Shade did not stay long at Mr. Edmond's, and left before supper. When he got home, he was still wondering whether the water ghost pheromones on his body would be smelled by Mia. The fact is that before Shade finished taking a bath again, little Mia was avoiding Shade like she was avoiding stinky salted fish.
The following Saturday, Shade still failed to receive a letter from the pharmacist from the Green Lake Hotel. If she hadn't still asked someone to send a message to Xia De to wait, Xia De would have even thought about trying to find her by himself.
Saturday was the time for the team meeting, so apart from going to the Green Lake Hotel in the morning to inquire about the situation, Shade had no other travel plans. After returning from Green Lake, he spent the whole morning writing his book report at home. He took Mia for lunch and then went to the doctor's clinic.
When he met Priest August, he thought about the unsolved matter of "Angel Finger Bones" in the Green Lake area. The tomb robbers who sold those angel finger bones to Haila Oxenfurt's father were from Michaela Blast Furnace City, but now Shade has no clue about this, after all, he really knows nothing about those group of tomb robbers.
On the 12th day of the Sowing Month, spring has finally arrived. Each week you meet the rest of the group, everyone's clothing will change. On this afternoon, the doctor wearing a dark blue long-sleeved shirt talked with the other four people in the group about his recent plans to organize a group activity:
"Yes, the five of us act together. Since Shade joined our group, except for the time at Lakeview Manor, we have rarely carried out group activities."
The doctor distributed the paper in his hand to the four people. This is the college's reward order:
"Don't worry, it's not a big deal, and I'm not asking you to attend the banquet at Lakeview Manor again. Compared with last year when Shade was away, the strength of our team has been greatly improved. It can even be said that the Tobesk region , the strongest correspondence group of ring magicians. This time I accepted a bounty related to our area from the academy, and you will definitely be satisfied with the reward."
Shade took the document from the doctor and placed it on the cat taking a nap on his lap:
"Next Thursday there will be a steam train bringing a coffin from the south. Let us pick it up at the train station at night and protect it before dawn?" He scanned the document in surprise:
"It says here that the information on the coffin involves top-secret information of the academy. We won't know until Thursday evening. This is really new. Even after accepting the mission, we didn't explain what the situation was."
"This type of mission to help the academy pick up and deliver goods is rare, but once it appears, it means rich rewards. Of course, the risks cannot be underestimated. The mission description says that in addition to the dangers of the coffin itself, it must be tracked carefully A ring wizard who comes from a coffin."
The doctor simply introduced:
"The coffin seems to have been shipped from overseas. My acquaintances in St. Byrons said that this thing is very important. Unless it is a special period, the high-level magicians of the academy cannot enter a big city like Tobesk at will, and the academy also We don’t want the church to know that we brought such a dangerous thing to Tobesk, so this task does not fall on the shoulders of the correspondence students.”
"It sounds like it's no small matter. What will happen to the coffin in the future?" Priest August asked curiously.
"We will protect you until dawn, and then someone else will take over and transport them out of Tobesk. After that, it will have nothing to do with us." The doctor obviously inquired in detail:
"The people who came to pick up the goods were not people from the academy, but high-level sorcerers from other sorcerer groups that cooperated with the academy. As long as we wait until the other party comes, anything that happens after that will have nothing to do with us."
"This mission sounds pretty good. It reminds me of the mission we took on in the winter of 1852 to protect a sage-level creation. Later, I remembered that I hid the relic on the third floor of the Prophet Association, outside the president's office. In the comments mailbox, we can free our hands to deal with the greedy guys who are attracted. There should be no way to hide the coffin this time. "
Luvia commented, tossing a coin for a simple divination:
"Fate tells me that it doesn't look very dangerous. The reward for this mission is...cash, credits and a Keeper-level relic?" "What relic?"
The blonde writer looked at her hands
The file asked, then turned to the last page:
"Oh, it turns out it was written at the end. The Keeper-level relic [Mind Mirror]? Doctor, this sounds like a good fit for you."
"Yes, this is very important to me. After the mission is over, this relic belongs to me, and I will compensate you. How about it, do you want to participate?" The doctor asked everyone eagerly, and Shade thought for a moment:
"I should have nothing to do on Thursday night. I can participate." "Can you estimate how strong the strongest enemy is?"
The old priest did not give an immediate answer, but asked a sound question.
"At most, it's the middle level. The probability of a high level is very small, and the academy will give us a batch of supplies to help us complete the mission... If the supplies are not used up, there is no need to return them."
The doctor said, and Priest Augustus smiled and nodded:
"Originally I was going to attend a dinner party, but I can turn it down. No problem, I will attend. I will prepare a batch of potions that I can use in advance."
"It's okay for me. It's good to participate in group activities occasionally. This helps to strengthen cohesion. After I was promoted to the middle ring, I haven't seriously dealt with the battle of the ring warlock. This opportunity is very good."
Dorothy also said that of course Luvia said she was fine.
"Well, more specific news will be given to you later. Everyone will gather at my place next Thursday afternoon, and then go to the Tobesk train station together. Yes, it is the same road where Shade was shot last summer. street."
"Doctor, you can actually use other landmarks to indicate the location." Shade said helplessly while touching little Mia.
In the group meeting that afternoon, in addition to this matter, the doctor mentioned the summer exam week as usual.
Although it may seem like only a short time has passed since the winter exam week, in fact it is already the middle of April. According to the tradition of summer exams in July and August every year, more than half of the first half of the school year has passed.
"Has it been so long?" Luvia asked in surprise:
"I thought it was just the beginning of the school year."
"Don't always rush to review in June." The blue-eyed psychiatrist shook his head:
"Take care of those elective courses, just like preparing the final thesis. Our group's grades last winter were pretty good. I don't want anyone to say that they may have failed after the summer exams. However, after all, they are two students. Three months later, there haven’t been any major events at the academy recently. It’s just that during the co-investigation of the city riding competition, the notice of the foreign ring warlock visiting the local area has just been sent, and I don’t know what the academy wants to investigate.”
"Probably the Mirror Association."
said the priest Augustus, wiping his pipe, and the doctor asked again:
"Priest, after the people from the Mirror Association were caught, has the [Faceless Man] been taken into custody?"
"No, this humanoid relic left the local area on its own initiative and is now wandering in the wild. It should soon complete its self-containment. This has nothing to do with us."
It was Luvia who gave the answer:
"But there is no news about another suspected unknowable (level 0) relic. [If] came to this city by himself and has nothing to do with the Mirror Association, and I don't know where it is now."
"The unknowable relics are too far away from us, so let's talk about the Mirror Association. Speaking of which, they and I have a history."
The doctor said something very surprising in a casual tone. Priest August stopped wiping his pipe, Luvia put down the coin in her hand, Dorothy, who was leaning on the sofa, sat upright, and Shade also took his hands away from Mia.
The doctor didn't expect everyone to have such a big reaction. He asked doubtfully: "Didn't I mention it before?"
"No."
The blond female writer with the second most seniority in the group shook her head:
"That must have happened before I joined the group, right? I haven't heard you mention it." "Doctor, tell us what it was."
Xia De then encouraged:
"Maybe we will meet again
People from the Mirror Society, tell us your story and theirs. "Yes, Bill, let's hear your story too."
Priest August also urged.
So Bill Schneider nodded and said rather sadly:
"It was probably more than ten years ago. I have forgotten the specific time. At that time, I went to... deal with a very dangerous ancient creature." He winked at Shade. It was obviously a doctor who went to hunt down and devour One of the demons.
"Not locally, but in a small town northeast of Delarian. At that time, the Mirror Association also took a fancy to that dangerous ancient evil thing, but unlike me who wanted to kill it, the Mirror Association wanted to seal it with a mirror. "
The doctor also explained to everyone about the Mirror Association:
"They possess an angelic (level 1) relic, the ancient mirror Fasha's Cursed Mirror]. That mirror can seal non-humanoid creatures and use the mirror to release their mirror images to fight. It is a very practical relic. Mirror Association It is only because of the Mirror Hidden Man of the Thirteen Rings and this mirror that they can operate as an illegal ring warlock organization in the Old Continent for a long time in such a peaceful era. Otherwise, they would be like the [Blood Spirit School] who was forced to flee to the New World. .”
The ability of this mirror reminded Shade of the card he brought out from [The Past and the Sixth Age]. "Doctor, weren't the enemies you met back then very strong?"
Dorothy asked with great interest, and the doctor nodded:
"Needless to say, I met a high-level warlock, two middle-level warlocks, and a pair of twin brothers with strange abilities in the small town." Upon hearing "twins", Shade instinctively paid attention.
