Act 310. Macon's identity
Orioles. Feng. Hohenheim, with Herman. His Excellency Praggs was a contemporary of the world, and he is best known for proposing the theory of the four elements, systematizing alchemy that could only be explored by experience in the past, and is the founder of modern alchemy.
Although Reiner's experiments on electrolysis of water later proved that the theory of the four elements was incorrect, the alchemical edifice built on the basis of Hohenheim did not collapse, and after the modification, it still guided people to move forward and continue to search for the truth.
Such a legendary figure, all the history books write about his performance during the Magical Revolution, but at the end of the Magical Revolution, when he was about to be victorious, the name of Lord Hohenheim is rarely mentioned, and most of the books describe this event that Lord Hohenheim devoted himself to the study of magic, and did not care about the world, and lived in seclusion.
Unexpectedly, instead of living in seclusion, he also fell into madness and wandered on the mainland?
Reiner was suddenly a little scared, but fortunately he didn't say anything that violated the other party's taboo, otherwise it would not be easy for a crazy former legendary mage to slap himself into meat sauce.
At the same time, he also realized in hindsight that the capricious attitude of the Lord may have a lot to do with the descent into madness.
As for his dead daughter, Reiner can only feel sorry for her.
"The Mercury Scales and the High Council have concealed Lord Hohenheim's madness and disappearance, because they don't want others to doubt magic because of this, and at the same time, your Excellency is also looking for Lord Hohenheim's whereabouts, but after all, he is a legendary mage, and his mind is unpredictable after madness, and no one has succeeded in finding him for so many years."
Lord Field added that he glanced at Reiner, who, according to Reiner's account, had met Lord Hohenheim twice, a probability that could no longer be explained by coincidence, and that Lord Field thought that there might be some unseen connection in this.
"Lord Field...... Lord Hohenheim told me that the closer I get to the truth, the greater the burden of the truth becomes, and that there is no difference between omniscient omnipotence and ignorance. ”
Reiner looked at Claire, who was eating happily, and asked Lord Field again.
Hearing Reiner's question, Lord Field also fell into thought, and after a long time, he slowly spoke.
"I don't know, none of the legendary mages have ever said anything like this, and I think this may be the whisper of Lord Hohenheim after he fell into madness, after all, he blamed himself for not being able to save his daughter for a long time."
"Is that so......"
Reiner nodded, and didn't ask about it again, instead thinking about what he was currently investigating.
"Lord Field, I'm currently investigating my aunt's house, and there's a man named Macon. The mage of Hydaxia, he seems to be using my aunt's house to conduct some alchemical experiments, I don't know if you have any impression of this person. ”
Since he happened to meet a high-level mage, Reiner had to make the best use of it, and he felt that since Macon was a mid-level mage who was good at alchemy, he must have left more or less traces in the mercury balance, and asking Lord Field might have a result.
"Macon. Hedaxia, how did you get in touch with him? ”
I thought that Lord Field would need to think a little before he could answer, but I didn't expect him to immediately ask back.
"Well, I found out that he and my aunt had been to Olmster many years ago, and then I found his residence in the city, and found that there was no alchemy lab there, so I went back to my aunt's villa and found traces of alchemy experiments that had been conducted."
Reiner didn't mention the existence of Lady Freya, not to cover up or anything, he checked the Magic Association after learning about Lady Freya's existence, and confirmed that Lady Freya is a registered official mage, the level of the four rings, it can be said that in addition to Reiner, the person with the highest magical strength in the Crescent Moon Academy, no, cats.
"Macon. On the surface, Hedasil is indeed an ordinary mid-level mage, but in reality, he is also a member of the Chaos Serpent, you know the Chaos Serpent, right? ”
Lord Field explained.
"The Serpents of Chaos don't have a single leader, they only have cadre-like members who are codenamed by the Seven Sins of the Ancient Magic Empire."
Arrogance, gluttony, laziness, lust, greed, jealousy, and anger were the seven most taboo evils of mages in the ancient Magic Empire, but after the modern magic revolution, they are rarely mentioned.
Henry. Basil is gluttony, Ampekos is laziness.
"The members under these code names may change due to death, or they may be temporarily vacant, and they drive the members of the lower levels in a network of management structures, and there are four people whose identities we already know, plus the Ampekos you met today, it is five."
Lord Field's fingers tapped on the table and continued.
"Gluttony that has died, Henry. Basil, Six-Ring Mage Lato. Rex, codenamed Greed, Six-Ring Mage Osarius. Fian, codenamed Jealousy, Ampecos, codenamed Lazy, and Macon. Hydaxia, codenamed Arrogant. ”
Arrogant? Macon. Hydahya?
He's the Serpent of Chaos?
Reiner had mixed feelings, sighing for his aunt and seemingly figuring out why Ampekos was here, and why his father, Winchester, was looking for Macon's traces.
Although the Chaos Serpent is an organization full of crazy people, it is also very strong in magic, and many magic spells are extraordinary, whether it is Henry, who has survived since a hundred years ago and can disguise himself as someone else, or Ampekos, who seems to have an invisible hand, these spells are unheard of, and it is certain that the Chaos Serpent may have mastered some mysterious magic handed down from ancient magic empires.
Macon suddenly disappeared, perhaps the Serpent of Chaos did not expect it, and they sent people to look for the traces left by Macon, and just happened to meet Reiner, Ampekos took the opportunity to avenge his companion and cut off Reiner's tracking of Macon.
As for why Macon found Aunt Selia, he probably wanted to rely on the financial resources of the Ian Gray family to carry out his own business.
"Macon. Hydaxia was originally just an ordinary mage, but by chance, he came across the notes left by Lord Hohenheim and stole them, and according to our information, he stole the contents of the Philosopher's Stone. ”
Lord Field said quietly.
"He wants to make the Philosopher's Stone."