"Could it be... She didn't follow you to Sleeping Island?" The prince quickly realized the meaning of the other party's words.
"Indeed," the fifth princess shook her head helplessly, "This person is called Spell Passy, and his ability is a magic channel, which can connect the magic of several witches. The witch can temporarily borrow other people's magic power, and it should be able to meet your request." She paused, "She lives in the Falling Dragon Ridge."
"Since you know it so well, you must have had a connection with this witch," Roland said puzzled. "Why would she rather risk being arrested by the church and stay there?"
Tilly was silent for a moment before replying, "...because she is both a marquis and the lord of Falling Dragon Ridge."
"Lord?" He was stunned. "A witch?"
"That's right, her father Old Passy, the former lord, passed on his title and territory to her, not the second or third son. Because of his high status, Speer can be very good. By hiding her identity, her life is much better than that of ordinary witches." Tilly said slowly, "During the Great Migration, she took the initiative to come to her door to help, so that I could gather the witches in the central and southern towns of the kingdom so quickly."
"Take the initiative to come to the door"... Roland immediately noticed the difference. "Wait... She doesn't plan to take in her compatriots?"
"No," Tilly shook her head, "Not only that, she also hopes that these witches can leave her territory as soon as possible to avoid being persecuted by the church. For Speer, the position of lord is obviously much more important."
If the church finds out that the lord is sheltering the witch, this position will undoubtedly become precarious - after all, the Dragon Mountain is no better than a desolate border town. There are churches and resident priests in the area, and the sphere of influence of believers is much larger than that of the Western Region. Although Roland knew this truth, he was still surprised by the other party's choice: "If the local witch is caught, could she..."
"I also asked the other party this question," Tilly said regretfully, "Speer Passy told me bluntly that if she was caught by the people, she would find a way to replace the witch with another death row in prison. Then smuggle them out of the country; but if she is caught by the trial army or judged by the church, she will basically choose to sit back and watch."
"..." Therefore, in order to solve the hidden dangers of witches, the other party will take the initiative to contact the Fifth Princess - probably because of this, the latter did not consider putting down her heels in the Falling Dragon Ridge, but took the risk to cross the strait and head to the unfamiliar fjord. place. Thinking of this, Roland couldn't help frowning, "Do you think I can invite her to Border Town?"
"There's no hope, but you can give it a try," Tilly spread her hands, "I just told you that there is such a witch, I don't guarantee that she will come over."
Roland sighed, "I will send an envoy to talk to her first."
And the most suitable candidate for this messenger is undoubtedly Nightingale... He can avoid everyone's eyes and ears, sneak into the castle like a ghost, and can distinguish lies. As long as he shows that he is not hostile, the other party will probably not take any radical actions.
It takes five or six days to take a boat from Border Town to Zuolongling. If it is replaced by Maisie's air transport, it will only take half a day to reach the destination. With the faster lightning to take care of it, this trip is not too much. Dangerous - the three of them were originally the most maneuverable combination in the Witch League. Now that they have guns, they are even more capable of both offense and defense.
After thinking for a while, Roland noticed it.
Although the success rate of persuading the Marquis on this trip is close to zero, it is also an action to be implemented sooner or later to investigate the situation of the opponent's territory in advance. As the main road to the extreme south, Falling Dragon Ridge happens to be within the scope of his spring offensive plan.
"I heard that another witch in the castle has evolved?" Tilly suddenly changed the subject.
"Ah, are you talking about Miyue, she has indeed gathered magic power," Roland nodded, and roughly recounted the process of her evolution, "but using the ancient witch's method to promote evolution is not ideal for the improvement of magic power, If you want to be like Anna, you still have to learn the basics honestly."
"But it's also a way to improve abilities," Tilly said with great interest, "and I'm very concerned about what you just mentioned: "Ability is the specific manifestation of magic, not natural Existing phenomenon", how to understand this sentence? "
"This is also my personal speculation." He took a cup of hot tea and took a sip. "No matter Anna's heart fire or black fire, it is impossible to find corresponding examples in nature. It is not fair to say that they are manifestations of magic power. It's hard to understand, but what about ordinary flames before evolution? So I assume from the beginning, they were all made of magic, a reflection of "heat" in the brain, and as cognition deepened, the image of heat was constantly changing— This corresponds exactly to Agatha's experience: many witches have similar abilities before they evolved, because they mostly see the same natural phenomenon. But after the high-level awakening, the witch's ability will become completely different, which is caused by the huge difference in everyone's cognition. "
"It sounds reasonable," Tilly said noncommittally, "but according to this statement, if witches of the same type have a consistent understanding of things, they will still be very close when they evolve new abilities, right?"
"That's pretty much it, assuming they're the same level of understanding."
Roland still has an idea that he hasn't said yet, that is, how far can magic power evolve? Since it constitutes the basis of various abilities, it fully shows that it has the bottom layer and versatility. If there is an omniscient and almighty witch, can she display all her abilities at will
"Are you... from a world without magic power?" Tilly asked suddenly.
"Pfft—" The prince almost spit out all the tea in his mouth, he wiped the corners of his mouth, "What, what are you talking about?"
"In the past month, I have read all the books you wrote, and I always feel that something is wrong," the fifth princess looked directly into his eyes, "It wasn't until what you said just now that I finally Understand what's wrong. You completely exclude magic from nature... Neither "Theoretical Foundations of Natural Science" nor "Elementary Physics" mentions magic at all, you say that magic has an effect It's a phenomenon that doesn't exist in nature, but... magic itself is part of nature."
Roland was stunned.
He suddenly realized that he had completely forgotten that the other party lived in a world where magic power existed naturally - not only Tilly Wimbledon, but also the fourth prince before his death, but he put magic power on the opposite of natural phenomena and was used to it.
Throwing this blunder to the sudden extra memory? This time, I am afraid that it will not work. If the fourth prince himself is shallow in knowledge, it makes sense to copy these books according to the contents of his memory, but why is he not convinced by his words, deeds and thoughts? Doubt, subconsciously divide the magic power separately? Can he still swear that this is the memory of the fourth prince as the leader
Roland felt a little dry mouth.
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