"Stop, stop, stop!" The man in black robe raised his hand to stop Richard from asking new questions, and said to Richard, "Okay, boy, you have finished asking the questions. According to the principle of equal exchange, you should answer the following. That’s my question, and I hope you can answer it honestly.”
"You tell me the problem first and let me listen." Richard's eyes flashed and he said:
"Okay." The man in black robe looked over and looked directly at Richard. His eyes were burning with will-o'-the-wisps and his expression was extremely serious. "My question is... who are you? Don't quibble, although I haven't figured out who you are. All secrets, but just discovering what you did on the ship is not something an ordinary person can do.
Researching spells, carving magic patterns, preparing potions... Oh, there are many of these things that even real wizards can't do. And sometimes what you write on the scroll is really confusing, but if you look at it carefully, it seems to make some sense. Gee, who are you? "
"If you talk about it fundamentally, I'm just a prince from the Blue Lion Kingdom."
"Then how come you have so many abilities?"
"I have a wizard book, and I learned everything from it."
"Just one wizard book is not enough, right? Many of your performances and behaviors cannot be achieved even with ten wizard books."
"What about my intelligence?"
"Smart?"
"I think being smart is enough." Richard said, "Of course, a more accurate explanation is a kind of wisdom, a scientific way of thinking."
"Science?" The man in black robe said, as if he had never heard of this word before and was not sure what it meant.
"Science." Richard said, explaining aloud, "You can think of it as a way to get the best of your abilities. For example, when an ordinary wizard apprentice learns to cast a spell, that means he has learned it, and then he looks forward to learning the next spell. By learning more powerful spells, you will look forward to increasing your strength and eventually becoming a powerful wizard.
But I am different. After learning to cast a spell, I will try to think, study, and analyze the principles of the spell, and even further want to understand the entire spell system and the mechanism of how all spells operate. I want to figure out why one operation can cast this spell and another can cast that spell. What are the rules and logic between them? Then find the logic, find the rules, and use them.
Of course, this process is difficult, but it is very effective. If I can succeed, then I only need to master a few spells, which is equivalent to mastering all the spells. You can change the power of a spell at will, and you can even control it to directly invalidate the enemy's spell, making the enemy's wizard level meaningless. "
"You can do this?!" The man in black robe was a little surprised.
"Of course I can't do this now. This is just my explanation of science to answer your question - why I behave differently from other people." Richard said, "Having said that, if I really If you can do this, then now, instead of you sitting on the chair and me standing, it should be me sitting on the chair and you standing talking.”
"Ha!" The man in black robe couldn't help but smile, "So you've been worrying about this kind of thing? Well, if you come and sit on the chair, I don't care." The man in black robe said, but did not stand at all. It means to get up.
Richard was too lazy to really care about this kind of thing. He looked at the man in black and said, "You can just continue to sit in the chair, but now it's me who asks the question."
"Please speak." The man in black robe raised his hand.
"My question is..." Richard paused slightly, looked at the man in black robe and said, "Why don't you kill me?"
"Why not kill you? Well, this question..."
"This is something I've always wondered about. Think about it from your perspective. If I were in your position and faced a weird and unexpected person, even if I didn't kill him, I wouldn't have any contact with him. , let alone contact with a very kind attitude. This is difficult to explain with curiosity alone, unless... there is some special reason."
"this… "
"I hope you can answer seriously."
"Okay." The man in black robe exhaled, "I might as well tell you that there are two main reasons why I treat you like this."
"Two reasons?"
"Two reasons." The man in black robe nodded, "The first reason is that I have a crush on you."
"I have a good impression!" Richard's eyes flashed with a strange expression.
"what's on your mind?"
"I'm thinking that the good feeling you're talking about shouldn't be some kind of taboo or abnormal good feeling, right?"
"Huh? Ha! Who do you think I am! Wizards may be weird, but not everyone is a pervert. Boy, I like women! Even though I am older now and have no feelings for women, before I also like women!”
"That's easy." Richard said, his eyes shining, "Good feelings cannot arise for no reason, at least we have interacted before. Or to put it more simply, I should have helped you - directly or indirectly Did something that was good for you.
For example, the wizard's personal student on this giant wheel who was killed by you - Luther. I gave him a gold coin before, so he has a good impression of me and will help with small things on the ship. And you..." Richard looked at the man in black robe and suddenly raised his eyebrows, "Wait a minute! "
"how!"
Richard looked directly at the man in black robe and repeated what he just said, but at a slower pace: "I gave him a 'gold coin' before... a gold coin?"
"Um, the key word is gold coins." Richard saw the subtle reaction of the man in black robe and confirmed, "We have had contact about gold coins before, right?"
The man in black robe sat motionless on the chair.
However, Richard quickly deduced something: "If there is a connection with gold coins, then we should have met in person. After all, gold coins can only have an impact if they meet face to face. Otherwise, the gold coins I spent a month ago will end up Once it's in your hands, you won't have any reaction. Then..."
Richard looked at the man in black robe and said tentatively: "Is it possible for me to see your face?"
"Boy, are you really smart? Can you guess that we have met before?" The man in black robe took off his robe and hat generously, revealing his whole face, and said without any worry, "But I don't think you can really They recognize me because my appearance has been changed and I am no longer the same person."
"Then can you let me see your eyes?" Richard asked again.
"Look at my eyes?" The green fire burning in the eyes of the man in black extinguished, revealing a pair of ordinary eyes, still without much worry, "Look at my eyes, what can you guess, kid?"
"I can guess your previous identity." Richard said calmly.
"Even?" The man in black robe obviously didn't believe it.
"You said that your appearance has changed, and I believe it. Some muscle stretching, slight bone deformation, and skin regeneration can quickly change a person's appearance. But I don't believe that you also changed your eyes. And as long as your eyes have not been changed, then I can identify you."
"Why?"
"Because there is a part on the eye called the iris."
"Iris?"
"Yeah, iris."