It was this growing young that Burris wanted to talk to the princess about. Being young will bring him infinite benefits, but it will also bring him many unavoidable troubles. For example, how should he explain this to the outside world
If he's the kind of lonely mage who stays at home all year round, then he doesn't have to worry about this, but he is not.
Before the age of sixty, he served as the speaker of the Austrian Law Federation. He is the only necromantic researcher who has served as the speaker, and it can even be said that he is the only necromancer who has not been excluded by the society. The reason why he is not excluded is both simple and complicated: because he is not only a necromancer, but also has more identities. He is the inventor of spells, the designer of military golems, the head of the magic weapon factory, the permanent advisor of the Adventurer's Union, the director of the Chamber of Commerce for Spell-casting Materials of the Ten-Nation Confederation, the director of the two major arcane academies in the north and the south...
The identity of "Necromancer" may not be very honorable, but Boris is not just a Necromancer. His titles are all prominent, and no one can treat him like an ordinary mage.
Now comes the problem. It is impossible for Burris to disappear. He has to continue to work and continue to study. He chatted with Estee for a while, and the two came up with several solutions, but none of them were perfect.
The first method: Pretend that the young Boris is a descendant of the "old mage", and then claim that the old mage has died of illness... It is not difficult to do this. The problem is that many people know that Boris is alone and has no children. After that, a descendant will appear immediately, and the identity of this person will definitely be suspected by everyone. Burris will have a considerable amount of "inheritance". Even if the "younger descendants" can provide credible proof, it is difficult to guarantee whether there will be malicious people who deliberately incite right and wrong. Boris is not afraid of disputes, but because those messy things take up too much energy, and he doesn't want to delay his normal research life.
The second way: reduce unnecessary meeting activities. On occasions that must be attended, he uses spells to transform himself back into his eighty-four-year-old face. It's not an illusion, but a real physical transformation spell. This method is not bad, it can reduce a lot of unnecessary explanations, and it is enough to deal with business activities... But what if it is a meeting with a group of mages? Many senior mages will attach detection magic to their lenses and even eyeballs all year round. They will definitely find that Boris's face is rippling with an endless stream of spell ripples...
The third method: directly explain to outsiders that Burris has become younger. Business organizations will definitely not react, they will only think, oh, after all, he is a mage, especially a necromancer, he is not surprised by what he does... and his colleagues are not so easy to deal with. Other necromancers will definitely try to find out what method he used. It's not an illusion, it's not a skin-limited, time-limited transformation technique, it's not a corpse transformation... what else could it be? What can I do to really reverse the aging of my body? So far no mage has been able to do this. If Boris told the truth about this matter, even if he said it was confidential, he would inevitably be spied and harassed by his colleagues in the following days.
In the end, Burris could only choose to take one step at a time, and mix several different lies according to the situation. Estee is the princess of the Sago Empire, and she can also help Burris arrange some conveniences to explain her identity when needed.
"After all, we have to conceal the fact that the Lord of Skeletons has regained his freedom." Boris sat at the desk, holding his forehead. "He is a mixture of three kinds of life. Ancient gods, purgatory life, and resurrected undead. Ordinary people Don't know what he is, but mages and priests in the temple must have found traces of him in ancient books... although those people probably won't believe that he can really regain his freedom."
Estee thought for a while and asked: "Speaking of him... Teacher, I have never really understood what kind of benefits the Lord of Bones can bring to you? I know you have your reasons. I wonder if it is convenient for you to ask me explain?"
Boris had been frowning because of his appearance just now, but when he heard this question, a smile appeared in the corner of his eyes. "It's hard to explain," he shook his head, "Esti, have you read many records about the Lord of Bones?"
"Yes, I've seen quite a few."
"Just looking at his identity, you should be able to imagine how many mysteries there are in him... It's not easy to list the benefits one by one. It can't be explained in one or two sentences. Research must be done step by step."
"I understand." Estee nodded. Based on her understanding of Burris, she could hear that this answer was just perfunctory. It seemed that Burris didn't really want to explain the detailed purpose to her at the moment. Estee is not in a hurry, studying magic has taught her the value of patience, and she will know the reason sooner or later, so don't be in a hurry.
So she changed to an equally important topic: "Teacher, about Lord Skeleton... there is one more thing I don't know if I should say..."
"You mentioned it, can I not let you talk about it?"
The princess raised her head and looked at the mentor's twenty-year-old face with a troubled expression: "After we returned to the tower yesterday, he was the one who carried you to the lounge."
"Really... This is really a bit of a surprise," Boris pretended to look down in the drawer, "I thought you carried me there with a floating plate..."
"Also, it's not Willis who helped you change your clothes, but Lord Skeleton..."
Burris paused for a moment as he rummaged through things. He was silent for a second or two, and said with an unnatural smile: "Oh... it's not surprising. I have many magic items on me, and there are protective spells on my robes, which will protect me from harm when I lose consciousness... Fortunately, it was him, if it was you or someone else, you might be injured by my spell."
Estee said: "He did trigger the spell on you. He was undressing you in the hallway and triggered all the spells that could be triggered...but nothing happened to him. He seemed to be immune to those spells."
"It's not surprising..." Boris murmured, he didn't know that Estee was about to say something even more astonishing.
Estee lowered her head and pinched the center of her brows, and said, "That's not all. After finishing that, he hugged you to the sofa, and then...then kissed you several times... on the mouth."
Burris froze in his seat, trying to maintain a calm expression on his face.
"Also...he still calls you baby." Estee added.
Burris coughed twice and said, "Okay... I see. But Estee, why did you tell me this on purpose?"
"The reason is very simple, don't laugh at me," Estee said, "I haven't dealt with alien creatures, so I don't know if his behavior is normal, but from my own standpoint... If I passed out Losing consciousness, being kissed and touched while unconscious, I would like someone to tell me after the fact, let me know what happened during that time. Whether I want to or not, I should let me know the truth, necessary Sometimes this bystander can also testify for me... These thoughts have nothing to do with spells, probably just a kind of vigilance as a woman."
Burris had a faint cramping pain in his stomach and a fever on his face. It seems that in Estee's eyes, yesterday's mentor was not a spellcaster who fainted in the collapse of the plane, but a court maid who was fragmented after drinking for the first time... Young and innocent, defenseless, who was just released from prison a few hours ago The dangerous man was unaware of his hands and feet.
"Well, I see, thank you for your carefulness," Boris said as calmly as possible, "I guess the Lord of Skeletons is not very familiar with the way of communication between people, I will have a good talk with him in the future .”
"By the way, he said his name was Lott..." Estee said.
"Yes, he told me that too. It's a very modest name."
"Now he..."
"He said he was going out for a walk, and he might come back in the evening or early tomorrow morning."
Estee was surprised by the tutor's indiscretion: "You just let him go out alone?"
"He has been trapped for so long, he should relax."
"That's not the problem... Aren't you worried that he will do something excessive?"
That smile appeared on Burris's face again—Esther had always suspected that there was something deep in that smile, but she didn't know where to ask.
"It's okay, he's not the difficult type," Burris said. "I'm sure he won't give me trouble."
"You have the confidence to control him?"
"No, I can't talk about control, I just..."
While speaking, Boris happened to look down at his fingers. At the age of twenty, he has a pair of white and slender hands. The only drawback is that the joints of these hands are a bit big, and three of the fingertips are a little twisted.
Boris' eyes seemed to pass through time and space, and he saw these hands resting on the snow, slowly sinking into the snow...
"I just... know him a little bit." He gradually restrained his smile and finished the second half of the sentence.
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After Estee left, Boris rectified his emotions and returned to his daily research. In the past few years, he has been developing new magic-storing weapons. Because he has been busy building golems and searching for other worlds recently, the research on magic-storing weapons has been put on hold. Now it's time to get everything back on track.
He has a healthy body, dexterous hands, and got rid of unstable blood pressure and osteoporosis. It is said that he should be able to improve a lot of efficiency in the experiment. But when he stayed in the lab for more than an hour, he gradually realized... something bad happened.
Not only has he failed to improve efficiency, but he may be facing a huge trouble.
When he tried to cast a high-level spell on the spell pool, he failed. The spell was correct, the materials were complete, and there was no problem in the casting process, but he just couldn't arouse the corresponding power in his soul.
This is a rather dire omen. He immediately remembered the feeling when he walked into the study: the spells around him still recognized him and served him, but his body felt abnormal fluctuations.
He immediately tried several other spells. From the necromancy system he is best at to the elemental force field he is least good at, from the highest-level spells he can cast to the low-level tricks of the same system... The experiment continued until dusk, and Burris had a preliminary answer in his mind.
Now he can hardly cast any high-level spells.
Any magic that a real twenty-year-old mage could use back then, he can now successfully cast; any magic that he hadn't learned back then, he can't cast now.
To his relief, his memory was fine and his knowledge was there. In a sense, he didn't "lose" those spells, all the spells, techniques, spirituality are still there, they still exist in his mind, the problem is, his body and soul are not completely synchronized, even if he Even with a perfect casting process, his body couldn't establish the connection between the spell and the final spell effect.
At this time, Estee had left the tower and returned to the princess guard of honor. Burris wanted to call her back, but he abandoned the idea before releasing the messenger bird. After all, Esther is a princess. The outside world only knows that she needs to seek medical treatment from a necromancer for a long time, but they don't know that she is also a mage. It is not a good idea to let her touch the magic construct in front of the servants and knights. Moreover, even if she came back, it would be useless. Her knowledge is not enough, and she can't help at all in the predicament facing Burris now.
Maybe the Lord of Skeletons can help himself. Burris wrote several summoning runes and sent them to Lott who was out playing in order. I hope he can come back soon, even for the sake of those kisses.
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I'm not happy if I don't weaken the main character=人=