Part One Involvement Chapter Thirteen Private Matters
After spending countless energy of the Royal Guards, the terrorist prisoner who had been absconding for two months was finally captured and will be burned to death in the central square of the Royal Capital this morning. Many people in the streets and alleys celebrated, and now the Royal Capital is finally safe.
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Asa was among the crowd of onlookers, watching the prisoner being carried out of the prison cart by several soldiers and tied to pillars piled with wood around him.
It was a man whose life and death could not be distinguished. His thin body and disheveled hair made it difficult to see clearly the face that was originally covered in scars and blood. With the roar of the mountain and the tsunami-like shouts, the pile of wood ignited a huge fire. Only
In the blink of an eye, the entire figure was engulfed in flames, and it seemed that the person didn't even have time to let out a scream.
Such an efficient speed made Asa feel better. In a sense, this person died for the country, in order to cover up a secret that might endanger the country. Sacrifice for the country, this can be considered a bad thing.
It's a comforting way to die. But this person himself doesn't want to die, Asa is sure.
This is a matter of national importance. Asa thought of what Duke Mrak said last night. Although no one may hate this man and want him to die, after a series of complicated but true value calculations, this man must be here.
Burnt into a handful of black carbon.
Bang, the prisoner's abdominal cavity was burst open by the hot air, and the crowd roared excitedly, filled with cruel pleasure.
In fact, he almost played the leading role in the fire. The scorching heat wave hit his face, and Asa suddenly shivered, squeezed out of the crowd and left.
He doesn't understand much about national affairs and doesn't want to care about them. He is currently busy with a small personal matter that is more important to him.
Last night he stayed up late and looked through all the books in Sandro's bookcase, but he didn't see anything about the Leaves of the World Tree. There was only one page in the second half of the book where he practiced meditation, but
Except for a few words in the title of the page, which read "Leaves of the World Tree," the rest of the page was still filled with incomprehensible text. When I asked Sandro in the morning, I saw Sandro in a rare panic, saying that he wanted to
I was going out of town. I asked him what he was doing in such a panic, and he actually muttered: "Going to see his girlfriend." Then he ran away with a bag of things.
In fact, Asa himself has always found it a bit strange. He has heard in detail about the most dangerous places and the most mysterious things on the continent from old adventurers since he was a child. He has never even entered places like the Lizard Swamp.
He was familiar with all the conditions inside before. Even so, he had never heard of a tree like World Tree, let alone the place name Whispering Forest.
But since there is only such a clue now, the only way to start is from it. Asa suddenly remembered that there is a library in the magic academy, and there may be some clues in it.
I came to the Magic Academy and walked into the library. Probably because it was early in the morning, there was no one in the library. The huge building was divided into a dozen huge rooms, and the doors of each room had words such as geography, history, and military posted on them.
, indicating the types of books placed inside. Each room has dozens of long bookshelves, densely packed with books.
Asa first went to the plant classification room to check the catalog. His eyes were dazzled, but he couldn't find any introduction to trees like World Tree. After walking around a few times, he had to walk into the room marked with language.
He hoped to find a dictionary that could translate the words in the book. But facing the tens of thousands of books, he immediately knew that it was impossible. He didn't even know what words were in the books.
So Asa wandered among the bookshelves, looking for someone to ask for advice, but after walking for most of the room, he didn't see any ghosts. It wasn't until he walked between the last two bookshelves that Asa finally saw a person.
This person was wearing the white robe worn by students in the magic academy. He was very thin and squatted on the ground with his back to Asa. He concentrated on putting books upright and overlapping each other. This was a game Asa often did before he was five years old.
Compete with several children to see who can stack the books the highest.
"Hello." Asa greeted him.
But this man seemed to have been greatly frightened. He jumped up from the ground suddenly, and the book tower he had worked so hard to stack collapsed. The man turned around, and Asa found out that it was a woman, with her left eye
There was a group of bruises from being beaten, and it looked familiar. After a closer look, it turned out to be the girl he saved the night before, Xiaoyi's sister.
She stared at Asa and said in a panic: "I'm not playing, I saw the books were messed up, so I sorted them out."
"It's you." Asa was a little surprised, but it was just right. She seemed to be a student here and could help.
"You're not the administrator?" She breathed a sigh of relief, then looked confused. "Who are you? Do you know me?"
"Well...I'm your sister's friend." Asa replied, taking out the book. "Please help me and take a look..."
"Nonsense. My sister doesn't have a friend like you." She seemed to be very wary. "If you want to strike up a conversation, you don't have to find a good reason. At least you have to dress nicer."
Asa shook his head helplessly, took out the mask and put it on his face and said, "It's me, remember?" She was shocked when she saw it. Asa took off the mask and put it away.
"Is it you? It turns out that face is just a mask..." Chris looked at him blankly, then shook his head. "It still doesn't work. He has no hair and looks sloppy."
Asa didn't understand what she was talking about at all, so he took out the book, turned to the page and handed it to her and said: "Do me a favor and see what words are written on it. You can find it here...
..”
But she didn't even look at the book. She stared at Asa and shook her head with disdain: "Do you know basic manners? When asking someone for help, you should at least address them politely first."
"Miss Mrak, please help me find out what the word is and where I can find the translation tool."
"Forget it. Don't be so outspoken. I want to thank you for saving me once. Just call me Chris. What's your name?" Chris took the book.
"Call me Asa." Asa replied.
"Strange name, it seems to mean a fool." Chris read the book and said proudly: "You are lucky, this is an ancient text from before the dynasty. I happen to be an expert in this field."
Asa was pleasantly surprised and said, "That's just right. I'll ask the expert to help me see what's written on it."
Chris looked at it carefully, and her heart beat up. Many of the words in it were difficult, and the grammar was weird, and she didn't study it at all. She could only understand about a quarter of it. But Haikou had already boasted,
They were already called experts, but they couldn’t recognize it all. So they had to reluctantly string together the things they knew, which seemed to have some meaning. She said in a sophisticated tone: “It says here that the leaf is
In... an unspeakable forest, an unspeakable forest? What a strange name, even stranger than yours."
"Is it the Whispering Forest?" Asa asked.
Chris said in the tone that an expert should have: "The translation is not accurate, it should be the forest that is difficult to speak. It says that the forest is south of Airy City in the southeast of the empire... Well... that tree is
It was planted by a man named Fama...it is a leaf with great power. It's over."
"What else? It's written on such a big page, isn't that all?" Asa asked.
Chris glared and said, "It's just because there is too much nonsense and it's inconvenient to use, so that's why we want to abolish it."
"Really?" Asa wondered.
"You can identify it yourself if you have the ability. If you don't believe me if I tell you, don't pretend to understand." Chris said in a lecturing tone.
But finally knowing where it was and in whose hands, Asa breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at Chris, who was pretending to be old, she didn't pull her hair up so exaggeratedly today, she just kept it in her robe.
The colorful powder was gone from her face, which revealed the pure beauty of the girl. The bruises on her eyes made her look a little funny. Asa reached out and touched her head, pinched her face and said, "Thank you.
I’m an expert and I’ll treat you to candy in the future.”
"Ah, gangster." Chris screamed, reached out and hit his hand. Asa smiled, turned and walked out of the room. Suddenly Chris chased him from behind, stopped him and said, "I helped you.
Why did you leave like this?" Asa replied: "Didn't I tell you to treat you to sweets later?"
"You eat shit." Chris's language was like that of a mercenary in a tavern. She probably learned it from her friend with pigtails. "I'm very bored now, come and chat with me."
"But I don't know how to pretend to be drinking and playing with books." Asa found this girl interesting, and now that he knew the clues, he felt much more relaxed, so he thought it would be okay to chat with her.
Asa chatted with her in the library, or he was just listening to her complaints. Duke Mrak said that he wanted her to travel around the continent with a caravan from next month to increase her knowledge.
But she was obviously addicted to the prosperous life in the royal capital and didn't want to see the outside world at all, but she had no way or courage to resist her father.
"Lend me the book you just read. If it's interesting, I'll take it and read it on the road. The books in it are too ugly." Chris took the book and flipped through it, then suddenly frowned at the first page.
Page said: "The signature here is... Archibald Grihafen, isn't this the royal surname? There is also a royal seal here... This is the royal book, where did you steal it from?
This book is also very strange, it seems to be made of some kind of leather."
"This is human skin. This is someone else's book. I want to return it." Asa threatened her.
"Are you trying to scare me? At worst, I'll give you some money." Chris was very disdainful. People wearing such shabby clothes must be poor people, and poor people can naturally just throw some money away.
After hearing this, Asa was reminded that he had no money or horses at all, and it would take at least several months to walk to such a far place. He quickly said: "Then please lend me some money." Although this book is
Sandro's, but it was thrown in tatters and collecting dust behind the cabinet. It must not be a very important thing, and Sandro himself had probably forgotten it. Besides, it was just borrowed in exchange for some necessary travel expenses, and he would get it later.
Just come back.
It's a pity that he doesn't know the true value of this book. If he knew it, he wouldn't dare to change it even if he was told to eat shit.
Chris disdainfully took out a dozen silver coins and threw them to Asa. As expected, he was a poor man, and as expected, he immediately gave away the few small coins.
It's a pity that she doesn't know what this book is. If she knew, she would never dare to take it even if it was given as a gold mountain to her.
Asa looked at the shiny little things in his hand with some surprise. He didn’t expect Chris to give him so much money casually. This was the first time in his life that he got a silver coin. In his hometown, a silver coin
It is enough for a family of three to live comfortably for a month.
It was unexpected that such a shabby book could be mortgaged for such a huge sum of money. He suddenly became afraid that Chris would regret it, so he gave her a few perfunctory words and walked away quickly as if he was running away. Until he walked out of the magic academy, he
Then I remembered that I had forgotten to check the specific situation of the Whispering Forest. But fortunately, I already know the general location. You can just ask someone when you get to Airy City.
Back at the big house, Sandro hasn't come back yet. Asa was also afraid that he would talk about the work he owed him again, and the fact that he took the book as a mortgage for silver coins made him feel guilty. He might as well give it to Sandro
I left a note saying that I was going to the Whispering Forest to get the World Tree Leaves, and then I went to the Adventurer's Guild to buy a horse and some adventure items and set off.
After he walked for a while, Sandro also staggered back. When he saw the contents of the note left by Asa, he let out a strange scream.
"It should be fine..." He thought for a while, shook his head to himself, picked up the note and waved it.
With a whoosh, the note turned into a wisp of smoke in his hand.