448 sTruth of the Worlds (2/2)

”Beautiful…!” Scarlet murmured as if she was still in the dream.

Too excited to say a word, Selma simply nodded hard.

”After Free Mind, let's listen to the light music piece, Streamside, composed by Miss… Louise.” Nightingale introduced.

When mentioning the name, Nightingale paused a bit.

Music had relaxed the listeners' spirit greatly, and now their peaceful mind was open to almost everything.

The silvery voice said to the listeners,

”Now, welcome to our section, the Voice of History. Today, our young historian Mr. Pande will unravel some of the secrets in the War of Dawn and the unknown facts about the Inquisition.”

”I do have a book compiled by the Church here, called Hunting Sorcerer, and I do believe that the lines in the book are reliable,” said Pande in his piercing voice, ”… If a person lives alone and rarely talks to other people, he or she is a sorcerer, without doubt; If a person often shows up on parties and is outgoing and cheerful, then obviously, he or she is just pretending to avoid suspicion…”

The listeners' faces turned pale as Pande was talking.

It's so scary! The Church was suspicious of everything!

As the listeners of Arcana Voice, they could never be enough careful! Otherwise, if the Church knew — No! — if they suspect about this, then…

”Alright, I know the history might be quite heavy, so here comes our most favored section, the Thousand and One Nights! Previously, Harry, the poor boy from the slum, finally arrived at the amazing magic school of Pesancho, and then a series of interesting stories followed…”

Listening to the story, Andy said to his friends, ”A poor lad can become a sorcerer. What about us…?”

The cheerful story made them long for the life in a magic school.

The adults were also very impressed. ”Those sorcerers are living an even better life than the nobles! They are enjoying food from all over the world, and the cheap, practical alchemical items have made their life much easier and pleasant…”

Their hearts were full of admiration, and they had also learned a lot. Their horizons had been greatly broadened. If any upstart merchant dared to show off his knowledge in front of them, heh, after listening to Arcana Voice, they were not that easy to be fooled!

”… You see? Transformation, Illusion, and Necromancy are not as dark and horrible as you think…” said a listener in low voice.

Some sections in Arcana Voice aimed at eliminating people's fear and hate towards magic caused by ignorance.

”Knowing brings understanding; Communicating connects the world” — this was one of Arcana Voice's tenets.

A fruity voice boomed out from the box. ”Welcome to Man and Nature… On the savannah in the south, the rainy season has just passed…”

...

In the middle of the Boundless Ocean, in the Solar Islands branch of the Congress of Magic.

A young sorcerer couldn't help but laughed when hearing Nightingale asking Felipe to calm down. Leaned against the back of the chair, the sorcerer was listening to Arcana Voice. His spirit had been lifted and now he was in quite a good mood.

He was receiving the signals using the low-frequency band made specifically for long distance transmission. Arcana Voice had made his life on the island instantly became much more colorful and exciting.

When Arcana Voice ended, he sat up straight and switched to another band.

A serious and clear voice came. ”Welcome to Truth of the World…”

The young sorcerer named Blake listened to it attentively. For sorcerers like him who lived far away from Allyn and Rentato, getting the most up-to-date information wasn't easy at all. The delivery of the journals including Arcana was much slower than to the major cities, since in most cases, magic steam trains and boats were used for delivery. Transmission magic circles were used only in rare, important cases.

Living on the island, Blake belonged to one of the last groups of sorcerers to receive the journals and messages, which often took a month longer. He could not stay up-to-date with the latest currents in the Congress, and knew nothing about what was going on in Allyn except what were on the journals.

However, the living cost here was much lower than in Allyn and Rentato, and they could make twice more in these remote areas as there were few local sorcerers. They needed money and materials to get promotion, so they did not want to leave.

The birth of Truth of the World solved this big problem.

”… Then, we're going to review the major news in Allyn in the past week.”