"Mancini. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Mancini. "I was Marie Mancini's Potions teacher because my father was also a Potions teacher for the Mancini family. ”

"As far as I know, the Vesali family is from Brussels. ”

"Habsburg, Netherlands, Your Majesty, the Vesalius family is a family of doctors, Jane Vesalius received a medical degree from the University of Parvi and then a professorship at the University of Leuven, and his son Evrad Vesalius was the royal physician to the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, and his son Andris succeeded his great-grandfather and later became a personal attendant to Charles V. My great-grandfather was none other than the Andreas Vesalius you mentioned, he had three sons, the youngest of whom was his widow, my grandfather, and my father was also his youngest son, and he was found to be a wizard when he was six years old, but luckily we were in Italy at the time, and a wizard was willing to be his teacher and bring him into the inner world. ”

"Then he ...... in the world"

"Once in the inner world, he is a dead man to the inner world, Your Majesty, there is still a small place in the mausoleum of the Vesalius family, where a child who died is buried. ”

"I see, go on, Vesalius. ”

"That wizard was a potions master, and my father became his apprentice, and because of this, and the talent he inherited from his bloodline, he was more successful than his teacher, so his teacher recommended him to the Mancini family. ”

"What kind of family is Mancini?"

"The Mancini were a very old family in the Caspian world, dating back to the Roman period, but before the fifth century A.D., there were records of them in the world as well, but they were little known. Speaking of this, Vesalius smiled strangely: " Of course, they were once very prominent, and as far as I know, the daughters and sons of the Mancini family have been the wives of priests or consuls, or close friends of the powerful, because the family has been beautiful for generations, but since Merlin's plan finally came to naught, and the kings and emperors no longer recognized the wizards and converted to God, the gap between the inner world and the outer world could no longer be bridged, and Mancini's parents finally decided to move the family to the inner world and abandon the outer world, and it is precisely because of this, They have to make sure that their place in the inner world is not shaken by some ridiculous legend - so they almost never talk about their past in the watch world. ”

"Do the people of the inner world hate the world of the table?"

"Of course, Your Majesty," Vesalius said almost subconsciously, and then he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly made up for it, "I mean, in the beginning, the inner world was filled with people who were almost all poor people who could not survive in the surface world, who either had a deformed appearance or could not control their powers, and they could be said to be ...... They were banished to the inner world, so they always had some ...... Too vicious thoughts. ”

"Then even the Mancini family migrated to the inner world later. ”

"From the fifth century A.D., Your Majesty, Merlin was the last and greatest bet made by wizards and inhuman creatures, but unfortunately he still failed, and the consequences of his failure are as you can see, the Church began to expel and exterminate us. ”

"Because you are fighting with the church for power. ”

"It is inevitable," Vesalius said, "that the court is so small. ”

"Then there were aborigines in the inner world, and then from the fifth century, shamans began to migrate to the inner world. Louis said, "And what are the extraordinary?"

"They can be said to have the same ancestor as the shaman," Vesalius said, "In the beginning, the church was not strict with shamans, no, they were not called shamans, they were priests, shamans, or witch doctors, and then some who were willing to convert to the church became ascetics, paladins, and others who were not willing to bow down to their former enemies became shamans. ”

Louis remembered that Bishop Mazaran had indeed mentioned to him that some of the people in the Inquisition were still stationed in the inner world, and it seemed that they were, as Vesalius had said, two branches sticking out of a giant tree, their roots still deeply rooted in the other world.

"What kind of place is the inner world?"

Vesalius gave a wry smile: "It was originally a nice place. ”

"Very nice place...... said the king.

"Originally," Vesalius repeated, "but then, as you know, there were too many wizards and non-human creatures there, too many, whether it was water, food, or even the place to live, it became tense, and there were several wars between the natives and the immigrants, but those huge families had absolute superiority on either side, so ......" He skimmed over some of the details, but the king could also think with his toes that the war for resources has always been the most cruel and despicable:" Later, the inner world barely reached a balance, but as you know, for a thousand years, Your Majesty, the ever-growing population has put a lot of pressure on the inner world—since my father's time, there have been people who believe that foreign wizards or non-human beings should be restricted from entering the inner world. ”

"Where is the world? I mean, is it a place out of reach of mortals, another world, or just can't be seen and discovered by mortals?"

Vesalius visibly hesitated: "They are real. ”

That is, they still belong to this world. As if talking to himself, the king said, "I know that there are wizards in many places, and they are not in the same place, are they? ”

"Yes...... Yes. ”

"Is there no king or emperor," said the king, after a moment's thought, "has he ever questioned this?"

Vesalius felt that he seemed to have grasped the king's thoughts, "but that is their domain," he said cautiously, "Your Majesty, like your princes and dukes." ”

The king smiled at Vesalius, a smile that sent chills down his body for no apparent reason: "But my prince and duke will serve me and fight for me," he whispered, "What can the wizards do for me?" He clapped his hands lightly: "By the way, I haven't even seen a single French wizard by my side, are they all dead?"

Of course not, Vesalius said in his heart that he had met the sorcerers of France, but they were even more arrogant than their Italian colleagues, and the king should know this, because his maternal grandmother was none other than Mary of the Medici, and she had summoned the famous sorcerer Nostradamus and asked him about the future of his seven children, and Nostradamus had indeed seen their future at that time, but in order not to anger the noble woman, he could only say vaguely, "All three of your sons can become kings, and it is true, but unfortunately they died before they could leave any descendants, and the throne of France finally fell into the hands of King Henry of Navarre, that is, Henry IV." , Louis's grandfather.

It is said that when Nostradamus was touring Salang with the then queen Mary Medici, he saw a young man in the queen's entourage, so he boldly stepped forward and asked the young man to let him see a mole on the other party's body, although the latter refused unhappily, but Nostradamus still bribed the young man's attendant, saw the mole, and then he said that this was the future king of France, and at that time, the two sons of Queen Marie Medici were still alive, which can be said to be a great disrespect and threat to the queen, the two kings after him, and the third king, but he still did it, as can be seen, his respect for the king and queen, if any, is not much.

The French wizards that Vaisali met were even more swaying from side to side, they disdained to serve the young king under the sleeves of the cardinal's robes, but a few were interested in Prince Condé or the Duke of Gaston, and it is difficult to say whether Vesalius's impression of the king was affected by them.

Vesalius couldn't help but sigh, he was really worried that the wizards in France would really "all die" if they continued to be so arrogant.

The more I got along with this young king, the more I felt that he was terrible - there were not many cruel or brave kings in history, but his master had a quality that many rulers lacked, that is, there was little in the world that could limit him, on the contrary, he felt that everything should be within his limits, not out of his control.

"Go on," said Louis, "is there a king in the world?"

"No, but there is parliament and court. ”

"A republic?"

"Roman's. ”

"Oh, political giants. "Or the elector, several big families take turns ruling and hinder each other.

"Are all men dependent on them?"

"Mostly, except for the clergy and the friars. ”

"You speak of the roots of the Inquisition?" said the king, "how did they hold out, in a place surrounded by enemies?"

"Not all enemies," Vesalius said, "the truth is that there are very few wizards executed by the Inquisition, and the most they deal with are vampires and werewolves, and in the inner world, werewolves and vampires are also enemies of wizards. ”

The king looked up and made a pyramid list in his mind, and it was now clear that at the top were the lords of the Inner World, then the officials (he could guess without asking Vesali, then the commoners, and below the commoners were ordinary werewolves and vampires (he didn't think wizards would treat powerful beings equally), and then the natives, who, as Vesalius said, might be the legendary monsters and goblins.

He didn't know where the blood of wizards came from, for wizards, they were descendants of gods and humans, but the church had always thought that they were the evil seed of demons and humans, just like Merlin had always had several origins, but it didn't matter, the king could roughly sketch out the current state of the wizarding world - worse than the surface world, fighting each other, hating each other, small territories full of fortresses, civilians in precariousness, and their rulers may not be able to sleep every day.