Chapter No152:HPMRS CH 152: Castelobruxo's secret
After entering the Emerald Dreamland, Ryan found Castelobruxo's headmaster, maybe some Professors, and several students still standing there near the totem pole. But he didn't avoid it but walked over generously.
When he first walked under the totem pole, he saw the headmaster of Castelobruxo watching him gently and said: "I am very happy to see a fellow from afar. You can join us here first. Discuss the problem, and after the discussion is over, you can go upstairs and look at some of our information."
After hearing the words of the headmaster, Ryan immediately realized that in fact, he had been discovered the first time he entered the Emerald Dreamland, and Castelobruxo held a welcoming attitude towards those foreign guests entering the Emerald Dreamland, alas Ryan was still haunted by his xenophobic society from his previous life and was thus subconsciously xenophobic himself, there was a saying there which was too damn old but still reverberated throughout his country since ages... It was like... Those who are not us are different in attitude and views. They are not to be considered as part of our Dynasty. Maybe things will be different here, after all, magic exists here.
This allowed Ryan to remember Aunt Betty's teachings, as she told him that evil men won't be able to enter Emerald Dreamland without having any twisted forms, and will also mostly enter to tear away a piece of the Dreamland and thus lead to causing the formation of Emerald Nightmare.
Thus the people in Emerald Dreamland should be treated as comrades and be treated kindly. It's just that Ryan, out of the xenophobic mentality at the time, held suspicion of these words that Aunt Betty said. But now it seems she is right.
While thinking about these things, Ryan listened to everyone's discussion. There are not many people here, except for the headmaster himself, there are only six students, but these six students are different from the headmaster. Everyone's face is covered with a mask made of bark, some of them might be professors as well, who knows.
What they are discussing now is how to deal with an emerald nightmare that suddenly appeared in the rainforest. It seems that this problem has appeared several days ago, and they are here today to make the final decision.
Obviously, everyone is equal on such occasions. Because Ryan found that the students were seriously discussing issues with the headmaster, and sometimes even refuted what the headmaster said, but the headmaster didn't care about these rebuttals. Ryan wasn't much surprised as there was no red flag here.
After persuading all the students, the headmaster of Castelobruxo turned to Ryan to ask his views on this matter. Ryan thought for a while, and after omitting the process, briefly said how he cleaned up the emerald nightmare formed by the eight-eyed giant spider in the forbidden forest.
"Hmm—" The headmaster just wanted to say something after listening to Ryan's narration when a figure in a green robe walked in from the door. Although the person has a mask, the person had put the mask on his head. So Ryan recognized the professor of Castelobruxo's Herbology class.
"Mr. President, I have come back from the investigation. The reason for the appearance of this Emerald Nightmare is rupturing of a seal from the temple, and from inside the evil Sakhi Sakyu has escaped."
"Sakhi Sakyu? What is that?" Ryan asked a student next to him curiously.
"It's a giant bird that looks very much like an Andean condor. It can drive clouds together to create thunderstorms. It's very similar to thunderbirds in North America." A girl wearing a red mask nearby explained eagerly.
"Now everyone, let's get going to deal with the magical creature that has been contaminated by evil. This guest will stay here for now, and we will be back soon." After listening to the professor's report, the headmaster stood up and said out of his resolution.
"By the way, guest you can go to the house to read if you stay here. You can enter as long as you can open the door." The headmaster said to Ryan after arranging all the personnel.
Watching the eight people leave the courtyard, Ryan turned upstairs to see what the book they were talking about just now was. Because this is only a small school, there are not many rooms. Except for the meditation or laboratory room, there is only a small house as a study room.
In the house are some stone shelves, and on the shelves, there are books made of leaves. However, no book is protected by a transparent emerald green magic shield.
After doing a lap, Ryan found that he had only one book to read now.
This book is placed at the entrance of the room, and it is also the largest book in the whole house. Almost half a person is placed on a stone stand alone. The name in the book is "Castelobruxo, the other half of the school history"
Why is this school history stored in this place? Is it precious? Ryan opened the book curiously and found that it was talking about some parts that were not mentioned in the official school history. For example, the origin of the masks that he just saw on the faces of students and professors are recorded here.
The third headmaster of Castelobruxo was a wizard who can communicate with the Emerald Dreamland, and he hoped that this power can be passed on as part of the school. So he obtained seven masks from the jungle faires at the cost of completing several difficult tasks.
As long as you wear a mask, your affinity towards nature is boosted and you can enter the Emerald Dreamland. If the user gets accustomed to entering the Emerald Dreamland, the user will have a greater probability than others to master the power of nature and enter the Emerald Dreamland on its own.
For example, the Herbology professor puts a mask on his head, which means that he has mastered part of the power of nature. He only needs the power of the mask as a primer to enter the Emerald Dreamland semi-autonomously.
No wonder this school is known for its Magical Creatures and herbology. If people who enter the Emerald Dreamland can be mass-produced, they will naturally have special skills in this area.
After reading the entire book, Ryan began to think about some questions, and finally said to himself: "In the Emerald Dreamland, strangers who master natural forces are not hostile, but they should be neutral when getting along. Why do I feel that the headmaster is too friendly? I'm not the philosopher stone, so how can everyone like me."
"Because Betty asked me to take care of you." A male voice came from behind.
"Ah, I'm sorry, Mr. Headmaster." Ryan looked embarrassed. After all, it is very embarrassing to be discovered on the spot when you're gossiping behind someone's back, why the hell did I even think that out loud, am I suffering from anime syndrome or worse 8th grader syndrome.
"It's okay. It's natural for you to doubt me in this situation. You are Betty's apprentice, so you can call me Mr. Fernando in private. By the way, if you have some questions, I think you can ask me directly." The headmaster touched his white beard and smiled kindly.
"Okay, Mr. Fernando. I want to know why you allowed me to enter the Emerald Dreamland here. Because as far as I know, some schools want to hide everything about themselves, and even the exact location of the school is not known to others. Why Castelobrux would be so open to display its secrets?"
"Because Castelobruxo's secret is the Emerald Dreamland, child." headmaster Fernando said. "You know, this place in itself is an open space in the Emerald Dreamland were chosen and intelligent beings that are friends of nature or Emerald Dreamland can enter, also there are natural raiders to form the natural balance."
"So as long as one can make sure that the other party isn't a natural raider, then naturally the other party is are our 'natural: ally. As you saw just now, this is the largest rainforest in the world, so there are many problems in the local Emerald Dreamland. And we have enough resources for all people to use, the only problem is that there are too few people, most of the time we are too busy. So we sincerely welcome everyone who has the same interests as us to come here. Let alone you are the one Betty recommended, so you are naturally welcomed."
"That's it." Ryan nodded. This answer finally relieved his biggest doubts, and he finally relaxed a bit of his previously tense nerves.