The opponent held a ring-shaped wooden wand in his hand, entered the circle, and struck the top of the wand, that is, the part of the circular ring, downwards on the magic crystal in the center of the circle. The magic crystal, which had been standing there still, was constantly providing power to the circle, but at this time, it collapsed as if it was asleep.

Then, the other party picked up the magic crystal, put it back in his pocket, and continued to walk towards the door.

He said as he removed his hood.

"You two, I don't know what you're here for, since I'm here, I'm hungry, so let's go eat something together." ”

After a while, they came to a small garden full of birds and flowers.

Himma still maintains the posture of a cat, and since it is a cat's face, it is impossible to distinguish her expression even if she stares at her for a long time.

The magician plucked a small branch from a nearby tree, picked up a small stone, and took out the magic crystal that he had just retrieved, and placed three things on the ground, after that, he used the seemingly very ordinary wand, or the ring end, to knock the branch and the stone twice, while reciting an incomprehensible incantation in his mouth, and continuing to use his wand to start drawing some kind of pattern in mid-air.

As he chanted, the stones and branches began to move, elongating and growing faster than he could have imagined.

Samuel was surprised to see this magic for the first time.

Hima was also very surprised inside, but she was now a cat, and she couldn't make people see her expression.

This person!

Why, although said at that time.

She was completely unaware.

After all, they had been as unfamiliar as strangers before, and they had only met once or twice at most.

For Geima, this is the third time.

"I'll introduce myself formally, I'm a magician, my name is Wall, Wall's Kosend. ”

As soon as the words fell, the magic had been completed, and the original branch and the stone had now become a small square table, with the branches as footholds, and the stone as the tabletop, and as for the magic crystal, it had been completely used up, and now only the powder drifting away with the wind remained.

"It's the first time I've seen magic like this, it's ...... amazing."

"Isn't it amazing? This level of magic is ordinary, the magic of life. ”

Wall touched the back of his head, "However, this is the first time I have been praised like this, and I am a little embarrassed." By the way, why did you come here? Someone accidentally touched the defensive magic around here, I was still sleeping, and yesterday I stayed up until four o'clock, and I was woken up, and a lot of people were walking around here. ”

"Haha......"

Samuel smiled awkwardly.

He looked at Hima, and inexplicably leaned closer, as if he had found something, and cried out.

“…… Ah, I see, you were the one who touched the defensive magic just now?!"

"I'm sorry, my name is Samuel, this guy is Hima, although it's the first time we met, but ......"

"Hime, Hime?"

"This guy is actually my servant's daughter, and we grew up together, so naturally we have some friendship. But recently I was framed by a business partner, who saved me from the disaster, and when I spoke, I could only tell lies. I couldn't help it, so I took her into the palace, planning to ask the court mage for a favor. It's quite a twist and turn......"

Samuel showed a distressed expression, "Because this guy will talk in a panic as soon as he opens his mouth, so we will inevitably encounter some trouble after entering the palace." There was really no way, so I had to sneak away from the people in the palace, and I was going to quietly come in and ask the magician for help, but this guy accidentally touched the magic trap!"

"Oh, yes, I really don't want to go through this second time!"

"Meow Meow !!"

"Yes, is that so?"

"I see...... I get it. ”

"Meow meow!"

Jima spun back and forth.

"What's going on, don't go around. ”

"Having said all this, you also feel dry mouth, let's have a cup of tea first, I'm really sorry, I'm really hungry, I need something to eat. ”

"Thank you. ”

The other party took out the teapot and teacup, raised the staff and struck it, and the black tea flowed out of it, the temperature was still hot, Samuel watched the other party eat, while waiting for the black tea to cool down, as he said, Samuel did feel thirsty.

Samuel was eager to drink water.

"Meow meow!"

Hemma still spun back and forth, and Samuel couldn't read what she was trying to say.

"By the way, I also prepared fresh fish, grilled with fire magic, and it will be cooked immediately, although the power of fire magic is generally very strong, but I am very good at using magic in life, whether it is cooking or other things, I can control it very well. ”

He smiled shyly, as if he was a little embarrassed.

"It's not good that you're always walking around the table, come here, eat, I'll put the plate here. ”

With that done, Wall looked at Samuel.

"The black tea is cold, don't you drink it? Although I am a life mage, I am still very confident in the kung fu of making tea. ”

"Okay, thanks. ”

Samuel drank the black tea, and within a few minutes, he suddenly felt very sleepy and his eyelids were heavy.

With a bang, the person in front of him fell, his face on the table, and he pressed against the table.

In front of him, there was a cup of black tea that had turned cold.

"You're okay, you're safe. ”

"I don't know how, but you can rest assured that this person can't do anything to you anymore. ”

"He knows you and knows your name, and when he says his name, it is true. However, all the things that followed were lies. ”

"You helped me last time, it's my turn to help you this time, I'll let you recover. ”

"Meow meow!"

"You don't have to be so excited, calm down, you don't have to be scared anymore. ”

"Meow meow!"

"I'm sorry, I don't understand you right now, but after a while, when the magic on you is lifted, we can communicate normally. ”

******

“…… Where is it?"

"What's the situation now, after I drank that cup of black tea......"

"Ah, my head hurts, damn it, what the hell is going on?"

"Where did that guy go. ”

His head is groggy and his vision is blurry.

"Abominable ......"

After a while, this state gradually eased up.

Samuel sorted his thoughts for a moment and came to an incredulous conclusion.

"I'm not going to be locked up, am I?"

"There are a lot of books here, a study...... There were also crystal balls and other things on the cabinet. ”

"It's like ......"

"Huh, the ground?"

After scanning his surroundings, Samuel noticed the ground.

"Magic Circle?"

“……”

He tried to stand up, instinctively feeling a hint of danger in the midst of this magic circle that he didn't know what it was.

"If I move, I don't know what will happen?"

Samuel began to check his clothes.

"It's good that he didn't take the money from me. ”

Pulling out a copper coin, he said to himself.

"It's just a copper coin, it's just a steel coin, I won't feel distressed, I definitely won't feel distressed!"

Then he threw the copper coin away.

Given the amount of force used, the coin would have been able to reach the foot of the bookcase opposite.

However, the copper coin did not reach that position, and was only thrown to the edge of the magic array, and then it suddenly stopped, and was forcibly blocked.

"Transparent walls...... So is this magic array used to shut me down?"

"Sure enough, it's really a wall, an invisible wall. ”

Taking a step and raising his hands, he touched the real wall, but he couldn't see it with his eyes.

"It's the same as it was ...... then"

"Damn, what the hell is going on, I've been calculated?"

"Where did that guy go?"

He shouted as he kept banging on the invisible transparent wall.

"Anyone, let me go!"

"Hey, anyone?"

"Is there anyone?"

……

……………

Himala sat on the coffee table next to her, watching the man mix potions.

"It's done!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sure I'll succeed this time, I've failed a few times before, so I'm tired of waiting. ”

He mixed the red, green, and green potions together, and finally made a bottle of potion that shimmered, and immediately smiled and sent the magic potion to Himma.

"Don't worry, there will be no problems this time. ”

"Meow. ”

She nodded slightly, licked it, her tongue was numb, and her body began to change.

"Finally it worked!"

"Ah......h

She touched her throat and tried to make a normal sound.

"Cheng ...... It worked, meow. ”

"Great!"

“…… Yes Meow, why are you helping me, we've already cleared it up before. ”

"Why should I help you? Aren't we friends? Even though we've known each other for a short time, I consider you a friend. ”

"I see. ”

"What's wrong?

"It's okay meow, speaking of which, I have a question for you. ”

Hima remembers the first time they met, on the street, when she was looking around for clues and then met Wall. At that time, Jima was tired and wanted to rest, so she found an open-air restaurant to sit down and eat something, and noticed this person, this guy was lying on the ground helplessly looking for something, after all, there were people on the street, and this guy was almost knocked down.

Despite this, the guy continued to lie on the ground looking for something.

She sat and watched for a few minutes, and when she couldn't get past it, she went over to help him.

Although she didn't help him find the lost thing in the end, it was a help, and the other party also expressed gratitude, and more importantly, Jima felt that she had been out for too long, so she continued to help him find it, and it might not be possible to find it when it was dark, so she simply left first.

This favor, the other party kept it in mind, and before Jima left, he sent an invitation in return.

She took it, not thinking much about it at the time.

After that, she attended the party with an invitation, met him for the second time at the party, and officially exchanged names with each other.

Right now...... She stared at the man and threw out a question.

"Are you really a magician?"

"yes, weird, isn't it?"

"The first time I saw you on the street, I met you at the party, I met you twice, aren't you really an ordinary person?"

"I rarely carry wands and magic items when I go out, so I'm often thought to be an ordinary person, but it's different when I come back here, is there anything worth caring about?"

"Okay, I got it. ”

Hima waved her hand, "One more thing, please let Samuel go, that guy lied, but he's not a bad guy, he's my friend." ”

"Friends, friends?"

"Yes, you misunderstood, in fact, I don't blame your meow, I couldn't speak at that time. ”

Ten minutes later, the two came to the study.

"Impossible!

Wall's eyes widened in disbelief.

"What can't be? What about Samuel? Where did you go?"

“…… He's here, and you saw me bring him here, but now, why, why, where did he go?"

"Why do I think I'm going to be so tired today. ”

"Where the hell did he go, if someone came in, I couldn't have found out......"

"You're going to take this responsibility, you lost my friend!"

******

"Where exactly are you taking me?"

Samuel followed behind a cat, puzzled.

"Forget it, you'll know at the end anyway. ”

He muttered to himself and continued to stare at the white cat in front of him.

Now, he understood that there were two white cats living in the palace with almost identical body shapes, coat color and ear shape, and the difference between the two cats was the color of their eyes.

He continued to follow the cat, trying to see where it had taken itself.

"Here ......"

Before you know it, you've been walking for almost an hour, or maybe it's tens of minutes, right?

My feet are a little tired and I want to stop and rest.

And along the way, people turned a blind eye to him and the cat, as if they couldn't see it.

This is very strange, this cat came to him, in front of the magic circle, and I don't know what to do, ignoring the transparent wall, and brought him out. All of this is strange and unbelievable.

"How long will it take?"

The white cat can't speak, so it's impossible to talk to him.

“…… That's fine. ”

Until, he saw a magnificent building.

"What a place this is. ”

Coming to the neighborhood, Samuel found that there was no one here but himself.

In other words, the people who could occasionally meet on the way before were completely absent here, and there was no human breath here.

The area looked very desolate, the trees seemed to have lost their nutrients, standing there half-dead, not luxuriant at all, the leaves of the trees were almost gone, and they looked lifeless. There were no decorative flower beds here, and he had seen many of them when he entered the palace a few times, but there were none here. Moreover, the neighborhood was overgrown with weeds, almost knee-high, apparently no one had looked at them, as if they had been forgotten or abandoned.

Inexplicably a little apprehensive and uneasy.

Where exactly is this.

With this in mind, Samuel followed the cat into the building.

The light was dim, the carpet in the hallway was visibly stained and looked old, as were the windows, the edges of which were covered with a thick layer of dust, and no one had bothered to wipe them.

The white cat led him forward, silently continuing to walk forward.

When the white cat stopped, in front of a door.

“……”

He put his hand on the handle, and the lock on the door was badly rusted.

"It's dirty. ”

After twisting the handle and opening the door, Samuel quickly slapped the dust off his hands.

Upon entering the room, Samuel found two people standing.

When the eye makes contact with one of them, you can't help but take a quick step.

"It's you!"

You don't have to think about it, and you don't need to have other thoughts in your head.

He glared at the guy in front of him and opened his mouth unnaturally.

"You're really here, you're really here......!"

"Give her back!"

Grabbing the other man's collar hard, Samuel glared straight at him.

"Should I say that you are stupid or bold, not only to come here alone, but also to rush straight for you. ”

"I just want to beat you up right now, Ppuin!"

The person standing in front of him, yes, Samuel will never be mistaken, this guy is Popin. Whatever the reason, this guy was standing here indeed, looking at himself with contempt.

"Hahaha...... I didn't expect her to guess it, you are really here, you are really here, return her quickly!"

"You're so excited. ”

"Ahem. ”

Suddenly, a voice interrupted them.

"Looks like you know each other, friends......?

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

Popin easily broke free, turned around, and replied respectfully.

"Ah...... Your Majesty, Your Majesty??!"

Samuel felt that he couldn't quite understand what the situation was now, and Pop didn't guess why he was here because he was here, but on the other hand, the other person in front of him, who looked about the same age as himself, was actually His Majesty.

"Why. ”

"Is it that weird?"

There was a few seconds of blankness in his brain, and after a few seconds, Samuel finally made sense of everything.

“…… I see, yes, I see, no wonder I can't find it all the time, yes, yes......"

"Let me tell you one more thing, this guy is my eye, and you have been discovered by me since you entered the palace and encountered it. ”

"I don't want to interrupt your reminiscences, but I don't like to be ignored, Pupin. ”

"I'm sorry, I'm very sorry, Your Majesty. ”

"Then I'll go upstairs to the room, and I'll leave it to you, so I'll take a good look. ”

"Rest assured, the effects of this potion will not disappoint you. ”

"I hope that the person you choose will last a little longer. ”

"Guaranteed to put your mind at ease. ”

His Majesty, hearing this, nodded, and walked out.

"What the hell are you talking about. ”

In an instant, Samuel was confused.

"Of course, it's an experiment, that's what brought you here, it's really good that you can take the bait so easily, but if you change to Jima, the difficulty increases. ”

Popin smiled, "Do you know why it was chosen, this is the Imperial Palace, and the number of people in the palace who disappear will attract attention." But if you're a foreigner, no one will care if you go missing. ”