Although the Emperor of Benin was a little unreliable, his decision was indeed quite accurate, and the Grand Magister of Merlin rushed to the frontline battlefield in time, just in time to encounter the moment when the court mage was suppressed by the dark mage. Merlin is worthy of being the leader of the court magicians, and as soon as he makes a move, he will free the trapped court magicians.

Similarly, Count Moswick received an order from the emperor to summon him back to the city of Kyoto. The two of them didn't stop for a moment, and hurried to Kyoto City with a few court magicians.

"Sei, do you recognize Earl Norton of De Sick?" Merlin asked Setie suddenly.

"Lord Norton?" Setie frowned, "what's wrong with him?"

"Former Prime Minister!" Merlin corrected her, "something happened in Kyoto City, Count Norton was going to come to Kyoto City to make a deal with our San Jose, but an accident happened, a dark mage infiltrated Red Keep City and assassinated him silently with space magic. ”

Along the way, Merlin explained to several court mages and Count Mosicke about the recent assassination at the Red Keep. Count Mosik understood what the emperor meant, the dark mage had infiltrated the interior of Kyoto City, and such a vicious incident occurred under the Red Keep City, so the safety of Kyoto City was now much more important than the war on the front line.

It was originally a feint arranged for the allies of the Shang Alliance, and the Emperor of Benin did not know that the scene of the battle between the magicians on the front line was out of control for a while, but from the emperor's own will, the front line must be in second place in this case.

These days, the cabinet ministers of the San Jose Imperial Council have been a little busy, and they have been overwhelmed by one thing after another. Count Mosic, who hurried back a few days later, looked at the people in front of him and understood the seriousness of the situation.

"What is the current situation?" asked Count Mosicke.

"The palace magician didn't find too many clues, there were too many people coming in and out that day, and it was the magician who shot, and the nearby guards cavalry didn't find any clues. Mistress Baerichi replied.

"Is there nothing suspicious?" said Count Mosick, puzzled, "Anyway, the vicinity of Victory Square is so empty, and there are people approaching, don't the guards see any of them?"

"Hehe, the magician made a move, who told you it must be nearby?" Berishy sneered.

Count Mosik was dumbfounded, yes, Lord Baesi was right, the magician struck, it could be anywhere. A few days ago, on the Kursk front, court mages and dark mages teamed up to teach their soldiers a lesson: why magic was banned on the continent after the destruction of the Magic Empire.

"Speaking of which, what about Archmage Merlin?" Mosik, suddenly realizing that Merlin did not appear at today's Imperial Council, "He came back with me." ”

"Oh, he, he said that he had something important to discuss with the Emperor of Benin personally, so he ......"

The Red Keep, the royal palace of San Jose, was built in the northeastern part of the former Imperial Palace after the fall of the Magic Empire. At that time, when the magnificent Red Fort Castle was completed, all the people of Kyoto Castle cheered and represented the founding of a new nation.

However, a thousand years later, the original magnificent Red Keep City is still magnificent, but its outer walls are inevitably dilapidated. Although countless workers were renovating the façade of the empire every year, the atmosphere of antiquity gradually eroded the castle.

In the center of the city there are five towers, one in the middle and four on the periphery. The central tower is called the Star Tower, which is the tallest building in Kyoto City, and the four smaller ones are called the Emperor's Tower, the High Tower, the Portista Tower, and the Suruta Tower. Among them, the Emperor's Tower was the place where the royal family lived, the Tower was the seat of the Imperial Council, and the Portista and Suruta were the places where the court eunuchs and important members of the royal family lived.

The rest of the Red Keep also has thousands of rooms, which are used by countless court magicians, guards, royal illegitimate children, slaves, etc.

Among them, the most special is the "Star Tower". The most important building of the Red Keep is rarely visited, and an elderly court eunuch guards the gate under the tower. It is said to be the closest place to the sky in the entire city of Kyoto, and in the past, an emperor with a penchant for eccentricity turned it into an observatory specializing in the study of astrological phenomena.

Of course, that's relatively rare, and most of the time, it's always empty.

However, today, there are actually two people on the tower, the Emperor of Benin and the Grand Magister of Merlin.

The room on the tower still retains the huge bronze telescope of the emperor, and a small planetarium is quietly placed next to the telescope. Grand Magister Merlin, looking at the body of the telescope in distraction, didn't know what he was thinking. The Emperor of Benin, on the other hand, was rummaging through the bookshelves on the side.

While flipping, the Emperor of Benin said without looking back, "Merlin, I know that you court magicians think I'm a slacker, a pervert, and a fool, but I never mind, do you know why?"

"Hehe", Merlin laughed, "everyone has their own way of survival, my majesty, this is your way of survival, of course you don't have to mind anything." ”

"Actually, you must be curious why I brought you here after the assassination of Earl Norton, didn't you?"

"Indeed, although I am already the leader of the court magicians of San Jose, I really don't know what the 'Tower of the Stars' does in the royal family of San Jose. So when we came to the bottom of the tower, I always had a sense of unreality. Merlin replied.

"Just look at it," the Emperor of Benin finally pulled out a page from a pile of papers, a piece of parchment that had been eternalized by magic.

"What is this?" Merlin couldn't help but wonder about the parchment, only to see that the words on it were in the Magic Empire court style, "The court magician and the San Jose royal family agreed together!"

"This is!" Merlin exclaimed, and the Emperor of Benin nodded, "that's what you think." ”

It turned out that in the early days of the establishment of the San Jose royal family, the countries of the mainland were full of hatred for magic, which led to the final demise of the Magic Empire and caused great harm to countless ordinary people. However, among the Continental Alliance, there are many magician nobles who participated in the rebellion against the tyranny of the Magic Empire.

How to deal with them has become a headache for all countries on the mainland. Finally, after the end of the First Continental War, the countries signed a magic convention, stipulating that magic was only allowed to circulate privately among the royal families and nobles of various countries, and that it was not allowed to be passed on publicly, and all dark magic, including all kinds of forbidden spells of the empire, was banned.

But there is one exception to this, and that is San Jose.

San Jose is a scholar organization in the coalition, after the establishment of the San Jose Empire, they have close ties with magicians, and they don't want those magicians to get out of their control, so they signed an agreement with the magicians in the territory at that time, and the mages in the scattered non-major aristocratic families will be unified into the management of court magicians, and they will be managed by senior magicians trusted by the royal family.

At that time, the royal family and the court magicians had made other secret agreements, all of which were written on this document in Merlin's possession.

"The court magician promised to always be loyal to the royal family of San Jose at all times, as long as the royal family of San Jose did not make any moves to destroy the continent. As assistants to the royal family, court magicians will always be trusted by the royal family. This covenant is limited to 5,000 years. Merlin read out the question of the covenant, and there was a row of signatures underneath.

These signatures were several of the leaders of the royal family and court magicians of San Jose at the time. The Emperor of Benin continued, "The reason why I have asked you here today, Merlin, is to remind you not to forget your status and duties as a court magician. ”

"What do you mean by that, Your Majesty?" Merlin looked at Benin with some trepidation.

"I'm not stupid, Merlin. I know that you are obsessed with the study of magic, and that you have always been negligent in the management of court magicians, and that the entire team of court magicians is managed with the help of a few of your assistants. However, what happened in Victory Square today, although I asked the Imperial Council to thoroughly investigate how the dark mages infiltrated the city of Red Keep, but in my mind, I have been thinking about another thing. As he spoke, Benin stared into Merlin's eyes.

"You suspect us court magicians?" Merlin said angrily!

"Yes, I doubt the court magicians. Not counting you, Merlin, of course, we all know what kind of person you are, and there is probably nothing in this world that appeals to you more than magic. But how many court magicians are there now, twenty-seven, twenty-eight?"

"Twenty-nine, including me!" Merlin replied.

"Well, twenty-eight people, not including you, who can guarantee that these twenty-eight people ......" the Emperor of Benin did not finish, "I took out this convention in the hope that you can sort out the team of court magicians and whether they have also been infiltrated by the rise of darkness." In the past few years, we have spent so much effort on this organization and have not found any clues, so the most unlikely reason may be the most correct reason. See what I mean, Merlin!"

By the time the Emperor of Benin and Merlin returned to the Imperial Council Chamber, the cabinet ministers were exhausted from discussions, but unfortunately they could not think of anything more than to strengthen the defense of Kyoto Castle. And for this, the fighting at the front had to be suspended.

"The investigation will be completed by the Guards for the time being, don't intervene in the palace magicians first, I have already discussed it with Master Merlin, so we will arrange it accordingly!" As soon as he sat down, the Emperor of Benin gave such an order, and the cabinet ministers who were doing it were all a little curious, the palace magicians have always been the most trusted objects of the royal family, why did they choose to let the Guards lead this time.

However, seeing that Master Merlin's face was not very good, everyone did not dare to ask more. It seems that Merlin and His Majesty the Emperor have just consulted elsewhere.

"Also, Moxik and Langton, you quickly send a letter to the Merchant Alliance, telling them that the feint on our side is over, and let them handle the follow-up plans on their own. ”

The Earl of Mosicke and Lord Langton were contended.