"What happened?" Uriel blurted out again, making the envoy frown. He immediately realized that he was overreacting. "I mean, I'm surprised to see you here. What's up?"
"I think your level needs to be improved." The messenger said concisely. "The tests at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are over and there are many apprentices who are eligible for graduation." And the meaning is unclear.
"So, do I have to wait for the trial next year?"
"You don't need to be tested by fire."
"I'm so lucky."
Joey moved his eyes up and down, looking him over. It was as if Uriel was a stranger. "I thought you'd think 'goddess bless'."
You're not alone in noticing this. "He has no free time recently and is busy looking for pure souls to keep him company. I'm afraid my prayers will not be answered."
"As He pleases."
Young people don't care what Gaia does. He simply drew out his sword and motioned to his apprentice to take it. "What are you doing?" The latter was unhappy.
"Exercise practice."
Uriel stepped back in surprise, but before he could complain, the ring jumped out first: "The deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared his experience in teaching apprentices with us." Its words were full of malice, "It seems that he hopes You performed well in the fire trial"
"I won't take part in the trial!"
"Look at your ring" Sauron didn't bother to explain. Uriel touched the ring hesitantly, and large sections of runes immediately popped out and flashed before his eyes like a screen. The apprentice was startled.
"Is it broken?" The waterfall of words didn't stop for a long time.
"You have accumulated too much information. The ring is like a mailbox. If you let it fill up, the letters will fall out when you open it." Sauron wrote, "Fortunately you are using a silver ring, otherwise the two-dimensional matrix on it would have collapsed long ago."
Uriel has always been curious about this way of sending and receiving messages. "It also uses a square ladder?"
"A two-dimensional rectangular ladder, not the kind found in Provendel or a candy store. The two-dimensional rectangular ladder can only be used to deliver text, and the mailbox capacity is not large enough. The tower ring has a fixed number, and its function is equivalent to the coordinates of the Star Gap.』
"How come I haven't heard anyone talk about it before?"
"The two-dimensional ladder is the scientific name, and astrologers still call it the mailbox. If you want, you can call it a trash can." Zhi Huan became impatient, "Hurry up and finish reading, and then start making up lessons. You have classmates to help you with your astrology class, so you can’t miss out on your training classes.” It seems that the huge difference in performance between astrology classes and training classes bothers him.
Uriel could not explain to it that the effects of magic texts and rapiers on the performance of their respective subjects were completely different. The former was just a way to understand the questions, while the latter was the process of solving the questions.
He tried to forget these worries for the time being, so he tried his best to stop the information that was flooding the screen and let it slowly fall back to the top. A shining message stands above all others, showing its own uniqueness.
"Trial of Fire"
Location: Croy Tower Great Hall (follow a series of rune coordinates)
Time: Year of the Cold Moon, Harvest Moon, seventh day of the second week, 8:40 a.m. (Uriel remembers that day is the day of repentance prescribed by the Gaia Church)
Participants: All members of Sky Tower Chloe
The name signed is Larson Gallagher, and his title "The Eye of Iron". The apprentice suddenly felt that his request for leave might be approved.
"Okay, you're done reading."
The messenger reminded him sternly, as if Uriel only needed to know the news about the trial. He quickly glanced down, and was disappointed to find that there were no more similar "glowing" letters, and the rest were just messy junk messages. The number of the ring is not difficult to guess. Most of the people who gave him these things were apprentices in the tower. Uriel couldn't help but think that some apprentices who failed to obtain graduation qualifications still had other uses.
"Let's begin." The messenger threw the sword to him.
"It's very late," Uriel said. "I'll be late tomorrow."
"It is indeed very late." Bai Zhizhi told him, "I came here in the afternoon, but the door was locked. Who do you think is the reason?"
"I guess we can find another time-"
"Morning training session. In the afternoon, I have tutoring on magic writing, but it has been suspended recently. Go to the library at night." Sauron helped, "How come I didn't know that your day is longer than other people's twenty-four hours? ’ It imitates Joey’s tone of voice so perfectly.
This bastard needs some repairs, and I think Andrew Furner's got a pretty good job with it. "I'm sorry, Bai." He began to realize that if he didn't speak clearly, it would be impossible for Joey to let him rest. "But I guess it's probably not the lack of extracurricular practice that prevented me from passing the exam...Me, I'm not as talented at fighting as I am at reading the stars."
The temperature in the air plummeted. "You mean you've already made your choice?"
"No, not yet." Uriel replied decisively.
"Where did you go this afternoon?"
"I, I go to church..." Facing the instructor's question, Uriel subconsciously said what had been swirling in his mind.
"Has your goddess summoned you?"
"He called others away." The apprentice gradually calmed down, "Ms. Bertha from the Medical Department has passed away. She is one of the few acquaintances I have in the tower. I really hope she can enjoy eternal peace in the Kingdom of God." He meant the last word.
Joey's expression clearly showed that he had never heard of this person at all, but he would not blaspheme the deceased like Andrew did. "She is the nurse who helps you with after-school therapy." His tone softened, "A Gaia believer?"
"Yes. She is a gentle lady." But her fate was ill-fated. Uriel hesitated for a moment, not yet deciding whether to tell him what happened during the day.
"What a pity." Joey didn't say much, and Uriel thought he could put the matter aside for the time being. "No wonder you brought back a lot of medicine." The young man's next words made him freeze.
The apprentice realized that he had not yet tidied up the house where Wittek was staying.
"Are you going to choose a new subject?"
"..."
After confessing what he had done, Uriel found that his mood relaxed unconsciously. The candlelight in the darkness no longer flinched, reflecting colorful spots between the frosted cracks on the floor.
"I didn't notice that your neighbor is Agatha Poirot." Joey said, "Although she was once a member of the Tower, the Public Security Bureau is under the daily management and decision-making department, which is a subordinate department of the Affairs Department and is not in Crowley. She is within the official membership range of Yi. The third ring area is the inner ring city area near the center, and the tower has been allocated for a long time... It seems that she is indeed very famous in Blumnot."
Uriel thought he would be more interested in the murder, but the messenger showed no interest. "Do you know her?" the apprentice asked.
"Back then, she uncovered seven or eight spies from various organizations in the tower."
"?"
"The relationship between the mysterious groups is very complicated." The messenger tried to send him away with one sentence, "Just like the previous divine descending incident. We had a conflict with the Glorious Council, but Daniel was finally brought back to the Holy City by Cornelius. "He said this quite clearly, but Uriel felt that he had completely missed the point.
"I mean, Miss Poirot actually caught spies from other places in the tower? How did you deal with it?"
"It depends on their status." Bai Zhizhi did not shy away from this topic. "Some will be driven away, and some will be executed on the spot."
Uriel had to speak clearly: "I mean Mademoiselle Poirot."
"Did she tell you that she had been Osvid's apprentice?"
"Well, she said that."
"This is a reward given to her by Demosis. It is said that based on her astrology results at the time, it was simply impossible to enter the Affairs Department. But the Saint believed that the Security Bureau needed someone like her."
If Uriel knew how much Agatha cared about whether her subordinates' positions were fair, he probably wouldn't be so surprised. "That's true." At this moment, the apprentice's evaluation of the detective lady was still a bit one-sided. "Yesterday she said she would reveal the truth about the murder in three days. Maybe she can do it."
The young man declined to comment. "Don't let these things affect your course. No matter what direction you choose, before you complete the basics, I suggest you stay as far away from her as possible."
"But I promised them."
"It's up to you to deal with this kind of problem."
"Ms. Bertha committed suicide. I don't think she intentionally abandoned her life." Uriel thought of her lying haggardly in the coffin. Lady Bertha was innocent, but she lived to suffer. Even if I don't believe in Lucia, I know this is not fair.
Dangdang——
The midnight bell rang, empty and low, like a night whisper by the river. "She is a member of the tower." Uriel emphasized with hope. "And Andrew Verner, the maintenance man. I don't think Croita should stay out of it."
Bai Zhishi's silence always made the interlocutor feel that seconds seemed like years. But when Uriel prayed in his heart for the third time, he relaxed. "Before the trial begins, you have to make a decision." Uriel saw the runes on Sauron's Ring suddenly flashed a few times and suddenly went out. He realized there was a sentence he had failed to write.
This request is not too much, the apprentice is just curious. "Why before the trial?" He asked his mentor, but he only received a "That's it" and the figure of Joey unscrewing the Star Gap and disappearing. The sword turned into a broad blade and remained on the floor, showing no sign of melting.
Escape from extracurricular practice should have been something worth celebrating, but Uriel couldn't fall asleep while lying on the bed. He recalled over and over whether he had revealed himself as a liar - it was easy to describe the murder and the people involved, but Uriel didn't mention the part about the Sheriff and the Nameless Man.
I've told more lies than I ever have, he rolled over and continued thinking. I wouldn't be surprised if the Tome of Oaths doesn't obey my orders tomorrow. Uriel knew that Joey might not be aware of his abnormality. After all, his introduction to occultism was completely taught by the messenger... But Joey said nothing, nor did he remind him of the risks of the fire trial. The apprentice turned over again.
It wasn't until the sky dimmed that he finally felt sleepy.
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