The location of the city of Chittle is actually very far from St. Nari, just east of St. Nari, only a hundred miles from the border of Schwally and Nari, and it is also the place where Haytham grew up and worked in his youth.

When Fisher was studying beside Haytham, Haytham said more than once that he would return to his hometown in Chittle City when he was too old to work and ready to retire, and a few years ago he finally fulfilled his wish and returned here to retire.

Unfortunately, when Fisher returned, he had already died, leaving his beloved homeland.

As Fisher got closer and closer to Chitl on the train, his mood became heavier and heavier, and there were so many Nari people going to Chitl that even though he was nearing the end, the train was still full, apparently all for Haython's funeral.

And in Chitl City, this originally ordinary village has been planning for Nari as a development area for decades because of people like Haytham, and even set up a branch of the Magic Association here, you must know that according to the rules of the Nari Magic Society, only seven cities in the entire Nari are eligible to set up branches, and this is the eighth branch that is out of specification.

This respect for Haytham is also reflected in the construction of the city, and when he first entered the station, a line of extremely eye-catching Nari signs attracted Fisher's attention.

"Mourning to the great magician, Mr. Haython Lacazette."

There were a lot of flowers piled up on the station, as well as Haythami's posthumous photo and altar, apparently a spontaneous act of the Nali people.

Fisher, wrapped in a secret blessing, experiences and feels it all from the perspective of a spectator. To be honest, he really wants to thank Yaren Niangkong for this blessing left to him, and it is precisely because of this blessing that he can concentrate on attending Teacher Haythami's funeral without worrying about Elizabeth's traps.

"The funeral is tomorrow? Should we find a place to rest, such as a hotel or something? ”

"As you can see, this place is full of people from other countries, and there are people setting up tents on the wilderness where they first marched, so it can be seen that the hotels in the city that can be used for living are basically full."

"Well, but that's okay, right? Anyway, in our current state, I guess if you just find someone else's room and go in, no one will find out. ”

"I am the blessed Fisher, not the blessed pervert, and I have no idea of sneaking into someone else's room to live in."

"But, what do you have to do with the pervert!"

"Shut up."

Fisher got off the train with the crowd and walked out of the platform while bullying Emhart again.

So what is not feasible in the way Emhardt is talking about, but it is actually feasible.

Along the way, he experimented, and he discovered that the secret blessing is not simply the same as the term "invisible", but a more appropriate description would be "undiscoverable", and this undetectable state can be extended on the item.

For example, he secretly removed the hat from the head of a gentleman in the car, and the gentleman did not notice his hat until a long time ago, and even more bizarrely, Fisher stood in front of him with his hat in his hand, but he could not find Fisher and the hat in his hand, which also explains why no one else could find out about Emhardt's existence when he spoke while he was hiding in his arms.

Even if he is conscious, because he is still in the category of "holy relics", he also enjoys this characteristic to a certain extent, but he needs to be very close to Fisher to take effect, and he can't stay on his shoulders anyway.

After leaving the station, Fisher planned to go directly to Haytham's mansion in the suburbs, and returned to Chitl City for two purposes, one was to attend Haythald's funeral and prevent Elizabeth from disturbing the normal order because of her own affairs; The second is to determine the clue related to the "Arcana" that Heller said

Haythald's residence was very conspicuous, because along the way the Chittle town hall showed the way to the visitors, so soon Fisher took a silent hitchhike to the outskirts and saw the venue of Haythald's funeral, hosted by the Golden Palace.

It was originally just a church on the outskirts of Chitl City, but now it has been surrounded by three floors inside and three layers outside the hall of the Golden Palace.

Although tomorrow is the official funeral, the ornamental structure has been built, divided into an inner field and an outer field, the inner field is inside and outside the church, and only those who have received an invitation can enter it; The outfield provides a space for the public to mourn, and the outfield is full of conspicuous and dark surveillance sights.

"It's a big show, and your teacher's body hasn't been transported at this time, right? Why are there so many patrolling guards here? ”

"What else could it be?"

"Oh, of course I know it's because of you. I mean, shouldn't Elizabeth have received the letter you sent, she should have been more kind, there was no need to be so nervous. ”

Emhart adjusted his wording, even if Fisher had already vaccinated him in advance when he came, but he couldn't help but feel sorry when he saw that the venue was so tight, after all, the church still kept a record of her monthly visit to Teresa for Fisher, even Emhart, who loved to watch and have fun, probably hoped that they could talk about it at this moment, instead of waiting like a hunt like now.

But Fisher didn't mean this, but explained it to Elizabeth,

Elizabeth's patience was limited, she couldn't stand it for twenty minutes when she ran away, and now it's been four and a half years, and even the best of her patience has been drained. What's more, Valentina had previously communicated with her through letters. Luckily, she didn't know that I had gone to the Southern Continent to meet Rafael and Jasmine first, otherwise it would have been really troublesome. ”

I don't know why, but every time you say the word 'okay,' I feel a chill in my body."

"You're saying she might know about the Southern Continent where I went first?"

Or maybe I'm stunned."

Fisher said no more, but crossed the confines of the church and walked generously towards the location where Haytham lived, the remains of a medieval magic tower, nine stories high, which had been assigned to him when he worked here in his youth.

Beyond the magic tower, the guards of the Golden Palace entered the outer wall of the magic tower, and looked at the magic tower in front of him, which suddenly looked a little gray, and Fisher looked a little dusty for a moment.

He remembered that when he was studying at the Royal Academy, he and Elizabeth had followed Haytham back during the summer to retrieve the notes he had kept here in his youth, when only a few servants were in charge of keeping the magic tower tidy, and his granddaughter Valely had never met while traveling.

But even so, the comfort and vibrancy of the place at that time are not comparable to the scene today. It's as if with the mage's departure, the magic tower inherited from the Middle Ages has also returned to the "ruins".

Fisher didn't walk through the main entrance, but just raised his eyes to look at the nine-story tower he hadn't seen for a long time, and kept a heavy silence.

"Drive! Drive! ”

"Listen to orders, give way!"

At this moment, there was an extremely urgent command behind Fisher, he quickly turned his head to look, but saw that the guards of the Golden Palace had already moved out of the way, and an ordinary wooden carriage drove into the location of the magic tower, and a young Schwali man stepped down from it, he got out of the car first and gently stretched out his hand to the carriage behind him,

"Come on, honey."

"Hmm."

Only then did she stretch out a bare hand from the car, and slowly walked out of a blonde Nari woman with a somewhat pale face and a pregnant Liujia.

She wears a black veil, which is the standard Nari funeral style, and the kind only relatives wear, so that the identity of the other party is clear: this is Miss Valely Lacazette, the granddaughter of Teacher Haythal, and this gentleman Schwali is supposed to be her husband.

None of them noticed Fisher, whom they had never met, and after helping his wife down, the Schwali gentleman hurriedly shouted in the direction of the magic tower,

"Surena, hurry up and help Willelli in, and tell the others that something important will happen later!"

"Hey!"

At this time, the door of the magic tower opened, and out of it came a middle-aged woman with a hurried look and a broom, and she hurriedly threw the broom and stepped forward.

"Ah, Mr. Cheek, didn't you go to the city hospital for a check-up, why did you get back so early? How is Miss's body? Is it better? ”

"She's much better, the doctor prescribed a little tocolytic, and I also engraved some sleep magic, it's okay, hurry up and help Verelli back, there will be something to do later."

"Okay, okay."

Fisher stood silently behind and took it all in, but he didn't step forward, because the blessing was still on his body and he didn't know when it would be lifted. Instead, he took advantage of the opening of the door and entered the magic tower directly, and Fisher did not see the body on the first floor, so it should be on the top floor, because the top is Teacher Haython's office and residence.

He didn't use the gravity magic on the first floor, so he climbed up the spiral staircase in front of him step by step, and when he reached the top floor, his normal body was obviously a little out of breath, and he soon reached the top floor.

Opening the door of Haytham's office, it is a little messier than before, with bookshelves on all four walls, which together support an extremely large space. On the crimson carpet, a square crystal coffin sits in the center, waiting for someone to take him tomorrow and take him to the church where he finally sleeps.

There was only reflection on the crystal coffin, so that Fisher could not see the structure inside, and perhaps at this moment, he even wished it was empty, just a trap that Elizabeth used to catch himself.

But below, Villeli's sadness just now and the silence of the entire city left the fantasy in his head unsupported by reality.

He took a deep breath, and in silence, he slowly walked in the direction of the crystal coffin, and soon, a peaceful old man dressed in the black magic robe of the Magic Association, with a white beard and a wrinkled face, appeared in front of Fisher.

The crystal coffin was full of flowers, and in his arms he still held the masterpiece "The Theory of Magic", which he had worked on all his life, and it was only when he returned that Fisher realized that the book had been completed and published.

Fisher's deep breath didn't dare to exhale until now, he just quietly looked at Haytham in the coffin in front of him, as if it had been a long time before he accepted the reality that he was gone.

And when that moment came, he exhaled a long breath and whispered,

"I'm back, teacher."

“.”

The corpse in the coffin did not respond, leaving Fisher's hand to caress over the coffin, causing the shadow of the light to fall on Haytham at the same time.

"I didn't expect to be here for four and a half years, and in the end, I didn't get to see the teacher for the last time."

"Condolences, Fisher. You know, it's not your fault. ”

"I know"

Emhart, who was in his arms, spoke at the right time, comforting Fisher, who was a little depressed at the moment, and Fisher of course knew that the emotion was inevitable, so he could only force his sadness to look away and look at the rest of Haytham in the room.

Soon, he saw some of his magic manuscripts on Haytham's desk, as well as the exact same "Theory of Magic" that he was holding in his arms at the moment.

Fisher walked over in silence, picked up the book, and flipped through it at random, it contained all the magical theories and discoveries of mankind since the Middle Ages, and Haytham had spent his life not only seeking the lost parts of human magic, but also trying to get new ideas for magic from it.

Haytham is revered as the Great Magician of the Century not only because of his high magical attainments, but also because he led and corrected a very correct magical values, changed the culture of total rejection of medieval magic, accused magic as a tool of war, and summarized various theories of innovative magic

Fisher flipped all the way from the beginning to the end, and from the end to the beginning, but inadvertently turned to the title page, on which a short sentence was recorded,

"For the immortality of man, for the splendor and mystery of magic, for the sake of my departed child and his wife, for the sake of my two lovely granddaughters."

"And for my excellent, only disciple."

—Haytham Lacazette

“.”

Fisher's hand holding the paper tightened slightly, his heart was turbulent at this moment, and at this moment, with his violent mood swings, his rank rose little by little in the gradually dissipating golden light and burst out with a terrifying aura, obviously at this moment, the blessing of the secret protection finally disappeared, revealing his existence in front of Haytham's coffin.

Fisher slowly closed the book, and then, unable to control himself, reached out to cover his face, as if nothing was being revealed.

Emhart quickly flew out of his arms and ran to his shoulders, he had no hands, he could only spread out the pages of his book to form an arms similar to his arms, and pressed against his head, while he comforted again,

"Fisher, it's okay, it's okay, your teacher has been thinking about you, and you should be happy about it."

"I'm just"

"Big brother."

At this moment, a crisp, seemingly unfluctuating child's voice sounded softly in Fisher's ears, his pupils shrank slightly, and he turned his head to look around, only to see a little doll holding a rag doll and wearing a pink dress looking at him expressionlessly.

The little doll was about five years old, with black hair tied back at the back of her head, and her whole person was pretty, like the most beautiful and elaborate person in the world, even though she was still a child at the moment, but as long as she was not a fool, she could see her irrepressible beauty.

The beauty, which was not bound by age, reminded Fisher of an acquaintance with whom he had once intersected.

"Anna."

Yes, this beautiful Fisher had only seen it in one man, Earwinder's test specimen, the poor man from the Southern Continent.

It's just that the beauty of the little girl in front of her at this moment is different, if the somewhat abrupt and stiff beauty on Anna's face is imperfect, then the little girl in front of her is really flawless and natural.

Hearing Fisher's words, the little girl in front of her tilted her head, still expressionless, but her tone was a little more confused,

"Anna? Is that an acquaintance that the big brother knows? But I'm not Anna, I'm Alicia Lacazette. ”

"You're the granddaughter of Mr. Haythami?"

"Hmm."

With this stunning beauty in front of him and Heller's reminder, Fisher was already clearly aware of the special nature of the little girl in front of him. He was about to open his mouth to ask something, but Alicia, who was holding the bear in his arms, suddenly asked,

"Big brother, are you Fisher Benavides? Grandpa's only disciple? ”

"I am."

"That's good, grandpa was always thinking about you before he left. He has some things for me to show you, but I don't know you, and I'm going to ask everywhere. Sister Valelli didn't like it and asked me to give it to her. But I could tell that she was going to give what Grandpa had left you to the big blonde sister who often came to the house, so I hid it. ”

"Blonde big sister?"

"Hmm."

Alicia nodded, and was about to say something with a blank expression, but she seemed to hear something, and then said to Fisher,

"Like, now that big blonde sister has arrived, right down there."

"Big sister?"

Fisher was slightly stunned, and suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, he frowned, and hurriedly walked out of the office to the balcony, and sure enough, in the courtyard below, there was already a golden carriage and a large group of knights armed to the teeth.

The flying cardinals filled the sky far and near, and Fisher was about to poke his head out before he retracted, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and looked at Alicia behind her, and the corners of her mouth finally curled up a little, she said,

"That big sister seems to be called Elizabeth." (End of chapter)