After pondering for a long time, the night grew deeper and deeper.

Thinking that he would be leaving for Severton the next day, Xia Duo briefly dealt with the traces left by the upgrade and prepared to go back to his bedroom to rest.

But when he opened the door to the laboratory, what he saw was not a calm and empty reception room, but Niya reading quietly on a chair with a supper.

Seeing this scene, Xia Duo's heart suddenly became hot, and at the same time, Niya also noticed Xia Duo's appearance, and when she slapped the book in her hand on the small table in her hand, she got up and came to Xia Duo, and asked nervously:

"How's it going? Did it work? ”

"Don't worry, how can I fail!"

Shadora took Nia's hand and gently soothed her, then jokingly said, "You're the Grand Arcanist's woman now!" When are you going to make me the man of the Grand Arcanist? ”

"Succeeded?!"

Nia let out an exclamation excitedly, her eyes were full of excitement, and even the jokes made by Xia Duo seemed to have forgotten, and the questions were thrown out one by one:

"What is it like to be a Grand Arcanist? What's different from before? Do you want to announce or hold a celebration to the public? Are you going to Severton tomorrow? ”

"Take your time, don't rush, I'm here."

Shado helped Nia to sit down next to her, and then began to answer the questions she had just asked, one by one:

"Becoming a Grand Arcanist has been one of my long-standing goals, and one of the goals I'm pretty sure I'll be able to achieve, and now that I've reached my goal, I'm not only happy, but also stressed.

"Compared with before, the Great Arcanist has become more mature except for the arcane fire, and the highest spellcasting ring level has risen from 9 rings to 10 rings, and there is nothing else, you don't need to deify this stage, I believe you can definitely reach it.

"As for whether to announce it to the public—"

At this point, Xia Duo paused.

In fact, when he was in the spell laboratory just now, he thought of this question, and now he was asked by Niya again, he was not surprised, but his answer may have surprised Niya -

"Don't announce it to the public for the time being, there is a very famous proverb in my hometown, which is called 'build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slow down to become king'."

Xia Duo briefly translated the proverb and explained: "At present, whether it is the Tower of Time or our territory, it will take time to develop, and stability is greater than everything at this stage.

"Announcing that I've become a Grand Arcanist might attract undue attention, especially from elves.

"I don't think there's any need to announce it if the disadvantages outweigh the benefits, and the status of a senior arcanist is enough for me to gain the respect of everyone in Netheril, including the Grand Arcanists."

Nia was silent for a moment, then nodded, "You think it's better not to announce it to the public, so don't announce it to the public." ”

Even if it is not as excited and excited as before, and is so obviously depressed, it is impossible for Xia Duo not to notice it.

He knew that Nia was not a vain person, and the reason why she said that she probably wanted to achieve the status and glory of being a Grand Arcanist.

But Xia Duo is not a person who values false fame, he pays more attention to practical profits, if false fame can bring more real profits, then he will naturally not give up, just like when he became a senior arcanist before, he went to the Arcane Federation to register.

But if a false name can't bring more real benefits, such as this time, then there is no need to be burdened by false names.

Xia Duo felt very warm for Nia's concern, and after comforting him for a while, the relaxed and cheerful voices of the two reappeared in the reception room.

……

After supper, the two went back to the bedroom of Niya's residence to rest.

At noon the next day, Niya sent Xia Duo to the teleportation room, and reluctantly held Xia Duo's arm when she parted, and Xia Duo's heart was also shrouded in a faint layer of parting at this moment.

On the edge of the teleportation circle, Xia Duo quietly hugged Nia, carefully experiencing the extremely real emotional divergence at this moment, and for a moment, he wanted to stay for another day.

However, emotions are not day and night after all, and there is the price paid to protect the stability of this guard, although being alone is unrestrained, but at this moment, Xia Duo would rather have a fetter in his heart.

After some warmth, Nya finally pushed Xia Duo away, sent him to the teleportation circle, and said, "Stay safe, I'll be waiting for you in the Tower of Time." ”

"Hmm."

Xia Duo nodded, and then the teleportation circle activated, and the magic net shook sharply, leaving only an afterimage of Xia Duo waving goodbye at the end.

……

Severton, Austro-French Federation.

Xia Duo, who had just come out of the teleportation circle, was still reminiscing about Nia's warmth in the last second, but the next moment, he had to face the relatively indifferent real world alone.

This contrast made him a little difficult to adapt to for a while, and he stood in the teleportation room in a daze for a few seconds before coming back to his senses and bringing a delicate "human mask" for himself.

After leaving the teleportation room, Xia Duo refused the warm guidance of the general deacon, and went straight through the teleportation area and the trade area to the library.

After a moment's hesitation, he walked towards the library, and across the library, it was the office area of the main administrative staff of the Arcane Federation.

Chado recognized the location of Iolum's office and had access to it, and he walked all the way without stopping.

It wasn't until he saw the office door that a young deacon ran towards him from another passage.

The man walked up to Xia Duo and bowed, and then said quickly:

"Lord Shado, I'm sorry for being late, please come with me!"

As he spoke, he quickly turned back to lead the way, and Xia Duo did not stop the whole time, until he reached the door of Iorem's office, he stopped slightly.

When the door opened from the inside, and Xia Duo was about to enter, as if he had thought of something, he turned back to the young deacon who looked about his age, nodded and said, "Go ahead," and then walked in.

Behind him, Xia Duo seemed to hear a long sigh of relief, followed by the dull sound of the door closing again.

"I thought you'd be here in the morning!"

Without waiting for Xia Duo to get closer, Ioram said this, and from this sentence, Xia Duo seemed to feel Iorim's anxiety.

This made him more confident about his plan, and he walked unhurriedly to Iolum's desk, bowed slightly, and said, "Good afternoon, Iolem Sensei!" ”

"No need to be polite, you look at the information on the table first."

"Materials?"

Xia Duo looked in the direction that Iorem was pointing, and sure enough, he saw a thick book on the edge of the desk, he thought it was some of Iorim's personal treasures or spell notes, but he didn't expect it to be for him.

The First Clan

Immediately after, the book flew in front of Xia Duo.

"Could it be information related to the Mithic Nuclear?" Xia Duo's heart moved, and he hurriedly grabbed the book and couldn't wait to look at it.