Blooming Tower of the West Wind

She looked at Theron suddenly, and asked, "Do you mind if I say this about your mother? With an... research objective attitude, sometimes the words are a bit impersonal?"

Theron quickly shook his head: "My mother died a long time ago, and someone turned her into a lich."

Hipper looked at her playfully: "Why are you so sure? I find it hard to tell, and I even think that for a moment, you will be snatched away by her..." She suddenly stopped, feeling that the word "snatched away" was special. It was inappropriate, as if it would expose his intention to keep Theron.

But Theron didn't seem to notice.

"Well... my mother is a gentle person. I always remember that if it was her, she would never treat you like this, and she would not deprive you of so many lives just to force me to become a lich. Mom will not force Children do things they don't like."

There was a trace of teasing in the corner of Hipper's eyes, "It's the biological parents who force their children to do things they don't like. I bet if my mother becomes a lich, I won't be able to learn from the 'You You must get married, this is a social task that should be completed no matter how old you are." The letter shows whether she is really "witched".

Theron couldn't help laughing too.

But Hipper suddenly said seriously: "Theron, you must promise me."

"Huh? What?" Theron was in a daze. Hipper hadn't mentioned the magical word "guarantee" for a long time.

"Don't let anyone know that the lich who attacked me has anything to do with you. I mean, although we have determined that you are the little princess of the Thetis family, your life experience must be kept secret, and you still don't know. Even if It was Diego who pushed in front of you with irrefutable evidence, and you have to categorically deny it."

"Why, why?"

Hipper sighed: "We don't know more about Liches than we do about the deep sea. If I were to face a person who is inextricably linked to unknown fears, I would choose to kill them directly. Similarly, I think The Mage Guild will choose to get rid of you directly."

"This is ridiculous!" Theron sat up on his side.

Hipper patted her on the shoulder, "Remember what I told you? Human nature is chaotic and absurd. It is difficult to think and analyze. Many people choose not to think."

"But it's a guild! It's..." A collection of the most rational people in the world.

Hipper sighed deeply, "I believe that people are rational, but I can't hand over your fate to a group of strangers, and this group of strangers just happens to be irrational in their treatment of liches."

Theron blinked blankly.

Hipper smiled and said, "Look, your rationality tells you that all spells are the same. There is no distinction between justice and evil. They have existed since ancient times before humans and even flesh and blood creatures appeared. It is human needs that divide them. But the Mage Guild still has a convention that prohibits the study of any shadow magic, which leads us to know nothing about it, and even the lich is helpless. We have no right to know our enemies, so this decision is obvious. Not rational, and I don't trust them to treat you fairly."

The Archmage slashed open a rift in the void, water spurted out, and Hektra formed a protrusion behind her for her to lean on comfortably (and the handrail, too).

"After this incident, I also found out that I was too proud in the past. I actually had no ability to protect you. In turn, I have to rely on you to protect you. My only wish is that you don't think I'm useless in front of my face. Say." She looked very guilty, holding her forehead, not even daring to lift her eyes.

"You have given me enough protection! Besides, what's wrong with me protecting you? No matter how powerful a person is, he will have his own shortcomings. God can't create a rock that he can't move. Isn't it a kind of pride to blame yourself for something that is obvious no one else can do?"

Seeing the eloquent Theron through his fingers, Hipper burst out laughing suddenly: "Yes, I taught you better than me, and I should be proud of that."

"No no...not stronger than the teacher...but I am still very happy to protect you, I said it before, and now I have done it..."

"Thank you..." Hipper murmured, but when Theron looked up, she was already looking away.The Archmage stroked her hair, and raised her voice slightly, "That's fine, if you used to feel that you owed me something because I rescued you from the hole in the ground and raised you, now you don't have to. "

"No, I can't..." The little apprentice protested in a low voice, lowered his head and said, "I still owe a lot..."

She even counted on her fingers: "You taught me to read and write, distinguished me from beasts, taught me magic, let me live in your tower for so many years, sent me to school, and read many books to me, Dress me in your clothes..."

Hipper held her hand and stopped her from counting, "I don't care, you know, I don't need you to pay back."

"cocoa……"

Theron looked extremely aggrieved, which made Hipper a little aggrieved--I have already said that you don't need to pay back, what else do you want?

The archmage changed the subject without interest, intending not to dwell on the issue endlessly.

"I asked you to keep your life experience a secret for another reason."

As expected, Theron was a young man, and he was immediately hooked, "What is it?"

"Raphael... I don't know if you still have an impression of this name."

Theron tilted his head in confusion. Raphael, like Diego and Virgil, are almost overused names on the mainland. Out of a hundred people, there are always three or four named Diego, and one or two named Raphael , and perhaps a Virgil.

"Raphael is the one who locked you in the underground temple and exiled all the elements with the holy light."

Theron screamed, but in fact she didn't have any impression of how she was locked up. The cave was where she often hid. The cave where she hid happened to be very safe, with food and a few With the elements as companions, "long-lived" means more.

"It's hard to evaluate what he did back then. He used to be the parish priest of Kettler Diocese. He was not supposed to meddle in the affairs of the Mage Guild, but at least he put down Kettler's elemental riots - he arrested the culprit Get up. And the purpose of his arresting you is not actually you, he just wants you to help look at the underground temple worth more than [-] gold coins. The entire temple is made of sun stone."

Theron gasped.The underground temple is huge in size and exquisite in structure. Based on the current price of the Sun Stone...

Hipper also stretched out a hand to make things worse, shook it, and said: "At that time, a monster of your level was only worth two thousand gold coins at most. If I sold you at that time, Virgil might be able to help me. Up to three thousand."

Her expression is so cute, unlike when talking about such things before, Theron didn't first think that Hipper wanted to throw her away, but first thought that she was so cute that she wanted to be eaten in one bite.

"However, this does not mean that Raphael has no other intentions, so you cannot let him know your background."

Received Hipper's serious gaze, Theron nodded hastily.She especially liked Hipper's possessiveness towards her at this time. Just thinking of being "owned by her" made her tremble with excitement, not to mention that Hipper himself had to emphasize it from time to time.

"Actually, I still have a question."

"Can I answer?"

"Diego told me about the attack on the Withered Leaf City Guild. It is obviously related to the attack by Aime Cortes, but it is not exactly the same organization. This is why I am worried. The Lich is still watching in the dark. , there is more than one, the black lantern giant is too easily eliminated by you, there is no reason why your mother can't beat him."

"Maybe there are many black lanterns, but it's just a magic weapon made according to legend?"

Hipper nodded resolutely: "It makes sense, but this shows that there is more than one black lantern giant, and their leader must be a lich. Their organizational structure is also easy to judge. Their upper echelons are composed of Lich nobles Composition, the Lich has some elite monsters, the black lantern must be one of them, and the assassin who can hide in the shadows must also be one of them."

Theron also nodded firmly.

At this time, Hipper asked coolly: "Then what happened to Saussurean? It always makes me feel that there is an unusual connection that Saussurean can find you. The property of the Saussurean family has been disputed by the guild and the Principality. Half a point, the Lich organization can't take a fancy to him because of money, then he is useless. What value does he have?"

Theron stiffened suddenly.Seeing her expression, Hipper knew she must know something.

"Theron, this is very strange. Lacrima originally wanted to catch us both, but she didn't know you were gone. Now there is another group of people who clearly grasped your movements, but did not tell Lacrima .Also, you may have some tracking spells on your body, which will allow them to know your whereabouts faster." The old mage has always been a person with mobility, she said so, she had already got up, and it seemed as if she was about to Jump on Theron for a closer look.

The young apprentice must know something. The archmage's scrutinizing eyes swept across her face relentlessly, staring at her emerald green eyes. The pupils gradually narrowed due to fear, and the crystals slowly flowed and changed inside, like A complex and expensive kaleidoscope.

Even if there is no reason, Theron will be afraid of her "absolutely objective" eyes, not to mention that she still has a little secret in her heart.Finally unable to withstand the pressure, she turned her head away, but suddenly a foreign object was pressed against her waist, and the archmage poked her waist with his hand, and said in a low voice, "You must know what's going on, huh?"

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