At noon, outside the gates of the Royal Wizarding Academy, Loren met Wizard Gray Sal, who was already waiting here, and the two of them nodded and walked towards the academy.

Even after the murder of the former minister, the atmosphere in the academy was still orderly and orderly, like a constantly rotating gear, very harmonious.

But... You can still see some clues.

The wizard apprentices, holding books and scrolls, hurried past with their heads bowed;

Fountains and lawns, which used to be bustling with loud discussions and arguments, were now empty;

From time to time, when they bumped into their mentors, they only bowed their heads slightly and held their foreheads, even if they had already greeted each other......

"Because of Lord Siscott's death, there have been a lot of unfavorable voices against wizards in the imperial capital recently. Gray Sal on the side silently spoke: "There are rumors everywhere that wizards killed the Empire's Chancellor of the Exchequer. ”

"The patrol of the garrison has searched the academy twice, and a team of 100 people has been specially stationed, nominally to protect the security of the academy, but in fact it is for surveillance;"

"Apothecaries, alchemists, and workshops, wizarding groups large and small... They have all been investigated to varying degrees, and some have been forced to disband, or they have been smashed and demolished by fanatical believers and homeless people who have come to provoke them, and the trouble has reached the point where it is unsustainable;"

"The apprentices don't dare to leave the academy alone, and the instructors are even more at risk... If it weren't for Master Albert and the royal title, this wizarding academy would have been filled with protesting crowds a long time ago, or it would have been ordered to close its doors, right?"

The black-haired wizard who followed him never spoke, just followed the other party's footsteps.

"We didn't mean to rush you, and we know that it is almost impossible to clear Master Lussac's name. ”

Gray Salle paused, his voice a little choked: "But if it goes on like this... The Royal Wizarding Academy is about to be ruined by those rumors!"

"With the backing of the royal family, it is the foundation of the empire on a par with the Crucible Academy, and the center of various industries in the imperial capital. ”

Loren, who didn't look back, said to him lightly: "No matter what, Your Majesty will do his best to keep this academy, isn't it?"

"But if that day comes, the rights that the wizards of the imperial capital have worked so hard for hundreds of years to gain and the status that can appear in the imperial cabinet will also be in vain!"

Gray Saar's expression was very heavy, as if he was worried that Loren would not understand the meaning: "You are also a wizard, even if it is not for the sake of His Highness Brandon, do you want to see the wizards of Sackland fall to the same miserable situation as the wizards of Lothair?!"

Loren, who wanted to say something, was stopped by Gray Sal reaching out, and the middle-aged wizard sighed sadly: "I'm sorry, I said too much - you are the wizard advisor of His Highness Brandon, and you should do it first for His Highness." ”

"Miss Lena de Salion is now in the innermost study of the Great Library, the place chosen by Lord Isaac Grantham for his 'exclusive seat', and she seems to have guessed your return, so she has never left. ”

The middle-aged wizard bowed slightly: "Please don't be too harsh on her, Miss Lena is actually a good person, and she has taken her leave." ”

The black-haired wizard nodded, turned and walked towards the Great Library.

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The study was so quiet that even Loren's footsteps and the sound of the door were clear, and the ample light made him invisible to the "black-rimmed glasses".

At the moment of entering the door, the girl in sight surrounded by a pile of books subconsciously raised her head, sighed after seeing the person who came in, and threw the book in her hand aside.

The black-haired wizard was a little surprised: "You know me?"

"I don't know, but I know you're definitely here for Isaac Grantham. Lena de Salion's expression was numb, and she scratched her long messy hair decadently, looking resigned to her fate:

"Let's tell me, how much do you have to lose?"

"Huh?" said Loren.

"Although I would love to say... You're going to beat me up. The girl sighed helplessly: "But who made me surnamed De Salion, and if you hurt me in the Heavenly Dome Palace, you will come to you for trouble—this is the only way to relieve your hatred, and I don't have to be beaten." ”

"You... Rich?"

"No, so I can only write you a blank note; ”

"Can you pay it back?"

"Probably not. The black-rimmed glasses shrugged indifferently: "But if you're willing to wait, 'maybe' be able to give it back to you." ”

“......”

Calming down, Loren's face showed just the right smile: "You misunderstood, Miss Lena, I didn't come here to get revenge on you. ”

"On the contrary, the purpose of this is to compensate you for the losses you have suffered because of Isaac, and to ask you for a favor by the way. ”

The black-haired wizard made the last sentence very soft, as if he was deliberately trying to pass it off.

"Oh, compensate me?"

The stunned girl seemed a little surprised, and subconsciously pushed the pair of exaggerated black-framed glasses that were somewhat large: "This is really the first time someone has told me this." ”

Well, her attention is all on the previous one... Loren had a kind smile on his face, and his hands were crossed in front of him:

"Isaac... It's a guy with a lot of self-esteem, and it's hard for him to admit his mistakes to his face, especially if he has to admit that he lost to others, so this time I had to come forward. ”

"I know it's unfair to you, but I ask Miss Lena to forgive me as long as I can compensate you and do me a 'small favor'. ”

It was outrageous, but there were still twenty-seven days before the official trial, and it was impossible to spend too much time on a witness, even just in case.

There are still many suspicious points in the whole case, and it is still not known who is the real culprit behind the scenes; in this time-critical situation, it is necessary to investigate as soon as possible, and to ensure that witnesses... I don't really have much of a choice.

The girl in black-rimmed glasses was still holding her chin in contemplation, and the pair of red eyes behind the huge frame, which were no different from Brandon's, shimmered with a strange luster, and the waves flowed.

The black-haired wizard wisely chose to remain quiet, waiting for Miss Lina's final offer, while he picked up the teapot on the table and poured himself a full cup of mint tea.

In this world where tea is not drunk, a cup of fragrant mint tea may be one of the few drinks that can refresh the mind and not have any side effects.

"You just said... Any condition is fine, right?"

The girl raised her head, a pair of red eyes behind the glasses were incomparably bright: "Then 'money' is okay?"

"No problem, cash or real estate?" the black-haired wizard shrugged easily, the other party's request was so direct that he really didn't expect it.

As Brandon's wizarding advisor and honorary viscount, Loren's salary is more than twice that of the average royal retinue, and with the assets accumulated in Deepwoodburg and Ebolden, he is not short of money at all.

If the other party wants a shop or a plot of land or something... It's not easy, but it should be possible for the Royal Wizarding Academy to figure out a way, and they shouldn't refuse to let Master Lussac clear his name as soon as possible.

"Cash, my creditors only take cash. Lena de Salion shook her head numbly.

"Yes, how much?"

"If you convert it all into silver,......" she thought for a moment, "it's almost two million." ”

"Poof——!!!!

The hot tea gushed out, almost spilling the girl's face.

Loren was really shocked - in Lothair and even in Ebolden, the full tuition fee of a wizard apprentice was three thousand silver coins, and his own salary as a wizard consultant was about eight thousand a year.

In other words, she can't pay off her debts for two hundred years without eating or drinking?!

Of course, this money cannot be calculated in this way - the remuneration of the royal retinue is not high in the imperial capital, because most of these people have additional work and sources of income, just as the position of the former cabinet minister is not paid at all.

But it also shows how horrible this Miss Lena's debt is......

"Well, it looks like you shouldn't have that much money, right?" The girl with a numb expression seemed unsurprised by the result: "Then you can do it another way." ”

“......”

"Do you know how to play cards, if not, I can teach you. ”