In the early morning of San Jose, the red castle under the red sun reflects the huge figure in the city of Kyoto, and the red and blue planets hang high in the sky, and the light is sprinkled all over the land.

Lolita woke up very early today because it was the day of her official audience with the Emperor of San José. For court magicians, meeting the Emperor was a necessary process to become a full-fledged mage, as their names were preceded by the word court.

In addition to being a court mage in his own right, the San Jose royal family is also fully responsible for the court mage's research and daily expenses, so every court mage who passes the trial needs to wear a white robe and wear a mage badge to officially go to the main castle of the Red Keep to meet His Majesty the Emperor.

The process was generally just a formality, and Benin, the man who was obsessed with female sex, was not as interested in magicians as he was in some of his ancestors. He was sometimes only interested in the beautiful female mages in the mage's ranks, and Mage Setty still remembered the squinting look in His Majesty the Emperor's eyes when she first met her.

Fortunately, at the beginning of the establishment of the court magician, he and the royal family of San Jose were treated as equals, and His Majesty the Emperor did not dare to do anything to force female mages after all, and these mages were not easy to mess with.

However, for Lolita, meeting the emperor has another meaning. After all, it was someone else's emperor, but it was his father, and the key was his father, who had a very poor relationship.

Therefore, when Mage Sety told Lolita that there was such a ritual that needed to be performed, Lolita's heart was actually very refusal. Kerst and Feida, who knew the inside story, could only comfort her with relief.

Walking on the streets of Kyoto City, Lolita was uneasy, the tidbits of the evening cherry blossoms were flying all over the sky, and Lolita waved her hand impatiently to remove those tidbits, thinking that it would be good if the troubles in her heart could be so easily removed. Lolita didn't choose to take the carriage, she wanted to take a walk, and Mage Setty, her guide, also accompanied Lolita.

Both Feda and Kerst are left at home by Lolita today.

Red Fort Castle, in the corner of Kyoto Castle, is located on a gently sloping hill high in the castle, overlooking the entire castle of Kyoto. The Emperor's Avenue starts from the front gate of the Red Fort and runs through the city to the banks of the Morro River, which is the most important road in the territory of St. Ho.

However, in Kyoto Castle, the Emperor's Avenue is just an ordinary urban road, and the cherry trees on both sides of the road are very beautiful. Lolita and Seti are on this path.

Satie chats with Lolita along the way. Because she didn't know how much Lolita would practice magic in the future, Setie had only taught Lolita to practice magic as a guide, rarely mentioning the relationship between the court magician and the Red Keep.

In fact, the reason why they are called court magicians is, in essence, they are supposed to serve the royal family of San Jose. At the beginning of the empire, the scholars of the time organized and the opinions of the two chiefs were at odds. The one who was obsessed with power became the emperor of the empire, and the one who was obsessed with academics established the court magician organization, and their status was equal at the beginning.

Time flies, the throne of the empire has passed to 36 generations, and the Grand Magus has also gone through 29 times. A court magician dedicated to the study of magic and the production of various magical tools for the royal family. At the same time, he is also responsible for the research of various mysterious events in San Jose, as well as direct communication with the adventurer's guild.

For example, the last time the Adventurers' Guild convened countries to deal with dark magic events, San Jose's representative was Master Setty.

There were now thirty court magicians in San Jose, of whom less than ten were based in Kyoto City, all of whom were high-ranking mages who were required to participate in the affairs of San Jose's court, advising the emperor himself and dealing with foreign affairs. For example, Master Morning, who is based in the Red Keep, serves the Emperor himself.

Most of the remaining court mages are scattered in various laboratories, such as the Cape Land Proving Ground. They are generally beginner and intermediate mages, and they need to complete various research tasks and improve their magical abilities.

After Lolita becomes a beginner mage, she only needs to cultivate on her own, but at a certain stage, there will be research tasks assigned, which is her obligation as a court magician.

Although the Emperor's Avenue was long, there were times when they came to the end, and the two of them chatted while walking, and they approached the gate of the Red Castle, where two warriors stood at the gate of the castle with spears in their hands. San Jose has been peaceful for a long time, and the Red Keep is housed by court magicians, so the Red Keep is not heavily guarded. Mage Setie apparently frequented the Red Keep, and when the two warriors saw Setie, they saluted and stepped out of the way.

"This is the new court magician, the beginner mage Lolita, who has come to meet His Majesty the Emperor. Master Setie introduced.

"Alright, Mage Setty, please come in, the other mages are already waiting. One of the guards reminded.

Setie nodded, turned back and motioned for Lolita to follow, and the two of them walked back and forth towards the castle.

The Red Fort, in fact, is a composite stone building, the periphery is a circle of about 25 grams high city wall, the width of the city wall is about 15 grams, can accommodate a large number of guards to guard the city, at the same time, because the Red Fort is higher terrain, the field of vision is wide, so it is very easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Walking into the Red Fort, Lolita has a lot of thoughts in her heart, this is where she used to grow up. Looking up at the heights, the main fort of the Red Fort was not far ahead, and the carved glass window in the corner of the main fort was even more remembered by Lolita. On the night of the thunderstorm, it was by the carved glass window that she once looked at the city of Kyoto, anxiously waiting for her uncontrollable fate.

Maybe it's because he knows that Lolita is in a bad mood, and Mage Setty hasn't said anything to Lolita since he entered Red Keep City, Lolita has imagined that she will return to Red Keep many times, but she didn't expect this day to come so soon, or in this way.

The other young mages were already waiting in the side hall of the main fort, a small living room surrounded by the golden heraldic flags of the San Jose royal family, and at intervals, there was a huge oil painting of the emperors of the San Jose Empire. "Are these all my ancestors?" Lolita thought to herself.

The wait was not long, and a middle-aged high-ranking mage walked out of the next room, he pushed open a heavy wooden door, and the creaking hinge woke Lolita who was immersed in the past.

Mage Setie and the other high-ranking mages were waiting elsewhere, and there were only six young mages in the room who had been promoted this year. This gold-edged white-robed high-level mage who came out of the door was unknown to anyone.

Fortunately, the mage walked up to everyone and said straight to the point: "Hello, I am the high-level mage Mo Ning, I am the palace magician resident in the Red Castle, and now His Majesty the Emperor has time, please come with me." ”

Lolita noticed that Mage Mourning had brought a magic lamp-like appliance to a nearby cabinet, and she wondered why the magic lamp was placed here. But when Master Monning finished putting things away, he led the crowd and pushed open the heavy wooden door, and with another creaking hinge, a golden splendor shone in Lolita's eyes.

The San Jose Empire has been established for a thousand years, and the heads of this powerful country have been steadily staying in the Red Fort in Kyoto City, so the emperor's rooms have become more and more luxurious as successive owners have added to them. Lolita swept away, and most of them were glittering gold, pearls, and jade, while the other part was equally shining, all magical tools, which shone with enchanting colors.

Lolita's eyes were interrupted by a thick voice: "Hello, young mages. ”

Everyone looked up and saw a big fat man sitting at a luxurious table, everyone knew that this was the emperor of the San Jose Empire, His Majesty Benin.

Lolita was accompanied by several mages and saluted the emperor together. The emperor, after greeting, waved his hand, and the court eunuch beside him bowed down and picked up a tray from the table, on which were six rolled rolls of parchment, tied with golden ribbons.

The court eunuch walked up to each of them and placed a roll of parchment on each person's hand. When it was Lolita's turn, I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Lolita felt that there was something in the eyes of the palace eunuchs.

"What you have in your hands is your official appointment as a court magician. As court magicians, you are already officials of the Empire, and this letter of appointment is proof of it. The voice of the Emperor of Benin rang out at the right time, breaking everyone's doubts.

"Alright, please serve the Empire in the future! I hope you can all become great magicians like Merlin, and now, I'm going to take care of state affairs. "The Emperor of Benin did not seem to have much interest in magicians, and simply handed out the parchment rolls and prepared to send the crowd away.

Lolita was about to leave with the others, but the court eunuch stretched out his hand to stop her, "Your Highness, please wait a moment. ”

Lolita was shocked.

In fact, to be precise, today is the third time in Lolita's life that she has met His Majesty Benin. This "pervert" emperor who was ridiculed by mainlanders was his father, and Lolita always wondered if Prince Ferdinand hadn't made that rude request, would he never know who his father was in his life.

"Lolita", the voice of the Emperor of Benin broke her musings, "I didn't expect that meeting again would be such an occasion. ”

"Yes, my majesty. ”

"Don't resent me, illegitimate daughters are nothing compared to state affairs. The Emperor of Benin seemed to have something in his words, "I don't regret it, but I feel a little guilty, so I will keep your title of princess." ”

Lolita was silent.

At that moment, there was an inopportune knock on the door.

Another palace eunuch pushed the door and walked in, bowed, "Your Majesty the Emperor, the chief minister has something to ask to see, and he is in a hurry." ”

The emperor seemed to be a little surprised, he thought about it, and gave the palace eunuch beside him a look, the eunuch understood, and he walked to Lolita's side, "Please follow me first, Your Highness." With Lolita with him, he walked into a bookshelf on the side of the wall.

I don't know what mechanism was moved, and the bookshelf flipped through, revealing a gloomy hole in the back.

It turned out that there was a secret room behind the bookshelf.