"See you tonight."
After returning to his room and falling asleep silently, these words were still spinning in Barbre's mind.
Although before that, he had realized from the behavior of the queen, prince and others around him that he should be the only one who heard the last words Maka left. But until now, he still couldn't calm down.
"Mr. MacLean...has he already discovered it?"
Barbre, who was not aware of his wavering posture just now, couldn't help but huddled in the quilt and muttered:
"You are truly worthy of being a wizard! Magic... oh no, it should be 'curse'... Curse is really a wonderful thing! No wonder I still need to go through such rigorous training even if I successfully awaken the magic by accident. Only then can we start learning the magic spell!”
The weather is not very good tonight, so the moon cannot be seen at all. Even if the window in this room is not small, there is not much light.
At this moment, Barbre was lying on his back on the bed looking at the dark ceiling, where a man was mumbling.
But just as he was about to continue talking to himself, a voice suddenly sounded in his room, making his heart tremble.
"Barbrey, there's nothing wrong with you praising wizards and magic spells, but the things I noticed something was wrong about the situation had nothing to do with magic."
When these words were spoken softly, Barbre lay stiff on the bed for a moment, then quickly turned over and sat up, and hurriedly asked:
"Is... is it Mr. MacLean? Are you... really here?"
"After all, it was me who said 'see you in the evening', wasn't it?"
Before he finished speaking, a flame suddenly lit up in the dark room.
It was only then that Barbre was quite shocked to find that the other party was actually sitting next to the small round table not far from the bed. In addition, there is the beautiful wizard who has always followed Mr. McLean, standing silently beside him just like not long ago.
"Yes, Mr. MacLean, and—"
Because he was not sure what to call Delphi, Barbre obviously hesitated. This time, it was Delphi who took the initiative and said to him:
"Just call me 'Delphi'."
Except when facing Maka, or when it is quite necessary, Delphi is basically a "cold beauty" with little mood swings and no expression on her face.
When she was working with Kingsley as Maka's "assistant" in the royal family, she could basically be said to be performing her "true character".
By the light of the flames that danced slightly on Maka's fingertips, Barbre looked at Delphi who said that, and finally decided not to "reluctantly" say hello to him. To be honest, this guy is not very good at dealing with women, especially a surprisingly beautiful young woman like Delphi.
After he sat on the bed and was stunned for a moment, he turned to look at Maka again.
"Mr. MacLean, please forgive me... I don't know how much you know about me, the prince... His Highness, and the old Bishop Davidson?"
When calling the prince "Your Highness", Barbre obviously hesitated. Because until now, he wasn't sure whether he should still be so respectful to the prince in front of Maka.
When Maka heard this, she didn't drag her words out to make any sense. While looking at the flames on her fingertips, she seemed to say quite casually:
"I'm a wizard, but I'm not a prophet... Of course I can't know what the prince and Davidson are secretly planning. In the final analysis, I'm just looking at the two of them... and some of your actions tonight. Among them, we have speculated on some possibilities!"
Having said this, Maka suddenly shook her finger slightly, and the initial flame instantly turned into the outline of a test tube.
After that, Maka gestured to Barbre and said:
"Is it because of this?"
"Ah! Yes, that's right—Mr. MacLean, you are so good at predicting things!"
But Maka just shrugged.
"If you want to progress faster in magic, you must remember that wizards do not believe in the so-called 'gods' in the world." After such a reminder, he turned and said, "Okay! Since It has been confirmed that the prince and Davidson are coveting my potion, so please tell me what they want you to do!"
Seeing Maka asking this question, Barbray immediately said:
"They want me to build a good relationship with you, Mr. McClain, and then let me find ways to find opportunities to get the final formula after your potion experiment is successful."
"I see," Maka couldn't help but nodded after hearing this. "Although this idea is simple, if it is really implemented, it is often surprisingly effective. It's a pity that the two of them are too impatient... If only there could be more If I hold back for a while and see the actual situation clearly before asking you to cooperate, I might actually have a chance to get things done!"
Although Maka said this, Barbray found that while he praised the plan, he did not show any concern at all.
And just when Barbray was looking here in a daze, he saw Maka suddenly and inexplicably raised her other hand, silently pointing in the direction of the bedroom door.
Even though Maka didn't even move her head or open her mouth to explain, Delphi understood Maka's meaning in the blink of an eye.
Then, she turned around, walked to the door of the room with very light steps, and opened the door without saying a word.
"who?"
The moment the door opened, Barbray stood on the bed and saw what seemed to be a figure outside. However, because he was mostly blocked by Delphi and the opponent was smaller than Delphi, he could not quickly discover who was standing in the corridor outside the door at this moment.
In this regard, Delphi, who went to open the door, still said nothing. He just stepped aside after opening the door and silently made an "invitation" gesture toward the room.
It wasn't until the person outside hesitated for a moment that he finally walked in. Barbre was surprised to find that the person who had been standing outside his door for who knows how long... turned out to be the Queen!
Of course, Maka would definitely not care about his surprise. I saw him waiting for Delphi to close the door smoothly, then he still sat at the small round table and nodded calmly to the queen who just walked in.
"Please sit down! Her Majesty the Queen... I believe you have heard what I just said, so I would like to ask... how do you personally feel about this matter?"
The queen said nothing.