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    Several weeks later, Alice has finished writing her discovery. Alice is sleeping soundly with a slight snore after exhausting work. “Hm...(Yawn) I must be exhausted, I snored,” Alice said. Alice reads her written diary about her discovery. “Well, that’s everything. Let’s learn some new magic,” Alice said. Alice opens a big leather book bearing golden runic writings on the cover and sea blue colored ribbon between pages containing information of magic, runes, and magic sigils used to cast magic for someone born without the ability to use magic. This leather book in her tent is a spellbook that she always reads whenever she wants to learn new magic. While Alice is reading, the sound of flutter and small footsteps are heard in front of the tent. “Hmm? Phoenix? What brings you here, my birdy friend?” Alice looked up from the book. A medium-sized phoenix carrying a rolled paper in its beak and a bag approaches closer. “Is that a message?” Alice approached the Phoenix for the paper. Alice takes the paper while petting Phoenix’s head and opens it. “It’s a letter from Roy. Let’s see...,” Alice read the letter. “Hello, Alice. It’s me, Roy Kivan. I found an old book in my basement while I was cleaning the room. I don’t remember having this book and I can’t read the language so I sent it to you. Maybe you can understand the language written in this book. From: Roy,” Alice read the message. “A book? Hmm...,” Alice looked away from the letter and turns her sight on the bag. “The book is in this bag?” Alice wondered. Alice opens the bag and pulls out a book inside it. “What a dusty book. Roy forgot to clean it before sending it to me. Phoosh!” Alice blew the dust from the book. Alice opens the book and she was surprised upon reading the writing format. “What kind of format is this? This is not an ordinary format for a storybook. It’s the format of a manuscript! I don’t believe it!” Alice’s eyes widened. Alice read the manuscript that Roy gave her while leaving her spell book opened. “Huh...The tale of Vathek...What kind of name is that? This book said that this character named Vathek was born during the reformation of religion. Wait, what? What a strange tale,” Alice exclaimed. Vine opens Alice’s tent after he heard her shouting and enters the tent. “What are you doing, Alice? Your shouting tone can be heard from the outside,” Vine asked. “Roy gave this manuscript to me. He said he found it while cleaning. I wonder if it belongs to the previous owner of the house. This book mentions someone named “Vathek” and I had no idea who that was. You may read it if you want,” Alice wondered. Vine takes the manuscript and reads it. “This manuscript is written in Arabic and I can’t understand the language. Wait, you don’t think that...this manuscript isn’t from this world?” Vine asked in wonder. Alice looks bewildered and says,” Maybe the timeline of this manuscript is from another era. Wait, I have an idea. Let’s go back to the time of that manuscript”. Alice turns her spell book’s pages and found a spell that will help them understand the language of the manuscript. “We’re going to the past. This is going to be a scary strange adventure. Are you ready?” Alice asked. “I’m ready to go on an adventure with you anytime,” Vine said. “Let’s do this,” Alice turns the pages and stops at the time magic. “Here it is. Quantum Leap!” Alice cast the time magic. “Whoo!” Alice jumped into the manuscript with Vine. “Whaa! What is this? I’m floating!” Vine screamed. “Not floating. We’re on the way to the manuscript’s time. This is the gateway of time, think of it as the road to our time destination,” Alice explained.8964 copyright protection230ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9zRjbZkJg 維尼

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