Mystery: Those years when I was a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

Chapter 589 Travel Notes on Utopia

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It was snowing heavily in the city, and a young man with black hair was sitting in a street cafe.He has the appearance of someone from the Northern Continent, with soft features and a somewhat shy look.He breathed into his hands and wrote in his notebook:
"December 1350, 12, this is my third day in Utopia."

"Dear Mum, I am writing this next to the heater in the cafe. Please tell Dad that my journey is going very well so far."

(a simple greeting and description of the scene)
"...This city is no different from the places I have been to before, but according to my observations, this is definitely not a village on the border of Loen. Judging from the latitude and climate environment, this place should be in Fusac Within the empire, the trend of the mountains does not match that of Minerminsk. This city called Utopia should be located in the hinterland of Fusac, at the foot of the Antal Mountains..."

"The residents there speak a large number of Fusac, Loen and Northern Continent Common languages. I asked the waiter at the local cafe and the answer I got was: 'Utopia is an emerging tourist city, and because of its special geographical location, Will receive guests from different countries'."

The young man with black hair rolled his eyes, took a sip of the coffee in his hand, and sighed with satisfaction.

He flipped through the travel notes he had just written in the past few days. As the pages were turning, a name accidentally flashed across the title page:
Everett Abraham.

He took another sip of coffee before putting it down, ordered a piece of cake from the waiter, and then continued to write in beautiful Intis font on the soft leather notebook in his hand.

"However, please don't worry about me. I am not curious about the geographical location of this city or the reasons for concealing the true situation. There are definitely more secrets hidden here, and I have just become Sequence 9. If I investigate in depth, I will definitely give I bring danger. I don’t mind being an adventurer occasionally, but that’s not my calling. I just want to finish my travels and travel writing safely and get home early.”

"Well, let's go back to the situation and climate of Utopia."

"The most obvious thing about the climate here is that it is cold, very cold. The highest temperature every day hovers around zero, and it can even drop to about ten degrees below zero at night. You will definitely freeze to death if you sleep outside. This is why I am convinced that Utopia is definitely not in Loen. Because of this, Utopia's heating system is very advanced. They use heating and floor heating that I have never seen before. They use the principle of heating water for heating. I didn't ask for details."

"Every hotel and every residential building is equipped with heating. The hotel where my teacher and I live is called 'Iris', and it's pretty good. In short, with the help of heating, our daily life is safe, even when we go out." It’s always time to wrap yourself in a ball.”

"By the way, this city is neither big nor small. The teacher told me that the permanent population of this city should be about 2, plus those who come for vacation in winter - to be honest, I don't know why many tourists choose Coming to such a cold city for vacation in winter - there should be more than [-] people. The urban facilities here are excellent, there is no dock, but there is a municipal library, a train station, a freight center and department stores, and schools , there is also a river passing through the city, and I heard that the water in the river only melts after April every year."

Everett glanced out the window. He changed the angle several times and could still vaguely see the arch bridge through the heavy snow.

“On a clear day the river can be very busy.”

“There will be many children skating on the river, and there will also be people digging holes in the ice from the river and sitting next to the ice holes to fish. They still live a lively life in the cold climate, which is one of the reasons why I like it here. "

Sooner or later, the waiter came with the chestnut cream sorbet that Everett ordered just now.

While thanking him, he glanced at the menu and was a little tempted by the recommended drink on the menu, "Utopia Specialty Sparkling Ice Tea."

He had seen other customers drinking this kind of bubble tea. Ice cubes floated on the surface of the translucent dark brown liquid, and bubbles rose from the bottom one after another, making every first-time customer exclaim in comfort.

It looks very delicious at first glance.

Everett was excited for a while, but he still resisted the idea for the time being. He wanted to ask the teacher's permission before tasting sparkling ice tea during dinner.

The roasted chestnuts were chopped and stirred into the cream. Everett carefully cut off a corner with a fork and put it into his mouth. In the warm room, he felt the cold cream and the mellow and sweet chestnut pieces mingling together. Slowly melting in his own mouth:

"Apart from that, I think the most interesting thing is the mechanical objects and the delicious food culture here."

"Whether it is the most basic fried steak, fried pork chops, charcoal barbecue or the more complex or more difficult pea stewed lamb, cream soup, butter mashed potatoes, baked potato skins, they all definitely reach the urban level. At the level of a chef, in addition, the chefs here are also quite good at creating unique dishes and foods, including sweet and sour meat, and grilled fish repeatedly coated with various seasonings..."

"...Mom, even though I know there are many extraordinary places in this city, I still like it here. Even the teacher is full of praise for the food here. I really hope I can bring some back for you and dad to try, For example, the specialty here is the Utopia-style bacon sandwich... In addition, I have eaten all kinds of toast in this city: mashed taro, mashed potato, butter, light cream, and fruit-studded. Chunks... As long as you are willing, you will not eat the same variety in a week."

"And the most admirable of all the food here is their desserts...cream pudding, fruit pudding, black forest cake, carrot cake, milk cake, waffles, egg tarts...the teacher said I can't eat it anymore. Young people at a growing age cannot indulge in sweets, but last night I saw the teacher entrusting the hotel waiter to order a cake to be delivered as a midnight snack."

“Utopia’s ingredients are quite fresh, which should be attributed to their rail transportation system.”

"However, in winter, fresh fish is hard to come by. On the first day I came to Utopia, I saw a gentleman catch a big fish from the John River and sold it to a restaurant on the spot for one and a half pounds. It’s a pity that my teacher and I were busy looking for accommodation and didn’t go to taste it.”

The delicious desserts brought a good mood, and Everett wrote a lot in one breath. For a young man of only 14 years old, this was already more than a week of writing training in grammar school.

However, he does not need to go to the grammar school of the Mysterious Church, nor does he need to go through the mysterious training from the Western Continent of correcting grammar, filling in the blanks of famous sentences, reading comprehension, and writing a composition of no less than 16 words. He is still receiving family education.Those who receive family education, are over [-] years old and pass the Higher Education Examination of the Mystery Church can also receive an admission notice from a national church university. This is the threshold for becoming an extraordinary person.

Of course, families with extraordinary power inheritance and potion formulas do not need to obtain potions in this way, but they still have to register their identity and sequence, and promise not to do anything harmful to society and innocent people in front of the sacred objects. things.

At the same time, as an Abraham, a new generation of the Abraham family who has become an extraordinary person after the full moon rambles and has high hopes, these contents are not enough as the future "Everett Travel Notes".

Everett continued to write, and then, through the glass window of the cafe, he saw a figure wandering on the street.

The other person seemed to be a young man who looked about the same age as himself.

In the heavy snow in the sky, Everett didn't see the other person's clothes and hair color clearly. Then he realized that this boy was actually walking on the street wearing very thin clothes, and everything from his clothes to his hair color were in the snow. An almost invisible light color.

Everett stood up. He subconsciously wanted to ask the boy to come and rest in the cafe for a while, because such a snowy day could really freeze someone to death. But as soon as he stood up, he held back because he suddenly remembered I heard the teacher's warning - if you see abnormal behavior or people doing weird things in this city, don't take the initiative to get involved and mind your own business.

Everett hesitated for a moment, and during the time he hesitated, the young man walking on the street disappeared into the snow.

"Wearing such thin clothes, walking in sub-zero temperature weather, there is no sign of coldness at all..."

The young apprentice was a little scared. He suddenly couldn't imagine what would happen if he really ran to the door of the cafe to greet people.

After thinking about it, Everett decided not to write this matter into his travel notes. Ancient extraordinary families like Abraham had a more complete mystical education. Although he had just become an extraordinary person, he already knew that not everything was the same. Can be recorded.

This world is very dangerous. If you are not careful, you will establish contact with unknown beings, just like the ancestors used their voices to contact them.

With some panic, he swept the remaining half of the chestnut sorbet into his mouth, barely calming down his uneasiness.After repeatedly reminding himself that he must be careful about his words and deeds in Utopia, Everett considered his words, picked up his previous thoughts, and continued to write:
“What bothers me a little is that there is only one church in Utopia.”

"This is a large city with about 2 people. Although it is in the hinterland of the Feysac Empire, it is a small city that claims to be on the border of Loen. This church does not have the black, white, and blue colors of the Thunder Church. There is no coat of arms of the Thunder Church, and there are no emblems of gods in this cathedral. I don’t understand whether this means ‘people of any faith can enter’.”

"I have seen the priests in the church from a distance. There are ten priests in this church. They are wearing dark clothes, without any church patterns, and the piping is the simplest. I dare not ask them, what are they? Which church member.”

"I asked about the name of the church, and the waiter at the hotel and the waiter at the restaurant told me:"

"This church is called the Cathedral of St. Merlin Hermes." "The surname Hermes sounds very ancient and mysterious, and it also sounds like a variant pronunciation of 'Hermes' in other languages. My first I heard this saint’s name for the first time, but I don’t know which church he is a saint from.”

Everett has only been here for three days and has not seen this cathedral being used for any sacramental activities or worship. Therefore, he suspects that this church actually believes in the God of War, or believes in some unidentified, A hidden existence that is inconvenient to appear.

The teacher also told him not to get close to the cathedral unless necessary to prevent any complications.

Everett thought for a while, and he didn't understand why the teacher didn't take him away immediately if this city was so dangerous, but insisted on living here for a while for sightseeing.The young apprentice racked his brains and began to think about what interesting things had happened in the past three days. After thinking for a while, his eyes lit up, he turned over a page of the already full notebook, and continued to write:

"There is a gentleman in the 'Iris' hotel where we live. He always looks sleepy. He is either sleeping or walking out with half-open eyes every day. But I rarely see him. He is basically in his room. He rests there and doesn’t come out often even to eat.”

After writing this paragraph, Everett heard the door of the cafe being pushed open and the metal wind chimes tinkling, making an ethereal sound.

Everett looked up and saw an old woman about 50 years old, well-dressed and very elegant. She pushed the door in and appeared at the door of the cafe. She was wearing a somewhat old-fashioned black velvet hat, revealing her long hair. White hair on the temples.

There were not many people in the cafe. In this weather, it was most comfortable to sleep and rest at home.

As soon as the old woman walked in, her blue eyes locked directly on Everett, who was drinking hot coffee and writing a travel diary by the bedside.

Seeing the old woman's stern eyes glance over, the young apprentice quickly stood up and shouted softly: "Teacher!"

"You are drinking coffee again." The old woman has the temperament of a dean, and she has a natural suppression of young people who are just old enough to go to school. "You are very young and do not need this kind of drink to refresh yourself. If you are sleepy, go and take a rest. I didn’t give you too much homework.”

"...Teacher, the coffee here is sweet." Everett defended in a low voice, and then he hurriedly handed over the notebook filled with three pages of writing in his hand and said, "I summarized it very seriously. I learned about my recent experiences and wrote a lot of content!”

The old woman was not originally angry because of the student stealing coffee. She glanced at the young but neat handwriting on the notebook, and her tone softened naturally: "Well done, today's class time is up, let's go back to the hotel. Keep studying.”

Everett suddenly became happy: "Okay."

The old woman paid the bill for him, and he put on a windproof hat and a scarf. Then he mustered up the courage to open the door of the cafe - and in an instant, the cold wind hit him. His whole body was trembling, snow particles hit his face and the corners of his eyes, and the chill penetrated his body from every gap in his clothes.But the old woman held his back unmoved and led him to walk slowly on the road that already had a layer of snow, back to the "Iris" hotel not far away.

Enter the hotel to block out the cold wind.

Everett quickly entered their suite, took off his coat and cold-weather equipment, and shivered by the radiator for a while before he recovered.The old woman had already laid out the occult materials for today's teaching at her desk, waiting for him to pass by.

Just as he was about to walk over, he suddenly felt that the surrounding environment had become colder.

Everett quickly turned on his spiritual vision and found that a spiritual creature with a round body appeared next to the old woman, handed over a letter, and then disappeared from his sight.

"That was just now..."

"I'm communicating with Dorian." The old woman said calmly and opened the envelope. "Humph, if I told him directly that I took you to a strange city, he would definitely start with 'Dear Vipelia, I approve of your teaching method, but...' Just to start, just keep talking to me for a long time." As she said that, she unfolded the letter, and Everett took a sneak peek and found that this was indeed the beginning.

The lady named Vipelia Abraham glanced at her student:

"...It is indeed dangerous to come here, but my divination results tell me that there is actually a very big opportunity hidden here. I also asked my ancestors for instructions, and he told me that it is possible to go here. There may be some dangers , but within my capabilities.”

"But even so, Dorian is still worried, so I chose to correspond with him when I got there, telling him what I saw here, and seeing what he had to say."

There are too many abnormal places in this city, including delicious food, electrical appliances and mechanical items that have never been seen before. A child may only be excited by these weird things, but as Abraham, who has seen many extraordinary powers, One of the powerful people in the family, Vipelia, as soon as she arrived here, she immediately discovered something shocking:

There is not a single extraordinary person in this city!

Even the priests in the church had no spiritual brilliance. Vipelia searched the city for a long time and used divination to find traces of extraordinary power, but she found nothing.

She didn't plan to tell the students about this: "Pick up the materials and let's start class."

Everett sat down: "Okay."

After two hours of study, the daily knowledge of occult science was over. They went to the restaurant to enjoy a delicious meal that Everett was full of praise for. The little apprentice finally drank the sparkling ice tea that he had been longing for.

After returning home, after simply taking a hot bath and reading for a while, the two members of the Abraham family fell asleep.

Late at night, Vipelia had a dream. She dreamed that she came to a small road. In the middle of the road lay a small silver-white snake. The small snake sometimes looked to the left and sometimes to the right, as if it was walking. Discern where the road ahead should go.

Vipelia looked at the little snake, and then at the road ahead. There was a fork in the road, one couldn't see the front clearly, and the other could.She took the initiative to avoid the little snake and walked forward, walking onto the vaguely visible one.

From the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the small silver-white snake following him and entering the road together.

The dream ended and Vipelia suddenly woke up.

Before she could analyze the situation in the dream, she suddenly noticed a figure in the room. Her student was not sleeping in the small room in the suite, but was standing silently in the middle of the bedroom!

"...What are you doing?" Vipelia was ready to use the "Slide Technique".

Everett turned his head, pointed to the door of the room, lowered his voice nervously, and said to the teacher:

"snake."

"I wanted to go to the bathroom, but I heard something like a noise in the corridor... like a huge snake swimming..."

Vipelia felt awe-struck in her heart, and suddenly heard abnormal noises outside.But the sound seemed to be leaving the hotel. It moved farther and farther down the corridor, and soon disappeared from their hearing.

TBC
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Open comments on previous chapter
...quack!What can everyone do with their imaginations being so good!

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