Ivan was pressed to the armchair by Laxis, and her soft pale blonde hair fell from Laxis's shoulders, with a faint scent of lavender.

"That ......" Ivan couldn't help but feel embarrassed, Laxis's temperament was completely different from Xiulin, usually she was as elegant as a saint, making people dare not approach, and the sudden approach made Ivan feel very uncomfortable. The crystal ball on her forehead did not feel as cold as expected, as if it had been sunburned, it was so warm and comfortable, and through the crystal ball, a soft glow bloomed in the palm of Laxis's palm.

"It's the same as how you use the badge to restore your magic, but it's more effective. Laxis, perhaps worried that Ivan was afraid, explained.

"That, Lady Flotica......"

"When there are no outsiders, you can call me Laxis, and that's what Caterina calls me, and if you're not used to it, you can add 'adult'. "What's wrong?"

"Uh......" Ivan thought for a moment. His body soon became warm, as if there was a warm wind flowing through his body.

Suddenly realizing that his mind had become clearer than it had been before with the rapid recovery of his magic, he raised his eyes and looked at Laxis.

"Can I ask you a few questions?"

"Answer my question first. ”

Laxis put away the warm crystal ball, chuckled as if she had noticed something, and leaned back against the window. "You haven't told me where the core of Sloth came from. ”

Laxis's tone seemed much more casual.

There was a soft smile in the emerald eyes, but Ivan didn't understand what Laxis was laughing at. But he was also embarrassed to ask, so he answered obediently.

"It was given to me by Lord Yatel Hernos. ”

"Sure enough, it was him. Laxis wasn't surprised, she breathed a sigh of relief and put away her smile, "Did he make any conditions for you?"

"Well, if you say it - he told me not to say it...... He'd been to the Ghost Islands. ”

"That's ......," Laxis' eyes narrowed, lost in thought.

"He's like, he knows everything. Ivan stared at Laxis with a wistful gaze. Laxis turned sideways, leaning against the window, looking out of the window. Fingers rhythmically tapped the refining crystals on the window.

It's been a long time. Laxis turned around.

"Forget it this time, and in the future, try not to contact Artel Hernos alone. ”

"That, Mistress Laxis. I'd like to ask—" Ivan took a deep breath. A question about Artel Hernos popped into his head that he had been wanting to ask. "Lord Yatel Hernos, he ...... Follow ......"

After a pause, Ivan silently swallowed and spat, "Asa Hernos ......." He whispered out the name that felt like a taboo.

"They are brothers. Laxis replied, a sigh in her tone.

After a moment of silence, Laxis slowly rubbed against the window where the crystal was refining, turning her head to study the shadow of her finger on the window.

"As you heard during the meeting, I was indeed a student of Asa Hernos, and Asa had a bad reputation, which caused me a lot of trouble. You don't know Asa, do you?" said Laxis, looking at him with a strange look.

"Listen, I've heard of it......," Ivan looked a little nervous at Laxis, "Actually, I don't know who he is. ”

"I don't know the best. Laxis's expression darkened slightly, "As Rune Herlow said, that man is a traitor, a dangerous illegal magician. She lowered her head and faced her figure in the crystal window in a terrifyingly deep voice, "I don't know him, just like my brother doesn't know him." ”

"Oh. Ivan didn't know what to say anymore.

Ivan originally had a lot of questions to ask about Asa Hernos, and originally thought that he was also a member of the core council of the Wizard Alliance, but now it seems that he should have "once" been a member of the core council. Ivan sat upright in the sofa chair, crossed his fingers, and felt his fingertips start to chill inch by inch. The powerful magician who attacked the small fishing village of the Ghost Islands four years ago became a traitor and betrayed the Wizard Alliance, and then-

He knew Laxis.

He knows the World Tree, he knows the Wizard Alliance.

If he still cares about the relationship between teachers and students, he is indeed ...... Try to rescue Laxis.

When the crow was running away, he had said that the target was not Laxis in the first place, they were all deceived, and Laxis was just a decoy. The rumors of the danger of Scatter Bracis were meant to lure someone out, but that person didn't show up.

That man was Asa Hernos, the "accomplice" who the crow called to save Laxis.

......

In the sky inside Greystone City, dark clouds were gradually gathering, and the sky was dark.

The tavern under the name of the Augustus Chamber of Commerce was brightly lit, and on a rectangular wooden table in the corner lay beef soup, stew, toast, wine, and beef nǎi, and the Holy Flame gasped for breath as he whispered the news he had just received from the intelligence merchant in the Anglo region.

"-That's it, your student is fine, it's just that you're not allowed to leave the inner city, you can rest assured. ”

"Hmm...... I'm sorry. Asa Hernos lowered his glass gently, "Thank you. ”

"As I said, you don't have to worry about that student of yours, they're just using her as bait. The eldest lady Christina tore the bread angrily as if she was dissatisfied, "There is still some credibility in the words of the thief bird. ”

"I didn't know that Yatel Hernos would be on Flotica's side. The scholar pinched his chin and struck a thoughtful pose, "This doesn't match the information we've gotten." ”

"He wounded the thief bird. Christina glanced at him and slammed the spoon into the bread, "Hell knows what he's planning. Maybe saving Flotica was good for him, perhaps, he figured it out...... Find your whereabouts. ”

Christina raised her head sharply and turned cautiously to Asa.

"Laxis doesn't know where I am. Asa shrugged, "Anyway...... I'm sorry, but I'll leave the follow-up intelligence work on this matter to you, Holy Flame. ”

"Whatever. Holy Flame pursed her lips, as if reluctantly, "I say, Star, if you really care about your students so much—why don't you meet and make things clear?, as a Holy Magister, she certainly won't be willing to be used as bait." ”

Asa shook his head, stunned for a second, and then sighed deeply.

"The person who uses Laxis is actually me. Asa's fingers clenched slowly, "she's doing what I can't do now, and I have no reason to hinder her, because—

"She's here for me. ”

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