The dinner will start after sunset and guests will be able to enter the palace by tea time. Burris's current identity is "Kraev", a young but very valued mage apprentice. He needs to change into clothes that are more in line with his identity and the style of young people, instead of wearing the same clothes as old Burris.
After taking off his big cloak, Burris felt insecure about turning into a shellless snail. He chose a light silver-gray dress with an indigo wind robe on the outside. This is a common match for mage dresses. It can only be used in celebrations. The clothes are too thick and hard, not comfortable enough and not suitable for going out. It is really beautiful. easy to use.
In the eyes of other guests, Lott's identity is a mystery, and so is his aesthetics.
His black hair was tied up with a bright purple ribbon, and he was wearing a blue velvet dress and a rose-gold tunic. The golden brooch on his shoulder was inlaid with tiny red pyroxene, and the stone formed a small dragon's head. This is nothing, what is even more frightening is that he is wearing an elf-style dark green silver-edged belt with a pair of golden trousers underneath. There are two rows of tassels on the left and right of the trousers dancing gracefully with his steps... He is the most low-key all over his body Those are boots. It’s okay from a distance, it’s just pure black leather boots, but when you get closer, you’ll find that the sides of the boots are covered with small pointed crystals, and each facet of the crystals will flash different colors under strong light .
This attire doesn't look like a mage's apprentice at first glance, so there's no need for Lott to pretend to be an apprentice. His invitation was written as "the messenger of the mage Burris", and the nobles and court servants thought he was an upstart landlord who was born as a border merchant, and the wizard of the Tower of Truth thought he was a warlock who hugged Burris' thigh.
However, compared to the colorful Lott, "Apprentice Koref" is more eye-catching. Many people have guessed that he is the rumored young apprentice, the child who is related to the old necromancer. These gazes were all expected by Burris, so he didn't mind too much. He knew that soon someone would contact him individually.
After wandering casually in the palace gardens and corridors for a while, someone stopped him. The other party is a mage from the Tower of Truth in the capital of the kingdom. She is pale and tall in her thirties. She is in charge of the daily affairs management of the large library. Boris has contacted her. Her name seems to be Haida.
Hedda led Burris away from the other guests slowly along the garden path by talking about the loan of books. Originally, Burris was worried that Lott would not be able to keep up. Looking around, Lott was secretly following them from other trails like a lynx stalking prey, and was holding a cup of flower and fruit tea steadily.
They followed Haida from the Guards barracks to the servants' room, then from the closed garden under renovation, through the closed berry garden, and after a long detour, they came to the back door of a certain palace. After entering, Haida said that she would stay on the first floor to rest, and asked the two mage guests to go upstairs by themselves.
In the lobby on the second floor, Estee was waiting for them. There is only her and a maid standing far away. The maid is the princess' confidant and has already known the princess's mage status. Today, Esty is not wearing a traveling horse suit and a mage robe, but a rose-colored palace lady's dress. She was a little surprised when she saw Burris, probably because Burris has changed clothes now and doesn't look like an old lady. The mage was born again, like a real twenty-year-old young man.
"Mentor," the princess lowered her voice, "I have to call you 'Mr. Kreve' when I'm outside today, and you should also call me Your Highness."
"Of course I know, Your Highness." Burris glanced at the door leading to the corridor in the back of the hall, "The matter of your cousin..."
"Sure enough, you have also heard..."
Lott leaned over: "Did she really get stabbed to death by a durian?"
The princess showed an unbelievable expression: "Even rumors about durians have spread? No, she was not stabbed to death by durians... But there are really durians in this matter. It's weird to say, I..."
She looked around for a while, and the maid in the distance looked into the corridor for her, and made a gesture of no problem before she continued: "I checked, she was under the curse of suspended animation. There were no suspicious people at the scene when the incident happened , the spell should be realized through a pre-set trigger. I tried to help her remove it, but failed."
Burris nodded: "I'll take a look later. What's the matter with the durian?"
Estee led them into the corridor and came to a guest room. The guest room here was not originally used to entertain the prince's daughter, and now this arrangement is only for confidentiality. Miss Tarina's situation is special, neither His Majesty Pacia nor the prince wants to cause a commotion.
The thirteen-year-old girl lay flat on the bed with her eyes closed. Her complexion was pale, her eye sockets were slightly sunken, her lips were black, and her chest didn't rise and fall. At first glance, she was no different from dead. Sitting in front of her bed was a young man dressed in fine clothes. After introduction, he was Esty's cousin, Tarina's second brother, and an apprentice knight of the Silver Falcon Castle Knights, Shire.
Hearing that the visitor was the envoy of "Mage Burris", the sadness on Charles' face dissipated a little. He stood up suddenly, and Burris almost felt that the lights in the room were dimmed... Shire was tall and strong, two heads taller and more than half a foot wider than Burris. He has a majestic appearance, but his face is still childish. I am afraid that he is younger than the "now" Burris.
The last time I saw such a strong young man, it was an orc. Burris thought silently.
After greeting the guests, Charles retreated to the side of the bed, held his sister's hand, and said with a bitter face, "Mages, look at her. She was made like this by an evil madman..."
"Tell me about this crazy warlock." Boris said while casting a spell next to Tarina to check. Estee's judgment was completely correct, the girl was indeed under the curse of suspended animation.
Charles straightened his sitting posture, and showed the seriousness of reporting the military situation to the officer: "It's like this, my father's Silver Falcon Castle is near the Luoyue Mountain Range, and the Luoyue Mountain Range once occupied some tribes of barbarians and orcs. They came from On the other side of the mountains, our defenses have always been invaded. Many years ago, my father led an army to conquer the bandits. It took him several years to drive those evil creatures back into the mountains, so that they would never dare to invade human towns again. Those who participated in the battle back then were not only soldiers, but also some local civilian armed forces and a few sporadic spellcasters... "
Burris was very familiar with the Battle of the Fallen Moon Mountains. His arsenal has produced a large number of enchanted long-range weapons for this purpose, such as compound bows and one-handed crossbows with added magic damage, mountain chariots that can fire heavy crossbow bolts in succession, magic flame bombs that only kill creatures but do not ignite trees Bao... In the face of orcs and barbarians, human infantry has little advantage in close combat, and the mountainous battlefield is not suitable for cavalry formations, so magic and archers using enchanted weapons played an extraordinary role in that battle.
Charles went on to say: "My father had a warlock ally back then, and everyone called him the Red Vulture. Because he had red hair, and there was very little hair left on his head. The man originally lived in a village near the mountains, and the villagers brought him He was worshiped like a priest, and my father had always disliked him because he often used his spellcasting talent to fool others. After the war, he was unexpectedly reliable, so my father changed his mind a lot and promised After winning the war, ask him to serve in the castle..."
When the young knight said this, Lott fell into the old habit of interjecting again: "I guess! In the end, your father repented after winning the war, which caused the red vulture to retaliate wildly against your family..."
"That's not true!" said Charles, blushing. "The Red Vulture did take revenge on us. He retaliated! After the war subsided, my father did not regret it. He really invited the Red Vulture to the castle. The Red Vulture He was crazy at first, but for some reason, he became more and more insane, and could hardly do any work... There were one or two mages who participated in the war back then, and those mages also felt that the red vulture was strange. They said that he grew from weak to strong It's not normal to progress too fast, and it's also not normal for him to suddenly become weak. It's a pity that I can't understand the chatter of mages, so I can only understand it to this point... "
Burris gently urged him to get to the point: "So, did this mad warlock hurt your sister Talina?"
Charles said: "It must have been done by him. It started shortly after my sister was born... When Tarina was about to be full moon, my parents held a celebration in the castle, inviting all the nearby squires and Friends who participated in the war... "
Lot interjected again: "I've heard that people usually celebrate like this with the birth of their first child, and your sister is third... did your parents celebrate after your brother and you?"
Charles answered honestly: "All celebrate. We have a carnival all over the city, a whole day and night."
"Why is this? Local customs?"
"No, because of the money."
"...Okay, you can continue."
The young knight continued to state: "My father did not invite the red vulture to this celebration. To be more precise, the red vulture is no longer able to participate in such activities... He is mentally disturbed, often talks nonsense, and cannot go out without supervision. My father set up a shift guard outside his house, and there were soldiers watching him to keep him from running around. During the ceremony, the soldiers on duty got a little slack, so the red vultures ran out and broke in In the banquet hall, there was a riot in front of all the guests... He accused my father of not keeping his promise, and clamored that he would use 800 fireballs to overturn the castle... At this time, Talina, who was still a baby, was killed by his The strange cry was so frightened that he burst into tears, he noticed Tarina, and he yelled to curse her... "
Burris wanted to laugh when he heard it, so he had to hold back desperately, maintaining a solemn expression: "Uh... Did the red vulture curse your sister to be stabbed to death by a spindle in the future?"
"Of course not the spindle!" Lotte replied for the boy, "The warlock must have been stabbed to death by a durian."
Charles nodded: "Yes. He was talking about durians. At that time, there were durians shipped from Quintilla on the table in front of him. He wanted to grab the durians and throw them at my father, but it hurt his hand. …so he dropped the durian, pointed at my sister and said, 'I curse this child with the power of the elements, that when she grows up she will be stabbed in the finger by a durian and die!'”
Fuck his elemental power, the one in Talina is clearly necromancy. Burris tried his best to control the disdain on his face.
At this time, Lott's curiosity reminded everyone: "This is not over yet, right? There should be other casters at the banquet. At this time, someone should stand up and claim to be able to break the curse of the mad warlock..."
"Yes! There is such a man!" said Charles. "My father was very angry, and sent soldiers to drag the red vulture down. At this moment, a wizard stepped forward. It was an elf wizard, and he was my father's guest. Also participated in the battle to expel the orcs... "
Burris was taken aback. As far as he knows, there is only one elven mage who participated in the Battle of Luoyue Mountains...
"Is it a male elf, whose name is Black Pine?"
"Yes, it's him."
Hearing Shire's answer, Boris was heartbroken, feeling sorry for the innocent victim Talina. "That elf mage... what did he do?" Boris asked feebly.
Shire said: "He told my parents not to worry, he would prevent Tarina from dying. He left a spell on Tarina so that when she was stabbed by a durian, she would not die but would fall into a magical suspended animation. State, he also said that there will always be someone who can completely rescue her during her suspended animation... Later, for safety reasons, our castle no longer imports durians. Tarina has never seen durians. Until yesterday, she was in the palace. When I was wandering around here, I saw the goods sent by the fruit and vegetable merchants... "
very good. Black pine you are doing very well. Boris buried his face in the palms of his hands and did not speak for a long time.
That mad warlock probably didn't know anything about curses. His increasing madness and power fluctuations are really strange. If necessary in the future, Boris would like to take the time to investigate separately... Only for the "curse of durian", this warlock does not have the ability to take the lives of others with a single sentence ability. The curse was just crazy talk, but Heisong took it seriously without investigating, so he put a real trigger curse on the girl-when she was stabbed by a durian, the curse of suspended animation on her would take effect.
Charles asked nervously: "Mr. Mage, can you save her?"
Of course Burris could save her. He knew how to do it, but he was doomed to fail now... or because the damn soul was out of tune. The good news is that the Lord of Bones can use magic to lift the curse—just like when he saved the dying black pine.
The mage looked at Lot beside him, who guessed what he meant and licked his lips deliberately.
"I can save her," Burris sighed with his shoulders slumped, "but, Her Royal Highness and Sir Charles... you need to avoid it."