Fated to the Cursed Lycan Prince by Dark Knight
Chapter 566 Scavenger Hunt
Sylvia’s POV:
Since I was unable to take photos with the phone, I came up with another idea. I decided to tear off some pages to take back with me.
But I didn’t expect that I wouldn’t be able to pull apart the seemingly ordinary thin paper.
Finally, I was only left with the choice of quickly memorizing whatever I thought was important.
The book recorded the characteristics of the raw materials used to make magic poisons, as well as the locations they grew at. Next to the text, there were pictures describing everything I’d just read. I skimmed through the poison section and jumped to the curse section.
The curses were all spells in a language only wizards and witches would understand, but the methods to remove the curses were written in common language.
So, it was enough for me to read how to remove them. I was not a witch. Even if I knew the spells, I couldn’t cast them.
I glanced through numerous curses, my brain working overtime. Fortunately, I had a good short-term memory. Once I was out of here, I would still remember them reasonably well. I turned the pages and soon enough, I had reached the end of the book.
To my surprise, the last page was ripped and half of it was missing. Was it possible to tear pages from the book? I let my fingers wander over the edge of the page, and realized that it had indeed been torn off.
As I mulled this over, the picture on the incomplete page caught my eye. It was a huge depiction of black thorns that looked ominous. The top of the thorns seemed to be spinning around something, which I couldn’t tell from the incomplete page. It was just very strange.
Something was written next to the picture. “Souls and lives shall be sacrificed. Only the most sincere love can nourish and grow the complete black thorns.”
The rest of the explanation had been torn off.
The weirder something was, the more it captured my attention. There was definitely some secret that was hidden on the last page.
I tried to tear what was left of the page. To my surprise, I succeeded. At this moment, Flora shouted, “Sylvia, come here!”
I hastily stuffed the page in my pocket and got to my feet to go to Flora.
I didn’t know what mechanism Flora had pressed, but she had somehow managed to open the door of a hidden compartment.
Numerous crystal balls were hanging from the ceiling, shining brightly.
The hidden compartment was inlaid with several grids, with a round b*tton next to each grid. When the b*tton was pressed, a box would pop out.
“Is this a kiwi fruit? How has it not decayed?” Flora stud*ied the fruit in her hand with surprise and swallowed. “I wonder if it’s edible. I’m hungry.”
“It must be cursed. Don’t eat it.” I took out a dagger and poked it into the strange fruit. As I’d expected, it couldn’t be penetrated.
Flora tossed the strange fruit back into the box. She then found a variety of bizarre things in the other boxes.
Noreen seemed to have a love for collecting gemstones. Emeralds were visible everywhere. Even the curtains were studded with pigeon-blood rubies.
I walked up to an astrolabe, on which the changes in the stars’ positions were being automatically recorded. Every time the pointer returned to its original position, it would point in the direction of Pluto. I touched it carefully and didn’t find anything unusual.
“Sylvia, I’ve found something amazing. Come and take a look.” Flora waved at me mysteriously.
I walked to her and curiously asked, “What is it?”
She picked up a wooden box from behind her and said in a very cautious tone, “This might be useful to you.”
“Really?” I took the wooden box and saw a transparent gem pendant in it.