Part 3 THE TRAVELER CHAPTER 152 THE WHITE CITY
Associate Professor Michelle of Storne University …… Twenty Years of Wartime Notes …… Audrey extracted the key words from the discourse, glanced at Susie, who was galloping happily ahead of the mare, and asked, straight to the point:
”Ms. Smin, what kind of a notebook is this?”
”We don’t really know, we only know that it belongs to the period of the Twenty Years’ War, it is the collection of Associate Professor Michelle, and it has an important feature that the lines on the cover vaguely form a giant dragon.” Smin did not make any concealment and gave all the information she had originally.
Audrey, who listened to her quietly, restrained the date-red mare while already thinking within her mind about how to accomplish this task:
”It is not too difficult to visit Associate Professor Mitchell, tour his collection, and make a request for the purchase of one of them.
”It’s not too nice to admit, but the chances of him rejecting me aren’t too great either way, well, Audrey, don’t rely too much on these ……
”The biggest problem with doing so would be the abruptness; I hadn’t even known Associate Professor Michel before, and it would be hard to explain why I suddenly wanted to pay him a visit, and I wasn’t sure how much the notes meant to him, and making a hasty request to buy them might bring about alarm and wariness.
”…… Jane’s brother, who attends the University of Storne, showed a fondness for telling and discourse at the last gathering, and if I invite the siblings to afternoon tea again and steer the conversation toward history, archaeology, and collecting, he should mention that Associate Professor Michel, well, within a university, can be called a collector must be few.
”With such a prelude, I can send someone to visit Associate Professor Michel to make a request to visit the collection, and then try not to show the need when I’m a guest for the first time, observing my host’s behavior and guiding him to show his truest attitude, which will help me to make the right request at the right time and in the right way… …”
After determining her thoughts, Audrey nodded to Priestess Smin and said with a light smile:
”I will endeavor to accomplish it, but success is not guaranteed.”
As soon as the words were out of her mouth, she tightened her legs and clamped down on her horse, and her entire body galloped out like an arrow, rushing towards a reddish-brown fox that was dodging around in a circle of roundups.
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In the rough sea, the “Blue Avenger” was like a leaf that had been blown into the air by the gusty winds, sometimes flying, sometimes falling, but maintaining an amazing balance, without showing any signs of capsizing.
Inside the captain’s room, Alger Wilson floated by the window, gazing out at the waves like mountains and peaks, with a strong wind around him.
After an unknown amount of time, he landed, his feet touching the carpet.
”‘Wind Favored One’ is indeed a sequence that can be simply played based on the name, the only problem is that one must occasionally make oneself violent to match the characteristics of the gale ……” Alger With little expression of delight, he lamented in his heart.
In the past two months, he had not been able to obtain the formula of “Ocean Singer” through his own channels and transactions within the Tarot Club, after all, this belongs to Sequence 5, the level closest to the demigods, the corresponding formula has already appeared to be priced out of the market, even if there is a pile of money, and is willing to pay a lot of premiums, but also very difficult to buy.
Normally, joining the corresponding church or organization was the most effective means of obtaining a similar formula, but Alger, who was the Bishop of the Storm Church, was unable to rely on this avenue, and because of certain secrets, he had to conceal his own strength in exchange for freedom of movement and weaker monitoring in order to travel to a place after he had enough certainty to accomplish the purpose he had waited for for a long time.
To his delight, he had not wasted these two months, at least the digestion of the “Wind Favored One” magic potion was progressing well.
”‘Wind Favored One’ is easy, ‘Ocean Singer’ is said to be not so difficult …… Do you have to sing a lot? ” Alger couldn’t help but twist his head and look towards the deck location.
Although it was separated from room to room, he could still hear some drunken sailors exuberantly singing there, creating noise that could fight the sound of the storm.
Alger unconsciously frowned.
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Bakerland, Chorwood District, Cyndis Circus.
”Ma’am, aren’t you performing tricks? Why are you dressed like this?” A teenager inquired in disbelief of the woman in front of him wearing a pitch black pointed hat and a long dress of the same color.
I don’t know why I dress like this, maybe it was that earliest time when my head was frozen by the cold weather, and after that, it fixed into a style …… Forsyth touched her face painted with red and yellow oil paint, and responded with a smile:
”In ancient times, juggling was often misunderstood as witchcraft.”
But that has nothing to do with why I dress the way I do …… She picked up one of the three large ceramic mugs in front of her and inverted the small white ball underneath.
Then, swapping the positions of the cups quickly, she smiled at the teenager who had just asked the question:
”Guess which cup the little ball is in?”
”Isn’t that one of the gambling methods invented by Roselle the Great?” The teenager said with interest, “But you’re not a dealer, you’re the master juggler of this circus, so I’m guessing that the little ball has been switched by you and all the cups are empty!”
Forsyth laughed and said:
”Congratulations, wrong answer.”
She snapped up the center cup, and a white figure flew out of it with a flourish.
It was a dove!
And the original blob was where the dove had left it!
”Oh!”
”God!”
”Beautiful magic!”
”Very wonderful!”
There was a chorus of admiration, and Forsyth, with a slightly self-satisfied glance at the large church bell not far away, gathered up his props and returned to the tent where the circus master was.
”Are you really going to quit? I can double your salary!” The circus master greeted him and said sharply.
”Unfortunately, I summarized the ‘Juggler’s Code’ in the middle of March, and last week I had even completely digested the magic potion, so if the contract hadn’t been signed until today, I would have stopped coming ……
”Although it feels good to be treated as a master juggler, it can’t stop me from advancing to ‘Ascendant’, my teacher said he’s going to come over this week and give me the recipe, the materials, and a gift …… What kind of gift will it be?
”Hey, the full moon ravings are getting scary, if it wasn’t for Mr. ‘Fool’, I’d have lost control and become a monster ……” Forsyth stretched out his right palm, covering his mouth, and lazily yawned a yawn, then said with a smile in his eyes:
”It’s like this, I’m actually a best-selling fiction writer, and the subject of my next book has something to do with the circus, which is why I applied for a job with you.”
”Best-selling novel writer?” The circus director’s eyes lit up with worry and anticipation as he asked, “Will you write about our bad things?”
”Are there bad things here? I’ve had a great time these past two months or so.” Forsyth took off the black pointed hat.
The circus master said with a heartfelt smile:
”Vole, Mrs. Vole, will you mention the name of our circus in your book? I’ll, I’ll pay you for the advertisement, of course, it won’t be much, you know, I have to feed a very large number of people.”
How else? The ringmaster is very clever ah …… Forsyth is still the first time to know that the novel can also be “published” as newspapers and magazines advertisement, and the form is more subtle and more natural.
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Between the waves, the passenger ships, flanked by rows of artillery, traveled in a safe channel, not daring to deviate in the slightest.
On the eastern side of Oravi Island, a deviation from the correct course often meant disappearance, and even the pirates dared not stray too far from the safe zone.
This ocean was full of unexplored areas, full of all sorts of sensationalized legends!
After more than two months of volunteering and finding four real-life playing opportunities, Klein said goodbye to lifting the sick, scrubbing toilets, and cleaning up vomit, and boarded a ship bound for the Galgath Islands.
At the Tarot in early March, he had managed to hire the “Hidden One”, Gadelia, through a separate conversation, and would meet her in the “White City”, the capital of the Galgas Islands, to travel to Sunia on the ship of the “General on the Stars”, who was a member of the “Star”, and a member of the “Star”. He will meet him in the White City of Nass, the capital of the Galgothic Islands, to travel on the ship of the “General of the Stars” to the dangerous and almost illusory sea of the easternmost part of the Sunian Sea, in search of the wild mermaids that live there.
”The Hidden One, Gadelia, seemed very interested in meeting the Tarot members in real life, and after only a few seconds of reflection, she agreed to the World’s request, but offered a relatively high price based on the level of danger:
3000 pounds!
Klein’s first reaction was to give up and take Mr. Hangman’s ghost ship instead, but considering that the latter is not so free as to follow a number of Storm Church sailors, and that the danger of traveling to the easternmost region of the Sunyan Sea is really high, he finally agreed to Ms. Hidden Man’s request, and Ms. Hidden Man’s request is not accepted. “The other party will wait for one month from the beginning of April near the Galgas Islands, and will suspend the cooperation after the time limit is exceeded.
In order not to waste the deposit of 1000 pounds, Klein did not wait for the digestion to be completely finished, and set off from Oravi Island, heading straight to the Galgas Islands.
Of course, with the previous summary and the opportunity to play the real role, he was very close to the complete digestion of the “Faceless Man” magic potion, even if he did not play the real role, and continued to operate as Germaine Sparrow, it can be completed within two or three weeks.
For this reason, coupled with the “world” identity has been tied to Germaine Sparrow, so Klein left the hospital, back into the crazy and powerful adventurer, but with a certain “disguise”.
Looking at the undulating sea level outside the cabin, Klein finally saw the harbor city with white rocks as the main material for houses.
The easternmost colony of the Forsak Empire, the capital of the Galgas Islands, Nas!
”This counts as finally being out of the country ……” Klein watched as a fishing boat carrying whale blood and flesh sailed into the harbor, and the rough feeling was like substance.
At the same time, he noticed a number of pirate-flagged ships anchored in the harbor without a hint of avoidance.
Sure enough, the east side of Oravi Island is a pirate s paradise …… Klein put on his hat, picked up his luggage, and after the passenger ship stopped, he walked out of the cabin and entered the pier along the hanging ladder.
After a few steps, he saw a group of pirates suspected of clashing with a local gang, both sides drawing weapons and fighting with a thud.
Klein calmly passed by without any thought of stopping it.
Just then, he saw a suspected local guy pull a couple of cans from inside his pocket, open the lids, and throw them into the center of the road.
”What’s the meaning of this?” Klein nearly laughed, and whirled around to think of an item famous at sea.
Canned wolffish!
The canned wolffish popularized in places such as the eastern coast of Forsak and the Galgas Islands!
No sooner had the thought surfaced than an unspeakably fishy odor drilled into Klein’s nose.
His face twitched a few times, forcing him to endure the discomfort in his body as he quickly left the area.
While a handful of those pirates who were attacked vomited on the spot, the rest fled in a panic dragging their companions with them, as if they had lost their fighting power at once.
A minute later, in a hidden corner, the crazy adventurer Germaine Sparrow squatted down and dry-heaved silently.