105 Magic Lock (2/2)

Shocked as Lucien was, he pretended to be quite calm, ”It’s not complete. Do you have the rest?”

”No.” Lilith shook her head, ”This is not the original manuscript. As you can see, Mr. Evans, it has been translated into the common tongue.”

”I see.” Lucien put the manuscript on the table, then he said to Lilith and Sala, ”I have a rough idea… This manuscript is about some underground magic ruins, and I can do a rough calculation to locate where the ruins were, based on the geographic and constellation features the manuscript provides.”

”Awesome!” Sala and Lilith exclaimed at the same time with great surprise.

After Lucien finished his explanation, Lilith was even more excited, ”Thank you so much, Mr. Evans! This will help…”

”Li… Lilith,” Sala directly cut his sister off with a couple of fake coughs. Then, he stood up and said to Lucien with respect, ”Mr. Evans, thank you for telling us the story behind the manuscript. How much we shall pay you for this?”

”One Thale.” Lucien smiled. Since he was about to leave Aalto after the music festival, he wanted to save more right now, although he already had saved thirty Thales from working for the princess and all the rewards he received. That was already more than what a commoner could earn for their whole life.

”For sure.” Sala slightly bowed to Lucien. Then, he pulled out the money bag and handed Lucien a Thale with great respect.

”As the city gate has been closed, ” Lucien smiled to them and invited, ”if you don’t mind, Lilith and Sala, you are welcome to stay in my manor tonight.”

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After having dinner, Lucien asked Mr. Lopez to take Lilith and Sala to their guest rooms.

Standing in the center of the living room, Lucien watched the two young visitors leave. His shadow was shivering on the floor because of the candlelight.

Lucien was very concerned with this great coincidence. He just heard the folk poem from Mr. Deroni a couple of months ago, and now he had guests finding him on their own and bringing that precious manuscript. That was too big a coincidence in his eyes.

Lucien thought it might be a trap from the night watchers. However, he had to admit that he was also greedy.

Lucien’s spiritual power had reached a peak within the level of senior apprentice. Up to a couple of weeks later, Lucien should be able to make a breakthrough to become a first circle sorcerer. Right now, all he needed was several kinds of magic materials for his advancement.

Lucien once read from another book that, around most of the magic veils, there would often be magic gardens, since the plants and other materials there would be exposed to magic power all the time. Many of them should be on Lucien’s list.

Also, he didn’t need to step into this Magic Lock. The magic garden should be just outside of the veil.

According to the sentence ”when the sun entered Thanos’ Palace…”, the best time to approach the Lock should be on the tenth day of the following month, the equivalent to April on his original world. Actually, one should approach the magic veil at midnight of April ninth, when the silver moon swung to the summit of her travels. At that time, the sun should be close enough to the constellation called Thanos’ Palace. Obviously, though, people would not be able to see the sun from the magic ruins, since it would be night time.

After a long time of struggling, Lucien finally restrained himself from being impulsive and greedy. After all, exploring the ruins of the magic site would require a lot of preparation from him. At the very least, he would need to collect more related books and notes to get a better understanding of this ”Magic Lock”.

Obviously, right now Lucien was not prepared for it. He decided to be more cautious and to wait for a future chance.

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Lilith and Sala did not sleep well last night, half because of the excitement, and half because of the manor, which made them feel a bit creepy.

As the revelation of the secret of their manuscript took way less time than they thought, when Lilith and Sala went back to Aalto, they decided to stay in the city for the music festival and then head for the small town named Bonn, which was close to Elsinore Lake.

Although Sala still felt a bit concerned about the fact that staying in Aalto any longer might bring them unnecessary trouble, facing his younger sister’s eager request, Sala yielded. After all, he did not want to miss the great musical festival himself as well.

After Lilith and Sala left, Lucien also left his manor and went back to the Musicians’ Association to rehearse with the symphony orchestra.