Chapter 55: The Court Mage
Looking at the lively and bustling city in front of her, O'Faryl sighed softly, she retracted her gaze, and there was a sour feeling in her heart for no reason.
Along the way, everyone's itinerary was quite smooth, after all, You Lian was waving his own flag, and people with a little eye would not choose to provoke these nobles. And after a day of traveling, everyone came to the city where Yulian bought and sold maids again, from now on, they are officially entering the territory of the Zack family, but the Zack family is not in this kind of border town, but in the starlight city located in the center of the territory. At the current rate, it will take about three or four days to arrive. Although after entering the city, those people were eager to try to contact the nobles of the old patriarch's faction here to increase their popularity, in their opinion, they were definitely doing the right thing, and if they got the support of those old patriarchs' subordinates, then there was definitely a good chance of success. But this idea was forcibly suppressed by Yu Lian, he didn't think that in this case, someone would make a decisive decision in the face of an unknown future. And with the extremely low political acumen of this group of people, I am afraid that if the other party does not agree, he will draw a knife and shout against the thief, and when the time comes, he may force a potential ally into a clear enemy, which will be a waste of all his previous achievements. In the face of Yu Lian's order, although everyone was a little unconvinced, they had to agree. Eventually, the group found a modest inn to stay in, with Custer and the other attendants guarding (and spying on) the brainless fools, while Julien and O'Faryl chose to dine out, after all, although they were on a mission, but in their opinion, it was more like a trip. Especially Ofaril, she already has a clear understanding of Yuren's strength, so naturally she will no longer be as worried as before.
However, after seeing the city in front of him, Ofaril still felt a little sad in his heart.
When she was alive, Offariel often went out, she dressed as an ordinary scholar, she walked around the city, observing the commoners and nobles, and at that time she was full of ideals and hopes to make the country richer and stronger, so that people could live happily and happily. Of course, as a princess, Offariel does not choose to go to places with high dangers, unlike those aristocratic girls who love to dream, thinking that they are angels who have fallen into the mortal world, and will go to those places full of sin and darkness to bring light to them. She knew very well that in her own capacity, she was not suitable to venture into that kind of place. After all, she is the princess, and if there is any accident, it will affect the whole country, and the accurate definition and judgment of herself also makes it unlikely that Offariel will encounter any unexpected dangers even in the process of traveling alone. But even so, O'Faryl was still able to keenly grasp the slightest undercurrent hidden under the changes in the entire city, and make corresponding countermeasures.
It used to be her dream to make this country a better place.
But now, she's dead.
Offariel withdrew her gaze and no longer looked at the night scene outside, she looked quietly at her hands, which were no different from those they had been alive, but they did not belong to a living person. She was already a dead man, with no power, let alone the ability to fight for anything.
"What are you thinking?"
Yuren's voice rang out, pulling Ofariel's thoughts back.
"It's just a little boring thing. ”
O'Faryl shook her head, a wry smile on her face.
"I know that it has nothing to do with me, but I still want to ..............."
At this, Offariel stopped, she lowered her head, and sighed softly.
It's easy to give up everything, but it's not that simple to do, if you just stay in that isolated place in the Twilight Forest, but now, after coming to the outside world, O'Fariel finds that the things she thought she could leave behind are still buried deep in her heart.
Could it be that this is really the case?
Thinking of this, Offariel raised her head and quietly looked at Yuren, who was sitting in front of her, smiling rather than smiling.
"My lord, I have a request. ”
"Say it. ”
"If I have time, I hope you will allow me to go to the royal city........." Offariel paused for a moment, biting her lower lip as if she had made a difficult decision. "I want to see my queen mother......... That's the only thing I want to do right now. ”
"Of course there is no problem. ”
In the face of Ofariel's request, Yulian did not refuse, and with his experience, Ofariel's mind could not be hidden from Yuren. Although Her Royal Highness did a great job in the twilight forest, Yulian was well aware that this was just a distraction from the little girl's work. In the depths of her heart, she is still attached to her past life. No one can simply separate their past from their present, not even Ofaril.
At that moment, the door of the hotel was pushed open, and several heavy footsteps followed. The sound of metal clashing was mixed in, bringing a touch of noise to the otherwise quiet hall.
The two looked at the door with some curiosity, only to see several warriors in armor walking in, and among them, there was a middle-aged man in a white robe, he walked into the hotel with a gloomy and serious face, quickly looked in the hall, and then made a gesture, and after seeing the gesture he made, the two warriors in front immediately stepped forward, stopped the shopkeeper who came to greet him warmly, and politely and resolutely invited him away.
The appearance of these people made everyone in the hall twitch for a while, and most of the people's eyes were focused on the hand of the man in the robe, if nothing else, it was precisely because in his hand he held a white cane, and at the top of the cane, a magic crystal was floating quietly on it, slowly spinning, exuding a dark brilliance.
This is exactly the hallmark of a mage.
For a while, this man immediately became the focus of everyone's attention, you know, it is not easy for ordinary people to meet mages, they spend most of their time in the mage association or the tower, and rarely appear. In many cases, mages are so mysterious that many people don't even know what they can do, but because of this, they are even more afraid - after all, there is nothing more terrifying than what they don't know.
"Court mage. ”
O'Faryl frowned when she noticed the emblem on the man's robe, and she lowered her cloak to cover her face, and then whispered to Yuren.
"He's a member of the royal family. ”
"What are you doing here?"
Hearing Offariel's words, Yulian also secretly paid attention, from his point of view, it is obviously not a good thing for a court mage to appear not far from his territory, but I don't know what this court mage is here for, there are so many people to protect, obviously not out to parade, more likely because of some mission, but this has nothing to do with himself.
Thinking of this, Yulian put his mind at ease and started chatting with Ofariel again, and Offariel no longer paid attention to the court mage, but focused on Yulian in front of him, after all, what they were going to discuss next was the focus of today.
"Huh?"
At this moment, the court mage was stunned for a moment, turned his head suspiciously, and looked at the hall in front of him. Because he suddenly felt that in this hall, there was a trace of magical aura floating in it, and it was not his own magical breath.
Are there colleagues here?
With this question, the court mage quickly swept the hall, but he did not see any more people in magic robes, and there were no other mages here. But he didn't let up because of this, as a court mage, he was still quite confident in his perception. And this strange situation at the moment immediately aroused the interest of this court mage, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly, revealing a sneer.
You want to hide?
Although I don't know if the other party is coming at him, but the court mage is not willing to have such a hidden opponent hiding by his side, the battle between the mages has always been cruel and fierce, and the mages of many factions are also a little unpleasant to each other, and now, there is a hidden mage here, so he naturally wants to find out in order to be safe.
Thinking of this, the court mage immediately secretly condensed his spirit, and followed the remnants of this trace of magic power to find the past, the other party's hidden methods were not clever, and soon, the court mage followed the trajectory and found the source of the breath, but when he confirmed it with the naked eye, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. I saw that the source of that breath was a young girl, judging from her outfit, she looked like a scholar who traveled around, and her pitch-black cloak and white dress wrapped around this beautiful and slender body, and she definitely looked no more than twenty years old. Is it possible that such a young girl is the target she needs to find?
Thinking of this, the court mage was a little puzzled, but his subordinates kept moving, and continued to move forward, and at the same time, there was a slight smug smile in his heart. After all, this kind of psychic detection is in some ways very similar to voyeurism, and can even penetrate clothing to reveal the inner body to the caster. And now seeing the wonderful curves of the girl's body, this court mage already has a little thought in her heart, not to mention that she also covered her face with a cloak, which aroused the curiosity of the other party to see how this girl looked.
At this moment, he had already left the slightly strange magical aura behind.
At this time, Ofariel was completely unaware that she had attracted the attention of the other party, and she still lowered her voice and explained her thoughts and ideas to Yuren.
"I think ..............."
However, O'Faryl's words were not finished, because at this moment, she suddenly stopped, and involuntarily shivered, and then, a faint, pitch-black mist suddenly burst out from O'Faryl's body, surrounding her.
At the same time, a low muffled snort sounded, and everyone turned their heads in surprise, only to see that the originally calm and gloomy court mage was half-kneeling on the ground at the moment, a trace of blood slowly flowed from the corner of his mouth, he gritted his teeth, held the staff in his hand, and barely supported himself so that he did not fall. And when he raised his head again, a fierce look flashed across his face. Casually, he reached out and pointed at O'Faryl.
"Catch that woman!"