Blooming Tower of the West Wind

"You can say that."

Theron showed a thoughtful expression. Loneliness is not unfamiliar to her, but she is not afraid of loneliness, or she has never felt loneliness: she is always surrounded by elements, and she can hear them in very quiet places. They kept whispering everything they had been through.

"Is there no way to resist loneliness? For example, make new friends, or hide in the tower to read books like a teacher? There are endless books, and there is endless knowledge in the world waiting for people to discover and sort out , not to mention that writing a book also takes time. These things are not lonely at all.”

Len Ning grinned, "You will only understand these things after you have experienced them. Words cannot convey this illusory and complex feeling. Presumably you should also understand the complexity of feelings."

"'No Poetry Cannot Convey'."

"That's right, 'No Poetry Can't Convey.'"

This is what Hipper once said to her. Feelings are quite irrational things, and they must be expressed in equally irrational ways.

"Oh……"

Lenning was very satisfied with Theron's compromise, and went on to say: "Since you also agree with 'loneliness is a fatal emotion that urgently needs to be resolved', I can continue to say. Except what you just said In addition to these methods that any mage living in solitude would try, there is a dangerous method ... so tabooed that it is hardly recorded in the books, and they only circulate among the people in the form of rumors."

These words aroused Theron's interest, "What is it? I always feel that everything will be recorded in some form."

"That's true, but the carrier of the record may be lost, so the record is also lost. On the contrary, although the general public is forgetful, the rumors will never disappear."

"So what is it?"

Lenning's eyes stretched out from the window frame with a waterline, and after looking around, he secretly said, "Become a lich."

Theron suddenly realized.

Theron is no stranger to the word lich. In her early memories, Virgil mentioned this word jokingly more than once. About three or four years ago, when Virgil ran to Aime Cortes and said that he was going to dig the keel in the west , Hipper jokingly asked him to dig up the bones of the Lich and bring them back.

Lenning continued: "Since this taboo method was discovered by the last Prince Seti, almost all the archmages have become liches. The feelings of liches are quite different from those of humans, and naturally they cannot feel loneliness, but I I hope you don't get so curious about the experience that you try it."

"I won't..." Theron was quite surprised by Lenning's thoughts, "I have no interest, you should understand what my interest is."

Lenning shrugged: the only thing his little master was interested in summed up was hanging around the Archmage, admiring her in order to ease some feelings so intensely irrational that they could hardly be analyzed and categorized.

"That's why... Of course I've heard it too. These are all small rumors in the circle of our water lords. It is said that part of the reason for the establishment of the Mage Union is to solve this kind of thing: when all archmages are awarded honors, they will be awarded by the supervisory committee. All of the people cast a spell together, and use a precious rock as a support to maintain this long-lasting spell. The statue made of this rock is placed in the depths of the Mages Association. If the life of an archmage begins to fade, this statue It will also fade and disintegrate. For the powerful archmages, it is almost impossible for their lives to be threatened from the outside world, and it is only possible that they choose to become liches."

"So that's the case... what happened after that?"

For the power and ruthlessness of liches, Theron also has some understanding: they are scholars of undead creatures, keen to use living creatures to do various necromancy experiments, unlike elemental mages who may Blow up the entire laboratory, and the more likely serious consequence of failing the necromancy experiment is to turn the living creatures of an entire town into half-dead monsters.

For living people, the behavior of depriving others of their lives cannot be easily tolerated, but for liches, it is very common to go from life to death. It is said that they will use living people to do many cruel spell intensity tests, but These papers are absolutely forbidden to be published (even so, such papers are sent to the association from time to time, and they are really persistent).

"Becoming a Lich is regarded as withdrawing from the Mage United Guild and is no longer protected by any law. The Supervisory Committee will immediately issue a reward order to the adventurer associations all over the world to hunt and kill the newly formed Lich. Adventurers who kill the Lich The right to all the properties of the Lich—except of course the research manuscripts, these generous rewards plus the bonuses from the Mage Guild often make adventurers flock to them.

However, even with such a risk, the archmages in this world will still rush to become a lich: regardless of morality, after becoming a lich, you will no longer be bound by the law, and you can kill whoever you want. You need to breathe, you don’t need to be afraid of heat or cold, you will never be hungry, lonely, backache, cervical spine pain, and you won’t get headaches from accidentally sleeping less. To put one's heart and soul into research work is simply a once-for-all, all-inclusive and harmless method for an avid researcher.

Especially... Those mages who are not powerful enough but want to live forever, they do not hesitate to become liches to prolong their lifespan.The power of such a lich is not particularly strong, so they can only act cautiously, act in a low-key manner, pretend that they are still alive and maintain their limited contact with the outside world.However, there are always signs of emotional lesions, and their contract lords will also be corrupted by death, so they will still show their feet and be punished. "

"That……"

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" Thius, who was listening to the story, suddenly yelled seriously at this moment, and bit Theron's cuff and kept shaking his head.

Lenning covered her mouth seriously: "I know what you're going to ask, it's impossible, your feelings for the archmage will disappear the moment you become a lich, and don't expect her not to She will kill you, she is a person with a strong sense of morality." During this process, Tius kept making a low, low-pitched cry, and bit his cuff tightly.

"Oh... I just don't want to..."

Thius let go of his mouth.

Lenning stretched out another eye, looked left and right, and whispered, "Actually, I also support you to go to school...just because you are my master, I generally don't go against your wishes."

"Oh..." Theron looked disappointed and depressed, his green eyes were dark and lifeless, Lenning was at a loss and deeply regretted telling the truth.

"No, no, don't do this! Listen to me first..."

"Oh……"

Lenning hurriedly explained: "Look! What the Archmage wants to see most is that you become an independent mage, that is, means, you have to learn these things out of your own interests, not, not for the Archmage Isn't it? The Archmage doesn't actually need you to do this..."

"Really... She actually... doesn't need it..."

She can't judge these things very well. Lenning is a well-informed water lord. God knows how many contractors it has had. It is very beneficial to listen to most of its opinions.

"No, no, don't get me wrong! I'm not saying... I'm not saying that the Archmage doesn't need you to study hard for her, I'm just saying... I privately feel that she hopes that you can finally absorb knowledge like her. Finding fun in yourself. That's what she wants you to be, and that's what she always emphasizes about your 'talent'."

Theron forced a smile, "I don't mean to blame you at all, you are a good friend."

Even though he was praised so much, Lenning still couldn't be happy at all, because Theron's expression was still very sad, and he still looked like he was about to cry.

"I understand what you mean..." Theron hugged Tius sadly, and the latter let out a soft whine, "Although these... these are also very interesting, elements, their combinations, Their stories. But... If there is no Hipper to give rewards in front, I don't feel refreshed at all... This is not good, I know..."

"Uh... not everyone can get the same joy from simple exploration as the archmage from the bottom of their hearts."

"But wouldn't that disqualify her from being favored by her?" Theron raised his head and looked at it worriedly, "I don't want her to know. She will definitely feel that only those who love exploring and researching can find it." Talents are qualified to be valued by her..."

She knew too many of them, except Theron.

"You can't say that," the water lord approached her. "First of all, it's not that you have no interest at all. I heard that human cubs are like this. Most of them need strict training to get rid of many unbearable habits in their infancy. And develop many beneficial hobbies, so that you can become a person who conforms to the rules of the elite when you are an adult. Maybe you will be interested in certain things after you become an adult? The archmage's guidance to you has played such a role. Besides, any process of hard work needs rewards, and the rewards that the Archmage needs may be just that we don't know that's all. She may also need the affirmation of others, just like you need her affirmation, this definitely does not mean that you are 'not talented' evidence of."

It was like a flattering snake, its facial features supported by a column of water drawn from its body, and it crawled to Theron, "You should go to school, so that the archmage will have a sense of accomplishment in raising you."

"I?"

"The more you know, the more the archmage is willing to communicate with you. I guess this is also one of her sense of accomplishment."

Theron was amused by it, "Does this belong to the conclusion you usually observe human beings in the human world?"

"Of course." The water lord's facial features retracted with a "snap" and slapped on the face, and the ripples deformed them for a moment.