Secrets: Priestess

Chapter 10 Tingen University
Jiang Zhe woke up from the bedding that exuded a faint fragrance. The cool morning light filtered through the curtains, adding a little light to the room.

Jiang Zhe got up, dressed, and opened the curtains wide.

The glaring sunlight made her squint.

His hands rested on the small round table in the room.

There was a house deed on the round table.

It was the small apartment she rented.

Just yesterday, Jessica bought a row of houses nearby, including her own, under the pretext of improving her life...

And handed her the deed to the house she rented.

This series of actions made Jiang Zhe feel Jessica's strong capital in another sense.

After eating the warm breakfast prepared by Jessica, Jiang Zhe washed, dressed, and went out alone.

Ms. Daly, who said she was there to protect her closely, was placed in a neighboring house by Jessica to rest last night.

From last night to this morning, Jiang Zhe has not met Dai Li again.

But Jiang Zhe, whose inspiration is extraordinary, has been able to feel a cold aura watching her since last night.

Ms. Daly is never really gone.

"Extraordinary..." Jiang Zhe murmured with mixed emotions.

There are aspirations and also confusion.

Calming down his mood, Jiang Zhe walked a distance along the gravel path and waited for the public carriage to Tingen University.

Jiang Zhe changed his clothes, but the overall style was similar to yesterday.

A neutral black shirt and trousers paired with a light brown trench coat.

The morning breeze before July still retains a hint of coolness.

Jiang Zhe lifted his hair that was blown by the wind with one hand and climbed into the carriage holding the handrail.

At this time, they had already avoided the busy crowds, so there were not many people on the public carriage. Apart from Jiang Zhe, there was only a lady with black hair and black eyes sitting in a corner of the carriage.

Jiang Zhe only saw the lady look up at her when she got on the bus, then she turned her head and closed her eyes to pretend to sleep.

A head of long black hair fell gently. From Jiang Zhe's perspective, she could only see the other person's profile, but it also left a very deep impression on her.

Black, straight and long.

Porcelain doll.

When he was bored, some words popped up in Jiang Zhe's mind.

Jiang Zhe shook his head and chuckled at his own behavior. While marveling at the amazing charm of the strange woman, he took out the pen and small notebook he had brought with him.

His thoughts gradually shifted away from the stranger, and Jiang Zhe wrote a name in his notebook:
Russell Gustave.

Then, Jiang Zhe followed it with a word in Hermetic:

senior.

By sorting out his memories of Emperor Roselle and the diary written in Chinese, Jiang Zhe confirmed that Roselle was the senior time traveler.

This emperor promoted the industrial revolution in another world, and later, with the support of the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, overthrew the Kingdom of Intis and became the first consul of the New Republic.

Revolution, war.

Economy and technology.

Culture and entertainment.

Steam engines, cannons, the Age of Discovery, overseas colonization, stocks, papermaking, printing, newspapers, tarot cards...

This senior has done almost everything a time traveler can do to the extreme.

It's so extreme that it makes people suspicious.

【extraordinary】.

Jiang Zhe wrote another small word in Hermetic language on the notebook.

There is a high probability that there are extraordinary factors.

Generalist.

Jiang Zhe silently recited Russell's potion method in her heart. She still had the "universalist" potion formula in her memory, but she didn't know what the characteristics of the universalist were.

Jiang Zhe pinched the bridge of her nose, recalling the potion knowledge she had gathered yesterday. "Sleepless," she wrote on the paper, "No Need to Sleep" (Complete).

"A peeper of secrets," she wrote of [Erudimentary] [Ritual Magic].

“Hunter,” she wrote of the transformation.

"The Corpse Collector", writes [Death].

"Assassin" and "Generalist" just thought for a while, and due to lack of understanding, they drew two slashes on the paper.

Ms. Daly's hint last night let Jiang Zhe know that her desire to become a Beyonder would most likely receive official support from the church.

The royal family, the nobility, the three major churches, and some parliamentarians of non-aristocratic origin...this basically constitutes the upper class.

Jiang Zhe had never expected that the background of a secular family could actually influence the power of the extraordinary people to a certain extent.

As a result, some middle and high-level officials in the Church of the Evernight Goddess were willing to recruit her as a Night Watcher because of her identity as the second daughter of the Meazza family.

In this world of extraordinary beings, even gods, does the secular world still have great value in winning over?
Is it missionary work and faith?

Jiang Zhe thought for a moment and put aside these ideas that were difficult to verify for the time being.

What she was more concerned about at the moment was that since secular power, that is, her family background, was so useful, could she be more willful when inspecting the church?

For example, whether you can choose the potion path independently.

Among the sequence paths that she currently has some understanding of, her favorite is "Secret Peeper" and the one that she is most concerned about is "Hunter".

The former just happened to fit in with some of her fantasies about the mysterious side.

The latter has the hope of restoring her to maleness.

While thinking with some fantasy, I unknowingly arrived outside Tingen University.

The black-haired woman in the corner of the carriage had gotten off at some point, and there were a few young men and women in the carriage who were obviously students like her.

The youthful aura emanating from her body, the clear eyes that were well protected...

Walking along the river on the cement road, Jiang Zhe returned to the campus.

The past events with Claire are still vivid in my mind.

Wherever I look, there are beautiful memories of my youth, but at this time of graduation, everything has changed.

Jiang Zhe wrapped her windbreaker around her and walked alone towards the university office building. She wanted to hand over her work contract with Blackthorn Security Company to the administrative teacher of the Student Affairs Office for record keeping, and also retrieve Claire's previous application to stay on campus to teach.

These two things sounded simple, but by the time they were done, the sun was almost at noon.

Complaining inwardly about the college's inefficient administrative system and wondering what the results would be if the "promotion or leave" system was introduced into this system, Jiang Zhe planned to have a meal in the school cafeteria after a long absence.

"Is this Claire Meazza?"

In Claire's memory, she had been approached like this many times. Even after publicly announcing her relationship with Tai Perslan on one occasion, she still couldn't stop such situations.

Jiang Zhe glanced at the other person with a bad mood. It was a male classmate holding an ancient book in his arms.

"Hello, Mr. Meazza. I'm Welch McGowan from Hoy University. I have an ancient book from the 'Quaternary Epoch'. Would you be interested in interpreting it?"

What a boring trick... This thought lingered in Jiang Zhe's mind.

In Claire's memory, many men used this lame excuse to try to get closer to her - Claire's identity as an archaeologist and her love for exploring history were no secret.

"Sorry, I'm not interested." Jiang Zhe's eyes swept across the ancient book, and the cold words came out without thinking.

The boy named Welch wanted to try, but under Jiang Zhe's cold aura, it was difficult for him to form his words: "But this is the original ancient text of the 'Quaternary Period'. I just happened to see Mr. Meazza, who has a certain reputation in this field, dining here, so I thought of inviting him..."

Jiang Zhe put on a dismissive smile irritably: "Classmate, I said I'm not interested, thank you."

"Okay... okay."

Welch walked away dejectedly with the ancient book.

Waiting for the other party to go away, Jiang Zhe suddenly stopped eating.

Jiang Zhe only realized at this moment that her words and actions just now were not normal...

She would at least want to take a look at an ancient book that was suspected to be from the "Quaternary Period" before making any decision. How could she reject it so directly and coldly like she did just now?
The feeling just now was as if the impatience in my heart was magnified out of thin air, and my rationality was suppressed.

It was like he was avoiding something... He subconsciously dodged it...

Jiang Zhe frowned and stood up to look around, but the boy had already blended into the crowd and was no longer in sight.

What was that person's name...

Virgil?
Welch?
(End of this chapter)