Six days later, at night, Randall's chariot finally arrived in Blinor, and the inhabitants of the royal capital were already asleep, and the bluestone-paved streets were empty, and no pedestrians could be seen except for the night guards who patrolled back and forth. The Marquis of Gorlon, the golden knight of the kingdom, accompanied Cardinal Sean to the lower part of the royal capital to greet His Highness Randall.

Victor and Archbishop Tse exchanged greetings, exchanged a few pleasantries, and agreed to go to Blinor Cathedral tomorrow morning to pray. Subsequently, he took a few of his henchmen, changed to a light carriage, and quietly drove to the kite castle with the Marquis of Golon.

Auguste's royal palace was a town built of fortresses and castles, and Vic lived in it for several years when he was a child, and was familiar with only one corner of it, where more than 200 young squires lived and studied together. Victor doubted that the Castle would hold more than 20,000 people at a time, and he was now eager to climb to the top and see the full view of the palace to test his suspicions.

To do so would be to lose the dignity of the Angry Wind Swordmaster, and the Marquis of Goron was beside him.

Goron took Victor through a laneway he didn't recognize, and the stone walls of the castle on both sides had not seen sunlight for many years, and they were covered with inky stone moss, and the cold air currents brought the characteristic rotten smell of stone moss. Along the way, Victor didn't notice the palace guards, only the footsteps of a few of them rustled in the dark and damp alleyway, and the atmosphere seemed oppressive and dreary.

"Ascending to the castles on either side is not the highest point of the royal palace. Marquis Goron said suddenly.

The moment they saw Goron, the two of them hadn't spoken much, and this was because Randall had returned, while Roland hadn't.

Victor was silent for a moment, and asked, "Can Lord Goron guess my thoughts?"

"It's like a labyrinth here, ordinary knights can only move forward or backward along the designed path, and they can't see what is around them," Goron said in a deep voice. With the help of konjac elixir, I went deep into the Elemental Sea, mastered the third extraordinary combat technique, and was able to experience His Highness's thoughts like wind elements, ubiquitous, pervasive, and unwilling to be bound. ”

"It doesn't have to be about elemental affinity, those in power want to see the big picture," Victor said. ”

Marquis Goron nodded and said, "The common characteristics of those in power also include the penchant for seeing others wandering in low places from high places, unable to see their surroundings clearly, and can only follow the preset path. However, the preset path is not easy, and it will take several generations of people in power to work together, just as the kite-fort has been repaired for more than 700 years to get to its current layout. ”

"Look at the walls on both sides, and there are several crystal mirrors on them...... During the day, the guards in the watchtower can perceive movement on the road through the mirror. ”

"Roland loved to play hide and seek here when she was a child, and she didn't know that she couldn't hide it at all...... When she is older, she will start to like to climb the lookout tower and watch the path, to see who will walk from here, and what will they do?" said Marquis Goron's face with a smile of remembrance.

Victor paused and said lightly, "Really?"

Goron put away his smile and said solemnly: "If Your Highness is interested, I can take you to the highest point of the Kite Castle and look at the panoramic view of the Auguste Palace...... The Auguste family is now convinced that His Highness has this right. ”

Victor didn't speak, he climbed to the highest point of the Kite Castle and looked around condescendingly, he could grasp the defensive layout of Auguste's palace. Only the core members of the Auguste family had the right to climb and look out. Goron, the guardian of House August, invites Victor to ascend the throne because the Swordmaster of the Storm has made an oath in Wind Chimes to uphold the legitimate royal status of the Kite Castle and the bloodline of the House of August.

Unless Sylvia breaks with Victor once and for all, she will have to keep Victor's oath. The Raging Wind Swordmaster and the Divine Knight jointly pledged the status and legacy of the Augustian family, and the Kite Castle's rule over the Gambis Empire was almost unshakable.

And all this was paid for by the sacrifice of the eldest princess August. Whether or not Roland really fell, it is a fact that she did not hesitate to give her all to help in Victor's most dangerous moments. Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess of House Auguste, did not sit idly by while Sylvia's partner, the guardian of the Centaur Hills, died at the hands of the legendary orcs.

Walking out of the alleyway, facing the bright moonlight, Victor stopped in place and said solemnly, "I will." ”

"This way. Marquis Goron nodded, and led Victor and the others into a medicine field on the left.

They walked through fields of herbs to a small castle. The guards of the castle opened the gates and let the Marquis of Goron and Victor walk in side by side.

The air in the small castle was filled with the strong smell of potions, and Victor and Marquis Goron bypassed the barrier of the antechamber and saw that there were many apothecaries busy mixing potions in the candle-lit main hall.

"This is a secret castle dedicated to the preparation of potions, and there are three more in the palace. Master Tofowen is on the third floor, let's go up. ”

Goron casually explained, leading Victor up the spiral staircase to the third floor of the small castle and to the room at the end of the corridor.

Several arcane guards were scattered in the corners of the room, and the cloudy-eyed, old-faced wizard Toferwen sat in a wheelchair, and behind him stood a red-haired, blue-eyed, mature and beautiful high-ranking female knight.

"Lord Ariel, it turns out that you are also a member of the Faceless. Victor stepped forward, smiling and greeting his teacher, who had taught him court etiquette.

"Your Highness should have guessed that I was a faceless one. Lady Ariel, dressed in Mithril armor, made a knightly salute, looked at Victor's retinue with a pair of wonderful eyes, and her gaze finally fell on Charlotte's, pursing her lips and smiling, "This beautiful lady is your Oath Knight Charlotte?"

Charlotte's appearance is actually not lost to Ariel Ariel at all, but she lacks Ariel's natural charm and charm, and she suddenly loses a lot of color in comparison.

Almost all the silver knights will show their charm when they see Charlotte and Victor, and Charlotte's eyes are full of scrutiny and provocation.

Of course, this is an unconscious gaffe of the high-ranking female knight in front of His Royal Highness Randall, Charlotte is used to it, she secretly runs her fighting spirit, restrains her mind, excludes the spiritual influence of Lady Ariel, and after making an elegant knightly salute, she stands quietly by Victor's side.

Victor didn't care about the intrigue between the female knights, and saluted the old wizard's chest, and said warmly: "Master, you seem to be in good spirits, I received the letter from the Kite Castle, and I am very worried about your health. ”

Tofowen grinned toothlessly, smiled silently, and said, "The kite-fort sent a message to His Highness, saying that I was dying, and this was not intended to deceive His Highness...... My body, I know for myself, if nothing else, I have another eight years to live. But my soul is decaying, and I will soon lose my wisdom and forget most of my memories, so what's the difference between that and death?"

"While I'm still a little useful, it's time to meet with Your Highness. ”

Victor has no feelings for Tofowen, and this old guy is also sneaking in cultivating the little baron's moon elf bloodline, if Victor doesn't become His Highness, he probably won't show up.

Feeling a little at the reality of the old wizard's imminent demise, and lamenting his abilities and wisdom, Victor walked to the fireplace, reached out and stroked a strangely shaped object, and exclaimed with great interest: "Lorraine really made it?"

This is a large floor-to-ceiling pendulum clock, made of mangrove material from the dark forest, inlaid with two layers of transparent crystal, and below is a red copper pendulum that swings back and forth, which is driving the two pure gold hands of the upper clock face to make a circle.

Victor remembers very well that Roland had a big-headed gnome courtier named Lorraine, who was the top craftsman Victor had seen so far. In order to curry favor with Roland, the dwarf Lorraine not only invented the music box, but also improved Victor's design of the paddle steamer, replacing the runner with a linkage oar, and creating a lighter and faster flying fish boat.

Marveling at Lorraine's talent and talent, Victor told him about the principle of the gear clock, hoping that he would be able to make a clockwork with a precise structure for keeping time.

Now, two years later, the first prototype of a clock in the human kingdom is in front of Victor.

"This thing is too bulky to work as well as a crystal hourglass timer. Tofowen's old and leaky voice came from behind him.

"In the beginning, nothing will be perfect, like Randall's invention of straw paper, which can only be used to solve personal hygiene problems at the moment, and in a few decades, after the craftsmen continue to improve, straw paper may be able to be used for writing and be cheap. The leather letterhead will be replaced by new paper. ”

Victor lifted his insight into the wind elemental inside the pendulum clock, turned around and smiled.

Walking over to the couch and sitting down, Victor continued, "It's really big now, but it's a start...... When the clock is shrunk enough to be carried around, it will shine in a variety of fields. For example, tactical coordination in the development war, as well as accurate timing of potions. ”

Tofowen laughed and said, "That's quite practical, but unfortunately I can't see it." Luckily, the descendants of the Auguste family were able to use new paper and a shrunken clock. They will thank His Highness. ”

"They owe more thanks to Master Lorraine, and to you. Victor said meaningfully.

Lorraine the Dwarf and his dwarf brothers are special arcane guardians, trained by the Wizard of Tofven. In a sense, the little baron Wimbledon also benefited from the cultivation of Tofowen.

"Only in an orderly inheritance can we have today's Gambis Kingdom, and the future Gambis Empire. Said the Marquis of Golon, who was sitting in another single armchair.

The potion achievements of the Wizard of Tofowen also have a great deal to do with the accumulation of the Kite Castle.

Victor nodded in agreement, and instead ordered, "Paul, you come and shake hands with Master Tofowen, and then you go to the lounge and wait for me first." ”

The young scholar, sensing that the reward of his master's words was about to fall on the old apothecary, stepped forward and saluted respectfully, shook Toferwen's hand gently, and, after receiving his master's signal, left the room with Nelson, Caligula, and Charlotte.

After waiting for a while, to make sure that Randall's retinue had all gone away, Marquis Goron waved his hand to make all the secret guards in the room retreat. Master Tofowen muttered and said, "What do you want me to do?"

"Don't worry, let's take a look at this first" Victor waved his hand, took out a piece of parchment from his pocket, and handed it to the old wizard.

Tofowen took out a crystal magnifying glass and carefully read the contents of the letterhead, looked up at Victor with a surprised face, his expression gradually calmed down, he thought for a while, and said, "The content of the record on this is basically the same as the bloodline conclusion I just observed with witchcraft...... Your Highness, where did you get this?"

Victor shook his head and explained, "I haven't found a wizard with similar abilities to the master, and the content recorded on the letterhead comes from my own judgment...... After setting foot in the Sanctuary, I possessed the extraordinary ability of wind elemental insight. It is not the elemental perception of a high-level knight, but it can delve into the subtle changes in reality. I used Paul as an experimental material to gain insight into his inner and latent operations, and combined with the knowledge of the spiritual bloodline field, I deduced his bloodline status. Today, I ask the master to test Paul's bloodline changes, and then compare this letterhead to verify that my deduction is accurate. ”

Marquis Golon suddenly asked, "Victor, do you want to inherit all of Master Tofowen's research results in pharmacy?"

Victor's heart flickered, both surprised and delighted, and nodded with a very sincere expression, indicating that he really wanted the inheritance of the Buddha text.

Tofowen and Marquis Golon looked at each other and smiled, leaned back in their chairs, and said slowly: "Your Highness, if I say that you are also a faceless one, it will be rude and arrogant. But in the beginning, I did think of you as a member of the Faceless...... In fact, I know in my heart that the Moon Elf bloodline nobles are Sylvia's best companions, not to mention that the York family has high-ranking female knights, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, Sylvia will try to cultivate the bloodline of the Wind Knight. The Faceless One gave you to Sylvia, and she couldn't give up, and I'm afraid of angering Sylvia, so you're just a simple Moon Elf nobleman, leaving no control over you, and the only hole card to negotiate with the House of York is to give their high-ranking female knights a chance to have offspring with you. ”

"Williams has tried to lay you out and recall you back to the Faceless...... Hehe, his idea is too risky, and Goron and I are both opposed. Now that Your Highness is a pivotal figure, the top Sanctuary powerhouse in the human realm, and the famous Raging Wind Sword Saint, you have made an oath in Wind Chime Town, and you can be regarded as half of the guardian of the August family. ”

"I have already thought about it, and I am ready to hand over all my notes to His Highness, which not only contain knowledge of pharmacy, but also record the devil's whispers I heard, some of which are the mysteries of the laws of potions and bloodlines, and some of which are broken words that cannot be understood...... With His Royal Highness's extraordinary wisdom, he may be able to find valuable information in it. ”

Victor couldn't help but be moved, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "What does the master need me to do?"

Marquis Goron said, "Lorraine's brother Grimm is currently researching the secret elixir of the Psychic Warrior in Randall, and his apothecary achievements are not inferior to that of Master Tofervan. I believe that with His Royal Highness's extraordinary wisdom and insight talent, he will soon be able to surpass Green in the field of Psychic Potions, and we intend to send the palace apothecary to Randall to build a secret castle to jointly study Psychic Potion and Psychic Bloodline Secret Method, and the two sides will fully share the results of their research. ”

Victor said without hesitation: "I agree to cooperate and fully share the research results within the boundaries of the Secret Castle, and the Kite Castle can send secret knights to oversee the affairs of the Secret Castle...... Well, forget about the high-ranking female knights. ”

Ariel listened to Victor's words, and couldn't help but roll his charming eyes, cover his mouth and smile: "Your Highness is really ruthless. ”

Victor had long been accustomed to being molested by high-ranking female knights, so he only said: "I plan to live in the kite castle for a while, and I have several ideas about the Soul Bloodline Talent that need the support of Master Tofowen. ”

"Your Highness, it is my pleasure. Tofowen nodded, stretched out his hand and said, "Let me take a look at His Highness's current bloodline situation." ”

Victor reached out his left hand for Tofer to hold, and after a while, he saw the furrow on the old wizard's face getting deeper, and asked, "Is there a problem?"

"Alas......" Tuo Fowen shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness has set foot in the Holy Domain so soon, and I suspect that your bloodline has undergone another unknown change when I receive the news...... I was not mistaken, your bloodline is now more powerful than I could have imagined, and all the fertility potions I prepared for Lady Trisley have failed...... Your Highness, I'm sorry, her chances of conceiving offspring for you are slim, and it's too late for me to remix the inoculation potion, I'm too old...... The 420,000 gold soles purchased by the York family for potions will be returned to Her Highness Sylvia. ”

Victor was stunned, remembering that Father Miller had said that he would have four offspring, and then he realized that it was not that he could only have four offspring, but that he would only have four offspring in the future.

He sighed secretly, waved his hand, and got up to say goodbye: "It's okay, that money is nothing to Sylvia now, so it's free...... It's late at night, and I'd like to visit Catherine and her daughter, and we'll talk again tomorrow. ”

"Your Highness, please. ”

Leaving Master Tofowen, Victor stood in the corridor and glanced back at the door, and whispered to the Marquis of Goron beside him, "I don't believe Roland has fallen......"

Goron was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice, "I don't want to believe it, but the Kingdom of Gombis has indeed lost Her Royal Highness Princess Roland Auguste. ”