Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1218
Rest early in the morning and wake up in the morning.

Xia Duo casually ate two steamed buns made of celestial wheat flour, and added some blessing spells that were about to be disintegrated by the automatic recovery trend of the magic net.

Afterwards, he used an illusion magic, projecting the image of an ordinary passerby in his memory onto himself to perform double camouflage on the visual and spiritual levels.

The former includes camouflage on ordinary vision and magic vision, but it is also limited to vision. If you touch it, it is easy to find "bugs", while the latter is specially prepared for people under high-level mages.

Under normal circumstances, most high-level mages have psychic talismans, which can immunize, alleviate, or remind a certain degree of psychic spells. Xia Duo's illusion is not yet so good that it can fool everyone.

Even, he didn't do much research on illusions such as touch, sound, and smell. His current camouflage spell is actually very good.

And he never thought of using this to deceive everyone.

If he really did this, there would be a problem instead. If Qita thinks that he wants to run away, it will be unreasonable.

……

After going out, Xia Duo first went to the trade area inside the Austrian and French Federation.

Half a month has passed since the snowmelt competition, and there are still many out-of-town mages stranded in Severton. This is reflected in the trade area within the Austrian and Magic Federation, and the passenger flow is much higher than usual.

But that is also compared to normal times. Judging from the absolute number of spellcasters, from Xia Duo's perspective, this place is undoubtedly very deserted.

Xia Duo wandered in front of the shops, and couldn't help but feel lucky that he had disguised himself before going out. If he really appeared here in his true colors, it would be too conspicuous.

"Have you heard? Something big happened in Severton last night!"

"Is that the thing?"

"You've heard about it too? Then you're very well informed! I only found out about it after a friend of mine's younger brother in the Seven Towers accidentally made a leak!"

"I'd rather not know, now I don't have to worry about it here!"

"Ugh--"

"..."

Naturally, it is impossible for the guards on the booth to talk about such a hot topic in public, but their unencrypted ordinary communication spells are almost defenseless in front of Xia Duo.

He came here specifically to inquire about the current situation outside with the help of the "wind news" technique in the elf spell.

When I got here, I heard two low-level mages communicating with each other before transferring a few business places, and the content of the exchange actually included Xia Duo himself!
The death of the Grand Arcanist Cliff is no longer a secret.

Even the low-level mages at the stalls in the internal trade zone of the Austrian Federation of Laws know it. Apart from ordinary people, how many people don't know it?
As for the content about himself, most of them were speculative, and did not mention that he was directly related to Cliff's death.

But there is no shortage of indirect connections.

Yesterday evening, at meal time, many mages from Gilles Tower witnessed Cliff and him going to the plane exploration layer one after another, and a series of associations arose from this.

To this, Xia Duo just wants to say - don't spread rumors, don't spread rumors, don't believe rumors!

But he couldn't explain this matter, after all, he was indeed in the same place with Cliff at the time, and he even witnessed the scene of the other party turning into fly ash.

Xia Duo himself knew that he had nothing to do with Cliff's death, but others didn't!If this is explained, it will really get darker and darker!

At this moment, he only hoped that the Seven Towers could issue an authoritative explanation for Cliff's death as soon as possible!

Fortunately, as a senior arcanist, Xia Duo was a pioneering lord who participated in the princess's ascension ceremony some time ago and was more popular. Up to now, no one has dared to ask him for an explanation in person.

Not even contacted in person!

Such a situation was very unfavorable to him. If he was just a low-level mage, no one would suspect that he had anything to do with Cliff's death, but he was a senior arcanist, so the suspicion immediately became bigger.

In particular, Xia Duo did not hear any rumors related to Thorn. It is not known whether this was intentional by the Seven Towers or something else.

But obviously, it was even more detrimental to him.

Don't let the truth come out at that time, it really has nothing to do with him, but he still blamed him, that would be too sad!
Both a good reputation and a bad reputation can increase the awakening of Xia Duo's bloodline, but if you want to ask which one he likes, it is undoubtedly the former!

Even the bad guys hope that they are surrounded by good people who obey the rules, so as to improve their competitiveness in the game of rules (you can cheat, violate the rules, and play sidelines).

In a sense, it is indeed a very simple truth that evil cannot prevail over good.

……

After leaving the trade area, Xia Duo was going to go outside for a walk to relax and collect more outside rumors.

Whether it's the speculation about Cliff's death, or the habits and principles of the Seven Towers' handling methods, or the various impacts of this incident.

But just as he walked out of the clumsy stone gate of the Austrian Law Federation, an expected but delayed news finally came!
During the interrogation, Lord Leisen's son Sterna quietly appeared in Xia Duo's ear with a slightly trembling voice: "Excuse me, Lord Xia Duo, my teacher really, really—"

Stern didn't say the word "death" at the end, and Xia Duo could feel the extreme disbelief in the other party's emotions, but this didn't affect the real reality.

The communication aimed at the magic imprint requires two-way confirmation. There are still many people who have exchanged magic imprints with Xia Duo, but Stern is the only one who actually contacted him.

Of course, this is also because Stern has a direct stake in Cliff, so how can it be possible for the students to not care about the teacher?
"Unfortunately, although I am very reluctant to say such a thing, I still don't want to tell you that Mr. Cliff may, may, have really gone!"

After Xia Duo replied in this way, he never received any summons from Stern. He didn't want to guess what Stern was thinking at this time, but it undoubtedly saved him a lot of trouble.

If the other party asks repeatedly, he really doesn't know how to answer it!
If you say it clearly and firmly, it seems to be sophistry; if you say it euphemistically and vaguely, it seems to be a conspiracy.

In short, before the official investigation results of the Seven Towers come out, Xia Duo is not going to express any opinions to the outside world.

……

After being interrupted by Stern, Xia Duo's originally slightly depressed mood improved a little, but he also knew that when he went outside to inquire about the news, he might be angry again.

"We should set up an office in Severton as soon as possible, otherwise every time there are various things, we have to do it ourselves, and that would be a waste of time!"

With this thought in mind, Xia Duo brought a mentality of inspecting the Tower of Time office when he went out, which somewhat made him feel that he was doing business instead of wasting time.

(End of this chapter)