Mary's Nineteenth Century

After being teased, Mary selectively forgot the "What are you afraid of?" luxury hotel banquet.

She didn't want to win a game against 'Mrs. Roman', and she didn't care so much that she had to dig out what the other party was afraid of.

How can a human being be like her and achieve such a state of tolerance, gentleness, and generosity?

Mary was moved by her character, and she threw herself into college life happily.

School life can be very simple, attend class, think, read, research.Life after school can also be very rich, such as participating in various club activities.

"Mysterious Affairs Club" is a small club in C University.

It is not a fraternity for networking, nor is it a sports club for sports enthusiasts, but it also attracts some people's attention.

Among them, Mary.

Her purpose of entering the university is not simple, trying to find out whether there is an organization behind the cases of "∞", the mysterious potion of Black Sand Island, the number of lanterns and the resurrection, etc. Of course, the "Mystery Agency" cannot be missed.

As a mathematics student, is it normal to actively participate in occult club activities?

The answer is yes, not surprisingly.Relatively speaking, the proportion of members from the Department of Chemistry is higher, and they are all persistently trying to realize the ancient dream of turning stones into gold.

In late September, ginkgo leaves gradually turn golden.

Mary has participated in club activities twice.

In the most remote teaching building of C University, the entire basement floor is contracted by the mysterious affairs society.Every Thursday evening, there are regular seminars on the legendary Moment of Enchantment.

In fact, the entire community is not very numerous.From undergraduate to Ph.D., the total number of members is less than 100, and the average number of members attending each event is less than [-].

The reason for the small number of people is affected by two factors at the same time, apart from the preferences of the public.The cold and strange entrance examination papers and high association fees have turned many people away.

Aside from looking for connections behind strange cases, is the "Mystery Club" a club worth joining?

Assuming a perfect score of [-], Mary is willing to give a score of [-].Regardless of how the members get along, it is worth visiting just because the society has collected rare collections of books from all over the world.

However, the atmosphere of today's seminar is different from usual.

The host, who has always shown others with a dead fish face, was extraordinarily energetic.

"Gentlemen, please remember this date. On September 1870, 9, you will witness the birth of a great invention, which will be the supreme glory of us lovers of mysterious things."

As soon as she was seated, Mary was impassioned and slammed a bunch of words by the host.

There are inventions every year, ranging from the invention of the telegraph to the invention of the stock ticker, but what is the great invention belonging to the supernatural world?

"Mr. Kenan, an honorary member of the Mystery Club!"

The host looked at the seat in the middle of the first row below the stage, and cast admiring gazes at the blond man.

"Just like Senior Kenan's speech when he graduated last year, within a year, he will definitely return to C University with a world-renowned achievement. Everyone here today is undoubtedly lucky. You are the first audience to hear the history of the birth of great inventions. "

What invention?

The curiosity of the participants was aroused, and Kenan was seen walking towards the podium with a flat cardboard box.

However, Kenan did not speak immediately, nor did he open the carton immediately.

His torso was straightened, his chin slightly raised, and he looked around.This will be short of saying directly, "You mortals, you are lucky to be able to appreciate my invention."

Being looked down upon, looked down upon with extremely haughty eyes.

The people in the audience are not stupid, and there are very few students in C University who are stupid.But in anticipation of the new invention, everyone still didn't make a bad face.

At this time, some complaints were written in the notebook, and he secretly poked towards the seat next to him.

"I want to say a four-letter word that begins with an S. What is Kenan pretending to be, he thinks he can stand up to others by dyeing his hair blond!"

Presently, Mary caught a glimpse of the notebook tilted towards her.She was seated in the back row, and the only person on her left was Tyler, a senior seminary student.

Taylor joined the Mystery Club as soon as he entered school, and had three years of club activities with Kenan during this period.

"Kenan wasn't blonde before?"

Mary also pretended to be serious about taking notes, but in reality she started chatting quietly and raising doubts in her notebook.

Blonde hair, regarded as aristocratic hair color, combined with Kenan's expression on the stage, his arrogance is almost overflowing.It looks like some nobles are arrogant, but this one has dyed blond hair?

Taylor: "Before, Kenan only had the most ordinary brown hair. Gossip, Kenan didn't wear a wig. Hair is the highest position for a person. If Kenan wears a wig, it means letting someone else wear a wig. Standing on top of his head. He can't stand that kind of thing, so it's just dyeing his hair."

"Everyone, look, this is the invention I brought."

On the podium, Kenan couldn't wait for the audience to ask him to speak quickly, so he could only reluctantly open his mouth.At the same time, he opened the paper cover and took out a wooden board with one hand.

The wooden board is about the size of an A4 paper, with some words and symbols engraved on it.

The middle position is 26 English letters.From A to M, from N to Z are two rows, arranged in a semi-arc.

Below the arc is a number from 0-9.On the left and right upper corners of the board, there are "Y" and "N", which represent two different meanings of "yes" and "no".

On the wooden board, there is another word that cannot be ignored.

"GOODBYE" at the bottom, as if saying goodbye is very important.

In his other hand, Kenan held a piece of wood, drop-shaped, with a hollow hole in the middle.

What else?

there is none left.No electricity, no light, no magnetic field, etc., just a combination of planks and chips.

"What kind of invention is this?"

"My God, who dares to say that a new invention has been made?"

"Oh my god! I don't read much, and I'm only in the third year of my Ph.D. Can you stop embarrassing my head with such a 'complicated' invention."

Almost instantly, the seminar room exploded.

Unlike the pursuit that Kenan expected, he only faced doubts.

"Everyone, please stay calm!"

Seeing that Kenan's face suddenly changed from sunny to cloudy, the host hurried out to smooth things over. "Please don't forget that this is the Mystery Agency, how can we look at this great invention from a worldly perspective."

Kenan was fully responsible for this situation of ridicule by the crowd.

Who told him to make no secret of his contemptuous arrogance, who told him not to introduce new inventions in advance.

The host had to help find the steps, "Mr. Kennan, please don't test everyone anymore. How can we understand such a profound invention with the naked eye? Please explain a little bit."

Right!

How can a group of mortals understand the inventions of great men.

Thinking of this, Kenan's complexion improved, and he cleared his throat and began to speak. "This wooden board is a Ouija board, and the small piece of wood with holes in my hand is a divination tablet. Together, it is an alchemy item for communicating with the undead."

what?

The air in the seminar room is a bit quiet, how can a piece of wood communicate with the undead?

When people were puzzled, Mary raised her eyebrows slightly.

She had mentioned a theory before.

In this life and previous lives, the development of the two worlds is slightly different, for example, some familiar scientists do not exist.But don't worry, the objective things in the world are developing in the same way, sooner or later someone will come up with a similar theory.

This will come true.Not only scientific theories will be put forward by others, but even some strange inventions will be produced by others.

As far as Mary knows, in her previous life, Ouija boards became popular in the United States from the 19s, and then spread to Europe.

The method of use is very simple, one or two people sit on the side of the Ouija board.Place the divination tablet with the hole on the board and place your finger on the divination tablet.

Then ask questions in your heart, it is said that it will attract the undead, and the undead will push the divination piece to move quickly.

Through the small hole, you can see where it moves to the board, which may be on the 26 letters, ten numbers, or the option of yes or no.

Thus, a series of answers appeared.

Letters have letters, numbers have numbers.Even if they can't be connected into sentences in many cases, the undead have already answered anyway.

It is not difficult to see that the Ouija board was originally used as a witchcraft tool for spirit calling.

In the United States in the [-]th century, due to the surge in the number of deaths in the Civil War, the number of people who believed in spiritualism further expanded.Ouija boards were born to reunite the dead with the living.

It makes spirit calling no longer limited to psychics, but into ordinary people.

I only heard that Kenan also made a similar explanation on stage, "Finally, don't forget that when you want to end the summoning, you must let the undead leave. The word "GOODBYE" at the bottom is quite important, so be sure to let the undead leave. Make sure that the undead has drawn a circle on it, which means that it has left.You guys, is there anything else you don't understand? "

Easy to understand and easy to operate.

As far as the steps are concerned, there is nothing unclear.

But the doctor asked, "Is this your original invention? I mean, in the far east, thousands of years ago, there was the art of holding up spirits. Undead or gods were invited to let them automatically write words to answer the questions of living people.

Compared with the arrangement of letters, numbers, etc. on this board, Dongfang Qingling can write the answer directly with a pen, which seems to be closer to truly attracting mysterious power to solve people's doubts. "

Compared with the vast majority of other Americans, everyone in this seminar room is a researcher of mysterious things.Don't talk about the past and the present, at least know the famous witchcraft of several major civilizations in the world.

Did the Ouija board refer to the principles of other witchcraft?Also, is it true that Ouija boards are available to everyone, which means that there is no threshold for witchcraft?Is it a good thing again?

When Kenan heard this, his face darkened again. "Hehe! Why is this not my invention? It has passed the certification of the Patent Office and will soon be listed nationwide.

Speaking of which, I can offer an anecdote for free.Members of the Patent Office have also raised your doubts.They would have steadfastly turned me away unless I proved on the spot that I could spell both names on the Ouija board.God be my witness, I never knew anyone doing patent appraisal before. "

This sentence is full of arrogance.

Kenan didn't bother to get to know him because he didn't bother to be in the company of ordinary people.

"A wonderful thing happened. Using the Ouija board, I spelled out the names of those two on the spot."

Kennan took it for granted, "Later, the Patent Office issued the patent. Now the entire New York Patent Office knows about it. If you don't believe me, you can ask."

So far, isn’t it a bit magical?

Kenan revealed why he came today, "I'm a member of the Mysterious Things Club, so I'm here to support everyone. The Ouija board is going to be sold nationwide, and I'm willing to set aside a share. Anyone who wants to invest, please hurry up." .”

This seminar started out in the occult, but ended up in the question of doing business.

If you have a keen sense of business, you must have noticed the opportunity to make a fortune.

Nowadays, spiritualism is very popular in the United States.

As long as the Ouija board is properly promoted, it will definitely be a hit.Its production process is simple, and the raw materials are also extremely simple, which can be described as a profitable business.

I repeat, everyone in the seminar room is basically not stupid.

And so, this Thursday's seminar ended in an eerily eerily quiet atmosphere.Participants admitted that Ouija board business has good prospects, but one should not only think about making money.

The next day, noon.

Taylor stepped to the front of the teaching building of the Department of Mathematics, waiting for the get out of class to end at noon, and mysteriously found Mr. Minton.

"Hey! I just heard something big! That fellow Kenan, he's going to use a Ouija board to summon spirits. It's not dead souls, but summoning lost souls. It is said that a lady's soul was taken away by a demon, so Crazy. Minton, what do you think?"

Mary just finished her calculus class and got stuck.Tyler wanted her to switch from science mode to occult mode all at once, but she didn't want to.

"My thoughts? If you are asking me about the Ouija board principle, I think you can read the public academic materials of the Royal Society in 1852, in which William Carpenter proposed the theory of "conscious muscle movement".A year after that, Faraday, known as the father of alternating current, also conducted experiments on the so-called telekinetics, proving that..."①

"Wow! Please stop! Mr. Minton, thank you for your reminder, I will check the details later."

Taylor quickly interrupted the next words, he didn't want to be popularized the scientific principles behind a bunch of mysterious spiritual arts.

"You know, as a member of the seminary, I was invited by the parents of the paralyzed to help out. Kennan has already advertised to the outside world, this Sunday night, do you want to be a witness? ?”

Mary was about to say no.

In her previous life, she had seen spirit-calling activities through various film and television works, and the variety was not limited to Ouija boards.Now, what new tricks can we play?

"By the way. I haven't said whose soul is lost yet."

Taylor shook his head regretfully, "Miss Benny, have you heard of it? The Organizing Committee of the Metropolitan Museum held a dinner in early September, and Miss Benny made a lot of noise at the banquet. It is said that a red-haired The lady was scared out of her wits by the dead spider, and five days ago she went mad."

Hearing about the accident, Bernie the Red-haired, Mary swallowed her refusal. She didn't expect that there would be a follow-up to the arachnophobia.

"It's such a pity."

Mary looked concerned, "Actually, I met Miss Benny that day. Who would have thought that such an unfortunate thing would happen. I must go and see. By the way, can I invite another lady to go with me?"

Taylor was stunned for a moment. First, he didn't expect Mr. Minton to attend the banquet. He just realized his relationship with Wall Street, but he didn't expect to invite Mr. Minton.

"Oh~~"

Taylor had a knowing expression, "You want to invite Mrs. Roman?"

Taylor: I thought the hot air balloon gossip was over, and I didn't see Minton dating Roman, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it.

"Yes, but I'm not sure if that person has time."

Mary was unperturbed, as if she hadn't noticed Taylor winking.

She just informed that person out of politeness that the body of the remaining spiders is still in his hands, and whether they come or not is completely voluntary.

**

go with?

What is worth going to for the spirit summoning ceremony?

Mycroft put down the new letter indifferently, he was not interested in the follow-up to the arachnophobia.There are still two months before the end of the mission in the United States, so don't mind your own business, not to mention he is too lazy to move.

With this in mind, Mycroft wrote a few short lines of reply, and prepared to send a messenger to Mr. Minton.

When I went out, I heard the discussions of newsboys on the street in twos and threes.

"Have you heard? There was a big fire in Harley Street an hour ago."

"Yes, the whole dump station is on fire, luckily it's just rubbish and there's no one in it."

"I don't know how the fire started. Did someone throw cigarette butts? It can't be that someone set the fire on purpose, right?"

Mycroft paused on his way to the post office.

The garbage station at the end of Harley Street, only four kilometers away from his residence, is a temporary storage point for garbage.Garbage in this area is sometimes centrally stored there, and it is said that there has been no fire in the four years since it was established.

Somehow Mycroft remembered the evening feast in early September.

When he left the banquet hall, he felt a gaze staring at his back, but he didn't find any abnormal people at that time.

It has been almost a month, and there is no abnormal phenomenon in four weeks.

Is it a coincidence that the garbage dump closest to his house is on fire today after Bernie the Red went crazy?

Mycroft thought for a while, and didn't go to the post office to post the letter. Maybe he should go and see the Ouija board for the ouija.

Sunday, eight o'clock at night.

Tonight is the night of the full moon, and several carriages stopped at the door of Bernie's house.

Mary was a little surprised, she thought someone was too lazy to come. "Mrs. Roman, I didn't expect you to come."

Mycroft avoided talking about those strange intuitions, "Since you sent the invitation and I have time, of course I want to come and see it. It doesn't mean that you are just being polite and not sincerely inviting, right?"

"how could be."

Mary suspected that something she didn't know had happened, so she only asked in a low voice, "Do you still keep the mutilated body of that spider?"

"Here I am."

Mycroft said no more, for another carriage arrived.

Tyler changed into priestly clothes and wore a sterling silver cross around his neck.Seeing the two of them, his expression was a bit subtle, but this time it wasn't because of gossip.

"You two, I just checked before I went out. Guess what day it is today? Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival in the East. Tell me, if you choose this day to recruit spirits, will the undead who want to reunite with the living flock here? to?"

The undead are coming.

Can you tell who is Bella's lost soul?You won't bring up the situation that shouldn't be invited, will you?