Chapter 102: Tracing the Prophecy (3) Thank goodness! Her Majesty the Queen will be fine...
Si Ling and Xuan Chi spent three days in the library but didn't gain much.
On the morning of the fourth day, the two of them happened to meet as they walked out of their bedrooms. Hyun Chi said listlessly, "Are you going to the library later?"
"No." Si Ling lowered his head.
She felt the library probably had nothing useful left. Although the vampires claimed this library's collection was among the top three in the entire Western Hell, at the time of Atlantis's fall, both Heaven and Hell, ruled by Jehovah and Satan, had barely taken shape. Furthermore, Atlantis vanished suddenly, along with the divine realm and the human world, so it was no surprise that no records remained.
Xuan Chi asked, "Then why don't you investigate for now?"
Si Ling thought about it and reluctantly suggested, "Let's ask Lucifer."
Hyun Chi nodded: "Okay."
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Five minutes later.
Si Ling and Xuan Chi sat on the sofa in the principal's office. Lucifer, with a standard smile on his face, brought them English black tea, scones, various small cakes, as well as exquisite plates and small silver forks.
Si Ling sat there stiffly, watching him busy in and out, with the same sentence constantly floating in his mind: Anyone who shows kindness without reason is either a traitor or a thief.
Lucifer sat down after finishing his work and said calmly, "If I'm not mistaken, you guys want to learn about the prophecy of Atlantis, right?"
Si Ling squinted his eyes and looked at Lucifer: "How do you know?"
Lucifer spread his hands: "You went to see Thoth, and you didn't ask her to hide it from me."
Si Ling raised an eyebrow: "You didn't take the books about Atlantis from the library, did you?"
"Ha..." Lucifer laughed dryly. "If you think so, then you should be thankful that Satan isn't the principal here—because he would really do something as shameless as this."
Si Ling curled his lips, not intending to comment on their grudges and hatreds. He only said, "If you are being so attentive because of that spell, I've already said that I really don't remember."
"I know that," Lucifer nodded and added, "You also said that if you figured out that spell in the future, you would definitely teach me. So my help now counts as tuition, isn't that fair?"
so good?
Si Ling looked at him suspiciously: "No other conditions?"
"If I must say, yes." Lucifer showed the embarrassment of having his thoughts seen through. "If you can promise to teach me the spell when you remember it, and not Satan, that would be even better."
Si Ling was speechless. She subconsciously looked at Xuan Chi, whose face was equally speechless.
Then she said with some reservation, "If the help you provide is truly effective—for example, if it can help Xuan Chi return directly to heaven or figure out what happened back then, then that's fine."
"Deal." Lucifer not only breathed a sigh of relief, but also smiled.
Si Ling also felt like laughing. She felt more and more that the dispute between these two high-level hell demons was more like a child's quarrel. Although their faces looked ferocious, it was hard to tell how much hatred they contained.
"Please enjoy your meal, both of you." Lucifer nodded gentlemanly, stood up and walked to a corner of the office by the window.
In the corner stood a brown globe, more than half a person's height. Lucifer walked over to the globe, politely rolled up his sleeves, and with a gesture, began to cast a spell.
Si Ling habitually became alert: "What are you doing?"
Lucifer smiled without even turning around and said, "Atlantis was destroyed too early. If you want to find out about their affairs, few people can help you. But since they sank into the sea, I have some connections in the ocean who can help."
He pretended to be mysterious and kept the secret, and Si Ling responded enthusiastically: "Connections in the ocean?"
"Yes." Lucifer nodded. "It seems he's related to Xuan Chi? The mermaid tribe."
Xuan Chi: “…”
Apparently, there was a rumor among the students about who he was related to.
Xuan Chi took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Principal, in the culture of China, the only people who are related to mermaids are the mermen. Phoenix and I are distant relatives."
"Oh—" Lucifer looked at him in surprise, "Sorry, I heard it from the werewolves."
As the spell was released, the globe in front of Lucifer began to spin faster and faster. The sounds of waves, birds singing, and beasts roaring gradually came, and the sounds of wind and rain in the dense forest also began to echo in the room.
Lucifer suddenly waved his hand, and the translucent sea surface covered the entire room. Si Ling subconsciously held his breath, and only after a while did he realize that it was an illusion.
Lucifer squatted down, placing himself in the sea, and said, "Anna Maris."
He read out a name, and Si Ling noticed that the surname "Maris" meant "belonging to the ocean" in Latin.
“Anna Maris.”
“Anna Maris.”
When he recited it for the third time, two figures swam slowly from the sea, from far away to near. At the same time, melodious singing came from the sea. A man and a woman sang in English: "Who is so bold?"
"Who is so bold—"
"How dare you address the Queen by her name!"
Si Ling and Xuan Chi looked at each other in confusion. Lucifer turned around and explained in a low voice: "Only a few members of the mermaid tribe can speak. The other members can only sing."
"..." Si Ling moved closer to Xuan Chi and asked quietly, "Are mermaids like this too?"
Hyun Chi: “I don’t remember, but it shouldn’t be.”
Si Ling curled his lips and said nothing more.
The two mermaid phantoms swam closer, and when they saw Lucifer clearly, they showed an exaggerated expression of covering their mouths like Disney characters: "Oh my God! It's Lucifer!" This sentence was said normally, but if you look closely, it is not completely normal. It is more like the lines interspersed between the characters' singing in a musical movie.
"Oh my God! It's Lucifer—"
This sentence is being sung again.
Si Ling held his chin helplessly and looked at them with a complicated expression.
Lucifer smiled and said, "Please allow me to see Her Majesty the Queen."
"certainly!"
"certainly--"
It is a two-part voice.
Seeing the beautiful mermaid conjure up a flute and put it to her lips, Si Ling finally couldn't help but stand up: "Excuse me, there's no need to play the instrument for now, right?!"
Lucifer laughed: "This is their way of quickly summoning the Queen."
"..." Si Ling was speechless and just watched the merman play the flute and the merman play the harp.
Xuan Chi rubbed his temples.
But this summoning method was indeed very fast. After the music had played for a short while, the mermaid queen Anna Maris, covered in pearl jewelry, appeared. Holding a golden scepter inlaid with rubies, she swam gracefully to Lucifer and nodded: "Long time no see, my friend."
——Thank goodness! Her Majesty the Queen knows how to speak properly!
"Long time no see." Lucifer felt more relaxed facing the Mermaid Queen than the two mermaids just now. He first introduced Si Ling and Xuan Chi to her, then said directly, "They want to find some ancient prophecies of Atlantis. I thought about it and only you can help."
"Eastern ghosts." Anna's smile completely disappeared. She looked at Lucifer with a solemn expression. "Are they trying to find out 'that' prophecy?"
"Yes." Lucifer did not deny it. "The Atlantis version is the earliest version they can think of, but no one has ever seen it."
"No one has seen it for a reason." Anna floated past Lucifer indifferently and came in front of Si Ling and Xuan Chi. "The Atlanteans were very close to their gods, so their settlements were full of spells. With the fall of Atlantis, their city sank to the bottom of the sea, and these spells still exist in the ruins. It is a place full of dangers, and the mermaids will not take the risk to help you find the prophecy."
"E on, Anna." Lucifer smiled. "The entire ocean is your territory. You must have a way to get in. I'm not denying the existence of danger. I'm just saying, can we always negotiate terms?"
Anna mused in silence. Lucifer sensed her hesitation and struck while the iron was hot: "We can benefit each other. Perhaps my Ghost Academy can also help you a little?"
Anna's eyes trembled slightly. Si Ling felt that she must have some conditions she wanted to propose, but she finally just said, "I will call the parliament for a vote."
"We await your results." Lucifer nodded.
Anna looked at Si Ling and Xuan Chi, then turned back to Lucifer: "How much can you afford?"
Lucifer paused, and Si Ling said, "We can't force the other members of the Ghost Academy, but Xuan Chi and I can do it regardless of the consequences."
Anna raised her eyebrows, turned her head, and her eyes fell back on her: "This is not a task that can be completed by two people."
Lucifer laughed, "What if Satan and I can't beat her alone?"
Anna's pupils trembled with surprise. Si Ling shrugged and said, "Yes. If your majesty's mission requires combat power, we are just the right fit."
"...Okay." Anna turned and swam away. "I'll go convene the council now. If nothing unexpected happens, we'll meet here again at this time next week."
"No problem." Lucifer nodded as he took out the Hell Plate, opened the calendar and set an alarm.
Queen Anna Maris said nothing more, and swam away with her beautiful, iridescent tail. The other two mermaids stayed for a while longer, and the merwoman sang to Lucifer, "Now, put away your magic, Lucifer!"
"Put away your spells, Lucifer—" This is the second voice of the merman.
Mermaid: "See you next week!"
"See you next week——" Second part.
"See you next week!" The male and female voices sang in harmony.
Then they followed the mermaid queen and swam away. As the distance grew, the singing became more ethereal. The mermaid's extremely clean voice gave the singing a sacred feeling. If mortals heard it, they would probably mistake it for music from heaven.
Si Ling said in a complicated tone, "What a... artistic race!"
"What exactly will she ask for?" Hyun Chi pondered with some worry. "It doesn't sound like it's going to be easy."
"I'm curious too, but since they can't solve it themselves, it must be a land matter." Lucifer shrugged. "I can't imagine mermaids would have any 'land matters'."
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The author has something to say: Si Ling: I just want to know what kind of chorus the mermaids have when they hold a meeting?
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