Part 3 The Traveler Chapter 164 – Lemanor’s Grimoire
BECKLAND, outside the steam train station.
Forsyth, in a hat draped with a fine latticed black veil and trimmed with blue flowers, stood in the foyer of the subway entrance, waiting for her teacher, Dorian Gray, to arrive.
The fine overcast rain on the street and the cold wind blowing out of the ground made the writer lady shiver a little and feel that she had underestimated the spring in Birkeland.
”And I don’t know how Hugh manages to keep busy out there all year round, alas, she says that before her father’s death she was bedraggled at home, except to go to the lavatory, and had her food and drink brought to the side by a servant, and now she is surprised to be able to go out very early in the morning, and come home at night, whether it be a rainstorm, or a heavy fog, and remain unchanged, fulfilling commission after commission, and catching wanted criminals after wanted criminals. ” Thinking about it, Voorhees couldn’t help but admire Hugh a little.
By last week, the “magistrate” lady had not only paid off her debts, but had even saved 200 pounds in savings!
I have to say, “magistrate” is the most suitable for bounty hunters extraordinary occupation, of course, the choice is limited to the low sequence …… Foerth’s thoughts just to spread out, looking outside the eyes suddenly swept into a familiar figure.
It was a medium-sized gentleman, dressed in the most popular black formal dress of Rune, wearing a half-height silk bowler hat, with rare broad shoulders that bordered on exaggeration.
It was none other than Folth’s teacher, one of the few remaining members of the Abraham family, Dorian Gray Abraham.
Foerth’s heart was delighted, and she immediately picked up her umbrella and greeted him.
On the street with many pedestrians, she had not yet really leaned in, but only had a meeting of eyes with Dorian, when she saw her teacher lifting his right hand, clenching it into a fist, and resting it against the first button of his black formal dress.
This is …… dangerous! Forsyth averted his eyes with an unchanged expression, and with a smile at the corner of his mouth, he cast his gaze at a young gentleman further back, and then, as if nothing had happened, crossed over to Dorian Gray and walked forward.
An ancient family has an accumulation in all respects that is often unimaginable; Dorian Gray had long ago agreed with Forsyth on certain code words and gestures for emergencies, and the meaning of that action just now was very simple: keep away, don’t come near!
The young man at the back froze a little at the languid, mature woman’s look, then instinctively straightened his clothes and pressed his hat.
No sooner had he made these movements than Voorhees had crossed him and continued on his way.
As the rain continued to fall, Voorhees circled around, boarded a hired carriage, and headed straight for the Hat Trick Inn at 22 Hope Road, in the Chorwood district, the residence that Dorian Gray had booked in advance.
Forsyth, who had been in occult circles for many years and had had a good deal of experience, calmly asked for a room on the street side, and stood up to the window, observing the guests who came to the inn.
Finally, she saw Dorian Gray step out of the carriage and enter the front door.
Forsyth turned quickly and went to the corner of the stairs, watching stealthily to see which room the teacher was being taken to by the waiter.
Waiting a few moments, she removed her hat and rubbed her hair a little, then walked to the door of room 2016 and flexed her fingers to knock.
Her plan was simple, if the teacher’s response was okay, then she would enter the room and interact, if it was less than normal, she would pretend she was the wrong room or a stand-up girl trying to solicit.
Creaking, the door to the room slowly opened and Dorian glanced at the student in front of him and then at the sides of the hallway.
Then he lifted his right arm, opened his five fingers, and pressed them to the second button of his formal attire.
This indicated that there was no control, that the anomaly had passed.
Forsyth breathed a silent sigh of relief and flashed into the room at once.
”Sensei, what just went wrong?” She asked with some worry and concern.
Dorian closed the door to the room and smiled bitterly:
”Saw a familiar face.”
He sighed and added:
”An enemy.”
That was his former student, who later followed the “traveler” Boutis to rebel, causing the upper echelons of the Abraham family to be nearly wiped out.
As far as Dorian knew, his student should have joined the “Aurora Society”, and was probably one of the 22 Divine Ambassadors.
”What has he done? Is he very powerful?” Voorhees asked curiously.
Dorian was silent for a few seconds, revealing a little:
”I, Lawrence, Laubero, and Annelisa, all belong to the same organization, an organization that suffered a severe blow due to the betrayal of certain people.
”The one just now was one of the betrayers.”
He didn’t mention the family or the conflict between the bloodline members and the disciple students, so that Voorhees wouldn’t have unnecessary emotional substitution.
”What an abomination!” Foerth instantly remembered Mrs. Annalisa who was kind to him and the friendly and amiable Mr. Lawrence.
”Well, let’s not talk about this unpleasantness.” Dorian took out a piece of paper folded several times from the inner pocket of his clothing and handed it to Voorhees, “The ‘Ascendant’ magic potion formula, your knowledge of ‘Master Juggler’, and your apprenticeship in ‘Apprentice ‘ digestion all exceeded my expectations, this is my biggest surprise in the last ten years.”
”I went to the circus specifically.” Voorhees didn’t make a secret of it, and even felt it was something to brag about.
As she spoke, she unfolded the paper, intending to browse the “Ascendant” magic potion formula.
Just at this time, Dorian nodded comfortably:
”I’m sorry, because of the previous loss, I don’t have the main ingredient for the ‘Ascendant’ magic potion here for the time being, so consider this your final test.
”However, I have a gift for you.”
As he said that, he pulled out a palm-sized notebook from within his left coat pocket, the shell of which looked hard, copper-green in color, and appeared to be quite ancient.
The note consisted of a total of three types of paper, one burnt yellow and scarce, one yellow-brown, like parchment, about ten sheets, and one that was just simple plain white paper, and on top of the back cover, there was a line of words written in the ancient Forsak language:
”I come, I see, I record.”
Forsyth took his eyes off the Ascendant formula and looked at the notebook, recognizing it as a relic of Mr. Lawrence’s, the item he had sent to his teacher in Prizefinder Harbor!
Dorian grinned:
”I don’t suppose you’re a stranger to it.”
After Voorhees nodded frequently, he sighed out:
”It’s a rather powerful magical item, ranking in the top five of such things I’ve seen, which isn’t to say that it’s more powerful than the next few, but it’s negative effects can be easily neutralized, and the combination of the two makes it seem very valuable.”
”What’s it called? What are the negative effects?” Voorhees had trouble containing a bit of excitement and thrill.
Dorian stroked the note cover and said:
”It’s called ‘Lemanor’s Traveling Notes,’ but we prefer to call it ‘Lemanor’s Grimoire.
”This ‘Grimoire’ allows you to record some extraordinary ability as you see it.
”This will be fixed on one of the pages of your notes and kept for a long time, and you can use it whenever you need it, but, remember, after using it once, the corresponding page will become blank again, waiting for you to record it again.”
”…… sounds awesome.” Voorhees had the feeling that he was dreaming.
As long as I see extraordinary abilities, I can record them and use them once?
Isn’t this, isn’t this another kind of “Shepherd”? The shepherd in the mouth of the little “sun”…… Well, it’s limited to single battles that are prepared.
I don’t know if it’s possible to record the demigod’s extraordinary ability, if it is possible, a single battle with preparation is even more powerful than a “shepherd”!
Dorian seemed to have heard her thoughts and explained in detail:
”You can say so, it corresponds to the sequence 6 ‘Records Officer’ of our ‘Apprentice’ pathway, extraordinary abilities higher than this sequence, are not sure that they can be recorded, there is a probability of failure, the higher the higher, the greater the possibility of failure, and the The effect is only half of the original.
”According to the experience of the previous users, facing the extraordinary ability of sequence 5, the success may not be low, but to sequence 4, to the level of demigods, it is quite difficult, ten times inside may not be able to succeed once, and I don’t think there is any demigod who will show you over and over again, if it’s still an enemy, he has killed you ten times.
”Did you see that? This burnt yellow paper is dedicated to recording extraordinary abilities that have divine influence, three in total, which means that even if you’re really lucky, you can only record three demigod-level extraordinary abilities and use each of them once.”
Although it sounds like there are a lot of limitations that prevent the power of this “travel notebook” from being utilized, for two kinds of people, there is no such obstacle. One is the lucky ones, and the other is the kind that has the backing of a big organization and a big power, and has the help of a demigod……. Forsyth instantly thought of asking the “Fool” for help. Forsyth for a moment thought of praying to Mr. “Fool” to show his power and let himself be recorded, but then felt that this was too blasphemous, and was busy apologizing in her heart.
Then, she sincerely hoped that the strongest looking lady in the Tarot Club, “The Hidden One”, would become a demigod as soon as possible.
Dorian didn’t realize that Voorhees’ thoughts were off, and continued:
”The kind of parchment can record the extraordinary ability of sequence 5 and 6, 10 pages in total, the effect is half of the original, 70 to 80%;
”The remaining recording of extraordinary abilities below sequence 6, totaling 25 pages, the effect is close to the original, but still a bit worse.
”Because of certain things before, there are only five pages left in the spellbook with recorded extraordinary abilities, the rest is blank, you study it yourself.”
Dorian paused and said with a serious expression:
”Before I give it to you, I must solemnly remind that it has a negative effect, after every use, it will make you lost, the kind of lost that will encounter all kinds of dangers, you have to extract your own blood and apply it evenly on the cover to remove this effect.
”Remember, don’t underestimate that kind of disorientation, it must be dealt with as soon as possible.”
”Yes, Sensei.” Voorhees responded seriously.
Dorian immediately handed Folth the “Lemanor’s Traveling Notes”:
”This is my gift.”
Teacher is so nice …… Voorhees pursed his lips and blurted out:
”What was the name of your betrayed student? What did it look like?
”If I have the chance, I want to avenge you and Mr. Lawrence and the others.”
”No, don’t think about it, you are too weak compared to him, he was already a ‘Records Officer’ when he betrayed us, and now he might even be a ‘Traveler’.” Dorian said solemnly, “But you do need to remember him to avoid him, his name is Louis Vine, I’ll draw him down later.”
”Uh-huh.” Voorhees nodded.
……
”The Future, inside the Pirate’s Dining Room.”
Klein had just walked in, when he met Admiral Kadriya, the Star General, coming out.
This lady is no longer pale last night, wearing the heavy glasses, calmly said:
”Get ready, we’ll be arriving at the sea in a few minutes.”
So soon? Just how far did we fly last night? Klein was stunned for a moment.