A few days later, the Elemental Tower, the Dean's Room.

"The eldest prince just sent someone to ask, but I haven't replied yet, after all, the person is dead, and with a few scrolls, there is no evidence. ”

Sitting in the dean's seat behind the desk, Pema asked as she looked at Camos, who was sitting on the sofa in front of the desk.

"So, what are you going to do with this now, grandpa?"

"Yes, although it doesn't look like a fight between the two princes, but Naris's doing this time is indeed a bit excessive, and when the matter is over, I'll go and make an appointment with Tucker in person, if that old guy is interested, it's not bad for the academy to hire him as an elder professor in the Department of Magic." ”

Hearing Camos's answer, Pema was slightly surprised.

You must know that the resources of the underground library of the National Academy will be coveted even by the Seven Star Sages, and coupled with the personal invitation of the famous grandfather, the Tucker Sage, who has not been as close to Naris as before in the past two years, will definitely agree. Originally, no matter how much he suffered in other places, as long as the high-end combat power was confronted by the Sage of Tucker and the Sage of the Great Prince Charles, Naris, at least he would not be hit too much by his brother's face, and Grandpa would take away the card of Tucker Sage from Naris, which could be regarded as quite a powerful revenge.

"Grandpa, isn't this a little too ...... Although it seems that the second prince can't win against the eldest prince now, if the second prince finally catches some big turn around, it will not be a wise move for the academy to offend him to death. ”

"Hehe, I know," Camos stroked his beard, "since the establishment of our academy, we have always pursued the principle of focusing on education and not political affairs, and it should not have been so obvious to weaken the strength of a certain member of the royal family...... But this time, Naris really went a little too far. ”

"Well, it's true, if you want to pull the always neutral academy into the battle for the throne, then you should really be prepared to be retaliated against by the academy......"

"No, I don't mean 'excessive' by that," Camos shook his head, "Naris, who plans to get Tafel's Last Note and sell it as a bargaining chip, he has no idea what kind of thing he wants to put in the hands of someone outside the kingdom. ”

Pema raised an eyebrow.

"Grandpa, you're saying that you ...... because Naris wanted to make a move on Tafel's Last Notes?"

"Pema, I haven't let anyone from the Academy, including you, go through that notebook, do you know why?"

Although he was talking to Pema, Camos's eyes were a little distracted to the distant sky, and he looked a little absent-minded.

Pema shook her head, indeed, this matter had always been a question in her mind. Legend has it that the notebook records all the achievements of Tafel's life, including the City Magic Circuit, but Pema and some of the academy's high-level officials know very well that the last time someone read this notebook was at least twenty or thirty years ago, and the old people who have read this notebook, and those who are still alive in the world will show some embarrassed or strange expressions whenever they talk about this notebook, except for the Urban Magic Circuit and some of the achievements of Tafel that everyone originally knew, they did not mention anything else in the notebook。

Camos squinted, as if he was brewing something, and as if he was thinking about how to speak, and Pema rarely saw his grandfather, who had always been wise and knowledgeable, show a somewhat confused expression.

“...... Alas, sooner or later, as the future patron saint of the Academy, you will also know these things......"

As he said this, Camos suddenly raised his hand, and an enchantment that strangely cut off the space around them, making it impossible for sound and sight to penetrate, appeared around the two of them.

"Pema, you should know that the urban magic circuit we use now is based on the drawings left by Tafel back then, right?"

Pema nodded.

"Well, it is said that in the drawings designed by Master Tafel before his death, all kinds of ideas about the urban magic circuit have been calculated and planned quite perfectly, and only the part of the central control center was designed by Master Tafel himself, but was made up by later generations. ”

"Hehe, yes, that's what we told you at the time. ”

"Huh?"

Pema's eyes widened slightly as she looked at her grandfather, and she could hear what her grandfather meant.

"Grandpa, you mean ......"

Camos smiled wryly.

"Yes, actually...... That's a lie, Tafel's notes don't have any missing part of the central control center, but we've kept it hidden. ”

"But why then?"

Shaking his head, the expression of the sage of Camos, who was known as the contemporary patron saint of the Loris National Academy, was completely able to make the old man who knew this powerhouse who had already advanced to the law decades ago be shocked...... It was completely like he was recalling something palpitating, even though he was already at the top of the continent's strength pyramid and even faintly likely to reach the Demon God Realm above the seven stars, he still didn't want to see the things he saw in his notes back then.

“...... Because, Tafel was originally designed to use a living person as the control center of the huge magic channel. ”

"Alive, alive?"

Pema frowned, she was a pure magician and didn't know much about magicianism.

"What do you mean? Using manpower to control the loop? That's really too much of a disadvantage, although manpower is more flexible than the set magic code, but after all, it is not as stable and accurate as the magic code. ”

"No," Camos shook his head, his face was very unnatural, "it's not what you think, Tafel wants to transform the living into a magic crystal puppet with human intelligence but no independent consciousness by means of magical sacrifice, and embed it in the center of the magic channel, so as to give the city magic circuit 'intelligent life'." ”

"What......" Bema looked at Camos in shock, "is this possible?"

"I don't know, Tafel's notes only describe this idea, and there is also a note that 'there have been no successful test subjects so far'. We have not found a detailed account of the experiments he said in his notes, and Tafel's whereabouts during the last period of his life are uncertain, and no one knows what kind of so-called experiments he conducted...... No one knows if he actually sacrificed a living person for the sake of this research. ”

Bema's face showed disgust, in the wizarding world, human experiments for the purpose of studying magic have long been listed as taboo and evil, as an orthodox magician almost has this kind of understanding, no matter what the purpose is, as long as you step into the realm of evil magic such as human sacrifice, it is definitely a shame for magicians.

"No wonder you're blocking this news, Master Tafel...... Tafel has made outstanding contributions to the wizarding world and the wizarding world throughout his life, but he didn't expect to be so late, grandpa, you also want to leave a good name for him. ”

"Good reputation?" Camos smiled bitterly, "if it's really just a little stain, we really don't mind taking the ...... The ghost was erased, but unfortunately, Tafel's next research was far more terrifying than that.

Tafel's research on the control centers of the human body was unsuccessful, at least as recorded in his notes, but it seemed to be a watershed moment in his research career...... He began to dabble in a large amount of information about biological magic experiments left by some evil magicians in the past, and unknowingly, he actually gave up the original research on large-scale magic circuits and concentrated on the field of biological magic experiments......"

At this, Camuston paused, stuck out his tongue and licked his dry lips.

In his early years, Tafel was fascinated by the study of the efficiency of refining magic crystals, and he combined this research with the theory of the central control of the human brain of the city's magic channeling circuit, and then confirmed it in his own biological magic experiments, and he began to try...... According to his theory, the 'humans' created in this way have a perfect magic energy transformation efficiency close to the reverse process of magic crystal condensation, the fastest magic deployment speed, and human intelligence and consciousness, which he called a living magic guide weapon. ”

"How...... How can it be ......"

Bema was dumbfounded, knowing that in the past, those dark mages and sorcerers were at most engaged in sacrifice or undead magic, and what Tafel did was almost to create a deformed life existence with human power, which was simply ...... Unheard.

"He, he's just there, blasphemy, isn't he!"

Hearing Pema's blurted out, Camos nodded solemnly.

"That's right, it's blasphemy, and Tafel has that self-consciousness for his research. ”

"Then why did he ......?"

"That's why I said that this notebook of Tafel really shouldn't be read by more people......

Camos closed his eyes, the muscles of his mouth twitching.

That's right, how can you forget it.

Tafel left behind in his notes words that were in some ways more "evil" and "terrifying" than his research on the Biological Magic Weapon.

「...... The experiment failed again, and the subjects had magic but could not use magic, and none of them survived for a day, perhaps as God's punishment for these children who should not have been in this world...... But it's weird, I used the magic that God allows people to use to create something that God doesn't allow to exist, am I breaking some of God's rules? How is my test subject different from the creatures of this world? I wish I could understand the truth of this world, but I don't know where to get the answers I want...... Do I ask God?Is there really a god who can't even accept what is derived from the laws he has made?If so, is it really a god?I think maybe I should go through the books on the Age of Mythology, or maybe it would be a good idea to leave the academy and explore the mysterious ruins on the continent......

"Grandpa?"

Camos's hideous expression startled Pema, and he hurriedly interrupted his recollection. Coming back from the long monologue in Tafel's notebook, Camos let out a long sigh of relief, feeling the palpitations feel much better.

"It's okay, I'm fine, don't worry about the kid. ”

Camos muttered.

God...... Since ancient times, there have been countless magicians involved in the forbidden realm, but there are very few people who have begun to question the existence of gods because of their own research, and even the demons among these demons have only begun to go down the evil path because of some mysterious thoughts and perceptions.

But in the last part of his notebook, Tafel, who is known as an immortal genius, records in detail some mysterious and inexplicable truths that he himself carefully selected from the historical materials of various mythological eras, as well as the incredible gains and insights he gained from visiting ancient ruins in various places. Perhaps these things do not seem very convincing now, because the reporter himself has passed away and there is no way to verify, but Camos has an inexplicable feeling that Tafel must have discovered something at the end of his life...... The so-called "truth".

The only thing he knew was how glad he and several of the Academy's top officials had been to see Tafel's body buried in the garden on the hill behind the Academy.

“...... Okay, let's not talk about that, kid, Pema, you just need to remember that if one day grandpa is gone, and you really become the guardian of the new generation of the academy, you must not let anyone, including yourself, casually go through the last content of that notebook. ”

"Grandpa, then why don't you just destroy the last part of the note?"

"Because, on that notebook, there is the "permanent magic" that Tafel set up before his death......"

...... It's all the more because destroying the "truth" requires a lot of courage just as much as knowing the "truth", doesn't it?