Theodore was a secondhand bookseller.
Because of his ancestors, when he was about twelve years old, he started helping his father manage the bookstore called Tulip. After that, he worked in this business for thirty years. He could be considered a veteran and could be considered a little famous in Nuo Jin.
In addition to buying and selling secondhand books, he also collected some books that he was interested in. This was his personal hobby.
In other words, everyone who ran a bookstore more or less had some special feelings for books.
However, it was this ordinary hobby that got him into a lot of trouble.
Theodore had no way to determine how big the trouble was, but he vaguely understood that this was probably not something he could solve as a bookseller.
Even if he had some connections with some of the nobles in the central area because of some rare books that were out of print, it was useless.
Because things had gone beyond the scope of what could be expected, and it was heading in a direction that ordinary people did not know.
Theodore received this book from a smuggler in the lower city.
It was strictly forbidden to travel between the upper and lower city. The only passage was underground in the central area, guarded by the Rohr Resources and the central army. In theory, it was impossible to smuggle, and he did not know where the other party came from.
The guy was very tight-lipped and refused to say anything. Theodore naturally understood the rules and did not ask. Remember: http://m.9biquge.com
But there was no doubt that smuggling between the upper and lower city brought huge benefits. It was not just books, but also many more valuable things.
This book was just an incomplete ancient book that he couldn't understand that was being sold by the other party.
It just so happened that Theodore was more interested in this kind of special book, so after he received the news, he asked someone to secretly make a deal with the other party and got the book.
But he did not know what went wrong, but the information was suddenly leaked. The smuggler disappeared a few days later, and there was no more news about him.
The middleman that Theodore asked for also disappeared without a trace. A few days before he disappeared, he hurriedly visited and left a sentence: "Don't admit it!"
While Theodore was puzzled and hesitant, things went quiet for a while.
He almost forgot about it until … a customer suddenly came to ask about the book.
"I heard from Zhu Lina that you have goods brought up from downtown. I'm very interested in these. Can I have a look?"
Zhu Lina was another middleman that Theodore knew. She was a long-term business partner, and the customers she introduced were all very reliable and trustworthy.
Theodore didn't take it to heart. Thinking that it had been a long time since anyone had come to buy things from the Lower City District, he wanted to bring them inside and show them his collection.
But the words were stuck in his throat. He suddenly remembered the missing middleman staring at him like a trapped beast before he left.
"Don't admit it!"
Theodore looked into the customer's deep and sincere eyes. Out of instinct, he did not know where it came from, but he did not change his expression and revealed a troubled expression. He said that because he felt that it was dangerous, he had already asked the missing middleman to sell everything.
"I'm really sorry."
Theodore said.
The guest suddenly fell silent and stared at his face for more than half a minute before whispering, "That's a pity."
Then he left.
Theodore subconsciously heaved a sigh of relief. Only then did he realize that his back was drenched in sweat. He was glad that he remembered that warning.
But it was clearly too early for him to be happy.
After that, the whole thing really began.
Every now and then, some people would come to ask about the book in his hand, and there were some people who were obviously not right among the daily customers.
Theodore could feel that a few of them were obviously up to no good, but it seemed that they were afraid of something that he did not know and did not take further action.
He once heard one of the customers mutter to himself, "Bookstore? Could it be another one? "
Then the man looked at Theodore with an unfathomable gaze. It was as if he was considering whether Theodore was an alien. It was a very strange gaze.
Theodore vaguely seemed to understand something. The so-called fear seemed to be because of a certain bookstore, which made them feel a trace of reverence for the "bookstore".
He did not know … what kind of bookstore could make them avoid it like snakes and scorpions?
But this kind of fear did not last long. As more and more people came to visit, those people gradually no longer hid their gazes, and their words became more and more oppressive.
Danger quietly came.
Until one day, Theodore accidentally saw a customer who came to ask about the book in his hand. After walking out of the Tulip Bookstore, he turned a corner and directly turned into an eagle!
That's right, he directly turned from a human into a bird!
And before the eagle flew away, he deliberately looked back at him, full of naked malice, and did not hide it in the slightest.
Theodore immediately understood that he was in big trouble!
He had long heard that there were some existences beyond mortals in Nuo Jin — "Extraordinaires", including those wizards, knights, elves, or dragons that had appeared in legends to this day!
But he had never seen them before, so he just treated them as a joke after dinner.
But now, he had really encountered it!
And they were all coming for him.
This knowledge made his scalp tingle …
After Theodore panicked for a while, he finally calmed down and remembered the advertisement of Rohr Resources' new commercial area between Street 23 and Street 24 a while ago.
Considering Rohr's massive resources, these Extraordinaires could not possibly make a move there, right?
Theodore did not stop and did not hesitate to obtain the contract of one of the shops. He successfully moved the shop and most of the things in the shop here as quickly as possible.
"I hope Rohr's resources can make them fear … But if they still come after me, what should I do?"
Theodore could only smile bitterly.
He was just an ordinary person without the strength to truss a chicken. What could he do?
"This book … What exactly is it?"
Theodore looked at the book in his hand and could not help but mutter this question that came from the bottom of his heart, but he could not get an answer and did not dare to ask.
He had secretly taken it out to read it, but he could not understand what was written in it at all.
Although it was called a book, it was actually more like a notebook. It was full of handwriting and some incomprehensible hand-drawn patterns. A large number of pages were damaged and bloodstained.
In addition, the only few words he could understand were scattered all over the pages, and the handwriting was very strange. It was as if a child who had just learned how to read had copied a few words down. There were also a lot of things that seemed like notes drawn on the side.
Theodore thought for a long time. After repeatedly comparing the two, he vaguely felt that the writing style of this book was very similar to —
Some kind of research notebook?
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