When they arrived at Simon's they were warmly welcomed. They sat in the living room of Lily's place and talked, and Simon told them that she had been admitted to the magic academy because she had solved their drought. Lily felt weird about not having to pass an entrance exam, but it saved her a lot of time, so she was grateful when she heard that.
"How do I find that scroll?" she asked as she drank a cup of herbal tea.
"It's only a rumor that the academy has one but there’s an all-male wizarding school that I have an idea has the lost scroll." replied Simon.
"Okay. So how do I get there?” Lily asked.
Simon explained that there was a portal in their school that led to the other school, but only men had access there. Lily chose to transform into Allan as she remembered clearly and took out the trident and transformed in front of them. She couldn’t waste time and had been gone for a few days and didn’t wanted to be here for too long.
Simon lent her a uniform that was worn in the other school, and they headed towards the academy together and William and Celestia were left with the hatchling.
They flew on a white magic circle to the academy which was a huge area with white buildings. The main building was rectangular and reminded a bit of an embassy because there were a lot of flags in different colors outside which had symbols such as a broom, a magic wand, and a silver ring. Everyone greeted them nicely and she knew it was because of Simon, who she found out was the principal of the school.
They entered a large white hall where there were statues, artifacts, and other various ancient things. Lily noticed a medium sized golden jar with a lid on it to the left as she passed and stopped out of curiosity. There were engraved symbols and ancient writing that she did not recognize, but the jar looked like something from ancient Greece which had caught her interest. It stood on a tall, little square table by itself with a square gold fence around the bottom.
"What is it?" she asked curiously.
"It was something that was found many years before I was born. People got sick and some died from touching it, so you think there’s a curse on it.” explained Simon, who had also stopped.
"Then why do you still have it?" Lily asked.
You wouldn't normally throw out things you couldn't use especially if it was a curse unless they had priests who came and threw holy water on it or tried to drive evil spirits away from it.
Simon narrowed his eyes and he looked at the jar and at Lily and blinked a few times and said, "If you're interested you can take it as none of us dare touch it."
Ugh, Lily hesitated for a moment when she heard his words but suddenly thought that she might have some priestess in her blood, and she had the trident so it would be strange if she was cursed. It would be comical to be cursed by something when she had the Black Bible.
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"It's a beautiful jar and you can always use it to store something." Eco said suddenly.
Lily nodded and took the jar in the space ring, and they continued through the hall and reached the other side where there was a large white round portal where there were buildings on the other side.
"Can everyone use the portal?" she asked.
"Only those who have connections with the other school." Simon replied and they entered the portal.
On the other side, they stood on white tiles and beautiful flowers and trees were planted all around and there were benches and tables. There were buildings all around and it looked like a campus. There were a lot of males of different ages walking around, all wearing black clothes. Lily was reminded that everyone wore white clothes at the magic academy. If there was a school for wizards there was also one for witches.
"If it's located here, there's only one place, but I need your help." Simon whispered as he walked to her left.
She was told that Allan happened to have a twin brother who went there so it was normal for him to visit this place so people wouldn't ask questions if they saw two versions of him.
They came to a small black building that looked like something a janitor lived in. When they got inside it was pitch black and Simon created a large white ball that floated above them that lit up the whole room.
"It must be in here if it is." he explained, and they started looking all over.
There were bookshelves all around and on the tables were a lot of scrolls, but Lily knew it wasn't them and looked around elsewhere. Suddenly she saw something golden that flashed and it looked like a small star and went to the area. She couldn't see anything but touched the spot where it was flashing and suddenly, they heard a vroom sound and a white portal appeared in front of them. They entered it immediately and on the other side the room was dark, but they saw a high dark round granite table on which lay a white scroll which was the only thing that lit up the room.
Lily took it immediately but as she was about to turn around, she saw something white flashing around and asked Simon to light up the whole room. They saw a lot of orbs lying all over the place and there were also small silver mirrors that reminded Lily of the one she had seen in the Crystal Lake.
Simon went to an orb and took it and said, “Why on earth are they hidden here? It’s a waste.” and shook his head.
"What kind of orb is that?" Lily asked curiously.
"It's the communication orb and those mirrors are used for portals." Simon replied, picking up a mirror and handing it to her.
Lily didn't think they should go to waste either and chose to empty the entire room of everything. She also found other scrolls but didn't have time to check them out now and put them in her space ring. They rushed out of the room and flew back to William and Celestia.
When they had lunch Simon told the location where the dragon lord was believed to be staying and it would be several weeks' journey from here but because she had Eco, he could get there in a few hours.
When they said goodbye to Simon Lily asked if he wanted to go with them, but he had students and a school to attend to and turned her down.
She hugged him and looked at him and saw that his cheeks were red, and she knew she might never see him again. He had never questioned her identity but had helped her from the very beginning. She leaned forward and stood on her toes and kissed him gently on the lips and stuck her tongue in and massaged his tongue. It was a long passionate kiss so she hoped it could heal his heart.
Simon struggled to control his body and hugged her, enjoying the kiss for as long as it lasted.
Pulling her head back, Lily licked her lips and gave him a beautiful smile.
"I will find a method where I can visit you more often." she promised, hugging him one last time.
Simon smiled widely and nodded in satisfaction and said, "I'm looking forward to it." and he looked like a new man.