Chapter 298: New Prophecy and Fiona's Engagement
In the study room lit by rainbow crystal pollen, a young man with light blonde hair sat quietly at the desk, his slender fingers slowly turning the thick dark green ancient book spread out in front of him.
The afternoon sun penetrated the open blinds, casting a slanted platinum-colored hazy beam of light, covering the books in the window and the boy's upper body, giving his college uniform a soft sheen.
The young man read the contents of the book very carefully, a faint blue magical glow gleaming in the depths of his azure eyes, constantly scanning the pale yellow parchment-like pages.
A pot of emerald green bellflower was placed in front of the window, and the stems cast a slender and quiet shadow on the table. The originally white flowers had withered and turned into several white fluffy seeds like dandelions.
After a moment, Avis exhaled softly and turned the page to the next page again. The pseudo-seventh-level mental wave swept over and carefully examined the changes in the book.
Unlike ordinary magic equipment, one can quickly grasp its details as long as they connect with mental power.
Although Anvis was able to use the Old Secret Scriptures, its core part was not fully open to him, and he could only check its specific changes through external inspection.
The faint fragrance of rainbow pollen permeates the environment, subtly enhancing his spiritual harmony.
Ever since the Old Secret Scripture absorbed the dark seal half a year ago and began a certain "evolution", it has become dormant, no longer responding to external objects, and the sealing function is temporarily unusable.
Before the evolution began, it always gave Anvis a feeling of being a 'living thing'.
Previously, it operated on its own in the elf ruins to seal the chaotic ripples in Pekara's spiritual sea. When he went to the island, it allowed him to see additional prophetic images and actively operated to absorb the darkness.
When it began to evolve, its 'alive feeling' disappeared.
Specifically, it is equivalent to the difference that manual customer service has gone off work and intelligent customer service has temporarily taken over.
And when it completed its evolution, the long-lost feeling returned.
The appearance of the Old Secret Scripture has not changed much, except that the silver font on the cover has become brighter.
However, when scanning with his mental power, Avis discovered that the material of the pages seemed to become more delicate.
After reading the entire book, Avis noticed that the book finally absorbed the sealed page, and the originally dark lines turned into an extremely pure silver-white.
More importantly, two pages of the main text that were originally blocked can now be opened! 'Wars are set off, spirals collapse, and glory disappears. The old stars fall to the bottom of the sea, and although the ancient ruins are covered with corals, ominous meanings still lurk within them.'
'The darkness from the distant stars, sleeping in the eternal palace, the indescribable dream, the unknown world, waiting for the moment when the stars return to their positions.'
After reading these two pages of text several times, Avis seemed to have grasped some of the information.
With the experience of interpreting the main text for the first time, he already understood this. These obscure words seemed to be some kind of alternative prophetic information.
The description of 'stars falling to the bottom of the sea' made Avis instinctively think of the other half of the sky city that fell into the sea a few days ago.
It is obvious that the meaning of these two prophecies should be referring to something hidden in that half of the ruins.
In the memories of the previous life, there is not much information about the larger half of the ruins that fell into the sea.
With his eyes squinted and his face leaning back in his chair, Avis could only recall various information about the smaller half of the ruins that fell into the Magna Province.
There is no Eternal Core in that half of the ruins, but there are still many very valuable items and spell materials.
Lost super-ancient rule inscription arrays, 'revelation' level golem clusters and their manufacturing methods, some long-extinct top-level alchemical plant seeds, ancient magic beast materials, bloodlines, etc...
At the same time, some important facilities of the city, such as the magic library and some magic towers that serve as nodes of the defense system, are also located on this side.
Indeed, there have been exploration reports that mentioned that there are a large number of special abnormal monsters in the ruins, which are extremely dangerous. Even the lowest-level small creatures have a magic level equivalent to that of a seventh-level professional.
However, when Avis was carefully recalling the information about the ruins, he suddenly realized something, opened his eyes, and looked at a corner of the black oak desk.
On one side of the exquisite crystal hourglass and mithril table lamp, a crystal ball slightly larger than a fist was softly shining with a pale white light.
It was given to him specially by Duke Carrot for use in magically encrypted communications.
Avis extended his mental power to activate the crystal ball, and the image of the Duke immediately appeared in the crystal ball.
"Father——"
Facing the crystal ball, Avis bowed gently.
"No need to be so polite, Anvis. I'm contacting you this time because I have some urgent matters that need to be explained to you."
The Duke's blue eyes briefly scanned the environment around Anvis, and after confirming that there were no outsiders, he asked meaningfully.
"How are you? Are you adapting to the life in the academy? Have you encountered any difficult problems recently?"
"I'm living well here, father, and I've made some new friends..."
Avis smiled and nodded, glancing at the calendar.
He circled several days above, representing the time when some important events would occur next.
"…There may be some minor problems occasionally, but I can handle them, so don't worry."
"good."
Duke Carrot nodded. As a member of the Olivendi family, Anvis would inevitably be tempted from all sides in Pamir Academy.
He was originally a little worried that due to the previous prophecy, the pressure on Avis might increase during this period, but now it seems to be okay.
"So, how is your sister doing lately, is there any problem?"
"As for Fei, she chose the summoning department. She adapted to the academy environment very quickly and has great talent. She recently summoned one of my rare experimental subjects into an initial summon."
After thinking for a moment, Avis answered truthfully.
"However, regarding this matter, I suspect that it is the result of a powerful prophet manipulating fate."
"I also have some understanding of Fiona's summons. They should have been hatched from the crystal you bought, right? I will arrange for someone to investigate this matter, and I will also give you some compensation."
The Duke nodded slightly, his eyes becoming slightly more serious.
"Well, the situation I'm going to tell you now is exactly about Fiona."
Avis politely tilted his head slightly to show that he was all ears.
"To make a long story short, the royal family sent a communication three days ago, hoping to arrange a marriage between the eighth prince and Fiona."
As he said this, the Duke sneered.
"The reasons behind this are quite complicated, and they are also related to the previous star prophecy. Anyway, I will temporarily suppress this matter in the name of respecting Fiona's coming-of-age ceremony and her personal choice."
"However, although I have suppressed this matter temporarily, it is not safe enough. The ninth prince will also enter school this year. I am worried that the royal family may arrange for him to secretly try to establish a relationship with Fiona."
"Fiona is not suitable for marriage with other families at the moment, but her character is not mature enough and she can be easily deceived."
"So, Anvis, I hope you can take care of your sister temporarily and try not to let her come into contact with the Ninth Prince. The family will also find a way to put pressure on the royal family and try to resolve this matter in the shortest possible time."
(End of this chapter)
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