"I don't have any friends in the North. I can't even remember the last time I left the Vista area."
The old professor with gray beard shook his head:
"When we met at the abandoned mine last time, didn't I say that I was studying the unique customs and lifestyles formed by outsiders after they came to Ximu Town? The original owners of this abandoned manor, the Jindel family, were from the era of Ximu Town. The most famous outsider family in the local area. It’s a pity that this surname has disappeared now.”
"I heard that the Jindel family still has descendants locally?"
"Yes, she is a daughter. She married a colonel officer in the military camp outside the city. The latter was originally a descendant of a down-and-out noble. Only with the financial support of the Jindel family did he achieve his current status. After the Jindel family disappeared, the descendants She is very low-key, so I don’t know which colonel’s wife she is.”
So Xia De inquired again:
"So, are there any strange local rumors about the Jindel family?"
Professor Uke Wood smiled and touched his beard, and was as willing to answer questions as Shade when he asked him about the rumors of the World Tree, the Kant family and the abandoned mines:
"Of course there are. Everyone knows that this outsider family is very rich, but no one can tell how much property they have. The first railway in Ximu Town was invested and built by the Jindel family.
It is said that many years ago, at least two hundred years ago, when the Jindel family first came to the local area, they even tried to open an orchard in the woods, changing the current situation in Ximu Town where logging was the main source of income. The orchard flourished for more than ten years. It fell into decline. Natural disasters occurred in the woods due to heavy rains, and many workers died. The townspeople went to the Jindel family to ask for compensation. Although the matter ended, the orchard never continued to operate.
This is a major event in the history of Ximu Town. After all, until fifty years ago, this was just a very humble town, and few people would make such a large investment here."
He chatted with Shade for a few more words and then left. Looking at the direction, he probably wanted to go to the village for a drink before heading into the city. Shade made sure that the old professor would not come back again, and then went to find the girls again.
"Who was that just now?"
Flora asked curiously. They were far away and could not see Professor Uke Wood clearly.
"The old local folklore professor I mentioned once guided me to discover many local secrets, and just now he told me the secrets of the Jindel family."
Shade explained, and Luvia raised her eyebrows:
"I saw his back just now, and I had a very strange feeling, Shade, him."
Shade stretched out his finger and pressed it on Luvia's lips. Seeing Shade's expression, Luvia stopped asking any more questions.
However, Flora noticed that the maids did not react at all to the two people's intimate movements, as if they were used to it, and she was quite envious of this.
The arrival of a group of people scared away a few crows who planned to spend the winter here. It was not difficult to find the basement, but the entrance to the basement was completely deformed and could not be opened, so in the end Shade had to use violent disassembly and open it directly on the floor.
made a hole.
Tifa and others stayed on the ground, Flora turned into a cat with a more sensitive sense of smell and vision and jumped on Shade's shoulder, and then Shade jumped down holding Luvia.
The basement of the manor seems to be used as a wine cellar. Years of being closed have caused even the spiders to starve to death. Although there is no air in the basement, it has little impact on the three of them. Shade's ability to sense space did not notice
In the secret room, decades of sealing have rendered thaumaturgy techniques such as "Echoes of the Past" ineffective.
In the end, Luvia took out the obsidian pendulum pendant obtained from the Randall Valley, and used the pendulum divination method to guide Shade to dig out a very deep box in the corner of the basement. The box was not
After opening it, there is another small box in the corner, and in the rest of the room there are a few gold bricks, a stack of burnt letters, and several waterproof kraft paper document bags.
"Although everyone says this is a small place, the people here are really rich. Most of the treasures I found in other cities are antiques or cash. Only the residents of the 'small place' Ximu Town use gold bricks.
.”
There was a letter alone on the small box. The envelope was clearly written - for my daughter Anne,
"Would you like to take it apart and take a look?"
The cat on the shoulder asked, and its tail subconsciously swept the back of Shade's neck. But thinking that Luvia was here, she blushed again, but luckily Luvia didn't care at all:
"Take it apart and take a look, Shade."
There was only a piece of letter paper in the envelope, and the content on it was quite simple:
[This box is what we left for you to prevent the worst case scenario from happening. If the Gray Gloves really find you directly, use the gold to find a way to smuggle into Delrayon. Go to Tobesk.
City, deliver these letters and documents in the box, as well as the seals proving the family identity stored separately in the small box, to Duke Dewey Kindel.
The letters and documents are some of the secrets about Kasenrik, and for the sake of your ancestors, these are enough for you to start a new life in Tobesk.
Also: The eggshell fragments and wooden boards in the small box are related to the family bloodline curse. You can choose whether to continue to hold them.]
"Dewey Jindal is the father of Queen Diana and the grandfather of the princesses. So, the Jindal family has always been in contact with MI6. I really don't know what kind of stories this family has experienced over the past few hundred years."
Shade, who knew the relatives of the Northern Royal Family, said that instead of checking the letters, documents and gold bricks, he reached out and took out the small box. After opening it, it turned out that there were seals, palm-sized eggshell fragments and a flat piece inside.
of wooden boards.
Shade reached out and took the eggshell fragments. After a little inspection, he came to a definite conclusion:
"This is the eggshell of a dragon beast with black dragon blood. It seems that we are indeed looking in the right direction this time."
Luvia took the palm-sized wooden board:
"It's really interesting. Someone is using this wooden board to teach people how to read. You see, on the left are simple drawings of flowers, doors, trees, and birds, and on the right are the words corresponding to these figures."
Not only that, although the wooden board has not been polished or painted, there are very vivid leaf patterns on the edges of the board. Therefore, although the workmanship is very rough, it can be seen that this must be something that someone cherishes.
After Luvia finished speaking, she smiled and said to Shade and Cat:
"Although I have lost the qualifications for the Time War, at least I still retain the basic talent of a candidate. Guess what I discovered?"
The cat on Shade's shoulder looked at the board with bright eyes:
"Is this a tree hole?"
"Yes, and I can vaguely feel that there are two different time and space connected behind the tree hole, Shade. What are you doing?"
Luvia asked Shade again, because he bent over and rummaged through the box:
"Wait a moment. Sure enough, look, there are a few antiques placed next to these gold bricks. I found them, arrows!"
Shade found the familiar antique elf arrows from the bottom of the box. Mr. and Mrs. Jindel passed away more than ten years ago, and it was half a century ago that these arrows left the Temple of the Ancient God, the predecessor of the Golden Music Hall, so just now
Shade guessed that there might be arrows here.
This is already the fourth arrow that Shade has found. The arrow from the Cumming family, which has a chaotic family relationship, is on little Cumming's bedside. The arrow from the dead apostle Bronte family was found while searching for the ball at the wedding. The arrow from the demonic facilitator Kant
The family's arrows were purchased at a charity auction, and as expected, the Jindel family, a dragonborn family that also had a tree hole, also had this thing.
After a rough search in the basement, the group of people left after confirming that there were no other valuable clues. Of course, Shade did not forget to restore the place to its original state. Shade did not intend to return the other items in the box to the colonel.
Madam, but that priceless wealth and that seal, he plans to return to her after the incident in Vista Grove is over.
Nowadays, the secrets in the box are very involved. If it is not necessary, it is better not to involve ordinary people.
As for the confidential letters and information said to be related to the Kingdom of Kasenlik, Shade planned to let the duchess's maids check the contents first to determine what was on them before deciding where to go with the information.
At dinner that day, Shade explained today's harvest to the great witches at the dining table, and focused on the brand new tree hole with pictures and words engraved on it:
"It connects two time and space, 1479 and 308. Yes, the two time and space are a full thousand years apart. I don't know why it connects such a distant era."
The banquet hall on the Radiant Messenger was large enough, and the long table covered with white tablecloth was filled with witches and girls. Shade was sitting in the main seat. He had experienced this scene many times.
"So, Shade can go to the beginning of the era through this tree hole, right? Although the year 308 is no longer the chaotic period at the beginning of the era when the history is completely unknown, it is still very valuable."
Miss Sylvia asked, Shade shook his head:
"This tree hole still has two opportunities to be used. My idea is to go to 1479. The Jindel family that Carina knows probably moved to Ximu Town around 1450. 29 years later, maybe it was what the colonel's wife said
, the time when her ancestors encountered the egg.”
"But you only have one hour. Even if Flora can follow you, can you get the results of the investigation in one hour?"
Dorothy asked very worriedly, Shade shook his head:
"It's not an hour, it's two hours. Although I couldn't completely eliminate the 'Watcher' on Wednesday night, at least I did cooperate with Iluna to kill it once, so the time provided by the Twisted Tree Hole came to two hours.
.”
"Two hours shouldn't be enough, right?"
Vanessa asked:
"We know nothing about Ximu Town in 1479. It's hard to say what the situation is on the other side. Luvia, can you find a way to follow Shade? You are also a candidate, so you should have some privileges, right?"