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After leaving the contact tower, Hill could not go back to rest as suggested by the black-robed magician. He could only take a carriage back to the palace, report the progress of the matter to De Rossi, and ask him to allow him to take Joey to the palace tomorrow afternoon. Golden lotus.

De Rossi pondered for a moment before agreeing to Hill's request, but also implicitly told Hill that he would send someone to "protect" them.

Of course, Hill couldn't refuse such protection. Instead, he had to express his sincere gratitude, then step back from De Rossi, and pass on the next arrangement to Joey.

At this time, it was almost dawn, and Sirius took Hill and Joey to his bedroom to rest. Anyway, he only had a female dragon who was not yet an adult and was approaching the dormant period, so there was no trouble of avoiding suspicion.

But Hill didn't feel sleepy at all at this time. After lying down on the gorgeous four-poster bed, he couldn't even close his eyes. Looking at the curtain above his head, he was full of thoughts.

He had long expected that this matter would have something to do with a certain high-status magician in the Magic Association, but he really didn't expect that Queen Hathaway, who had always kept herself safe, would also get involved. What's worse, that The silver-haired priest also participated, and it was obviously the Silver Armors he led that attacked Joey and the others.

The Magic Association, the royal family, and the Holy See, how are these three linked together?Hill couldn't figure it out, but felt that Keech might know something, but he didn't want to tell himself like he used to.

In fact, there is no direct evidence that Queen Hathaway is involved in this matter, but De Rossi has obviously believed what Joey said, and Sirius also hinted on the way back to the palace that the plan to seek refuge in the Magic Association was actually made by Queen Hathaway proposed it. De Rossi didn't want to do this at first, but felt that Hathaway was just worried about Keli's safety, and she rarely insisted on one thing, so she agreed to it.

Thinking that this kidnapping was probably self-directed and staged by Queen Hathaway after reaching an agreement with someone from the Magic Association and the silver-haired priest, Hill couldn't help but link this incident with the Bloodthorn Legion's rebellion. Together—Although the Marshal Elan of the Bloodthorn Legion declared independence, he did not declare himself king.

If Alan is also an important link in this series of events, then, if Kiki didn't make a move that day, Prince Siris didn't return in time, and the Royal Knights and the Asshai garrison were defeated by the bloodthorn army. What will happen next is that Elan supports Prince Kesley as the throne?However, in what way can Queen Hathaway and Prince Kesley repay the Magic Association and the Holy See who have helped them?

Hill thought about it and stopped dwelling on this meaningless conjecture. Since Joey came back alive, and De Rossi did not intend to kill Joey, he had to find a way to appease the victims of this incident. Unlucky nobles and magical associations, like, a precious human life.

De Rossi will not attack his own son, which can be seen from the matter of Prince Filian.What's more, Keli is not yet ten years old, even if De Rossi wants to sacrifice him, the nobles will not be satisfied.In this way, Queen Hathaway has become unforgivably guilty. Even if she is not the mastermind, she will inevitably follow in the footsteps of the previous two queens, changing from the current queen to the former queen, and becoming all the victims of this incident. A bargaining chip for satisfaction.

——No queen can die in bed, is De Rossi's successor cursed?

Thinking of this, Hilton suddenly had a weird thought.

After daybreak, Hill didn't rush to get up, and closed his eyes on the bed to rest for a while, and didn't get up and leave the bed until the lunch time was approaching.

When Hill came to the restaurant, Serris and Joey were already sitting at the dining table, and Lvlongxiong was also sitting there, but Adong, who had always been inseparable from Serris, was nowhere to be seen. Not sleeping again.

After lunch, Hill and Joy left the palace in a carriage provided by Emperor De Rossi and headed for the Golden Lotus Hotel.

When they arrived there, the members of the Magic Association had not yet appeared, and Kiki was nowhere to be seen. Hill could only take Joey to the room he reserved and wait.

Until it was completely dark, Hill began to consider whether to order dinner first for Joey to fill his stomach. Finally, there was a knock on the door outside the living room. Immediately afterwards, two figures, one black and one purple, walked in.

The black one is naturally Kiki, but the purple one is Amir who Hill doesn't want to see.

It’s just that I don’t want to see you, but Hill also knows very well in his heart that Amir is like the regent in the Magic Association. He will never let the important Kiki go out by himself, let alone let Kiki come to see him alone. he.

"Your Excellency Kiki, Your Excellency Amir." Hill controlled his tangled mood, stood up with Joey, and bowed to Kiki and Amir.

"You two are welcome." Amir nodded to the two with a smile, and closed the door behind him.

Keech didn't speak as usual, and after entering the door, he found a comfortable chair and sat down, glanced at Hill and Joey expressionlessly, and then looked out of the window as if wandering away——Kech was still puzzled Why did Hill suddenly want to see him by name? Seeing that Joey was there at this moment, he immediately dispelled the anticipatory curiosity in his heart.

"Can you let..." Joey couldn't wait to talk to Kidge alone, but Hill held him down and gave him a signal not to speak for now.

Seeing that Joey stopped abruptly after speaking halfway, Amir raised his eyebrows pretending to be puzzled, "Why don't you say it, don't you have important clues to give us?"

"Yes." Hill nodded with a smile, "But this matter is a long story, please allow us to sit down and talk about it."

"I've said it before, you're welcome." Amir raised the corners of his lips, and took the lead in sitting down on another chair beside Kiki.

Hill and Joey sat down, and then Hill gave a brief account of Joey's experience during this period.

What made Hill puzzled was that neither Amir nor Kiki showed any surprised expressions on their faces when they heard about Joey's experience, which made Hill couldn't help but think of a possibility.

"You already know about this, don't you?" Since Keech was next to him, Hill didn't try to beat around the bush, but directly pointed out his doubts.

"Yes." Amir also admitted frankly, "Actually, you can guess it if you think about it. It is almost impossible to lead a group of ordinary people who are powerless to pass through the checkpoints around the city of Asshai quietly. There are two reasons why these people disappeared and could not be found. One is that everyone was killed and their bodies were destroyed, and the other is that they were not taken away at all, but were hidden in the place where the incident happened. nearby."

"Obviously, you have denied the former." Hill narrowed his eyes.

"Perhaps you have forgotten that there is a kind of magic called necromancy, which is best at finding corpses." Amir replied with a smile, "However, apart from the place where the incident happened, there is no sign of death anywhere around Asshai, let alone For the hidden corpse, we can only turn to the latter possibility to verify it."

"That is to say, didn't you just know that we were imprisoned in the Magic Association today?!" Joey clenched his fists and asked angrily.

"I have to correct your wording, Joy Grant Knight." Amir put away his smile and said seriously, "We only know that you are 'in' the Asshai Magic Association, as for why you are there, and in what way There, we are not sure—in fact, we asked the Asshai Magic Association to send you out four days ago, but your Highness the Queen refused to leave, and the great magician of Samohail who protected her also claimed You entered the Magic Association voluntarily."

"What?!" Joey was stunned.

Hill, who was next to him, felt his heart sink, and had a bad premonition—won't the Magic Association intend to stay out of the matter and let the Yalong royal family solve this problem by themselves? !

Thinking of this, Hill immediately turned his gaze to Kiki who had been silent all along, but Kiki still looked out the window expressionlessly at this moment, as if he didn't hear what they were saying at all.

Keech was indeed in a daze at the moment. When Hill said that Joey had just escaped from the Magic Association in Assia, his thoughts unconsciously shifted to a week ago.

At that time, Amir and others had already confirmed that Queen Hathaway, Prince Kesli and others were hidden in the Asshai Magic Association.In order not to arouse the vigilance there, Amir took Kiki and left the city of Yashai. On the surface, he was going to Miranda County to inspect, but secretly he was preparing to sneak into the Asshai Magic Association for investigation.

But not long after Amir and Kiki left, Everton appeared in the liaison tower of the city of Assia in embarrassment, claiming that he had discovered that Samohal had hidden Prince Kesri and other nobles in the Magic Association, and was therefore asked by Samohal to Threats to kill him.

Although Everton claimed so, he only looked embarrassed, but he was actually unscathed. Zuckerberg, who was stationed in the communication tower, could not arrest Summer Haier for questioning because of his one-sided words, so he could only use the communication tower. The magic mirror got in touch with Summerhail and asked him to defend himself.

However, Summerhale did not completely deny Everton's words, but claimed that Queen Hathaway and others were not forced to stay in the Magic Association. On the contrary, they took the initiative to hide in the Magic Association to seek asylum after being attacked. Some people were instigated by a member of the royal family, which made them afraid to return to the palace, lest they fall into the tiger's mouth again.

In order to prove that what he said was true, Summerhale also invited Queen Hathaway to testify for herself in front of the magic mirror.

Hathaway’s testimony is exactly the same as that of Summer Haile, as if this is really a dirty dispute within the royal family. If the Magic Association wants to be held accountable for Floyd’s death, it also needs to start an investigation from within the Yalong royal family .

Regrettably, neither Hathaway nor Summer Haile knew about the relationship between Cheryl's mother and daughter and Barosh, and this became the biggest flaw in their testimony.You know, Barosh and Cheryl tried their best to leave Assia in order to use the Magic Association's teleportation magic circle a while ago. Now that the time and place are just right, they just don't contact Barosh and give up. A great opportunity to leave Asshai - how is this possible?

At the same time, Summerhaile opened the defensive magic circle around the Magic Association to prevent anyone from entering and leaving, and even closed the teleportation magic circle on Yasha's side, on the grounds of ensuring the safety of Hathaway and the others.

This practice of Summerhaile immediately angered Barosh.When she heard that Cheryl's mother and daughter were missing, she wanted to rush back to Yasha, but she had other important tasks at the time, and she really didn't have much contacts in Yasha, and it wouldn't be effective when she came back. The matter was entrusted to Amir, and asked him to urge the Asshai Magic Association to find the mother and daughter at all costs. As a result, they never expected that the culprit who caused the disappearance of these two people turned out to be the Asshai Magic Association.

But at this time, the teleportation magic circle had been closed, and Barosh could only use ordinary people's vehicles to travel long distances, so that he only arrived in Yasha yesterday afternoon.However, Lil's mother and daughter are still in the hands of Samohaile. Although Barosh is angry, he is even more cautious. Even the strategy of Yuandao is not too strong, for fear that Samohaile and others will be cornered.

According to Amir and others, they originally hoped that Yalong royal family would deal with this matter first, and then adjust the strategy according to the development of the situation.

From this perspective, the appearance of Hill and Joey is exactly what they wanted.

Because of this, Amir did not hesitate to reject Hill's request that the Magic Association send the royal family members and nobles back to Asshai City, and was only willing to act as the mouthpiece for both parties, letting them resolve the matter by themselves.

Hill didn't expect to be able to talk about the results he expected with such a meeting, and the main purpose of their coming here was not for this.Seeing Amir's resolute attitude, Hill stopped insisting, and instead gave Joey a wink, indicating that he could ask for a private conversation with Kiki.

Joey immediately sat up straight and made this request.

Keech froze for a moment, looked at Joey suspiciously, then glanced at Hill again, and quickly replied indifferently: "Let's just say, I have nothing that I can't let Amir know."

Hill couldn't help but froze at Keech's words, but then realized that he hadn't let himself back either.

Joey also noticed this, and stared blankly at Kiki for a while, seeing that he really didn't intend to let anyone in this room avoid him, so he gritted his teeth and said, "What I want to tell you is your brother Xiu Qi As you may remember, he became a priest."

"He saved you?" Kiki also guessed Xiuqi's identity from Hill's description, and the other silver-haired priest was obviously Darren. When everyone was still looking for them in Miranda County, But they have already returned to Asshai, hiding under the eyes of the Yalong royal family and the Magic Association.

"Yes." Joey smiled wryly, "He didn't know that your sister, Miss Lizzie, was engaged to Hill, and thought I would marry her, and he didn't seem to intend to get along with the people who attacked us anymore, so that's why Leave the Magic Association and bring me out too."

"Is that all you want to tell me?" Keech frowned.

Joey opened his mouth, hesitated to speak, struggled a few times before opening his mouth again, and told the next thing.

What Joey really wanted to tell Keech happened on their way to Asshai.Just as they were about to pass through the woods and step into the avenue, Xiu Qi suddenly stopped and asked Joey to find a place to hide.Seeing Joey's slow movements and hesitation, he simply used his ability, sealed Joey's mouth and body with magic elements, and threw him into the nearby bushes.

Joey couldn't make a sound or move, but his eyes and ears were still functioning normally. He soon saw a short magician in a blue magic robe chasing him, but he was lying at a bad angle and couldn't move. See the face of this magician.

Xiu Qi obviously knew this magician, and the two started talking after meeting. From the names they called each other, Joey soon realized that this magician turned out to be another younger brother of Xiu Qi, the great magician Satsuma Haier's apprentice, intermediate magician Rocky.

It seems that Rocky was sent to persuade Xiu Qi to return to the Magic Association, but judging from the dialogue between the two, Rocky did not know that Joey was also brought out by Xiu Qi, and only repeatedly emphasized that Xiu Qi should not be at this time. Leave on your own.

Joey couldn't see Rocky's face, but his voice and tone of voice made Joey feel like he was nervous, and even gave a feeling that he was shaking.

And what happened next confirmed Joey's guess. Rocky suddenly rushed in front of Xiu Qi, as if stuffing something into his arms. The next moment, Rocky's body flew upside down and landed heavily. It hit the trunk of a tree beside the road.

"Are you also confused by that lunatic?!" Xiu Qi yelled at Rocky while clutching his chest.

At this time, Joey in the bushes also smelled the familiar smell of blood, and immediately understood what had happened - Rocky assassinated Xiu Qi, his own brother!

Speaking of this, Joey stopped and looked up at Kiki's expression, which was cold and obviously annoyed, but it was far from as shocked as he thought, let alone worried about Xiuqi.

Keech was really not worried about Xiu Qi. When he heard that Xiu Qi was stabbed and still had the strength to get angry with Rocky, he knew that Xiu Qi would definitely not die.Chimera's blood power can repair all wounds on the body. Since Rocky failed to achieve a fatal blow, it is impossible for him to take Xiu Qi's life.

Seeing that Joey didn't continue, Kiki asked urgently: "And then? Did Xiuqi kill Rocky?"

"No, Priest Xiuqi let him go." Joey shook his head hesitantly, becoming more and more puzzled by Kiki's reaction, and secretly doubting the blood relationship between the three people—he didn't care about his brother's safety , and you want your younger brother to die, are you and them really brothers? !

Joey was also very strange. Xiu Qi was injured so badly, but not only did he not die, but he still had the strength to pull out the dagger that stabbed him from his chest. The blood didn't flow out much, and it quickly Stop it, apart from looking weaker, there is no sign of death at all.What made Joey even more surprised was that after Xiu Qi sent him outside the city of Yashai, he flew him up with magic-like power and threw him into the palace of Yashai.

Although he was full of doubts, Joey suppressed his dissatisfaction and continued talking.

Xiu Qi let Rocky leave because Rocky said a word, and when the sentence was finished, Xiu Qi, who was extremely angry, suddenly lost his temper, and only waved his hand to make Rocky disappear from his face immediately.And Rocky seemed to have exhausted all his courage, stood up from the ground, turned around and fled out of the woods.

"What did he say?" Keech asked coldly, displeased with Joey's appetizing way of telling.

"He said, if you find out about the killing of the great magician Floyd by Samerhaile, you will definitely kill him and Summerhaile together, and you will never leave him alive." Joey also mustered up his courage , said the words in one breath.

Hearing this sentence, Kiki's mouth immediately showed a sneer, and Amir next to him also raised his eyebrows obviously.

"Master Kiki, Priest Xiuqi asked me to tell you something." Joey continued, "He asked me to tell you that everything was planned by a priest named Darren, he is a lunatic, a A lunatic who is good at confusing people and wants to destroy everything! Also, if possible, please... give your brother... a chance."