book of old days

Chapter 149 An Old Friend Reunited After a Long Time

Plan [-]: To write a book, the book "Above the Sky" must be finished within one year, more precisely within nine months, three months have passed since I made an appointment with Henry, and it still only has [-] words The draft of the book is still far away from the completion of the book.

Considering that the writing in the recent period has begun to feel weak, especially for the stories that happened in places he has never been to, he lacks sufficient understanding. There is no search engine network database in this era, and he is going to look back when he is free. Go to the library to look up humanities materials from all over the world. It is best to talk to some old sailors and sea merchants to get some materials.

Plan [-]: Buy a manor on the outskirts of Sword Castle.

Now that he has money and is not burdened by work, he naturally doesn't need to live in this apartment anymore. Although living here is really convenient, considering the summoning ceremony he will perform next and the research on magic , there must be a sufficiently hidden location.

So Sean decided to go to the outskirts of Sword Castle to see if there was a manor to buy one, preferably one with a dungeon.

Plan Three: Purchase equipment and build magic alchemy devices.

If he wants to learn magic, he can only take the path of extracting the original magic solution. He still remembers those memories of Bergwood very clearly. This device requires a lot of professional equipment. Maybe he can ask the professors from the Department of Chemistry to help buy it. .

Plan [-]: Perform a summoning ceremony to obtain magic items.

For things like magic items, it is almost impossible to obtain them through normal means, so after thinking twice, Sean decided to focus on the Book of the Old Ones. Speaking of which, he hasn't summoned for a long time.

What Sean is going to summon this time is a magical object from the Chaos Sea.

According to the book, the primordial form of the Chaos Sea, a universe that has not yet been born, is filled with chaotic magic energy, and life in a conventional form cannot survive there at all. It is an infinite ocean composed of energy flows.

But occasionally there will be objects from other worlds falling into that world. Even the most common items will gradually develop strange abilities and effects under the influence and transformation of chaotic energy.

In a sense, these magical objects transformed by chaotic energy can be called "wild magic items".

Since it is a magic item, it naturally contains powerful magic power, which just meets Xiao En's requirements.

The reason why he didn't dare to summon easily before was because these 'wild magic items' were very dangerous, because magic items were usually made by people for the purpose of being used by people, so the magic in them was usually controllable , has a clear method of use and purpose.

But magical wonders are not so simple. They have no reason, no purpose, no owner, and no shelf life and instructions for their birth.

God knows what strange abilities these strange life forms born from the sea of ​​chaos will have.

For an ordinary person, magic and strange objects are definitely quite dangerous.

So no matter how much he had thought about it before, Sean still didn't dare to summon it easily.

But now Sean is not an ordinary person. With the power of the sun god, he thinks he still has a certain ability to protect himself, so he can try the simplest one first.

Compared with the belief in divine power that has been engaged in for a few months and still has no clue, magic is more reliable.

He finished listing the things he had to do, looked at them carefully for a while, and nodded in satisfaction.

I am full of ambition in my heart, ready to do a big job at any time.

Of course, these things are not in a hurry. After finally going home, I have to relax for two days before saying no.

After working for a long time, he suddenly felt a little hungry. He drank the coffee in the cup, picked up his coat, and planned to go to the bar to have a few drinks and eat something before talking.

When Sean left the house, he went straight to the bar he frequented most.

At this time, the sky was getting dark, and the gas lamps on the side of the road cast warm and dim lights. The cool night breeze was pleasant and fresh. Compared with the coldness of Nord, the climate of Sword Castle was particularly pleasant. Sean walked on the street, From time to time, someone would nod to him.

Occasionally, acquaintances came forward to greet him in surprise, asking where he had been during this time.

I have to say that although this era is quite bad for ordinary people at the bottom of society, for a respected university professor, a person who does not need to work hard to live, life is quite comfortable .

This kind of comfortable mood lasted until he walked to the Ryan River, and Sean's good mood stopped abruptly. When he walked on the stone bridge, he glanced at the gloomy and dark river under the bridge in a complicated way. It was here that Alhaz was thrown down—or at a position a little earlier, he suddenly realized that he couldn't remember clearly.

But it doesn't matter, Alhaz is already in the past tense, he is just an insignificant footnote in his great career.

Sean quickly put the trace of unhappiness behind him. He came to the tavern, looked up at the familiar signboard, pushed the door and walked in.

The bartender was still the same bartender, and when he saw him walk in, he showed a surprised and surprised expression.

"Professor Sean? You are finally back."

"Of course it's me, as always, a glass of craft beer, a plate of peanuts, and some other food. Do you still sell fried onion rings here?"

Soon a full glass of beer was handed to Sean. He took the glass and took a big gulp before talking.

The craft beer has a malt aroma and overflowing bubbles, and it is very enjoyable to drink.

Sean downed a large glass of beer in two sips, turned around and asked for another glass.

Just as he was enjoying his drink, a surprised voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"Sean Forrest? How dare you come back!"

A voice made Sean turn his head abruptly, but when he saw that person, he suddenly smiled.

Palmer Marcellus, one of the vice-principals of Swordsburg University, was the one who handled his entry procedures.

Palmer is in his early 50s this year, a little bald and a little fat. This person has a smooth personality and is somewhat snobby, but he is still very good to Sean.

At this moment, he was looking at Xiao En with wide eyes, as if he wanted to fight him.

Sean knew that this guy liked to joke around with people.

"Haha, why don't I dare to come back, and I don't owe anyone money."

"But you owe me three beers. You should have paid the bill the last time you drank." Palmer said, punching him lightly.

"How do I remember that it was you who lost the bet to me, so you treated the guests to drink?"

Sean also unceremoniously punched the man back, Palmer grinned, and the two looked at each other and laughed.

"Come on, come here, many old friends miss you."

When Sean followed Palmer to the private room, he saw a few familiar friends sitting on the surrounding chairs. Some of them knew each other, some of them were just familiar, and the other two looked strangers. , They are either university professors, teaching assistants, or friends they met at the wine table. Sean sat down among the crowd and chatted for a few words, and the two strangers became acquainted.

Friends in bars are like this, as long as you drink a glass of beer and chat a few words, you can often hook your shoulders.

"So that matter is true. You inherited the title and property. Judging by your appearance, it must be a lot of money."

The one who said this was Professor Albert from the Department of Mathematics. Because his family had a lot of money and his life was relatively tight, what he said was somewhat sour.

In the past, Sean would probably say a few words of modesty, the so-called not revealing the money, but the money is really so much that he doesn't bother to hide it.

"That's right, that's really a lot of money, an amount that ordinary people can't dream of, tsk tsk tsk, now it's all mine."

This made Albert angry and helpless, so he could only drink in silence.

Palmer said: "Then why are you willing to come back again? Have you figured it out and come back to teach? I will keep your position for you."

Sean shook his head, "Sorry, I'm afraid I can no longer teach."

He doesn't have so much free time to teach now. Although being a professor is fun, it is not his ambition.

Palmer was in a hurry, "No, you have to come back. Since that incident, the atmosphere in the school has been very depressed. Maybe you can bring back some fresh air."

"That matter?" Sean pretended to be puzzled.

"Oh, by the way, you may not know that you haven't come back for a while. Little Lanstor was kidnapped by Alhaz. I knew that guy was not a good person, but I didn't expect him to be so crazy. He escaped later. , The police found some remarkable things in his house, and it is said that they fainted on the spot, and now they are chasing him everywhere, but they can't even see a shadow of him, maybe he ran back to the country a long time ago."

Xiao En showed a shocked expression at the right time, and asked a few more questions, feeling a little amused in his heart, Alhaz's blame is really appropriate.

"Sorry, I really don't have much time. I have inherited some property and need to take care of it. I will be very busy in the future."

Palmer still refused to give up, "I understand, I understand, but in fact, you don't have to pay too much attention to it. Why don't you become a nominal professor? You only need to teach five times a year to retain the position of professor. In this way, you can only receive the basic salary, I know you may not look down on that little money, but it is an income after all."

"And I remember you enjoying the title - Sean 'Professor'."

Palmer pronounced the word 'professor' emphatically, which made Sean nod helplessly.

He does value this title very much. In this era, titles are very serious and similar to titles. It doesn't mean that anyone can be called a teacher, an expert, or a professor.

You must have a corresponding occupation or education. The title of professor is not only a profession, but also a symbol of social status.

If he has a title, he doesn't need to care too much, but now he still hopes to keep it as much as possible.

"Okay, I promise you that's it."

"Ha, I knew you wouldn't let me down." Palmer patted Sean on the shoulder excitedly.

Sean smiled, "But I also need your help with some things. I remember that you are in charge of purchasing educational resources, right? I want to buy some experimental equipment. It is not convenient to buy it privately, but if you go to the university, it should be okay. It's very simple, maybe it can be purchased in the name of the laboratory, money is not a problem, in fact I can even pay a little more 'handling fee'."

Palmer fully agreed to this: "No problem, just make a list for me later."

Everyone drank beer, chatted, and discussed recent current events. Before they knew it, it was already past eleven o'clock. Sean came here in high spirits, and returned with a lot of fun. He also solved the problem of purchasing experimental equipment, and he was very happy , By the time he got home, it was already twelve o'clock.

Sean drank a lot of wine, but his spirits were still very high.

It feels really good to reunite with old friends after a long absence. Although Ragnar is also his friend, the two of them really don’t have much in common to talk about. Discuss literature, music, art, and which bar's beer is more mellow.

In contrast, chatting with this group of people in a college town is much more enjoyable.

Sean took off his coat and threw it on the sofa, turned and walked into the bathroom, he was going to wash his face and go to sleep.

He washed indiscriminately with the water from the faucet, picked up the towel and was about to wipe his face when a familiar face in the mirror froze the movements of his hands.

"Is it a pleasure to reunite with an old friend after a long absence?" Alhaz asked with a sneer in the mirror.

(End of this chapter)