"Sir, you ...... Don't know about the Edwards?", Al asked tentatively.

"Is the Edward family famous?", the old man was stunned for a moment, he seemed to guess the doubts in Al's heart, and said very cheerfully, "I have not been out of this underground since I was born, and all the knowledge I know about the earth comes from the collection of books in the council. ”

"Why? Does the kingdom established by the Violet royal family still exist now?Or has it been overthrown and another nobleman has come to power?Ah, by the way, did the Violet royal family inherit the name of the kingdom in the end?, or did it finally change its name?", the old man asked casually.

"What!", Al almost jumped straight from the ground in surprise.

"You were born in the Underworld, is there still a human settlement in this Underworld, is it the Council you talked about all the time?", Al asked like a cannon.

At this time, his heart was like a turbulent wave, and he could not calm down for a long time, and the news that the old man told him was far beyond Al's understanding: why did humans settle in the underground world, and this matter never reached the earth?

There are not even the slightest rumors, you must know that every year the merchants of the North will go deep into the Titan Mountains to trade with the dwarves, and with the big mouths of those dwarves, if they knew, they would definitely spread the news. In other words, even the dwarves don't know about these humans?

And Al has never heard Nightingale mention that there are humans living in the underground world, that is to say, the two overlords of the underground world: the dwarves and the elves, do not know that there is a group of humans living underground, which is too unbelievable and incredible.

"The Council, is it the Flower War between the Violet House and the Blood Rose Family that went underground?, could it be that the Council is made up of those failed nobles who supported the White Rose Family?", Al then asked, feeling that he was getting closer and closer to the truth.

"Oh, little one, how did you find out?", the old man was curious, he had never revealed it before.

Al smiled slightly, "It's nothing, it's just an unintentional revelation of the question you just asked me. ”

"You say you've never been out of the ground, and you're only aware of the above-earth world from the council's books. But you didn't even know the name of the kingdom now, which means that the council's collection of books dates back to the history of the Violet family's victory over the White Rose family. ”

"As for your question, the kingdom established by the Violet royal family is still stable, and the royal family has not changed its name, and still uses the title of the Kingdom of Saint-Teresa. Al, responded.

The old man smiled and nodded approvingly, "Your attention is very focused, your mind is also sharp, you will become an excellent mage in the future." ”

Al smiled wryly and shook his head, "You're exalting me too much. I don't doubt this, but I've seen several excellent mages before, and even two of them can be called peerless geniuses, even if I become a good mage, compared to them, it's equivalent to the light of fireflies and the bright moon, what is it?"

"Peerless geniuses? Those mentally powerful guys are sure to make people jealous. I've seen a lot of geniuses in my life, but for you, the shackles of mental power should no longer exist, right?" the old man encouraged.

Now that the prerequisites have been met, all that remains is perseverance and a flash of wisdom. ”

Al stared at the old man, took a deep breath, and said the name again: "Vladimir Conrad!", Al now knew, the old man must have guessed his biggest secret, so he didn't hide it much.

He reached out and tapped his chest, "Why does my heart beat so violently when I'm near you, is it because of Conrad's experiment?"

The old man looked at Al half self-deprecatingly, half with pity, "You really applied the Conrad technique on yourself, but it's just ......," he frowned slightly, "Don't you despise Vladimir Conrad very much, why do you still use this technique?"

"Anyone who experiments with this technique on himself is no longer human. His gaze crossed Al and looked at the darkness outside the stone house, and his gloomy gaze seemed to contain many unbearable memories of the past, which made bystanders like Al feel a pain in their hearts.

"By the time I realized and regretted it, I was old, and the wrinkles were carved into my face. The old man patted his thigh as if he was emotional, "If I had figured out the price I had paid, I wouldn't have ......"

At this point, he was suddenly stunned, and his whole body was motionless like a sculpture. After a long time, he sighed as if he had woken up from a dream, "Maybe...... I'll do that anyway. If I don't, how can I climb to the top of magic, and how can I enjoy the beautiful scenery?"

He shook his head, "Old, old, I always think of the past. He smiled self-deprecatingly.

"When I was young, I often boasted that I never regretted it, I would do whatever I wanted, how high-spirited, and when I was old, I always regretted the past, and I always thought that it would be nice if I had been young. ”

That's why there is an old saying: the older a person is, the less timid he is, the less timid he is, the more he thinks about it, and the more he thinks about it, the more he regrets it. ”

"But I won't regret it. "I need strength, I need strength for something I have to accomplish." ”

The old man looked at Al, but he couldn't say anything about the lesson that young people don't know the depths.

"He's got a lot to carry and he's determined. ", he thought silently.

The old man changed the topic and went back to the Conrad technique, "You just asked why your heart beats violently when you get close to me. The answer is simple, because we both transplanted the Tree of Life into our bodies. ”

"I don't know what the principle is, but when the trees of life are close to each other, they create a slight resonance that causes the blood to flow rapidly throughout our body. ”

"That's what I stumbled upon, and that's the most striking trait of people who use the Kaconrad form. ”

"Can you tell me, then, how do you know that? I discovered it from one of Conrad's codexes, and did he keep a record of other experiments?", Al asked.

"Since I've already said it, I'm not going to hide it. ", replied the old man.

"If you know Vladimir Conrad, you know the Dark Mage. ”

"And the predecessor of the council was established by the dark magicians!"