Tuesday, June 19th.
Abby, wearing a dark purple dress, carried a small suitcase and walked into the steam train station in Tingen City.
On a few steps outside the entrance, she saw a pair of young lovers who were about to separate, hugging each other and saying their final goodbyes.
The man is a boy with black hair and brown hair, with deep facial features. He wears a swallow-tailed formal suit that is slightly thicker for the season, and has a strong bookish atmosphere;
The appearance of the woman with her back to her is unknown, but it can be seen that she is tall and has perfect curves. She is wearing a light green dress and holding a plain white wide-brimmed gauze hat in her hand.
Abby doesn't know that this is the target of her pursuit.
After hugging for a moment and completing the reasonable process, Valeela pulled away slightly, and Klein let go at the right time, and the two parties separated.
She smiled and suppressed the uncomfortable feeling in her heart, "It's time for me to go."
"Yes, you should go." Klein repeated softly.
In the past few months, Klein has become a lot more cheerful and no longer acts like a silly nerd. When facing separation, he behaves more maturely.
He lifted the suitcase at his feet and handed it to Valeela, "Goodbye."
"goodbye."
Valeela nodded, took the suitcase, smiled and said, "I will write to you."
After saying that, she waved her hand, turned around and walked into the site entrance.
All the way to the platform, it didn't take long to wait. With a whine, the train bound for the capital Backlund stopped at the platform.
Valeera took the dog leash and took Habi onto the first-class carriage.
She would not know that not far away, the witch who was following her but was frightened away by Mr. Azik, a gorgeous lady in a dark purple dress, boarded the adjacent first-class carriage.
The train starts.
When the flight was running smoothly, Valeera asked the flight attendant for a cup of Xibo black tea.
As the train gradually left the city of Tingen, the haze that had been weighing on her heart finally dissipated.
By the time the train arrived in the small town of Vinia, Valeela was completely relaxed, and the discomfort caused by her previous embrace with Klein had also dissipated.
She was starting to feel like reading the newspaper for fun.
…
Klein had been standing at the entrance of the site. He was stunned for a moment when he saw Valeela's figure completely disappearing, and then turned and left.
In order to save money, he did not take the public carriage as when he came, but just walked on the street.
I don't know how much time passed before Klein came back to his senses and realized that he had walked to Halls Street and in front of Welch's house without even realizing it.
"Oh, I thought I would lose interest for several days and come to see Welch."
"Forget it, just take a look at your notes and lighten your mood."
Klein laughed to himself and rang the doorbell.
Soon, the middle-aged housekeeper appeared and took him into the study on the second floor of the house, which was obviously what Welch had ordered.
Welch and Naya were there too.
In the study room, several desks were put together to form a large table, which was filled with messy-looking papers and books, some stacked together, and some spread out and stacked.
Welch and Naya were sitting on either side of one of the corners, with a notebook on the table between them.
Obviously, this is the ancient notebook from the Fourth Age.
The cover of this notebook is entirely made of dark black hard paper, exuding an ancient and distant atmosphere without any signs of softening or decay.
Its pages are yellowed, and there are lines of text on it. At first glance, it seems to be in the ancient Fusac language that is easy to recognize, but if you look closely, you will find that it is actually specious.
"Klain? You're here!"
After being reminded by the butler, the fat Welch raised his head from the pile of old papers, his slightly haggard face showed joy, and waved repeatedly, "Great, come and take a look."
Naya, who likes to wear gauze gloves, also looked up.
Then, she asked doubtfully:
"Kleon, why isn't Valeera here? Don't you live very close to her?"
After being reminded, Welch also asked: "Yes, yes, why didn't Valeera come with you?"
"She left," Klein's tone was a little low, "to Backlund."
"That's it."
Welch, more concerned with interpreting the notes, quickly accepted the theory.
He patted the wooden armchair next to him and said, "Come, sit here, you read the notes first, and then we will discuss the current progress."
After all, Naya was a more attentive lady, and she could see that Klein was a little depressed, but as the master, Welch had already made arrangements, so she didn't speak again.
…
The discussion lasted until noon when it stopped temporarily.
After the three had lunch, they continued their interpretation work.
Currently, they are still comparing and studying the structure, root and other characteristics of the notes. The real interpretation has not yet begun, so Klein quickly kept up with their progress.
After he became focused, his mood became calm, and only the desire to explore history remained in his heart.
Later in the afternoon, their long efforts paid off, and they achieved a landmark breakthrough——
After comparing the structure, root and other features, they determined that the text on the note was a variant of the ancient Fussac language.
This makes the difficulty of interpretation plummet!
In the history of more than a thousand years, the ancient Fusak language has actually been evolving slightly.
Therefore, they can find a lot of information for comparison, further reducing the difficulty of interpretation.
In the evening, when the red clouds hung on the horizon, Welch breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, now that the reference books have been determined, let's stop here today."
"Let us be energetic and try to decipher the contents of the first page tomorrow!"
"Okay!" Klein agreed enthusiastically.
Naya was much more reserved, just pursed her lips and nodded slightly.
They chatted for a while and finished their cups of coffee.
door.
Naya boarded her carriage and left;
Klein was originally going to go back on foot, but Welch had already asked his servant to hire a carriage, so he couldn't refuse, so he accepted it and took the carriage home.
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This is Welch's style.
As long as he is in a good mood, he will always be in some small places to let people around him feel his kindness.
When Klein returned home, the sky was already quite dark.
Melissa was preparing dinner, and Benson had just returned and was washing away the sweat stains in the bathroom.
Summer weather is a severe test for gentlemen who value respectability.
By the time Klein had finished cleaning up, dinner had already been put on the table.
During the meal, some of the three of them always subconsciously looked at the vacant seat.
After dinner, in the living room, while Melissa was finishing her homework, Klein opened his notebook and wrote on the latest page:
"On June 19, when I saw Valeela off, I hugged her for the first time."
"I could feel that she was very nervous and her body was shaking slightly. But in fact, I was more nervous. I even forgot to breathe at the time."
"When I came home, I subconsciously walked over to Welch's house."
"I saw that notebook, and after comparing the structure, root words, etc., I found that it is a variant of the ancient Fusak language. To be more precise, in the history of more than a thousand years, the ancient Fusak language has always been Evolving slightly.”
