In the imperial capital.
In an extremely luxurious mansion, Morey was lying on the bed with a gloomy expression.
Although most of his body recovered under the healing magic, the hand that was bitten off by the monster could not be found.
Although it was not his usual hand, it was enough to make him extremely angry.
He has a bright future and is very likely to become the favored son of the Dharma Sage. How can he tolerate his flaws.
Morey wanted to brutally kill Rafal who caused all this, but the other party was stronger than him in terms of strength and identity, so he might not be able to avenge him.
When he thought of this, he felt extremely resentful.
Then the attendant came over and told him about the First Prince's visit.
Although Morey was arrogant towards everyone else, he still respected the First Prince. After all, this was his only hope to deal with Rafal, so he asked someone to invite the First Prince in.
After expressing condolences, the eldest prince said seriously: "I know you are in great pain, are you going to endure this matter like this now?"
"How is it possible?" Morey gritted his teeth, "But I can't deal with him."
"Although he is my younger brother, he actually did something hurtful in the royal capital. This is not something that can be easily resolved." The eldest prince looked heartbroken, "I don't think everyone would want to see it." Until such a cruel person became the ruler of the empire."
Mo Lei's eyes lit up immediately, and he insisted that he just stole Rafal's magic pet, and Rafal had no right to abolish one of his hands like this.
Thinking of what happened that day, Morey still had some lingering fears, but when he saw the hand he lost, he felt hatred again.
The eldest prince thought he had found an opportunity, and immediately accused Rafal of acting too badly in front of the emperor, and actually made a move against the apprentice of the Fasheng in public, just because a magic pet mutilated the promising son of heaven. It's too scary.
Such a person with a bad temper cannot be let go just because he is a prince, he should be sent to the holy capital where the Holy See of Guangming is located to study hard.
If Rafal hurt just an ordinary person, of course no one would care, but he hurt the disciples of the Fasheng. For a while, many people were a little entangled. It would be difficult to offend the Fasheng. You know A saint of law is much more important to a country than an emperor, not to mention that Rafal is just a prince.
Although everyone knows that the Dharma Sage almost accepted Rafal as his disciple, isn't it a failure? On the surface, although everyone said that the Fasheng admired Rafal very much, in fact, who knew if this was a beautiful remark just for the sake of saving face.
Under such circumstances, the somewhat stupid proposal of the First Prince actually won the support of many people.
At this time, Princess Eleanor seemed to want to teach her disobedient son a lesson, but she didn't speak up, and even asked the family members not to say anything.
For a while, everyone seemed to be inclined to the side of the First Prince, and some people in Rafal's forces had a tendency to switch to the side of the First Prince when they saw that the situation was not going well.
At such a critical moment, Rafal didn't care at all, and was still taking care of Shao Ci at home.
His subordinates were going crazy, and rushed to find Rafal, "Your Highness, why don't we go and apologize to Morey, maybe we can redeem something."
"No need." Rafal said indifferently, "You just need to watch silently."
Only when Shao Ci heard this did he know that Rafal actually let a monster bite that Morey for himself that day, and Morey was directly bitten and maimed.
He was a little shocked. Rafal didn't seem like such an irrational person, and he couldn't control his emotions because someone ran into the house so casually and stole things.
It is still possible to deal with the eldest prince Rafal. When he dealt with Morey, he thought about it before taking action. If he was not prepared, he would not do it.
After all the grass on the wall fell to the other side, Rafal moved his hands unhurriedly.
The eldest prince was praying happily in the temple, but when he went out, he was entangled by several women, and one of them was even holding a child.
These are the results of the First Prince's flirting outside these years. I thought that no one would know about it, but in fact, only the slightly powerful would know about it.
At that time, there were many people outside the temple, and the news spread in an instant.
The princess concubine from the second family in the empire was almost half-dead from anger. She and the eldest prince had a political marriage, and they didn't have a good relationship at first, but the other party's behavior made her feel ashamed too.
And the eldest prince spent a lot of time trying to solve this problem before sending these people away, but suddenly it was found out that he had a connection with the half-orcs from other races.
Half-orcs live in extremely barren lands, and attack human territory from time to time for resources, and the eldest prince actually sold the resources to half-orcs in order to earn money. As soon as the news got out, those who supported the first prince almost fainted .
After going back and forth like this, everyone's attention was shifted to the First Prince, and the First Prince explained that he thought he was just selling it to an overseas caravan, but he didn't expect that the caravan shamelessly gave the supplies to the half-orcs.
After all, someone like the First Prince could almost be said to be a traitor, and compared to him, Rafal's behavior was nothing.
For a while, many people asked the eldest prince to apologize with death. Under such circumstances, the eldest prince had no choice but to write a letter to the Fasheng in the name of Morey, and smeared Rafal several times in the letter, saying that I am innocent, trying to let the Dharma sage decide.
But Fa Sheng came to the king's capital two days later.
Those who hated the First Prince to death didn't dare to do anything. They were Dharma Saints, almost like the pillars of the empire. If Dharma Saints said they wanted to protect the First Prince, who would dare to do anything to him.
The emperor came out to greet him in person. Seeing the excited eldest prince standing over there and Rafal who was very calm, his mood was very complicated.
Countless people were watching outside, watching the Dharma Sage cheering continuously. After all, Dharma Sage has saved the empire from danger countless times.
Afterwards, Fasheng looked at Morey who had broken one of his hands, and said calmly, "Come here."
Morey immediately glanced at Rafal proudly, and walked in the direction of Fasheng.
He is the true disciple of the Dharma Sage, so what if Rafael is talented? It's not like I still have to panic because of this matter.
The emperor sighed inwardly, no matter how you look at it, Rafal is more suitable to be the heir, but if the eldest prince really wins the Fa Sheng's favor, then he will most likely be made the heir.
The other people almost have the same thoughts, even if the First Prince is a little confused, as long as it is related to the Dharma Sage, other people have no hope at all.
The next moment, Fa Sheng said coldly to the complacent Morey: "The old man is really disappointed."
As if struck by lightning, Morey looked at Fa Sheng in shock, barely realizing what Fa Sheng had just said.
Fa Sheng said a few more words indifferently, intending to sever the master-student relationship with Morey.
He discovered that Morey's intentions were not righteous at the beginning, but he accepted him as a disciple because he was really talented. He didn't expect that Morey would become more and more unbearable over the years. He couldn't bear to do such a thing.
Mo Lei hurriedly knelt on the ground with snot and tears begging the Holy Spirit, hoping that he would give him another chance.
But Fa Sheng just shook his head.
He didn't want to come here, but Rafal sent him a letter, which made him move.
In fact, the person he wanted to take as his disciple the most was Rafal, but he gave up for various reasons. He has also admired Rafal very much these years.
Later, Fasheng said that he would not interfere with the heir's affairs, so he left Morey and left.
At this point, the eldest prince completely lost power, and was imprisoned for the crimes he committed before, and the princess and concubine even severed their husband and wife relationship with him very quickly.
Although Rafal is not yet the heir, everyone already knows that he is probably the heir to the throne.
But Mo Lei was still very arrogant after losing the aura of Fa Sheng disciple, because he still had strength and talent, so many families supported him.
Then he was knocked out at home, and when he woke up, he found that his strength had been abolished. From then on, he was no different from ordinary people, and he was so scared that he dared not go out again.
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And Shao Ci started to lose hair. Every day when he wakes up, he finds that there are scattered feathers all around him. This feeling is quite subtle... He won't be bald one day, hey!
Seeing that Shao Ci seemed to be very concerned about this matter, Rafal brought holy water from the Holy See of Guangming.
This holy water is extremely useful for healing wounds, and it contains a lot of light elements, which is a very good tonic for the Celestial Clan.
After Shao Ci drank the holy water for a few days, he found that the new feathers were growing very fast, and there should be no such thing as going bald, so he was relieved.
Rafael didn't say anything, but it was recorded in the data that the holy water can speed up the growth of the Celestial Clan.
This stage lasted for more than half a month, before Shao Ci fully recovered, and then changed back into a hairball.
At this time, Princess Eleanor once again came up with the idea of marrying Rafal.
"Sorry, concubine mother, I didn't mean that." Rafal said while stroking the fur ball in his arms.
Princess Eleanor would be pissed off by him, "If you have an heir, your position will be more stable."
"Does the concubine want me to be like the eldest brother?" Rafael smiled slightly.
Princess Eleanor felt a headache when she thought of the eldest prince who was almost dead, and said again: "Mother and Concubine knows that you have your own ideas, but this matter should be settled quickly. If you are interested Any noble lady will tell the concubine mother."
She remembered the man who was rumored with Rafal back then, and frowned again, "As for any boy, if you like it, it's enough to use it as a male pet, and you don't have to pay too much attention to it."
Shao Ci: "..." It feels like I'm reading some Gongdouwen, what kind of lines are these
Although if you have to say it, it seems to be too much.
Rafal nodded. My heart is noncommittal.
He will not let his furball be a male favorite, he will only give him the best.
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Time passed quickly, and soon two years passed like this.
In the past two years, Shao Ci spent most of his time sleeping, because the growth period required too much energy, so he needed a lot of time to rest.
Now he still looks like a palm-sized hairball, but his strength is much more than before, and he will turn into a human form from time to time due to his excessive strength.
Of course, the excessive strength is also due to drinking holy water from time to time... Most people basically don't have this kind of treatment.
On this day, Shao Ci was taken out by Rafal in a daze.
When he goes out, he almost always looks like a fur ball, and Rafal seems to be afraid of being seen in his human form.
Because the person in the royal capital hadn't appeared for a long time, and His Royal Highness Rafal didn't have any new lovers, they imagined many sadomasochistic plots.
It was only when Shao Ci arrived at the destination that he realized that this place was actually a temple.
There are extremely strong bright elements in the temple, and Shao Ci feels very comfortable.
Rafal held his hand a little harder.
The Celestial Clan can only fully control the power of the body if they are approved by the Goddess of Light. Even if Rafal is not willing to let the people of the Holy See of Light notice Shao Ci, he can only come to the temple now.
Rafal came to the most secret place in the temple, looked at the goddess of light in front of him, and put Shao Ci on the cushion.
"You wait here obediently, I will be back soon." Rafal touched Shao Ci's head and left. The archbishop in red who managed the temple seemed to have something to say to him about the Celestial Clan. Thinking of this, his expression became a little dignified.
And Shao Ci was lying on the cushion, feeling so comfortable that he couldn't help but fell asleep.
In the dream, he saw many islands floating on the high school, as well as the temple full of holiness, and the celestial clans flying back and forth.
In the dream, Shao Ci still looked like a fur ball. He was hesitantly jumping on a piece of grass, but the next moment he was picked up by someone.
That person's embrace was very warm, and Shao Ci felt very familiar with his breath.
But Shao Ci couldn't see the man's face clearly, he just saw that he had a very nice long silver hair tied behind his back, and a pair of big and beautiful wings.
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The relationship between Rafal and the Holy See has always been good, and he can also get some secret information from there that is difficult for outsiders to know.
Although the Celestial Clan is such an aloof race, their relationship with the Holy See of Light is not bad. After all, they are also people who worship the Goddess of Light.
Therefore, the Guangming Holy See has more or less understanding of the affairs of the Celestial Clan.
But at the beginning, Rafal had secretly inquired about the Celestial Clan, and the news he got was that there was nothing unusual about the Celestial Clan, so he was relieved.
But this time, the archbishop in red looked a little anxious, and Rafal immediately felt a little bad.
"The Celestial Clan has been a little strange recently. It seems that they are looking for someone." The archbishop in red said, "It is said that a clansman was lost two or three years ago, and they are said to be in the empire now."
Rafal's heart tightened, but he didn't show it at all on the surface, "If it has wings, wouldn't it be easy to find?"
"No." The archbishop in red shook his head, "When the Celestial Clan was young, its appearance was not what it is now, but a kind of magic pet, just like the fur ball your Highness raised..."
Rafael's eyes froze, but he still acted nonchalantly, and said, "It's hard to find such a thing, after all, most of those furball pets look similar."
"It is said that the Celestial Clan has a special method to find the traces of their clansmen, and there are some differences between the Celestial Clan and ordinary familiars. The light element on their bodies is stronger." The archbishop in red said: "Now if we can find them in advance, we will Let the Celestial Clan owe us a favor."
This is the favor of the Celestial Clan. With this opportunity, he has a 60% chance of becoming the next pope.
The agitated archbishop in red didn't notice Rafal's strange expression at all.
"His Royal Highness Rafal, the empire needs your help." The archbishop in red said, "There will definitely be a lot of benefits when you find it."
"That's natural." Rafal smiled and said, "I will do my best."
After the archbishop in red left, there was a bit of coldness in his eyes.
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After discussing with the archbishop in red, Rafal returned to the statue of the Goddess of Light and saw Shao Ci in human form.
The other party's white body seemed to emit a lustrous light, and the wings on the back were even more holy.
Rafal was startled, and suddenly realized that Shao Ci did not belong to him, he was not a pet, but a noble Celestial Clan.
If other people found out about this, he would definitely be taken back to the Celestial Clan and leave his side completely.
Rafael's heart tightened, and he hugged Shao Ci in his arms, and then he was relieved, no longer feeling that Shao Ci seemed to be leaving his side soon.
Although Shao Ci hadn't changed back to the furball at this time, Rafal couldn't stay here any longer. He returned home from the remote side door, and he was lucky this time. He didn't meet many people along the way. Otherwise, it will be necessary to silence.
After coming into the room, Rafal's expression became much gentler, and he reached out and gently stroked the sleeping Shao Ci's hair.
There was uneasiness in his heart, although Rafael thought he had hidden Shao Ci well, but what the archbishop in red said kept reappearing in his mind.
The Celestial Clan is not someone to provoke, they have other ways to find traces of their clansmen, and if they find them, Shao Ci will leave him.
Obviously he has been with Shao Ci for so long, what are those people, but they are only related by blood, do you want to take Shao Ci away from him
It was difficult for Rafael to calm down, but he suddenly remembered the black magic books he found in the Earl's Mansion, and opened one of them like a ghost.
Rafal is not a devout believer of the Goddess of Light. All he does is to gain the support of the Holy See of Light.
As for black magic or something, why can't such powerful magic be used
He never felt that Boyce was the most evil person, just a little unlucky.
Many of the black magics are shocking to watch, and it is almost impossible for ordinary magic to compete with them. Rafal watched indifferently until he turned to the next page, but suddenly stopped.
It records the magic of how to make others fall in love with oneself.
This kind of magic that can forcibly influence other people's thoughts is naturally classified as black magic, which requires a lot of materials and extremely complicated steps.
But if it succeeds, even if the other party hated the spellcaster before, they will fall in love with the spellcaster with all their hearts now.
He closed the book and put it back in its original place.
Shao Ci has been with him for so long, and he definitely doesn't have any feelings for him, and he doesn't need such magic at all.
But is that really the case
If Shao Ci had to choose between his family and himself, would he really choose himself
Rafal found that he couldn't draw a conclusion, because he didn't know, he didn't know what kind of feelings Shao Ci had for him.
If so, then ask.
The Holy See of Light has a very precious potion called the Tears of the Goddess. After taking it, it can greatly enhance the light element in the body. The side effect is that you can't lie for a period of time.
This potion was basically taken by high-ranking people in the Holy See of Light in ceremonies to prove their devotion to the goddess.
Because it is very precious, no one thought of using it to torture prisoners or anything.
Rafael bought a bottle at a great price, but it never worked.
"Maybe now is the time to use it." He gripped the bottle of potion tightly.
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After Shao Ci woke up, he realized that he had returned.
"Drink a glass of water." Rafal smiled and handed over the glass.
Shao Ci didn't notice that Rafal was different from usual at all, so he directly took the water glass and drank it.
The next moment, a powerful force surged out of the body, all limbs and bones seemed to be filled with light elements, and the body seemed to be bathed in holy light.
Shao Ci was shocked, this is much more powerful than the usual holy water... I can tell it's not something easy to get, why would I just stuff it for myself to drink so casually
Rafal smiled and looked at Shao Ci: "Do you feel okay?"
"Very good." Shao Ci said quickly.
Shao Ci felt that Rafal had worried more than his father in the past two years, and it was actually not easy to listen to.
"That's good." Rafal said softly again: "Have you...have you ever thought about your own family, those who belong to the Celestial Clan like you?"
After all, no matter how close they look, they are still not the same race.
Why did this kind of topic suddenly start? Shao Ci was stunned for a moment, and then he wanted to get away with it, but he said uncontrollably: "I never thought about it."
He doesn't know those people from the Celestial Clan.
Shao Ci felt that his situation just now was not quite right, as if he was uncontrollably speaking out what was in his heart, maybe this enhanced version of holy water has the function of making people have to tell the truth.
"Then if they want to take you away, will you go?" Rafael asked.
"Of course not." How could he complete the task after leaving? Shao Ci couldn't help but said when he thought of this: "I want to stay by your side."
Rafal was startled, and then hugged Shao Ci into his arms. He was almost relieved, but finally asked casually: "Then... who is the person you care about the most?"
Shao Ci's body froze immediately.
If you want to say who the person you care about the most, it must be Boyce... After all, he is the hero of the original text.
But if he said it, Rafal would definitely be angry, but wouldn't it be more suspicious if he didn't say it
Rafal, who was already relieved, frowned again.
Shao Ci suddenly felt a pain in his chest, so he covered his chest and began to breathe hard, his body trembling uncontrollably.
It seemed that the power of the enhanced version of the holy water was too strong, and his body couldn't bear it all at once. Shao Ci's eyes darkened, and he felt like he was going to faint.
At such a time, Shao Ci was overjoyed... This really came at the right time!
Rafal quickly supported Shao Ci, put him on the bed nervously, and used his strength to draw out the excessive light elements in his body, scolding himself again in his heart, if he wasn't so suspicious, how could Shao Ci be so suspicious? Let go of such suffering.
At this moment, he saw Shao Ci cough suddenly, and he seemed to be muttering something to himself, so he leaned over and heard the other party say: "Boyce..."
Rafal froze and suddenly realized something.
He originally thought that Shao Ci was forcibly raised by Boyce, and Shao Ci didn't try to find him after Boyce escaped. That's why he thought that Shao Ci had no feelings for Boyce at all, and he didn't even regard that person as an opponent.
But thinking about it now, when they mentioned Boyce several times, Shao Ci seemed to be very concerned.
And when Boyce escaped, his guards checked in the temple, and he escaped through a teleportation magic circle, and it was full of the power of light.
It is impossible for a heretic to draw such a magic circle. At first, he thought it was just a magic circle left in the temple... Now it seems that this can only be done by Shao Ci who was also in the temple at that time.
Rafal looked down at Shao Ci, and suddenly felt that many doubts in his heart had been answered.
And obviously so many people were chasing Boyce, but he easily escaped again and again, as if someone was helping behind his back.
And Shao Ci, who was by his side, was the easiest person to get the news.
But... He said that he wanted to stay by his side, and that was said under the influence of the tears of the goddess, and it could never be a lie.
Rafael looked at Shao Ci silently, and after an unknown amount of time, Shao Ci woke up as if he had a nightmare.
Rafal looked at Shao Ci who had just woken up, and asked softly, "Did you stay by my side just to use me?"
The power of the Goddess' Tears is so powerful that it can persist for a day and a night.
Therefore, Shao Ci was in a daze, and said directly: "Yes."
... After realizing what he said, Shao Ci almost sat up in fright.