Chapter 481: Jade Record and Star Record

Under Horn's meaningful gaze, the dejected Aigalan and several other self-pitying witchers were sent to the Trinity Education Team.

Judging from the attitudes of these demon hunters, there might be a few more demon hunters in Horn's team in the future.

Although Gilo is now in Horn's team, he didn't drink the potion after all.

Demon hunters have four skills: tracking, assassination, disguise, and protection, and he is good at one of them.

Jilo is an old player who has followed Horn on the road of blood and sweat. He even participated in the bloody battle of Changqiao.

So Gilo might not be that capable, but he is indeed reliable, and Horn believes that the probability of him pretending to obey but actually disobeying is still very low.

If the Cheka team had the addition of demon hunters, it would probably be more efficient than it is now.

Order people to block the entrance and exit of this underground palace, and build a giant spider experimental breeding farm outside as a cover.

After Horn asked everyone to keep their mouths shut, he boarded a small boat, braved the drizzle, sailed across the rippling surface of Nanze Lake, and took Jeanna back to the Mechanical Palace on Qiumu Island.

When he changed his clothes and went to the study, he didn't see Shilov.

Instead, Catherine sat in front of the round table, frowning as she flipped through the book she brought from the underground palace.

Unlike Karl and Mitternich, they needed to undergo training first and then be taught by the Holy Fathers monks.

Because of Catherine's special status, she went to Autumn Island to study and learned one-on-one with Shilov and Horn.

Judging from her current attainments alone, her level of natural theology and "Holy Way of Salvation" is almost surpassing Jeanne's.

"Where's Shilov?" Horn knocked on the round table in front of Catherine.

"Shilov is sleeping. I asked Giles to notify her. You have to wait a moment." Catherine frowned and put down the book in her hand, as if she was dissatisfied with Horn interrupting her train of thought.

"Can you understand these words?" Horn asked hopefully.

After all, Catherine is also a wizarding expert and has undergone complete training as a witch and wizard. Maybe she can read it, too?
"This is Parrot script, and it's very obscure. I don't know much, so I can only guess." Catherine closed the book in her hand, revealing a piece of paper with a few words written on it.

"Snake script, is it the writing of a small tribe? Could it be the writing of the native people of Black Snake Bay?" Horn sat next to Catherine and looked at the words on the paper.

"How is that possible? Snake script is derived from the original El language, and is a script created by the Sicheng Hermitage."

As if she remembered something, Catherine covered her mouth with a fan and laughed, "They insisted that this was the 'orthodox' El language, but they were soon slapped in the face by the ancient books that the secret party bought from the Flesh and Blood Court.

They still insisted that it was a forgery by the Flesh and Blood Royal Court, and that theirs was the orthodox one, and they have been using it until now."

Horn looked at the dozen or so words and asked, "Is this the title of the book you translated?"

"Yes." Catherine picked up the pen and put away her smile, then drew a line on the two names. "Maybe you found it right. This is really the relic left by Mother Shilov. Of course, it is also possible that I translated it wrong."

The two circled names on the paper were "The Jade Record with Notes (Edited by Sefaye Shiloh)" and "The Star Record with Notes (Edited by Sefaye Shiloh)".

Sefaye, is this the name of Grandma Shilov?
So Shilov is actually a surname. Her so-called mother didn't even give her a proper name.

For a moment, Horn hesitated whether to show these books to Shilov.

If she knew her mother's attitude, would she be sad? He was not sure.

Horn didn't want to make Shilov sad, but this was related to the Star-Forged Gears and previous secrets, and he couldn't hide it from her forever.

With such a sick mother, it is better to face the reality sooner rather than later.

"What about the other books?"

"Isn't this translating?" Catherine said coquettishly, "If you hadn't come in and interrupted me, I would have translated it."

"Okay, okay, then you continue to turn the pages, I won't disturb you."

Sitting opposite Catherine, Horn picked up the book called "The Emerald Record", looked at the rugged text inside, and fell silent.

This kind of snake script that no one can understand is probably the reason why the demon hunters discarded it as a miscellaneous book.

Books signed by Grandma Shiloh, the strange mechanical palace on Autumn Dusk Island, advanced ether research, blood slave Afu, long-haired zombies...

Putting all the clues together, Horn had a vague idea of ​​the answer.

Then Serfaye is either a witch from the Priory of Sicheng, or a vampire collaborating with the Priory of Sicheng.

Maybe we have to look for clues from the Priory of the Scales? This situation is getting more and more complicated. "Horn, what are you looking at?"

As Horn was concentrating on thinking, he was startled by Shilov's voice and the book in his hand fell to the ground.

When he turned around, he saw Jeanna pushing Shilov's wheelchair. She tilted her head expressionlessly to look at Horn's face, and her wolf tail behind her was curled up like a dog's.

It seems that she is in a good mood today.

"Nothing, nothing." Horn bent down and prepared to pick up the book, but Shilov's upper body was very flexible and she moved quickly, picking up the book on the ground before Horn.

"What is this? The Jade Record? Selfaye...Shirof!"

The curly tail suddenly straightened and the wolf ears on the top of her head stood up. Horn clearly saw that the originally soft hair on her tail all exploded and became fluffy.

Catherine, who was translating, raised her head and blinked in surprise: "Do you understand the words on it?"

"Ah?" Shilov looked up as if she had just woken up from a dream. "Why can I understand it? What kind of text is this? Why can I understand it?"

Horn stood up and gently stroked Shilov's head.

"No need to comfort me." Shilov raised her head and her tail slowly dropped. "I'm just too shocked. Sorry, I lost my composure. I'll translate it for you now."

Horn and Catherine looked at each other and gently rubbed Shilov's ears: "Don't force it, you can rest first, we will talk about it in a few days."

As if to prove that she didn't take the matter to heart, Shilov opened the book in her hand and began to read silently, ignoring Horn's advice.

Horn had no choice but to squat beside Shilov and wait.

Almost ten minutes had passed, but Shilov had no intention of stopping. She opened her emerald eyes and stared at the words on the pages of the book, her eyes calm.

But she was flipping through the pages slower and slower, and sometimes even had to turn back the pages.

This is very different from Shilov who can read ten lines at a glance. With her brain, she actually needs to turn the pages?

It was not until the sleepy Jeanna accidentally hit her head on the desk that the crisp sound woke Shilov up.

"Sorry, I accidentally got engrossed in reading." Shilov let out a long sigh and closed the book in her hand.

"What is this talking about?" Catherine couldn't help but ask.

"Do you know what the Jade Record is?"

Seeing Catherine in deep thought, Horn at a loss, and Jeanna in a coma, Shilov turned her wheelchair to the round table and put down the book.

"The Emerald Record is an alchemical book from the Seven Hills Kingdom period, which mainly introduces the principles of alchemy." Putting her hands in front of her knees and holding down her tail, Shilov introduced it slowly.

“It’s different from the alchemy we have now. There were no witches at that time, so it was just a normal skill. Alchemists are considered the ancestors of today’s pharmacists.

Since "Cui Yu Lu" used a lot of code words and metaphors in order to keep it secret, this "Cui Yu Lu Zhu" is the annotation, analyzing what each image represents.

And my mother...translated and proofread this book, and added a lot of new content herself.

It aims to uncover the essence of The Emerald Record, telling the story of the entire world as an alchemical process, describing various transformations and the differences between before and after.

To be honest, if these contents were to be spread, a new school of thought would definitely emerge in the interpretation of The Emerald Jade Record.”

"So, in a sense, it's a philosophy book? It has nothing to do with Starforge Gears and your background?" Horn looked directly into Shilov's eyes.

Shilov stroked the cover of the book and said, "There are a lot of handwritten notes in it. I guess my mother must have read it frequently and made notes on it. Maybe it is related to the secret of the Star-Forged Gear.

There are many obscure things in this book, and I will try to translate it all within two months. "

Seeing that Shilov deliberately didn't mention her background, Horn quickly changed the subject and said to Catherine with a smile: "Well, then our ancient library is more like the real..."

"No, I'm afraid this book can't be put in the library." Shilov interrupted Horn.

"why?"

"Grandma only proofread the Notes, but the identity of the Notes himself is a bit problematic." Shilov opened the first page of the book.

"The author of the Jade Record is called Clan Sorido." Shiloh paused, "The Sorido Clan of the Thirteen Vampire Clans."

(End of this chapter)