Chapter 408
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Po Sui Tai Di
Chapter 408
Scott walked through the somewhat cramped shelves and came to the counter.
He looked left and right, moved a high stool and sat down.
Michael put down the coffee in his hand, took out a bunch of keys from his pocket, and used a copper key to open a drawer hidden behind the counter.
He took out a carved wooden box inlaid with several precious stones from a drawer and placed it on the counter.
Scott took a closer look and found that the wooden box was very old, and even the gems inlaid on it were a little dusty.
"This is?" he asked curiously.
"The point is not the box."
Michael found an extraordinarily small golden key from the bunch of keys, and opened the lock of the box.
"The point is what's in the box."
He opened the lid of the box and turned the box around to show Scott what was inside.
Only then did Scott see the tattered parchments in the box.
"Didn't you say that the parchment I gave you last Christmas was useful?" Michael said, "I found some later."
Scott froze for a moment, then laughed, "Thanks, Dad, I like it very much."
He suddenly understood why Michael wanted to continue to open the antique shop.
Michael was noncommittal about his gratitude, "Let's see if these things are useful. I know that the last time I found something related to wizards was luck. Our luck may not be so good every time."
Scott nodded, and carefully took out the somewhat fragile old parchment in the box and took a rough look.
"Maybe our luck is really good." He took out a piece of animal skin hidden in the parchment and put it on top. "I can be sure that this piece of parchment came from a wizard."
The content on this animal skin is all written in ancient magic script, which is already obvious.
Michael immediately laughed.
"It seems that my efforts were not in vain." He said happily, "By the way, this animal skin also comes from England. Although it is a bit troublesome, I have not cut off the previous channels."
Of course Scott could imagine that it must have taken a lot of effort for Michael to get these special "antiques".
But he didn't say any more words of thanks.
There is no need to be so polite between father and son.
He just shook the animal skin lightly in his hand, and said with a smile, "I will put it to good use."
Michael certainly understood what his son meant.
"It's good if you can use it." He didn't show any emotion on his face, but his tone was much softer, "I just came to Spain before and couldn't find a way, but now with your uncle's help, I have connected with many people There will be more and more things to be found in the future.”
Scott didn't say no, and he didn't say that there was only so much that could be found useful to wizards in the Muggle world.
"Then please, Dad." He just said with a smile.
Michael nodded "reservedly", "There is only so much help I can give you, and if you still need any hard-to-get materials like before, just tell me directly, of course, your uncle will also help .”
"I see."
Scott responded and looked down at the animal skin in his hand.
He decided to take advantage of these few days to translate the content on the animal skin first.
Ancient runes are magical words, but there is not only one way to use them.Although the content on this animal skin is written in ancient magic script, it might just be used as pure text.
After bidding farewell to Michael, Scott went straight home, greeted Emilia, went straight to the study, and took out the "Rune Dictionary" and "Advanced Rune Translation" from the deformed lizard leather bag Two working books, start translation work.
Although the antique animal skin purchased by Michael was written in ancient magic script, that is, runes, Scott didn't take it too seriously.
In the wizarding world, such ancient documents written in runes are actually not uncommon, but not all ancient documents are valuable.
In many cases, the ancient documents found by wizards may be just a diary written by ancient wizards in runes. After translation, they found that the whole text was nonsense, without any magic secrets or rune circuits. In other words, this Such "documents" are only marginally of archaeological value.
In short, there are only a few truly valuable ancient documents.
The parchment that recorded the [Ring of Arson] alchemy secret that Scott obtained before is really rare. Such valuable documents are rarely revealed, let alone in the hands of Muggles.
It is precisely because of such an attempt that Scott did not hold out much hope this time.
But as the translation work unfolded, his attitude soon became serious.
The content on this animal skin did not record magic secrets and rune circuits, but it recorded an adventure experience of an ancient wizard in the ancient ruins, which aroused Scott's great interest.
[A place of silence, a tower extending toward the center of the earth. ]
According to the records on the hides, this seems to be an extremely dangerous adventure.
[Seven people set off and one person returns. ]
This is the end result of this adventure.
[One person died in the fire, one person died in the deep water, one person died in the top of the tree, one person died in the bottom of the tower, one person died in falling rocks, and one person died in the ground subsidence. ]
[Six people died of the curse, and the one who escaped by chance could not escape the shadow of death for life. ]
The expression of ancient runes is completely different from that of modern languages. Many words represent multiple meanings. Scott can only determine the meaning of most of the words for a while.
He might need some help if he wanted to fully understand the truth of what was recorded on this hide.
More importantly, he also needs to determine whether this is a real experience of an ancient wizard or a fabricated novel.
Scott took out a small blank picture frame from the deformed lizard skin bag and placed it on the table.
He took out his wand and tapped the edge of the frame three times.
"Dear mentor, your apprentice needs your help."
An elegant and luxurious figure slowly emerged on the blank canvas in the frame.
"Is this your home in the Muggle world?"
Ravenclaw, who appeared in the small picture frame, first took a look at his surroundings.
"Is this what Muggle life will be like after a thousand years?"
Her eyes were full of curiosity.
Scott didn't bother her either.
After a while, Ravenclaw turned his gaze to Scott.
"Something has happened, my apprentice, and you are calling for the help of your mentor."
"My father, a Muggle antique dealer, found another ancient document from wizards in the Muggle world, and I found some problems in it."
Scott picked up the hide and showed it to Ravenclaw in the painting.
Ravenclaw glanced, his face changed slightly.
"A tower extending toward the center of the earth?"
Unlike Scott who needs to use a reference book to translate word by word, she can understand the general content with just a glance.
"I've heard of this legend." She said softly, "or in other words, all wizards of my generation have heard of this legend."
Scott obviously didn't expect this, "So, this animal skin has been preserved for more than a thousand years? Is this the real experience of ancient wizards, or is it just a legend?"
"I can't judge now." Ravenclaw looked at the animal hide again, "but the records on this animal hide are more detailed than the legends I have heard."
"According to the above description, we can even determine the location of the tower extending toward the center of the earth, but..." Scott hesitated.
"If the legend you have heard is true, it must be a very dangerous place."
Ravenclaw nodded, "A risk without certain value is meaningless."
Of course Scott thought so too, and he would not take the risk of going to such a horrible place without knowing what he would gain.
"I've written down the above." Ravenclaw said again, "I will discuss this matter with your professors to see if they are interested in finding more clues from other documents."
Scott nodded in agreement.
"Then enjoy your holiday, my apprentice."
Ravenclaw said something with a smile and disappeared into the frame.
Scott looked at the animal hide in his hand again.
[The island of the extreme northern island group, the longest day of the day, the place where the shadow of the standing stone points. ]
The Far North Islands should refer to the northernmost islands of Scotland, the Shetland Islands.
Standing Stone, this should refer to the Stenness Standing Stone on Mainland.
Mainland is quite famous. There are many relics of early civilization on this island, such as Skara Brae, a village site in the Neolithic Age, Meshowway earth burials, one of Scotland's important archaeological relics, and Stenness Standing Stones. .
But Scott has no desire to find out at this time.
He put away the animal skin in his hand and left the study.
For the next few days, Scott spent the holiday in a relaxed state of mind.
The way to relax is to play games at home.
After a few days, Scott continued to enjoy it, but Emilia couldn't take it anymore.
"Honey, you should go out more, instead of being bored at home all the time." She said to Scott, "Your Aunt Flora complains that Ramiro never comes home during the summer vacation, but you always don't go out, I'd rather you like to play around like Ramiro."
Scott put down the game controller and looked back at Emilia who was standing at the door.
"Where should I go, mother dear?" He shrugged. "I have no friends in Madrid."
Emilia said, "Why don't you hang out with your cousin Ramiro? As far as I know, you turned him down several times?"
"Alcohol, parties, girls." Scott said helplessly, "You know, I'm not interested in those."
Emilia's eyes widened, "You are only 16 years old, my baby, you should be interested in those girls!"
Scott was speechless.
"I do get interested in pretty girls, but I don't get to talk to them."
If he wanted to find a girlfriend, he was more inclined to find a little witch than an ordinary girl who had no common topics.
Emilia gave him a disdainful look, "You also said that it's a party with alcohol. In that kind of place, who wants to have a sincere chat with you?"
Scott lay on the floor laughing, "Oh, are you teaching me how to be a bad boy, Mom."
Emilia walked into the room and sat cross-legged next to him.
"I just want you to relax." She touched Scott's face, "I always thought you had a hard time at Hogwarts."
"Why do you say that?" Scott asked curiously.
Emilia tapped his forehead with her fingers, "You mature too quickly, as if you have passed from childhood to adolescence and become an adult directly."
"Maybe it's magic." Scott continued to smile.
"Anyway, it's summer vacation, and you should relax when it's time to relax." Emilia pulled Scott's face again, "I've already called Ramiro, and he will pick you up after dinner. "
"Oh... let me go." Scott raised his hand to cover his eyes.
"That's it."
Emilia stood up without any rebuttal.
"I'm going to pick out an outfit for you to wear in the evening."
She seemed impatient.
Scott groaned.
He only found out two days ago that Emilia bought him a lot of new clothes when he was not at home.
There are all kinds of bells and whistles.
Although some of them didn't fit because of his height, Emilia still enjoyed it.
Just yesterday she went shopping with Aunt Flora again and bought Scott a bunch of new clothes.
Scott stood up slowly and went to the cloakroom.
This large cloakroom is divided into three areas, among which Emilia's clothes, shoes and hats occupy most of the space.
In the rest of the space, although Scott didn't live here permanently, his clothes obviously belonged to more than Michael's.
"Come and try, this one or this one?"
Emilia held two shirts of different colors and greeted Scott warmly. At this time, her attitude was as professional as a shopping guide in a clothing store.
Scott glanced at his own hanger.
"Since I'm going out with Ramiro, I don't need to wear a shirt," he said. "I think I should dress more casually, or wear a T-shirt."
"T-shirt?"
Although Emilia disagreed somewhat, she agreed with Scott's own opinion.
So she mentioned several T-shirts and POLO shirts of different colors for Scott to choose.
Scott casually pointed to a white T-shirt with a blue print.
"Will this be too monotonous?" Emilia hesitated.
"It's summer, Mom," Scott reminded him, "and there aren't that many clothes to match."
"Okay." Emilia nodded.
But she quickly "cheered up" again, "It's okay, I will also match you with beautiful pants and shoes, and of course, jewelry is also essential!"
Seeing her so excited, Scott began to toss with her without any further comments.
But Emilia seemed to treat her son like a doll, choosing several different outfits for Scott's random white T-shirt, and kept letting him try it on.
Scott can only let him be at his mercy with the mentality of "entertaining relatives in colorful clothes".
After changing several sets of outfits, he heard Emilia excitedly say: "What to do, each set is so beautiful, it is worthy of the clothes I chose, and it is worthy of the son I gave birth to."
She clapped her hands, "But I think the first set is the best match."
"..."
At this time, Scott has completely resigned to his fate.
He changed into the first set silently, and then sat silently in front of the mirror and let Emilia, who was still full of ideas, do his hair for him.
(End of this chapter)
Scott walked through the somewhat cramped shelves and came to the counter.
He looked left and right, moved a high stool and sat down.
Michael put down the coffee in his hand, took out a bunch of keys from his pocket, and used a copper key to open a drawer hidden behind the counter.
He took out a carved wooden box inlaid with several precious stones from a drawer and placed it on the counter.
Scott took a closer look and found that the wooden box was very old, and even the gems inlaid on it were a little dusty.
"This is?" he asked curiously.
"The point is not the box."
Michael found an extraordinarily small golden key from the bunch of keys, and opened the lock of the box.
"The point is what's in the box."
He opened the lid of the box and turned the box around to show Scott what was inside.
Only then did Scott see the tattered parchments in the box.
"Didn't you say that the parchment I gave you last Christmas was useful?" Michael said, "I found some later."
Scott froze for a moment, then laughed, "Thanks, Dad, I like it very much."
He suddenly understood why Michael wanted to continue to open the antique shop.
Michael was noncommittal about his gratitude, "Let's see if these things are useful. I know that the last time I found something related to wizards was luck. Our luck may not be so good every time."
Scott nodded, and carefully took out the somewhat fragile old parchment in the box and took a rough look.
"Maybe our luck is really good." He took out a piece of animal skin hidden in the parchment and put it on top. "I can be sure that this piece of parchment came from a wizard."
The content on this animal skin is all written in ancient magic script, which is already obvious.
Michael immediately laughed.
"It seems that my efforts were not in vain." He said happily, "By the way, this animal skin also comes from England. Although it is a bit troublesome, I have not cut off the previous channels."
Of course Scott could imagine that it must have taken a lot of effort for Michael to get these special "antiques".
But he didn't say any more words of thanks.
There is no need to be so polite between father and son.
He just shook the animal skin lightly in his hand, and said with a smile, "I will put it to good use."
Michael certainly understood what his son meant.
"It's good if you can use it." He didn't show any emotion on his face, but his tone was much softer, "I just came to Spain before and couldn't find a way, but now with your uncle's help, I have connected with many people There will be more and more things to be found in the future.”
Scott didn't say no, and he didn't say that there was only so much that could be found useful to wizards in the Muggle world.
"Then please, Dad." He just said with a smile.
Michael nodded "reservedly", "There is only so much help I can give you, and if you still need any hard-to-get materials like before, just tell me directly, of course, your uncle will also help .”
"I see."
Scott responded and looked down at the animal skin in his hand.
He decided to take advantage of these few days to translate the content on the animal skin first.
Ancient runes are magical words, but there is not only one way to use them.Although the content on this animal skin is written in ancient magic script, it might just be used as pure text.
After bidding farewell to Michael, Scott went straight home, greeted Emilia, went straight to the study, and took out the "Rune Dictionary" and "Advanced Rune Translation" from the deformed lizard leather bag Two working books, start translation work.
Although the antique animal skin purchased by Michael was written in ancient magic script, that is, runes, Scott didn't take it too seriously.
In the wizarding world, such ancient documents written in runes are actually not uncommon, but not all ancient documents are valuable.
In many cases, the ancient documents found by wizards may be just a diary written by ancient wizards in runes. After translation, they found that the whole text was nonsense, without any magic secrets or rune circuits. In other words, this Such "documents" are only marginally of archaeological value.
In short, there are only a few truly valuable ancient documents.
The parchment that recorded the [Ring of Arson] alchemy secret that Scott obtained before is really rare. Such valuable documents are rarely revealed, let alone in the hands of Muggles.
It is precisely because of such an attempt that Scott did not hold out much hope this time.
But as the translation work unfolded, his attitude soon became serious.
The content on this animal skin did not record magic secrets and rune circuits, but it recorded an adventure experience of an ancient wizard in the ancient ruins, which aroused Scott's great interest.
[A place of silence, a tower extending toward the center of the earth. ]
According to the records on the hides, this seems to be an extremely dangerous adventure.
[Seven people set off and one person returns. ]
This is the end result of this adventure.
[One person died in the fire, one person died in the deep water, one person died in the top of the tree, one person died in the bottom of the tower, one person died in falling rocks, and one person died in the ground subsidence. ]
[Six people died of the curse, and the one who escaped by chance could not escape the shadow of death for life. ]
The expression of ancient runes is completely different from that of modern languages. Many words represent multiple meanings. Scott can only determine the meaning of most of the words for a while.
He might need some help if he wanted to fully understand the truth of what was recorded on this hide.
More importantly, he also needs to determine whether this is a real experience of an ancient wizard or a fabricated novel.
Scott took out a small blank picture frame from the deformed lizard skin bag and placed it on the table.
He took out his wand and tapped the edge of the frame three times.
"Dear mentor, your apprentice needs your help."
An elegant and luxurious figure slowly emerged on the blank canvas in the frame.
"Is this your home in the Muggle world?"
Ravenclaw, who appeared in the small picture frame, first took a look at his surroundings.
"Is this what Muggle life will be like after a thousand years?"
Her eyes were full of curiosity.
Scott didn't bother her either.
After a while, Ravenclaw turned his gaze to Scott.
"Something has happened, my apprentice, and you are calling for the help of your mentor."
"My father, a Muggle antique dealer, found another ancient document from wizards in the Muggle world, and I found some problems in it."
Scott picked up the hide and showed it to Ravenclaw in the painting.
Ravenclaw glanced, his face changed slightly.
"A tower extending toward the center of the earth?"
Unlike Scott who needs to use a reference book to translate word by word, she can understand the general content with just a glance.
"I've heard of this legend." She said softly, "or in other words, all wizards of my generation have heard of this legend."
Scott obviously didn't expect this, "So, this animal skin has been preserved for more than a thousand years? Is this the real experience of ancient wizards, or is it just a legend?"
"I can't judge now." Ravenclaw looked at the animal hide again, "but the records on this animal hide are more detailed than the legends I have heard."
"According to the above description, we can even determine the location of the tower extending toward the center of the earth, but..." Scott hesitated.
"If the legend you have heard is true, it must be a very dangerous place."
Ravenclaw nodded, "A risk without certain value is meaningless."
Of course Scott thought so too, and he would not take the risk of going to such a horrible place without knowing what he would gain.
"I've written down the above." Ravenclaw said again, "I will discuss this matter with your professors to see if they are interested in finding more clues from other documents."
Scott nodded in agreement.
"Then enjoy your holiday, my apprentice."
Ravenclaw said something with a smile and disappeared into the frame.
Scott looked at the animal hide in his hand again.
[The island of the extreme northern island group, the longest day of the day, the place where the shadow of the standing stone points. ]
The Far North Islands should refer to the northernmost islands of Scotland, the Shetland Islands.
Standing Stone, this should refer to the Stenness Standing Stone on Mainland.
Mainland is quite famous. There are many relics of early civilization on this island, such as Skara Brae, a village site in the Neolithic Age, Meshowway earth burials, one of Scotland's important archaeological relics, and Stenness Standing Stones. .
But Scott has no desire to find out at this time.
He put away the animal skin in his hand and left the study.
For the next few days, Scott spent the holiday in a relaxed state of mind.
The way to relax is to play games at home.
After a few days, Scott continued to enjoy it, but Emilia couldn't take it anymore.
"Honey, you should go out more, instead of being bored at home all the time." She said to Scott, "Your Aunt Flora complains that Ramiro never comes home during the summer vacation, but you always don't go out, I'd rather you like to play around like Ramiro."
Scott put down the game controller and looked back at Emilia who was standing at the door.
"Where should I go, mother dear?" He shrugged. "I have no friends in Madrid."
Emilia said, "Why don't you hang out with your cousin Ramiro? As far as I know, you turned him down several times?"
"Alcohol, parties, girls." Scott said helplessly, "You know, I'm not interested in those."
Emilia's eyes widened, "You are only 16 years old, my baby, you should be interested in those girls!"
Scott was speechless.
"I do get interested in pretty girls, but I don't get to talk to them."
If he wanted to find a girlfriend, he was more inclined to find a little witch than an ordinary girl who had no common topics.
Emilia gave him a disdainful look, "You also said that it's a party with alcohol. In that kind of place, who wants to have a sincere chat with you?"
Scott lay on the floor laughing, "Oh, are you teaching me how to be a bad boy, Mom."
Emilia walked into the room and sat cross-legged next to him.
"I just want you to relax." She touched Scott's face, "I always thought you had a hard time at Hogwarts."
"Why do you say that?" Scott asked curiously.
Emilia tapped his forehead with her fingers, "You mature too quickly, as if you have passed from childhood to adolescence and become an adult directly."
"Maybe it's magic." Scott continued to smile.
"Anyway, it's summer vacation, and you should relax when it's time to relax." Emilia pulled Scott's face again, "I've already called Ramiro, and he will pick you up after dinner. "
"Oh... let me go." Scott raised his hand to cover his eyes.
"That's it."
Emilia stood up without any rebuttal.
"I'm going to pick out an outfit for you to wear in the evening."
She seemed impatient.
Scott groaned.
He only found out two days ago that Emilia bought him a lot of new clothes when he was not at home.
There are all kinds of bells and whistles.
Although some of them didn't fit because of his height, Emilia still enjoyed it.
Just yesterday she went shopping with Aunt Flora again and bought Scott a bunch of new clothes.
Scott stood up slowly and went to the cloakroom.
This large cloakroom is divided into three areas, among which Emilia's clothes, shoes and hats occupy most of the space.
In the rest of the space, although Scott didn't live here permanently, his clothes obviously belonged to more than Michael's.
"Come and try, this one or this one?"
Emilia held two shirts of different colors and greeted Scott warmly. At this time, her attitude was as professional as a shopping guide in a clothing store.
Scott glanced at his own hanger.
"Since I'm going out with Ramiro, I don't need to wear a shirt," he said. "I think I should dress more casually, or wear a T-shirt."
"T-shirt?"
Although Emilia disagreed somewhat, she agreed with Scott's own opinion.
So she mentioned several T-shirts and POLO shirts of different colors for Scott to choose.
Scott casually pointed to a white T-shirt with a blue print.
"Will this be too monotonous?" Emilia hesitated.
"It's summer, Mom," Scott reminded him, "and there aren't that many clothes to match."
"Okay." Emilia nodded.
But she quickly "cheered up" again, "It's okay, I will also match you with beautiful pants and shoes, and of course, jewelry is also essential!"
Seeing her so excited, Scott began to toss with her without any further comments.
But Emilia seemed to treat her son like a doll, choosing several different outfits for Scott's random white T-shirt, and kept letting him try it on.
Scott can only let him be at his mercy with the mentality of "entertaining relatives in colorful clothes".
After changing several sets of outfits, he heard Emilia excitedly say: "What to do, each set is so beautiful, it is worthy of the clothes I chose, and it is worthy of the son I gave birth to."
She clapped her hands, "But I think the first set is the best match."
"..."
At this time, Scott has completely resigned to his fate.
He changed into the first set silently, and then sat silently in front of the mirror and let Emilia, who was still full of ideas, do his hair for him.
(End of this chapter)
