The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

The Oak Hotel is a very interesting hotel, not only the locals think so, but all those who try to stay in the hotel think so, because money is not the most important thing to stay in this hotel, but knowledge is the most important thing.

Any visitor must answer ten questions at the front desk to check in, and these ten questions are different every time, involving all conceivable questions such as astronomy, geography, theology and religion. Those who can answer these ten questions completely, even if they are not great scholars, are intellectuals of a certain level.

It is precisely because of this kind of harsh occupancy conditions for ordinary people that most people are kept out of the door, so the business of the hotel does not seem to be very good, and the hotel owner does not seem to care about the quality of the business. It is the insistence on doing what it has always done, and over time, the Oak Hotel has become one of the most distinctive hotels in Vinaya City.

When Leo moved in, he also answered ten questions. This question is not too profound, but the knowledge involved is very interesting. For example, the pattern type of a certain architecture, or the meaning of a certain language, or the legendary hero in a certain novel, etc. seem to be irrelevant, but after careful consideration, all the problems point to the first question of Maris. The founding emperor of the dynasty was Peterman the Conqueror.

Peterman the Conqueror was born as a slave. His legendary life can be described as magnificent. Some people compare him with the Knight King of the Faran Empire. The only regret is that he failed to completely conquer the Minsk continent throughout his life.

However, no matter how historians and writers evaluate this person, they have to admit that he is the only emperor who has the opportunity to unify the Minsk continent, and his death also represents that the Minsk continent has lost forever the unification into an empire. Chance.

It is precisely because of the connection between these ten questions that Leo felt that setting up this kind of check-in checkpoint is not just for screening guests, but also for other purposes.

Under the leadership of the hotel waiter, Leo came to the room he was assigned. This room is a suite with a guest room, study, bedroom and bathroom, and the scenery is as beautiful as the newsboy said. Standing on the balcony You can have a panoramic view of the harbor, and you can also see the flowers and trees in the botanical garden. The living environment is indeed very suitable.

"I would like to book a boat ticket to the port of Sett in the Kingdom of England tomorrow." Leo also made a request while handing the tip to the waiter.

"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult." The waiter took the tip and stuffed it into his pocket, and then replied: "In the last ten days, the Kingdom of England held the Sea God Festival, and all ships are prohibited from sailing within the sea area of ​​the Kingdom of England. Going to Port of Dorset, I’m afraid we’ll have to wait for the Sea God’s Festival to end.”

"Sea God's Festival?" Leo froze for a moment, then asked in doubt, "When will the Kingdom of England have such a festival?"

The waiter replied: "It was only five years ago, and it seems to have been proposed by the royal family of King Engel."

Leo asked again: "Is there no boat to smuggle in during the Sea God Festival?"

"No one dares to smuggle." The waiter explained: "I heard that all the ships that tried to break into the waters of the Kingdom of England on the Sea God's Day disappeared inexplicably, so no one dared to approach the waters of the Kingdom of England on the Sea God's Day."

"This kind of rumor sounds a bit false. Has anyone really seen a ship go missing?"

"Everyone I've seen has disappeared with the ship, so how could they still appear here?" The waiter smiled and said, "But everyone has said so, and there are indeed several freighters that often travel to and from the Kingdom of England. He disappeared during the Sea God Festival, so everyone chose to suspend all ships leading to the Kingdom of England on the Sea God Festival to be on the safe side."

After listening to the waiter's explanation, Leo didn't ask any other questions, turned around and closed the door, but there was a thoughtful expression on his face.

Although Leo didn't know what was going on with this Sea God Festival, he felt that it had something to do with the Sea God Scepter he traded back then.

Leo didn't spend too much energy on this matter, ten days was nothing to him, and there was no need to be so anxious, so he felt that during this period of time, he should continue the unfinished things on the ship and sort out all the things he had obtained now. knowledge and learn new knowledge at the same time.

Before Leo left, Dio Browno gave Leo a book list, because he saw that Leo attached great importance to the Gamore language, so the book list was almost all around the Gamore language. For example, civilization books related to the Gamore language, and academic books on the Gamore language research by other scholars, etc., but the language books are the most on this list, and these languages ​​​​are not analytical Gamore languages. language books, but various language learning books from other countries in the world.

In Dio's view, Leo's knowledge of the Gamore language is already considered the top expert in the world, continuing to read Gamore language research books written by other linguists will not have any effect, but if he wants to further analyze and add The Morei language cannot be started from the Gamore language itself, but also needs to learn other languages ​​and master the development laws of human languages, so as to be able to further study the more complex Turing root of the Gamore language.

What Leo lacks now is the amount of knowledge related to other languages. He only knows the official languages ​​​​of several major countries in the Vinylon world, and almost zero understanding of other minor languages. Therefore, when he was in the hotel, he asked the waiter to help him He bought books in various languages ​​according to the book list to supplement his language knowledge.

Although Leo stayed in the room for a long time and did not play around in Vinaya Port like other people, the people in the hotel were not surprised by this, because Leo was not the first one in the hotel to have such a Many scholars who live here don't like to move around.

The hotel has also specially designated a set of special service methods for such guests. Others don’t know what this service method is. Anyway, Leo feels very comfortable, at least he can concentrate on studying and researching, without thinking about it. Other things, the only flaw is that it takes a lot of money.

However, Leo doesn't need to worry about money now. After he solved the gang leader in Miria City, he found a large amount of money such as cash and cash checks from the other party, which is enough to support his extravagant consumption here.

However, after studying peacefully for two days, a knock on the door interrupted Leo's study state. Leo walked out of the study, opened the door, looked at the waiter who knocked on the door, showed displeasure, and said, "Yes What's the matter?"

The waiter quickly explained: "Mr. Dodd, there is a gentleman who wishes to get your help."

"Help? What help?" Leo looked at the waiter in confusion.

"According to what we know, you have a lot of research on Peterman the Great, the conqueror of the First Dynasty of Maris. In our hotel, a guest who also studied the First Dynasty encountered some small troubles on the topic, so we entrusted us Help the hotel find out if there are any guests who are also engaged in the research of the First Dynasty, and see if they can help solve some small problems."

Leo didn't beat around the bush, and asked directly, "What benefits do I have?"

Perhaps it was because Leo was too straightforward. This was the first time the waiter in front of him had seen such a scholar, so he couldn't help being stunned, but soon he came back to his senses, and quickly said: "As long as you can solve the problem, that Guests are willing to pay five hundred vinayas for a puzzle."

Five hundred Vinaya coins is already considered a very high price. Based on the room Leo lives in now, there are only 20 Vinaya coins a day. If some additional services are included, it will be fifty at most. Paying fifty Vinaya coins for a difficult problem can be said to be an extremely generous move.

Leo thought for a while, and then asked, "I'm not the first person you're looking for, is it?"

"You are the fifth." The waiter replied honestly.

"How many problems did the first four solve?"

"Eleven, there are four left unresolved."

Leo was also interested in these difficult questions about the first dynasty of Maris, so he nodded and said, "I'll take this job."

"Then please..." The waiter showed a smile on his face, and was about to take Leo to the guest room where the scholar was.

"No need." Leo shook his head and said, "Go and bring those difficult problems over. After I've answered them, you can send them over. I don't need to contact them."

"Uh..." The waiter was stunned for a moment, a little confused: "I'm afraid..."

"Since you can't make a decision, ask someone who can make a decision." Leo didn't give the other party a chance to speak, and closed the door while saying, "If he doesn't want to, forget it."

Afterwards, he heard footsteps gradually leaving outside the door, and Leo turned around and returned to the study to continue his study of the small language just now.

Not long after, the knock on the door rang again. Leo came out, opened the door, and saw the waiter standing at the door with several porters holding boxes. When he saw Leo, he immediately said: " The guest has agreed to your request, and the box behind it is an ancient relic from the First Dynasty, and there are problems to be solved written on the box, I will wait at the door, and you can call me directly after you solve it."

Leo didn't say much, and motioned to move the things in. After the waiter put the things away, he turned around and walked out, closing the door voluntarily.

Walking to those boxes, Leo casually picked up the paper pasted on one of the boxes, and looked at what was written on it.

Before he focused on the content on the paper, he first noticed the obvious scent of women's perfume and the font with strong feminine characteristics on the paper. Although this does not prove anything, and it may have been written by the scholar's maid, Leo felt that his guess was correct. The scholar who used five hundred Venaya coins to solve an academic problem should be a women.

Although the status of women in Vinylon World has improved a lot now, unlike in the past, even literacy is not allowed, but a female scholar is still rare in the academic circles of various disciplines in Vinylon World, at least among the people Leo knows , it seems that only Sylvia and Anne can be regarded as scholars.

After thinking wildly for a while, Leo turned his attention back to the question itself, and soon he found that the question asked by the scholar who studied the first dynasty of Maris was very interesting, and then he opened the box and took out the An ancient relic related to this question, put it in front of my eyes and looked at it.

This question is very simple and very interesting, that is, who is the user who let Leo unlock the ancient artifact in his hand.

Under normal circumstances, most of the antiquities that judge the user have obvious characteristics, such as the name of the user on the object, or this ancient object has a clear record in an ancient book, etc. But the problem is that the ancient artifact Leo is holding is just an ordinary ancient painted pottery. Its shape and style are no different from the common pottery of the first dynasty of Maris. is impossible.

Leo checked the mottled and faded paintings on the exterior of the pottery for a while, but found no noteworthy clues on it, and then he looked inside the pottery.

Although the light was a bit dim, Leo's eyesight was not affected in any way, and he could still see clearly what was going on inside. Just like the painted outside, there was no noteworthy clue inside this bottle.

Leo put the pottery on the table, sat down and thought about it carefully.

He didn't think that the scholar deliberately found an ordinary pottery to tease him. Judging from all the circumstances, the scholar must have guessed about the owner of the pottery, but he was a little unconfident about his guess. Be able to get stronger proof from others.

Thinking of this, Leo picked up the pottery again, but this time he no longer observed with his eyes, but used his mental net to explore the internal structure of the pottery, and soon he found some interesting things.

On the surface, it seems that this pottery is made of clay, but in fact, the clay of this pottery is mixed with a lot of bone meal, and judging from the fact that these bone meal still have some weak spiritual energy fluctuations even after so many years, The bone meal should come from a powerful psyker or a dead creature. The power mentioned here is really powerful, at least above the sixth level of psyker.

This discovery also made Leo think of a book he read at the old man Rembrandt. In that book, it was mentioned that the priests of the early hill kings would make a sacrificial jug, and make a sacrificial pot. This special item for sacrificial rituals required the use of a rib from the priest himself.

When Leo read this book at the time, he just thought that the ribs used were to make a bone knife similar to a sacrificial knife. After all, the shape was very suitable, but now seeing this pottery that might be a sacrificial pot, he It turned out that the ribs were ground into bone meal.

Leo didn't think much, and after making a judgment, he directly wrote the answer on the paper.

Afterwards, he looked at several other antiquities and the corresponding problems respectively. Compared with the first sacrificial pot, the other several antiquities were very easy to identify, and the problem was not difficult for Leo. Soon he That's all.

After ordering the waiter waiting at the door to take away all the items and answers, Leo did not continue to learn the small language, but sat at the bar in the living room, bought himself a glass of wine, and waited quietly for something.

After a while, there was another knock on the door. After Leo stepped forward to open the door, he looked at the person at the door and said, "Are there any questions?"