Chapter 222 The Principal's Invitation
"Is this all right, Miss Helvinia?" Molly looked at the two books in Helvinia's arms. "Is it all right for me to borrow a book for you?"
"Yeah." Hevinia shrugged, then smiled and said, "I've always liked to stay in my room and read books by myself. It's best to be in pajamas, lying on the bed, with snacks on my right hand and piles of books on my left hand. That makes me very happy... Ah, sorry, is my hobby a little too weird?"
"How, how could that be!" Molly's eyes sparkled. "Your description is so vivid. I understand how you feel. Is it that kind of, um..."
She couldn't say it herself.
"The feeling of having knowledge at your fingertips," Helvinia added. "Especially when there are more books piled up, the more I feel that way. It's really... wonderful."
As she said this, she sighed again.
"What a pity! Even if I use your library card, I can only borrow two books. I can't even stack them up. The experience is greatly reduced."
"How could that be?!" Molly waved her fist. "Just leave this little thing to me."
"Well?" Helvinia asked. "Can you help me borrow more books? But the library's rules..."
"Indeed, one person can only borrow one book." Molly said with a smile, "But I can borrow library cards from others. I have a lot of friends."
"Really?!" Hevinia's eyes lit up and she looked very happy, but soon turned to worry, "But isn't this a bad idea? After all, you borrowed the book for me. What if I dirty it..."
"That's my problem too!" Molly patted her chest. "Don't worry, Miss Hevinia. If there is really any problem, you can just blame it on me. It's just a minor punishment."
"How can that be possible?" Hevinia raised her eyebrows. "Do you think I am that kind of person?"
"Well……"
"Don't worry, if you really borrow it for me, I will take good care of it." Hevinia raised three fingers, "I swear! I will never make things difficult for my good friends."
Hearing the word "good friends", Molly smiled even more happily.
The library management of College One is stricter than that of College Three. Each student can only borrow one book. If there is a problem with the book, the registered student will be responsible.
But it is strict, but not that strict, because a person can borrow multiple books with multiple book cards.
"Don't worry, Miss Hevinia!" Molly said, "I will help you borrow at least ten book cards tomorrow morning. I will definitely be able to satisfy your wish! Just leave it to me."
After saying that, she left happily and in a hurry.
Just to do Hevinia this "little" favor.
After Molly left, Hevinia did not return to the dormitory immediately, but went to the college's rental center to rent a new owl.
Then, she went back to the dormitory with her books in one hand and the owl in the other.
As she walked out of the teaching building and into a corridor with few pedestrians, Bai Wei's voice rang in her mind.
"At first I thought you wanted to learn some information or some new music spells by reading these books, but now it seems that's not the case." Bai Wei said, "Are you trying to help the child find a way to recover?"
The "child" Bai Wei was referring to was naturally Oger.
"Can you see that?"
"After all, we share the same vision. I can see all the books you are looking for." Bai Wei said with a smile, "And this owl is too obvious. You want to bypass the Hai Luo family and establish a connection with him. What do you think? Am I right?"
Hevinia did not answer, but she also agreed with Bai Wei's statement.
"You are in a hurry, Hevinia." Bai Wei said, "You have enough to do now, do you still need to spare some energy to help him?"
"If you don't want me to," Helvinia replied, "I can stop."
"This is your freedom. Why should I interfere?" Bai Wei said with a smile. "I just feel that you are in a hurry to finish everything. It's as if... you have already determined that you will die in this ceremony."
"...I remember you said that I wouldn't live long."
"Compared to normal people, it is true." Bai Wei said, "After all, you have used my power too many times. This process is irreversible, and you know it. But I didn't say that you will die in this ceremony. As long as you follow my instructions, you can live for at least... a dozen years. After all, you will already have seven notes in your body by then, so you can still prolong your life if you want."
Hevinia was silent for a while, then said, "Mr. Visas, I still don't know what you want me to do. Do you also need me to play the Seven-tone Divine Song to get the wish of the Lord of Holy Sound?"
"Haha, I don't think I've ever said that I want to get the Lord of Holy Sound." Bai Wei said with a smile, "I just want you to play the Seven-tone Divine Song."
“…Does it make any difference?”
"Of course there is a difference. Hmm... Come to think of it, I haven't told you what I want." Bai Wei said slowly, "In fact, I can tell you now. The Lord of Holy Sound took away a part of my body and sealed it with a very powerful method. The condition for unlocking the seal is to play a certain seven-tone divine song."
While Bai Wei was speaking, Hevinia subconsciously held her breath.
Because this was the time Bai Wei finally told her his purpose, and she originally thought that Bai Wei would keep it secret until the very last moment.
After listening to this, Hevinia fell into a brief period of thought.
Although she had known for a long time that Bai Wei came for her corpse, before today she had always thought that Bai Wei needed to obtain the wish of the Lord of Holy Sound.
But according to Bai Wei’s description, this process does not seem to require the Lord of Holy Sound?
Hevinia directly asked the question to Bai Wei, and then received Bai Wei's affirmation.
"That's true." Bai Wei said with a smile, "To unlock the seal, you don't need to face the Lord of Holy Sound directly, you just need the opportunity of the grand ceremony. If I have to describe it, it's like a thief sneaking into the host's room while he's having a banquet and picking the lock. Although it's also dangerous, it's at least safer than breaking into the house and robbing it directly."
"So that's how it is..." Helvinia nodded slightly, "So what do we do after we get the things?"
"Then of course we should leave here."
"...leave here?" Helvinia asked. "Do you mean leave the academy?"
"Of course not. Are you pretending to be stupid? After stealing someone else's things... even though those things are mine, it's a bit too far-fetched to want to sneakily keep them in the owner's house." Bai Wei shrugged Hevinia's shoulders and said, "Of course I left Shengyin."
"Are we going to Tianqin?"
"Not really... In your understanding, the only things in this world besides Shengyin are Lyra?"
"Because I've only been to Lyra."
"I guess so." Bai Wei said with a smile, "Isn't that perfect? You can go out and see the world. Don't you yearn for such a life?"
“Should I yearn for it?”
At first glance, Hevinia's words might sound like she was being argumentative, but the doubt in her tone was genuine.
"Shouldn't it be?" Bai Wei said, "You don't have to bear someone else's face, use someone else's identity, or live in fear all day...ah, it's hard to say. After all, when that time comes, Shengyin will not let you go. There is a high probability that they will send people to hunt you down. But running around the world is better than hiding under their noses every day."
After a brief thought, Hevinia asked, "Will we come back?"
"Oh? You actually want to come back?" Bai Wei raised her eyebrows again, "Do you still have attachment to this place?"
"I don't know," Helvinia said softly. "I just can't imagine the life you describe."
"That's right." Bai Wei said, "Perhaps only when the warm wind without any ice or snow blows on your face, you can truly understand what I am talking about."
Hevinia pursed her lips. She seemed to want to ask something else, but in the end she didn't ask anything and just nodded slightly.
Then she returned to the dormitory.
Just as she entered the door, she saw several girls crowded on the spiral staircase, playing notes with their wands, but getting no response from the stairs.
Is the staircase broken?
Just as this thought popped into her mind, a familiar female voice sounded behind her.
"Don't worry, the problem is with the tuner on the fifth floor. Your floor is not affected."
Hevinia turned her head and found that the person who spoke was Anita, whom she had met once.
"Teacher Anita." Helvinia bowed immediately, "Good evening."
Anita waved her hand: "Don't call me teacher, I'm just a dormitory administrator, um..."
She looked Hevinia up and down, then smiled and said.
"It seems you've adapted quite well."
"Yes." Hevinia nodded, "I have adapted to life here."
Ever since she learned Anita's musical notes, Hevinia had always wanted to get to know this dormitory manager better, but she never had the chance.
In the past week, except for the first day she came in, Hevinia hadn't seen her again, and Molly knew very little about her, which made Hevinia feel as if she was wrapped in a veil of mystery.
Then we must seize this opportunity.
While thinking about this, Hevinia asked, "You just said that there was a problem with the tuner on the fifth floor?"
"Yes, that's right." Anita nodded. "It's not just one or two days. A month ago, the speed at which his notes resonated became slower and slower."
"Getting slower and slower?" Hevinia was a little surprised. "Why is that?"
"Because he's dying."
Helvinia's surprise turned into astonishment.
"Although there are other explanations, this is the most basic reason," Anita said. "Remember the metaphor about the kite I told you about before?"
"Remember, remember."
"So you can understand that the tuner's line is about to break. His kite is flying farther and farther, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to pull it back." Anita said, "So his resonance is slower and slower, that's why."
Hevinia opened her mouth and after a long while she asked with some stammering: "Then we just watch?"
"Of course not." Anita shook her head, "We are already looking for a new fifth tuner."
"……ah?"
Anita looked at Hevinia and said, "I know what you want to say, but unfortunately, no one can wake him up except the tuner himself. And if he has already lost control of his soul, it will be even more impossible. All we can do is start looking for the next tuner."
"...Can we really find someone?" Hevinia said, "I don't mean to offend you, I just want to know, the previous tuner just died, can a new tuner take over immediately?"
"Of course, fifteen people have already come to me to sign up."
Helvinia was even more shocked.
Anita looked at Hevinia and smiled: "Are you surprised?"
Helvinia answered honestly, "Indeed."
"I understand. After all, Miss Helvinia, you haven't been here long."
“Does it have anything to do with time?”
"It does matter," Anita said, "because the longer you stay here, the more likely you are to feel the most holy and purest beauty. It's like a moth that flies towards a fire without hesitation, even if it knows there's danger... There are always some things that transcend life and death."
"...Is that so?" Hevinia nodded, not quite understanding, and then asked, "So Miss Anita, have you ever seen a fire like that?"
"Of course." Anita smiled and said, "When I was still in the seed area and knew nothing, I saw a fire like that. It was that fire that led me here. And similarly, I am willing to give everything for that fire."
That fire... is it referring to the principal?
Just as Hevinia was about to ask more questions, there was a sudden vibration from the stairs. She subconsciously turned her head and found that the stairs to the fifth floor were slowly extending towards the spiral staircase.
The notes still resonate.
"It's been so late, it seems that he really doesn't have much time." Anita said softly, and then she turned her head to look at Hevinia and said with a smile, "Miss Hevinia, are you free tomorrow? Someone wants to have afternoon tea with you."
Helvinia's attention was still on the stairs, so she asked casually, "Who is it?"
"Principal Ulysses."
…
The old man looked at the setting sun, his eyes slightly narrowed, as if he had fallen asleep.
Until footsteps were heard behind him.
"Principal, Miss Hevinia agreed." Anita said softly.
"…Really? That's great."
Ulysses slowly closed his eyes.
"Seven-tone score."
"I can't wait any longer."
(End of this chapter)
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