Chapter 127 Louisa Giles

Seven fingers are neatly placed in the box, covered with icing-like ice crystals. You can feel the coldness of the surface just by getting close.

Everyone: “!”

"What's this?!"

Heda subconsciously stretched out her hand, but was so cold that she quickly retracted it: "It's so cold!"

Bell's anxiety was still on his face. He forced his eyes away, looking a little embarrassed: "...Who did you kill?"

"No, it was Joe Rodney's finger."

Edith responded simply, putting a protective shield on her glove and accurately picking out the index finger of her right hand.

If the magic power in this finger is not enough, she has six other spare ones.

"...Your waiting at the end of the game was not for Joe to reveal a flaw, but to get his finger in a reasonable way?" Tuttle asked with difficulty.

He thought everyone came here without any preparation this time.

Even the usually calm Lin Qi couldn't help but complain: "It feels like the classmate said before the exam that he didn't review, but ended up getting first place."

Amy was the only one who was not in the right state.

His eyes lit up: "Wow, can you let me see it?"

He was completely attracted by the exquisite magic circle in the box.

Edith had no place to put the box, so she handed it to him. Amy was very serious about matters involving magic circles, and she didn't blink at all, carefully observing the thing in her hand.

"...Goddess." He couldn't help but sigh, "This is too..."

Such a small box can realize such a complex magic array, not only taking into account portability and functionality, but also the outer layer is thoughtfully isolated to prevent the cold air inside from being transmitted to the outside.

It can hardly be called a practical object, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a work of art.

Edith had already walked to the front of the stone door at this time. She imitated Duke Eddie's action and pressed the severed finger into the stone groove. At the same time, she injected magic power into the port, forcing out the last bit of magic power remaining at the tip of Joe's finger.

The door opened.

"...Joe's position in the family, no, it should be said that the position of the Rodney family in Duke Eddie's heart is higher than I thought."

Edith sighed softly.

An ordinary earl's heir actually obtained such authority in this matter.

Heda, who was standing at the back, was confused. He took two steps forward before he could see the door clearly. "So the two people didn't disappear suddenly, but after the door was opened, the scene in front of the door in other people's eyes automatically changed?"

"It should be." You can see the door as you get closer.

Edith took two tentative steps inside, and let the tip of her wand light up a little, just enough to illuminate the area in front of her. After confirming that there were no traps, she held her fingers and let everyone follow her into the door.

The stone door closed behind them. The pure darkness did not last long. Less than a minute after they walked, a glimmer of light appeared in front of them.

Edith cut off the magic power supply from the wand, dimmed the light, and stood at the junction of light and darkness to observe. This was a fork in the road, and judging from the residual magic power from the light that had just been lit, Duke Eddie was heading to the right.

"It's not hard to guess, but here..."

——Why are there so many forks in the road?

Magic lamps were lined up. There was one lamp every two steps, burning tirelessly. Five different roads branched out from her eyes, leading to various corners. There were obviously other branches in those passages that were lit but still had unclear ends. Such dense passages ensured that every road was paved flat and clean, and even the walls on both sides that did not need to be decorated were polished to be extremely smooth.

The people behind also came forward and saw this spectacular underground maze clearly.

"sky......"

"What on earth is this..."

Edith heard exclamations one after another. She was also shocked in her heart, not because of the grandeur in front of her, but because of the meaning behind it.

"A magic lamp like this can last for about five days if it burns all day." She checked the lamp above her head, "That means that every five days, someone will come and inject new magic into it."

With so many channels and so many lights, the number of people and magic power required to complete them in a short period of time is astonishing.

"Not only that, although building a passage is an easy task, building it so exquisitely has a different meaning." Tuttle continued, "The person who organized it must have superhuman financial resources and connections, and he also plans to use it for a long time - and."

He paused suddenly, feeling the dryness in his throat, and said slowly: "Does anyone of you realize that there is a secret passage under your house?"

Edith understood what he meant immediately: "Maybe there is a fork in the road that leads to everyone's house, which means that some things may have happened a long time ago."

Amy's expression was unusually serious: "...If there is actually such a huge tunnel under the capital, then what about the queen?"

"How could the royal family not notice anything?"

"Instead of asking the royal family about their attitude, why not ask your aunt?" Bell said solemnly, "If the royal family doesn't know, then this matter is terrible. If the royal family knows... Tsk, why does it feel even worse?"

"Now is not the time to discuss this." Although Edith also had doubts, she still interrupted everyone's conversation, "Duke Eddie is about to leave my perception range. We must catch up now."

There is still time to explore here. If what Duke Eddie intends to do is not stopped, it may lead to greater consequences.

Everyone quickly calmed down and followed Edith to the path on the far right. This path was wide enough for two people to walk side by side, but it was still a bit cramped for this team of seven.

"I'll have to come back next time..." Edith thought, and suddenly remembered that the "key" leading to here was still in Amy's hand. She turned around and asked, "Where's Joe's finger?"

"Here."

Amy waved her hand, walked quickly to the position next to Edith, and handed the box to her. Edith put it away, and seeing that she had no intention of leaving, and even looked like she wanted to say something but hesitated, she tilted her head in confusion: "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I'm just a little curious - who on earth has so much free time?"

Amy seemed to be holding it in for a long time, and pointed to where Edith had just put the box, "Who designed that box?"

"Is there any problem?" Edith did not respond directly, but asked again, "The designer is wrong?"

She wondered if Shelly had implanted something inside it to monitor vital signs again.

"No, I just find it strange." Amy shrugged. "Since the severed finger has been enchanted to maintain it, there is no need to design a magic circle for the box. The magic circles inside and outside do make it light and not cold, and can also reduce vibration, making it convenient to carry while running or jumping."

But is it necessary?

"The main purpose of these steps seems to be to make the user more comfortable..." He hesitated, "but the effort is much greater than the enjoyment. Besides, I dare not imagine how much engineering work is required to stuff it into such a small box."

"Does the other party have any leverage in your hands?"

Edith was startled.

She knew more about magic circles than Amy, so she naturally knew the subtlety of the box, but she had never thought about it so deeply.

Xie Li gave it to her, she accepted it, and said it was amazing, that's all.

It seemed that she had always been accustomed to Shelly presenting the best things, so that she subconsciously thought that "this is how it should be" - Shelly was such a perfectionist and he paid so much attention to details.

But if you think about it carefully, Xie Liyong's wand is even the one he bought for him six years ago. Although it is the best one displayed in the wand shop at that time, it is not suitable for him because it has not been customized and no more and better rare materials have been added.

After so many years, Shelly should have saved a lot of money, but it seems that he never thought about replacing it.

"...Yeah, why are you sometimes meticulous and sometimes casual?"

Amy didn't hear what Edith muttered, and hummed in confusion, but she didn't expect the other party to immediately withdraw and return to normal: "It's okay, just a friend, no handle."

"That must be a very good friend." Amy thought.

"What? You have friends in the capital that I don't know?!" Heda tried to lower her voice, but her emotions were still surging. She pushed to the front and forcibly pulled Amy behind her, "And they are still good friends? I don't accept it! Pull them over and let's see!"

Edith laughed: "There will definitely be a chance."

I hope that Heda, who is extremely afraid of the teacher, can be as tough as she is now.

The group half walked and half ran, and finally reached a position where they could vaguely see Duke Eddie again. Edith slowed down, moving forward at a constant speed to ensure that there were two bright spots at the end of her field of vision: "It's too narrow here, there's no place to hide, we can only move a little further away."

Duke Eddie suddenly disappeared around a corner.

Everyone immediately started running, rushed to the fork in the road, and walked diagonally downward under Edith's guidance. The passage was very long, and after walking for a long time, they finally saw the two people stopping at the end.

Edith looked down at her watch. "We've been walking for almost two hours."

Including their previous consumption, they still had three hours to explore.

"I hope Hope can move faster." Tuttle completely discarded his usual respect and called out Duke Eddie's real name directly, "It would be best if his problem could be resolved within an hour."

The few of them were getting closer and closer. There happened to be a fork in the road, so Edith led everyone in and only stuck her head out to observe the situation.

Hedda's head popped out from under her neck and asked in a whisper, "Why is the door so hard to get in this time?"

"Maybe there are too many locks?" Mu Lin responded weakly.

"No, it's not." Edith concentrated. "The door in the passage is open."

"What they are breaking down now is another door. A door that doesn't belong to them."

So, whose secret room is this?

......

In front of the door, Duke Eddie endured the headache and finally unlocked the last line of defense on the door and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Finally...it's really hard to remember the arrangement of these ancient spells."

As he thought so, he looked at the butler beside him who was frantically looking for notes, and said calmly; "It's over."

"Ah? Oh, oh oh." The butler touched his head, took the initiative to open the heavy door, and invited Duke Eddie in with a professional attitude.

"...That's more like it."

He relaxed his expression and walked closer. In front of him, a huge coffin was parked on a wide open space. The gravekeeper was sleeping soundly beside it.

His hand rested on the coffin lid, hiding the words "LOUISA GILES" underneath.