A carriage quietly passed through Marceau, the mistress of the imperial capital, without the expensive and beautiful fennel and the blood-blooded horses, without the armoured valiantly armoured knights, without the illustrious family crest, and drove alone to the city of Jupiter, the strong heart of the Holy Empire.

The Holy Empire is undoubtedly an ancient empire, it was the first to accept the Vatlantican Holy See, which split from Byzantio, and the emperor at that time tried to make this doctrine a rebellion against the orthodox religion as the state religion, and paid a huge price for this, the emperor was not only excommunicated by the spiritual godfathers of the epic continent, but also clearly judged to be heretical, and then the first patriarch of the Vatlantican reciprocated by defining the Byzantian pope as a hypocrite. This ancient empire has always survived under the weight of faith, and because it is adjacent to both the Titan Empire, the Children of War and the Kingdom of Kamiao, the border faces a large-scale war almost every ten years, and the only luck is that the arrogant Children of War and the iron hooves of the Knight Army of Kamyao never sound at the same time.

At the same time, the Holy Empire is a new empire, since the emperor has an extra copy of The Wealth of Nations, which is spurned by orthodoxy Both emperors were committed to introducing commerce into a kind of national honor, and no longer regarded as immoral by papal theologians, especially after the accession of Jupiter the Great, who did not hesitate to elevate the legitimate profits of merchants to the same moral height as civilian knights receiving medals on the battlefield, so this imperial soil took the lead in the emergence of a variety of nouveau riche business aristocrats such as bankers, and more and more military nouveau riche families, these two groups, are loyal supporters of His Majesty the Emperor, and the most willing to pay money and force, like the sissy Helen, the barbarian Greenspan, is a typical example。

After nearly fifty years of reforms and rapid growth, the silent Divine Empire has finally risen to prominence into a wealthy empire capable of fighting two great powers at the same time. But Emperor Jupiter, who is gradually moving from youth to middle age, has always maintained a low-key restraint that the outside world cannot imagine on the mainland stage, he is neither the cowardly emperor who was frightened by Empress Kamiao, nor the old Titan king who will smash the cup at other leaders at the round table, even if he is on the top of the apostles, the most talked about in the epic continent is still the Empress Kamiao who cut off a large string of heads of her father and brother and rode a war horse herself, and very few people will take the emperor of the Holy Empire as the theme of the banquet, which is too boring and boring。

On a small road on the border between Marceau and the imperial capital, a small and medium-sized carriage was parked on the side of the road, not luxurious, and the status badge on the carriage was not well known in the Empire. But the delicate silver curtains of Langdenberg and the special Rydershire saddle on horseback show that the owner has good taste, and a well-dressed old man with the appearance of a butler stands anxiously in the middle of the road, and the carriage he is driving is in great trouble, and the two horses seem to be overworked, foaming at the mouth, and falling to the ground. The old man, who was remorseful and remorseful, tried to seek the help of a well-meaning gentleman, but the several convoys passing by did not stop, and the carriage to the imperial capital was so many speculators who needed to rush to Jupiter to seize wealth and titles that a pause might be the slipping away of a precious opportunity.

Eventually, the carriage engraved with the strange coat of arms of the golden scales slowly stopped, and out came a young man in a plain religious robe, and calmly asked, "Need help?"

The old butler glanced at the ordinary priest who did not have a special identity mark, and said with a wry smile: "Thank you very much for your kindness, but I don't think you can help with this." Because of my negligence, both horses are tired, and we need to get to Jupiter before dusk. ”

The priest pondered for a moment, then smiled, "If you don't mind that my carriage is crowded, and if you are willing to trust a monk, you can take my carriage, and I will let my groom take care of your carriage until the horses have recovered their strength, and then send them to the city of Jupiter." ”

The old butler was in a dilemma, although he was not a big family who was good at calculating at the upper level, but he also had the minimum vigilance of an old man who had lived for more than sixty years, in their simple and simple city, he had more or less heard of the shrewdness and absurdity of the nobles of Marceau County and the terrible traps that emerged in the imperial capital, and there were too many small nobles who wanted to go to Jupiter City to pan for gold and have long knowledge were deceived penniless, which was not without precedent in his city, not long ago, a young baron in the imperial capital was defrauded of more than 100,000 Caesar gold coins by a beautiful woman who called herself a countess, and almost had to return to the territory by begging。 But his two masters did need to get to the glorious city at once, or he wouldn't have been so risky and desperate as he drove the horses. Fortunately, the monk on the other side understood the old butler's situation, and said softly, "Then I will lend you my horse first." ”

The horses of the two carriages were of the same price, so there was no lucrative scam, but the priests of Marceau were so kind at all costs?The old butler was a little moved for a while, and the old man, who had no noble status, was not too embarrassed to accept this kindness immediately, he originally wanted to give some gold coins in return, but thinking of the young man's status as a monk, the old butler was not sure if this would hurt the heart of a pious priest. The elegant lady who came down from the carriage relieved the housekeeper of the family, she was not pretty, but she was quiet, beautifully dressed, and hung a string of genuine Lavanu sapphire necklaces on her white breasts, and the noblewoman who loved this inexpensive but rare enough sapphire, and had been praised by the court poets, went to the young monk, and after saluting, she smiled and said: "Dear monk, my daughter and I are willing to take your carriage to the city of Jupiter, and the Mena family of Richelieu will remember your favor." ”

The monk, who had studied the complex genealogy of the nobility of the empire, just nodded, not showing too much enthusiasm, because that would scare the noblewomen and ladies. There is a teaching in the last words of the family that outsiders regard as frivolous but is highly respected by him: the moment when you trick a woman into bed and take off the last piece of clothing, don't relax, that is the farthest moment from success, my junior, you still need to be cautious, be more cautious. The noble lady from the northern province of Richelieu went back and called her daughter, who was also more temperamental than her looks, out of the carriage, and the priest recalled that Mena seemed to be a small local family of unknown origin.

It was evident that the lady and lady, who had accepted the offer and had taken some risk, had not been fully open-minded, even though the old butler had become the groom of the new carriage, while the blonde boy, who was walking with a slight limp, remained in place to take care of Mena's family carriage. It's just that when the two well-cultivated ladies saw the "white-robed mage" resting with their eyes closed in the carriage , immediately relieved, the shy young lady looked in a trance, because there were two crystal magic wands in the carriage that she dreamed of holding one day, she was not sure if their level reached the praise level or higher, but it was definitely a high-level crystal staff that she had never seen in Richelieu County, her most beloved magic teacher, an old professor of the official magic union of Richelieu County, had a singing staff, it was the old professor's careful education and hard work that enabled her to break through the many tests and enter the cradle of the imperial tulip magician, St. Carol College, a great academy named after one of the three magic gods。

After gradually warming up the conversation, the priest learned that the girl named Tess was a trainee magician who went to St. Carroll's School of Magic to participate in the admission report, and today was the last day, so he had to be anxious, because the strict and rigid St. Carroll Academy never accepted students who were even late for reporting, even if you were Prince Schopenhauer, for this reason, even Jupiter the Great had to write a letter of apology in person to beg the dean to make an exception, but the old courtyard that refused the golden clover award because of disagreement with the imperial prime minister still ignored it, so the imperial capital joked that it was the improper handling of this letter, which led to His Majesty the Emperor's exceptional support for arcane arts and his unusually cold attitude to magic in the past ten years.

The priest smiled, "Being able to enter St. Carroll is equivalent to stepping through the first threshold of the magic realm, it is not easy, I have rarely seen a nobleman like Miss Tess who is willing to spend his time on magic books instead of makeup." ”

Originally, he wanted to say that a celebrity without makeup is the most moving celebrity, but he found that the noble lady of the Mena family seemed to have painted some light makeup, so he had to swallow this sentence quietly back to his stomach.

Miss Tess, who has a pair of charming dimples, obviously likes this kind of offbeat compliment, but her greater interest is in magic, and her eyes are always obsessed with the magic wand that stays in the corner of the carriage, and for a magician, or someone who is on the path to becoming a magician, there must be one or more magic wands in his life, which is equivalent to a knight's spear, a swordsman's saber. The magic wand and the magician level are strictly matched in the upward direction, low-level magicians are not allowed to carry intermediate and high-level staffs, for magicians, the staff is a sacred item that needs to be feared and controlled, not a luxury to show off, once non-compliant behavior is found, it will be immediately deprived of badges and qualifications, this point, at the insistence of Dean San Carol, who is also the president of the Imperial Magic Guild, has been followed to the greatest extent, and the occasional entertainment of the descendants of the great nobles in a small circle is only "accidental" if it does not arouse public opinion of neglect. But in the opposite direction, there is no demand, like the old dean himself, who only wears the highest-level Black Orchid Medal, only has an intermediate white crystal magic wand in his life. For him, an old man whose magical attainments and status rivaled that of a Teutonic priest, there was no need for an epic magic wand to prove anything.

The priest explained, "Those are two 'Murmur'-level staffs, both of which are the tulip mage's favorite equipment. ”

The white-robed magician in the young man's mouth kept his eyes shut and ignored him. Tulips?

A prince-level immortal hidden in the shadows smiled: "My master, I am really good at white lies as always."

Indeed, it is impossible to tell that the white-robed mage is a lich king who was a duke-level puppeteer in his lifetime, and both staff are just arias carried randomly according to the reverse rules.

Such a truth would have frightened two ladies from the province of Richelieu.

As for why he would lend a hand, Changsheng could roughly guess that the butler of the Mena family was a bit like Lao Piping, who his master liked to ride on his neck when he was a child.

Miss Tess said with a look of obsession, "I heard that the 'Torch' is next door to St. Carroll's Academy, but it's a pity that Miss Kaka Miao went to the temple of the Mayan Snow Mountain, otherwise if I am lucky enough, I may be able to see each other from afar." ”

Except for a handsome face and a "tulip retinue magician", the monk smiled, "She has a bad temper and is withdrawn, so it must be difficult to see." ”

Tess seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the monk's criticism of her greatest idol, but remembering that he had helped her out of her predicament, she retorted, and just puffed out her cheeks and said, "My magic teacher said that even the dean of St. Carlo Academy recognized that Miss Gakka Miao would be the most accomplished magic sage of the empire in the future. ”

The monk finally said something that pleased Miss Tess, "And she's a woman, which makes it all the more rare. ”

Seeming to be fanatical about the idolatry that caused the sensation and the tide of praise in the Empire, Tess said softly, "The Mayan Snow Mountain Temple has not awarded the Crow Badge for more than twenty years, and Miss Gakka Miao will definitely be able to break this record and receive the badge." ”

The monk lifted the curtain and muttered to himself in a soft voice: "Even if she gets the badge, she won't wear it." Her magic robe would only have a family crest that she was not so proud of now. ”