Lucien seemed to have countless crows flying in front of him, and seemed to see his bankrupt appearance, although in recent years, he has obtained rich returns from the investment in technology such as the Mineral and Harvest Company and the Elemental Gift Company, but he invested in the construction of the magic tower three months ago, and he almost couldn't make ends meet.

The council's complete tilt in materials, potions, magic, etc., is hardly useful in this matter, and the "Pale Hand" does not increase in price even if it is hindered by the fact that the demigod lich hunted him down last time.

So, Lucien seriously considered taking out a loan from his teacher or from the mortgage of the Holm Mining Union, when the monocle became slightly hot.

"Lucian, I have just finished the meeting of the House of Nobles and sentenced Count Baladei to a lesson, stripping him of his title......" Natasha said with some excitement, she had no sympathy or pity for the mastermind behind the damage that caused Lucian and herself.

Lucien held back the heartache of imminent bankruptcy and smiled: "In the future, any nobleman who has the idea of assassinating you will think about the fate of Count Baradei before taking action." ”

Natasha recounted what had happened in the House and what had happened with Ketonia in a chatty tone, and finally said, "I have divided the territory of Count Baradei into five parts, one for Aunt Camille as a 'frightening loss fee', and three for appeasing and wooing Duke James and them. I had the remaining share that I wanted to give you, but the current situation can't put you on the bright side, so I took it back to the royal family, but in private it will be converted into a specific amount and given to you in the form of Jintale, alchemy workshop shares, materials, items, etc., this is what you deserve, and you are not allowed to refuse. ”

Lucien was immediately shocked, opened his mouth, smiled on his face, and blurted out: "Natasha, I love you." ”

It's a windfall. It's more than enough to pay for the improved version of "Life Concealment". And there is no small amount of wealth.

"Huh?" Natasha didn't expect such an answer, and was at a loss for a moment.

Lucien didn't try to hide it from her, and told her about the modified version of Life Concealment.

"In this way, I am much more relieved, I can't imagine that you are still a 'money junkie'. Thankfully, I'm the queen and the future Grand Duchess. Hey. Natasha laughed. Learning what Lucien said in the morning, "It's a pity that knights must maintain the unity of body, blood, soul and will before they can be promoted to legends. Such a method cannot be used as a last-ditch life-saving measure. Oh, the path of a knight is destined to be a hard and difficult one. ”

The Violet family has produced one epic knight, and the Hoffenberg family has produced two, and in terms of the experience of knight promotion to legend, Natasha is much stronger than ordinary knights.

Lucien also understands this, if it weren't for this, "Flesh Control" Ramiro's proliferation and regeneration ability in a relatively large area would not be his exclusive hole card.

Ending the call, Lucien noticed that the teacher, Fernando, was looking at him with a smile: "What's wrong, teacher?"

Fernando sighed: "It's good to be young, it's good to have a queen to have a partner." ”

Lucien changed the subject slightly awkwardly, "Teacher, does the modified life concealment technique have to be a physical part?"

This is a unique ritual of the "Pale Hand", and Lucien does not know the specific situation, only the details of the original version of the life concealment technique.

Fernando glared at Lucien: "If I knew this in such detail, I would have developed it myself, anyway, the original life concealment technique could only use part of the limbs." ”

"For the next few days, you can stay in Alinge in peace, and when the Life Concealment Ritual is completed, you can run wherever you want. Starting next month, there should be more discussion about the Oliver transform, and we should also pay attention to guiding them in the discovery of the relativistic effect, and strive to show Douglas your special theory of relativity in two or three months. ”

"Everything is up to you, teacher. "Lucien has no opinion, the current is to build a spell model, so that his magic strength can reach the level of a strong eight-ring mage, and the next target is the "spell reversal" that he has been thinking about for a long time in the seven-ring magic.

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

In the office of the Atomic Research Institute, Lucien was looking at the papers reviewed by several of his students, and from time to time fine-tuned the most difficult opinions.

Roque walked in with a tired face with a tired face holding the magazine and dozens of resumes: "Lucien, the second round of interviews has ended, and the most comprehensive interview will be held in three days, you can see what is wrong." ”

Lucien flipped through his resume, there were about forty copies, and said with a smile: "Yes, there are five or six mid-level magicians. You go through it first, and then check with the committee to find out what they do, and I'll use illusions to test them during the interview, so as to prevent spies from the church and the organization from getting in. ”

It is both an open recruitment and a hot atomic research institute at the moment, and those spies will be ashamed of their duty if they don't find a way to sneak in, and Lucien is not the slightest careless about this.

Roque agreed: "The infiltration of the church is very strong, after all, there are many frustrated and near-ending mages in the council. ”

Speaking of this, he seemed to think of something, handed the magazine in his hand to Lucian, lowered his voice, and whispered: "Do you know the way? Lord Oliver and Lady Florence have dissolved their marriage. ”

Lucien picked up the magazine and looked at it, and found that it was the lace journal "Impressions of Alinge", and flipped through it at random. Finding a description of the incident, he shook his head and said, "In this way, all seven Grand Arcanists in the Council are single. It's really laughable. ”

After chatting for a while about Lucian's so-called "gossip", Roque stood up contentedly, walked out the door, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw an elegant middle-aged man wearing a wig and a hood.

"Oh, Lord Oliver......" Roque's face turned white as he said a lot of bad things about him behind his back.

Oliver nodded, passed by Roque, and closed the office door with his hand.

"Lucien. Here's the script I wrote, you see how it goes. Oliver glanced at "Impressions of Alinge" and said quietly.

Lucien took the script with a "toothache", read it roughly, looked at it and twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, almost suspecting that Oliver was a fellow from the earth, which is very similar to Andersen's "Mermaid Princess", but fortunately, the second half is fundamentally different.

Oliver writes about a personable prince who meets a mermaid princess at sea, and the two fall in love. Then the mermaid princess gave up on the rest. After swallowing the potion, shedding her tail, she transformed into an elf-like girl and followed the prince back to his country, pleading with each other for the rest of her life. But then the prince fell in love with the princess of another country. So the mermaid girl was heartbroken. Returned to the sea.

As time passed, the prince gradually recognized his heart and understood that he still loved the mermaid girl. So every day he went out to sea on a sailboat, calling the name of the mermaid princess in the wind and waves, but unfortunately there was no response, day by day, the prince died of emaciation at the end, before he died, his hallucination made him see the mermaid princess walking towards him, so a reassuring and sweet smile appeared on his face.

"It's tragic......" Lucien didn't know what to say.

Oliver sighed: "Tragedy is the only way to move a lady and to save a marriage." ”

Lucien felt a "toothache" again, and couldn't help but say: "Your Excellency Oliver, I really don't understand why you obviously love Lady Florenza, but betray your marriage again and again, causing her harm. ”

Oliver said seriously: "Lucian, you don't understand, I am serious about every love, I put in my most passionate and unrestrained feelings, love is as blazing as fire, and I dedicate my whole heart to each other. And in this kind of love, my inspiration will burst out, my thoughts will be sublimated, and many of my achievements will be researched in such a situation. ”

"I love each and every one of them, but I love Florence even more. ”

Lucien didn't know what expression he should make, although the Chinese on the earth often "persuade and not persuade to leave", but hearing Oliver's self-analysis, he can only applaud every lady who leaves him.

In just a few seconds, Lucien reversed his previous decision, he didn't want to help Oliver adapt the opera anymore, Florence if she couldn't get out by herself, she would be willing to be cheap, forgive Oliver, it was her own business, she couldn't be this accomplice, and writing this opera would have a disturbing conscience.

So Lucien pondered his tone and said: "Lord Oliver, I'm really sorry, Lord Hathaway, Lord Maurice, they don't want me to help you write the opera, and they ......"

Lucien didn't finish, with a "you know" expression.

Oliver was stunned for a moment, and let out a long sigh: "I understand, this matter is too big, and they are the elders of the Hoffenberg family." Lucian, I hope to collaborate with you in other operas in the future, and the best scripts naturally match the best musicians. ”

Sending Oliver away, Lucien closed the door, not wanting to get involved in their family's affairs at all, anyway, Hathaway had a bad impression of Oliver for a long time, Oliver went to ask her, and she would only acquiesce.

After pushing this off, Lucien could only study the composition of opera on his own, but fortunately he had many classics in his mind as references, and he had preliminarily selected the second part of Mr. Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelungen", "Valkyrie", as a blueprint.

Of course, for this opera, based on German and Nordic folklore, to be consistent with this world and Natasha's situation, Lucien had to make a fundamental change, and it could be considered a completely new creation.

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

The day after Oliver's visit, Lucien was summoned by Fernando, and he knew that he could perform the ceremony.

On the thirty-third floor of the Alinge Magic Tower, an empty hall.

Lucien saw Felipe, who had not been seen for a long time, and he still looked pale with a sickly face.

"This magic is based on his cellular memory research, and with his cooperation, my success rate will increase a lot. Fernando confessed that this was the first time he had used the Modified Life Concealment Technique, so that the Revenant Master would not come to preside over for Lucien.

Felipe looked at Lucien, it was hard to believe that his teacher would not be able to kill him three times or twice, and finally caused his own fall, but in front of Fernando, he would not say these things, but said lightly: "Your amplification magic based on the principle of light is good, but it seems to be far from the effect you promised." ”

His magic level has been raised to the seventh ring, which is considered a very fast progress, but compared to Lucian, it is a bit shabby, and the arcane level is close to level seven.

Lucien said seriously: "Improvement is always explored step by step, rest assured, I will not give up research in this area." ”

Lucien did not dare to do the experiment of electron diffraction, and was ready to wait until the gains brought by the special theory of relativity and the silver moon were almost digested.

After speaking, Lucien asked the question he was concerned about: "Felipe, can the modified version of the Life Concealment Technique only use limbs?"

Felipe said coldly: "Hair and teeth are not included in blood, it is ineffective, don't you think that you can ensure safety without affecting yourself, are you a greedy and irrational person?"

He never minded taunting Lucien if he had the chance.

Lucien frowned, "What about the internal organs?"

Felipe snorted coldly: "Yes, but what's the point? Even if the Heavenly Knights are missing a part of their internal organs, they can only be restored, which does not mean that when they have no internal organs and are out of the state of elementalization, they can hold on for a long time, and the parts cut by the Life Concealment Technique cannot grow back, and it is not possible to use the Transformation Technique, don't think about some unrealistic things." ”

"In other words, the internal organs are okay?" Lucian's expression relaxed, "I asked to use the 'intestines' in the designated area. ”

Felipe looked at Lucien in a slight amazement, as if he had never seen such a stupid person: "Are you sure? ”

"I'm sure. Lucien calculated, he had two such rituals, and he could give it a try.

Half an hour later, Felipe froze in place, watching Lucien leave with the "Life Talisman" in a relaxed and happy manner.

"Without a piece of intestines, he can still be intact......"

"He's a monster ......" (to be continued......)

PS: It's almost 4,000 words again, so change it first and then change it.