Joshua Edward raised his eyebrows, but his expression quickly returned to calm. He raised his hand to signal the butler to go down, smiled and stood up with a wine glass, looked at the dozen or so young magicians sitting down and said with a smile: "Brothers They are all the leaders of the younger generation in my mage tower, and in a few years they will be the mainstay of the empire, the future master of the mage tower, the future of the empire, needs your protection, for the empire, cheers."
"For the empire." All the magicians also stood up and raised their wine glasses, all with confident and energetic smiles on their faces, looking at Qiao Xiu with a bit of fanaticism in their eyes, and they all drank it down in one gulp.
"It's getting late today. I've booked a few rooms for you in Wenxiang Pavilion. I'm sure you can sleep well tonight." Qiao Xiu looked at the crowd and said with a smile.
"Your Highness has a heart."
"His Royal Highness, we have enjoyed some blessings."
"Your Highness is talented and versatile in both civil and military affairs. If he ascends to the throne in the future, it will be a blessing for our Ross Empire."
All the mages' eyes lit up when they heard the words, and they all praised her, without any compliments.
"I'm just the second prince. I don't dare to talk nonsense about ascending the throne." Qiao Xiu waved his hands with a smile, and then said: "Go, don't keep the girls waiting for a long time, a moment of spring festival is worth a thousand gold."
Seeing all the magicians leave together, the smile on Qiao Xiu's face disappeared, and there was a bit of disdain and disgust in his eyes.
"Your Highness, the elves' guests are waiting in the living room." The butler from before came in again, bowing his head and respectfully.
"Tell him to go to the study, don't let anyone come near the study." Joshua said in a cold voice, threw the wine glass in his hand on the table, spilled half of the glass on the table, and walked out.
"Yes." The butler lowered his head even more, and everyone praised him. Probably no one knows better than him what kind of person the modest and gentle Second Prince is.
In the study room with the doors and windows closed, there was no sound. A slender middle-aged elf looked at the second prince in a purple robe with his back turned to him who was staring at a painting on the wall. A drop of cold sweat dripped from his forehead. Slowly falling, the dark yellow light reflected on his face through the white gauze lampshade, his expression was a little nervous.
The second prince, who was only in his early thirties, gave him the feeling that he was not weaker than Lord Helena in terms of coercion and momentum. He had been standing here for more than ten minutes, but he never looked back at him from the beginning to the end. , as if treating him like air.
"Tell me, what news did Helena ask you to bring me this time?" Joshua still didn't turn his head, his eyes turned to the next picture, and he asked in a cold voice, without intentionally majestic.
"Mistress Helena asked me to bring you a letter." The elf said quickly, and took out a dark green letter paper from her arms. A slender vine protruded from the letter paper and covered the entire envelope, like The seal is average, and there is no word on the envelope, which looks quite mysterious.
"Put it on the table, let's go out." Qiao Xiu said without looking back.
"Yes." The elf nodded quickly, holding the envelope in both hands and gently placing it on the desk, took two steps back, then turned around and pushed the door out, then closed the door gently, then took a long breath and wiped his face. With the cold sweat on his forehead, his back was soaked in sweat at some point.
Hearing the sound of closing the door, Qiao Xiu turned around slowly, went to the table and picked up the letter on the table. The vines on the surface of the envelope lit up with a green light, and then quickly receded like a tide, and all of them were retracted into the envelope.
Qiao Xiu tore open the envelope casually, and dumped it on the table, a small black seed and a piece of light green letter paper fell out.
Ignoring the little seed, Qiao Qiu picked up the letter and looked at it, frowning gradually, the room was silent, and the light flickered slightly.
After a while, Joshua looked away from the letter paper. The light green letter paper burned in his hand and turned into ashes. A green flame rose from the envelope and the seed on the table, completely turning into ashes. ash.
"Snall, I underestimated him. Back in time, such a distant spell, I didn't expect someone to... Alex, you really didn't die." Joshua slowly clenched his fists, his voice piercing like ice. , the expression is also a little ferocious.
A gust of wind suddenly rose in the room, rolled up a stack of white papers on the table, and danced in the room. The light was cut into pieces, and fell on Joshua's gloomy face in light and shade.
Qiao Xiu suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed a piece of paper. The wind suddenly stopped, and the paper flying all over the sky seemed to be suddenly pressed by a stone, and all of them fell to the ground at once.
"It seems that the plan has to be advanced a little bit." Qiao Xiu's face has returned to calm, and there is no trace of joy or anger on his handsome face. He sits down at the desk, picks up the quill on the table, and writes on the paper: "Dear Irina, it's been a long time since I wrote to you..."
After writing a letter, he took out a blue envelope from the bookshelf and put it in, and wrote on the envelope: From Irina herself.
After thinking for a while, he took another piece of paper and wrote: "Master Helena, I am willing to help you complete your plan, but I also hope that you will remember your promise. The brilliance of the Mage Tower shines on the entire continent."
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On the southwestern border of the Ross Empire, a large military tent was brightly lit. A burly, handsome young man in golden armor sat on top of the seat, held up a large bowl in front of him and said with a smile, "Damn it!"
"Do it!" The generals in armor who sat down also raised their bowls, laughed, and drank a large bowl of wine in one gulp.
"His Royal Highness is really bold!" Old Jiang, who was next to him, smiled and looked at the young man in golden armor full of admiration.
"Your Highness, Quinn is back and said he has something important to report." At this moment, a guard hurried in and whispered in the ear of the young man in golden armor.
Sean Edward's eyes lit up, and he calmed down immediately. He nodded his head to signal the guards to retreat, stood up with a smile, and said, "Everyone, please continue to drink. I'll go to the latrine, and I'll come back as soon as I go." He got up and walked out of the tent.
"Let him come to my tent." As soon as he got out of the tent, Xiao En's smile disappeared, and he ordered calmly, walking towards a tent next to him.
"Your Highness, after more than half a year of my unannounced visits, among the generals you asked me to investigate, General Simon, who had disarmed and returned to Luodu, was the most suspected. When that incident happened, he disappeared for a while inexplicably. Explain the reason, but after I visited it was different from what he said.” Soon, a young man in a black tights and half a silver mask appeared in the tent, glanced left and right, and said softly, with He was a little hoarse.
"Simon? Alex's right-hand man back then, it seems that he may indeed have something to do with Alex's disappearance..." Sean said softly to himself with a smile on his face.