Agnes woke up suddenly and sat up from the bed suddenly. She firmly held the skirt of her chest and took a few breaths. It took a long time to come back to her senses.
"Actually, thinking about it, there was nothing scary in this dream. It just made me feel suffocated for some reason." Agnes rubbed her face and got out of bed.
The time seemed still very early, and the faint morning light only faintly filtered through the curtains. Her head felt slightly swollen, as if she had read an obscure book all night. He was also covered in cold sweat, and the fabric of his pajamas was stuck to his back.
Agnes took a shower in the bathroom, rinsed her mouth, changed into clean clothes, and felt much better.
"It looks much better than before." Agnes looked at herself in the mirror carefully and finally came to this conclusion. When I was seriously ill before, every time I had a dream the night before, I would be in a state of spiritual exhaustion the next day. I would always have headaches, be in a trance, and even have hallucinations. Although I still feel tired today, I am just in the normal state of dreaming for too long and not sleeping well.
"But let's ask mother to take a look at it later."
Agnes walked out of the room. The corridor was still dark and the maids had not gotten up yet. Agnes shuddered. It was still a bit cold in the winter morning, so she should wear thicker clothes when she came out, Agnes thought casually.
She walked to her small study, opened her diary, turned to a new page, and wrote:
"January 23, 1328"
"It feels like my dreams are a little different after taking the potion. There was nothing scary about last night's dream, but I don't know why it made me feel suffocated. It was like I felt the pain at that time without any obstruction. How do you feel in your heart? Is there anything special about the scene in this dream?" Agnes stopped writing and closed the pen cap, feeling a little irritated inexplicably.
It would be nice if I didn't lose so many memories of my past life.
Agnes closed her diary hard.
No, why do I feel irritable just because I can't remember the memories of my past life? Shouldn't I have gotten used to it a long time ago? Agnes's movements were sudden.
Is this the effect of the potion's power? Agnes thought, she did not rush to meditate to stabilize the state, but first experienced the feeling carefully.
"It's not serious, but it's very hidden. If you're not familiar with your own situation, your personality can easily be changed subtly. If I hadn't rarely felt irritable, I might have ignored this change." Agnes evaluated it carefully. for a moment, then close your eyes and start meditating.
She sketched a black ocean in her mind, with undulating waves and gray foam. Agnes's mind gradually calmed down and her mind gradually became clearer. She saw the darkness around her gradually disappearing, with bright and overlapping colors, covered in illusory mist, giving her an illusory and strange feeling that made her feel dizzy unconsciously.
Agnes took the initiative to stop meditating, ran into the bathroom, retched for a while, washed her face with cold water, raised her head and laughed a few times.
"It seems to be a little different from the meditation situation when Mr. Conti taught me before, but it matches the description he described when he asked me later. I will have to ask him when Mr. Conti comes later."
Agnes walked out of the bathroom and returned to the room. He sat down at the desk again and opened his notebook. The pen touched a blank line, paused for a long time, and then wrote a sentence.
"The dream seemed to have a little impact on my meditation."
Agnes sighed and recalled in her mind the sentence her grandfather asked her to read in her dream.
Wisdom goes back and forth on the quiet road, and the true spirit goes in and out of the mysterious door. What is so special about this sentence? Her intuition told her that this sentence seemed to imply something. Moreover, the characters used in the runes seemed to play a role similar to Hermes characters to some extent.
However, although some changes occurred during meditation, the irritability completely disappeared. I don’t know whether it was the effect of meditation or because of the diversion of attention. No matter what, it is still necessary to complete the digestion of the potion as soon as possible. Agnes tapped her chin with her fingers.
Agnes closed the pen, put the diary back in its place, and walked out of the room. The window was completely bright.
…
"Miss, do you want to eat now?" the maid asked.
"No, let's wait until father and mother come down." Agnes replied. She sat down at the dining table, picked up today's newspaper at random, and started reading.
What caught my eye was a huge headline: “The Source of Malicious Monopoly—Guilds Make Goods More Expensive.”
Agnes frowned and glanced at the article.
This is probably propaganda for some political purpose. Agnes had no interest in exploring the story behind it. She opened the newspaper to the serial novel section and read it with relish.
When Agnes finished reading the serialized part of the new issue of the newspaper, her father and mother had already come to the dining table and sat down.
"How did you sleep last night? Agnes." Mother asked, seemingly in a good mood.
"Mom, please help me take a look, I had a dream last night." Agnes pulled her mother and said.
Mother suddenly became nervous and examined Agnes carefully. Soon, the mother breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'm just tired because I didn't sleep well at night. It seems that the medicine recommended by the church is really useful." A gentle smile appeared on the corner of the mother's mouth, and the slightly linear facial contour appeared softer.
"I woke up this morning feeling different from before, and that's true." Agnes said in a cheerful voice.
The father looked at Agnes and Mariana and laughed too.
Breakfast ended with laughter and laughter. Agnes practiced the piano casually for a while in the piano room, and then Mr. Conti arrived.
Mr. Conti was again wearing the same formal suit he had worn when he came to visit that day, but he was only carrying a piano case. He opened the case and found a violin inside. The violin's panel was made of high-quality fish-scale spruce. The texture was even and upright without any blemishes. It looked very pure. This violin seems to have been used for a long time, but it seems that it has been properly maintained by the owner. There is no accumulation of rosin and dust on the board and fingerboard, and the luster is very attractive.
"How's it going? Do you like it?" Mr. Conti asked with a smile when he saw Agnes staring at the violin.
"Well, this piano is very good and very charming." Agnes couldn't think of a suitable word of praise for a moment, so she could only say this.
"This is the piano my father prepared for me when I first started learning music. He told me that a long time ago, some descendants of aristocratic families would choose to become minstrels, wearing red blouses and black jumpsuits. Wearing a yellow hood, carrying their own Fenebote, they rode horses from castle to castle, composing poems and composing music to sing the pastoral scenery, heroes, knights and shepherdesses. Before leaving home, my father would give them a feneport. Bards were almost extinct and violins had replaced the feneport, so he gave me this violin and I have been playing on it. "Mr. Conti stroked the piano and said with some nostalgia in his eyes.
"Can you play the violin?" Mr. Conti asked.
"I have studied, but I mainly practice piano." Agnes replied. There is no doubt that playing musical instruments is an important talent for noble ladies, which is linked to their charm in social situations. When she was in public school, even though she took many courses, Agnes still took out an hour a day to practice piano.
"Well, the piano is very good," Mr. Conti spread his hands, "but the violin can accompany you anywhere."
"Okay, as we agreed yesterday, I want to do a basic test on you first." Mr. Conti took out a piece of paper full of words from the piano case, blinked and said, "I want to do a basic test on you first." Test your music theory basics.”
