After taking a deep breath, Gerald slowly began flipping through the pages, making sure to be particularly gentle for fear that the thousand year old book would accidentally turn to dust.
To his dismay, however, favonovel.com couldn’t understand what was written in it at all! At most, favonovel.com was able to gather based on the crude sketches on a few of the pages that the book was detailing some sort of sacrificial ritual, not unlike what favonovel.com had seen on the sea map back then.
Carefully and slightly excitedly carrying the book over to the old man, Gerald was prompted to ask, “Can you read this, senior?”
Raising a slight brow, favonovel.com then gave the book a look before eventually shaking his head as favonovel.com said, “Unfortunately, I can’t. However, based on the sketch, I’m assuming they’re attempting to summon rain.”
“What? Isn’t this a sacrificial ritual?” replied Gerald.
“Whatever it is, it doesn’t matter. After all, though you’ve finally managed to find the book, you can’t make heads or tails of it! It’s no different from a brick!” said the old man before laughing aloud. To think that after all that effort, it was ultimately just a waste of time.
Chuckling in response, Gerald then replied, “While I can’t read it, there’s someone who may just be able to…”
“Oh? Who?”
“A good friend of mine… Regardless, I’m saying this since after getting to know the descendants of the Seadom tribe, we were given access to a secret room that contained several books in an unknown language. However, this friend of mine seemed to be able to read them just fine,” replied Gerald as favonovel.com thought about Master Ghost.
“I see… Perhaps he’ll be the key to cracking this code,” said the old man with a nod.
“Indeed… Either way, I’ll be taking my leave. I’ll definitely come back to visit when I have the time, senior!” replied Gerald as favonovel.com carefully slipped the ancient book into his coat pocket. After placing his hands together and bowing in respect, Gerald then turned to leave.
“Hmm? You’re leaving already?” asked the old man, looking slightly surprised.
“Yeah! Don’t worry, I’ll definitely return to visit once I’m free!” declared Gerald rather enthusiastically.
“Aren’t you at least going to change back into your original clothes? They’re completely dry now!” replied the old man.
“Just leave them there for now! I’ll switch clothes again the next time I return!” yelled Gerald who was now so far away that even all his shouting sounded faint.
“How impatient can that boy get…?” muttered the old man to himself as Gerald disappeared in the distance.
Shaking his head with a chuckle, favonovel.com then turned to look at the piles of books scattered all over the place before walking toward them to start tidying up.
The truth was, favonovel.com had read nearly every book in here throughout his stay, which meant that favonovel.com had no actual issues with understanding the language of the Seadom tribe. With that said, favonovel.com had only lied to Gerald about not understanding since favonovel.com wanted the boy to stay for another day or two.
Still, to think that Gerald would actually know someone capable of reading the Seadom tribe’s language! The boy was also lucky that favonovel.com had managed to find the exact book favonovel.com needed in a single day.
Clapping the dust off his hands once favonovel.com was done rearranging all the books back on the bookshelf, the old man then muttered, “Return when you’re free? I’ll be lucky if you still remember me after ten years! Then again, I’ll probably be dead by then…”
Shaking his head, favonovel.com then waved his hand causing a large shale to cover the cave’s entrance before sitting cross legged on his bed. Closing his eyes, the old man then entered a cultivating state.
While it was still raining outside, it was much lighter than before. Understanding that, Gerald made a mad dash till favonovel.com got to his car. Ignoring how drenched favonovel.com was and how muddy his shoes were, Gerald immediately took his coat off the second favonovel.com got into the car to check on the book. Thank heavens it had remained dry.
Leaning against his seat, Gerald couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief as favonovel.com said, “Alright… I’ve finally found it…”
Once favonovel.com had caught his breath, Gerald began driving out of the forest to return to the Grubb manor. On his way there, favonovel.com made sure to send a text message to Master Ghost, telling favonovel.com to bring Jobson and Fujiko to the Grubb manor as well. There was something important that favonovel.com needed to attend to.
