this……

After returning to his residence, Sean stared at the old books he had borrowed, feeling mixed emotions.

Is it possible?

More than twenty years had passed. Could what Occam had left behind still exist? Sean pondered the possibility... Actually, he had an idea the moment he first saw these values. Since he hadn't traveled far in time, the last time Occam, the fugitive from the Kserk Empire, had asked him to find a numerical code, was over twenty years ago.

It was only a month ago, and Sean still clearly remembered the decryption process in his heart. After all, it took several hours to process it.

And when he saw these digital codes for the first time today, he thought of them again...

Not counting my ability as the "Time Controller," under a normal timeline, this was something that happened more than 20 years ago. How could it still exist?

The note left by Ockham at that time was about the Great Library of the capital, not the Royal Library. However, it is not impossible that it was moved here after such a long time, but I didn't expect to encounter it by chance.

"What is this?" Frelia's voice came from behind Sean.

She walked forward and flipped through the books on the desk. This world's industry wasn't very strong. Even with the alchemists in Kserk filling in some details, they still couldn't achieve the perfect appearance Sean had remembered. The paper of the books looked very rough. Any books that were a little old were almost like dust, and would shatter with the slightest force, or even completely shatter...

"I have a lot of ideas for this book," Frelia said.

After flipping through a few pages, I found that most of the content was already missing, and almost every page was incomplete. I didn't dare to turn the pages hard enough to read a few more pages together, for fear that the slightest force would crush it.

"How can I read this kind of book?" He closed it directly, and there was a smell of moldy dusty books and rotting tree pulp.

Only the pages of the book made of a mixture of animal skins and tree pulp can be preserved for a longer time, and the rest of the pages cannot be touched.

"I just took it here to have a look out of curiosity."

"Is that so?" Frelia asked [confusedly!], her eyes seemed to reveal something fishy.

It's impossible to fool her. Frelia now knows her own character too well, and it's impossible to just get rid of it.

"Well, actually I found these things." Sean turned to the last few pages.

These numerical arrangements have not been corroded by time, and the writing materials are obviously different from those of the entire book. It is because of this that Sean suspected that this was left by someone. After recalling what Occam said back then, he felt that the thing in front of him was the information he wanted to tell him back then.

"What is this? A number."

"It's like some kind of code," Sean said.

"You found it in the royal library?"

"Yes, today I saw the curator moving these old books and said they were going to be disposed of. I was curious so I flipped through a few and found these, so I brought them here."

Frelia is also a well-informed witch. When she was studying in the Wizard Tower of the Bashalan Empire, she had heard about some strange stories in various places, and she was particularly impressed by those that were more unique.

"I remember my instructor gave us a similar project back then. I was still an apprentice back then, and he would assign us some tasks every day... This kind of numerical arrangement used to appear frequently in our classes, mostly asking us to find the knowledge hidden in the magic books and analyze the problems at hand."

I have to say that Frelia is really a knowledgeable and insightful person. If she continues to stay in the Bashalan Empire, perhaps she will even surpass Ignia's mentor Ash in knowledge in a short time. Just these few simple sentences actually described the scene when she was looking for answers at that time in an extremely similar way.

"This kind of thing would be easy to check if there was a designated location, but if there's nothing there, just a set of numbers, it's probably useless, absolutely useless," Frelia said affirmatively.

Looking at this string of numbers, Sean felt sorry again.

It would be great if we could find what Occam left behind. After all, more than 20 years have passed and no one seems to have heard of that thing... Even in the current capital of Xerxes, there are no super-powerful people like Meredith. This means that the Book of the Dead has never appeared publicly in these years, or at least the power of the ancient gods has not been used by them, otherwise it should not be just like this.

Therefore, Sean concluded that those things should still be there, even though they had not been mentioned or found for more than 20 years. After all, it only took a few days to get from the swamp town to the capital of Xerxes. They would not have had the chance to find them in such a short time. You know, Occam was locked in the basement for a whole month without saying a word.

Later, with the disappearance of the omniscient Meredith, no one tracked down these things!

Yes, that's how the story should go.

"At least we can go and take a look..." Sean suddenly said after figuring it out.

"Where are you going?"

“Go where you’re likely to find it.”

……………………

As night fell, an owl flew over the sky near the imperial city with a mouse in its mouth. Even if the imperial city guards were well guarded, they would not be able to discover such a secret magic.

[Beast Control~] and [Mind Vision~] are truly one of the most practical skills of Sean and Lucille. No matter when, they can pass through places without magical interference silently.

Sean carefully controlled the two beasts to fly over the imperial city and into the city near the library.

Owls have night vision, while mice are more suitable for searching with hands and even have a special sharpness and insight in their field of vision. Compared with many animals, these two are the most special... Now Sean finally understands why Lucille always likes to bring her crow with her. At critical moments, it is indeed the best way to spy on intelligence.

The location of Metropolitan Library is close to the location of this city college.

Sean felt that if there was a specific location, the most likely one would be the Tai Library outside, not the Royal Library... Occam had to make sure these things could not be moved and could be preserved for a long time. Otherwise, with the flow of people coming and going in the large library, they might be found one day.

Therefore, I think the designated location must be outside!

He controlled the owl to stop at the dome-shaped building... He put down the magic on one side and let the mouse guide his vision as it quietly crawled in through the vent.

While looking at the numbers on his hand, he controlled the mouse to look carefully.

Bookshelf, or books...

Any place could be the location of Occam's hidden information.