After waking up

While the people of New Quinas were in excitement, an alarm sounded in one place. It was obvious that something big had happened.

A small golden clock in the mirrored room of Dilga Palace suddenly started shaking crazily.

"Ding ding ding ding ding."

The guard on duty, who was still a little sleepy, was immediately startled awake. He looked at the table and saw the second clock in a row of small clocks.

At the same moment, in the Ministry of Magic of the Black Castle, the same small clock in the golden hall began to swing wildly.

The person on duty was Heisen. At this moment, he was still intoxicated with the piano music he was playing in his music room. Suddenly, he felt his chest was burning. He immediately took out the rune token and took a look. He was shocked by the change in light on it.

Now he could no longer care about the music, and Haisen rushed out of the music room immediately.

At the same moment, Walton, who had just finished working and lay down on his bed not long ago, patted his face.

"We are not allowing anyone to rest."

Haisen was the first to rush to the forbidden door. In his eyes, the door was intact. The golden snake above the gate also woke up at this moment, spitting out letters and approaching Haisen.

Hessen took out his badge.

"Who entered the Forbidden Door tonight?"

The big snake spits out the letter.

"Hiss, no one has entered here tonight. No flesh, blood, ghost, puppet or spiritual body has come close. You are the first person to come here."

nobody?

Haisen was slightly startled, how could this be possible? Could it be a false alarm?

But Hessen did not choose to enter immediately, but waited for about a minute. Soon there were footsteps behind him. People from the palace came through the mirror, and Walton also walked over with an unhappy look on his face.

"Open the door."

As Haisen spoke the order, the big snake moved out of the way, and the forbidden door slowly opened, and various faint lights immediately appeared inside.

However, the three of them paid no attention to other things on the periphery, and walked straight to the internal doors, arriving at the sealed room belonging to the "Book of Dawn".

All other sealed doors are normal, except for the magic pattern in "Book of Dawn" which has no brilliance.

Haisen stretched out his hand and touched the door gently. The door quickly became transparent. Three pairs of eyes looked inside through the door. The magic array was all dim.

But this rupture of the magic array is not a situation of being forcibly destroyed. This kind of magic array is like connecting the sealed objects as a key node. The only place that is damaged now is the central node.

"The Book of Dawn is missing!"

Walton squinted his eyes and looked inside, then turned his eyes to the surroundings.

"This situation does not seem to be caused by external damage. It is also difficult for me to imagine what kind of existence can completely take away the sacred objects here without destroying any protection means, without alerting any protective forces, and without leaving any traces. ."

"Indeed, as Sir said, unless the gods come, it is impossible to do such a thing instantly."

The person from the palace also affirmed this. The protection here cannot be said to be foolproof, but at least he can't think of a way to break through it.

"In this case, maybe there is only one possibility left."

Haisen said this. In fact, after seeing the internal situation clearly, the three of them already had the same answer in their hearts.

"The Book of Dawn disappeared on its own!"

"This is really, ugh!" "I wish I had discovered it earlier!"

Even Walton's expression at this moment showed some reluctance. If a sacred object "escaped" on its own, then it conforms to the properties of a special law - it cannot be possessed!

With this attribute, the three people immediately thought of the three holy objects.

So if the "Book of Dawn" conforms to the attribute of "cannot be possessed", it may also conform to the complete law, that is, the "Book of Dawn" is most likely to be a sacred object of the same level as the three major sacred objects!

This news is undoubtedly extremely exciting, and at the same time extremely depressing. Needless to say, the former and the latter need not be said.

Dilga once obtained the "Book of Dawn", but before she could figure out how to use it, the holy object disappeared.

What special power does "The Book of Dawn" have? What changes will happen if you open it?

"Dong dong dong, dong dong dong~"

"Professor Jonest, Professor Jonest!"

There was a rapid knock on the door and Professor Haisen's voice from downstairs. The exhausted Mulan forced himself to sit up from the bed and shook his head, still feeling a little stinging.

‘Has the Book of Dawn disappeared and been discovered? ’

Mulan thought drowsily, there should be nothing else.

Fortunately, although last night's impact on Mulan was not small, it only made the dark circles under Mulan's eyes darker.

"What happened?"

Mulan asked Haisen sleepily after opening the door, and the latter calmed down and said.

"The Book of Dawn is missing."

Mulan, who seemed to have not yet woken up, suddenly lost all sleep. He raised his head and looked at Haisen with wide eyes.

"What did you say? The sacred object was stolen?"

Mulan immediately turned around and waved towards the house, and the fang, staff, sword and wheel light flew into his hands.

"Professor Jonest, please calm down first. The current signs do not indicate that someone has stolen the sacred object..."

"What's the meaning?"

"Literally, the "Book of Dawn" probably disappeared on its own. You have participated in the fight for the wish pot, so you should understand what this means."

Mulan was slightly startled.

"Let's go to the palace first and follow the mirror path."

The theft of sacred objects is not a trivial matter. Even if the cause has been initially determined, most members of the Ministry of Magic need to go to the palace for questioning.

In the mirror passage, a group of people led by Walton appeared one after another, surprising Jenny who was repairing the secret realm here.

"professor……"

All the people passing by had serious expressions, even Mulan, who had always been relaxed in the past, was the same. Only Walton looked at Jenny up and down.

Jenny wisely stepped away and didn’t ask any more questions.

There were only a few important ministers and nobles in the circular hall of the palace.

Nishelir didn't show much anger, but had no smile on her face, and calmly listened to Hessen's narration.

"...As mentioned above, Your Majesty, the "Book of Dawn" has been confirmed to be missing."

"Black Castle has seriously neglected its duties and should immediately be responsible for retrieving the sacred objects!"

The old Duke angrily reprimanded. He knew that although the "Book of Dawn" had not yet been opened, its confirmed power could positively affect the will. His two grandsons and one granddaughter were also in the Black Castle. If there was this sacred object, even if If you have insufficient talent, you may awaken your magic power or even enter the transcendent realm due to the accumulation of resources.

"Yes, the "Book of Dawn" is of vital importance to our country. Just its initial use has greatly increased the rate of extraordinary advancement and even reduced the mortality rate to 0. The loss of this sacred object is unacceptable!"

Mulan said nothing, while Nishelir glanced at the person who spoke.

But Walton couldn't help but speak.

"Some people did not contribute when they were robbing the sacred objects, but they are very angry now. Aren't most of Black Castle's current achievements due to our excellent education reforms?"

"Walton, I admit that Black Castle did a good job, but Viscount Jonest did borrow the power of the Book of Dawn at that time, which is obvious to all!"

These old stubborns, Walton curled his lips, it would be beneath his dignity to quarrel with them.

'You worthless old thing, I will seduce your mistress later! '

Thinking of this, Walton's anger suddenly subsided a little and he was able to talk to the old Duke calmly.

"Your Majesty, you are right."

"Your Majesty, please allow me to say a few words."

The captain of the royal guard spoke, Nishelir nodded slightly, and the former continued.

"The disappearance of the Book of Dawn is not malfeasance by the Ministry of Magic. Since there are no traces of invasion at the Forbidden Gate, we infer that the Book of Dawn is likely to have the same properties as the three sacred objects."

As soon as the guard captain finished speaking, the old duke became even more furious.

"Then we should be held accountable. This loss is greater than imagined. The power of each of the three sacred objects is extraordinary. We obtained the "Book of Dawn" but failed to hold it. What if the enemy country gets it?"

"It's a pity not to be able to open the Book of Dawn."

Nishelir also said the same thing.

"But if the speculation is true, this kind of sacred object cannot be possessed. We can keep it for so long. The Ministry of Magic has done a good job."

"Your Majesty, the loss of sacred objects is not a small problem. We, Dilga, have experienced so many ups and downs and have never had any sacred objects lost. The entire Black Castle should be held accountable. Today's loose system allows them to slack off in their responsibilities. "

"Your Majesty the Duke is right. Black Castle has been loose for too long. Management should be strengthened and public officials should be sent to guard it to curb their abuse of resources!"

"Yes, and the prestige of some professors among students is too high. It may be even higher than Her Majesty the Queen's prestige!"

Mulan looked at the earl who was speaking. Although he had no real power in name, he was the son of the prince. What he said was already heart-wrenching.

Sabastina, who had been silent until now, smiled.

"That makes sense. Some untalented students are the biggest waste of resources. Let's start by cleaning them up, right?"

The old Duke suddenly became excited again, and he also stared at the Earl just now.

"Many educational resources are necessary and there is no need to restrict them. William, you don't have the right to speak here! But Your Majesty, part of what William said is true. Black Castle really needs to strengthen supervision!"

"alright."

Nishelir finally spoke up.

"This time is a force majeure event. Heavy penalties will hurt the hearts of all magicians, but this loss is indeed unacceptable. Haisen, do you have any objections to cutting off two levels of your title and one year's salary?"

Haisen took the initiative and took a step forward.

"Thank you for your majesty's tolerance. Your Majesty has no objections."

"Your Majesty's punishment is too light!" "Indeed, Professor Hessen may be innocent. What happened is a fact. This is a problem with the Black Castle system."

"Then order Black Castle to continue searching for the Book of Dawn. You must find it again and figure out how to use it."

Nishelir looked at the dissatisfied nobles. In fact, she didn't want to invite these people, she just wanted to give the rules a face.

"You can submit other suggestions in writing. I will review them and adopt them as appropriate."

"This matter is a force majeure. If it continues, it will only hurt the heart of the loyal magician, but it will have no other effect."

Her Majesty the Queen's words have set the tone, and others can no longer mess around. It is still difficult to intervene in the affairs of the Black Castle in this regard.

But there are some reasonable demands that even the Queen cannot object to, such as a thorough investigation inside the Black Castle after the inquiry. This step alone is worth arguing with the Queen.

However, after the incident, Mulan and others stayed and made another report to the queen, which was about the research progress of the "Book of Dawn".

Even if it can be compared to the three major sacred objects, it was relatively quiet for a while. The sudden disappearance is probably because someone's research has touched the characteristics of the sacred objects, which means that the research has come into contact with the essence of the sacred objects.

In this situation, Mulan stood up without hesitation, because his previous attempt was undoubtedly the closest to the correct application of the "Book of Dawn".

To this end, Mulan also proposed to go to the approximate location where the holy object first appeared to confirm something.

Going to Kingspea like this is very much in line with Mullan's ideas. As for the cauldron of disappearing holy objects, although I'm sorry, I still ask Professor Heisen to take care of it.

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PS: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone (*^▽^*). I was outside today. I typed this with my mobile phone. I am not used to it. I may only have one chapter today.