Boris vaguely noticed that the atmosphere was a bit strange, and the previous conversation seemed to touch something they had never talked about. He was hesitating whether he should ask, when Estee said hesitantly: "Teacher, I know that Otarot believers will not get along with us. But... But Sir Naylor's situation is quite special, I didn't want to tell you originally Yes, but now that it's here..."
Burris slammed the table and stood up, startling both Lott and the dog. "What? What do you mean?" The mage stared at the raven on the bookshelf, "Are you pregnant?!"
"No!" Estee almost screamed, "Why do you think so?"
"Then what do you mean? What is special situation?"
"It's like this. It's my mother's birthday in ten days, and there will be a banquet in the palace as usual. Those days happened to be the day when Sir Naylor returned to the capital to report on his duties. I received a letter from him not long ago. He usually doesn't talk much. But it's sour and tingly when it comes to writing... Anyway, what he means is that he will carefully prepare a gift for my mother, and may propose to me on the day... that..."
"You want to say yes?" Burris asked.
Estee was probably a little embarrassed, so she didn't answer directly: "I am the first heir to the throne. According to the ancestral system, I am not allowed to marry outside. Sir Naylor is the second son of the family, so he just happens to be married into the royal family. He himself This point was also mentioned in the letter, and it can be seen that he is indeed very sincere... What I am worried about now is that Black Cliff Castle is located in a remote place. Sir Naylor should not have heard those rumors when he wrote the letter. Well, there will definitely be some chattering little nobles buzzing around him... What if he believes the rumors? If he really thinks that I have a secret meeting with the 'son of the necromancer'... he begs It's a trivial matter to propose, and more importantly, he won't trust me anymore, and he may even pursue my uncle's daughter Talina instead... In case he and Talina are engaged, my uncle's The power will expand further..."
"You really think too much. As far as I know, your cousin is only thirteen years old."
"My mother was engaged to my father when she was fourteen."
Burris thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I see what you mean. Estee, I might be able to clear up the rumors for you, but I need you to do me another favor..."
"Do you still need access to the secret layer of the Great Library? No problem, mentor."
"Long-term multiple-entry permit."
The princess thought for a while: "This may be a little troublesome, I will try my best. So, you plan to come to the royal capital to attend my mother's birthday party?"
"Yes, the more open and honest you are, the less room there will be for rumors. Just recently, I am also thinking about the future. I can't keep hiding like this. Sooner or later, the outside world will be familiar with my new identity—Crave Gershaw, Just call it that. Estee, help me get an invitation letter. I will prepare a gift for your mother, as a gift for the 'Mage Burris' who can't be there."
"Two invitation letters!" Lott said immediately, "I want to go too."
Estee didn't speak, waiting for the instructor to give her final instructions.
"Okay, two copies. Lord Lott will go with me." Burris sighed. Anyway, he didn't feel at ease leaving Lord Skeleton alone in the tower.
After negotiating everything, Estee bid farewell to the mentor, and the metal raven flapped its wings and flew out of the tower. Lott looked at the bird's back and asked, "Has she always used a sound transmission construct? Why not use a communication spell, a crystal ball or something?"
Boris said: "The magic fluctuations on the metal construct are the least. There are also spellcasters in the palace, and Estee doesn't want to be found out that she is a mage."
Lott still didn't understand: "I know that nobles in the past would not be infected with secret arts, but now that there are mages in the court, why can't the princess understand spells?"
"Because the princess can't be involved in all 'indecent' things," Burris replied, "For example, there are carpenters, tailors and cooks in the court. There is nothing wrong with these occupations, but if the princess does carpentry, sewing and cooking herself If you don’t eat food, it will be considered very disgraceful. What’s more, Esther, like me, has dabbled in the study of necromancy, so she has to be more cautious in hiding her abilities. Most people still think that necromancy is equal to Manipulating souls, desecrating corpses, etc... Even among the casters, there are some who only recognize elemental research and sensory illusions, and oppose necromancy and otherworldly studies."
Lott nodded, and remembered another question: "By the way, why do you hate Otarot followers so much?"
"You know why," Boris smiled wryly, "do you still remember those knights beside me sixty years ago? Their black armors all have the holy emblem of the silent god. In fact, they have been quite gentle to me Be polite, at least they still treat me as a human being... If it was more than a hundred years ago, the followers of Outrot would shoot and kill all necromancers."
"What now? They won't kill the Healer?"
"I will kill you too, but not casually. Now they will first investigate you, and then file a lawsuit and have a trial... The verdict is very negotiable, and the death penalty is severe, and the fine is fine. In the past, the study of undead Magic is the original sin. Later, the Confederation of the Ten Nations and the Austrian Law Federation issued a set of regulations, prohibiting the killing without trial, legalizing necromancy, and prohibiting several types of necromancy. .Anyone who prohibits spells, no one can cast, research, teach, or carry relevant storage items. As long as you don’t break the law, you won’t be convicted. Of course, this set of laws is full of loopholes, and some mages will Arrested because of personal enmity, there are also some mages who can use their connections and power to escape supervision."
"Are you the type to escape supervision?"
Boris pursed his lips and smiled: "Sometimes it is... In fact, most accomplished mages are."
After a few seconds of silence, Lott asked again: "I thought about it carefully... You don't really object to Estee and that knight, do you? You say you disagree, but I can see that your Not very tough at all.”
Burris said helplessly: "Because that silly child Estee really likes Sir Naylor. My lord, do you still remember the princess's appearance?"
"Of course I do. She's pretty. What's the matter?"
"Recall carefully, is there anything wrong with her face?"
Lot raised his head seriously and thought for a while, as if he hadn't thought of anything: "Maybe her expression is too cold and arrogant... She seems to always have a sullen face, maybe all princesses are like this."
"That's it," said Burris. "My lord, she mustn't laugh."
"What?"
"She can't smile. It's not that she's indifferent, but she really can't laugh. I told you that she was infected with poison before she was born, and she almost didn't live to be fourteen years old. In fact, she hasn't Really recovered... When she was 12 or 13 years old, she was critically ill several times. I had to use some drugs with more extreme effects to save her life. The toxins and medicines produced side effects in her body and affected her face... His condition stabilized, but he left behind the sequelae of not being able to laugh."
Thinking of this, Boris sighed deeply, and continued: "Among the nobles in the royal capital, she has long been known as the 'Princess Who Doesn't Smile'. Many people regard 'making Estee laugh' as a A kind of challenge, and some people think that someone who can make her laugh is likely to be her husband... This brings us to Sir Naylor. I first met him on Estee's twentieth birthday That day, His Majesty Pacia gave her a ranch and a dozen horses, so her birthday party was moved to the palace outside the ranch, and Sir Naylor and his brother performed a long-term jousting, I also prepared a small military parade for Esther... At that time, I discovered that Esther looked at him a little wrongly. Before the dance at night, I found that Esther secretly cast a spell on herself... She Using a manipulation technique, this spell can make the subject make various expressions and actions, as long as it does not exceed the limit of the subject's body. Usually we use this spell to control the corpse and make them take a normal posture And emoticons to pretend to be a living person... It can be used on a real living person, but it is difficult to succeed, and the subject's face will be paralyzed and uncomfortable... I have never seen anyone use this on themselves. Estee is the one I have seen the first one."
Lott listened carefully: "Why did she do this? To chase that man?"
"Let's put it this way," said Burris, "I saw Sir Naylor talking to her that afternoon, and they both agreed to dance through the ball at the ball so that no man would have the chance to invite Estee, nor Don't let any lady have a chance to hold Naylor. After the ball started, Estee danced dance after dance with Naylor as agreed, and she would show a faint smile from time to time. Although she smiled stiffly, all Everyone saw it, and she did smile. Estee’s spellcasting time is limited, and she has not finished dancing the last song, just like Miss Cinderella in the story, she hastily escaped from the palace... although she is actually the palace The future owner, the knight, is the chosen Cinderella. From that day on, people have tacitly agreed that the two of them will marry in the future, and this is probably what Estee intended."
Lott has absorbed enough energy from the love story, and now he is more energetic: "I understand. She has a deep affection for the knight, and their relationship is expected and blessed by everyone. You are very happy." Clearly, no matter how much you warn, they are unlikely to be separated... However, their relationship is indeed very dangerous. The knight and the princess' beliefs are contrary to each other. Breaking up, the worst result is to turn against each other, and the worse result is... "
Speaking of this, he paused, and put Earl Herolf, who was restless in his arms, on the carpet at his feet: "No matter what the result is... Anyway, it will be very difficult to end if this continues."
"So I want to take a look," Burris said, "First, I really want a long-term access permit to the secret layer of the Great Library; second, excessive fermentation of rumors is not good for anyone, I use the current appearance to An aboveboard appearance may be able to extinguish those rumors; third, I want to get in touch with that Sir Naylor more, I need to confirm...whether he will become a potential enemy. "
"So, the relationship between him and the princess is the last thing to consider?" Lott asked.
"That's a matter between the two of them. What am I thinking about?" Boris said a little impatiently, "As long as no major accidents happen, no lives are lost, and Estee's future is not affected, they will be together if they love each other." If you want to break up, break up. If you let me tell you the truth, I actually don't support mages and laymen being together. I have seen many outstanding young apprentices, and many of them delayed their careers because they married laymen. Yes. Even if you don’t want to find a mage, at least find a pharmacist, a doctor, etc... Otherwise, the businessmen of the spell-casting material chamber of commerce can barely do it... In short, laymen will restrain you, no matter how much they respect you, you can’t do it. The same will bind you. They can't understand the things we love for a lifetime, and they don't even want to understand. They will persuade you that the ordinary life is the real life... but it's because they can only choose the ordinary life .It’s fine if you don’t want to run, but you have to use love to make a hook to drag other people’s feet.”
Boris's angry look made Lott very amused: "I understand, because you have never been married, you can become a well-known mage."
Burris immediately retorted: "Your expression of causality is inaccurate. I chose to devote myself to research and gave up getting involved in marriage, but it is not because I am not married that I can become a mage. The current chairman of the Austrian Federation has a happy family. She The husband is a historian."
"It's not uncommon to be unmarried. Haven't I never been married at my age? But... haven't you ever been in love?"
Boris twitched his face, stared at the parchment in front of him for a while and remained silent for a while before answering: "People are not interested in those things when they get older. It's all about young people..."
"I'm surprised," Lot sat down on the table again, leaning forward enthusiastically, "When you were talking to Her Royal Highness just now, I noticed that you said something like this...'I lived to be more than eighty years old, I've seen countless people fall in love'... That's so strange, why don't you say 'I've been in love so many times'? Why do you just watch other people fall in love?"
"That was just a casual remark, not the focus of my conversation with her..." Burris was dizzy and wanted to run away.
"The more you say it casually, the more it can reflect people's real thoughts." And Lott pursued it relentlessly.