Duke Rivi glared at Victor and left without saying a word.

As for Victor,

All the while, he didn't try to explain anything.

Helping Duke Rivi is just a matter of convenience, although he does need the strength of the Duke's family to do something, but there is no need to say these words to Duke Rivi.

Victor has better candidates.

He waited outside the city gate for a while, and soon waited for Gwen who was trotting over.

Gwen was anxious as if she was chasing someone, and she stopped when she saw Victor.

"I've been waiting for you."

He said to Gwen as if he knew he would come looking for him.

But Gwen didn't have a good face to show Victor.

"Isn't there anything you want to explain to me?"

Victor saw a lot of mages around him who hadn't left yet, and looked over to the two of them.

"We'll talk about it later."

Victor motioned to Gwen that she was in a crowded place, and that it would be better to tell her something privately.

Gwen received his prompt and nodded.

"Get in my carriage."

"Okay."

Gwen didn't think much of it and agreed.

The two walked in unison, and when they reached the carriage, Victor held out a hand to Gwen.

Gwen didn't understand what it meant, and was stunned for a moment.

Seeing her like this, Victor shook his head and explained, "When inviting women, this is the basic etiquette that is necessary. ”

"Troublesome etiquette."

Gwen grumbled, not even noticing the strange gaze coming from her surroundings, and placed her hand on Victor's.

Led by Victor, the two got into the carriage together, the doors closed, and the carriage quickly drove away.

Victor looked out the window, and he was pleased with the mixed expressions on the faces of those people.

Only then did he close the curtains.

Presumably, after this meeting, tomorrow's public opinion will have a new direction.

He turned his head to look at Gwen again.

Gwen was the first to pull out a bag from her waist.

"Here's what you want."

She handed the bag to Victor, who was a little confused, but took it anyway.

When you open it, you will see that there are all kinds of red spars of different shapes.

He suddenly remembered the reason he had told Gwen earlier.

Victor was a little surprised, he didn't expect Gwen to remember these things.

He really needed this kind of thing to make some special magic items, but it was really just incidental.

By the time he left the volcano, he was a little sorry he hadn't collected some, but it didn't matter.

Unexpectedly, Gwen actually collected some of it for him.

A warm feeling rose in Victor's heart, but he was not such a pretentious person in the first place, and put the bag in the player's backpack.

"Thank you."

Gwen gave Victor a funny look, and her tone was a little sarcastic.

"I didn't think you'd say thank you."

"Then it's up to you to explain."

Victor nodded and said:

"I've finished speaking in front of the emperor."

"You're here too, you should know if I'm telling the truth."

Gwen suddenly said to him coldly:

"You should understand that that's not what I wanted to ask."

She and Victor have grown up together since childhood, and if Victor is kind enough to stop the eruption of the volcano to save everyone.

Gwen was absolutely not convinced.

Victor showed his cold-blooded side from an early age.

If he had to make the necessary trade-offs, even if it would be at the expense of a town, he would choose to gain his own interests.

"What is your purpose in triggering a volcanic eruption?"

"Purpose.....

Victor thought for a moment, why did he prepare to follow Gwen when he heard the news of Gwen's trip to the volcano?

Obviously, he could go alone afterwards.

Without the Knights' following, perhaps Victor could have done all this more secretly.

By the time Wang Du found out, everything would have been over long ago.

It won't cause such a big sensation because of this, and even let the entire third-order mages of the royal capital wade into this troubled water.

But......

"Maybe it's because of you."

"Because of me?"

Gwen was suddenly stunned, and even her righteous heart trembled a little.

Under the watchful eye of her righteous heart, Gwen could tell that Victor was clearly not lying.

That is, he does have this kind of thought.

'Wait a minute, if it's because of me.....

He went to the crater of the volcano alone, just to challenge the demonic beasts in the volcano.

It turned out to be for her?

Gwen wondered if Victor thought he was in danger.

'That Victor, how could you think that...... ’

Gwen put one hand on her chest, and could clearly feel her heart beating much faster.

No matter how emotionally dull she is, she has some guesses in her heart.

Victor wouldn't like her, would he?

Otherwise, how can all this be explained!

I heard that she went to such a dangerous place as a volcano, so I came in the middle of the night to go with her.

Lived in the same room together and fulfilled so many unreasonable requests from her.

In order to prevent danger from happening on the volcano, he went to suppress the demonic beasts under the volcano in person in advance.

"This, this ......"

Gwen's reason told her that she shouldn't think so, and that Victor couldn't have liked her.

He's such a selfish person.......

But his righteous heart never goes wrong.

'If he really likes me, then what should I do?' ’

Gwen's heart was a little messy.

As for Victor, he was still thinking there.

'Hmm..... It's definitely because of her. ’

On the one hand, Victor really wants to fight against the Crucible Warcraft, and wants to test his current self and defeat the other party, how long it will take.

On the other hand, Gwen has been on a mission and has to leave the royal capital for a long time.

This is a very dangerous thing for him.

If Gwen is still in the royal capital, then he can still learn about Gwen's movements through Leah.

But Gwen went to the volcano.

Who could have imagined what kind of opportunity she would encounter?

Victor made a bold guess, but Gwen suddenly fell into the cliff and woke up the sleeping Furnace Monster, and as a result, he fought with the Lava Monster and gained some of the opponent's strength.

It's not impossible.

Since Gwen in the game has survived to the end, then, without his influence, Gwen's mission will never have an accident.

In order to avoid his own death, he tried to suppress Gwen as much as possible.

At least Gwen had to keep his eyes on the table for him to be reassured.

Therefore, because of Gwen, Victor chose to insist on going to the volcano with her and defeat Gulleton in advance, not casually.

The two had different thoughts, and Victor didn't know what Gwen was thinking, but such an explanation should convince Gwen.

After all, he really thought so.

"Is there anything else you'd like to ask?"

"No..... No, where have you been these days? ”

Gwen asked suddenly.

These were the questions she wanted to know the most.

These days, due to Victor's disappearance, almost everyone believes that Victor has absconded in fear of crime, and there are even rumors that he has died in the volcano.

In the days since his disappearance, the situation at the Clavenna family has been equally dire.

The business was attacked by competitors, and the mansion was blocked by many people every day and threw all kinds of things into the courtyard.

One can imagine how much Victor holds a grudge, so much so that after his 'death', there are still a bunch of people to take revenge on him.

It's hard for Leah to hold on alone for so long.

"I'm hurting and I'm looking for a place to heal."

Victor explained.

Strictly speaking, this sentence is also not lying, and the battle with Gulleton for three days and three nights did make him hang out.

Although the injury was not serious, it was a reasonable reason to heal.

Moreover, after the battle, he was really in a coma for three days and three nights.

As long as it is true, Gwen's righteous heart will not be judged as a lie.

"The monster...... Is it that strong? ”

Gwen couldn't have imagined that with Victor's strength, he would be so seriously injured.

It took so many days to recover, and it was clear that the monster was so powerful that it was outrageous.

At this time, she suddenly remembered what the old woman in the town of Sanchel had said:

In the midst of the volcano, a volcanic god was sealed.

This kind of legend and story may not be used as evidence, but since that kind of thing can be called a god, its strength should not be underestimated.

Victor closes his eyes and uses magic to create a picture for Gwen.

Red magical energy began to swirl around Gwen.

Gwen felt the scene around her change rapidly, and the sky darkened.

"It's strong."

Synchronized his feelings to Gwen's body.

The temperature in the carriage suddenly rose, and at this moment, Gwen saw the monster as if he were there.

The flames were monstrous, like a demon god descending.

Victor dissipated the magic, and Gwen was in a trance.

Victor, for her sake, defeated that kind of thing......

“…… I don't have a problem anymore. ”

Gwen was speechless.

"Well, then, I'll send you home."

Victor spurred on a spell, and the current first-order magic was as simple as sprinkling water in his hands.

A green bolt of magical energy flew out of his fingertips and wrapped around the wheels.

The carriage turned in one direction and headed for Gwen's house.

That's the benefit of mages.

Sitting in a carriage, you don't even need a coachman to drive.

After that, the two were silent.

Soon arriving at Gwen's mansion, Victor watched Gwen get out of the car.

"That's right."

Before leaving, Victor stopped Gwen.

"Thank you for lying for me in front of Your Majesty."

Gwen looked back, just about to open her mouth to say something.

But the carriage had already turned away.

She watched Victor leave in a trance, standing at the door, feeling a little complicated.

The maids were a little surprised when they saw Gwen coming down in the carriage of the Clavenna family, and whispered:

"Miss, doesn't she hate Victor the most?"

"This time you actually came back in Victor's carriage?"

"Do you mean ......?"

The more they talked, the more energetic they became, and when they talked about key points, their cheeks even flushed.

Without noticing, there was a sound of footsteps behind him.

'What are you talking about?' What's the good thing, why don't you talk to me about it? ”

The maids looked back, and a smiling woman came out of the room and quickly lowered her head.

"Yes, I'm sorry, Miss."

The woman walked out with the same smile on her face and said:

"Mmmm, don't be deserted during working hours."

"Alright, I'm going to meet my sister who I haven't seen in a long time."

……