"Could it be him?" Regnar asked.
"If you select based on ability conditions, Master Mel is the most likely." Annelotte frowned and said, "Although the communication technique is just a very common spell, according to what you said, this month has been Ni should have been by my side studying magic cannons with me. If being so close to me can completely hide the magic wave so that I can't detect it, there should be few people in Merindle who can do it. And Master Mel has no doubt Among these few."
"Sister Anne..." Inelise thought for a moment and suddenly realized something.
"What's wrong?"
"Actually..." Inelise glanced at Irene and then said: "Actually, that voice also mentioned one thing. That is, most of my ideas and ideas in pharmacy came from him. .”
"From him?" The other three people were a little confused.
"Some of my ideas for the potion formula came to me when I was sleeping at night and dreaming." Inelise explained: "He said it was his idea."
"Spiritual guidance?" Annelotte frowned and thought, if she can also cast spells such as spiritual guidance, then Mel's suspicion will be even greater. But even so, Annelotte still shook her head: "I don't think it will be Master Mel."
"What's the reason?" Regnar asked. He also thought it couldn't be Mel, but he needed to hear Annelotte's reason.
"He has no motive." Annelotte replied: "Why did Master Mel want to harm me?"
"That's right." Regnar nodded.
Mel really has no motive, why would he do this? Because you're jealous of Annelotte's talent? How can this be! Everyone knows what Master Mel is like. If he was really a small-minded, jealous guy, then the Court Mage Association of the Hawke Empire would not be able to develop to the scale it is today. And Regnar didn't think anyone could pretend to be the same person for decades.
Moreover, Mel is not only not jealous of Annelotte, but also appreciates her talents very much. He wanted to accept Annelotte as his personal disciple more than once, but Annelotte politely refused each time. But even so, Mel still loves Annelotte. According to the information collected by Regner, the reason why Annelotte was so successful in researching the magic cannon was because of the secret help of Master Mel.
If he hadn't opened the door to Annelotte's research and lent her some of the best alchemists from the Mages Association without hesitation, Annelotte would never have been able to complete the restoration of the magic cannon so quickly. .
Moreover, since Annelotte was injured, Mel has been running around in circles. If he is really the mastermind behind this, there is absolutely no need for Mel to be so anxious, right? He could just sit back and watch, maybe Annelotte would never wake up again
Based on the above factors, both Regner and Annelotte believed that although Mel had the ability to do so, he had no motive to do so.
However, to be on the safe side, Regner thought it would be better to consult Malolite privately after this discussion. Although the Gale Sword Master seemed to have a hard time dealing with Master Mel, in fact, Regnar knew that they could be regarded as comrades fighting side by side during the founding war. If anyone is familiar with Master Mel, Malolite will undoubtedly be one of them.
"If it's not Mel, who else could it be?" Regnar seemed to be asking Annelotte, but also seemed to be talking to himself.
"Then the question goes back to the beginning." Annelotte replied: "There are only two explanations for this matter. The first is that the power of the man in Tide City has completely exceeded my understanding, so he did Anything can happen. Secondly, there is a mage hidden in Melinder whose strength is not inferior to Master Mel, or even stronger than Master Mel. He did all this."
"You can't forget the magic." Regnar reminded: "Maybe it was a priest sent by Stoker who did it."
"I will ask the teacher to pay attention to the pastor's aspect with me." Eileen said proactively. She knew that her ability in this area was too weak, so it was better to let Martin check it out with her.
"I will figure out a solution to the mage's problem myself." Annelotte also said.
"Then leave the rest to me." Regnar nodded, and then scratched his hair helplessly: "We have been discussing for so long, but we don't seem to have found any results."
"I will pay attention to it in the future. If that voice rings again, I will definitely tell you." Inelise said quietly and sincerely.
"Okay, Ini." Regnar couldn't bear to see Inelise's submissive look. He smiled and rubbed Enelise's long golden hair: "Don't blame everything on yourself. You were also confused by that voice. Moreover, it's also my fault, brother, that I haven't noticed your changes. This It's not your fault. Look, I don't blame you now, and Annie doesn't blame you either, so just be happy."
"Well..." Inelise's eyes were slightly red, but she still held back from crying.
"If that's the case, then so be it." Annelotte saw that the matter was over and was ready to go back.
"Annie." Regnar called out to the Frost Girl.
"What's wrong?" Annelotte frowned slightly, feeling a little uncomfortable with Regnar's affectionate name.
"Where are you going to live in the future?" Regnar asked.
"Of course it's the Wind Mansion, or inside the college." Annelotte answered matter-of-factly.
"Are you not going back to... my place?" Regnar asked bitterly.
Annelotte blinked, and then her tone was a bit cold: "I think you misunderstood."
"Well?"
"There are two main reasons why I am discussing these issues with you here. One is because you are very passionate about this matter. The other is because you are the Director of Military Intelligence and I need your help to find out the truth. But I Discussing these things with you does not mean how close the relationship between you and I is, I hope you can understand." Annelotte said calmly.
"..." Regnar couldn't help but feel a little sad when he heard this.
"Sister Anne..." When Inelise heard Annelotte say this, she felt a little more guilty.
"If there's nothing wrong, I'll leave first." Seeing Regna's appearance, Annelotte felt that something in her heart twitched. In order to cover up this emotional fluctuation, the Frost Girl could only choose to retreat immediately.
"Could it be..." Regnar spoke, his voice hoarse and helpless: "Do you really want to alienate me so much? For you, could everything that happened before really end with that half bottle of poison? Did it turn into nothing? Being defeated by such a simple thing... I... am a little unwilling... "
"I don't know what my relationship with you was like before, but now I can't accept you like this. Give me some time and let me find my place... That's all I can say More." Annelotte didn't look back, so no one saw the complicated expression on her face when she said these words.
After Annelotte finished speaking, she didn't stop any longer and walked out directly. Only Regna was left staring at her back blankly.
"Don't worry, Brother Regnar, Sister Anne just didn't adapt for a while. I believe that after a while, you will return to the way you were before." Irene stood up and comforted softly.
"I'm fine, don't worry." Regnar forced a smile at the corner of his mouth.
…
"It won't be Mel's."
In the afternoon, Regnar went to Malolite to talk about Mel. Although she had strongly opposed Mel's attempt to save Annelotte before, at this moment, Malolite answered Regnar so firmly.
"Why?" Regnar asked, "Didn't you doubt him before?"
"But he did help us a lot later." Malloryt spread his hands: "Besides, I was not guarding him at the time, but the Hawke Empire. If he came alone, I would naturally not stop him, but At that time, he brought a large number of people from the Palace Mage Association, which made me uneasy, so I kicked them out."
"..." Regnar was speechless: "So, you don't doubt Master Mel?"
"I never doubted him." Malloryt replied: "Although Mel has a bad temper and is a little short, I, Malloryt, still appreciate his ability and personality. That guy has a stubborn temper. , it is absolutely impossible to agree to something that you don’t agree with. And as you said, Mel is very fond of Anne. I think even the Hawke Empire cannot force him to hurt Anne. "
"The empire can't even order him?" Regnar was stunned. He originally thought that Mel, as the president of the Palace Mage Association, should be very loyal to the Hawke Empire royal family. Why didn't he hear Malolite's intention? So what happened
"Boy." Malloryt knocked on Regnar's forehead: "It seems you are still not familiar enough with this empire!"
"Sir, please tell me." Regnar showed an expression of humbly asking for advice.
"Now, look." Malloryt held out two fingers: "It has only been twenty years since the empire was established. Do you think the empire can cultivate an organization that is absolutely loyal to itself in such a long time? Even with the foundation from the previous era of Duke Merlin, the Duke is not a king after all, and the institutions in his hands are still pitiful. Therefore, the two institutions of the Military Intelligence Department and the Palace Mage Association were basically built with the help of external forces. "
"..." Regnar remained silent and continued to listen to Malolite's story.
"Although the Court Mage Association seems to be directly under the royal family, in fact, these are just magicians hired by the king of the empire in a private name. They are not talents that the empire has devoted its efforts to cultivate, so naturally they will not be completely aligned with the empire. Besides, they are not the talents that the empire has devoted its efforts to cultivate. The status of mages themselves is very strange. You want a group of recruited mages to become loyal dogs of the empire? Do you think this is possible? And..." Malolite paused here, and then continued: "Mel Actually a Stoke man too.”