Behind the bar was a woman wearing a black robe, a wide pointed hat and brown curly hair. It was obvious that the greeting just now came from her.

“You came here with your invitation intact. It seems that you must have shown some qualities that Simon valued.”

She continued, scanning both their bodies with a sharp gaze.

“Invitation card.”

“Give me.”

Xia Yibing looked unhappy.

Hitzfeld nudged her with his elbow, took the envelope from her hand, and handed it to the woman along with his own.

“Can I ask you something?” She looked at him, “Are you the one Simon was talking about…”

“Yes.”

The woman opened the two letters, glanced at them, and quickly swept them into the drawer.

“I am what they call the Dream Fairy. You can just call me Miss Izabella, or Ma’am.”

The voice she spoke in was very rigid, with almost no intonation, just like the strictest middle school teacher.

And she’s definitely not getting any younger.

Deep nasolabial folds and heavy eye bags.

Plus that “witch hat”.

She shouldn’t be called Dream Fairy.

She should be called Dream Witch.

“Second floor.”

The Dream Witch suddenly spoke.

“……what?”

“Everything you need is on the second floor. Help yourself up.”

“You know what we want?”

“do not know.”

“then you……”

“But I know you must be asking for something. Seagrant will not bring in those who have no desires. Only those with strong desires can attract its attention.”

it……

Are you talking about West Grant?

still is……

“Are there any conditions?”

Xia Yibing asked.

The woman looked at her.

“You know what I mean.” Xia Yibing did not back down.

“Reading passes in libraries are usually not free.”

“What would it take for us to actually get to the second floor?”

The woman squinted at her for a moment, then suddenly glanced quickly at Hitzfeld.

Her movements were quick, but Xia Yibing took a step sideways almost as a reflex, completely blocking the girl behind her.

“Ah……”

The woman finally smiled.

“You can go straight up.”

“What’s the meaning.”

“It means that you have already paid the price.”

“already?”

“That’s right.” The woman nodded.

“It seems Simon was right about this guy.”

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Chapter 34: Forbidden Fruit 1

Already paid the price…what does that mean?

Hearing this, Hitzfeld couldn’t help but lower his head and look at himself twice to confirm whether there were any parts missing without his knowledge.

She also touched her face, leaned over and stared at Xia Yibing for a while, and finally confirmed that both of them were intact.

So she couldn’t help but feel even more puzzled – could it be an invisible price?

Dream Fairy… Maybe the other party’s power is related to dreams, so would the price be that he took away a dream memory when they were not paying attention, or something else?

“No need to guess.” Izabella stared at Hitzfeld this time, “You’ll know once you get up there.”

“Are you sure?” Hitzfeld pushed Xia Yibing away slightly and faced the mysterious witch. “Won’t we run into some special troubles after going up to the second floor?”

“After you go up to the second floor, before you actually enter the library, you will see an independent wall.” Izabella closed her eyes, “The rules that need to be followed when staying in the library are written on the wall.”

“If you have any questions, just look at the rules. The only thing I can tell you is that no matter what you encounter in there or what situation you end up in, as long as you wake up after the time is up, you can escape from the dream.”

After saying this, Izabella turned over, half closed her eyes and began to doze off, looking as if she didn’t want to pay any more attention to the two of them.

Xia Yibing was still hesitating.

If she was alone, she would hold the woman down and torture her, or go upstairs directly to check… She would always choose one of the two options.

But it’s different now, Hitzfeld is with her.

“Let’s go.” Hitzfeld took the lead and walked towards the staircase.

“Hitzfeld!” Xia Yibing hurriedly followed and whispered in her ear, “Isn’t this a bit too risky?”

“From the clues we got from Simon, all the sources point to this library.” Hitzfeld also whispered back, “But this library is the only one that Haytham didn’t write into the story. Don’t you think this is suspicious?”

“And we finally got the invitation letter and found this place… This is our hope of finding the truth. We can’t give up halfway here.”

“But I always feel that it’s unsafe here.” Xia Yibing said as she turned her head and stared carefully at the wall of the corridor.

Like the stairs, the wall was made entirely of wood. Every 11 steps in the corridor had a candlestick hanging on the wall, and the candlelight lengthened the shadows of the two people, making them look like ghosts in this narrow environment.

“Me too…” Hitzfeld frowned slightly.

Her spirit is much weaker than Xia Yibing’s, but when it comes to the ability to perceive dirty things, thanks to her left eye, she is not much worse.

The higher she went, the more she could feel a sense of uneasiness building up in her heart. It was as if an inexplicable desire was growing up, urging her and pushing her forward.

At the moment this thought came to his mind, Hitzfeld seemed to really feel a pair of hands falling on his shoulders and pushing him gently.

“Who?”

He turned around suddenly, causing Xia Yibing to pull out his pistol and aim everywhere as if facing a powerful enemy.

But… no one.

All they could see was the narrow and empty corridor, and behind them were only their shadows.

“…It’s still not too late to go down now.” Xia Yibing said, the meaning of her words was self-evident.

“Haltson and the others got out safely, didn’t they?” Hitzfeld put his hand on his chest to calm his pounding heart.

“But they’ve all become abnormal, too.”

“That may be because they made a deal with the natives of West Grant and exchanged their bodies in the dream for an invitation to come here.” Hitzfeld said firmly, “and we didn’t.”

So we should be fine…

“Go on.” She continued to walk up.

“Show the same level of competence you showed in handling cases before, Xia. I don’t believe you were so cautious before.”

Xia Yibing had no choice but to continue following.

But she was careful, and lagged behind the girl by half a step, keeping a close eye on her.

After stepping onto the last step, Hitzfeld stuck his head out and saw an independent stone wall in front of him.

【Harry Library Borrowing Notice

①: The library is open from 0:00 to 5:59 am from Monday to Sunday. Please be careful not to miss the closing time when browsing books in the library. The library is not responsible for the consequences of missing the closing time due to any reason.

②: The library provides three services: book collection/borrowing/resident reading. Book collectors should follow the gap between the bookshelves and touch the items they see at the end. Borrowers must ensure that they have the same items to exchange for the items they take. Resident reading must strictly follow the first rule.

③: The library’s borrowing/resident reading authority levels are divided into 1-10 levels. The channel for upgrading is contributor points. Contributor points can be obtained by contributing books. The higher the value of the contributed books, the more points you get.

④: The library will severely punish borrowing/reading beyond the scope of authority. Please stay in the corresponding collection area. Any violation of the scope caused by any reason will be severely punished once discovered.

⑤: Please note – do not disclose the name and rules of the library before confirming the other party’s willingness to contribute, otherwise you will permanently lose your borrowing qualifications.

⑥: The museum temporarily refuses to allow any religious person to visit. If any religious person attempts to enter the museum against the museum’s will, all consequences of their actions shall be borne by themselves, and the museum shall not be responsible.

⑦: All consequences of borrowing behavior shall be borne by the borrower, and the library shall not be responsible.

The current director of Harry Library: (traces of damage by the carving knife) – Izabella]

That’s all there is to the carving on the stone wall.

“Strange rules…”

Xia Yibing stood below and shook her head slowly.

Putting aside those weird restrictions…why is there a separate sign stating that people of any faith are not allowed to visit?

Does believing in God or not have anything to do with reading books in it?

“Go and have a look first.”

Hitzfeld continued walking.

The two walked around the stone wall and the first thing they saw was rows of huge bookshelves.

There is definitely something wrong here.

They all had this thought when they saw these bookshelves for the first time.

Because they are too tall.

The bookshelves in the Royal Library in Wayne are already very, very high.

The bookshelf here is taller than the one over there, extending upwards and upwards… until it disappears into the darkness.

They couldn’t even tell if there was an end to the darkness. And this interior view was obviously completely different from the exterior of the building they had seen when they stood on the street and looked up.

From the outside, Harry’s Library is only two stories high, no more than eight meters.

But these bookshelves?

It’s conservatively about twenty meters.

And this was not what surprised them the most.

What is truly astonishing is that the items placed in the rows and rows of huge bookshelves and in the compartments on each level are not books.

But the fruit.

The size is completely uniform. The appearance and shape are completely uniform. It is like a combination of a tomato and an apple, just like the fruit painted on the back of the invitation envelope.

Somewhat unable to believe the scene before them, the two people walked around the bookshelf.

[Secret History]

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