Dorothy's Forbidden Tome

'Although there is no organization that directly worships the goddess of the mirror moon, the current Anyin Bureau and the Nest of the Eight Points seem to be more or less related to the goddess of the mirror moon. Blasphemy ceremony, and there is a huge one in the headquarters of the Anyin Bureau, and the two of them are the main 'shadow' organizations... If you want to find out the information about the goddess of the mirror moon, maybe you can only start with them. '

Thinking of this, Dorothy looked at the fire and thought while drawing up a direction for her own investigation, and then stretched again

"Woo~~Okay... Take your time with the matter of the Holy Emblem, now it's time to sort out the spoils~"

After speaking, Dorothy took out the magic box, and after opening it, she began to take out today's spoils, that is, the secret message from the Nether Coffin Order, and put it on the coffee table.

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At night, in the dark living room of No. 17 in Green Shade Town, Dorothy, who was sitting by the fireplace, began to seriously examine her own gains and losses after dealing with the Order of the Necropolis this time. .

According to the usual practice, Dorothy first calculated the consumption situation. This time, the operation against the Order of the Necropolis took about half a month from Kapak asking for help to the final transaction near Gale Fortress, so Dorothy counts all of the classes for this time period.

At the beginning, when she was in the warehouse of New Jacques Port, Dorothy used the live puppet for about 40 minutes to help Capac get out of the trouble by moving the goods. She took three raw puppets, one with a "cup", and two live puppets for 10 minutes. One point of "cup" costs a total of five "cups", which is considered a large consumption.

In addition to the "cup", Dorothy also consumed the "shadow" spirituality. Larina and the group tried divination three times after discovering that the goods were lost. Dorothy consumed three points of "shadow" to Shielding, "Shadow" does not lose much in general.

Outside of spirituality, Dorothy lost the most money in this series of actions. It cost 500 pounds to buy goods for the merchant Maxi, and then went to the black market to buy explosives and parts for assembling timing devices. It cost almost 100 pounds, and it was 300 pounds to ask Beverly to add a layer to the box, and the telegraph fee for the frequent use of the Craftsman Union's telegraph communication with the Order of the Underworld was about 100 pounds. A total of about 1000 pounds was spent, and Dorothy's original spare money was 2350 pounds. This wave is almost half of her wallet.

'Damn... more than 40 boxes of New World's top-grade tobacco sold for 500 can only be said to be a bit of a loss. It is understandable that black market explosives cost 100 pounds...but the price of the stuff involved with that profiteer is outrageous. A few telegrams cost 100 pounds, plus The labor fee for a few 10 minutes of a mezzanine is only three hundred pounds, what the hell! '

While doing the calculations, Dorothy complained in her heart and said, generally speaking, even if this kind of small carpentry work is done by the best old carpenter in the city, the charge is only a dozen coins .When she arrived at Beverly's place, it would be 300 pounds. This labor fee was almost enough to buy a flat. If it wasn't for making the hidden mezzanine seamless, she would never have spent so much money to hire Beverly.

"Huh... spirituality and money have been spent a lot... especially money, recently I spent thousands of pounds on the holy emblem like water, if it wasn't for the speculation of 'Qi', I got a fortune from Bajian Money, I don’t know where these expenses come from? But fortunately, the harvest is also quite rich... These expenses can be fully compensated..."

Dorothy murmured like this, and then looked at her spoils. First of all, the most important thing was the holy emblem of Hades. Obtaining this thing added another piece to the puzzle of her promotion ceremony, which was the most critical point.

Then there is money, the ransom of 6000 pounds. Dorothy gave Neveu 1000 pounds for hard work, and she has 5000 pounds left on her side. Almost all the money she spent before was returned.There is also spirituality, the three secret biography should be able to produce a lot of spirituality.

With such thoughts in mind, Dorothy turned her attention to the three books of different styles on the desk. Extracting spirituality has always been the focus of sorting out the spoils.

Without waiting, Dorothy picked up the three secret books, and then she leaned on the sofa, and began to use her speed reading ability to read the secret books by the gas lamp on the coffee table and the fire in the fireplace. .

After spending more than half an hour, Dorothy almost finished reading all three secret books. After putting the secret books back on the tea table, she closed her eyes and began to sort out the three secret books. Content.

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Dorothy had asked Larina in the telegram before that the secret biography given to her should be related to Pluto, and Larina did as she did. Among the three secret biography, two of them were descriptions. Pluto's, one is called "Song of the Betrayer of the Dead", and the other is called "The Immortality of the Soul".

Among them, "The Immortality of the Soul" seems to be an extraordinary person who studies the undead. During the research, he gradually aroused his admiration for Hades, and thus wrote a work, the content of which is mostly admiration and praise. This author praises Hades. Immortality, but also praises the immortality of the undead, he pays attention to the frailty of the living, and expresses his own desire for the identity of the undead.

In the book, the author who studies the undead finds that a person does not necessarily become an undead after death. Only under many factors can a person survive in the world as a ghost after death.

The author discovered that after death, the soul will immediately penetrate into the inner realm of a certain world, and then slowly penetrate there more and more, and finally disappear into the surface without knowing where it goes. In the side world.But this infiltration process is not irreversible. In many cases, these souls that infiltrate the inner world will return to the outer world and become undead.

There are many reasons for these reasons, the most important of which are two types. One is because of the strong emotions, resentment, or love of the deceased during his lifetime. The process of sideways world, but will stay in the present world in the form of a ghost.The other type is Extraordinary influence, because of Extraordinary people or Extraordinary items...or even the influence of some unreasonable Extraordinary factors, the soul of the deceased will become a ghost after death and stay in this world.

The book has footnotes specifically describing this phenomenon as "infiltration".

This author is afraid of the unknown place that will infiltrate into the world after death. Since he is not confident that his will can get rid of the infiltration, he began to look for extraordinary means to make himself an undead after death. Therefore, he prayed to Pluto, praying that the god of the dead would allow him to successfully return from the infiltration after death and become an undead. Even if he became an undead, he did not want to face the unknown after the infiltration.

"Ah! Lord of the Undead! King of the Immortal Dead! I beseech You to grant me a blessing! Give me the blessing to struggle and swim in the realm of death! I beseech Your shade, keep me away forever from the unknown homelessness !"

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'This guy...would rather be an undead than stay in this world. It feels a bit similar to the attitude of the author of a secret biography I read before. Are there many such guys in the Nether Coffin Order?Tend to become undead or something... By the way, the one who cursed Neveu's family is an ancient undead, so there should be extraordinary undead...

'Also... the description in this secret biography about the state of the soul after death is also very interesting. After death, the soul will seep into the world... A strong will and extraordinary power can make the soul go through this process. Returning from midway... so where do those infiltrating souls end up? '

Dorothy evaluated "The Immortality of the Soul" in her heart and thought that this so-called infiltration reminded her directly of the great soul believed by the aborigines in the New World. In the shamanism of the New World, it is the home of all souls after death.

'I don't know if this greatness really exists?If it exists, what is the situation?Is it related to this so-called infiltration?Is it the same as other gods?What is the connection with Pluto?Right now, there is too little information in this area to make a judgment...'

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Dorothy thought this way again in her heart, and after a while she turned her attention to the second secret biography, "Song of the Sentenced Dead".

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"Song of the Betrayer to the Dead" is also a secret biography about Pluto, which is a poem praising Pluto. According to the introduction, among the aborigines in the northern Ufja desert, some tribes have the custom of worshiping death. They worship symbolic and abstract The god of the dead basically points to the Hades, and this secret biography contains the songs of praise to the gods passed down orally among these tribes.

In these poems, Pluto is more like the god of the dead than the god of death. In the praise of these poems, Pluto is called the traitor to the dead. There are many contradictory descriptions in these verses, and there are more poetic sentences , He is the first undead in this world, and therefore the god of all undead.

"Father of the dead! You are the first returner! The first immortal undead! You bring death and blaspheme death! You master death and betray death! You are a blasphemer and a traitor to death!"

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'Bringing death and blaspheming death...that is, mastering death and betraying death...the sentence feels very contradictory. What is the specific meaning of the so-called betrayal of death?

'Also... This secret biography also claims that Pluto is the first returner, the first undead... Does this mean that Pluto is the first existence to return from infiltration to the present world?If this is the case, then wouldn't Pluto be a creature who experienced death before?He is the first being to return from infiltration, so does his act of blasphemy and betrayal of death refer to this return? '

Dorothy pondered in her heart and thought that through these two secret biography, she also had some understanding of Pluto.After thinking about the two secret biography, she began to recall the content of the third secret biography, and in the third secret biography, a new god appeared.

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This third secret biography is quite weird, there is no title or author on it, and I don’t know what its origin is. Although it is the shape of a book, after opening it, Dorothy finds that there is a book cover sandwiched inside. The parchment that can be unfolded, after Dorothy unfolded it, what she saw was a strange picture.

At first glance, there is a skeleton painted on the parchment, a black standing skeleton, but if you look closely, the black skeleton is not simply painted, but written.

right!Write on the skeleton!This piece of parchment is full of small black sentences, these sentences are arranged regularly and densely, forming a picture of a black skull, which looks very intrusive.

Looking carefully, these sentences drawn as skeletons are in various languages ​​and various handwritings, as if they were written by different people.Dorothy knew some of these sentences, but most of them did not. In the language that Dorothy could recognize, all the words written were extremely vicious and hurtful words, and they were curse words that hated others very much. These sentences There are different curse objects, but none of them hope that the cursed will suffer a very tragic end.

Therefore, what is painted on this parchment is a black skull completely written and drawn with curse words, and in the corner behind this parchment, there are such words written.

"Servant of Hades... Cursed Black Skeleton..."

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'Bound the black skeleton... Could this be the motley god who cursed the Extraordinary Branch Road? '

Recalling the terrifying scroll on the parchment in her heart, Dorothy thought this way in her heart. Looking at the black corpse made of curse words, she judged the identity of the other party in her heart.

'Servant of Pluto... Does that mean this guy is a servant serving Pluto?If Pluto is the pure-color main god corresponding to 'Mother of Cups', then this curse-bound black skeleton is a motley god like the gluttonous wolf... In the field of 'Ji', besides Pluto, there are still other gods. …

"Since there are extraordinary beings who can use curses in the Order of the Nether Coffin, then this cursed black skeleton should also be one of the objects of belief in the Order of the Nether Coffin. I don't know if there are any gods in the other branches of 'Sabi'... '

Dorothy thought this way, so far, she has gone through all the contents of the three secret books in her mind, and now it is time to extract the spirituality.

最终，多萝西由《灵魂的不朽》中提取出了3点“寂”与1点“启”，在《叛死者之歌》中提取出了4点“寂”和2点“启”，在缚咒黑骸的羊皮纸画卷之中提取出了2“寂”1“影”1“启”。

Combined with the previous consumption, Dorothy's spiritual situation is now like this.

10 cups, 14 stones, 6 shadows, 4 lights, 23 silences, 30 enlightenments.

In terms of cash, Dorothy still has 6350 pounds left.

"Hmm... It's barely okay, money and spirituality are not too lacking, it's just that the 'cup' has been used for another 5 points, and it's okay except for a little injury. Wait for Vanya to send her Wolf Blood Society over there After reading the secret biography and giving it to me, 'Cup' can recover a bit... Sigh...'Cup' is consumed too quickly mainly because the living puppet consumes too much energy. I hope this ability can become more energy-efficient after advanced...

"It is also worth noting that a 'shadow' with 1 point is extracted from the parchment portrait of the cursed black skeleton. 'What about the Motley God?What He corresponds to is Larina's extraordinary branch that is good at cursing, and its auxiliary spirituality is "shadow"... I don't know if there is another branch besides this cursed branch at the Nether Coffin Order. Master other branches, are there any gods at the top of those branches? '

Sitting on the sofa, Dorothy rubbed her chin thoughtfully, and then she set her sights on the secret book on the coffee table.

'These three secret biography have been read now, and I will show it to Neveu later. After she reads these three books and her grandfather's notes, her spirituality is almost enough to rise to the black soil. I hope the ceremony can be completed by then. Simpler. '

After sorting it out, Dorothy put the money and the secret message into her magic box, and stretched her waist a lot.

"Woo~ It's time to go to bed. I've been busy with the coffin for the past few days, so I haven't had a good rest... Hurry up and recuperate for a while, and I have to see my parents in two days..."

Yawning, Dorothy murmured, and then she moved her gaze to the other side of the coffee table, where an envelope was placed.

Picking up the envelope, Dorothy opened it casually, and then looked at the familiar ... Greg's handwriting, which was written in the opening of the letter paper.

"Hey! Dorothy, you must not guess where I am now! Tell you, I have come to Tivian, we are now in the same city! Surprise is not surprise! Surprise is not surprise!? You can't wait to be with you Brother, let me meet..."

With a calm expression, Dorothy looked at the letter that she had just received in the afternoon. At this time, just by looking at the tone of the letter, you can imagine when Greg was sitting on the seat and writing to herself. happy energy.

"You can contact me freely now, so it seems...my brother's promotion has ended...my brother has been in Tivian for so long, so I should meet him."

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In Tivian during the day, the cloudy clouds deposited in the sky in the past few days have dissipated a lot today, and the rare winter sunshine has spread over the city. Taking advantage of the rare good weather, the citizens of Tivian have gathered If you choose to travel at this time, the crowds on the streets are much denser than in the past.

On a street somewhere in North Tivian, in a restaurant next to the intersection of pedestrians and pedestrians, at a table facing the street and by the window, wearing a plain black and white dress, wearing leather boots and a small hat, Dorothy, with long silver-white hair tied into a ponytail, was sitting here, sipping a cup of coffee while looking at the bustling and peaceful street scene outside the window, and then murmured softly.

"What a rare fine weather..."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu The weather here in Tivian is like a ghost. It's unpredictable. It's either cloudy or light raining, and it's always windy..."

A voice answered Dorothy's words, looking for prestige. At this time, opposite Dorothy's table, a handsome young man in a brown and black suit, Gregory was eating the steak on the dinner plate while responding more. Rosie said that after chewing and swallowing the food in his mouth, he continued to speak to his sister in front of him.

"Let me tell you, Dorothy, although this Tivian looks big, it may not be as comfortable as Igwent in terms of living comfort. At least the weather in Igwent is much more stable than here. I don't have to use it every day." Every time I go out, I always bring an umbrella... Not to mention that the situation here is terrible, and the strange smell from the south comes up from time to time, which is really uncomfortable."

As Greg was still pinching his nose inadvertently, Dorothy put down the coffee cup in her hand after listening to Greg's speech, tilted her head and asked Greg.

"Greg, you seem to miss Igwent's life."

"Yeah, at least the consumption in Igwent is much lower in all aspects. The consumption in Tivian is a bit too high. Renting a house here is enough for me to rent a few apartments on Nanyang Flower Road, and the conditions are not necessarily better than Good over there."

Greg said with some complaints, and after he finished speaking, he touched the wallet in his pocket inadvertently. Not long ago, he was successfully promoted and finally officially joined the General Administration, and then officially moved out of the dormitory of the General Administration to rent a room After paying the deposit and room fee, he spent a lot of money all at once.

Hearing Greg's words, Dorothy raised her eyebrows slightly, and then continued to speak with a hint of interest.

"Well... Indeed, Tivian's weather...air...price...doesn't seem to be much better than Igwent. Apart from being bigger and more prosperous, Tivian seems to be worse than Igwent in terms of livability. So, I stayed in Tivian for the past few months... that's how I feel too."

Dorothy said this, and Greg put on an expression of "Sure enough, my sister thinks so too" after listening to Dorothy's words, but then Dorothy continued to talk again after changing the topic.

"However... this feeling is also obtained after I have lived in Tivian for several weeks. Greg, you are really amazing. I have just come to Tivian for a day or two and I have experienced it so thoroughly. You His observation ability is really strong..."

With a hint of a smile, Dorothy spoke to Greg like this. Hearing what Dorothy said, Greg couldn't help but pause, and suddenly realized that there was something wrong with what he just said.

'Oops... I wrote to Dorothy earlier that I had just arrived at Tivian, but in fact I've been here for almost a month in preparation for a promotion...'

Realizing that there was something wrong with what he said just now, Greg smiled awkwardly after being stunned for a while.

"Uh...hehe... Actually, it's not that I have strong observation skills. I bought a newspaper when I came by train, and there were reports on this aspect. I only knew it after I read it. After the experience, it was indeed similar to what was described in the newspaper.”

"Oh... So that's the case, then I probably understand."

Listening to Greg's words, Dorothy nodded and responded, while complaining in her heart.

"Brother... Is it okay to do secret work with your quality... Don't give away in casual words, but fortunately, the reaction is fast enough, and the round is not bad. '

Dorothy thought so in her heart, but she also knew that Grego's slip of the tongue in front of her was justifiable.Greg has been in Tivian for such a long time, and he has long wanted to meet his only relative here, his sister, but it has been delayed for so long because of the promotion. Today, he finally met Dorothy, and his heart ached. When I was happy and excited, I suddenly got a little carried away.

"But then again, I didn't expect you, Greg, to come to Tivian. I heard that you wrote in the letter that you were promoted in the company? If I remember well, you should work for a security company, right?"

While cutting the steak in front of her, Dorothy continued to ask Greg, and Greg nodded.

"That's right! I work for a security company. I haven't told you before. The boss of the security company I joined has a lot of connections. He has connections with even more powerful security companies here in Preet. If you have a good If there are talented people, he will recommend them for a fee. Since I helped the police catch a very vicious criminal before, my original boss valued my ability even more, and recommended me to Tivian, saying that I can have more talents here. A better future, so I agreed."

After taking a sip of the water in the water glass on the dining table, Greg said to Dorothy, and Dorothy continued to praise after nodding thoughtfully.

"That's it... Then Greg, you are really amazing. You can subdue vicious criminals. It would be a pity if you didn't become a policeman."

"Haha... That's right, I'm strong on your brother, but unfortunately the work I do is too dangerous, otherwise, if there is a chance, I can show you Dorothy on the spot."

Complimented by his own sister, Greg said with a smile, and spoke again when he cut another steak and ate it.

"Speaking of which, how is Dorothy's life with Tivian recently? Especially in terms of study and life, is there any difficulty, or has she bullied you? If so, tell me now , let's go find him after we finish this meal."

"Don't worry, I have a good life here. I get along well with my classmates and teachers. Everyone is very helpful to me. At first, I was not used to it here, but now I have adapted, so there is no need to worry." With a smile, Dorothy told Greg about a group of people that didn't exist at all, and Greg continued to speak with confidence after listening.

"Is it all right? It's good that it's all right. If that's the case, Dorothy, you still have to focus on your studies. It's almost unimaginable for people like us who come from a rural family to go to Tivian to go to middle school." Dare to think about something, and it is the affiliated high school of Wangli Shengguan University, there is a chance to be directly admitted to Shengguan University...

"I've checked, and it's almost one of the best universities in Preet! It's unbelievable to be admitted by people born like us. Dorothy, you need to cherish this opportunity. "

With a look of expectation, Greg continued to talk to Dorothy. In his usual correspondence with Dorothy, Dorothy told him that she is currently studying at Tivian King's Crown University. The affiliated middle school, my goal is to be admitted to Guanda University.Greg, who came out of the country, began to be sincerely proud of his sister after he figured out the gold content of Guanda.

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Greg was very optimistic about Dorothy's future. At the beginning, he took Dorothy to Eagle Winter so that Dorothy could go to middle school and get a better job after high school, but he didn't. How upset Greg was to think that Dorothy had the chance to get into one of the best universities in the country with her own "efforts".

"You don't need to tell Greg, of course I will cherish this opportunity. Now it is my goal to be admitted to the Holy Crown University."

Dorothy continued to respond and said, at the same time, she was complaining in her heart that she was already a student of Guanda University in essence, the kind arranged by the school's sensible, complete and complete materials in all aspects, although she had never been there for a day class, but at least learned a lot in its library.

"By the way, where do you live now, Dorothy? Is it far from here? I want to see how the environment is there? If not, I can help you live in another better place."

Having almost finished eating the steak on the dinner plate, Greg said while wiping his mouth with a napkin, while Dorothy answered directly.

"There is no need for this. I forgot to tell you in the letter before that the place I live in is the girls' dormitory of the school. In the middle school here, even girls can have their own dormitories to live in, so I always live in the dormitory. In the school, places like the girls' dormitory... um...Gregor, I'm afraid it's not convenient for you to visit."

Dorothy said the answer she had prepared before, and Greg couldn't help but pause after hearing her words. After imagining an environment full of girls of Dorothy's age, he wanted to The idea of ​​going to have a look was dispelled like this.

Afterwards, Dorothy and Greg finished the meal while chatting. After Greg paid the bill, they went out and went shopping again. During this period, Greg saw that Dorothy was wearing plain clothes and thought she was I usually save money so I only buy cheap clothes to wear, so I went to the clothing store to help Dorothy buy some fancy clothes.

In this regard, Dorothy had no choice but to put away all the clothes with a dry smile, and at the same time complained to herself that the clothes were bought from a clothing store that customized clothes for Adele. It may be your rent for two or three months.

After shopping, it was already getting late. After giving Dorothy a month's living expenses, Greg said goodbye to Dorothy and left. After all, it was not a smaller city like Igwinter. If both study and work places in Tivian are far away, it is inconvenient to live together.

"Let's go, remember not to spend money recklessly! If you have anything to do, remember to write and send me a telegram!"

Standing on the side of the road, Greg waved and shouted at the rental carriage going far away, and Dorothy, who was sitting in the carriage, also waved back. After seeing the rental carriage disappear at the end of the street, Greg also went He breathed a sigh of relief, then took out a stick of cigarette from his pocket, lit it with flame and put it to his mouth, after taking two puffs, he exhaled a puff of white smoke.