Rosen was really a little unhappy in his heart.

Although he had known early on that this sorceress named Lilith was very scheming, when the other party calculated against him, a trace of anger still ignited in his heart.

He faced the entrance of the basement, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "Miss Linde, I hope you can understand that the reason why I saved you was only because I happened to meet you. I've never thought more about you personally, and I hope you can do the same. Also, in the past few days in the Blue Moon Mansion, I have witnessed and heard many evil deeds about Count Derek, and I think he deserves to die! Even if the monster doesn't kill him, I'll take care of him when I leave! ”

There was no response in the basement, and it seemed that Lilith was unwilling to answer Rosen's question.

Rosen's heart became angrier: "I suspect that Count Derek is hiding in this basement. I'll come in and search, and if he's really there, then all I can say is sorry! ”

As he spoke, he took out his flashlight, opened it with a 'click', took out a large spiral troll musket, and cautiously walked into the basement.

Walking down the steps to the bottom of the basement, Lawson turns his flashlight and observes the situation in the basement.

In the basement, Lilith lay motionless on the small wooden bed, with the food and water he had brought in front of the bed, completely untouched.

He looked around the basement again, and the basement was furnished exactly as it had been when he had left, with some alchemy equipment in the center of the room, and a small desk beside the small bed, on which the candle was still lit and not extinguished.

Rosen stood with his back against the stone wall, the muzzle of the spiral troll pointed at Lilith on the bed: "Tell me, where is Count Derrick?!" ”

He saw a white light just now, and then Count Derek disappeared, this was obviously a teleportation technique, and in the entire mansion, only Lilith had this ability.

Lilith still didn't respond, she lay motionless on the cot.

Rosen was a little puzzled: "Miss Linde, speak!" ”

After several shouts, Lilith's body finally shook, as if she had suddenly woken up.

Rosen found that her face was snow-white and bloodless, as if it were a corpse. He remembered very well that when he left the basement before, Lilith's face had obviously regained a lot of blood.

This discovery made Rosen frown slightly.

On the small bed, Lilith turned her head slightly to look at Rosen, she glanced at the musket in Rosen's hand, and asked, "If I don't say it, will you kill me?" ”

Her voice was very soft and soft, her vocal cords barely vibrate, it was completely airflow, and if it weren't for Rosen's ears, he wouldn't have been able to hear it clearly.

Rosen was still angry and didn't pay much attention to this, he squinted: "I have a lot of options, including hands-on." ”

Lilith withdrew her gaze, stared blankly at the ceiling in the basement, and said softly, "He is on the top of the mansion, and he should be in a coma now." ”

"Good. Hope you're not lying. Lawson let down the spiral squirt and turned to walk towards the basement exit.

"Wait!" Lilith suddenly shouted, a little louder than before, but still faint, like a whisper.

"Say." Lawson paused.

"Don't you want to know why I insisted on saving him? And why can I save him? Lilith struggled with all her might, and after a few moments, she finally held up half of her body, and by the time she leaned against the basement wall, she was out of breath.

"I think you've made it clear. As for how you do it...... Probably, it was with the help of the teleportation necklace around the earl's neck. ”

"You've been careful to see how much I did use the power of the teleportation necklace, but I didn't deliberately hide my physical condition. Just now, I tried my best to search for the existence of the necklace, and after searching for a long time, I could barely sense the existence of the necklace. I didn't know that before. Lilith finished her words in one breath, her breathing became even more rapid, her face turned pale, and sweat trickled down her forehead.

Her current state was as if she were about to extinguish a candle, fragile and terrifying.

Rosen is certainly not stupid, and the initial anger has basically calmed down by now. He thought back to what he had seen and heard before, and knew in his heart that what Lilith said should be the truth.

He softened his tone: "Well, I misunderstood you. However, the Count must die, sorry. ”

With that, Rosen took a step forward and walked up the steps of the basement.

"You wait!"

Lilith cried out anxiously, she struggled to get up from the cot, but she obviously overestimated her physical condition, and with such a violent struggle, her body was unbalanced, and with a 'grunt', she was rolled off the cot.

Rosen heard the movement behind him, turned his head and saw Lilith lying on the floor, she was short of breath, her face was pale, and her body was half exposed outside the quilt, but she completely ignored her poor physical condition, and looked at him anxiously with a pair of eyes.

The temperature in the basement was a little higher than outside, but it was only four or five degrees, and with Lilith's current state, if Rosen left it alone, she would probably freeze to death.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Rosen couldn't bear it after all, so he walked back, wrapped Lilith's body tightly with the quilt, hugged it back to the small bed and put it away, and tucked the horns tightly: "Miss Linde, since this matter is beyond your ability, and Count Derek is so far today, it is entirely because of his stupidity, and it has nothing to do with you. Why are you trying so hard to stop me? ”

Lilith's eyes were anxious: "Alchemist, Count Derek won't be able to leave for a while. Can you give me a few minutes and listen patiently to me? ”

Lawson pondered for a few seconds, his eyes turned around Lily's bloodless face, sighed in his heart, turned to the chair next to him and sat down: "Say it." ”

He wanted to see how this Lilith could convince him.

Lilith took a big breath and said quickly: "Alchemist, I can assure you that although Count Derek will live, the rest of his life will be very, very miserable, worse than the vast majority of people in this world, and even worse than the beggars begging on the street. ”

"The world is unpredictable, and I never believe in verbal promises." Rosen was noncommittal.

Lilith continued: "Alchemist, I must tell you that the monster assassination is not as simple as it seems. In fact, it was a conspiracy, a conspiracy against the Nilogaard Academy. Judging from the current clues, the leader of the conspiracy is the Flame God Cult that occupies the Free City. ”

These words made Rosen's heart move: "And then? ”

Lilith gasped for air, sweat on her forehead growing and she almost collapsed, but she still insisted, "You know, the Cult of the Flame God hosts all unnatural forces, including magicians. The Cult has trained a large number of wizard hunters to hunt monsters and lone magicians. After this Civil War, the Flame God Cult gained power in the kingdom with the power of Thor, and its strength was greatly enhanced, and it already had the capital to confront the academy. And the monster assassination is the first move of the Flame God Cult, and the purpose is to weaken the power of the kingdom to support the academy. ”

Rosen knew all these situations, but he always thought that the reason why the academy fell was because of the sneak attack by the Flame God Cult.

But now, what Lilith said told Rosen that the Nilogaard Academy had already seen the situation early on and was thinking about fighting back early on, but according to the course of the game in the previous life, the Nilogaard Academy finally failed.

This incident shows that the methods of the Flame God Cult are much more powerful than Rosen imagined.

Seeing Rosen's pensive face, Lilith only thought that she had moved the other party, she rested for a while, and her body accumulated some new strength: "In the kingdom, although Count Derek is an upstart and a murderer, he has always supported the academy and is an important member of the academic aristocracy. As far as the current situation is concerned, he must not have an accident, otherwise everyone of the academic nobles will be in danger, and the city of Nilogaard will be isolated and helpless. ”

Rosen groaned and said: "There is still a family behind Count Derek, and if he dies, his son will naturally succeed to the title." ”

Lilith nodded slightly, "You're right. But who can guarantee that Derek's son will still support the Academy? Imagine if your father was killed

In Nilogaard, the academy did nothing. As the son of the Earl, why did he continue to support the Academy? ”

Rosen was silent.

He suddenly felt that he really didn't understand politics, he couldn't see through all kinds of complicated interest relationships, and he only liked to be happy and revenge.

Everyone has shortcomings, and so is Rosen, who was a scholar in his previous life, and his IQ was of course online, but his EQ in dealing with the world was ...... It's a little embarrassing.

Lilith added: "Alchemist, Nilogaard City is a refuge for all magicians, and if the academy fails, those wizard hunters will hunt magicians with impunity. You, I, and all magicians will become lost dogs, fleeing and wandering. You don't want that to happen, do you? ”

Of course, Rosen understands this, and he has thought through these principles a long time ago, but when he acts concretely, he will always be too extreme.

After being silent for a while, he spread his hands: "Okay, you convinced me, I'll spare his life." ”

"Whew~~~"

Lilith exhaled lightly, her spirit relaxed, and she collapsed limply on the small bed: "Alchemist, I know that you are an honest and frank person, and you don't like these shady methods. I don't like it either, but in this world, many times I can't help myself. ”

Rosen agrees with the saying: "I understand. ”

Lilith paused for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Alchemist, when you came in just now, your eyebrows were wrinkled tighter than usual, and there was a bloody aura on your body...... Have you already killed that monster? ”

It's really a keen sense of observation.

Rosen is no longer surprised by this. This Lilith has a terrible brain, and he is far inferior to Lilith in the ability to observe words and colors, and he is completely abused by the other party.

When he thought like this, he couldn't help but show a trace of jealousy on his face, and as a result, this micro-expression was seen by Lilith again.

She rolled her eyes, stared at Rosen's eyes, and said solemnly, "Alchemist, I, Lilith. Linde, swear to the gods that she will never use any shady means of intrigue against you. If I break my oath, I will be alone all my life, spurned by everyone, until I die! ”

This is a very important statement, in this world, the supreme existence of the gods is basically synonymous with the creator, and no one dares to disobey by the gods.

Rosen was stunned when he heard this, and after a while, his face was complicated: "I'll leave later, we won't necessarily meet again in the future, why do you swear such a heavy oath for a stranger?" ”

Lilith smiled weakly: "The world is unpredictable, who knows what will happen in the future?" ”

Her face was pale, her hair was still sticky with sweat between her temples, and when she laughed, she was like a white epiphany that would wither at any moment, fragile and beautiful.

Rosen was stunned for a few seconds, and then he said, "Miss Linde, you are not well yet. I will stay here a little longer. ”

With that, he got up, walked to the basement opening, closed the floor again, then returned to his desk and sat down, poured a glass of water and handed it to Lilith, "Are you thirsty?"

"Not thirsty." Lilith smiled.

"Hungry?"

"I'm not hungry either."

"Then you can rest well."

Rosen took out the papyrus and quills from the package, dipped them in ink, pondered for a while, and then resumed the interrupted train of thought, and continued to write the manuscript of "The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy".

..............

While he was concentrating on writing, the magician Green and a dozen mansion guards escorted to the glass flower room.

"Search carefully, that monster is most likely hiding here....... Wait, what's that? ”

Grimm the Wizard saw a bloody corpse lying on the sand.