Chapter 136 "I know the password to the secret room left by Louisa"

"Would you like me to help check it out?" Tuttle seemed particularly enthusiastic at this moment. "You feel that you are not familiar with the other party, so there is definitely something wrong with his attitude. I don't know what he is planning behind the scenes."

"Professor Scott definitely thinks highly of you." Amy nodded vigorously to express her opinion. "At least my aunt is definitely not that sad when I die."

"What will she do then?" Heda's thoughts suddenly wandered.

"I'll immediately go to the side branches and pick a suitable replacement." Amy was not sure, "At worst, I'll go to the crying side and pick one up."

Edith: "…your family's connections are truly amazing"

She made a few lies to make everyone believe that there would be no problem with her, and then she sent them away in a hurry and went to Dean Keith's laboratory to work overtime.

She felt that what everyone said made sense, and that properly consolidating the relationship with the teacher would help her in her daily running around. Dean Keith was not there, so she sorted out everything, glanced at the spell formula left on the paper by the other party, and casually left her thoughts on the draft paper.

Try to show your value.

She yawned and returned to the dormitory just before curfew. It was not peaceful outside the window tonight. Perhaps frightened by the chaos last night, the number of patrol teachers increased by nearly double.

The teacher was forced to work overtime. Edith apologized silently, put on her earmuffs and fell asleep peacefully.

......

the next day.

There were only classes in the morning that day. After finishing the Charms class, Edith waved her hand and rejected everyone's proposal to continue the discussion from last night: "We can't let messy things disrupt our daily routine. You should prepare for the exam first."

There are less than two weeks left until the final exams.

When Heda heard this, his head drooped: "No——"

We could eat something and drink tea during the discussion, just like at a tea party, but preparing for the exam was really painful.

Bell asked Edith about her plan and learned that she planned to work as an assistant to the dean. He took the initiative to drag Hedda away, who was full of resistance. When the people around her left, Edith finally had time to plan her own things.

In the morning Charms class, she stayed behind to help the teacher move things, and successfully sneaked into the Charms teacher's office and copied the third-year Charms Academy timetable.

The afternoon was free and she had plenty of time to look for Langman.

Langman has a practical class in the afternoon, which lasts only one hour and is located in the dense forest of the college.

When Edith rushed over, she happened to see the man arguing with the guard: "I just want to go in and recite the book!"

The man was holding a thick History of Magic in his hand, and his glasses had slipped down to the side of his nose, making him look a little funny. "I was able to get in before, why not today?"

"Third grade students are doing practice here today." The guard remained unmoved, blocking the door tightly and not moving. "It's dangerous inside, we can't let outsiders in without permission."

"I didn't break in!" the man insisted. "The forest is very big. I've checked it out. The Charms class only occupies a small corner in the east. I can stay in the west."

"no."

"Why?"

"The academy has newly introduced a sound-eating bird. It lives in the westernmost part. It is aggressive towards strangers and cannot be entered without a teacher." The guard said meticulously, "Please go back."

The man turned around dejectedly, and unexpectedly saw Edith coming. He waved his hand and said, "Let's go. You are not allowed to enter here today."

Edith shrugged and walked around him towards the guards: "Can't release anyone?"

The guard looked her up and down, his eyes finally fell on the three golden badges on Edith's cloak, and paused for a moment: "...What are you going to do?"

"Memorize." Edith said calmly.

The guard nodded and moved aside to make room for one person. "You can only stay in the small area on the westernmost side. Don't go forward or backward, or the patrol teacher will have the right to ask you to leave."

Edith nodded her thanks.

The rejected student's eyes widened immediately: "Why?"

"She didn't even bring a book!"

Edith had already walked several steps inside and responded loudly: "I'll recite it silently!"

The guard turned around and said to the student seriously, "She recited silently."

student:"......"

Student: “Why?”

The guard still looked serious, counting on his fingers and saying, "She has three gold badges, one for being the top of the grade, one for the dean's assistant, and one that I can't recognize, but it should also be related to the college."

"With all those badges, what she said must be true."

Edith couldn't help but glance down at her collar.

There, where there was a badge in the previous life, there were now three of them. The workmanship was not as exquisite as the ones in the previous life, but they were polished and smooth, and there were many of them, and they sparkled when placed together.

No wonder there are no blind provocations when I walk on the street now.

When she was still a Gary researcher, after she took off the chief researcher badge at the ball, she felt that everyone was staring at it. All the power and honor were concentrated on this small piece of metal. Once it was taken off, it would be easily drowned out even if she stood in the crowd.

It's amazing.

In this way, the so-called titles of duke and earl are nothing more than an invisible but more shining badge. It does not need to exist, and just a few words can make people stay away.

In other words, as long as he takes off this title, he is no different from ordinary people.

......Speaking of which, when did Duke Eddie become the Duke?

On the roadside, the student was nailed to the spot by the guard's words. He looked at the badge on Edith's collar, and the redness on his face faded, gradually turning pale and bloodless.

He recognized Edith's face.

Indeed, if it was her...

He didn't know what to say. He looked at Edith, whose steps were gradually slowing down, and took a long time to add a sentence: "But the reason you just rejected me also included the croaking birds! You said they are aggressive and you shouldn't let her go for safety reasons."

As soon as the words fell, a piece of thumb appeared out of thin air, pierced through the clouds at an extremely fast speed, and landed on Edith's fingertips while chirping.

"Damn it!" Edith quickly shook her hand off, but the thing held her finger tightly and did not move. From a distance, it looked like she had a sixth finger, but only if you looked closely could you find the fine fuzzy texture between the fingerprints.

It's a sound-eating bird.

Yes...it seems to be the same one as last time!

Edith wanted to sigh, but fearing retaliation, she forced herself to look happy and said, "Hello, nice to see you again."

Although the tone seemed extremely hypocritical but gentle in her eyes, it was extremely terrifying to the guards and students.

The student was completely stunned, and the book in his hand unconsciously slipped to the ground. The guard was more shocked than him. He had been guarding here since the thing appeared, and he knew the strange temper of the sound-eating bird. Not only did Edith not get swallowed by the sound when she entered, but she even held one in her palm.

...Is that right? Was the training about staying away from them a lie?

And it sounds like the man and the bird know each other...

Edith had no idea of ​​the turbulent emotions in people's hearts. She spent a "pleasant" hour with the bird-eater.

The other party seemed to like her very much, and this time it showed much less aggression, with only its claws still a bit irritating. At the end of the interaction, it even led Edith deep into the forest and jumped into a tree hole in front of her.

"Is this your home?" Edith raised her eyebrows and took a closer look. "It's a good location."

It is easy to escape in the deep forest, and it is easy to be ignored if it stays here on a daily basis. Over time, even the caretaker will get used to its disappearance.

After that, the sound-eating bird can enter and leave the college freely.

The bird seemed to like her praise very much. It took her finger to the edge of the nest and rubbed it gently with its head.

Edith somehow felt that she understood its meaning.

",,,,,,,You mean, I'm welcome to come to you, right?"

The bird-eater pecked her.

"Pain - sorry, that is, you allow me to come to you, but whether you come out or not is another matter." Edith changed her words in a second. These words seemed to hit the heart of the bird, and it shook its feathers in satisfaction and stopped torturing her fingers.

Edith took the opportunity to leave the West.

According to what she had heard, after the practical class, Langman, who loved learning, would most likely stay to continue practicing, and his departure time was uncertain. She couldn't squat at the door all the time, so she could only take the initiative to go to the venue to find him.

I didn't expect the timing to be just right.

When Edith arrived, Langman's class had just announced the end of get out of class and many people had dispersed. The flaxen-haired boy was talking to someone next to him with his head tilted to one side, and judging by his lip movements, he was probably inviting someone to get in touch together.

Someone had already noticed Edith's presence, so she simply stopped hiding and coughed, attracting almost everyone's attention.

"Can we chat?" She said directly to Langman without adding any name.

There was silence at first, and then a heated discussion broke out.

"Goddess, it's Edith Langman!" His friend beside him shook his shoulder excitedly, "The celebrity has come to you on his own initiative!"

Langman was already confused, and was even more dizzy after being shaken like this, and he tried to stop her. But just a few seconds later, a brave man stood up and yelled at Edith: "What are you doing here, freshman!"

"Come to me, do you have any questions?"

Before Edith could explain anything, Langman threw off his friend's shackles, took the initiative to open his mouth, and said in an unfriendly tone, "You're in the way."

In order to avoid causing greater disturbances, he took Edith's hand and led his men to the north of the forest amid the booing behind them.

"Go two steps further in." Edith didn't expect that this place was not remote enough. "I feel like someone might hear us."

"......What on earth do you want to talk to me about?" This attitude made Langman curious, "I thought it would be difficult for us to have any intersection again."

He obediently took a few more steps inside and asked, "Is it ok now?"

Edith nodded reluctantly and held up a soundproof shield with her hands: "Probably."

"I hope the news you bring is worthy of this level of confidentiality."

Langman knew that she must have something to ask him, so he didn't say much and went straight to the point: "You came to see me... because of Louisa?"

Edith raised her eyebrows in surprise: "You knew?"

"I guessed. After all, we don't have any more interactions." He shrugged with an unfathomable expression, pretending not to care. "Why, did you read something you didn't understand in the biography?"

Edith was silent.

He looked at the other person's expression, which showed that he didn't care and even wanted to leave quickly, and spoke softly.

"I know the password to the secret room that Louisa left behind."

Langman's calmness froze on his face.