Lunar phase

The new moon is in the sky, it's hard to tell.Edgar pushed open the door of Bilkingworth's teaching building again.Although it was midnight, there were still a few scholars in the teaching building conducting alchemy experiments in twos and threes.Damian saw him coming, handed over the lesson to a teaching assistant, and led him upstairs.Rom was waiting for him on the chair on the platform, looking tired.That rocking chair had been Master William's favorite, but he was old and his joints did not allow him to go near any water.The school building by the lake is as cool as winter, with the humidity of water vapor.The three saluted each other, and Damian retreated by himself, closed the door of the observation platform, and disappeared into the darkness.

"You look like a real principal," Edgar said as he unpacked his bag.

"Where, there is no name of the agent," Rom looked towards the lake, "go through the side door when you leave, and Damian will give you the medicine there."

Edgar nodded, opened his luggage, and found 20 yuan universal gold coins, which are equivalent to 25 echoes of all kinds of dead blood, and a piece of blood rock.Rom glanced at him, his tired expression slightly relieved, she was still at ease with this young man at the price of the business.

"Take the blood rock back," Rom said, "Tell me about Xiao Mi."

"What a generous lady." Edgar weighed the blood rock, and put it, along with the gold coins and dead blood, beside Rom, "but we have discussed it before, and you deserve it. I watched the scholar's nightmare ceremony, before and after the ceremony There is nothing wrong with the body, but the few remaining offerings were not hidden properly and were discovered by Amelia."

"What's the matter?" Rom's heart tightened.

"Amelia ordered someone to beat him up, and he didn't let him take medicine anymore."

"Who taught her!" Rom clenched his cane tightly, his joints turning white.

"Lawrence is not crazy all the time, he is on medicine."

Authority has always been dependent on violence, Rom turned her back, trembling uncontrollably, the night wind blowing her hair seemed to be useless comfort.Two starbursts shot out from her hand suddenly, hit the lake far away, bounced several times, and disappeared without a trace.

"Flesh wounds, he can walk and swear. I also give him delicious food and drink every day. I can't even eat beef myself."

"...Thank you for taking care of him..."

Rom turned around, looking as usual.

"Then I will continue," Edgar continued on seeing this, "but it will not be enough to carry out your plan."

"my plan?"

"Don't be stupid, you asked the scholar just now to give Lawrence two mirrors," Edgar snapped his fingers, "you also made up some wonderful stories about the ancient gods, so that one side was placed on the tower and the other side was placed in the sanctuary during the ceremony." ... Others didn't see it, neither did I, Ludwig, or Amelia. Turning around, Ludwig and Lawrence talked about it, and the two of them wanted to see it for some reason, and Lawrence took a look Recognizing that the two mirrors were artifacts in the deep tomb of Sumeru, and suspecting that there was some kind of curse on them, Ludwig immediately sent someone to put them in the warehouse."

"That's it... well," Rom smiled, knowing that the church didn't understand the mechanism, "the school is unable to buy any gifts now, and the church has no shortage of weapons. The place with a little history around the school is the cemetery, so we have to adapt to local conditions." .”

"I told Amelia that those two mirrors are worth some money when they are taken to a foreign country, but the mountain roads are bumpy and difficult to transport. It would be better for foreigners to see the goods. Amelia is still a little bit reluctant, so I gave it to her anyway. one's gift."

After Edgar finished speaking, he took a break.Rom poured him a cup of tea, which was completely cold.She also heard a little bit of the split in the church. Lawrence is sometimes sober and still has something to do; Amelia and Ludwig may be divided into half, and the actual handover still takes time.

"A foreign land," Edgar sighed, "I went to a foreign land for a few days, which is different from Yanan. They prefer to create things that have never been seen before, and they have forgotten the original appearance of history."

Roma knew that the church sent Edgar to spread the news of blood therapy in other places.Although Yharnam was already famous enough here, Lawrence wanted more, more patients, more devotees, and the unspeakable, to see his church, new and bright.Edgar was thinking of another matter. He had long been immersed in the entanglement of the price tag, and he had a disgust for the material prosperity of the countryside, although he did not realize that this disgust was actually born of his corrupt parasitism of the church. .Therefore, Yanan's secrets presented a more novel appearance in front of him. The existence of those who have the ability to approach the ancient gods has surpassed the gorgeous clothes and gourmet food, and the tortoiseshell spectacle frames.

"Are you going to the ceremony?" Edgar asked suddenly.

"It must be me..."

"Master William? Or, that scholar?"

"The conflict between William and Lawrence is irreconcilable, and Damian is not enough."

"During the ceremony, I will choose an opportunity to bring out Miko Laish, and you can find someone to follow up. There will be too many troubles at that time, and it may be over like this."

"Edgar, don't try to make up my mind."

"You want him to come back alive, but you don't want to lose face, so stop dreaming! Well, in this way, the dream ritual is actually simpler!"

Rom sat back in the chair and sank into it. The chair swayed suddenly as she sat, and the old rattan cracked layer by layer.Rom stood up and threw the cane onto the chair.

"What are you passionate about?" she asked. "Purely for secret pleasure and worldly power?"

"I answered you, the church authority," Edgar lowered his voice, "Both Ludwig and Amelia are not suitable to be bishops."

"How long can you maintain the power you obtained with the ancient god?"

"I don't mind who will be the bishop, but who is chosen by the ancient gods... You know, some people are ecstatic when they see the ancient gods, while others go mad and die."

Rom looked at Edgar in surprise. The young man's impression of ambition at first turned into an elusive phantom, somewhat similar to the one she had seen in the dream earlier.

Rom didn't ask any more, she knew that those who indulged in secrets couldn't be persuaded.At this time, Damian also quietly left the shadow of the gate of the observation platform and went to the laboratory on the first floor. The conversation between Rom and Edgar left only the word "disaster" in his mind.The medicine of the scholars is about to be completed, he needs to count the quantity, prepare for delivery, and then think of other ways.