In the sewers near the Order's headquarters, Ophelia and Melissa are waiting for rescue.

"By the way, how did you know I was here?" Melissa asked about it suddenly.

She had put Nova on hold until she had investigated Nova to no avail, and then went back to investigate the attack on the carriage, and after a few rounds of making it to the sewers, she didn't know how Ophelia had come up with it.

If it's a coincidence, it's too much of a coincidence.

"Of course it's a gut feeling." Ophelia replied lightly.

"Cut, don't tease me, I'm not a child." Melissa was not satisfied with this answer.

“…… Haha, well, actually, it's because I found traces of magic. ”

"What?" Melissa was incredulous, "Could it be...... Did you learn magic? ”

After all, in her impression, her sister has always strictly followed the rules of knighthood, and she is proud to be a knight, and she should not be contaminated with magic.

"I know you can't accept it," Ophelia admitted, "but I have no choice but to do it in order to achieve that goal." ”

When Ophelia said this, her tone was indifferent, but it gave people a rather firm feeling.

However, she has not yet told Melissa about abandoning her human identity, and the reason why the other party does not suspect it is because she has always been used to wearing a helmet.

Melissa had asked her why she had this habit, but the answer was that she didn't want people to see her face.

Melissa was not suspicious, because she was well aware of Ophelia's past, and understood it as not fulfilling the mission of reviving the family, so she had no face.

At this time, hearing her say this, Melissa, as a younger sister, could naturally feel her determination to learn magic, so she didn't plan to delve into it.

"It's okay, Ophelia, I'll support you no matter what you do, even if it's betraying the whole world."

"Haha, you're saying strange things again," Ophelia chuckled, and then added, "but if only Mr. Victor were as good a talker as you." ”

"Whatever, now that we're away from him, we can make our own decisions about everything." Melissa comforted her.

"Well, that's what I say, but I always feel a pimple in my heart, you know, Mr. Victor is the person I respect the most, and if I don't get his approval, I ......"

"Okay, okay, let's stop this topic," Melissa saw that she was getting more and more depressed, and quickly changed the subject, "Then again, why can you find me if you find traces of magic?" I'm not a magician. ”

"Hmm...... I also wondered about this, I followed the traces of magic to find the past, and when I made peace with you, the very obvious traces of magic disappeared abruptly. ”

"Now you should figure it out, right? Since Cornes did all this, and he keeps a close watch on us, it is only natural that he will find a way to lure you away from the Emir. ”

"Again, this is the only possibility......" Ophelia nodded, lost in thought, and then suddenly remembered something, "Tsk, that's bad." ”

"What?"

"Since he is watching us, and his target is the emir, and now he finds that the emir is not dead, but alone, is it not dangerous?"

The two of them gasped at the thought of this, their actions just now undoubtedly pushed the emir into the fire pit.

……

At the same time, on the street above the sewers.

A large flock of red-eyed crows appeared in front of Emir, and he couldn't help but take a few steps back, but several crows flew away, and it turned out that there was also a flock behind him.

At this time, the emir was surrounded by hundreds of crows, and he waved his hand to drive them away, but the crows only flapped their wings a few times, or flashed to the side, and showed no signs of leaving.

Just as they were helpless, the crows suddenly flew up, and finally formed a small black tornado that landed next to a table not far from the emir.

It was a table and chair set up outside in a restaurant, and at this moment, a black tornado gathered on a chair and finally turned into a human shape.

It can be seen from the rickety figure and dress that it is Cones, who opposed Leonard in front of him before.

"Your name is Emir, aren't you?" Cornes turned his back to him and said unhurriedly.

“……”

Emir was silent, after listening to Ophelia's analysis just now, he also believed that this guy was trying to harm him, and it was for no reason.

Cornes turned around and smiled.

"Come, sit here, I have something I want to talk to you about."

He pointed to the chair across from him and motioned for the emir to sit down.

Faced with this unexplained invitation, the emir naturally wouldn't believe it, who knows if this old guy would suddenly attack him.

An ordinary teenager confronts a magician who is notorious in the Empire, and the result is obvious.

Seeing that he didn't give face, Cornes didn't get angry, but cleared his throat and continued.

"I'm sorry, I was clumsy before, I couldn't see it, and then I got the latest information, it is said that you signed a contract with a dragon, which is a very powerful combat power, so I have changed my mind now, I will persuade Leonard to make him the city lord of Blackpool Town, what do you think?"

"Well, don't you look down on the common people?" The emir asked rhetorically.

"Hehe, who did you listen to, it's no such thing," Cones continued with a kind smile on his face, "Besides, weren't the nobles in the beginning also commoners?" This means that every commoner has the qualifications to become a nobleman, so why can't this lucky commoner be you? Oh, of course, I believe you have enough strength to conquer that dragon, so it's not your luck, it's your true strength. ”

The emir knew something about human affairs and could naturally understand what Cornes was trying to say, but this wave of forcible praise did not make him happy, but even more dissatisfied.

Because he really relied on luck to sign a contract with Lilith, he was feeling sad about it, and Cornes's words were really a slap on the leg.

"Hehe, it's over, but I can't promise you."

As the saying goes, the man who doesn't hit the smiley face, although the emir was upset with Cornes, only politely rejected him.

"Oh? Why? Cornes was a little surprised.

He was still very familiar with the habits of the common people, who tended to covet immediate interests, and as for things like morality, they were nothing in front of interests, but he found that he had mistaken the emir.

"That's right, since the failure of the sword-forging task at noon today, I deeply realize that my strength is limited, and I am not qualified to be the city lord at all, let alone a nobleman, if a person like me can become a nobleman, then there will be no commoners in this world." The emir explained in a serious manner.

“……”

Cornes did not expect the emir to belittle himself in such a way, and he finally understood that in the presence of such a person, any praise was meaningless, and would be counterproductive.

"So, thanks to your kindness, I plan to go to my hometown in a few days, and it's good to be an ordinary blacksmith."

"Tsk," Cornes' face suddenly pulled down, "what a toaster, don't think I don't know your thoughts." ”

"Hmph, since you already knew, why did you say these things to lie to me?" Not to be outdone, the emir said.

"What a pity, what a pity, Emir." Cornes sighed heavily, and then said, "I'm giving you a chance, if you can bring your dragon to serve Lord Leonard, then I can't reluctantly accept a commoner like you, but in the end you still don't grasp it." ”

Emir secretly screamed that it was not good, could this old fellow want to kill him in broad daylight?

However, he glanced around and saw that there were no other humans in the vicinity except for a large flock of crows.

Cornes then kept getting closer to him, slowly retreating in order to escape at any moment, and then keeping an eye on Cornes' movements.

I saw the other party walking over tremblingly with a cane in one hand, looking at him like this, I am afraid that he will fall down as soon as the wind blows.

But Emir knows very well that since this guy can be on the list of the Empire's magical world, his strength must not be blown out.

At this moment, he was not so afraid, because he knew that when his life was in danger, Lilith would teleport over to protect him.

And then when Byron and Leonard tear their faces, this Cornes will definitely become quite a tricky enemy, and if you kill him now with the help of Lilith's power, it should save you a lot of trouble in the future.

At the thought of this, Emir straightened his back, and instead of retreating, he approached Cornes.

"Hey, instead of running away, you're coming towards me, aren't you?"

"Of course, how else would I burn you to ashes?"

In the next second, Cornes raised his crutches, and then hundreds of crows all obeyed his orders, turning into countless sharp arrows.

At the critical moment, a behemoth appeared in front of the emir, it was Lilith who had been summoned by the contract, and all the black arrows that the crow turned into shot at her, but she was unscathed.

"Hehe, idiot, you've been fooled." Cornes suddenly smiled sinisterly.

“…… Ha? ”

Emir felt inexplicable, at this time, Lilith could take this old guy away with a casual dragon breath, how could it be that he was fooled?

However, in the next second, a black magic array enveloped Lilith.

Slender black pillars rose from the ground, hundreds of them, evenly around Lilith's body, and then countless filaments scattered horizontally between the pillars.

After a while, Lilith was locked in a black cage, and she spit out dragon breath in a hurry to burn Cornes to death, but the strange thing is that the gap in this cage is obviously large, but the dragon breath cannot be spewed out.

"Save your energy, it's an enchantment."

"Damn, what the hell have you done?" The Emir was furious and wanted to rush over and fight with Cornes.

"Oh? It seems that the contract is based on the idea that the dragon will appear when the owner's life is threatened. "Cornes understands this.

But he knew very well that Lilith had been controlled by a special kind of enchantment, and could even isolate the effects of the contract.

So, he unleashed a spell on the emir, and three black hands suddenly came out of the ground and grabbed the emir.

He struggled desperately, but found that his strength was rapidly draining, and in a few moments, he lost consciousness, and the moment his eyes closed, he saw Lilith struggling in the cage.

"I'm sorry I couldn't protect you."

However, in the next second, Cones's body was like a leather ball, knocked away by some sudden force.

Flying more than ten meters, he lay on the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood, trying to get up immediately, but he couldn't.

"Who is it?" He roared viciously, but like a dying beast, he had no intimidating power.

"Hmph, who allowed you to hurt my friend."

Appearing beside the emir was a knight in white armor, clearly Ophelia, with a sword in her eyes at Cornes.

"Just kill this guy and Lilith will come out."