Chapter 1927 Exchange of Glances <TOC> Chapter 1929 Study and Bedroom
Translator: SumTLMan
“No outsiders have entered the ruins? How is that possible?” Tree Spirit was incredulous: “If no outsiders have come in, then how do you explain this knight armor? Could it have appeared out of thin air?”
Faced with Tree Spirit’s doubts, Rhine did not refute but nodded in agreement: “You’re right, this knight armor did indeed appear out of nowhere.”
The place where the knight armor first appeared was naturally of the utmost interest to Rhine. He used the Eye of Truth to repeatedly inspect the upper corridor and, in the crevices of time, gathered quite a bit of information. Integrating these pieces of information led to one conclusion: the knight armor had no signs of movement; it simply appeared out of nowhere at a certain moment! And after appearing, it remained unmoved until a few days ago when Angel packed and took it away.
After hearing Rhine’s account, Tree Spirit furrowed his brows. Although he did not ask Rhine for the specific information obtained from the Eye of Truth, he believed the conclusion Rhine had reached.
Since the knight armor appeared out of thin air in the corridor, could it mean…
“Could it be that the place where the knight armor appeared is near some hidden room?” Angel suddenly said.
Angel’s words coincidentally matched Tree Spirit’s thoughts.
However, Rhine shook his head in denial: “It’s uncertain because I haven’t found any Abnormalities near the knight armor. If there’s a hidden room or passage, there should be some trace of it. But I can’t find any traces, not even in the flow of time.”
Sanders pondered: “The armor’s sudden appearance must indicate some sort of spatial magic. And when it comes to spatial magic, one cannot confine their thoughts to a single point.”
“You have the Gateway of Fantasy, so you should know that spatial magic can enable short-distance displacement. The location where the knight armor was found might have a hidden room, but its probability is no different from any other place in the ruins.”
In other words, in the case of spatial displacement, if the knight armor really came out from the hidden passage, then it could land anywhere in the ruins, not just at a fixed point.
Angel also understood Sanders’ point and expressed a slight regret, saying, “In that case, doesn’t that mean we still don’t have any clues?”
While Angel was disheartened, Rhine then spoke up, “Besides, I have noticed two spots that somewhat piqued my mental senses, though it’s hard to say if they are clues.”
Generally, anything that triggers a wizard’s mental feedback carries a certain portent. Of course, it could also be just overthinking.
However, with Angel and Sanders at a dead end, anything Rhine found was worth analyzing and discussing.
“The first thing that caught my attention was the copper plate on the door,” Rhine paused, turning to look at the door of the study, “I actually think it might be irrelevant to the knight armor, perhaps meaningless. But since it caught my mental sense, maybe it has some significance.”
Copper plate on the door?
Angel naturally knew what Rhine was referring to. Walking through the corridor and down three floors, each room’s door had a copper plate.
When Angel first entered the ruins, the first thing he noticed was these copper plates. Each one was inscribed with a sentence in a scribbled script.
For instance, the copper plate below the guest room read, “Although it’s used for receiving guests, there aren’t many guests qualified enough for me to meet.”
Another example, the material storage room’s plate read, “The material storage is built so big, it would be better to expand the laboratory instead.”
The inscriptions on these bronze plaques possess a very distinct personality, serving both as a critique and a manifestation of certain traits of the owner. Hence, Angel remembers them very clearly.
However, what puzzles him is that this series of plaques was not installed by the original owner of the ruins but by the second owner, Tizarro.
And according to their speculation, Tizarro should have no relation to the knight armor.
“You know the words on the plaque were written by Tizarro. Is there anything strange about that?” Tree Spirit spoke up, voicing the doubt in Angel’s mind.
Rhine replied, “Perhaps it’s unrelated to the knight armor, but there is indeed something peculiar about the plaques.”
As Rhine spoke, he paused, not to create tension or atmosphere but to extend his hand and flick in the air.
To the naked eye, there was no movement, but on a mental level, one could see Rhine turning a thin mental power into several nearly microscopic threads, which rushed towards various parts of the ruins at an extremely fast speed.
In less than half a second, the mental threads were retracted. Along with them, four bronze plaques placed on the door were also retrieved.
These four plaques respectively represented the drawing room, study, material storage, and laboratory. Under each plaque, there were corresponding flowery texts.
Rhine placed the plaques on the desk, indicating for them to take another look.
“These plaques seem to be normal, the sarcastic tone and subtle self-promotion are exactly in line with Tizarro’s character,” Tree Spirit observed. Just those few short sentences made it envision Tizarro with a disdainful look, murmuring in a haughty tone, holding his favorite steel pen, carelessly writing on the door.
“The bronze plaque was indeed written by Tizarro, and at first glance, it seems unproblematic. However, when I examined it with the Eye of Truth, I found an intriguing message in the seams of time,” Rhine said as he pushed one of the bronze plaques forward——
“This plaque’s inscription date differs from the others, and it bears evident signs of modification.”
All the other bronze plaques were almost inscribed at the same time. This is quite normal and aligns with the behavioral inertia of anthropology. When humans decide to undertake a homogenized series of tasks, they typically choose to do so at the same or a similar time.
It’s like assigning door numbers to each room in a building, starting from 101 and ending at 901. Such homogenized and straightforward tasks are generally completed on the same day, and even if delayed, not by much.
The same applies to the plaques written by Tizarro; once started, they were likely finished within the same day.
Indeed, the other three plaques were written on the same day, but the one Rhine singled out was inscribed last and had traces of alterations.
“Is the timeline of behavioral logic incorrect?” murmured Tree Spirit, “This is indeed a bit strange.”
Everyone’s gaze turned to the bronze plaque Rhine had pointed out.
Coincidentally, this plaque belonged to the study they were in.
In Tizarro’s flamboyant cursive script, it read: “I don’t need a bedroom, but I require a study where no one can disturb me.”
Chapter 1927 Exchange of Glances <TOC> Chapter 1929 Study and Bedroom