder. Therefore, when the old stone has special effects other than life extension, it is difficult to judge what the specific effect is. Instead, we must consider what the holder has experienced.
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"So that's it..." Vai showed a look of enlightenment: "So, Lao Shi can be used as a medium for passing on knowledge?"
The experience of a wizard is also a process of precipitation and digestion of knowledge. If these memories are recorded through old stones, wouldn't it be an alternative inheritance?
Angel: "It depends on how many memories Lao Shi has recorded."
Vai: "Ah, what do you mean?"
Angel smiled and said nothing. Instead, the Black Earl on the side said: "If the holder holds the Old Stone for Ten Thousand Years, what will be the effect if others take the Old Stone?"
Angel: "Probably it will be washed away directly into dementia by the torrent of memories for thousands of years, right?"
The moment Angel finished speaking, Doakes' eyes widened and he pointed at Angel with trembling fingers. Although he didn't speak, the accusation was full of meaning.
Angel smiled and said: "If it is not ten thousand years, but decades, or hundreds of years, as long as your brain can bear it, then the inheritance mentioned by Vai is actually not impossible. Therefore, this is a rare thing.
It’s a chance.”
Vai simply rolled his eyes, turned his head and sulked.
"If someone has really worn this mask for thousands of years, wouldn't we be able to wear it casually?" Vai asked.
Angel: "Wearing the mask for ten thousand years is just an example given by Lord Black Earl. I followed this example casually. But I didn't say that it can really be worn for ten thousand years."
"Old stone does not extend life indefinitely. It depends on the quality and size of the old stone. The quality and size of this mask are not bad, but it is said that it can be worn for ten thousand years, which should not be achieved." Angleton
After a pause, he added: "I guess a thousand years would be enough."