"See you later." Andrew waved to Thomas with a smile, then patted Zheng Qing on the shoulder, and disappeared without a trace with a pop.
The sound really sounded like farts, Zheng Qing felt sorry for his talisman and thought maliciously.
The Three-pronged Sword finally stated that it could not compensate Zheng Qing for the meditation charm he lost.
According to Andrew's explanation, Zheng Qing's use of the talisman was an act of self-defense, and it was not that the Trident Sword commandeered his talisman. So in theory, the Bureau of Investigation will not be responsible for compensation for such losses.
However, before leaving, Andrew asked Thomas for Zheng Qing’s identity information, intending to apply for an honorary certificate for Zheng Qing.
"No matter what, you prevented this wild monster from causing further harm. This kind of behavior will definitely be reflected in the bureau." Before leaving, the short, fat black-robed wizard vigorously patted Zheng Qing's face. shoulder, smiling brightly, "Maybe you can get a Merlin Brass Medal, and no matter what happens, you will be brave enough to be an advanced individual. This will be of great benefit to your year-end evaluation."
Zheng Qing Know nothing about these honorary titles.
He only felt sorry for the talisman hanging on the pig's nose. < /p>
"You won't have any trouble casting that spell, right?" Zheng Qing recalled what the commissioners of the Three-Chased Sword had said before, and felt a little uneasy, "I basically didn't do anything, you were the one who really stopped that monster." Hero. It would be unfair if the school punished you for this."
"Who said I would be punished?" Thomas raised his eyebrows with a smile. "It's just that you need to fight for using high-risk magic. A report, because this kind of magic usually has a certain impact on the space-time stability of the place where it is used, and requires further observation and repair by the relevant departments."
Zheng Qing stuffed the remaining handful of rat food into his hand. In the claws of tree sperm.
He stood up and sighed deeply.
He felt a little unmotivated.
It turns out that the magical world is not as free as I thought.
Perhaps it was because Thomas had to fill out an incident report after using a spell.
Perhaps it is the Wizards' Union, various parliaments, the Three-pronged Sword, the Public Security Bureau, the Management Committee and other inexplicable institutions.
Zheng Qing felt that he had just jumped from one circle to another.
The circles may have become fancier.
But it is actually a circle.
In fantasy, wizards should wear long robes and guard their laboratories all year round, letting the elves at home clean and handle housework. When he has nothing to do, he raises a three-headed dog for fun; on a whim, he kills a fire dragon and eats it with wine; when he sees an uneven road, he pulls out his magic wand and casts spells; occasionally when he has a small grudge, he draws a circle and curses him.
If you can’t do whatever you want and your wishes come true, what is magic?
"The magical real world is no different from the outside." Zheng Qing said gloomily, "I originally thought that magic could be used casually. If you see someone you don't like, you can open the magic book and turn him into a pig."< /p>
"Of course not," Thomas frowned slightly, glanced at Zheng Qing sternly with his green eyes, and said, "Maybe you should prepare a wizarding encyclopedia, Wizards Alliance Education Committee Quality Education Office The published version. It should be very useful to you. Randomly flipping the law book against other wizards is a serious provocation and will be fined from one hundred coppers to ten gold beans. If the circumstances are serious, you will be detained by the Public Security Bureau for ten years. Five days"
Zheng Qing sighed again.
Thomas did not take Zheng Qing very far.
After turning two corners, the two stopped in front of a huge wooden clock.
The clock is about two meters high, with simple lines and no unnecessary decoration. It is painted with maroon paint, making the shape more stable and heavy. The dial is white with Roman numerals reinforced with black copper sleeves. There is no heavy hammer hanging under the dial like other mechanical clocks, only a polished copper pendulum hanging from a very thin silk thread.
As soon as he stopped, the extremely bright copper-faced pendulum swung. At the same time, the clock sounded the melodious Westminster Abbey music.
Zheng Qing is very familiar with the sound of this bell.
There is an old-fashioned walnut clock in my grandfather’s study, and this music plays every time it chimes on the hour.
According to my grandfather, this bell is the bell of Big Ben in England. Because of its elegance and solemnity, it is used by many clocks.
“Isn’t this our music over there?” Zheng Qing said in surprise.
"This is the blessing music of the ascetic monks. It is popular among you because the ascetic monks want to pray for more people." Thomas took out his mobile phone-like instrument and looked at it After a long time, he finally nodded, "It's time."
Zheng Qing looked at the clock and saw that it was seventeen o'clock in the afternoon.
After thinking for a while, he took out his pocket watch and checked the time exactly.
"Good habit." Thomas nodded. "For wizards, nothing is more important than time."
Zheng Qing silently put away his pocket watch.
My husband also said this to himself.
Thomas opened the glass door of the big clock, pushed Zheng Qing, and said, "Go in."
"What is this?" Zheng Qing pushed aside the hanging copper pendulum. Thin thread, probe into it.
It was very quiet inside the clock, and the pendulum did not swing.
"Wizards usually call it a big clock." Thomas followed Zheng Qing and squeezed into the clock. He closed the glass door behind him and said in a muffled voice, "You understand it as a rapid means of transportation." , or the escape solidified by alchemy, both are fine."
"That is, you can go back to my home from here." Zheng Qing understood a little bit.
Thomas did not speak.He was squinting and looking at the silver-white dial.
"This is the seventeen o'clock station." He murmured to himself, took out a brass key from behind the dial, inserted it into the opening at the bottom of the dial, and turned it twice.
Zheng Qing heard the clock chirp, and then the clock ticked.
"Touch, is there a doorknob on the wall behind you?" Thomas's voice seemed a little trembling amidst the ticking of the clock.
Zheng Qing groped in the dark and held a round door handle.
"Found it" His voice sounded very loud in the narrow clock base.
"Twist, push the door and go out." Thomas shouted hurriedly from behind, "We only have one minute, if we don't go out quickly, the music from Westminster Abbey will deafen us."
Opening the door, there is a dark corridor in front of you, with a faint light in the distance.
The air in the corridor seemed a little damp and turbid, but the smell felt very familiar to Zheng Qing.
The sound of Thomas closing the door was heard behind him.
Zheng Qing vaguely heard the bells of Westminster Abbey ringing again.
"What do you mean by the seventeen o'clock station just now?" Zheng Qing didn't like this dark environment. He tried hard to look at the light in front of him to make his voice less nervous. .
“The Grand Clock is a fixed station set up by the Wizards Alliance around the world. The dial has twelve hours and seven hundred and twenty minutes, one station per minute, a total of seven hundred and twenty large clocks. We just I passed the station at seventeen o'clock."
"It sounds very complicated." Zheng Qing muttered.
After walking a certain distance in the dark and following the light source, Zheng Qing saw a familiar staircase when he turned a corner.
"Were we in the basement just now?" He shouted in surprise, "I didn't even know there was such a place in my basement."
"You really don't have one in your basement." Thomas asked Behind him, came to the stairs. He patted the dust on his head, brushed off the cobwebs on his robe, and complained, "I originally wanted to go back to your bedroom directly, but all the doors in your house probably couldn't be opened, so I had to choose the basement."
Zheng Qing blinked and remembered.
I used to have nothing to do, so I put many talismans on the doors, windows, walls, and corners of my home.
Perhaps these talismans interfered with the positioning of the clock.
"I will go to the north to have a look next. I may not have time to contact you recently." Thomas repeatedly warned, "Remember the flight to Chang'an Airport on August 31st. Remember, only If you miss this sortie, you don’t have to go. Don’t expect the school to violate the 37 basic wizard management rules for a new student, and don’t expect the school to open the protective formation twice within a year.” p>
"You haven't bought me that standard timer yet." Seeing Thomas' figure about to disappear, Zheng Qing suddenly remembered the book list and couldn't help but shout.
"The pocket watch hanging around your neck is just fine." Thomas's voice became more and more ethereal as the figure faded, until it disappeared.
Zheng Qing sighed and took out the pocket watch hanging around his neck.
Afternoon time, 17:01:38.