Roland shook his head with a smile as he watched Yorko leave in high spirits after saluting.
He didn't mind helping those who had helped the 4th Prince if they didn't have evil intentions.
"Where's Vendy now?" Roland turned to ask Nightingale after dealing with this matter.
"Probably practicing her ability at the top of the tower. Do you need me to call her?"
"Yes. Call Sylvie, Lightning, and Maggie too... Let's go meet the astrologers." Roland nodded and said, "We'll fly there."
"I see." Nightingale's eyes lit up.
Even if someone wanted to ambush him, they could not pose any threat to the hydrogen balloon in the sky. This trip was absolutely safe.
The messenger had told him about Kyle's departure, so the Alchemist Workshop could be put aside for the time being. As another sage organization, he was very curious about the Astrology Association.
Moreover... Roland had a huge doubt in his mind, waiting to be verified.
...
The Astrology Association was located on a high ground in the northern part of the outer city. It was the second highest point in the capital after the palace towers. The Astrology Hall built on it was very unique. Looking down from the sky, it looked like a hexagonal stone tower with a flat top. It was wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, and its outline was quite symmetrical.
Roland naturally knew what symmetry meant in this era.
Without excellent surveying skills and positioning tools, it was difficult to stack a large stone building in such a neat manner. It could be said that its construction was much more difficult than the magnificent bluestone city wall.
The guards who had set off earlier had already surrounded the stone tower. After the hydrogen balloon was discharged, it slowly landed on the top of the tower. Brian, Sean, and Alva Taber immediately came to greet them.
"Your Majesty, the scene has been completely sealed off. I guarantee that not even a rat will sneak in!"
"All the astrologers' God's Stones of Retaliation have been confiscated. They will not hinder Miss Sylvie's surveillance. You can contact them without worry."
"Good. Stay alert." Roland nodded approvingly, and then looked at the row of gray-robed people standing behind them. Most of them were over 30 years old, and they looked a little flustered. From time to time, they raised their heads to look at the hydrogen balloon. Obviously, they had not recovered from their sudden arrival.
He looked at Alva and asked, "Who's in charge here? Ask him to come see me. "
"Yes." Alva went over and said a few words to the two elders in gray robes. One of them followed him cautiously and said, "Your Majesty, this is the chief astrologer of the king's city, Astrologer of Dispersion Star.
"Your Majesty, Roland Wimbledon, your arrival makes the stars shine."
"Your Majesty, Roland Wimbledon, Your Majesty.
"You may not know this, but this is the tradition of the Astrology Association," Alva explained hurriedly. "Every astrologer yearns to be named after the stars... Only those who discover new stars are qualified to receive this honor."
"So you found something... dispersion star?"
"Yes, Your Majesty," the old man said with his hand on his chest. "It and the other three dark stars form the Diffuse Star Circle. In divination, it symbolizes death and reincarnation."
"What about them?" Roland pointed at the other grey-robed men.
"They are all Astrology Masters of the Astrological Station, so they naturally have their own discoveries." Dispersion Star introduced them one by one respectfully. "They can interpret the meaning of the changes of the stars and the alternation of the sun and the moon for you... Of course, so can I."
"I didn't come here to have my fortune told."
The other party was startled. "Then … Your Majesty, may I ask why you are here?"
"Exploring the stars." Roland shrugged. "Don't stand here in the wind. Let's talk in the room. By the way, bring me all the star charts you've discovered. You should have recorded these things, right? Mark the brightest stars and connect them with a thin line — yes, that's it. "
…
Stacks of drawings were soon piled up on the long table in the hall. Some of the parchments were yellow, indicating that they had been drawn for a long time.
Roland took a deep breath and drew a spoon and an hourglass on a piece of white paper with his pen.
He then connected the brightest stars with a line according to the star chart.
"Your Majesty, this is..." the scholar said in surprise.
"Two star charts." He held up the white paper and showed it to the others. "Have you ever seen such a pattern?"
The astrologers shook their heads.
"Look for the similar ones among these drawings," Roland ordered. "Everyone take a stack. Don't miss a single drawing."
The biggest question in his mind was: Was this another plane of Earth?
It was not strange that there was a sun and a moon. The sun was just an ordinary star. There were hundreds of billions of such stars in the Milky Way, and there were hundreds of billions of galaxies like the Milky Way in the universe. Therefore, it was not strange to encounter a stable star satellite system. The universe was so vast that anything could happen.
However, he was not sure if the species were similar. The evolution of living things was full of coincidences. Even in the same environment, different life forms could grow up. Moreover, regardless of whether it was demonic beasts or demons, they didn't look like living beings born in the natural world.
To solve this problem, he could only think of the star charts.
The lifespan of a star was calculated in hundreds of millions, and its position was almost fixed. It had always been used by stargazers to determine the position or to place symbols on it. The only two star charts that Roland remembered were the well-known Big Dipper and Orion. If he could find them in the star chart, he could determine his position.
After an hour, Roland still received no answer.
During this period, he also asked the Astrologer of Dispersion Star about several famous star charts, but he had no impression of the names. Moreover, the astrologers of Graycastle did not have the concept of astronomical phenomena according to the ecliptic, so they naturally did not have the famous twelve zodiac signs.
In general, the density of the bright stars on these star charts was far greater than that of the constellations he had seen. In a sense, the stars would only appear when the observation point was closer to the center of the galaxy. Because the closer to the center of the galaxy, the more stars there were.
Therefore, the possibility of this place being Earth was very small.
This answer made Roland feel slightly disappointed. He exhaled and glanced around the hall. "How many people are there in the Astrology Association?"
"Your Majesty, there are nine astrologers, 156 apprentices, and 67 handymen and craftsmen," the Astrologer of Dispersion Star replied.
"Your Majesty, I plan to close the Astrological Station. Pack up and follow me back to Neverwinter."
His words made everyone's expression change. Alva said in a panic, "Your Majesty, how, how can you..."
"I don't believe in divination. I only believe in my own choices," Roland said casually. "And I'm the king of Graycastle, so I can naturally close this place. In the Western Region, you'll learn the real knowledge of astrology instead of seeing it as an illusory trajectory of fate. "
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