It wasn't until he kissed Lesia goodbye in the box of the opera house that day that Shade remembered to give Margaret's letter to her. He did not open the letter to read, but Lesia opened the letter in front of him and read it.
After he finished smiling, he burned the letter with the flame from his fingertips.
She did not tell Shade what business the princess of the Southern Kingdom invited her to do, but judging from her expression at the moment, the scale of the business must be quite large.
In the tradition of this era, the first month of each year is called the "Newborn Month", and with the end of the first day of the Newborn Month, it means that the New Year's Eve has officially ended and life will get back on track again.
, no matter who they are, they must continue to face the hardships and challenges of life in a new year.
The first day of the newborn moon is Wednesday, and Shade's time key of 903 was used late at night last Wednesday, a few minutes before midnight. But although he now has a Coldwater Port key in his hand,
The time key was given by Mr. Edmund, but due to the punishment of the tree father, Shade did not use it on this Wednesday night.
He also planned to let himself rest for a while until he found a way to the Randall Valley before continuing his new adventure.
So the time came to the second day of the newborn month, which was Thursday.
After waking up early in the morning, Shade went to the city to deal with the chores for a new month. After paying the advertising fee, gas fee, and steam fee, he went to the local tax department to verify the six
Inheritance tax issues for houses and real estate.
At noon, I had lunch with little Mia, and then went to Dawn Church. After chatting with Priest August for a few times, Shade went to see Bishop Owen. After sending New Year blessings, he talked with Bishop Owen in the side hall.
Let’s talk about the topic of His Majesty the King’s year-end speech.
After he left the confines of Dawn Square, Priest Augustus hurriedly caught up from behind and handed Shade a suitcase:
"I'll be waiting for you at the door of the church at eleven o'clock tonight."
The priest spoke to him in a low voice, then turned and returned to the church. Shade continued to walk toward the intersection among the crowd. He naturally knew what was in the suitcase in his hand.
The clock tower in Tobesk City is the tallest building in the entire Pearl of the North. It is located in the east of the central area of Tobesk, adjacent to the east of the city where rich people gather. It is not particularly close to Saint Teresa Square, but every day
The bell tower can still be heard.
The bell tower is erected on the west side of the famous "Champ de Mars" in Tobesk, with the Terrareal River winding in the background. At the bottom of the tower is the Birmingham Museum. In fact, the Birmingham Museum, as a semi-official city museum, is also responsible for the lighthouse.
Maintenance and management work. The building and land of the lighthouse were also owned by the museum more than ten years ago, and the first floor has basically been turned into an exhibition hall.
That evening, the old tower keeper who was responsible for today's duty walked through the small door on the back wall of the museum and entered the first floor of the lighthouse. After turning on the gas lamp on the wall, he took a look at the closed glass displays.
I wanted to go up the winding stairs to do the last lighthouse inspection of the day, and planned to finish writing today's work diary before going to bed.
In the new year, the work diary has also been replaced with a brand new book. According to the wisdom of the elderly, if the first two entries of the new diary are not recorded seriously, there is a high probability that the following contents will also be recorded carelessly:
"Today's young people always don't know the benefits of complete records."
However, he had just walked up two steps when he unexpectedly heard the sound of the lighthouse door being opened. He turned around in surprise and saw that after opening the door, large red roses were blowing like snowflakes in the evening breeze.
It blew into the room, and then he completely lost consciousness.
"Raglai's Leap!"
Shade, who was holding a suitcase at the door, took a step forward and came to the old man's side to support him to prevent him from being injured due to the fall. The doctor who followed behind changed his shoe covers and gloves after closing the door.
He came over with the same suitcase:
"Although I have always lived in Tobesk, I have never been here."
The doctor patted the snowflakes on his shoulder and looked at the surrounding environment as he spoke:
"This tower is bigger than I thought. This exhibition hall is really nice, but it's a pity that it's not free to enter."
"According to the information I got from my noble friends, nobles and professors in the Tobesk University District can enter for free. Knights are also included."
Shade said with a smile, and carefully placed the old man on duty against the wall, not forgetting to put a blanket over him to prevent him from catching a cold.
"Speaking of which, I still have something to do with this museum. My uncle, Detective Sparrow Hamilton, said before he died that if I am desperate in the future, I can take the [Original Silver Moon] here and sell it. Let's go
,doctor."
He waved to the doctor, and the two of them walked up the winding stairs with kerosene lamps. Their goal was the top floor, and the lighthouse only installed gas pipes on the bottom floor. Climbing the tower required lighting, so they probably had to go
For quite a while.
"How are you preparing for tomorrow's exam?"
The doctor walked behind Shade and asked casually. The two of them were talking on the road just now about whether the economic data in the King's Speech at the end of the year was true.
Shade nodded:
"I have memorized almost everything I should have memorized. The college allowed me to postpone the submission of the potions and alchemy items required for the assessment course for a week, but the papers have been written."
“What about the practical credit gap?”
"This is no problem. Miss Danister, the librarian, promised to help me find a solution. I recently completed a very important bounty from her academy. How about you, doctor, how is "Aether Mechanics"?"
When this topic was mentioned, the doctor couldn't help but sigh:
"Try your luck. This is not a subject that can be passed by memorizing it alone. The basic theory of spirituality has always required talent to learn. Fortunately, I just want to pass the exam and obtain the qualifications for the elective course, not really
Want to study this."
He couldn't help but sigh:
"Knowledge is so fascinating and so distressing."
The doctor's words made Xia De very emotional, and the doctor's next words were even more shocking:
"Detective, have you heard anything about Sir Lykins Priscilla? You didn't come to the meeting on Saturday, and Anat said she would tell you."
"Academic espionage thing?"
The two of them climbed the steps one after another, the light of the kerosene lamp in their hands flickering with their steps. Every once in a while, they would see a small window on the wall, and they could see the depths of Tobesk city below.
Thousands of lights in winter. Every new window makes the city look smaller.
In today's steam age, even though gas lights are not affordable for every household, the city's night scene is still very different from hundreds of years ago. When a foreigner passes by the window, he remembers the scenery every time. He knows this
It represents civilization.
"Yes, academic espionage, tsk tsk, this is the biggest scandal involving correspondence-taught ring magicians in the three major colleges in the past few decades."
The doctor shook his head as he spoke:
"Although it is a matter of the Serkses Higher Medical School, after all, the other party is a correspondence course like us. The school hasn't said anything yet, but I heard from an acquaintance that the three major colleges will teach in correspondence courses next year, oh, this year.
, we will conduct a more careful identity screening this year for existing correspondence course magicians."
He and Shade sighed together. The doctor was thinking that this would affect many people, while Shade was thinking that all five people in their team actually had problems.
"Speaking of which, didn't you ask me to investigate Lykins Priscia?"
The doctor continued the topic just now, and the two climbed the tower very quickly. In fact, the lighthouse has a lift, but in order to prevent too much movement, they did not use it:
"I still remember that man's desire, his crazy thirst for knowledge."
He hummed twice:
"Although I didn't think it was a big problem at the time, it seems now that this thirst for knowledge was the reason why he fell into madness."
"The college said that this academic spy is crazy, right?"
Shade took the opportunity to ask. The doctor nodded behind Shade. They happened to pass by a window again, and the doctor looked at the moon outside the window. The continuous falling snow never stopped, but the snow tonight was very small, so he could see
To the stars:
"According to the information I received, he came into contact with some forbidden knowledge in the city of Huntingdon in the United Kingdom of Kasenlik. He was then hunted down by the church and fled into the Pantanal Swamp area, causing a big melee.
.It is said that the strange bell ringing in the early hours of last Thursday was related to this."
The doctor was speechless:
"It's hard to imagine what kind of war could make the ring warlocks in the entire material world and ordinary people with high inspiration hear the sound of the bell in reality and in their sleep."
Shade knew what was going on, but in order for the doctor to continue his peaceful life, he couldn't tell him at this time.
"Crazy for knowledge."
Speaking of this, Sha De was also very sad:
"Actually, I once talked about this topic with that knight. He is the kind of person who is very scholar-like and has very high artistic attainments. But he doesn't know how to be in awe."
"I've seen a lot of people like this."
The doctor said as he and Shade walked through the last staircase and entered the top of the bell tower.
The moonlight shines in from the small window, and the light of the kerosene lamps in the hands of the two people is equally weak, making the atmosphere here like the scene of a third-rate horror novel. The top floor of the bell tower is not small, but only a quarter of it can be moved, and it is
Most of the area blocked by the black iron-colored metal fence is the mechanical part of the clock that occupies the main structure of the clock tower.
Huge gears, shafts and chains are rattling at the top of the dark clock tower and behind the fence. They use the steam engine located in the basement of the clock tower as the power source to bring accurate time telling to the city. Everything will change, only