Mistbound Chronicles: Lumian's Legacy Novel Chapter 49

Curly Baboon Research Society? If his sister hadn't been in such a bad mood, Lumian would have laughed out loud.

But even if he controlled his laughter, he still couldn't help but say:

"Those who know understand that you are studying curly baboons, but those who don't know think that a group of curly baboons are doing research."

Of course, he was just kidding because the word "research" is in the passive voice.

Aurore rolled her eyes at him:

"We often joke to ourselves that a group of curly-haired baboons are being studied."

Seeing that his sister was in better condition, Lumian asked instead:

"Are all the members of your research society extraordinary?"

"Not entirely." Aurore replied simply, "But there are some parties that ordinary people cannot attend."

She didn't say why she couldn't attend.

"Who is the president? How many vice-presidents are there?" Lumian asked.

"Are you checking your household registration book?" Aurore replied angrily.

"Huh?" Lumian was confused.

In fact, he probably guessed that the "little book that records family members" that his sister mentioned refers to the specific situation of the "Curly Baboon Research Society", which means that he doesn't like to ask too much in detail.

Aurore puffed up her mouth, exhaled and said:

"The president's codename is 'Gandalf', and there are five vice-presidents in total.

"Okay, I'm going to summon Hela's messenger."

Lumian nodded first, then became a little confused:

"Aurore, er, sister, didn't you say that you only know the code name 'Hela' and don't know her specific name? How can you summon her messenger?"

He remembered that his sister had just said that changing the last paragraph of the summoning spell to "a messenger belonging to so-and-so" would be able to point to the target creature very accurately, but now he didn't know who "so-and-so" was.

"Very good." Aurore praised, "Being able to find problems is an excellent learning quality. Let's put it this way, it doesn't matter what name you use when you sign a contract with a spirit world creature, the contract will automatically be taken away from you. The real aura creates a connection between the two parties, but remember, you can only use the name written when you signed the contract for subsequent summons. Changing it to your real name will be invalid."

Lumian thought carefully and said:

"I understand. The key is breath and connection. The name you name when signing the contract is only equivalent to the incantation used in subsequent summonses. It doesn't matter what you write."

"Yes." Aurore nodded slightly.

Lumian suddenly laughed:

"Is there such a situation? Suppose, I say hypothetical, sister, you obtained the accurate spell, summoned a messenger, and signed a contract with it in the name of Aurore Lee. After that, because you love your brother, It was me who taught me the spell. As for me, I successfully summoned another messenger. But when I signed the contract, for fun, I also signed it in the name of Aurore Lee.

"Then the question is, which one will be summoned by the description 'Aural Lee's unique messenger'?"

Aurore's face turned green when she heard this:

"I don't have a messenger, how do I know!"

She took a breath, calmed down, and said while thinking:

"This is actually a confusion caused by the same name. Compared with ordinary contracted creatures that can only be summoned by themselves, messengers that can be summoned by others are indeed prone to this problem. However, since I don't have a messenger, I am not sure if there is a special mechanism. To avoid similar errors, I can only try to do an analysis based on my knowledge:

"First, there are very few people who have messengers, and the probability of having the same name is so low that it is almost negligible.

"Second, if you really want to have the same name, you can put an item with the aura of the messenger master in the summoning ritual and use it to lock it accurately.

"Three, if you are really afraid of having the same name, you can make your name a little longer when signing the contract, for example, Lumian Torres Ale Lanros Arthur Gehrman Sparrow Lee, This way there should be no duplication of names."

"But it's possible that I forgot the name right after signing the contract. It's too hard to remember." Lumian muttered, "Also, why did you add the name of the pirate hunter and adventurer?"

"Because I like it. Ms. Forse Wall's series of adventurer novels are so classic." Aurore said confidently.

She turned around and arranged the altar, preparing to officially hold the summoning ceremony.

At this moment, Lumian thought of something and shouted quickly:

"Wait a moment!"

"What's wrong?" Aurore turned around, looking confused.

Lumian asked seriously:

"Is the messenger an outsider?"

"..." Aurore had a question mark on his face at first, not understanding what his brother meant, but he soon figured out the problem.

She asked carefully:

"You mean that as a messenger from an outsider who comes to Kordu, he will be trapped in a loop and never be able to leave?"

Before Lumian could answer, Aurore had a new guess:

"No, the situation will be more serious. It is a contract creature. After getting the letter, it will immediately go to 'Hela', which is equivalent to breaking away from Kordu. In that case, it will restart again.

"After that, it left again and again out of instinct, and we restarted it again and again, without any time to investigate the key to the cycle."

Lumian couldn't help but imagine the scene described by his sister:

I just opened my eyes and saw a familiar bedroom, then opened my eyes again and saw a familiar bedroom, then opened my eyes again and saw a familiar bedroom... I repeated this action countless times, and the root of everything is A certain messenger was in a hurry to "go home".

Aurore raised her hand to cover her forehead:

"I can't even imagine what kind of changes there will be then..."

After sighing, she analyzed seriously:

"Judging from the current situation, the departure of living things from Kordu and the surrounding area will cause the cycle to restart, while inanimate substances will not trigger restrictions. The telegram taken and the letter sent are both proof.

"If this is really the case, the spirit will certainly not work either. It seems that it cannot summon the messenger."

Hearing this, Lumian suddenly figured out why the little blue book could keep the words cut out.

The cut note left Kordu Village and broke away from this cycle. It is no longer affected and will not return. Naturally, the Little Blue Book cannot be restored to its original state!

He told his sister this speculation and finally said:

"The problem with Little Blue Book has been solved, but how did you send the letter?

"You definitely can't send it away during the cycle. As soon as the person who delivers the letter leaves Kordu, it will cause a restart. And if it was before the cycle, I have no memory at all. What about you?"

"Neither did I." Aurore thought for a few seconds and then scolded with a smile, "You idiot, you almost made me distort my thinking. It's so easy to send the letter in a loop!"

"Huh?" Lumian looked at his smart sister.

Aurore smiled and said:

"You don't need a postman to send a letter, and you don't need to hire a messenger.

"When we find an abnormality and don't want to alert those who may have problems, the best option is to find a wooden box, put the made distress letter inside, seal it, and then throw the wooden box into the river outside the village , let it float naturally downstream, waiting for people from other villages and even Liege to pick it up and help us give it to the officials.

"You said that our last loop has confirmed that the loop contains a small part of the river and can be reached."

"Yes!" Lumian suddenly put his palms together.

He thought of another question:

"Will fish in the river cause a reboot?"

"Probably not." Aurore thought for a moment and said, "These kind of creatures with no intelligence are very sensitive to invisible restrictions, or in other words, they are more susceptible to invisible influences. They will most likely instinctively stay away, which may cause a restart. The place."

"What about your 'blank paper'? At twelve hours, it has to leave the real world." Lumian felt that this would also restart the cycle.

Aurore looked around and said thoughtfully:

"I suspect that the cycle encompasses not only the village of Kordu and the surrounding mountains, but also the spiritual counterpart of this place and everyone here.

"You probably don't know that there is actually a lot of natural interaction between the spiritual world and reality. If the corresponding spiritual world is not included, it may restart after a while, and then restart after a while, and the current situation is obviously not like this.

"'White Paper', as my contracted creature, is directly connected to Kordu Village, and the spiritual world where it travels is most likely included in it."

I still don’t know enough about mysticism... Lumian asked no more questions.

Aurore demonstrated the process of ritual magic again, lifting the spiritual wall.

In the sudden invisible wind, she said to Lumian:

"Now that it's completely dark, I'll teach you the true method of meditation and spiritual vision."

"Yeah." Lumian said he was listening carefully.

Aurore explained:

"You have already mastered the first half of meditation, let's start with the second half.

"When you imagine the sun, gather your energy, and enter a relatively calm state, let your head empty out slightly, and sketch an object that does not exist in reality to replace the sun. Keep sketching and repeating until you gain both physical and mental benefits. Quiet, my thoughts feel like they are floating."

"Things that don't exist in reality?" Lumian didn't quite understand.

Aurore took out a pen and paper and drew a few words:

"Look, is there anything like this in reality?"

There is something very abstract on the paper, like a ball with eyes and a cross on the face.

"Didn't you just draw it? This painting is in reality." Lumian felt that his sister's explanation was not quite right.

"The paintings and imagination are not reality." Aurore rolled her eyes.

Being a teacher to your younger brother means you have to suffer from this kind of anger all the time.

Lumian said "Oh":

"Then I'll try it with your picture."

He pulled up a chair, sat down, leaned back, and concentrated.

The red sun quickly sketched in his mind, making him gradually calm.

After a while, because he was in reality, he didn't hear the terrifying and mysterious sound, and he could calmly replace the sun in meditation with the pattern his sister drew casually.

A cross-shaped ball with eyes quickly appeared in Lumian's mind.

As Lumian repeatedly sketched, his body and mind became more and more peaceful, and his thoughts gradually began to feel wandering.

He "saw" that there was a faint gray mist around him, some indescribable, non-existent things and rich color patches mixed together, and high in the sky, or perhaps deep in the sky, there were streaks of bright brilliance.

"Don't worry, the probability of 'Hunter' meditating successfully the first time is very low." Aurore comforted her brother beside him.

Lumian was about to report to his sister that he had successfully entered a meditative state, when he suddenly felt that something was watching him from the depths of the light gray mist and from an infinite height!

This seemed to be an illusion, but it made him break out in cold sweat and feel inexplicable fear, and he suddenly fell out of his meditative state.