Miss Witch's Forbidden Book Secret

When the cross was delivered, Anne took a look at it and liked it very much. She planned to put it on the necklace that Tia gave her.

Hey, not too big, not too small, just right!

But Anne did have a lot of holy objects, so she asked curiously, "Dad, I already have a lot of these holy objects, right?"

Count Peric said earnestly, "You can never have too many holy relics. And remember to bring your money. I'll give you 5,000 gold pounds. You can withdraw the rest from the Ansu Holy Bank when you arrive at Silver Castle. Remember not to withdraw too much, or you'll get scammed."

"But I don't need so much money!"

Anne and Tia had become quite familiar with the prices in New London after so much fun. Generally speaking, one hundred gold pounds was enough for an average person to live comfortably for a year. Even some seemingly glamorous minor nobles only earned seven or eight hundred gold pounds a year.

So when Anne thought about the 20,000 gold pounds she paid to Miss Xueyan, she felt a little regretful. She felt that such a large sum of money might be a bit too dangerous for Vera.

"Not only do you need money on a daily basis," Count Peric said, "but also for various social gatherings and parties, all of which require money. It's fine when you're at home; your mother and I will arrange it for you. But it's different outside. Besides, you have Eleanor by your side. Even if the royal family doesn't care, we can't let them lose face. And when it comes to Sulph or any of your other friends, the more money the better."

Annie seemed to understand, but not quite, and nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

She thought about it carefully and realized that it was true.

Staying with Eleanor meant spending less. Furthermore, Tia had recently given her a complete set of "Fire in the Furnace" rituals for the Hammer Forging Path, from Sequence 9 to Sequence 6.

"Fire in the Furnace" is not a common sequence branch of Anzu.

The authority of the Forge is primarily about technology, manufacturing, transformation, and the furnace itself, where various materials are smelted and blended into one. The Forge branch of Anzu is generally composed of artisans or mechanical scholars, with a greater focus on technology and manufacturing.

The Fire in the Furnace is more fundamentalist, representing a melting pot and transformation. It's said this branch is the work of the Eastern Order of the Mecca Empire. Three hundred years ago, this branch spread to the Iris Kingdom, after the two kingdoms formed a strategic alliance against Ansu and the Empire.

Although it is circulated on the mainland, it is indeed rare in the land of Ansu. Even the ritual of Sequence 9 is rarely known.

The preciousness of this gift cannot be overstated.

Annie clenched her fists, determined to compensate Tia.

On the other side, Tia was also preparing for the ceremony. She went to the Cathedral of Our Lady in advance and asked Vera to come and help.

Not to mention the various clothes and the like, the most important thing is the semi-finished doll that she spent a lot of money to make. It has to be sealed and transported by the church's carriage.

This thing cost her more than three thousand pounds, and she would be heartbroken if she lost it on the road.

There was also a complete set of equipment that she had purchased for more than 80 gold pounds, including the alchemical crucible, various ritual knives, essential oil candles, and spiritual horse bones, all packed together.

Tia brought the Book of Hearthfire with her personally.

"Lift the bed away and I'll drag the box out. Yes, the brown wooden box inside."

At noon, Tia called Vera over, and Vera easily moved the bed away - this girl must have been working like a slave in the factory for a long time, and her strength and physical strength are much stronger than before.

Tia dragged out the box. It was made of hard oak and was about two centimeters thick. When she opened it, she could see that the box was covered with a layer of wool, a layer of linen, and two layers of copper foil.

Inside, wooden partitions divided the box into small compartments, each containing a small wax-coated paper square and a small bag of lime.

Vera looked at it curiously and felt that it looked familiar. "What is this?"

Tia said: "Explosive pack."

Vera: “???”

She said it looked familiar, and it turned out to be the thing that almost blew her to death.

Damn, what kind of person would put a bomb under his bed!

The red-haired girl suddenly remembered that she was sitting on Tia's bed carving a puppet, and was stunned - if she was not careful, she could ascend to heaven to meet the Father of All Things...

Tia said unsurprisedly, "These explosives are sealed very well. Look at the outside of the box. Although it's made of wood, I've coated the inside with fireproof wax. There's also grounding and anti-static copper foil inside. I also set up a constant humidity and temperature environment for the ritual."

She pointed to several boards of holy wood clamped around the wooden box, which indeed had ritual runes and arrays on them.

After Tia confirmed that the explosives were intact, she sent them out of the city and buried them underground at St. Vincent's Church.

There was also a large number of guns and ammunition, also made in the same way.

She had only an elephant hunting rifle with her.

Although guns are not as useful to me as before, one can never have too few weapons and equipment.

Or maybe not, otherwise Tia would be eager to carry a nuclear warhead with her every day. Then all those monsters and demons are simply warded off without a trace—isn't that much more effective than a ritual?

Compared to this place, the house in Silver Castle gave her a very low sense of security - she couldn't place explosives in the villa chosen by the royal family, right! ?

As such, the puppet issue had to be dealt with quickly. Otherwise, Tia wouldn't have been so eager to get to Silver Castle before school even started.

After Tia finished her work, she followed Vera to help her pack her luggage.

As it turned out, the little red-haired boy had nothing else but a huge pile of books, mostly popular novels, as well as serialized magazines and comics.

"You're moving it over now?" Tia saw that there were quite a lot of things, two whole boxes of books. She wiped the sweat off her forehead and said, "Why don't you take less? Most of these books are completely useless, right?"

"No, move them all over there. These are my treasures!" Vera said unwillingly, "These books are like your money to me. They're my daily entertainment. Without these books, what will I have to entertain myself with? You?"

"That's not impossible."

Vera was speechless when she heard this answer, but after thinking about it, she shut up obediently.

indeed.

It is not impossible.

Volume 1: Chapter 128 If You Don’t Forsake Me, I Will Become Your Father-in-Law

It’s indeed possible.

Vera had to admit that she had always thought that she would not like girls, but she didn't know whether it was because she read too many pornographic books or because Tia had turned her into a lesbian after several manipulations - the result was, hey, don't tell me, don't tell me.

Anyway, during those days of carving puppets, I enjoyed looking at them and touching them.

She felt somewhat regretful, thinking this was a trick by some black-haired lesbian. She had accidentally fallen into a trap, and now she felt that Tia wasn't incapable of doing anything...

It's hard to say whether it is true or not. After Tia packed her luggage, she asked, "Do you have any money left?"

"what?!"

This question completely shattered any rosy image she had. Vera said cautiously, "What are you going to do? This is all the money I have. Besides the materials for Sequence 7 and Sequence 6, and the four years of Silver Castle expenses, I only have a little money left for my retirement! I estimate it's only a little over a thousand pounds."

"You're so young, what's the point of supporting yourself in old age?" Tia complained. "Your money won't even keep up with inflation when you're old."

“What is inflation?”

Economics is not taught in church middle schools.

Tia was about to explain, but then she thought, "Inflation is still a question in Ansu. Given the rate of industrial development, deflation is likely."

This really shows that she is uneducated.

Don't dwell too much on this topic.

"Let's not talk about that. You don't even have a ritual, right? Why think so far ahead?" Tia said frankly, "I can give you another Sequence 7 promotion ritual for 2000 gold pounds, and then lend me another 1,500. I plan to make a few more puppets."

This wasn't much money. Because it was illegal, alchemical rituals were always priced high on the Anzu black market. Furthermore, it was a Sequence 7, which was the upper limit of the Defense Bureau's tolerance. There was basically no demand for it.

Vera did the math and thought the deal was okay, so she agreed immediately.

"Where's your money? Didn't you just swindle me out of ten thousand?" Vera suddenly remembered Tia manipulating the giant to attack the black witch during the promotion ceremony. She suddenly realized, "I remember the giant said you commissioned him to attack the witch for five thousand gold pounds. You're broke now?"

"Huh? I didn't pay."

"are you human?"

Tia spread her hands and said, "That giant is in the permafrost of the great ice field in the north of the continent. He's so far away from Ansu. How can I pay him?"

"Besides, I don't know where he is. He didn't even give me his address. I'll just have to wait until we meet someday."

Of course, you may never meet...

Vera finally knew what a bad woman was.

He lies as soon as he opens his mouth.

No wonder the apostles presiding over the ceremony always emphasize: protect personal privacy and beware of being deceived.

Seeing how readily Vera agreed, Tia perked up and said, "I can also get you the Sequence 6 promotion ritual. Can you lend me another 3500?"

"Sequence 6? Really?"

Vera felt it was outrageous. Where did the foreign sequence branch of Sequence 6 come from?

Are you a spy?

Vera heard that the Grand Police Department would pay 500 gold pounds for reporting a spy.

Tia said, "I haven't got it yet. Give me the money as a deposit first, and I'll find a way to get it for you."

Wow, it turns out he’s getting something for nothing.

Vera regretted, "Then you didn't get my Sequence 7 ritual either, did you?!"

"That's not the case. I still have that."

Seeing that it was noon, Tia didn't continue to help Vera pack her luggage. After a quick meal, she went to Count Mercury's mansion.

The three of them didn't set out at the same time. Tia and Anne went together, while Vera took the evening church train with her classmates.

But when she arrived at Anne's bedroom, Tia found that she was still packing her things.

With so many bags and so small, it was only February, but Evelin was actually sweating profusely. Seeing this, Tia couldn't help but sigh at the luxurious life of the nobles.

Actually, the things I brought were not that complicated, just clothes.

There were thirty or forty sets of casual clothes for all seasons, all kinds of clothes, and another thirty or forty sets of formal clothes, all kinds of jewelry and jewelry. As for the countless fashionable accessories, there were also a lot of them.

It’s not cheap anyway.

“Oh! Even though I didn’t do anything, I’m so tired! Sister Evelin, help me clean up again!”

Anne sat in a chair, ordering Evelyn, the cow-maid, about.

In fact, this matter could be shared by other maids, but Anne was purely taking revenge because Evelin didn't allow her to go to Tia's house last time.

Tia was kind enough to help Evelin for a while.

Then he took three gold pounds from her.

Anne was also busy, putting her precious and cherished things in a separate box, such as the collar given to her by Tia and the plush toy given to her by Eleanor. She carefully placed them all and put several layers of shock-absorbing sponge on them.

As soon as she finished packing, Anne took a stack of ten-pound notes and handed it to Setia.

Tia felt that the child was a little too bold. She pulled Annie's face in confusion and said, "Do it here? Isn't it bad?"

"What's here? Not that!" Annie's face flushed slightly as she corrected him, "It's a deposit, a deposit."

"It's the deposit for those rituals you gave me."

Anne spoke very softly, but almost in Tia's ear, and only then did Tia understand what she meant by giving money.

It turns out that she is not here to buy her...

Okay, Tia calmly accepted the money, but she was still a little curious about Annie's generosity.

The Mercury family wasn't considered prominent, and even somewhat down on their luck among the nobles. They didn't own a large estate, nor did they hold a seat in Parliament or the cabinet. Their mansion wasn't even one of those sprawling estates, covering dozens of acres, nor did they have many servants.

Among the many founding families, the Mercury family can be said to be quite impoverished.

So where did all that money come from? Even if she had money, Anne's spending of 20,000 pounds was a bit too much, wasn't it?

When asked this question, Annie thought for a while, stuck out her tongue and explained, "Actually, I stole it."

"what???"

"My family has been in the Navy for several generations, including my grandfather and father. Including my brother, um..." Anne paused, skipped the topic of her brother, and continued, "It was like the ten-year conflict with the Empire more than thirty years ago.

"During the Ten Years' Conflict, some Royal Navy captains earned hundreds of thousands of pounds. My grandfather was nearing retirement at the time, a mere Field Marshal in title, and his salary wasn't much. But my father was still captaining a battleship, capturing five or six Imperial warships and earning over four hundred thousand pounds during the ten years of conflict.

"This is only a decade of conflict. Over a dozen generations of my family have been in the Admiralty. For example, over a hundred years ago, before the Royal Navy was established, the navy had privateering rights, and they could plunder money even faster. Over the course of several dozen generations, while we may not have the widespread wealth of the Duke of Willen's family, we also don't have the notoriety of the Edith family, who invested in the Church's 400-year industrial plan.

"But our family is small, and we don't overspend. We should still be able to come up with three or four million pounds."

Tia was envious.

How come robbery at sea is more efficient than robbery on land?

She felt a little regretful that she had not agreed to let Perique join the Royal Navy.

If she wasn't about to go to Silver Castle, she would have wanted to kowtow to Perik and say: If you don't abandon me, I am willing to be your father-in-law...

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