Chapter 203: The Scarlet Full Stop (I)
At the end of the night, it is very appropriate to use this sentence to describe the group of people who escaped from the south of the city.
Because they were embarrassed enough - Vera was badly wounded in the abdomen and Leah broke her wrist during the fierce battle with the Guardian Knights, and both Night's Watchmen suffered varying degrees of energy exhaustion, muscle spasms, and severe dehydration, all of which were the after-effects of overuse of "Transcendent Perception".
In a similar situation, the problem of small wizards is even more serious, with energy exhaustion, night sweats, prostration, overheating of the body accompanied by a small amount of burns, and almost no part of the body is completely unharmed.
Borrowing the code between the night watchmen, they reluctantly returned to the Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower in the West Side, and contacted Peter Fasa on standby, and found a relatively hidden place where they could rest temporarily, and Peter, who was proficient in apothecary, could also heal the group.
Looking at the little wizard who was clutching his right hand on the bed and falling asleep after making sure that he would not leave, Loren couldn't help but sigh.
Really...... There are too many emergencies.
Corona's "Holy Grail War" has finally come to an end, but the problems left behind have not diminished but increased, and nothing has changed at all, except for a slight improvement in his situation.
Rather, it is more like a rehearsal of the coming, another "war".
The truth about the "First Mage", the entanglement between the Wizard Tower and the Church, the two "valves", the identity of Brandon de Salion, the Cologna family, and the dragon that almost destroyed half of Ebolden......
The Holy Grail of the Nine-Pointed Star, which was supposed to be a prize, now looks more and more like an unstable time bomb, and some of the agreements and relationships between him and Brandon de Salion have become more subtle with the revelation of the other party's identity......
Of course, it wasn't all good at all, at least Fanecis finally died - according to Edward, he at least pierced the bishop's heart and brain, and cut his throat just in case, and he definitely couldn't die again.
Never having to see this difficult priest of the Holy Cross again, should it be considered a blessing in misfortune?
However, these are not what I need to solve and face now—even if the Corona family has ulterior motives, and the agreement of His Royal Highness Brandon de Salion is only a cover to fish out his truth, at least it will have to be talked about tonight.
Now, I have to settle another "legacy".
With a soft sigh, he carefully let go of the little wizard's right hand holding him, and the black-haired wizard quietly pushed the door away, and carefully left a spell of "silent as water" to ensure that she would not be disturbed.
Now she needs to rest more than herself.
After all the aftermath was done, the black-haired wizard left in peace to meet someone who had been waiting for him for a long time.
"Now...... Asrael, don't you think you owe me an explanation?"
As soon as he entered the door, Loren sat down unhurriedly and said leisurely with a meaningful expression.
"Uh... Dear Loren, you have to believe me, I... I don't understand how it's going anyway, anyway it just happened... Finish. ”
The young man sitting across from him had a stiff smile, and the atmosphere was extremely awkward—Asrael, who usually had countless kinds of slick and cheap words, now had a knotted tongue and couldn't say a complete sentence.
"We had a plan. Loren raised an eyebrow.
Asriel nodded awkwardly.
"And then you promised to be absolutely foolproof. ”
"It's like... That's the way it is. The young man smiled stiffly, and there was still a bit of flattery on his handsome face, and he kept rubbing his little hands.
"Then please explain it...... the corners of the black-haired wizard's mouth raised a sneer, and his right hand arched to the side: "This ...... What's going on?"
Asrael, who was smiling stiffly, turned back little by little, "grief-stricken" to look at the position he least wanted to see, and bit his lip without tears.
The tasseled long skirt with a light purple pattern, the long hair of plain white Shengxue, the delicate and small figure, and the white and delicate skin......
and, most importantly, a pair of scarlet eyes.
The daughter of the Corona family, one of the devils of Lothair, "Asrael", and the evil god who was supposed to die in the Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower, Miss Ariel Corona, is now sitting intact between the two, gazing "affectionately" at a certain dark-haired wizard......
Loren felt like his scalp was about to tingle.
"Dear Loren, can we discuss skipping this section first?" the young man also had a tearless expression.
"Because Asriel is a fool. Ariel, who was curled up in her chair, suddenly spoke: "And a self-righteous, stupid little fool!"
"Well, it seems impossible......"
In the next quarter of an hour, a certain resigned teenager recounted the whole incident in the most helpless tone; even if it was just an observer, Loren could see from his tone description and expression that he was a smug "villain", who confidently came forward and was killed by the enemy......
Although they were on the same side, Loren couldn't help but whisper a word to Ariel in his heart.
Well done.
So... The current situation is that Ariel has been embraced by Asriel for the first time and becomes a vampire, and because the two parties share a "legend", the two "Asriel" are considered to be one, and both have some "subtle connection" with themselves.
Loren remained silent the whole time, thinking about how the whole thing would help him.
There is no doubt that although the two "Asrael" have some kind of purpose, their interests are different and even have a certain degree of hostility, and keeping Ariel by his side also helps to ensure that he will not easily fall into Asriel's trap, and Asriel can also guard against being killed by Ariel.
But...... This is only a theoretical situation, and what I am doing right now is tantamount to taking a chestnut out of the fire and seeking the skin of a tiger - after all, this is not a bunch of guys who can speculate with common sense.
Never think that you can fool an evil god because everything about them is disguised.
The only way to be clever is to be smart.
But at least if it's just acting, I should be able to continue acting, but ......
Looking at the defeated and down-and-out boy, and then wandering to the girl whose eyes narrowed into crescents, the black-haired wizard couldn't help but sigh...... He seems to be rapidly transforming towards the image of a "big brother" with children.
Loren, who was faintly aware of some movement, got up and left the room without a trace, and as soon as he walked out the door, he met a certain doll-like knight girl.
Peter Fasha, who was following her, had an embarrassed and panicked expression, obviously trying to stop the other party, but it was just useless.
"Loren Turin?"
The knight girl opened her mouth coldly, but the tone was firm enough to make people believe that this inquiry was just polite.
"It's down there. The black-haired wizard bowed slightly, neither humble nor arrogant, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth: "We have met once outside the Corona family mansion, Miss Fitlonai. ”
A trace of imperceptible disgust flashed in the knight girl's eyes, although it was only a flash, it was still noticed by Loren, and doubts suddenly appeared in her heart.
I haven't had much to do with this Miss Fitlonay, have I?
"Brandon asked me to remind you not to forget the agreement between you—I'm just here to speak. The knight girl quickly concealed her emotions and stared at him expressionlessly: "He said that he was glad that you came back alive, and he also hoped that you had fulfilled your promise." ”
"I'm done. Loren pretended not to be aware of it, and said calmly, "Please also ask you to convey to His Highness Brandon de Salion, and implore him not to forget his promise." ”
"I'm just preaching a word for him, I'm not his servant. Fitlonai replied coldly: "No matter what you are doing behind your back, go and tell him what you want to say!"
Go on your own?
"Brandon is waiting for you, right in the Free Council at Ebolden, you'd better get over now - before the legionnaires blockade the city!"