Chapter 100: Full of Doubts
"There's no way a book this impressive could end up in Mi You's hands, right?" Jiang You tugged at Andre's hand and whispered, "Is there really something wrong with her copy?"
"It's hard to say. You can recognize it later." Andre also whispered, "The book cover, the contents, the chapter on the lich, you remember all of these, right?"
Jiang You nodded vigorously: "Remember!"
They followed the leading staff member all the way to the deepest part of the third floor of the library. The female staff member took out a bunch of keys, opened a dusty door, and closed dozens of magic circles in the room in succession before leading the two of them in.
——Even in the eyes of a layman like Jiangyou, these security measures are very thorough.
The heavy book was locked in the deepest part of the room. The reason why I said "lock" was that it was a "lock" in the physical sense - this thick book was firmly tied to the stone platform at the end of the room with several iron chains as thick as an adult's forearm, and it jumped and struggled from time to time like a living thing.
"Okay, it's completely different from the book I've seen before," said Takumi. "The cover color, the style, and even the way it's jumping around..." So why is the book jumping around? Could it be a related book from another world, "The Monster Book of Monsters"?
"Which chapter do you two need to check?" asked the female staff member.
"Is there a chapter about liches in this book?" Andre asked.
"The Great Book of Magic encompasses all kinds of magic in the world, and liches are naturally included. However, to view this chapter, I also need to check the Dark Arts License."
"I have this!" Jiang You took out her certificate from the skull.
"Okay, Miss Lich does have the authority to view this chapter." The clerk nodded and pulled out a staff shaped like a sapling... a staff? She pointed it at the magic book, and the book—even with the heavy chains blocking it—jumped up from the stone platform and automatically flipped to the corresponding chapter.
Jiang You read it carefully, although her magic affinity and talent seemed to hit a wall repeatedly in this book - those magical texts were too profound. In her eyes, it was like a classical Chinese text in which she could recognize every word but had no idea what it meant when put together.
She did see a magic circle in this "Big Magic Book", but that magic circle was different from what she remembered and seemed much simpler.
Even though she couldn't understand most of it, Jiang You still tried her best to memorize all the content about the Lich - it was obviously not an easy task for ordinary people to read this book, so she had to take this opportunity to write down all the knowledge and slowly learn it after she got out.
"Reading time is up." The clerk closed the book. "I hope you two have found the answer."
"Yes." Jiang You slowly exhaled and looked at Andre, "Mi You's copy should be a fake."
"I also need a list of all the guests who have read this book," Andre said again.
"Okay." The clerk opened the registration book she had been holding, copied a string of names onto parchment, and handed it to Andre.
The two thanked the staff member and were escorted out of the library. Only after they were seated on Diego's horse did Takumi ask, "Why do you have the King's order?"
"To facilitate my investigations outside, His Majesty the King has gifted me some blank investigation warrants signed by him personally," Andre said. "They're enchanted, and the objects and details of the investigation will automatically appear in the blank spaces according to my wishes. These warrants are only mine to use. If they fall into the hands of others, the unused blanks will be automatically burned to prevent them from being misused."
"Wow, that's amazing."
"Yes..." Andre nodded. "This is the masterpiece of the great magician Mebucha Huntington. So it's hard for me to imagine that the great magician would cooperate with Evil Eye Moon and jointly harm his own disciple..."
Jiang You couldn't figure it out either. She felt her head buzzing, and the memories of coming here kept flashing back, mixed with the large amount of incomprehensible magic words she had just tried hard to memorize, making her even more confused: "It's so complicated..."
"Let's go home first. The tailor will be here soon," Andre said. "Let's rest for a while. We'll review it tonight."
"By the way, do you have any magic items that can replicate memories?" Jiang You asked. "I just finally memorized the contents of a bunch of magic books. If I don't save them, I'll be at a loss!"
"Yes." Andrei galloped on his horse, carrying her. "We have it at home."
As the high priestess of the Moon Worship Cult, Annina already had many magical props at hand. After listening to Jiangyou's request, she quickly found a flat orange-yellow stone with magical symbols painted on it: "Here, hold this stone and try to recall the memory you need to record. The stone will objectively and completely copy this memory.
"As long as the memory is accurate, even if you feel it's a little fuzzy or unsure, the stone will record the correct version. You can then read and use it multiple times."
"Wow, that's amazing!" After giving the compliment, Jiang You tried hard to record his memories of flipping through the "Big Magic Book".
"Of course. We often use this prop in our investigations," Andre said. "This memory stone is specifically designed to deal with witnesses whose memories are muddled and their statements are incoherent."
After finishing all this, the tailor finally arrived with several rows of semi-finished clothes, so the three of them split into two groups and measured their own sizes.
Jiang You was a little absent-minded throughout the whole process. She had copied the "Great Magic Book" and the memories of the Mi You case into the stone, but those images and words were still spinning in her mind, stirring up storms.
Before this, she always thought that Mi You died from the terrible sequelae caused by the unfortunate crucible cleaning accident: the aging potion caused part of Mi You's body and organs to age severely, which brought a great burden to her body. Mi You had to seek a way to become a lich, but when everything was ready, she wrote the wrong name on the magic circle.
However, Andre said that creating a lich only required one magic circle without a signature, but the extra magic circle appeared in the knock-off version of the "Great Magic Book" that Mi You obtained... Who gave her this book? Was it her teacher, Mebucha Huntington? Or someone else?
Is Aunt Wolf's claim that Mi You received help from Mebucha true? How did Aunt Wolf know this? Did Mi You tell her? Is Aunt Wolf involved, or is Mi You not telling the truth to this neighbor?
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