The courtyard suddenly fell silent, only the children's unscrupulous yelling was left.
Master Cusius froze for a moment, but recovered quickly.
I saw that he smiled indifferently, then got up, hugged the son behind him, threw it to the housekeeper, and said to Colin with a smile:
"Duke Saint Chapman, I didn't know you were here, so I'm a little rude, please forgive me."
Colin looked at Mage Cusius playfully, and saw that the other party had a calm face, as if he was not at all embarrassed by his ugliness being seen by outsiders.
"It's okay, I have just become a father myself, so I can understand your feelings."
Master Cusius burst out laughing, and immediately warmly greeted Colin to come in and sit down, and served him tea and water himself.
"Your Excellency, I don't know what orders you have come here today?"
Colin smiled slightly, and without beating around the bush, he said directly:
"Have you followed the latest news from the Eastern Territory?"
"I've heard some."
"Tell me, where did they have the guts to kill my students?"
"Mr. Ji has always been very skillful in deceiving people's hearts."
Colin's eyes flickered, and he immediately said:
"So, are you sure that the mastermind behind the scenes in the East Realm is Mr. Ji?"
Master Cusius sighed, took out a letter from his pocket, handed it to Colin, and explained:
"My lord duke, to tell you the truth, this is a letter Mr. Ji sent me some time ago, asking me to go to the east to help him."
Colin scanned it hastily and asked:
"Then why didn't you accept his invitation?"
Master Kuxius shrugged and said with a smile:
"My lord duke, I've already settled down in Winter City, so I don't want to get involved in these things. Moreover, based on my relationship with the Duke of the North, it is better to find a future for my son than to let him It's better to go to Yevil to study those boring arcane knowledge.
What's more, I have confessed to you a long time ago that I have never been optimistic about Mr. Ji. This person is too scheming, but he doesn't know how to manage his power down-to-earth. Up to now, he can only rely on some small means to confuse people. Really not a person who can get things done. "
Colin smiled noncommittally, and didn't know if he believed what Master Cusius said, so he just asked:
"Tell me, why did Mr. Ji encourage those Eastern nobles to fight against me this time?"
In fact, this is Colin's biggest doubt.
The Eastern Realm had already been swept away by the blood cavalry army led by him. It is impossible for those nobles in the Eastern Realm not to know what would happen if they confronted Ke Lin.
Moreover, the main troops in the eastern border are now transferred to the front line of the Loire Valley, and those left behind are second-line troops, which are even more vulnerable to the Blood Cavalry Army.
Colin really couldn't figure out where they got the guts.
As for Mr. Xie, Ke Lin didn't think he would pose any threat to him.
Although this person occupied the body of a paladin, judging from the fact that he was driven around by Prince Lexi, his real strength was actually not as good as that of a real paladin.
And Colin is stronger than the same level of paladins in the state of the real body of the blood race. From this point of view, it is not a problem to deal with Mr. Ji.
What's more, Ke Lin also has a paladin blood slave.
Then, why would Mr. Ji dare to incite those eastern nobles to murder Ke Lin's students
Master Kuxius touched his nose and said with a smile:
"My lord duke, this... I can't tell. However, in my opinion, the hole card in Mr. Ji's hand is probably [Eye of Judgment]."
Colin actually thought of this too.
But to be honest, he didn't think that Mister Ji would be able to activate [Eye of Judgment] again.
You must know that the casting conditions of this forbidden spell are no longer a secret.
The tragedy of Fallen Eagle City has long spread throughout the empire, and the nobles are already sufficiently vigilant against Mr. Xie.
Under such circumstances, who is willing to hand over their own territory and the root of their dependence, and become a sacrifice for Mr. Xie
If the lord is a mage himself, it is still possible. After all, exchanging the territory for the body of a paladin is crazy, but it is not unacceptable.
But the only mage lord in the Glory Empire is Vera.
And Vera is not a sixth-level mage, even if she wants to cast the forbidden spell, it is impossible.
Therefore, Ke Lin felt that this time, Mister Ji should not use the [Eye of Judgment] as a reliance to move the nobles of the Eastern Realm.
Of course, Colin would not be defenseless.
In fact, he had already sent a group of blood slaves to the east when he got the news of the changes in the east.
According to previous experience, at least 300,000 sacrifices are required to cast the [Eye of Judgment], and there are five large cities in the Eastern Territory with more than 300,000 people, all of which have been secretly guarded by Ke Lin's blood slaves.
Once a city is found to be in danger of being sacrificed, these blood slaves will seek out the caster and kill him regardless.
Seeing that Master Cusius could not provide any useful information, Colin stopped asking, so he went straight:
"Master Cusius, I'm going to set off for the East Territory tomorrow to thoroughly investigate the truth about Eckert's death. In addition, I also plan to go to Yeville. I wonder if you would like to go with me."
Master Cuxius straightened his face and asked:
"Your Excellency, you went to Yeville, I don't know why you want to..."
"I want the Council of Mage to become a vassal of the empire and accept the supervision of the royal family!" Seeing the change of Mage Cusius' face, Colin softened his tone a little, and said, "Of course, I can give Yevil a certain degree of autonomy. They continue to study arcane arts independently, but it is impossible to allow them to wander in the imperial system, and even pose a threat to the empire from time to time!"
Kuxius breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"My lord, thank you for your kindness and tolerance. I believe that as long as the empire does not regard the mages as blasphemous heresies, the mage council is also willing to reach an agreement of peaceful coexistence with the empire.
Alright, if you don't mind, I am willing to be an intermediary this time and help you persuade the Mage Council. "
"Thank you for your help." Colin nodded with satisfaction, then got up and was about to leave.
But Master Cusius hurriedly stopped Colin again, saying:
"Your Excellency, I have one more request..."
Ke Lin's eyes flashed, knowing that the other party was going to take the opportunity to raise conditions, so he said lightly:
"You say."
Master Cuxius smiled, and said with some embarrassment:
"My lord duke, it's like this. My naughty son admires you very much and wants to become a great knight like you, so...can you let him be your student?"
Ke Lin complained secretly—why does a kid even want to be my student
"Of course there is no problem, it can become..."
"Abby."
"Well, it's an honor to be Abby's teacher."
Cusius clapped his hands excitedly: "Great, I'll call the little guy here!"
Then he rushed out of the living room.
(end of this chapter)