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When the wind blows, everything around seems to have returned to what the world should have been.

The sound of insects and dogs barking reappeared in the night, the shadow returned to its original position, and various elements continued to drift and dance in a clear rhythm according to their own inherent trajectories.

Only the moon is still hanging in the sky, silently looking down on the whole earth.

Kiki blinked vigorously, and found that he had reached the end of the street, and not far ahead was Shuori Square, where the church, the contact tower of the Magic Association, and the government affairs hall were all in sight.

—Did Moriarty send him here?

Keech couldn't help thinking that.He didn't mark the path between Shuori Square and the Governor's Mansion, and he was in a state of mindless confusion before. In this situation, the possibility of not getting lost and finding the correct path is really slim.

However, looking at the contact tower close at hand and the church not far away, Keech didn't want to just go back.

——He doesn't want to take care of Li Qi anymore, he wants to return her to Xiu Qi.

After hesitating for a while, Keech finally took a step and walked to the church on the other side.

It was already late at night, and the door of the church had already been closed, only the light of candles swaying slightly behind the stained glass windows.But the place Keech is going to is not the church, he just uses this place as a starting point, and according to the traces in his memory, he looks for the house where Xiu Qi lives.

Fortunately, it is not difficult.When Kidge walked around the church, the dilapidated house and the bright candlelight in it came into Kidge's eyes, making it difficult for him to get lost.

Keech walked over quickly, stopped at the door of the house, then took a deep breath, raised his hand and knocked on the door.

Soon, the door was opened, and Xiu Qi appeared behind the door as expected, but the expression on his face didn't look like he was welcoming his arrival.

"Kiki? Why are you here?" Xiuqi asked suspiciously.

"I want to talk to you about something." Keech replied, squinting his eyes habitually, and immediately found that there was another person in the house, with a light element on his body, who seemed to be a priest as well.

"If you can say it here, let's say it." Xiu Qi obviously didn't want Kiqi to enter the house.

Although Kiki didn't know who the person Xiuqi left at home was, he wasn't very curious. He just wanted to get Lizzy away from Hill as soon as possible, so that the relationship between him and Hill could return to what it was before. A state of tranquility and harmony.

But when Keeki made it clear that he wanted to bring Likki back, Xiuqi shook his head, "No, I can't take care of her now, and it's impossible for her to move back in a short time. .”

Kiki was stunned for a moment, and immediately associated Xiuqi's answer with the people in the house, and asked, "Do you have guests?"

"How could you..." Xiu Qi looked at Ki Qi in surprise.

But before he could finish his questioning, a voice came from behind him, "Master Xiuqi, please invite the guests in. Those who come to visit at this time must have something urgent to ask for."

While speaking, a silver-haired man also wearing a priest's black robe walked from the living room behind Xiu Qi.

Seeing this person, Kiki couldn't help but froze.

He has seen him.

At Midsummer's Day last year, the Yalong Emperor's anniversary celebration, it was this man who looked at Tina with weird eyes, and then looked at him with the same eyes at the palace dinner.

——But this person is a priest from the Oz Empire, so he should have left last year!

Keech suddenly became alert.

The silver-haired priest also recognized him, immediately raised the corners of his mouth, and smiled playfully, "I'm sorry, Priest Xiuqi, I didn't expect your guest to be a magician."

"He is my younger brother, Your Excellency Darren, please don't worry." Xiu Qi replied with respect.

--Worry?worry about what?

Keech grew suspicious.

He wasn't sure if this person remembered him, after all, last year, he was still a junior magician in a green robe.But seeing the way this person looked at him, he felt that his thoughts were too naive.

"Go back, Kiki." Xiuqi turned his head and continued to say to Kiki, "I have already taught you how to deal with Liqi. If you think she is troublesome, then find her a husband as soon as possible and take her away." Get married."

—What worries me now is that she wants Hill as a husband!

Keech gritted his teeth depressingly, but glanced at the silver-haired priest, but said nothing after all.

But just when Kiki turned around and wanted to leave, the silver-haired priest stopped him, "Don't rush to leave, Mr. Magician, since you are the younger brother of Priest Xiuqi, there is one thing you can do help."

Keech stopped in doubt and turned to look at the man.

"You should know Magician Amir, right?" The silver-haired priest raised his hand to stop Xiu Qi who wanted to interrupt, and continued, "Please give me a word, just say..."

Before the silver-haired priest could finish speaking, the communicator on Kiki's body rang first.

Keech didn't think much, and took out the communicator habitually, and was about to connect it when he realized that he was in front of two priests.

"It can't be Amir, right? We really have a good understanding!" The silver-haired priest laughed meaningfully.

—He knows the communicator?

Kiki was startled for a moment, and immediately realized that this silver-haired guy might not only know the communicator, he also knew his acquaintance with Amir.

After a little hesitation, Kiki boldly opened the communicator and put it next to his ear.

"Where are you?" Amir's voice came from the communicator immediately.

Before Kiki could answer, the silver-haired priest on the opposite side raised his voice and said, "He's with me, Amir."

"Darren?!" Amir called out a name in surprise.

"Are you surprised?" The priest, whom Amir called Darren, took a step forward, as if he wanted to get closer to the communicator, but soon stopped under Kiki's guarded gaze, and raised his hands in a friendly manner, expressing I am not malicious.

"Where are you?" Amir asked again.

"In the house behind the church, you can see it when you come here." Darren replied.

"...Kiki, don't move around, wait for me to pass." After finishing speaking, Amir's voice disappeared in the communicator.

Keech put away the communicator and looked at the silver-haired priest more and more hesitantly.

Darren seemed to have seen through Kiki's thoughts, and said jokingly: "Don't you want to ask how I met your Amir magician?"

——I will ask, but not to you.

Keech ignored Darren and stood there motionless, waiting for Amir to arrive.

Seeing that Keech didn't speak, Darren didn't continue to sing the one-man show. He whispered something to Xiuqi, then turned and went back to the living room.

When Darren disappeared behind another door leading to the living room, Xiu Qi turned his hand to close the door behind him, walked up to Ki Qi, and asked suspiciously, "Do you know him?"

"I met you in Yasha last year." Keech didn't hide anything, and asked, "He's a priest from the country of Oz, why did he come to Yalong?"

"He came here secretly, not many people even on Oz's side know about it." Xiu Qi also answered quite bluntly, "However, I can't tell you the purpose of his coming here, I can only say that it's not because Malicious, at least, as far as I know, no."

Keeki didn't answer, Xiuqi didn't say anything more, and asked about Likki, "Why did you send Likki back? As far as I know, you have already moved into the Mage Tower, and she Living with the nobles—did she get you into trouble?"

"... Soon." Keech replied vaguely.

"Did she seduce some nobleman?" Xiu Qi asked casually, "Would it be that prince?"

——It would be great if it was.

Keech thought gloomily, but didn't answer.

"Looks like that's about it." Xiu Qi took Ki Qi's silence as acquiescence, "Leave her alone, if she can really seduce a husband you like, then let her marry him, anyway, you don't need a dowry You come out, what grandma left is enough for her to marry anyone in style."

"Grandma left something?" Kiki was slightly taken aback.

"The gold and jewels I brought out from Chimera's house when I fled back then." Xiu Qi replied, "I once helped my grandmother sell them off, but I don't know how much. I can only be sure that my grandmother sold them before she died. Give it all to Li Qi."

"...But, when Li Qi moved, I didn't see anything like that." Keech said suspiciously.

"Of course it won't be stored in an ordinary box." Xiu Qi said lightly, "Don't forget, the Chimera family is not only a family of magicians, but also descendants of gods. Surprising, isn't it?"

"Storage... magic weapon..." Kiki immediately remembered the storage ring he had seen on President Fernando's hand.

"I guess it's the bracelet. It's the only thing that Lizzy has been wearing since her grandmother died." Xiu Qi said, "If you're interested, you can try it out. It doesn't matter if you snatch it."

"...But isn't that what Grandma left Li Qi?" Keech asked hesitantly.Since the reunion, he felt that Xiu Qi's attitude towards Li Qi was a bit weird, he was much more distant than when he was at home, and he also had a feeling of disgust.

"Grandmother just gave her the things, but as for whether she will enjoy them exclusively... who knows!" Xiu Qi snorted coldly, and then said, "I will leave Yani City in a few days. Then, if Lizzy still bothers you, you send her back to this house and let her die."

Xiu Qi's words made Ki Qi a little confused, but one thing seemed to be clear - Xiu Qi didn't intend to pursue what his grandmother left Li Qi, but he also didn't want Li Qi as a younger sister.

Keech was hesitating whether he should ask the reason, when a sound of hurried footsteps came from not far away, and they were in front of them in a blink of an eye.

It was Amir who came. He glanced at Kiki, who was visibly disturbed, and didn't speak to him. Instead, he asked Xiuqi next to him, "Where is Priest Darren?"

"Inside." Xiuqi, who had already been ordered by Darren, immediately turned around and led Amir into his house.

Before Keech could think about whether he should follow, Amir grabbed his arm and dragged him in with him.

Darren was sitting on the sofa bench in the living room. Seeing Amir coming in, he immediately stood up and opened his arms to Amir, "Long time no see, my dear Amir."

"Why are you here?" Amir didn't accept his hug, just stood where he was, and asked coldly.

"Aren't you going to catch up on the old days first? My old friend." Darren withdrew his arm awkwardly.

"Before reminiscing about the past, give me a reason not to send you back to Oz." Amir lowered his face.

"Okay." Darren shrugged, "However, this has to be discussed separately - Priest Xiuqi, I'm sorry, I have to borrow the room you prepared for me in advance."

"Please." Xiu Qi replied calmly.

Darren didn't say any more, just glanced at Kiki next to him, then turned around and led Amir into the next room.

— That room was originally Lizzy's.

Keech thought about it silently, but finally couldn't hold back his curiosity, and gave the order of transmission to the wind elements in the room, asking them to send the conversation in the next room to his ears.

Just when Kiki was trying to eavesdrop on Amir and Darren's conversation, Shuki also sat on the chair thoughtfully, staring sideways at the next room.

——Does Xiu Qi also have a method of "wiretapping"?

Although Kiki wasn't sure, Xiuqi's appearance made it hard for him not to guess.

Guessing, Darren's voice had already appeared in Kiki's ears under the guidance of the wind element, so he had to withdraw his thoughts and listen attentively.

"We haven't seen each other for more than half a year, so you treat me with such a cold attitude?" Darren's tone was completely devoid of the reservedness that priests used to, and looked like a girl who was acting like a spoiled child.

"Who said that we will never see each other again, could it be me?" Amir's voice could not be heard much.

"It's just an angry statement, you still take it seriously! If it wasn't for you..."

Darren was about to defend himself, but Amir interrupted coldly, "Shut up!"

——What is it, why don't you let him finish talking!

Kiki was curious, but the door next door was suddenly pushed open, and Amir strode out, and in two or three steps, he came in front of him, and said coldly, "Stop your curiosity, or don't let me find out !"

——Uh, he shouldn't have used the wind element to eavesdrop.

——Apparently, Amir is more sensitive to the movements of wind elements than he thought.

Kiki twitched the corners of his mouth and nodded obediently.

Amir didn't say any more, turned around and walked back to the room, closing the door heavily.

This time, Kiki didn't dare to indulge his curiosity anymore, he found a chair and sat down honestly, waiting for Amir to come out.

Xiu Qi next to him got up and walked to his side, and asked in a low voice, "What did you do?"

"Eavesdropping." Kitsch pouted, "Then, I was discovered."

"...You are really not suitable for doing bad things." Xiu Qi sighed, raised his hand and patted Ki Qi on the head.

"Don't tell me you didn't do that." Keech rolled his eyes back.

"But I was not discovered." Xiu Qi replied indifferently, "However, due to your carelessness, that magician obviously did something, and now even I can't hear anything."

——Perhaps you were the one who was discovered, but I was only blamed!

Keech thought gloomily.