Hmm, what's going on with this atmosphere... "Everyone, please don't gather around. It could easily lead to accidents." The 'young man's' words were very effective, and everyone dispersed without saying anything else, but the atmosphere had become lively. And I don't have the qualifications. After thinking this, 'Novia' began a strategic retreat, distancing itself from everyone step by step. It was completely different from the past, and it seemed that it wanted to leave here. Novia was able to attract this group of ordinary people with just words... so simple, and turned this place into a completely different space in just a dozen days. Using magic to disguise herself as Novia, Shiari quietly glanced at the crowd in the square behind her. It has been five days since they left the Library of Alexandria on the seabed. Since Novia has not woken up yet, Shiali thought about it and decided to wait until she wakes up before reporting to the Atlas Academy about the found lost property. Then he remembered that Novia would hang out in Alexandria almost every day, so in order not to cause trouble to him, he disguised himself as him. Therefore, these past few days were experiences she basically wanted to forget. Although she had observed them before, the feeling was completely different when she experienced them herself.
It is very different from the memory obtained by using the etheric line. I always feel that in this situation, it is as if I am closer to others for a longer time. It was pure warmth from people, completely different from the hot climate. In short, it was lively and filled with a thick and happy atmosphere. "This is food, please accept it, sir." Coming back to her senses from her thoughts, Xia Li looked at the woman in front of her. She had some impression that this was the mother of the little boy five days ago. ".......I see." Xia Li placed the handmade food in the palm of her hand. Because she was being stared at by the woman, she could only take a small bite carefully. "I'm sorry, sir. My child and I spent several days making this. It may not suit your taste..." Indeed, judging from its appearance, it is really uninteresting, and the taste is also extremely ordinary, too common. However, when you see the woman's dusty appearance, you will understand that she has walked a long way and suffered a lot to bring this simple thing to you. "No, it's delicious, really delicious, I like it very much." Xia Li answered like this. She couldn't say anything more clever, but she felt that her message must have been conveyed. Is the purpose of learning magic to escape from becoming an ordinary person, or is it to help these ordinary people? She had no idea, she only knew that the research was to prevent the end of the world. The current dean of Atlas Academy once said to Xia Li, you are a transparent body that extracts the memories of others. You cannot perceive the ugliness of the memories, nor can you resist the urge to continue extracting the memories. Your life until now has been like this, step by step. Although you are undoubtedly the next dean, I am a little worried about your future. What the dean said was generally correct, and Shiali also thought so. She had been observing Novia before just to use the ether line to obtain his memory at the appropriate time, because the ability was reasonable and there was no need to doubt it. But there was only one thing that was wrong, and that was that there would be absolutely no problem in her future. It was impossible for there to be any problem, and there was no reason to do so. The next dean candidate has always thought so. "Congratulations, you woke up after five days." The girl returned to the Lighthouse of Alexandria and took off her disguise, her purple hair swaying in the sea breeze.
Novia, who had woken up at some point, looked at her. His blue crystal pupils, which were common in the Mediterranean, reflected the blue sky and the girl in front of him. "Thank you for your care these days." "That's fine. Although this is a temporary contract established for the purpose of conquering the Library of Alexandria, your contribution is greater than mine, so care is naturally necessary." Shiari deadpanned as her purple braids swayed in the wind against the backdrop of the lighthouse, but the way they swayed made it feel like geometry. "Since you are awake, I will contact the Atlas Institute now to recover the Library of Alexandria on the seabed. I will report your contribution to the world, except for the divine body Osiris, and everything else." "You contacted me only now. I thought you contacted me after I got out. Why did you have to wait until I woke up?" Novia asked in confusion, he thought that in the past five days, Xialli had already reported the information to the Atlas Institute. "After signing the contract, we are allies. Although it is temporary, we are obliged to take care of your life first. Moreover, the system of the Library of Alexandria is under my control, so it can't escape." A few seconds after Xia Li finished speaking, she suddenly frowned cutely, "Please rest assured that I did not use the ether line on you while you were unconscious, and I did not drain your knowledge." "Okay, thank you." "Ah." Then the two did not continue the conversation and fell silent. Novia listened to the sound of the tide, which came and went, and saw the rhythm of the waves, rising and falling, and the upright masts in the distance swaying in the dazzling Mediterranean breeze. At this time, he heard Xia Li communicating with someone from Atlas Court, who seemed to be a relative. "Dean, I have already written the details in the report. You can just go and read it. There is no need to spend so many resources on long-distance conversations. The loss is too serious." The girl said coldly. "Oh, it's just a relic of a pharaoh. Let's not talk about that for now. Tell me the rules of the academy. How do you deal with someone who goes out for half a year without reporting to the academy once a month? Tell me." "I have been granted the status and rights of an instructor! In short, whether it was my own decision or not has nothing to do with you. Even if you are my adoptive father, you have no right to do this." "Um......" Looking at the girl whose attitude suddenly changed from being like a machine, Novia nodded. Although she was a magician, this was the kind of person she could be interacted with normally. Seeing the silver-haired boy's expression, Shiari seemed to realize that she was out of control, so she coughed and continued. "I'm sorry, but this ruin is not the ruins of Pharaoh Leopatra, our original target. It is the Library of Alexandria, located on the seabed, which was jointly created by the former Atlas Branch and Pharaoh Ptolemy. I conquered it with a magician, and the detailed information has been written in the report." "Wait!" The dean seemed to have heard a great word and shouted hurriedly, "You mean, you didn't take this place by yourself? You reached the contract with others without using the ether line for normal communication?!" "Yes." Although she didn't understand what the dean was so excited about, Xia Li still spoke seriously. "Good, good, good, good! Hurry up and bring that man to Atlas Court. I want to meet the man who has helped us so much!" 013: The old dean of Atlas College who is in charge of opening the back door The Atlas Institute, a group of alchemists that existed before BC and was located at the foot of the Atlas Mountains in Egypt. "Welcome, Your Excellency Novia from the Anatolia Province of the Roman Empire."
At its center is a space that is almost the size of a city, and although it is underground, it has an artificial sky. From the environment observed by Novia, this is indeed a college, with all the necessities of life that people need. A few days ago, after hearing what the dean said, Novia thought about it and came back with Xia Li who was coming back to report the situation. I have to say, if there hadn't been special instructions, Novia would have been trapped here by himself. After all, there are only two forks in the road going down, but there are three forks in the road going back. This is normal. Atlas Institute is more afraid of insiders leaving than outsiders entering. Things made here must not be taken outside. This is the general principle of Atlas Institute, unless there is a contract. Novia can be proud of having correctly entered a place jokingly called a 'living hell' where there is no communication with the outside world and even light cannot escape. "Hello, Mr. Dean. I wish you good health." At this moment, the silver-haired boy was facing the dean of Atlas Academy alone. Theoretically speaking, the members of the Atlas Academy were all magicians with poor magic circuits, but the dean gave Novia the feeling that he was no less powerful than the god Osiris he had met before. Also, he was constantly repeating the destruction and forging of weapons, so it was impossible for his leader to be ordinary. "No need to be polite." The dean's eyes fell on Novia first, then moved to the book next to him, "I am grateful for your help to Xia Li. To be honest, what kind of person do you think she is?" "My perception of her is divided into two stages. The first stage is that she is a good person, but not a human being." For such an old man, Novia thought it was much better to be honest with him rather than to hide it with superficial tenderness, and the dean must understand this much better than Novia. "You are quite right about that." On the first day, Novia thought that Shiali was a thorough rationalist who held the view that "the result derived from calculation is everything" and thought seriously and logically. In fact, this was just the result of summarizing the intelligence obtained by piercing other people's brains with the etheric line of alchemy. She had always acted like an average human being and regarded this information as common sense in human society. She would do good in a broad sense, but would never do evil in a broad sense. Although she subconsciously knew that she was abnormal, she had never faced it squarely. This is also the reason why the dean is worried about her future. Xiali is too prone to extremes, and her common sense is nothing more than the information plundered by the ether line. Once it is revealed under certain circumstances, it may cause a huge impact. "In the second stage, she is a good person who is facing the truth." "That's right." The dean flipped the book with his old fingers. "It is precisely because you can make her change that I am grateful to you." How else could you come in here? You messed up the Library of Alexandria under the sea, and let Xia Li lie to you. The dean had a blank expression on his face but smacked his lips inwardly. With the Three-pointed Hermes around, it was impossible for him to hide anything. However, although he felt sorry for the destruction of Osiris' body, he also had a little admiration for Novia who rejected powerful forces. Although he was not from the Atlas Academy and was a believer in God, he admired this spirit of disdain for external forces! Although the divine body has many problems, it is enough to allow a magic family to survive for a thousand years or more, as they can temporarily obtain the remaining power of God after the end of the Age of Gods. In this regard, Novia actually thought about using Osiris' body to play tricks at first, but then he thought that he was pretending to be a Christian on the surface. Although it might not be right to use the power of Egyptian gods, he could also make up for it by saying that the "Ten Plagues" were defeated and turned into fermented bean curd. However, he gave up the idea when he saw that the divine body of Osiris had developed an independent consciousness. He did not want any crisis to arise because of him. If the divine body of Osiris had not been so eager to seize the library's system immediately and his soul had not drilled into it, Novia and Xiali would never have been able to solve it so easily. "By the way, as a reward for finding the lost items for our hospital, I allow you to use the three-pointed Hermes once." Then, the dean stood up and walked to the room with deep shadows. "Alas, I am old. How could I forget where I put the bottle? There is a drop of water in it that can heal body injuries. It's strange. I will go and find it. You can use it. After you use it, something will lead you out." "this........" The silver-haired boy was about to say something, but he found that the dean disappeared in a flash, leaving the bottle on the table. Dean, I think I will never forget your kindness in my life.
Novia took it away as if nothing had happened and went straight to the three-pointed Hermes. This is the largest recording medium in the Atlas Institute, collecting, classifying and recording a lot of information on the earth. Just enter the question and you will get the answer. "I am acting as the dean once, and it has been confirmed that it is successful. Please ask." "Bird flying in the underworld, please answer my question—" Suddenly, Novia didn't know what to ask, so he stood there for more than ten minutes, hesitating as if he was thinking about what to eat for lunch today. Finally, the silver-haired boy sighed, smiled and asked the Three-pointed Hermes a question, and also left a comment on that question with the authority of the dean. "Well, see you next time." After shouting to the empty square, Novia left the Atlas Court without hesitation and prepared to return to Rome. ....... "He only asked one question? He's too honest, isn't he? Are all believers in God like this?" The old dean glanced at the record, feeling happy but also a little dissatisfied. "Let me see what question this kid asked..." However, just one glance left the dean completely speechless, because the question was - Excuse me, who is Novia? To be honest, the old dean had never seen such a wasteful guy who actually used this opportunity to ask irrelevant questions, so he couldn't help but sigh repeatedly. Tap, tap, tap. The girl's footsteps were quite regular. "left already?" After a few seconds, Xia Li came back from the reporting room, looked at the inexplicably sad dean, and took another careful bite of the food in her hand expressionlessly. "Forget it, I'll give it back to him next time I have the chance. After all, it's not mine." 014: Roman Court Incident "The messenger of God solved the problem in Alexandria and should be rewarded handsomely." "Thank you, Your Majesty." The manner in which Novia would spend his days outside Rome from then on was essentially determined. Before dawn, he would look out the window at the trees not far away. After noon, he would take a walk around the area and preach his teachings. He would return here before the setting sun enveloped everything. At night, he would basically train in a place where there were no people around, swinging his sword at the leaves that fell from the trees to prevent his arms from becoming numb. As for the reason why Claudius I suddenly changed his attitude towards him, if Novia guessed correctly, it should be that the current Queen Messalina had whispered something to the fifty-year-old emperor at his bedside during his absence. However, despite this, Claudius' promise to Novia to give some preferential treatment to Christians in the empire was still implemented, so Novia didn't care. After all, one must take one step at a time. When he has time to return to the Anatolian province, he will see if he can persuade Paul and others to accept the ideas he spreads and help him. The territory of the Roman Empire was too large, and it would have been impossible for Novia alone to successfully cover all aspects of Christianity before Claudius' death. And according to Novia's guess, Claudius' death in 54 was probably a fixed event, so he had less than six years left. During these six years, he had to find a reasonable reason to sweep the Jewish community in Jerusalem, and wait for Lucius to dig up the remains of the Albion Dragon and use alchemy to make it... Each one takes a long time. After Claudius' death, Nero, the famous "tyrant" who was loved by the people in Type-Moon history, came to power. In that case, Novia would not be able to guarantee that he would be as smooth as he is now, but to be honest, if it were not for the help of Agrippina as his mother, it would be difficult for him to become emperor smoothly. But it is hard to say, because Type-Moon's inevitable events seem to be unable to be rewritten no matter what, so Novia believes that if he rewrites this history, it is hard to predict what will happen.
Just like Novia, who is now being secretly suppressed, so is Nero's mother Agrippina, who is a member of the royal family. In order to ensure her son's future succession to the throne, Queen Messalina tried her best to suppress those royal family members who had the opportunity to inherit, and even asked Claudius to kill his own secretary. It is no exaggeration to say that she covered the sky with one hand under the indulgence of Emperor Claudius I. However, Novia didn't care about it at all. After all, he knew what would happen next and all he had to do was wait patiently. "Mr. Novia."