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With a gentle voice like a breeze, the delicate girl pushed the door open, closed the door again after entering the room, and the room without light fell back into darkness.

Walking in the darkness, Ariel Corona did not hesitate to step forward, her bare little feet colliding on the cold floor, and the crisp sound stopped in front of a huge chair.

"Sit down, don't be so restrained when you get home, don't think of yourself as a guest. ”

A warm voice came from the opposite side, and although I could hear the voice of some age, I couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman. Ariel, with her head bowed and her eyes blank, climbed into the chair familiarly, and sat in the center of the chair with her legs crossed like a well-behaved cat, her long gray hair scattered behind her.

"I heard that when you came, you met an interesting young wizard from the Duchy of Lothair. The voice directly across from the girl asked, "Can you tell me what attracted you, Lord Loren Turin?"

"He's not just a wizard. The girl shook her head, and for the first time her godless eyes showed a little color: "There is something special about him." ”

"Exceptional...... Something?" The originally gentle voice suddenly became a little nervous: "Are you sure?"

"He's well hidden, but Ariel can still feel it. The girl's voice was very sure, and her gray eyes were extremely sure: "But he is very cautious, and he has never shown any flaws, and it is difficult to be detected." ”

"Of course. The voice was very understandable: "If he is discovered, even at Ebolden, he will not be able to protect him, and the only end is to be burned at the stake by the Holy Cross Church!"

"Ariel has invited him as a guest, what should I do next?" the girl stared at the voice in the darkness, "Do you need to silence him, or do you want to imprison him?"

"No, if it is as you say, it must be very difficult to catch him, and even if it succeeds, it will be difficult to hide it. The "man" on the other side vetoed the proposal: "What's more, we don't have to be his enemy, do we?"

"But he's a threat to Ariel, he's already aware of it, and it's only a matter of time before he does it. The delicate girl suddenly looked a little frightened.

"In that case, let him become our friend—since there is no need to do it, but he is able to threaten you enough, such a person should not be our enemy, at least not hostile. ”

Hearing this, Ariel nodded: "That's right, Loren Turin once said that he came to Eberden in the hope of finding a friend.

But his purpose should be more than that, he is not completely telling the truth, there must be other purposes. ”

"No shrewd and cunning wizard would tell the truth to anyone, especially since this Excellency is more than just a wizard. The gentle voice said unsurprisingly, "Whatever he wants to do, we might as well help him, try to make him owe us some favors first, and then make further contact."

And...... I had a hunch that what he wanted to do might help us. ”

.................. As night fell, there were only a few drunkards in the lobby of the inn who were still lying at the table, and the innkeepers who were packing up their things. There were no pedestrians in the street outside the gate, only the sea breeze blowing in the distance and the stars at night.

On the messy table, the innkeeper, who had long been drunk, was lying in the soup bowl snoring, still clutching leftover bones in his hands, and piled up large and small wine bottles on the side.

The black-haired wizard sitting across from him took a pleasant sip of ale—a little bitter, but the cool mellow was genuine. Cheap and affordable, this drink is a must-have in every inn tavern.

And the information that came out of the mouth of this money-hungry innkeeper has also covered the cost paid by Loren, after all, the guy who runs the hotel has all kinds of gossip and all kinds of information in his ears.

First of all, there is the famous "Bellini family" - Loren knew a little before he came, but he only knew that Eberden, unlike the rest of the empire, was controlled by a "free council" composed of powerful nobles in the city.

The nobility of Ebolden was also different from other regions, and was not measured by the size of their territory, but by the amount of wealth and control they had. Of course, there is essentially no difference between the two.

The Bellini were one of the most powerful of them all, as they controlled nearly half of Ebroden's seaports and ocean-going trade, and had a strong voice in Ebroden's fleet.

At the same time, because of the current recipe of the genius alchemist Alto Bellini, an alchemical potion that can cure all diseases, the Bellini family, which had not been invented in the past, suddenly all the wizards had to bow their heads to this family full of copper smell.

The Corona family, who are also one of the most important forces in Ebolden, are much more low-key than the Bellini family. They also traded in the same way, but their power was concentrated among the wizards. They have the largest alchemy workshop in the whole of Ebolden, and they have the largest number of wizards of any large family.

At the same time, this family is also the high-level of the Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower, and has frequent contacts with many famous wizards, and has a very strong influence.

In short, if the Bellini were the rulers of the Ebotden merchant class, then the Corona family was the voice of the wizards.

The analogy was inappropriate, as it was the norm and custom for nobles to become sorcerers in Ebolden, and most of them had their own workshops and caravans—but at least in the eyes of many commoners, the two families existed like this.

At the moment, because of Alto Bellini's alchemical potion, all kinds of strange rumors are circulating throughout Ebolden. The drunken innkeeper swore to Loren that the Bellini family intended to take advantage of the opportunity to defeat the Corona family and become the undisputed ruler of Ebolden.

Loren could have imagined that with a potion capable of curing any disease, the Bellini family would gain unprecedented prestige, even surpassing the Holy Cross Church, even though the Church's influence in the city was already minimal......

Wait, something didn't seem right, and Loren, who was holding a wine glass, suddenly fell into a state of contemplation.

What would I do if I had obtained this potion formula that could cure all diseases?

Generally speaking, there are only two conventional ways - either hide it, treat it as a treasure at the bottom of the box, only give it to yourself and someone you can absolutely trust, and only consider whether to use it at the last minute.

The other is to spread the word as much as possible, preferably to the point where everyone knows about it, to use the potion to earn themselves great prestige and wealth, and at the same time to build a network of people who are far more powerful than themselves.

The former has the advantage of being safe, but it is mostly useless unless there is a real emergency, while the latter can maximize its value, but it will certainly attract snooping eyes and offend more people when it comes to wooing some allies.

At the very least, the Church of the Holy Cross would not want to see the existence of such a potion, because it would be almost tantamount to denying that the "miracles" of the Holy Cross are unique, and all the pharmacists will hate them to death, and if they really have a potion that can cure all diseases, they will be unemployed.

Now the Bellini approach seems like the second, but in fact it is closer to the first—yes, they do make it so known to the Night's Watch that the Night's Watch can't help but want to take it, and in fact very few people have actually seen it, and it has done so much other than rumors.

What is the reason for this result? Loren had seen the power of this potion with his own eyes, and even if it was enough to make a severed finger grow back, it would be shocking enough.

Is it because of the watching gaze, or is it ...... The potion isn't as perfect as it seems?

"It seems that we still have to pay a visit to the famous Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower. ”