Chapter 252
Sure enough, when I went to the library, I knew the purpose of the key.
Three buildings are connected together to form a huge "H", a four-layer high masonry building. The main hall is covered with soft lawns. It is conceivable that there must be many apprentices sitting during the day. Read a book on the grass.
Enter the lobby on the first floor and see a map on the wall, indicating the room number and the corresponding book type.
The guards on the first floor only looked up at Dany and let them go without checking their wooden tokens.
The single-room book room is not large, at least not as large as the modern provincial library with thousands or tens of thousands of square meters. According to the age, type and rarity of the books, two hundred and twenty-five spacious stone chambers are divided. What book needs to be read, oneself takes the key to open the door and pick up the book.
The books that Maester and apprentices can borrow are not originals.
On the side of the aisle, under the eaves, and in the hall, even if it was already dark, several old apprentices lit oil lamps and copied books at their desks.
Dany has the illusion of being back in a college study room.
The first place to go is the third floor archives, the iron boots echo long in the marble walkway, there is no apprentice nearby, the thick wood door is opened with a copper key, the smell of ink and tanned leather assaults The senses, a stone chamber of 200 square meters, is quiet and dark like a tomb.
Lifting up the oil lamp, you can see that seven or eight tall wooden frames occupy three-quarters of the room, and they are full of books bound into volumes. According to the age marked on the wooden frame, find out In the last two years, the "Department News" and "Official News" - excerpts from the letters sent to Citadel by Maesters of the lords' houses.
White Cloak went to the first floor with a thick stack of documents, Dany was left alone, locked the door, closed the curtains, sat cross-legged with his back against the bookshelf, and uncheat the thick cloak. The long and narrow box inside, from which the glass candle is taken out.
A moment later, the gray light came on, and Dany almost immediately locked onto Alleras and Marwyn, who were wandering aimlessly.
As before, Dany found the two unilaterally, but they didn't find her.
mental strength into the gray light... A few kilometers away in the crow's nest, in the tower of "Mage" Marwyn, the glass candle shone violently, and a gray shadow shone like a Drilled out of the candlelight of the white snow.
"Ah, it's Grandmaster Thequai!" Marwyn exclaimed.
"Fortunately, I didn't get out of my mouth this time." Alleras patted his chest, sighed in relief.
Under everyone's attention, the gray light group stretched like plasticine into a vague female form, a bit like a 3D projection made by Wumao special effects.
"The last time I left, I exchanged beacons with Marwyn. Of course, I don't need to use your mental space as a transfer station."
Dany explained and frowned again. Two more people, Leo Tyrell, "Pig Herd" Pate.
How did these two people get mixed up?
"Who are they?" She pointed to the two and asked directly.
Leo was stunned, as if taken aback by the sight in front of him. On the contrary, it was Pate, there was suspicion in his brown eyes, and the small freckles on both sides of his nose flickered with excitement, but in the face of such a fantastic scene, he did not lose his mind.
"My name is Pate, Archmaester Marwyn's assistant." Pate stammered.
Dany eyes shrank, looking down, and actually sees a twine on Pate's chest with a silver link (medicine) hanging from it.
In the afternoon, his neck was still empty, and now he not only got a chain link, but also changed his "doctoral advisor"?
The blond youth also came back to his senses, bowed gracefully, and introduced himself: "Hello, Grand Mage Thequai, I am also Archmaester Marwyn's assistant, Leo Tyrell."
"I didn't see these two apprentices before," Dany turned to Archmaester Marwyn, and asked in a deliberately skeptical tone, "Isn't it possible that I didn't find a party candidate, so pull these two little muggles to make up the number?"
"muggle?"
"Ordinary person who doesn't know mysterious knowledge."
"Wow!" Marwyn, the cow neck, explained, "Leo has been my assistant for a long time. Well, Pate was introduced by Alleras this afternoon. I thought he was quite clever, so he stayed to help with chores."
The black girl also nodded and said: "Archmaester Walgrave is so old that no one can recognize it. , I couldn't teach Pate, and after I got a silver chain link with him in the afternoon, I introduced it to Archmaester Marwyn."
"Did you two get the meditation from glass candles?" Dany asked again. ask.
"Not yet, but I'm learning the '32Valyria character table'," Leo said.
"I didn't light the candle either," Pate said timidly.
Those who can light a glass candle for the first time are extremely rare, and learning can indeed develop the brain and improve the quality of mental strength.
Perhaps he couldn't light candles when he was a teenager, but when he became an adult, his body matured and his intelligence and knowledge were greatly improved, and he was qualified to become a Sorcerer.
Of course, more likely, Leo and Pate are a muggle.
"How many Mages did you find this week?"
"About five."
Dany frowned, "probably?"
Marwyn explained embarrassingly: "I found a Red God priest in lower city, an Archmaester with Valyria steel links in Citadel, and a Devout in Starry Sept.
Maybe I act. It's a bit big, and was told about the party by the Old Man of Oldtown on the Hightower, and he and Malora the Mad Maid wanted to join in."
"Ai, transcendent party, The Seven priests and dogs can't... ...Forget it, just these five, can you agree on a meeting place? It's better to find a place with few people, the magic power of High Rank is a little harmful to the ordinary person."
"Hightower Can you? There are plenty of empty rooms in the tower."
Dany nods, and finally asks: "Shall we meet under the High at midnight in three days?"
"Yes."
p>Just as Dany was about to end the conversation, Alleras suddenly stepped forward and bowed and asked, "Grandmaster Thequai, I have encountered some difficulties in my recent cultivation. Not only can the meditation glyph be unable to continue to be constructed, but I have already completed 1/The glyph combination of 4/2022 also shows signs of collapse, what is going on?”
“Your innate talent is actually good, but your basic knowledge is too poor. The meditation in glass candle involves 64 glyphs, But you only recognized 32 of them, seven were wrong, and the glyph combination was wrong..." Dany shook his head and sighed.
"Then what should I do?" The black girl panicked.
"Stop the cultivation, or go to the Citadel's book room to find the Valyria secret tome, or find a Firemage mentor."
"Since Citadel brought back four glass candles from Valyria, sure There is also matching witchcraft knowledge, with the authority of Archmaester Marwyn, should be able to find." Dany affirmed.
"This, I'm afraid it's a little difficult," Marwyn shook his head and explained with a wry smile, "Theoretically, Archmaester's black iron key can open the doors of all book rooms in the library.
But the real secret tome and secrets are all in the underground library, and only Seneschal himself can enter and exit freely. And at this sensitive time, I dare not apply to the Archmaester Council for permission to read the secret tome."
The silent Pate suddenly asked: "The cellar? Is it the library basement? I've seen several Archmaesters in and out of the basement in the library."
"No, the library basement is full of precious books The original manuscript, the secret tome pavilion is in Seneschal's Court, the underground book room." Archmaester Marwyn shook his head.
Dany looked thoughtful and glanced at Pate, wondering, "Why is this a sensitive time?"
"Dragon!" Marwyn's expression became very solemn, "Grandmaster Thequai knows Targaryen Any news with dragons?"
Dany was shocked, nodded and said: "Of course, everyone in Free City knows that the last princess of House Targaryen hatched four dragons."
"Four?"
"One more recently."
"Ai, three and four are the same," Archmaester shook his head and sighed bitterly, " Citadel Archmaester has been extremely sensitive to mysticism recently because of the news about her and the dragon. I don't even dare to study Magic just and honourable, and how can I apply to enter the book cellar to find the Valyria secret tome?"
"Why? ' Dany wondered.
"hehe, thousands of years later, with the deepening of the world's cognition, Citadel began to give birth to the will of oneself - to build a 'real' world without Magic and witchcraft." Archmaester Marwyn grinned miserably, Sourleaf's red juice between his teeth sliding down his wide jaw.
"The real world, Dharma End Times?!" Dany was shocked beyond words.
"Yes, they want to create a world without dragons, without glass candles, without prophecy and witchcraft, without all mysterious power, not even Spiritual God, and a world dominated by mortals - Citadel ancestors Call it the real world."
"That's... crazy! So it's not like Citadel doesn't know about Magic Tide?" Dany murmured.
"Citadel knows everything, and because they know it all, they decide to—"
Having said this, Archmaester Marwyn shook his head and sighed, "There are secrets I can't tell. , said, no one in this room can survive today, not even me."
"Leave Citadel," Marwyn said softly, turning to Alleras, "your innate talent is good. , if there is a famous teacher to teach, you can't become a great Firemage, just like Grandmaster Thequai."
Speaking, but also secretly glanced at Dany, the black girl also heard the string song and knew the elegant, eager Eyes are quiet | Mi look over.
Obviously, when the Citadel secret tome can't be found, it is the best choice for Alleras to become the Disciple of Valyria Inheritor "Thequai".
"Let's talk about it after the meeting." Dany doesn't have the heart to think about accepting disciples right now.
Library, the book room on the third floor, the gray light of the glass candle went out instantly, Dany frowned and sighed: "No wonder Citadel is deliberately targeting me, if there is no dragon, they may not mind the restoration of Targaryen. Magic's comeback is the opposite of what they expected from the Dharma End Times."
She's in a mixed mood now, not sure whether to admire Citadel Maester or ridicule them for their futile efforts.
Dragon can bring Magic Tide to the world, but where does the "tide" come from?
The tides come from the sea.
Dragon is comparable to the monsoon, making Magic Power Sea turbulent, but the existence of Magic Power Sea is not determined by the dragon. In the "Dharma End Times" without the dragon, the power of Spiritual God is still active.
"dong dong dong..." was in a complicated mood when someone knocked on the heavy wooden door from outside.
"My lord, it's me," the old Knight said eagerly, "I found a very terrifying message in the file."
Dany put the glass candle back into the wooden box, pulling the Open the bolt, open the oak door, said curiously: "What's the matter?"
"Others!" The old Knight looked terrified, panting, and said eagerly: "North Wall has sent an urgent report, according to the legend The Others appeared, a large number of Wildlings were driven south, the Night's Watch was insufficient, and Wall couldn't hold it!"