Licinius waved his hand and said, "I don't believe anyone, so I will verify it myself."
Anyone could lie to him.
But Momome-chan won’t!
This time he felt he had enough information.
Get the answer dialectically through divination clues!
Of course, the place Licinius chose for divination this time was not in the basement of his home.
But the manor of the Valerius family!
In the darkness, there was a faint golden light flashing away.
A cold wind spread out from the basement, carrying away countless dust.
o
o
Holy Trinity Theological Seminary, Department of Alchemy.
"So, he didn't come to class today?"
Professor Aisha crossed her arms and said, "Claudia, what's going on with your fiancé?"
The empty classroom was filled with golden sunlight.
Claudia sat on the desk, holding a spoon and stirring a cup of coffee. She shook her head and said, "I don't know. I didn't even have a chance to say hello to him. He was surrounded by the crowd, and the group of people was too big." It stinks, I can’t get close at all, and I don’t want to get close.”
Professor Ai Xia frowned: "Speaking of which, I can't even solve that alchemical gas bomb."
Claudia hummed: "Neither can I."
"If you put it that way, he may indeed have a few talents in the field of alchemy."
Professor Ai Xia glanced at the black-haired girl and asked with a faint smile: "Then you want to marry him? This seems to be the marriage contract made by your mother, right? Is there something wrong with your family and you are in urgent need of growing up? ? It's a pity that he, the chief of the inspection department, has become your family's son-in-law."
The introduction of a chief inspector can be of great help to any family.
But for the Xavier family, that's not the case.
Claudia rested her chin on her hands, not knowing what she was thinking in her pure white and charming eyes.
"Actually, the family didn't agree to the marriage at first. I don't know why, but then the family changed their mind for no apparent reason. Maybe it's like you said, something is wrong with my mother."
She said seriously: "And I already have someone I like."
Professor Ai Xia was stunned: "Who?"
Claudia didn't answer, just stared into the distance.
Like a royal palace in the City of Silver, outside the splendid Hall of Valor is the pitch-black sculpture.
Chapter 169 Carnival Day in the Abyss!
The manor of the Valerius family is located on the outskirts of the ninth district of the royal capital.
Since the natural disaster coup 273 years ago, the nobles have completely lost their fiefdoms, but they still retain many rights and interests, such as raising private warlock mercenary groups.
With the manor as the center, there are actually warlock mercenary groups stationed within a three-kilometer radius.
To protect the safety of the family.
Today, the Valerius family is in complete chaos.
There is only one reason.
What they are facing now is His Majesty's suppression!
And this is His Majesty who has just openly challenged the Messianic Church!
The Archduke of Bern hurried out in the afternoon, got into a luxurious carriage, and followed the traveling secretary and said: "Now, take this letter with you to notify Valerius Licinius and ask him to find a time to come to you." Wei Ya will personally accompany him to visit the Xavier family, and his engagement should be put on the agenda. "
He handed over a letter and said seriously: "You can lower your attitude appropriately and face him as a family member. But you still have to remind him of one thing. If he wants to become the director of the command bureau, he only needs to It is absolutely impossible for him to be an alchemist, even if Constance agrees, it will be useless. "
What's more, Constance is critically ill.
Because behind the governing bureau is the ancient Creed Church.
The Church of Creed is a warlock organization, and the Directorate is their only channel to interfere in the internal affairs of the empire, so there is no way that group of people will give up and allow an outsider to assume the position of director.
"Unless he has the support of the Xavier family, because behind the Xavier family is also an ancient warlock organization. Only in this way can he have a chance to fight. Whether it is against the Creed Church or cooperating with the Creed Church, There is no harm to him or the family."
Grand Duke Bourne said in a deep voice: "This is a gift from the family and his father. The family saw his ability and acquiesced to his willfulness during this period, but it is time for him to do something for the family!"
The female secretary stood next to the carriage, lowered her head and said, "Yes, sir."
"Finally, if he is willing to return to the embrace of his family..."
Grand Duke Bourne hesitated for a moment: "I can make the decision to return the metal magic and part of the inheritance of the Frostian family to Nolen, but the prerequisite is that he must be loyal to the family and to me."
The Valerius family's idea is sound from a profit perspective.
There are no permanent enemies and friends.
Only profit…
Licinius indeed showed his talent and became the head of the First Inspection Department of the Administrative Bureau.
And behind him, there is the support of the director of the governing bureau.
The problem is, Constance is critically ill.
Time is running out…
Even if he wasn't critically ill, he wouldn't have a few more years to live.
Such a person cannot become a patron.
Once Constance dies, Licinius will usher in a crazy backlash within the bureau.
There is even the support of a behemoth like the Creed Church.
In this case, he could only choose to reconcile with his family.
What's more, something happened recently that made Valerius' family extremely nervous.
That was the old aristocracy.
That group of people seemed to be getting closer and closer to him!
The secretary nodded and asked: "Sir, will the family elders agree? You also know that they have been trying to use the things left over from the past to conduct experiments."
Archduke Bern turned his head and looked at the huge luxurious manor behind him, his eyes becoming cold.
"It's not their turn to point fingers in this family, especially that woman Rosa."
He said in a deep voice: "Let's go, I have to meet someone."
The blazing sun fell on the carriage.
The Grand Duke's face was extremely gloomy.
Suddenly, wind blew from the other side of the mountain and fell on the manor.
o
o
Licinius has not returned to this so-called home for a long time.
Although he never considered this place his home.
But he is very familiar with this place.
Because there are enemies here.
There is a father who is like a tyrant, a mother who is greedy, brothers and sisters who are like garbage, uncles and elders who are like jackals, and old people who are decrepit and like ghouls.
In this family, only Novia and Ailei are human.
Well, Ai Lei is also a little abnormal.
But that's not important.
The important thing is that Licinius originally thought that Valerius was just a greedy and corrupt business family.
But I didn't expect that they still hide so many secrets.
Even in the family's secret archives, there was no record.
Right…
Really important secrets will never be recorded on paper.
The warlocks guarding the outside of the manor did not notice at all that the howling mountain wind carried countless dust particles that could not be detected by the naked eye, like countless ghosts, drifting in.
The thirty-two layers of induction barriers set up in the manor are useless.
Those tiny dust finally landed in a corner of the manor, condensing into a horrific mass of flesh and blood.
The mass of flesh and blood squirmed silently, moving through unnoticed corners.
Ahead is Uncle Mond's mansion, which must have been occupied by another person.
There is also the old house where my father and mother live, and servants clean it there.
Novia and Ailei's rooms are next to each other.
Speaking of which, Ailei should have returned from Feilengcui now, and she doesn't know what she is doing.
Finally he arrived at the family council chamber.
Licinius could hear the fierce quarrels coming from the meeting hall. They were some very senior old people from the Valerius family. They were mostly distressed because the family property had been deprived of them.
The sound of high heels hitting the ground came from behind.
Rosa was dressed gracefully and delicately in a long purple dress, and walked into the meeting hall on a pair of high heels. Behind her were a group of servants and secretaries, which was obviously the influence she had cultivated in the family.
He didn't realize it at all. Just in the shadow under the tree, there was a horrible mass of flesh and blood squirming.
"Good afternoon, mother." Licinius thought in his heart.
Finally, he passed through half of the manor and came to an abandoned servant's room.
The abandoned basement that Novia mentioned is here.
Oh, using the abandoned servant's room as a cover, my father was still as careful as ever.
Licinius could feel that there were at least nine powerful barriers in the basement. Even if you could forcefully destroy them, the built-in alarm matrix would be triggered, alarming the entire manor.
Even the Empress couldn't do it, invading the basement without anyone noticing.
However, for Licinius, this was too simple.
I saw a strange golden light flashing through the flesh and blood again.
The flesh and blood were decomposed and annihilated, turning into dust.
I saw those ghost dust that seemed to not exist, easily passing through the barrier in the basement.
Because based on the current level of magic in this world, no one has been able to develop an alchemical matrix as precise as Planck's scale, and no one has such a powerful and detailed magic manipulation ability.
Licinius easily passed through the barrier, his body tissues reorganized, his bones proliferated, and his flesh and blood regenerated.
The basement was very dark, there were spider webs everywhere, dust filled the air, the discarded petri dishes were all broken, scattered documents were scattered all over the floor, and the handwriting was mottled.
Other than that, there's nothing particularly eye-catching.
There is only one safe with a simple alchemical lock fastened to it.
"High-end magic tools? Father is really cautious."
Licinius raised his right hand and held the alchemy lock.
The dark overlapping hexagrams flashed away, and the internal structure of the alchemical lock was directly destroyed.
A click...
The safe was opened, and inside was the withered skeleton of a boy!
The skeleton is well preserved.
Licini fell into silence. He didn't know who the child was and whether it had some connection with him. He just instinctively felt a trace of inexplicable sadness.