Mistbound Chronicles: Lumian's Legacy Novel Chapter 9

night.
After dealing with the neighbor who came to borrow the oven, Lumian went up to the second floor and entered the room that served as the study.

In Kordu Village, many poor families do not have ovens or large stoves. When they need to bake bread or smoke meat, they can only borrow them from other people's homes and use them on the spot.

Aurore has always been open-minded and tolerant in this matter. Anyone can borrow it, as long as they have to pay the corresponding fuel costs or bring their own coal, wood, etc.

At this time, she had changed into her white silk nightgown and was curled up in an easy chair, looking at the book in her hand intently with the bright battery-operated lamp on the desk.

Lumian did not disturb her, casually pulled out a thin book from the bookshelf and sat on a chair in the corner.

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"Veil of Secrecy"...what magazine is this? Lumian glanced at the cover full of strange symbols, and doubts arose in his heart.

He flipped through it quickly, and the more he looked, the more shocked he became.

This magazine talks about the existence form of the human soul, about animism, about communicating with different spirits in secret ways and getting different help...

Even if his faith is not religious at all, even if he just follows the crowd and goes to the church of "Eternal Blazing Sun" to pray and occasionally participates in mass, Lumian can't help but flash two words in his mind:

"Blasphemy!

"Taboo!"

Although Aurore was a wizard who would definitely be caught and burned by the Inquisition if exposed, it was normal for her to have similar books at home, but Lumian clearly saw that this magazine had a government publishing license!

Can this kind of thing be published openly?

Doesn’t it mean that publishing censorship has always been very strict?

Or, this is a forged permission... Lumian raised his head, looked at Aurore, and asked:

"Is this a banned magazine?"

Aurore took her eyes away from the book, glanced at her brother, and said nonchalantly:

"It used to be underground literature, but then it somehow passed the censorship and was officially published. The Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun didn't care about it and just acquiesced."

"Literature?" Lumian didn't quite understand his sister's words.

"Of course this is literature, you don't take it seriously, do you?" Aurore laughed, "If what is written is true, do you think it can still be published? If you follow the above method, in addition to keeping yourself refreshed, Weakness, becoming neurotic, there will be no additional gains, well...occasionally there will be something real, but without the corresponding ritual language, no matter how hard you try, it will be in vain."

This is a comment from a professional wizard.

"Okay..." Lumian couldn't hide his disappointment, "I'm just surprised that this can be published."

Aurore puffed up her cheeks, as if thinking seriously:

"I don't know why. Maybe it's because in recent years, there have been more and more supernatural, uh, phenomena involving supernatural factors in various places. We can't hide them all, which has brought about a certain trend of thought. The government wants everyone to understand a little bit, so The control over similar books has been relaxed. In Trier, the three more popular magazines are "Psychic", "Lotus" and "Upanishad". I have them on my bookshelf. If you are interested, you can check them out and go there later. The story in the tavern can be made more like that."

"Yeah." Lumian was indeed interested.

At the same time, he once again sighed in his heart:

Aurore’s collection of books is truly rich and diverse!

It was through these books and Aurore's explanations from time to time that he, an out-of-school young man, could have a sufficient understanding of the world, continent, and country he lived in:

This world has two continents, the north and the south, separated by the violent sea that is ravaged by hurricanes and difficult to navigate. As for the legendary Eastern Continent and Western Continent, no one has reached it yet, and no one can be sure whether they exist or not.

The Republic of Intis, where Lumian and Aurore live, is located in the middle of the Northern Continent, bordering the Sea of Mist to the west, the Fusac Empire to the north, the Hornakis Mountains and the Kingdom of Loen to the east, and the countries bordering the south in order. Next in line are the Kingdom of Feneport, Lemburg and Marsi.

Between the Kingdom of Feneport and the Kingdom of Loen, there are also small countries such as Segar. Together with Lunburg and Maxi, they are called the Central and Southern Kingdoms. What they have in common is that they all believe in the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom."

The Southern Continent has become a colony of the countries in the Northern Continent. Whether it is the Balam Empire, the Parth Kingdom, the Hagati Kingdom, or other countries, they have lost most of their autonomy. Of course, the wave of resistance to colonization has never stopped.

In addition to the violent sea between the northern and southern continents, the Misty Sea to the west of the Republic of Intis, there is also the Sonia Sea to the east of the Kingdom of Loen, the North Sea to the north of the Fusac Empire, and the Polar Sea to the south of the southern continent. They are also called "Five Seas".

Among the countries in the northern continent, the Kingdom of Loen has the strongest overall strength, followed by the Republic of Intis. The Feysac Empire, which lost in the last war, fell to fourth, and the Kingdom of Feneport rose to third. Central and South China Among the countries, Lundborg is the most powerful.

Compared to the villagers in Kordu who only knew the Republic of Intis, the Kingdom of Feneport and Lemburg, Lumian could be called a geographer.

Of course, this is because the shepherds in Kordu Village need to transfer to the neighboring Kingdom of Feneport and Lemberg in order to have a certain understanding of these two countries. For the people in the northern countryside of the Daliege region, except Among the surrounding villages, towns and cities, they could only name Trier, Suchit and other major cities in their country.

Sometimes, Lumian really wonders, how can Aurore master so much knowledge?

All the textbooks he studied were compiled by Aurore, and all the practice papers were published by Aurore. If he had any questions about the books he usually read, Aurore could answer them!

More importantly, she also masters the fighting skills of various schools.

This is simply not something a girl in her twenties can do. Some people can't accumulate so much knowledge after living for fifty or sixty years.

Are these the basic conditions for being a real wizard? Lumian raised his head again and looked at Aurore.

Aurore read a book and patted her cheek gently with her fingers, looking nothing like a scholar or wizard.

"What are you looking at?" Aurore noticed his gaze.

"You said last time that I have the knowledge to take the Unified Entrance Examination for Colleges and Universities?" Lumian changed the subject.

Aurore thought for a moment and said:

"Theoretically you can be admitted to any university, but I have never taken the entrance exam and am not sure about the specific range of questions.

"Russell is really doing a lot of harm to people. Hey, this is also a good thing..."

There is no doubt that the Unified Entrance Examination for Colleges and Universities was instituted during the reign of Emperor Russell and continues to this day.

Aurore suddenly remembered something, looked at Lumian, smiled and asked:

"Why didn't you go to the pub to make up a story today?"

"I'm not really an alcoholic." Lumian shook the magazine in his hand, "Reading at home is also a good way to entertain yourself."

And it can also make me feel calm and relaxed... He added silently in his heart.

Aurore nodded, looked at Lumian's corner and said:

"Why are you sitting so far away? Are you pretending to be pitiful, weak, and helpless?

"Come here, reading at night requires good light, otherwise it will hurt your eyes."

Aurore has a lot of weird words... Although I understand what the words "poor", "weak" and "helpless" mean respectively, but they look weird when put together. It's not like normal usage... Lumian has long been used to Aurore's behavior. He picked up the chair and came to the desk.

In front of the bright desk lamp, he and Aurore sat on one side and read books quietly, chatting from time to time.

The sound of breathing, the sound of pages turning, and the night wind blowing occasionally outside the window are soothing and peaceful.

After saying good night to Aurore, Lumian returned to his room.

He took off his coat and hung it on the back of the chair without trying to take the "Wand" card to the bed.

This was because he was afraid of arousing Aurore's suspicion. After all, his sister said she would always look after him.

Lumian was about to take steps towards the bed, but suddenly his heart moved and he stopped.

He rolled his eyes and adjusted the chair that was usually placed at an angle to face the window.

Then he got on the bed and extinguished the kerosene lamp on the cabinet next to him.

After falling asleep normally, some time passed before Lumian suddenly regained consciousness.

He once again saw the bedroom filled with light gray fog.

Lumian, who was mentally prepared, looked around calmly and discovered one thing:

The chair that I had specially placed before going to bed was still tilted in my dream, maintaining the same appearance as before.

In other words, the bedroom in the dream does not strictly correspond to reality. It may come from the deepest impression of my subconscious... Although I don't know what this means, Lumian thinks it is a point that needs to be remembered.

He came to the window, held the table with both hands, and looked outside.

The mountain peak composed of brown-red stones and red-brown soil, as well as the circle of collapsed buildings surrounding it, caught his sight again.

It's deadly quiet here.

Time passed quickly. After hesitating for a while, Lumian finally made up his mind:

Do some preliminary and certain exploration tonight!

His past wandering life gave him a fierce energy.

He didn't immediately go downstairs and enter the ruins. Instead, he opened the cabinet and started adding clothes.

This is not because he feels cold, but to improve his "defense ability" in this way.

After putting on his cotton coat, cotton trousers, and leather jacket, Lumian moved his body and felt that he couldn't move any more as it would obviously affect his flexibility.

This is more important.

While adapting to the current situation, a thought suddenly flashed through Lumian's mind:

This is my dream. Won’t I get whatever I want?

With the mentality of trying, he began to whisper to himself:

"I want a breastplate, a pistol... I want a breastplate, a pistol..."

The room filled with light gray fog remained unchanged.

It doesn't seem possible, this dream is indeed special... Lumian calmed down his disappointment, opened the bedroom door, and stepped into the corridor.

There is no light here, it is dim and dim.

Lumian opened the doors of Aurore's bedroom and study one after another. The layout inside was slightly different from reality, but it was generally the same. The biggest difference was that there was no Aurore in those two scenes, as if they were frozen in gray. inside.

The same goes for the first floor.

Lumian began to search for self-defense weapons. With his familiarity with his home, he quickly had two options:

The first is a fork with a front end made of steel and a length of nearly two meters. In Auroer's words, as long as the target does not have long-range weapons, this thing is absolutely easy to use and the effect is absolutely outstanding.

The second is a sharper iron-black hand axe.

The answer for an adult is to do it all... Lumian inexplicably remembered what Aurore often said, but in the end he didn't do it.

Because he was doing preliminary exploration today, what he needed was concealment, caution, and almost stealth.

And carrying such a long weapon would definitely slow down his movements and make him easily exposed.

Lumian exhaled slowly, bent his back, and picked up the axe.

He straightened up immediately and walked towards the door step by step in the faint gray mist.

Silently, he opened the door.