The Law of the Silent Gentleman

Chapter 96 – Observatory Tour

The weather was not good, and the carriage of Theodora and others started to rain as soon as they drove out of the Copper Carp Hotel, and when they arrived at the observatory, it rained even harder. Rogge, who came to greet them, huddled under the gate of the observatory, but the heavy rain still drenched him into a drenched chicken. Seeing the carriage, he felt as if he was pardoned, and when Theodora got off the carriage, he held her hand as excitedly as if he had seen a liberator’s slave: “Dear lady, you have come!”

Theodora was taken aback by his enthusiasm: “Are we late? Sorry to keep you waiting…”

“No, please believe me, I would rather stand here in the rain for an extra hour than go into the museum for a minute.”

“What happened?” Constanzia followed her teacher out of the car, followed by Antoine and Lexie. When Rogge saw the two men, he frowned displeasedly, his expression seemed to be saying: Scholars’ business, why are you idlers joining in the fun and disturbing the cleanliness of the academic sanctuary! Leixi looked at the observatory indifferently, not caring about his emotions at all, while Antoine stared at the ground, whistling pretending to be indifferent.

Rogge blinked, came back to his senses, and made an invitation gesture to the four of them: “Come in, please. It’s not a big deal, it’s just…uh… The chief stargazer suddenly has a bad temper today, so don’t bother me rashly.” he…”

They filed into the observatory. Just like the last time they visited, the observatory was empty, and those hardworking astronomers were hiding somewhere.

“Suddenly lost your temper today?” Constanzia seemed amused, “I’ve only heard of sudden illness, but I’ve never heard of a sudden loss of temper.”

As soon as the voice fell, a series of roars came from upstairs, accompanied by the loud bang of metal falling to the ground, as if someone smashed some kind of instrument hard against the wall.

“What made him so angry?”

“There is no particular reason, the chief stargazer is like this.” Roger looked at the young woman dissatisfied, as if her question offended the distinguished chief stargazer, “he often loses his temper for no reason, age The more it grows, the more insane and terrifying it will be when it’s ‘onset’, even my assistant dare not approach him.”

“Is it some kind of hysteria? A mental illness?” Theodora asked with concern.

“I don’t know, ma’am. He has also seen a doctor, but to no avail. A scholar from Graywing City who specializes in the study of hybrids said that most of the hybrids he has seen have similar problems, often Sudden onset, more frequent the older you get, mania, depression, or sleepwalking in some people.”

“It’s terrible. Is there no cure?”

“If there is, I don’t have to be so sad.”

“I only heard that the chief stargazer has a eccentric temperament, but I didn’t expect him to have this problem.”

“Cerberal?” Rogge snorted as if he had heard a big joke. “This kind of expression is really euphemistic, like calling the breath of a giant dragon a ‘cluster of flames’.”

Before he finished speaking, there was another crashing sound upstairs, as if the chief stargazer had smashed a lot of glassware. Rogge shook his head: “It’s good to wait for this to pass. It’s not a coincidence for you guys to come today.”

Theodora said: “We received a letter from the chief stargazer the day before yesterday, saying that the research has progressed, so we decided to visit today.”

“I know, it’s not your fault, it’s just a coincidence.”

“Then let’s come back another day.”

“That’s not necessary. The chief stargazer has prepared a document, which records the detailed calculation results. You don’t need to explain it. There is everything you want to know in the document. But…” Rogge hesitated, hesitating.

“I guess the information must be in his room?”

“Exactly. If you want to get the information, you have to face the crazy chief stargazer. Of course it’s okay to come back in a few days, but I don’t want to let a few of you go for nothing…”

“How difficult is this!” Constanzia said with great arrogance, “I’ll just go and get the materials!”

Antoine shouted: “Don’t! In case you collide with His Excellency Chief Stargazer…”

“He can’t hurt me!”

“Of course I know he can’t hurt you! What if you hurt him! The chief stargazer is old, so where is your opponent!”

Constantia glared at Antoine fiercely. The young swordsman quickly stared at the ground intently, silent like a cicada.

Leahy said, “I’ll do it for you. I think I’m quick enough, and I’ll never hurt His Excellency the Chief Stargazer.”

“Is your body too…” Rogge looked at the white-clothed and white-haired bard, and found that there was neither excitement nor fear on his face, and his expression was indifferent, as if it was an extremely difficult task for them. For him, it was as simple as breathing. His calm expression infected the young stargazer, who turned his worry into joy, and quickly retracted his words of rejection.

“Then please take care of everything!”

Rogge let the other three wander around the observatory at will, and led Leixi up to the chief stargazer’s room. Not even the thick door could stop the roar from the room. When they reached the stairs, Rogge refused to take a step forward, probably out of fear. He shrank his neck, pointed to the door, and timidly retreated down two stairs.

“You must be careful! The information is on the shelf, it is a scroll, tied with a red ribbon.”

Lei Xi didn’t answer, as if he didn’t hear Rogge’s words at all, he held the doorknob by himself. The door was unlocked, and opened with a slight twist of the handle. The moment the door opened, a compass flew out of the door. Lexi turned sideways to avoid the flying attack. The compasses flew over his hair and landed with a bang. Roger screamed and squatted on the ground with his head covered (obviously he didn’t hit him at all).

When he looked up again, he saw a white shadow flashing through the door.

The room was in a mess, with papers all over the floor, many of which had unfinished star maps drawn on them. The remains of glassware and scattered instruments can be seen here and there. A man with disheveled hair was hunched over, lying on the ground, as if he was looking for something, muttering words. He couldn’t find what he was looking for in the garbage pile he made, so he immediately got angry and grabbed the papers around him and tore them to pieces.

Lei Xi looked at him coldly, as if he was not a real person in front of him, but a third-rate actor on a distant stage, who couldn’t even win a round of applause from the audience. The bard stepped over the overturned chair to the bookshelf. Many books on the bookshelves have been brutally murdered, but none of the surviving ones have the scrolls tied with red ribbons that Rogge said.

The bard kicked away a pile of waste paper at his feet, and sure enough, the scroll was buried underneath. He bent down to pick up the scroll, but suddenly a hand grabbed his ankle!

“Give it to me! It’s… mine!”

The chief stargazer lay on the ground like a snake, breathing hoarsely from his throat, rolled his eyes upwards, and stared at Leixi.

“Don’t get in my way.”

Leixi broke away from his hand and walked to the door. But the chief stargazer grabbed the hem of his clothes again, and his thin fingers were like eagle claws tightly clasping the edge of the fabric. Rexi turned her head impatiently, staring at the stargazer with horror eyes that cannot be described in mortal language. The latter immediately fell back to the ground, with his hands drawn behind his back, as if he had touched a hot soldering iron.

“You…are…what is…?”

His eyes were wide open, and there was a look of fear on his face. Even an insane person knows how to be afraid of something that no human being can resist.

Rexi raised a finger and held it up in front of his lips. “Hush.”

Then with a wide smile on his face, he left the room under the wincing gaze of the chief stargazer.

Roger, who was hiding outside, saw that he came back intact, his jaw almost fell to the ground. “How do you do it? Is there a secret?”

“Ah… Maybe it’s because I run faster.”

Lexi said while untying the ribbon on the scroll. Roger frantically caught the red ribbon that he threw aside. “Won’t you take it to Lady Theodora?”

“I can’t wait to get a sneak peek.”

“But I think I should show them first, after all…”

Lei Xi ignored his dissuasion, unfolded the scroll, and then raised his eyebrows: “What do these charts and symbols mean?”

“That’s calculation data…”

Lei Xi unfolded the scroll to the bottom: “I don’t want to see any data. Just tell me, when is the next solar eclipse?”

Rogge pointed to a bunch of incomprehensible symbols at the bottom of the scroll: “Here it is written: the second day of Fengyue, at dawn. What a coincidence, the solar eclipse also occurred at dawn on the day of ‘The Ancient People Displaced’, that is, Said, after thousands of years, the same celestial phenomenon appeared again… Hey, Mr. Poet, why are you laughing so strangely?”

Lei Xi looked at the scroll without looking sideways, and touched his face with his left hand: “Do I have it?”

“Hmm… well… that’s really weird…”

The bard grinned, showing his white teeth. “Because my heart is full of joy, my lord stargazer. How fortunate, how fortunate, a mortal mortal has the opportunity to witness such a miraculous coincidence!”