As he stared at the contents of the letter, Wayne couldn't help but return to the city-state that had brought him joy and pain.

The initial hesitation, the struggle, to the peace of mind after the secret division, to everything that happened later.

He knew there was something wrong, but if he was asked to do it all over again......

He'll still do it!

Ay......

A slight sigh echoed through the claustrophobic office.

A few neatly trimmed quills, swayed by the sea breeze blowing in from the open windows.

Wayne reached out and took out one of the quills, dipped it in ink, and wrote on the yellowed paper—

"The ...... of the Laissy Governor"

In a few moments, he finished writing the inscription spelled out in Aldous.

After thinking about it, he added the name of the little white hair again.

It was just a simple letter of greeting from a friend, including Tina, of course.

If it weren't for the fact that after joining the secret department, Xiao Baimao took the initiative to sign a partnership contract with him......

Indenture?

Wayne chuckled inwardly.

It seemed that he had never thought about why Tina would sign a contract with him directly when they first met.

And it was very decisive to break off the contractual relationship with Marko......

Wayne thought back to the scene—

Tina likes you, can she be friends with you?

Of course.

Tina is happy, happy......

After that, all he knew was what Lacey and Marco had said: that without signing that contract, Tina's body would become very fragile.

If there is no contractor for a long time, she will even have a terrifying aberration......

But it seems—he never thought about why Tina chose to sign a contract with him!

"The reason is that I like ......"

If he had just come to this world, Wayne might have thought it was a simple "like".

However, when he looked back and thought about it, he realized that there might be a deeper secret.

Tina Klosterman is the vessel of Lady Ill Tina Lilith Leonard.

According to Arnold the Demon Clown, White Fur is one of his sister's designated candidates.

The proof of this was the mark on her forehead, and of course both himself and Ales Koulibaly.

If you start from this point of view......

Wayne wondered, did he have some kind of potential to attract the source of calamity?

"Tsk!"

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that there might be some things in many details in the past that he didn't notice.

Now, in addition to the tricky trick of the Trick Talent, the Panel, the Meditation Method, and the Origin World, he found a fifth suspicious place.

Is......

With a cold face, Wayne got up and stood at the window, his gaze falling on the night sky.

The light of a dawn candle on the wall suddenly went out.

The light of the red moon crept in and shone on him.

[You are irradiated by the Red Moon, and because your Origin Power exceeds 100, you are exempt from the Red Moon Pollution.] Special Rewards: Survival Point +50, Origin -1 (Temporary), Spirit Level +1. 】

【……】

[You are irradiated by the Red Moon, and because your Origin Power exceeds 800, you are exempt from the Red Moon Pollution.] Appraise:??? Special Rewards: +50 Survival Points, -10 Origin (Temporary). 】

Elongated shadows cast on the walls of the office, and it was as if seventeen heads were visible......

In the next second, Wayne's figure dissipated.

But if someone looks into the office from the window, they can still see the figure of "Honatan".

It's just that his face is devoid of thought, worry, and fear......

Returning to the theater space, Wayne looked at the quiet theater.

Tina and the others had returned to their respective rooms, leaving only two pieces of cheese and grilled fish on the table.

He walked over, pulled out a chair and sat down, and ate slowly.

"Hee-hee-ha-ha-......"

At this time, the clown, who had not been seen for a few days, came out, sat down next to him with a smile, picked up the grilled fish on the plate and looked at it, showing a disgusted expression.

"If the head chef of the house had grilled the fish like this, I don't think he would have survived the next day."

Wayne didn't look up, and said lightly: "It's a pity that you are no longer the second prince of the Leonard family who founded the Turing Empire." ”

"You know?" The expression on the clown's face was funny, looking Wayne up and down, his white-gloved palm rubbing his chin:

"You seem to be a little different...... Is it something that's happened in the past two days? ”

"What did you think when you first met her?"

"You want to know?" The clown didn't answer, and asked with interest: "Then tell me first, did something unexplainable happen to you?" ”

Wayne gave him a calm look, bowed his head and continued to eat his dinner, as if he didn't really want an answer.

"Okay, okay...... Not long after I was taken to Custer, I got out of control. ”

"When I regained consciousness, I saw the little girl."

"She looked at me, I looked at her, I looked at me and I became a doll."

"So you weren't a doll before?" Wayne asked.

"Of course not," the clown spread out his hand, his huge red nose wrinkled, "That's when you put me on, that's it!" ”

Wear......

Clown masks?

So at that time, Tina only changed the form of the clown, but did not change his cognition.

Or, the little white fur just turned the demon clown into what she wanted to see......

"What the hell are you trying to say?"

"It's nothing, it's just that it's time for me to advance."

Wayne finished a few bites and wiped his mouth, "Don't bother me tonight, okay?" ”

Thinking about this, it wasn't that he was suspicious of Tina.

It's that he is very worried that there are other secrets hidden in Xiao Baimao's body.

For example, the last time Ales made her lose control, and whether the other party will make the same arrangement on Alexei Island this time......

But it's a pity that the Joker doesn't know what Tina is hiding.

"Promoted to the Great Wizard? Soon ......"

The clown pouted, and the speed was almost as fast as he was at the beginning.

Oh, not himself, but his good brother Byrne Lilith Leonard, who is regarded as the child of the sun.

A smile appeared on Wayne's face, which meant inexplicable, but it was familiar and clean.

"See you tomorrow, Mr. Arnold."

"...... Hee-hee-ha......-hee

The clown turned, transformed into a doll again, and swayed back to the lounge area in a dance.

Looking at his back, Wayne smiled a little more and walked towards the studio.

Glancing at the properties on the panel and the remaining survival points, I didn't hesitate anymore-

[You have met the conditions for advancing to the rank of Grand Wizard, have you advanced?] 】

【Yes!】 】

With the confirmation, Wayne's body shook.

A powerful Origin Force erupted from the Origin Core World behind the panel.

To be precise, the panel directly extracts the origin power in it!

At the same time, he could also feel the abnormalities of the Origin Descendants such as ghosts, as if they had been infused with Origin Power, and began to swell.

The imprints of spell runes on their foreheads spun rapidly and gradually emitted light.

No, that's not right......

It wasn't the gradual flickering of light, but the growing weight of his eyes.

Faintly, the strange murmur reappeared.

"Apu, Reisi......"

I remember the last time because of the distortion power, as well as the upgrade meditation method and various spells, this time......

……

……

I don't know how long it took.

"Brother Wayne, ...... Wayne"

In a daze, Wayne heard a girl's voice.

He opened his eyes and looked. In the same room, two wall lamps are lit on the left and right.

Wayne looked at the source of the voice, sister?

I saw the girl named Estelle Loft who had seen her last time when she was promoted to a full-fledged wizard, and she was looking at him with a worried expression.

"You ......"

As soon as he spoke, Wayne stopped abruptly, his eyes puzzled.

How could his voice be hoarse and tired?

"Me, what's wrong?"

"Don't you remember?" The girl, Estelle, had tears in her eyes, "You wanted to escape, and you were beaten and beaten by your father, ......"

Escape?

Beat?

Wayne was about to get up, but he was covered in pins and needles.

He endured the sharp pain, gritted his teeth and sat up, looking at himself.

Layers of white and blood-colored gauze wrapped around his body, and his arms were bruised, red, swollen, and bloodstained.

The same gauze is wrapped around the legs, and there ...... Broken?

A flash of doubt flashed in Wayne's eyes, did this really happen, or was it just a dream?

"Why should I run away?"

Estelle's lips curled, and she said with a faint cry: "You want to take the wizarding talent test, and your father and mother don't agree, so ......"

Sorcerer......

"What time is it? Date? ”

"June 11, 1577 in the new calendar!" The girl was stunned for a moment and wiped the corners of her eyes, "Brother, it's my father who is too heavy, do you want me to let my mother ......?"

"No need."

Wayne leaned back on the soft pillow with difficulty and looked at the girl in front of him.

It's a little different from the last time I dressed up and put on makeup, but I just changed into an obviously aristocratic dress.

A white and red plaid skirt with hair tied back in braids and slightly curly bangs on her forehead.

Her face is not pretty, perhaps because it has not grown, and it looks very delicate and small.

His eyes were large, the same red pupils as his.

The lips are slightly thick, with a layer of reddish lip gloss.

Just like those ladies from aristocratic families, the etiquette she received since she was a child made her quite aristocratic.

"You, what's wrong with me?"

"No, is it my father's own hand?"

"Well," Estelle hesitated and nodded, "this time he was really angry with you, not only beating you, but also implicating his mother......"

"Mother? She was also beaten? ”

"No, no, it's just that my father got angry with her and dissolved her."

Dissolve?

Wayne's pupils shrank slightly, was that what he understood?

"She'......"

"She's fine, Mother is fine," Estelle wiped her eyes again, and said worriedly, "but her father wouldn't let her change her body, saying that he wanted to punish her for her indulgence in you......"

Another strange remark......

Wayne thought.

It seems that the family where the predecessor belonged seemed to have a lot of secrets.

Grumpy father, mother who should have a gentle but weird personality that can change bodies, and ...... in front of him

Wayne pondered for a few seconds, remembering the last time.

I remember that at that time, the girl told him that the bloodline of the previous awakening family failed, and he was punished by that father.

And this time......

"What are the characteristics of the family's transcendent bloodline?"

"You, don't you even remember this? Brother. ”

"This time my father is too heavy, can you tell me?"

Estelle was even more worried, and said without hesitation: "It's a gift from the god of deception." ”

Fraud?

Wayne was stunned, "What did you say?" ”

"It's the Eye of Deception, you ......" Estelle snorted with some anger on her face, "So my brother remembers." ”

"Tell me more!"

Wayne's face was a little ugly, and he asked solemnly, "What is the gift of the god of deception you just mentioned?" ”

"It's the god of deception, but my father usually claims to be a trick of a 'weak and poor magician'."

Estelle seemed to be frightened by his tone, and said timidly, "I also think he is right, and it has no effect at all." ”

"Last time I tried to cheat on Miss Elusa's cake, she didn't give me ......"

"Is that so?" Wayne's eyes shone slightly.

It turns out that the origin of the talent of fraud is the extraordinary bloodline of the family in which it was located, or the so-called "gift of the god of fraud".

However, in the memories of the predecessor, there is nothing related to it.

And there is also the prompt message given on the panel when the deception talent awakens - the unknown origin power erodes, and your talent ability is distorted.

Unknown origin, the eye of deception......

Perhaps, this is the reason why he awakened his talent for fraud.

It seems that in order to figure this out, he will have to return to the Loft family.

First, though, I'd like to ask a few things here.

"Then since I can't awaken the family bloodline, why doesn't my father agree with me to become a wizard?"

Estelle hesitated, and said, "I don't know why, but I heard him say something foreign or something after punishing you." ”

"I don't understand ...... either"

Alien crumbs?

Is it referring to wizards?

Is it because the predecessor wanted to apply for a ghost school that did not belong to the Eastern Continent, so he was scolded?

Or is it all wizards?

If it's the former, it's just a transcendent nobleman's disapproval of wizards.

But if it's the latter, then ......

Wayne frowned, and listened to Istelle say:

"Brother, I actually know what you think, and you will still run away."

"Can you, don't forget me?"

"You ......"

As soon as Wayne wanted to continue asking, he saw the space around him vibrate violently.

And the girl also seemed to notice this, and shouted anxiously: "Brother Wayne, if you leave the family, don't forget me!" ”

"Remember!"

Those five words, like a password, made this dream world collapse.

Wayne looked at everything that was happening around him, his bright eyes revealing a sly smile.

As if this had been expected.

The next second, he was unconscious again......

[Congratulations, you have successfully advanced to the Great Wizard. Evaluation: Finally no longer a weak chicken, like a dot. Special Rewards: Survival Point +1000, Origin +50, Spirit Level +800, Tenacity Level +400. 】

[Due to the increase in level, the meditation speed of your Ghost Meditation Method has doubled again.] You gain ......]

【Your Origin Power can now be ......】

PS: It's a bit of a stretch to write today, so that's all for now.

However, it can be regarded as filling in a pit buried before, and the follow-up will be smoother.

(End of chapter)