Uriel met Gisin on the stairs.
"It's not easy to meet you." It was the other person who spoke first. "Have you not told the tutor your answer yet?"
Maybe it was the recent murder that made me nervous, but Uriel found that he was subconsciously judging the emotions in his classmates' words. "I just haven't made up my mind yet," he said in a melancholy tone.
"I wish you good luck." Dua was about to pass him by. Uriel felt that he was about to ask - something about the trial. But at this time, Gissing still turned around first, as if it was not Uriel who could sense his voice but the future astrologer. "I heard that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to let you attend the trial instead of Bai Zhizhi. What are your plans? This is not an easy decision."
"Replacing the White Envoy?" Uriel caught the key. "Why should you replace him?" It's not like Joey can't come back in time. As far as the apprentice knows, there is no journey that the commander who holds the key to the Star Gap cannot skip.
"He generally does not attend meetings and events other than Destiny rallies."
"I remember he was the foreign minister."
"Yes, but there is also a deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." Gissing said, "You may not know about this... His Excellency Dean Rubin, the Blue Envoy, has an unusual relationship with the Commander-in-Chief."
"You won't be a friendly friend, right?" Uriel was still very confident in his mentor's communication skills.
"The Commander-in-Chief rarely returns to the headquarters. The affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are almost always handled by Mr. Rubin. He believes that he should be given a status consistent with his responsibilities. Of course, Mr. Rubin does perform his duties. At least it is difficult for the Affairs Department to start from his position. Finding faults at work.”
"The Bai Zhizhi is also very dedicated." This is not a lie.
"That's the problem." Jixin told him in a low voice. "Every year, the Fire Trial is almost always presided over by His Excellency the Blue Envoy, but this time His Excellency the 'Eye of Ain' invited the White Envoy."
"But the instructor said he won't attend-" Uriel understood immediately, and his expression froze.
Dewar patted him on the shoulder. "Good luck to you, man. When the trial is over, I'm going home. I need to make it clear to Minnie."
The apprentice couldn't get a word in this kind of thing. "The same to you."
When Uriel went downstairs, someone blocked his way again.
"Long time no see." Xiao sighed.
"You're not the first person to say that." As Gissin Duva walked up, they must have never met.
"Tomorrow is the fire trial. Have you chosen the direction of your studies?"
What's the relationship between the two? "No, not yet." Why does everyone care about my career leanings? Well, that's actually not a bad thing. As for the trial of fire, it's not something I have to worry about.
He suddenly realized that he still needed to ask Mr. Larsen for leave, if he could really agree to it. Thinking of this, Uriel turned back and went up again.
"I thought you were going to the restaurant." Xiao was surprised.
"I remembered there was still something to do." He could only speak vaguely.
The stairs in the tower are long and monotonous, and the patterns on the stone walls are complex and chaotic. The higher the floor, the fewer people there are. They didn't meet anyone again, and Shaw talked to him again about what happened to Chloe. Uriel had no desire to communicate, so he was very pleased that his classmates took the initiative to break the silence. The only unpleasant thing is that Xiao's voice is embarrassingly loud.
His voice echoed in the corridor. "Many people I know want to enter the Logistics Department, where the work is the easiest and there are the most mysterious careers to choose from."
"Choose a mysterious profession?"
"After becoming a mysterious creature, you have to change jobs with your mentor."
I've changed jobs. "I mean, what does this have to do with the Logistics Division?"
"I forgot that you don't understand the specific situation: each department has requirements for members' mysterious occupations. Of course, if the mentor's occupation does not match the department, the tower will provide relevant career planning."
"You call this career planning?"
"We have never changed jobs." Xiao replied, "Even the specific content of the Fire Trial can only be known to graduates. And no graduates will share their experience with us. I suspect Croita made them swear to keep it secret. "
It seems that absence is inevitable. The apprentice was satisfied with his mysterious profession and never thought of changing it. He didn't even want to participate in the Fire Trial. "What are the requirements for the astronomy room?"
"Astrologers, astrological scholars, witches, cryptic sorcerers, and even spell wizards are all fine. Of course, the most common ones are astrologers."
"How strange." The apprentice muttered to himself, "None of them are similar to my profession. Why does Mr. Oswald want me to go to the astronomy room? Talent does not mean a profession."
…
It was an unwise question to ask Mr. Oswald, and Uriel quickly put the question behind him. He began to think of excuses. If Mr. Larsen was to agree that my absence would be inconspicuous, an excuse would have to be found that would be good enough to anyone.
He was so absorbed in his thoughts that he forgot all about the murder of Bloomnotrie. Until Xiao talked about it: "Have you heard? News from the medical department."
"What's going on?" The apprentice didn't respond.
"A nurse, Bertha Verner, committed suicide."
Uriel seemed to have been struck by a sword in the chest. "I know this." He spoke the difficult words. I can't believe this has actually spread.
"She is the wife of maintenance master Andrew Furner. Some people have said before that they are not getting along as a couple and always quarrel. However, the maintenance master still loves his wife very much when he is not quarreling." Xiao's voice echoed in the stairwell, as if Be amazed and excited about it. The apprentice just wanted to cover his ears. "No one thought she would commit suicide. It was later said that Ms. Bertha was caught by Andrew during a one-night stand, so she felt guilty and sought death."
"Maybe." Uriel replied.
"She is a believer in Gaia. I really didn't expect that she would do something like this."
"Many people claim to be followers of Gaia." As soon as he spoke, he felt annoyed at his own weakness.
"That's true. I am an infidel, and Mr. Oswide thinks this is very bad. He has made it clear that I will not go to the astronomy room." Xiao adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose. "But to be honest, I prefer the Ministry of Education myself. What good is an astrologer? Observing the stars can only turn a person into an owl that lies awake day and night. I can't stand this kind of life. I really hope that next year The company can approve my application."
"It's good for your spirit." Uriel agreed against his will. The apprentices in the tower are fighting to get into the astronomy room. Although the Affairs Department has a lot of power, most members will lose the opportunity to go further on the mysterious path.
Moreover, the Ministry of Education is the direct department of all tower mystics who have apprentices - of course, these mentors are classified into their own categories - responsible for arranging courses and classrooms for all tower apprentices, as well as many trivial matters. It's hard to say that its members will have free time, but the treatment is still good. Uriel heard that mentors were even allowed to intercept alchemical potions distributed to apprentices. These days he has learned that things related to the occult are very valuable.
No matter what, I will never stay in the Ministry of Education to teach apprentices. He thought to himself, that kind of life is not what I want. What's more, he will not forget the advice Witek gave him: avoid the trial of fire. If he was to stay in the Tower, there was no room for it. Uriel suddenly realized that he had too many reasons to refuse to become an astrologer.
"There have been a lot of things happening in the city recently, and the church almost came into conflict with the Ministry of Public Security." Xiao was still chatting, "You must know, Uriel, I know you love reading newspapers the most."
"I've been very busy recently."
"It is said that Lady Bertha's lover was hanged in the church as a mockery of her faith. Do you think it was Andrew's doing? He loved her so much but had a bad temper. A man who is mad with anger will do anything. come out."
"I don't think that's her lover." Uriel knew very well that Bowman came to Verner's house to collect Hobson's debt. "Andrew doesn't love her either."
"She must be scared." The apprentice said the previous sentence so quietly that Xiao didn't hear it. "Andrew would not tolerate the betrayal of his lover, but he could not do anything to his wife, so he had to kill the lover to vent his anger. As a result, Bertha was afraid that Andrew would kill her too, so she drank poison and died."
"That's just speculation on your part." And it's pretty outrageous. After learning about Bowman's whereabouts in recent days, Agatha certainly would not forget to investigate the situation of the people involved. The Sheriff's Department has determined that Andrew was on duty in the Tower Maintenance Department on the night of the murder. Unless he had Joey's key, he couldn't have killed Bowman.
"Maybe, after all, I was not at the scene." Xiao said, "It seems that a priest died that night. The Gaia Church lost face, and the believers even went to the scene of the murder to protest. The Affairs Department convened an emergency meeting for this purpose."
"Is the Affairs Department going to intervene?" The apprentice couldn't help but become nervous. You must know that this murder also involves the unknown person. Whitaker can deceive Agatha, but he certainly cannot deceive the mysterious person in the tower. The church has magic to detect demons, and the method Chloe used in the fire trial may be more sensitive. "Does the tower also need to intervene?"
"How could Gaota be involved?" Xiao was surprised. "This is just a trivial matter for mortals and has nothing to do with us."
"This is not irrelevant at all." The apprentice couldn't help but interrupt him. "Both the murderer and the deceased are mysterious creatures."
"Of course that's true. But Sky Island is not land. It's full of mysterious creatures." The glasses apprentice corrected his cognitive difference, "And Chloe's mystic is essentially different from other mysterious creatures. As for affairs They are responsible for managing Blumnot." His analysis was clear and logical. "The Gaia Church is on the one hand, and there are also Ms. Bertha and Mr. Andrew. After all, they are members of the Tower... This makes the Secretary of Affairs feel ashamed."
Uriel found himself unable to concentrate on making excuses. "What are they going to do?"
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