Dust of History Chapter 13: Personal matters

After exhausting countless efforts of the imperial guards, the terrorist prisoner who had been on the run for two months was finally captured and will be burned to death in the central square of the imperial capital this morning. Many people in the streets and alleys celebrated with their foreheads and hands, and now the capital is finally safe.

Asa was among the crowd of onlookers, watching the prisoner being lifted out of the prison van by several soldiers and tied to the pillars piled up with timber.

That is a man who is already indistinguishable from life and death. His thin body and loose hair made it difficult to see his face, which was already full of scars and blood. With the roar of mountains and tsunami, the wood pile ignited a great fire. In just a few blinks, the entire figure was submerged in the flames, and the man seemed to have not even had time to let out a scream.

Such efficient speed made Asa feel better. In a sense, this person also died for the country, to cover up a secret that might endanger the country. Dedicating one's life to one's country is a kind of consolation way to die. But the man himself didn't want to die, Asa was sure.

That's it for national affairs. Asa remembered what Duke Mrak said last night. Although no one may hate this person and want him to die, after a series of intricate but true value calculations, this person must also be burned into a handful of black coal here.

'Bang', the prisoner's abdominal cavity was burst by the hot air, and the crowd let out an excited roar, full of cruel pleasure.

Actually, he almost played the leading role in the fire. The scorching heat wave hit our faces, Asa shivered suddenly, squeezed out of the crowd and left.

He doesn't know much about national affairs, and he doesn't want to care about them. He is now busy with a little personal matter that is more important to him.

Last night, he stayed up late and searched through all the books in Sandro's bookcase, but he didn't see anything about 'Leaf of the World Tree'. There is still only one page recorded in the second half of the book where he practiced meditation, but that page is still full of incomprehensible words except for the title of "Leaf of the World Tree". . When I went to ask Sandro in the morning, it was rare to see Sandro flustered, saying that he was going out of the city. I asked him what he was doing in such a panic, but he actually bared his lips and said, "Go see your girlfriend." Then he ran away with a bag of things.

Actually, Asa himself always felt a little strange. Since he was a child, he has heard in detail from the old adventurers about the most dangerous places and the most mysterious things on the mainland. Even in places like the Lizard Swamp, he knew everything about it before he even entered it. Even so, he had never heard of a tree like the 'World Tree', let alone the place name of the Whispering Forest.

But since there is only such a clue now, we can only start on it. Asa suddenly remembered that there was a library in the Magic Academy, and there might be some clues in it.

Come to the Magic Academy and walk into the library. Probably because of the morning, there was no one in the library. The huge building is divided into more than a dozen huge rooms, and the words 'Geography', 'History', and 'Military' are pasted on the door of each room to indicate the types of books in it. And there are dozens of very long bookshelves in each room, densely packed with books.

Asa first went to the 'Plant' classification room to check the catalogue. His eyes were dazzled, but he couldn't find a tree that introduced the 'World Tree'. After turning around a few times, I had no choice but to walk into the room marked 'language', hoping to find a dictionary that could translate the words on the book. But facing the tens of thousands of books, he immediately knew that it was impossible, and he didn't even know what words were written on the books.

So Asa wandered among the bookshelves, trying to find someone to ask for advice, but after looking around half the room, the ghost didn't see a single one. It wasn't until he walked between the last two bookshelves that Asa finally saw a person.

This person was wearing a white robe worn by students in the Magic Academy. He was very thin and squatted on the ground with his back to Asa, stacking the books upright and stacking them with concentration. Asa often played this kind of game before he was five years old. He competed with several children to see who could stack the books the highest.

"Hi." Asa greeted him.

But this person jumped up from the ground as if he had been greatly frightened, and the book tower that he worked so hard to build collapsed. When the man turned around, Asa realized that it was a woman with a bruise on her left eye from a beating, which looked familiar. Taking a closer look, it turned out to be the girl he rescued the night before yesterday, Xiaoyi's younger sister.

She stared at Asa, and said in a panic: "I'm not playing, I just saw that the books were messed up, so tidy them up."

"It's you." Asa was a little surprised, but it was just right. She seemed to be a student here and could help.

"Aren't you an administrator?" She breathed a sigh of relief, and then showed a puzzled look. "Who are you? Do you know me?"

"Well... I'm your sister's friend." Asa replied, taking out the book. "Help me and see..."

"Nonsense. My older sister doesn't have friends like you." She seemed very wary. "If you want to strike up a conversation, you don't have to find a better reason, at least you have to dress better."

Asa shook her head helplessly, took out the mask and put it on her face and said, "It's me, remember?" She was shocked when she saw it. Asa took off the mask and put it away.

"It's you? So that face is just a mask..." Chris looked at him blankly, then shook her head. "It's still not good, I don't have long hair, and I'm sloppy."

Asa didn't understand what she was saying at all, took out the book, turned to the page and handed it to her, saying: "Do me a favor and see what is written on it, you can find it here ....."

But she didn't read the book at all, she stared at Asa and shook her head with contempt: "Do you understand basic manners? Asking someone for help should at least first address them politely."

"Miss Mrak, please help me find out what this word is, and where can I find translation tools."

"Forget it. Don't be so extravagant, 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 looked at the book and said triumphantly: "You are lucky, this is an ancient text before the dynasty. I happen to be an expert in this field. "

Asa was pleasantly surprised, and said: "That's just right, let me ask the experts to help me see what is written on it."

Chris took a closer look, but her heart thumped. Many of the words above are difficult and the grammar is weird, and she usually doesn't study hard at all, and only understands about a quarter of it. But Haikou has already boasted that they have already been called 'experts', so it's not good and they can't say enough. I have to forcefully string together the things I know, which probably makes sense. She said in a sophisticated tone: "It says that the leaf is in... a hard-to-speak forest, a hard-to-speak forest? What a weird name, even weirder than your name."

"Is it the Forest of Whispers?" Asa asked.

Chris said in the tone that an expert should have: "That translation is not accurate, it should be 'a forest that is difficult to speak', it says that the forest is south of the city of Airy in the southeast of the empire... um... ..that tree was planted by a man named Fama...that is a kind of leaf with great power. It's over."

"Is there anything else? It's written on such a large page, isn't that all?" Asa asked.

Chris stared and said: "It is because there are too many nonsense and it is inconvenient to use, so it has to be abolished."

"Really?" Asa doubted.

"Recognize it yourself if you have the ability. If you don't believe me when I tell you, don't pretend to understand." Chris said in a teaching tone.

But at last he knew where it was and in whose hands, Asa heaved a sigh of relief. Looking at Chris, who is pretending to be an old image, she didn't pull her hair so exaggerated today, she just put it in the robe, without the colorful powder on her face, which showed the pure beauty of a girl. The bruises made her look a little funny. Asa reached out and touched her head, squeezed her face and said, "Thank you, expert, I will treat you to candies in the future."

"Ah, rascal." Chris screamed, reaching out and hitting his hand. Asa smiled, turned and walked out of the room. Suddenly Chris chased up from behind, stopped him and said, "I helped you, why did you leave like this?" Asa replied, "Didn't I buy you candy after I told you?"

"You eat shit." Chris's language is like a mercenary in a tavern, and she probably learned it from a friend like that little braid. "I'm very bored now, please chat with me."

"But I don't know how to pretend to be a house, play with books and so on." Asa saw that this girl was also interesting, and now that she knew the clues after all, she felt a lot more relaxed, and felt that talking to her seemed like a joke. It doesn't matter.

Asa chatted with her in the library, or just listened to her whining. Duke Mrak said that she would travel with a caravan to various parts of the continent starting next month to increase her knowledge. But she is obviously addicted to the prosperous life in the royal capital, and she doesn't want to see the outside world at all, but she has no way and courage to resist her father.

"Lend me the book you just mentioned. If it's interesting, I'll take it and read it on the road. The books here are too ugly." Chris took the book and flipped through it, suddenly frowning. The first page says: "The signature here is... Archibald Grihafen, isn't this the royal family name? There is also a royal seal here... This is the royal book, you from Where did you steal it? This book is also very strange, it seems to be made of some kind of skin."

"This is human skin. This is someone else's book, I want to return it." Asa threatened her.

"Fuck you, scare me? At worst, I'll give you some money." Chris was very disdainful, people dressed in such rags must be poor ghosts, and poor ghosts can just throw some money dealt with.

After hearing this, Asa was reminded that he had no money or horses at all, and it would take at least several months to go to such a far place by walking. He quickly said, "Then you can lend me some money." Although this book belongs to Sandro, but it is thrown in tatters and dust behind the cabinet, it must not be a very important thing, it is probably Sandro himself Also forget it. What's more, I just borrowed it to exchange some necessary travel expenses, and I just got it back later.

It's a pity that he doesn't know the true value of this book. If he knew, even if he was really told to eat shit, he would not dare to change it.

Chris took out a dozen or so silver coins and threw them to Asa in disdain. It really was a poor ghost, and sure enough, a few small coins were sent away immediately.

It's a pity that she doesn't know what this book is. If she knows, she will never dare to take it even if it is given to her with a golden mountain.

Asa looked at the shiny little things in his hand with some astonishment~IndoMTL.com~ He didn't expect that Chris would give him so much money, and it was the first time in his life that he got silver coins. In his hometown, one silver coin is enough for a family of three to live comfortably for a month.

It is really unexpected that such a broken book can be mortgaged with such a huge sum of money. He suddenly had the idea of ​​fearing Chris' repentance, and walked away as quickly as if he fled with a few perfunctory words. It wasn't until he walked out of the Magic Academy that he realized that he had forgotten to check the specific situation of the Forest of Whispers. Fortunately, the general location is already known, and it is okay to ask people in Airy City.

Back to the big house, Sandro hasn't come back yet. Asa was also afraid that he would talk about the work that he still owed him, and the fact that he took the book as a mortgage for silver coins made him feel a little guilty. He simply left a note to Sandro, saying that he went to the Whispering Forest to get the World Tree leaf, then went to the Adventurer's Guild to buy a horse and some adventure items and set off.

After he walked for a while, Sandro came back waddlingly. When he saw what was written on the note left by Asa, he let out a strange cry.

"It should be all right..." He thought for a while, shook his head to himself, picked up the note and waved it.

With a whistling sound, the note turned into a puff of smoke in his hand.