Chapter 16 Curse
After finding a small restaurant outside Howard Library and having a simple meal, Shallan and Yiwen returned to the library to continue their studies.
This time, Yi Wen simply sat opposite Sha Lan. The two of them sat facing each other, reading and studying together, and there was an academic atmosphere out of nowhere.
“Rustle…”
Putting a period to the end, Shalan put down her pen, stretched herself, and finally finished reading the two books. She summarized many key points in her notebook. The two-finger-thick notebook was completely filled with things, and it could almost be regarded as another bulky book.
She closed her eyes and leaned back in the chair to relax her tired eyes and her writing right hand. After a long time, Shalan opened her eyes. At this time, Yiwen closed her "The Epic of Roma" and raised her head. The two looked at each other and smiled.
"Shalan, we're closing the museum."
"Well, I've finished reading, and I have to go back too."
"Okay, bye, be careful on your way."
"Thank you. You should get some rest too."
After saying goodbye to each other, Shalan packed up her things and put the books on the table back on the bookshelf before leaving the library with her bag.
Walking on the marble steps outside the library, Shallan turned to look at the lights in Howard Library which were gradually going out, and couldn't help muttering to herself, "Ywen, see you tomorrow."
Taking a deep breath of the cool night air, Shallan walked to the car waiting at the bottom of the stairs, got in the car and returned to the Werman Manor.
After returning home, she took the initiative to meet Luo Er and told him about today's study progress. The father and son talked for a while, and then Shalan returned to her room.
After taking a bath and changing clothes with Sally's help and putting on a comfortable nightgown, Shalan sat in front of the desk and took a sip of the milk tea brought by Sally to relieve the fatigue of a day's study.
"Sally, what happened at home today? I think the servants at home are a little nervous."
Hearing Shalan's question, Sally immediately stepped forward and stood beside Shalan. While adding milk tea to Shalan's cup, she whispered to Shalan, "Master Shalan, today Butler Berman reorganized the servants of the manor and drove away many people. I don't know many of them, but the few I know are all those who are completely loyal to the Countess.
And according to what I heard from other people, those servants who had followed the Countess for many years and came from the Franklin family were also expelled from the manor by Butler Berman. In name, they were returned to the Franklin family, but in fact everyone knew that those people were abandoned. "
When Shalan heard Sally's words, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she nodded and said, "Then there is no objection from the Countess?"
"Neither the Countess nor Master Shaman showed up, but the maid next to the Countess did. She originally wanted to gather the servants to fight against Butler Berman, but she never expected that Lord Hasid and the manor guards would quickly control them. In the end, they could only let Butler Berman and Lord Hasid drive them away, and they didn't dare to say a word."
Nodding, Shalan knew that it was his father Roll who took action. The butler Berman and the family knight Hasid, who were his right-hand men, took action at the same time. It would have been impossible if his father, Count Roll, had not supported them behind the scenes.
"Then there is no reply from the Countess?"
Sally listened to what Shalan said, thought for a moment, and spoke again: "It's not that there is no dinner. According to other servants, the Countess , but asked the kitchen to send it to her room. However, Master Shaman had dinner with the Earl as usual, and there didn't seem to be anything unusual."
"He's not that stupid. He has the ability to judge the situation properly. He's worthy of being a member of the Franklin family."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shalan waved his hand and asked Sally to leave. He quickly finished his snacks and milk tea. After Sally packed up her things, he took out his notes and continued reading.
"I have basically learned everything I need to learn. I have to admit that my learning ability is quite strong. But it's good this way. Otherwise, if I were alone and had no one to rely on, it would be difficult for me to survive in this bizarre world."
Putting down the notebook, Shalan thought for a moment and asked Sally to leave her room to rest. After Sally left the room, he took out a piece of white paper and wrote down the 327 Mansmei words in the Mansmei language system that he had memorized, which were the same as those on the stone, in order on the paper.
Looking at the 327 words of Manse American language on the paper, Shalan closed his eyes and immersed himself in his mind for a while. When he opened his eyes again, he had activated his supernatural power to the maximum extent, making the Manse American language, which was originally only unfamiliar to him, become extremely proficient under the activation of supernatural power. He picked up a pen and began to translate the 327 words of Manse American language according to the two interpretation directions on the notebook.
When the last word was written on the paper, Shalan immediately put down his pen and stopped using his supernatural powers. At this moment, he only felt a sharp pain in his head, and blood was slowly flowing from his nostrils.
Taking out a towel and covering her nose, Shalan closed her eyes and rested quietly for a while, then she opened her eyes and looked at the white paper in her hand.
At this time, there were two . In some places on the two translations, there were traces of Shalan's smearing with a pen. After removing the smeared places and combining the two translations, Shalan successfully interpreted the most accurate result. This was also the reason why he had activated his supernatural powers just now. Only with the powerful analysis and reasoning ability when the supernatural powers are fully activated can he combine the two translations in a short time to find the truly correct result.
After reading the translation on the white paper, Shallan put it down and muttered to herself, "It is indeed a curse. Vanessa is not so kind. But seeing how persistent she is, will this curse really work? If it does , why didn't I feel anything wrong these two days?"
Reaching out from the innermost part of the drawer, Shallan took out the metal box containing the stone. He took out the stone engraved with the spell in Mansmei from the box and played with it in his hands. He didn't understand, if the curse really existed, how could the curse be successful with just this piece of stone.
However, Shalan, who was concentrating on observing the stone, did not see that when he took out the stone, a wisp of almost invisible black smoke escaped from the spell carved on the stone, forming a human-shaped shadow behind Shalan, which seemed to be there and not there, appearing and disappearing from time to time.
