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At noon the next day, Kiki had just accompanied Calvin to cast the purification technique, cleaned up the entire town, and was enjoying lunch in their temporary house, when a knight hurried in and told them that there was another A knight and a magician were sent.

Calvin was slightly taken aback, and while sending someone upstairs to inform Barosh who was taking a nap, he stood up and took Kiki to greet him outside the door.

Walking out of the gate, a four-wheeled carriage and four light knights holding sorrel horses came into view. Two intermediate magicians in blue robes, a junior magician in green robes, and a magic apprentice were also getting out of the carriage. up and down.

Seeing this magic apprentice, Kiki couldn't help being stunned, and blurted out: "Avella?!"

Avella, who was getting off the luggage from the carriage, raised her head and waved to Kiki with a smile. A blue-robed female magician beside her also turned her head and laughed loudly at Kiki: "Hi, Kiki !"

"Tina?!" Kiki's eyes widened.

"Tina, Craig!" Calvin also called out the names of two of the mid-level magicians, strode forward, and asked with a smile, "Why are you here too?"

"Of course I came to help." Tina replied with a smile. "We also brought seeds for spring plowing-hey, I said Kiki, don't you plan to hug your mentor? We haven't seen each other for a while!"

Saying that, Tina opened her arms to Kitsch.

Kiki was immediately embarrassed and felt ashamed, so he obediently stepped forward and let Tina complete the hug.

"Are you his mentor?" Calvin asked in surprise, and the other two magicians beside him also showed surprised expressions.

"Don't look down on people, I am also very discerning, and I am very good at instructing apprentices." Tina raised her chin triumphantly, but then laughed out of her true colors, "Of course, I have to admit that Amir is on him It also took a lot of effort.”

"But it's amazing, he's just so young..." The green-robed magician couldn't help but said, but as soon as the words came out, he realized that he was not qualified to intervene in such an occasion, In particular, the subject of the review was a magician of a higher level than himself.

"I forgot to introduce, this is Emily a junior magician." Tina didn't care about it, just clapped her hands suddenly, and pushed the green-robed magician in front of her, "A newcomer who was just promoted last year, her mentor is Everton The great magician's disciple, Heertini, the senior magician—Calvin probably hasn't seen it yet, right?"

--she?

Kiki was slightly taken aback, only then did he notice that the short-haired green-robed magician was a young girl rather than a boy like himself.

"Hertini? During the New Year, I drank with him." Calvin smiled and nodded to Emily, but his attitude was far less serious than Tina and another middle-level male magician.

"It's very nice to meet you, Magician Calvin." The girl named Emily seemed a little nervous, "And you, Magician Kiki."

Kich nodded to her following Calvin's example, then walked to Avella's side and took the luggage in her hand.

"Let's go in and talk about it. The great magician Barosh is still on his lunch break, and he may come down after a while." Calvin led Tina and others into the house as he spoke, and ordered someone to arrange rooms for them.

While waiting for the room, Calvin briefly introduced the situation in Magellan Town and the current progress of himself and Baros. Tina and the male magician named Craig also briefed on the arrangements made by the Magic Association, Yanni The current situation of the city and their purpose of coming are further explained.

Craig is an earth-type magician, and Emily is a water-type magician. The two of them were sent here to assist the people in Magellan Town and the surrounding countryside to complete the spring plowing.As for Tina and Avella, they mainly came to visit Kiki and see what the fire magician or alchemist could do in this disaster.

"I couldn't help in Yani City, so Amir suggested that I go out and look for inspiration." Tina said helplessly.

—Maybe he just wants you to leave Yani City.

Keech secretly slandered, and couldn't help but wonder if that guy named Darren was still in Yani City.

Of course, he would not tell Tina such thoughts.Tina didn't notice how weird his expression was. After putting down her luggage, she happily followed several other magicians to meet the person in charge of the town to discuss the distribution and use of grain seeds.

But Avella sensitively noticed Kiki's abnormality. After Tina and others went out, she grabbed Kiki, wrote words in the air with the ring on her hand, and asked him if something happened.

Kiki shook his head hastily, but Avella felt more and more that he had something to hide, and asked him relentlessly.

In desperation, Kiki had no choice but to prevaricate the fact that he and Hill left Yasha without telling Tina or Amir, so as to save Avella from continuing to ask.

As expected, Avella took this as the real answer, immediately pursed her lips and laughed, and promised that she would keep it a secret for him.

Mentioning Hill, Kiki couldn't help being in a trance for a while, and the thoughts suppressed in his heart also came to his heart involuntarily.

——What is Hill doing now?

Hill had just come out of Sirius' office when Tina arrived in Magellan Town.

Today, the reconstruction work in all urban areas of Yani City is on the right track, and everything is in order and in an orderly manner. Although the surrounding towns have not yet entered a state of real reconstruction due to conditions, most of them have returned to order. With the assistance of the Blue Dragon Army, it was eliminated.

Seeing the thriving situation in Yanila Province, Sires decided not to stay any longer, returned the management of Yanila Province to the local government, and asked Emperor De Rossi to send a new governor , Take over his achievements, and continue to tour, go to other disaster-stricken provinces and counties to inspect the disaster relief situation there.

Hill supported such a decision. As the future emperor and the administrator of the empire, Sirius shouldn't have limited his sights to one province and one county, and he didn't need to use this limited power to offend His Majesty the Emperor. suspicion.

But Hill is not very sure about his whereabouts. Sirius may keep him in Yani City and continue to assist the new governor, or he may take him away together, making him completely his close vassal, the so-called confidant.Either way, Hill was prepared to deal with it, including the worst-case scenario of being sent back to the town of Sofia to continue working as a clerk.

Fortunately, the worst situation did not happen after all. Sirius quickly stated that he hoped that Hill could join his parade team and follow him to inspect various parts of the Northwest.

"I can't grant you a higher position for the time being, so I can only let you continue to stay with me as a clerk." Sirius said half-jokingly, "Of course, this status is actually quite convenient. As a father Eyes and ears, you can appear on any occasion, and even represent His Majesty the Father—this is something I can't even do."

"Your Majesty's glory, I just bathe in it." Hill said humbly.

"That is to say, are you willing to accept?" Sirius raised his eyebrows and asked.

"It is my honor, Your Royal Highness." Hill replied with a bow.

"Then, this matter is settled like this." Sirius smiled slightly, and then brought up another topic, "There is one more thing, Sir, maybe you forgot?"

"Please make it clear, Your Highness." Hill was slightly taken aback.

"The one locked up in the dungeon of the government affairs hall should be released, right?" Sirius smiled.

— Kevin?

Hill couldn't help but tremble.At that time, he suspected that Kevin's actions were ordered by Sirius, but there was no evidence and it was inconvenient to interrogate, so he simply sent Kevin to the dungeon out of sight and out of mind. explain.

——Is it really related to Sirius?

——But how did Sirius make Kevin move?

——Kevin is someone his father gave him, so he couldn't be a spy that the royal family put into their house, right?

Hill was suspicious in his heart, but his face remained calm, leaning slightly towards Sirius, "Yes, Your Highness."

Sirius didn't say any more, and smiled and asked Hill to go down to prepare.

Leaving Sirius' office, Hill went straight to the dungeon of the government affairs hall.

The guards here have now been replaced by ordinary officials, and Kevin is the only prisoner in the dungeon.

Kevin didn't look bad. Although he looked decadent and dirty, his clothes were still intact and his spirit was not bad. It was almost the same as when he entered. Obviously, he had neither been tortured nor starved.

Seeing Hill approaching, Kevin immediately stood up, bowed and saluted as before, "Master Hill."

"Clean up and meet me in my room in an hour." Hill raised his hand and threw the cell key at Kevin's feet, then turned around and left the dungeon without looking back.

Hill didn't tell Kevin that he had moved to the Governor's Mansion, let alone which room he lived in, but an hour later, he still waited for Kevin in the room.

"Master Hill." Kevin knocked on the door on time and appeared in front of Hill.

"Close the door." Hill sat on the high-back chair and said coldly.

Kevin closed the door obediently, but did not approach Hill, and stood directly at the door with his hands down.

"I didn't intend to let you out so soon." Hill said bluntly, and secretly paid attention to the expression on Kevin's face, "But Prince Siris personally interceded for you, so I had no choice but to obey."

A look of astonishment flashed across Kevin's face, as if he was surprised that Sirius would intercede for him.

——Shouldn’t Sirius be the one who begged?

Hill thought this in his heart, and continued to say: "I have no interest in the so-called truth. I called you here, and I just wanted to ask you a question-who do you owe your allegiance to?"

"Empire." Kevin replied with lowered eyes, but he also knew that such a template answer would not satisfy Hill, and then added, "Under this premise, I am only loyal to Angel Ba Lord Lottery."

Such a reply was both within Hill's expectations and beyond his expectations.Kevin is his father's man, which is not surprising, but Hill was a little surprised when he said that his father was his allegiance.

Hill didn't answer, but just stared at Kevin blankly, noncommittal to his answer.

"I didn't obey that prince's order, Master Hill." Kevin said proactively, "That night, the reason why I was not in the room was because I received the token and order from His Excellency Balotelli. .”

"From whom?" Hill asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Sean, the chief guard of His Royal Highness." Kevin replied.

"How can you be sure that this order came from your father, not His Royal Highness Prince Siris?" Hill asked.

"Sean...is one of ours." Kevin hesitated for a moment, and finally continued, "Before the prince took the throne, he, like me, was only loyal to His Excellency Balotelli, not the prince himself."

Hill didn't ask any more questions.As a nobleman, one of the most important things is to control one's curiosity, and right now, he already knows a lot.

"Go down." Hill said indifferently, "If you have a way to contact your father and ask him to send another driver over, you are no longer fit to stay here."

"...Yes, Master Hill." Kevin bowed again, opened the door behind him, and exited the room.

Seeing the door being closed again, Hill finally couldn't help sighing, leaned his head back on the chair, and clenched the armrest tightly.

What happened is already obvious. After the interview with Emperor De Rossi, Prince Siris obtained the permission to assassinate the Governor of Tampa, and the executor of this matter was Kevin—or to be more precise, he father.

Kevin said he was just following orders.

The original order came from the royal family, but it was his father, Angel Balotelli, who turned it into action.

——How did father sit in that position? !

At this moment, Hill couldn't help imitating Keech's habit, biting his lips tightly to prevent himself from screaming out of anger.

If his guess is correct, his father Angel should be in the most disgraceful position next to Emperor De Rossi - the leader of the dark walkers, commonly known as the spy.He led a group of spies, infiltrated every noble family, monitored the whole country for the emperor, and even exercised the power of life and death on his behalf.

And this is the real reason why the grandfather was helpless against his father Angel.

And this may also be the real reason why mother and father were separated and grandfather was expelled from the imperial capital, because their existence would make Balotelli's mansion have one more owner who was in the way, hindering or even interfering with his father's service for Emperor De Rossi.

Undoubtedly, his father has an authority that even the Minister of the Interior may not be able to match, but in order to obtain this authority, the price he paid is extremely high——

The people betrayed their relatives.

And, never stand in the sun.

——Fortunately, his father did not express his intention to let him inherit this position.

Hill thought silently.

He doesn't envy his father's power at all, and he doesn't want to inherit this position. This position looks beautiful, but in fact it is full of crises and can be compared to pins and needles.

First of all, neither the royal family nor the empire would recognize the existence of this position. All of my father's power was based on the emperor's trust. After all, spies were not an army, and their combat power was limited, let alone competing with the real national system.That is to say, everything that the father possessed may vanish into thin air at any time.

Secondly, although the father is the emperor's most trusted person, as a subject who holds too many secrets, his existence will eventually be an eyesore. Even if Emperor De Rossi can't, there is no guarantee that the next emperor can continue Same trust.Therefore, the day of Emperor De Rossi's death may also be the anniversary of his father Angel's death.

To make matters worse, the father's position can easily cause the next emperor to alienate the entire Balotelli family, changing from extreme trust to extreme distrust.

——Father, do you intend to let the whole family be buried with you for your loyalty?

Hill clenched his fists and thought angrily.

At this moment, he completely understood why Sirius was so dependent on and drawn to him.

Apparently, he was just another Joey.