Chapter 253 Hunting Festival (Ⅰ)

After an unknown amount of time, the carriage bumped a bit, then slowly slowed down, and the gate of Leiden College appeared outside the window.

"Before I get off the car, I have a surprise for you."

Rebecca hid her hands behind her back, her smile was mischievous and playful.

"What surprise?"

"Dangdangdang~" Rebecca showed her right hand, holding a beautifully printed note between her fingers, and shook it at him, "A check, 500 gold coins!"

"This is……"

"Mrs. Snow gave it to me. At any rate, we can drive away the ghosts and restore the Snow Manor to cleanliness. We can't let our work go to waste. I can take this money with peace of mind."

"The Snow family is really generous." Joan said with emotion.

"As long as you can get out of trouble, the director's wife is not short of this little money."

Rebecca folded the check in half and stuffed it into Joan's pocket: "Keep it well, next time I have work like exorcising ghosts and spirits, I will ask you for help."

"Then I'll accept it, Rebecca... Thank you!" Joan said gratefully.

"I should thank you. If you hadn't been brave by my side yesterday, I'm afraid I would have fainted from fright when I saw 'Shadow' for the first time." Rebecca tied up her hood and was about to get out of the car.

Joan jumped out of the carriage first, turned around and helped her out of the carriage. She wanted to say that she looked better without a headscarf, but she didn't have the nerve to say it.

The two waved goodbye at the school gate. Rebecca went back to the seminary, and Joan went back to her dormitory.

When Joan went upstairs, Thomas called to him and came over to inquire with a sneaky smile.

"I saw you and Rebecca get out of the same carriage on the balcony. What stage have you two developed?"

"I do not understand what you're saying."

"You have all the genius girls in your hands, why are you pretending to be stupid, tell me the truth, did you go to bed yet?"

"Neuropathy!"

Joan gave him an angry look and went upstairs.

Thomas came from behind and asked unwillingly: "If you haven't slept, you must have kissed? Don't tell me that you haven't even touched... At least, have you held hands? Have you?"

Joan turned a deaf ear to the wailing of the embryo, went back to the attic, sat at the desk and opened the spell book, and soon immersed in the ocean of knowledge, forgetting about things outside of him.

...

After returning to school, Joan's life became as monotonous and fulfilling as before.

On weekends, I went to Mount Vernon to read books as usual, and in the evening, I followed Major Vassar to the White House Manor and had dinner with the Custis sisters.

While chatting, he heard Rebecca mention that Andrew Snow, Director of Customs, had given up his plan to crack down on smuggling.

Joan was not surprised by this, and could fully understand the compromise Mr. Snow was forced to make.

However, perhaps because I have seen the cruel side of the real society and truly realized that justice may not always be able to defeat evil, I can't help but feel a little disappointed.

In the blink of an eye, another two weeks passed, and Joan had initially mastered the spells copied in the library last time.

Making the "sedation bracelet" for Rebecca, plus the income from the exorcism event at Snow Manor, he has made a lot of money during this period, so he plans to go to the library to copy a few new spells.

As soon as he walked out of the dormitory gate, Qiao An saw two familiar figures walking towards him.

"Dick, Roger! Long time no see!" Joan waved to Brother Tyndale, "How did you get in?"

"The guard still remembers us. He heard that we had something to ask you, so he let us in very happily." Dick said with a smile.

"Wearing knight uniforms, it's hard for the guards to remember you."

Joan noticed that the girls passing by turned their heads to look at the two young knights in handsome military uniforms, and couldn't help laughing.

"You two, what can you do with me?"

"There are two things... can we find a quiet place to talk, it's a bit uncomfortable to be surrounded by people here."

Roger looked around, eyes burning.

In fact, he was not afraid of crowds, but unfortunately, most of the girls who watched him were mediocre, and none of them could compare with the Rebecca he met last time, which made him quite regretful.

"My dormitory is too small to entertain you." Joan thought for a while, and then said, "Let's go to my tutor's laboratory for a while. There is no class today. There should be no one in the laboratory. It is suitable for chatting. At noon, I invite You can choose the cafeteria or nearby restaurants for you to eat."

"Of course, go to the cafeteria. I've wanted to experience campus life for a long time. How nice it is to be carefree." Dick grinned.

"Come on, it's actually because you can see more young and beautiful school girls in the cafeteria!"

Roger relentlessly exposes his brother's true thoughts.

A group of three, talking and laughing, walked into the "air ladder" leading to the Rawls laboratory.

The elevator driven by the wind element made the Tyndale brothers admire and open their eyes.

Instructor Rawls is not in the laboratory. Thomas and Edward are still exercising boxing and swordsmanship in the gymnasium. Only the wooden golem "Kino" guards the laboratory gate.

Joan walked up to Chino, introduced Brother Tyndale to it, and asked him to open the door for visitors to visit the laboratory.

The wooden golem looked up and down at the two visitors, with the light of "detection camp" in its eyes, and came over to bow and greet after confirming that Brother Tyndale had no evil aura on him.

Ordinary people are not allowed to enter the arcane laboratory, but fortunately the Tyndall brothers are not ordinary people.

The handsome military uniform, coupled with the knight badge and righteousness, won them the trust of the wooden golem, not to mention Joan's guarantee.

After thinking for a short while, Kino readily opened the door and invited the two young knights into the room.

Qiao An took the two old friends around for a tour, briefly introduced the various instruments in the laboratory, and told them to only look at them and not touch them. It would not be fun to overturn the highly toxic alchemy compound.

Kino brought a tea tray from the kitchen next door and poured tea and water for Joan and Tyndall.

The three of them sat down around Joan's laboratory table, chatting while drinking tea.

"Joan, we are here to find you this time, and we have two things to ask for your help."

Roger blew away the milk foam floating on the surface of the black tea, explaining why he came.

"Today is June 20th, and ten days later it will be the annual 'Hunting Festival', which is the most important festival in Leiden Harbor in summer. At that time, the Knights will also get a week's vacation and go to Wild Boar Island across the channel is participating in the 'Great Hunt', and Dick and I are looking forward to this event."

Joan sipped black tea and listened silently to Roger's story about the "Hunting Festival".

The "Hunting Festival" is not a traditional festival with a long history. From its birth to the present, but for more than 20 years, its scope of influence is limited to Leiden Harbor and its surrounding towns.

Speaking of "Hunting Festival", we must mention "Wild Boar Island".

This island, which covers an area of ​​nearly 300 square miles, is located in Peek Bay, about 200 nautical miles from Layton Port.

The ship departs from Leiden Harbor and crosses the Leiden Strait to Wild Boar Island after a day and night voyage.

This island across the sea from Layton Harbor is surrounded by beautiful golden sandy beaches dotted with clear lakes and tall coconut trees. In the midsummer season when the sun is shining and the coconut wind blows, the beach around the island will become People in the city yearn for a resort for summer vacation.

It's a pity that "Wild Boar Island" does not only have warm sandy beaches and beautiful sea views.

The central part of the island is covered with dense jungle, and the forest is famous for wild boars, which is where the name "Wild Boar Island" comes from.

According to local folklore, there are even monsters far more ferocious than wild boars lurking deep in the dense forest on the island.