The magician from the time of peace

In the fourth century AD, in the holy courtyard.

In the rather spacious room, which is extremely messy due to the piles of books of various thicknesses, a dark-haired man with gloomy eyes is leaning over the table and writing something. He is frowning and writing a few words intermittently After a few seconds, he crumpled up the paper with only a few words written on it and threw it on the ground as if venting his anger.

This situation lasted for several hours, and the feeling of nowhere to focus made him feel angry. He flicked the pen vigorously, kicked the table away, pushed open the door and walked out.

Unlike the room with only one dim light, the outside is brightly lit, and all kinds of furniture and furnishings reveal the owner's good taste and financial resources, but Felix doesn't care, he is like a wandering ghost in this ridiculously large room. Walking in the castle, he got into Merris' study with a clear goal.

Um, no one?

Felix narrowed his eyes, turned and left without thinking, and entered the bedroom next door to Merris.

The bedroom was also empty, and there was only a trace of lonely coldness in the air.Only then did Felix recall that Merris had told him that he was going to attend an important reception today.

He sat on Merris' bed, buried his head between the quilt and pillow, and took a deep breath.

About 10 minutes later, the tyranny in his eyes gradually faded away, he closed his eyes, and rubbed the tip of his nose against the inside of the quilt as if a sympathizer rubbed his ears, then raised his head, returned to his study, and continued the research that he had shelved.

Felix, who had entered a state of concentration, was very insensitive to the passage of time, maybe a few days, maybe a few hours, just when he had a new understanding of this topic and made further theoretical inferences very smoothly, there was a rush of There was a knock on the door.

He cursed secretly and ignored it.

The knock on the door lasted only a few seconds, and people outside soon began to knock on the door, and Portiffany's voice came: "Open the door! Felix, open the door!"

Felix suddenly became irritable. He pressed his left hand on a small magic circle engraved on the table, intending to silence the people outside for a while, but before he could pour in the magic power, he heard Portiffany Said anxiously: "Please! Felix! Merris is gone!"

What?Felix shook his hand and drew a long line on the report that was almost completed, but he didn't care, and opened the door almost at a gallop.

Outside the door, Portifani's brown eyes were filled with tears. When he saw Felix coming out, he began to sob as if he had found a backbone. Then he was pressed impatiently: "You said Merris is missing?"

"Yes, yes." Under pressure, Poltiffany could only hold back tears: "At their reception, he was still toasting a duke, but suddenly disappeared! Everyone watched helplessly. Watch him disappear! He's even holding a wine glass!"

"He has been studying space magic recently. Is it because the delay of magic has distorted the space?" Felix asked calmly.

"I don't know... Now the teacher has gone to the reception to check the situation. I only got the news from the teacher. I felt that I had to tell you so I ran back here..." The future great magician was still a teenager at this time, The disappearance of the senior who had been taking care of him hit him hard.

"I'll go and have a look." Felix said, without even putting on his coat, he walked outside.

"I'll go too!" Poltiffany ran to help him get his clothes, and followed closely behind him.

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Felix half-kneeled on the ground, brushed the ground with his fingers, and carefully observed the magic on his fingers.

He frowned, this magical power was a little strange, unlike what magicians within his cognition would use—because it was so inefficient.

On the other side, Portifani was sticking to his mentor: "Do you know what's going on? Where did Merris go?"

The instructor just shook his head: "I'm very sorry, I can only tell you clearly that this is not space magic, and we need to further analyze what it is."

Portifani was tearful, but he really didn't have any talent in non-attribute magic, so he had to walk up to Felix, who was meditating, to hear what he had to say.

Um?The sharp-eyed Portifani saw something slipping out of Felix's neckline, he took a closer look, and suddenly exclaimed: "Your necklace?!"

Felix was interrupted, frowned, and planned to put the dropped necklace back into his clothes, but then he was also taken aback—the gemstone that had been steadily blooming with light blue light was as dim as a stone dull.

It was as if a thunderbolt exploded above Felix's head.

Although this necklace was a gift from Merris, he used this fine sapphire to experiment with a newly designed magic of his - to sense the existence of a person after he got it.

The scope of this magic is very wide, and it can be said that as long as the person you are looking for is in this world, it will shine.

After the magic was successful, he didn't pay much attention to it. He usually just wore it as an ordinary necklace from Meris, but at this time, it lost its original brilliance.

What does it mean?Merris is out of this world?

Felix's heart was in a mess, and his internal organs were in severe pain as if they were churning together. He was breathing rapidly, but his brain became increasingly deprived of oxygen. Finally, his eyes turned black and he passed out on the ground.

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When Felix woke up, he heard Portifani talking to someone: "It seems that he hasn't slept for five or six days, so he may be emotional..."

He lifted the quilt and stood up, and strode out. Seeing that he woke up, Portifani exclaimed in surprise: "Are you all right? Are you too tired before? Do you want to take a rest?"

He ignored him, and only asked another person present - that is, Portifani's mentor - "Have you found Merris?"

The other party showed an apologetic expression, and without waiting for him to speak, Felix continued to ask: "Do you know what magic that is?"

"At present, it is only seen that it has no attributes, but it is not space magic, nor is it a strangle formation. We are investigating various magics that can make people disappear out of thin air, but so far we have found nothing." The instructor replied.

A flash of inspiration flashed in Felix's mind: "Could it be time magic?"

"Time magic? This is still a subject that needs to be studied urgently. No one has succeeded in it—"

"If the magic of the future develops to a new height, it is very likely that it is time magic." Felix interrupted him.He said to himself, as if to reassure himself: "If it's just time magic, then Merris is still alive."

"But if it's a future where magic is extremely developed, why did they set the time magic object as Merris?" the instructor expressed doubts.

"Who knows." Felix sneered: "Anyway, it's not because of the shortage of manpower in the war that we need to find helpers."

"Of course not. There is no need for such a boring thing as war." The instructor laughed.

"Don't gossip, I'll go to the party venue to have a look." Felix finished and left without looking back.

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Although it was incredible, the magicians finally came to the conclusion that it was time magic that took Merris away.

"Meris has gone to a place where he can cast time magic, so happy." His colleagues sighed: "Then there should be no need to save him, and he probably doesn't want to come back."

Felix said nothing.He silently collected the dust from where Merris was last seen, and brought it back to his study for continuous analysis.

A few weeks later, by examining the degree of decay of the magic power in the dust, he came to the conclusion that Meris was in the fourteenth century AD, that is, after 1000 years.

Got you.He evoked a faint smile, and went to the library to borrow dozens of books related to time magic.

This is a very new topic, and there is very little relevant information, but why would he be afraid of this? Constructing a complete system from an empty space is his specialty.

"Felix, don't look at it, okay...Meris has disappeared for half a year..." Portiffany knocked on the door and shouted worriedly: "Although I miss him very much, there is nothing I can do. We can't travel through time."

Felix didn't even raise his eyes. He had already drawn the prototype of the magic circle and was conducting the first experiment.

failure.

failure.

failure.

He desperately found that time is like a river in which people move with the waves, and they can never return from the downstream to the upstream.

In other words, it was impossible for Merris to come back here, and his efforts for the past six months were all in vain.

Portiffany was still knocking on the door outside: "Felix, please, come out, at least let me know that you are still alive."

But it doesn't matter, Merris can't come back, he is in the past, and after this failure, I believe he can write a reverse formula at a faster speed.

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When Felix saw the sun again, he was out of shape, his skin was extremely pale, and there were still deep shadows under his eyes.

Poltiffany was scratching his head and writing a thesis. When he saw him coming out, he immediately jumped up from his chair. Before he could express his concern, a stack of paper was stuffed in his hand.

"Look." He said wearily, then leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes.

After only reading a few lines, Portiffany couldn't help shouting: "Are you going to the future?! This is absolutely not possible!"

The people around him didn't respond, and he realized that Felix had fallen asleep.

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Portifani summoned all their mutual friends, and came to advise Felix not to be foolish.

"The number of experiments with this magic circle is simply not enough, the risk is very high!"

"And how do you know exactly which year Merris was in after 1000 years, 1400 or 1499?"

"Even if you confirm it, can you guarantee that your magic circle can accurately send you to that time?"

"I know you and Merris are best friends, but you don't need to take such a big risk for him, and our era has lost Merris, we can't lose you again!"

Facing all the doubts, Felix had only one sentence: "Are you going to help me?"

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Felix suddenly appeared in the downtown area of ​​the [-]th century with a large luggage on his back. He ignored the pointing of the people around him and the guards who had surrounded him, and took out his necklace.

It's still gray, is it coming early or late?He squinted his eyes.

But it doesn't matter, he just waited.