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"Thank you, you helped me a lot." Cassia glanced at the beautiful imperial characters on the paper, then folded it up and put it in his pocket. "I spent a lot of time with no results. This seems like A rather remote location.”

"It can't be said that it is remote, it is very remote. I also searched for the detailed location of this place name on the map, which was very troublesome. Finally, with the help of my grandfather, I got some clues." The girl finally met someone who could talk. The person seemed to want to spit out all the words that had been boring in his stomach for a while, "According to the records in the history books, but I don't know if they are correct, the name of this place seems to have been replaced hundreds of years ago. Later, I came here for a long time, and I think it was due to changes in the empire’s geology. This location was even removed from the map and merged into another region.”

"It's a pity that I don't have a more complete map of the empire. I can find it on it and show it to you." The girl was a little regretful. "Ah, I forgot, sir. My name is Shaco. I don't know what I should call you? You do the same Are you studying history? Or are you a geological surveyor?"

Shako looked Kasia up and down and found nothing related to geological exploration in Kasia. On the contrary, he felt that the man in front of him was terrifyingly calm and seemed very kind on the surface. But recalling the riotous atmosphere he felt in the library, Shaco mentally denied his guess.

He's not much different from his own age, and the sincerity on his face doesn't look like a deliberate expression at all. But the feeling inside the body is completely different from the appearance. Shaco couldn't tell exactly where the difference was. She just felt that the man in front of her couldn't evaluate anything based on what he could see with his eyes.

"None of them." Cassia shook her head and thought for a while, "The work may be closer to that of a surgeon. He often deals with the human body, performs operations, or handles... corpses and so on. In terms of history and geology, It’s just my personal hobby.”

"You can call me Tussos, without adding Mr. I think our age should not be much different, only a few years at most." Cassia then moved her eyes to the group of people behind Shaco who had been waiting for more than an hour. Not seeing the quiet crowd, "Are you still a student?"

"He is a first-year student of the Imperial History School. This time he came out to do an inspection of ancient cultural relics, and then transferred to an airship here." Shake also turned his head and glanced behind him and said, "It's very boring. The things to inspect are Many of them are in books. Obviously, you can master the corresponding knowledge by reading more related books. Compared with these, I prefer those ancient cultural relics or knowledge about ancient biology that are not in books." His expression was a little helpless, After entering the Imperial History School, her study life was quite different from her imagination.

"Maybe it's because you just entered the school not long ago." Cassia's words were comforting. "The Imperial History School is a very famous school in Manoma. I didn't expect you to be a student there. .”

"Mr. Tussos also knows about this school?"

"It's impossible that you don't know. After all, in addition to the seminary and the St. Dorag Military School, the only schools in the empire that have been selected are yours."

"Is Mr. Tussos also a graduate of Manomali School?" Shako asked. It was really good for her now to find someone to talk to. "You are really busy at work, traveling all over the empire. Running around. The last time we met was in the coastal area where my home is."

"It's work, it's a last resort, there's nothing we can do about it." Cassia laughed.

The conversation continued like this for a long time. In the middle of the conversation, Cassia left her seat and bought a double large glass of juice, handed a glass to Shaco, and then continued their unfinished conversation.

"Then your grandfather, Professor Du Lisen, is definitely a very knowledgeable person. When I faced this problem, I had no solution at all."

"Of course, my grandfather is still somewhat famous in our area. Many nobles often ask him to come over to appreciate some paintings and ancient cultural relics collections, and he is very respected by them. A lot of knowledge about history and ancient cultural relics was also taught by Du Lisen's grandfather since he was a child. It was given to me. It took me and my grandfather a long time to find this place name."

"That's it. I'm really envious to have such a good grandfather who can teach me." Cassia said with a smile and took a sip of juice. "You two found it? I think Grandpa Dulison must have asked his friends for help?"

"No." Shake replied firmly, "I can still be sure of this matter. After all, I was secretly watching Mr. Tussos from behind to find you. I think this must be very important to you. Even if it is not important, , but you can’t tell anyone what you saw secretly.”

"Actually, it's nothing. It's just something I jotted down accidentally. I just finished work that afternoon and had some free time, so I thought about going to the library to check it out."

"By the way, there is one more thing. I also want to apologize to you." Cassia put away her smile slightly, but the little bit left on her face can still make people relax their vigilance, "The little one who accidentally saw you just now Booklet, did you also learn those strange characters and symbols from Grandpa Dullisen? I feel like I have seen some of the same things somewhere. I originally thought they were traces carved randomly, but I did not expect them to be a kind of writing."

"I still remember some of them. I can write them down for you. Maybe they will be of some help to your research."

"Mr. Tussos has seen those symbols?" Shako opened his eyes wide and didn't pay attention to Cassia's peeking behavior. "Can you tell me what you saw it on?" He frowned, His face also became serious, "These symbols are indeed a very ancient writing, and the structure and usage are completely different from our current imperial language. I only know a little bit about it, and I learned it from Grandpa Dullison."

As he spoke, Shake pulled off a piece of white paper again and wrote a few symbolic words on it with a pen: "I have already asked Grandpa Dullison, but he only knows a little bit about these words, and It can't help me much. My grandfather said, 'This should be a serious term long ago, just like the sentence used to explain it in dictionaries now. It is a technique used to express the meaning of words absolutely accurately.' But I still don’t quite understand what my grandfather meant. He suggested that I ask about the origin of these strange symbols, that is, to describe their carriers. Perhaps based on the information of the carriers and factors such as the surrounding environment, it can help analyze more meaning."

"Look, these two symbols should mean 'rules', and this one seems to mean 'advent'... In short, the symbols I got are intermittent. If they are more coherent, I might be able to guess more. .”

"I don't know if the ones I saw are continuous, I'll write it to you." Cassia said, reaching out to take the paper from Shake's hand, and borrowing a pen, while drawing the symbols and words, He continued, "Shaco, did you find these things in some ancient books?"

"This..." Shako rolled her eyes. She looked around and her voice became softer. "A gentleman asked me to translate and gave me a lot of compensation." It seemed that he had done something bad. , there was hesitation and faint regret on Shako's face.

Cassia finished writing a few lines at this time, returned the paper and pen to Shaco, imitated her voice, and responded in a low voice: "I won't tell it, it's just...,,um..., academic..." Just normal communication.”

"Well, normal academic communication." Shake said with a blush on his face.