Yolanda described these things in great detail, and it seemed that she knew what happened back then very clearly.
Everyone listened to her story in the dim room with flickering lights, as if they were there themselves.
But perhaps because it involved one of the biggest secrets of the judicial system, she spoke softly. But revealing a secret is like puncturing a paper bag. The more things pour out, the smoother they fall. When Yolanda said this, there was no obstacle.
She kept talking, and her ethereal voice brought people back to more than two hundred years ago.
"Lord Rufino concealed the whole thing from the outside world. This was not too difficult for the judicial authorities. The fact that Mello and Matthew arrived in the Western Continent was originally known only to a few people who had contact with them. At that time, there were no things like telegraphs and newspapers. When we were ready to conceal something, it really disappeared from the world. What was left was just a fragment of a figment of our imagination. No decent person would believe those things. And the truth of the matter depends on what decent people think, right
Lord Rufino did not even tell the Saint about Matthew. Those who knew the truth had already been dealt with by him in various ways. Some were won over to his side, while others who were stubborn disappeared without anyone noticing.
Lord Rufino and his allies spent five years studying magic from scratch. He himself learned the magic books left by Matthew and his personal magic notes. He measured his own level based on Matthew's records and believed that he was one of the strongest in the magic world even in the East Continent.
However, five years later, the Saint had grown up and fully awakened. Lord Rufino gradually lost control of everything, and he could only choose to hide his secrets bit by bit. He once found an opportunity to indirectly tell the Saint about the threat from the East Continent to this side, and the feasibility of using the magic of the East Continent people. He also mentioned the standardization of wizards' spells, and the matter of recruiting and using them. But all of this was severely rejected by the Saint. Even the two executors who were pushed out as scapegoats by him were executed by the Saint. So Lord Rufino made a decision not to mention any topic about magic. All those who participated in learning the magic of the Dream Tower were hidden in the judicial agency. "
"Why is the saint so afraid of magic?" Luo Ling asked.
"I don't know if it's fear or not. I've seen the Saint's expression when she talked about magic many times in the previous life. It was definitely not fear, but... a feeling that it was useless. We also asked her about magic. But she just kept saying that it was something used by devilish evil gods to control the world. I think this attitude that is difficult to explain the real reason is also the reason why many of our executors finally wavered." Yolanda sighed, and it was not known whether the sigh was for the Saint or for the many executors of the judicial agency. "Lord Rufino finally chose not to carry out any activities related to magic when the Saint was active. When the Saint was reincarnated and grew up, he chose the right person among his trusted executors to teach magic. This later became our internal rule.
He also created some selection methods to select those who have the greatest talent for learning magic and grant them some special mental training techniques, so that they can lay a good foundation for using magic before learning magic. "
"The Saint didn't find out about these things?" Xiao Chen asked, "I think the Saint must be a very powerful master, right?"
"You may not believe it, but the Saint doesn't really care about the situation of the judicial organs, let alone how we teach young people," said Yolanda.
"Aren't you her most trusted subordinates?" Xiao Chen said.
"Because of this, we have been the Saint's most capable assistants for thousands of years. We have never betrayed her or had any major problems, so she has an instinctive trust in us. The Saint has focused her energy on how to change ordinary people in these past few lives, so that ordinary people can also use power through machines.
The life of a saint is usually about 50 to 60 years. Five generations have passed since then. Although Lord Rufino died later, he chose people who could inherit his will to manage the Tribunal. Now, the core of the Tribunal is people like us. Almost all the top masters of the Tribunal can use magic. "
"For more than two hundred years, the Saint has not discovered this secret. Should I say that you hid it too well, or that the Saint is slow to realize it?" Xiao Chen said.
"We have always treated this matter with the utmost caution. Before the Saint's reincarnation this time, I didn't know any magic at all. It was not until she was born in a baby's body that my teacher organized us to start learning magic. I have only been learning magic for about ten years." Yolanda's tone was a little bit proud.
"What a coincidence. We have only been learning for a short time. To be exact, more than five years." Xiao Chen said.
Yolanda looked unconvinced, but Xiao Chen was too lazy to argue with her. He said, "There is one thing I think you are hiding. Since Lord Rufino is so far-sighted, he would definitely not make a plan to just secretly learn magic just in case. Even if he still cares about his loyalty to the Saint and has no subsequent plans, you latecomers are simply trained according to the template of traitors, and you will never be content with the status quo."
"Why do you say that?"
"It must not be a good feeling for a saint like you who has mastered the world's top magic and become one of the strongest, but has no chance to use magic and even dares not let others know your strength. I believe that some of you are definitely thinking about how to let you stand in the front and use magic without scruples under the lights. If the saint is an obstacle to all this, you will definitely think about how to eliminate this obstacle. Am I right?" Xiao Chen said.
Yolanda's lips slightly opened, showing her surprise: "How did you know?"
"I just feel that if I were you, I would probably have the same idea." Xiao Chen said.
"You are from the East Continent. Don't make wild guesses and think you can understand our thoughts."
"But, I can sense it. You don't have to think about how to hide it from me. Besides you, I can also ask Cleveland. He has been in the space gap for most of the day. I think he must be willing to have a good chat with me."