Tails stared at the "invitation" in his hand in a daze, his thoughts confused. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Nature.2

No way.

Is this true or false?

[Anti-theft, huh.] 】

He blinked in disbelief, confirming that what was in front of him was not unreal.

Has anyone played a prank?

After a few seconds, he put down the invitation and took a deep breath.

Trying to sort out the current situation.

First of all, that guy wasn't given by yodel...... Is it so?

Then, Eda was right next door.

Wyaa and Rolf took turns guarding the door.

And the other soldiers and guards in the mission, as well as the countless guards throughout Valhalla, and even the cool-looking so-called white-bladed guards, how could they let that guy ......

The guy ......

Suddenly, a palpitation welled up in Tails' chest.

He breathed a sigh.

Tails sensed something.

He turned his head numbly.

Look to the window.

At that moment, the prince's heart skipped a beat.

His "long-lost friend", Ashda Saxon, was standing by the window with his hands behind his back, silently staring at him with those seemingly indifferent eyes.

Just as they had met for the first time, the mage was dressed in a thin but neat blue robe, with a tall and straight posture and a mysterious but confident smile on his handsome face.

Elegant as ever, as comfortable as ever.

At that moment, Tails' mind went blank.

Say yes...... Fifteen minutes?

"Hello," the Qi Demon Master nodded slightly to him, and said in a gentle tone, "I'm a smart, mature, and mischievous little friend. ”

Tails opened his mouth and took a deep breath.

"From now on, no one can hear between us a foot away," Ashida slowly raised her right index finger as if she knew what he was thinking, and shook it at him with a smile, "No one else will come to disturb us." ”

When Tails heard this, he was like a deflated balloon, and he spat out the breath he had inhaled again.

He dismissed the idea of calling for help.

Ashida's smile was so warm, but in Tails's eyes, it made him feel cold.

Wait a minute.

There was more than him and the magician in the room.

Tails' heart moved.

"Of course, you sweet little maid," following Tails' gaze, the magician glanced lightly at the little slippery head that was sinking into a sleep beside the bed, "and will not be woken up." ”

Little Slippery's mouth was still slightly open and closed in his sleep, but Tails couldn't hear any of her murmurs or even breathing.

Tails sighed softly, he turned his head, pulled the corners of his mouth, and showed a smile that was uglier than crying: "You are still the same, what a sweetheart." ”

Ashida bowed slightly politely.

Tails forced himself to start thinking about everything he could know about the magician.

However, the first memory that came to mind was the three people who were squeezed into a ball in the chess and card room in the center of Hongfang Street.

The second prince swallowed and laughed dryly, trying to imagine something acceptable.

For example, compare him to the cute Giza?

"By the way," Tails shrugged lightly, raised the invitation in his hand, and said nonchalantly in the most ordinary tone, "I thought you would come in fifteen minutes." ”

"You know," Ashida bared her white teeth, "I like to get in early." ”

Tails struggled to contain his thoughts, swallowing back the complaints that came to his lips.

"Really...... I didn't think you were going to show up so soon," Tails changed his seat and smiled awkwardly, "They...... Everyone says you're going to disappear for a long time. ”

Ashida looked straight at him, her eyes as calm as water, making Tails' heart furle.

"The weapon in the hand of your masked friend is obviously incomplete," the Qi Demon Master said slowly, "Otherwise, a legendary anti-demon weapon that is in good condition and moving at full strength should be ...... to seal a magic master for the time limit."

Ashida's gaze was still calm, but the words she spit out made Tails slightly stunned:

"Permanently. ”

Legendary anti-demon armament.

Seal.

Magician.

Perpetual.

"Even so, that incomplete weapon can still seal me - at least for a dozen years," Ashida curled the corners of her mouth and continued to smile, "but I got some small help to get out of prison so quickly." ”

Whether it was the curiosity inherited from the fragments of memory from his past life, or his natural personality, or the anxiety about his own mysteries, at that moment, Tails's thirst for knowledge for the mage overwhelmed his fear of the identity of the Calamity—he longed to know more.

"First, I want to congratulate you," Ashida put her hands behind her back and walked towards Tails with an obviously friendly but inexplicably frightening smile: "Tails...... Your Highness, although I know from your performance that you are certainly not ordinary, I must admit that this status surprised me. ”

Tails looked at Ashida approaching him, his heart beat slowly, and he shrugged reluctantly: "I remember there is a chair for entertaining guests on the other side of the room, we can sit down and ......"

"Don't bother. Ashida shook her head, unconcerned.

The next moment, Tails watched as Ashda walked up to him, and then bent his knees - "sitting" in the invisible void.

Ashida grinned on the transparent "chair" and smiled: "I brought my own chair." ”

The traverser watched this strange scene, desperately controlling his face and not letting them twitch too much.

"Let's talk, about your future," Ashida watched Tails' performance with interest, "Your Highness?"

Tails knew in his heart that although he was called His Royal Highness, the man in front of him actually didn't care about this special identity at all--this made Tails, who had tasted all kinds of eyes after becoming a prince, suddenly have a strange feeling.

Tails took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down in order to recognize the situation and protect himself—even if the existence in front of him was a disaster that could not be justified by common sense.

"Of course," he muttered, recalling his conversation with Ramon, "during this time, I tried to investigate some of the ...... Well, magicians and magic things. ”

First, in this asymmetrical conversation, he must seize the initiative on the topic.

"Very well, it will save us a lot of time," and sure enough, Ashida's eyes lit up, "What do you know?"

"Not much, but not much," Tails carefully chose his words, "like what magic is, and the three magic towers - I met someone who studied magic." ”

Ashida looked interested.

After Tails appreciatively and briefly recounted what Ramon had said to him, even Ashida couldn't help but sigh slightly: "A thousand years after the collapse of the magic tower, and six centuries after the ban on magic, there are still believers in magic, which is indeed beyond my expectations. ”

Tails watched Ashida's expression as he desperately thought of a way to escape him.

The other party is a magician - non-peaceful means don't even think about it.

Delay time - this can be considered, but can he really drag it to the rescue, or will the rescue really work?

The other party's purpose should be to want to be one of them, damned, everybody's shouting magician.

Then his best choice is to negotiate with the other side on this issue and achieve some results with concessions and low profile......

"So, is magic what he calls it to be, a meaning, a belief?" Tails said cautiously, and at the same time did wonder about the question, "What do you say?"

But the Qi Magician didn't answer right away.

Ashida's lowered gaze remained motionless.

Under Tails' curious gaze, he crossed his hands and was silent for a long time.

"Nope. ”

"Magic...... Not so, not only that, it doesn't have to be that way," Ashida shook her head slowly, her voice slowing, "Everyone has their own understanding of magic in their hearts, and they believe in what they understand. ”

Tails was stunned.

Ashida raised her left hand and looked at her palm with a complicated gaze.

At that moment, Tails felt that the Ashida in front of him was more like a normal person than ever.

Not a terrible and terrible scourge.

"Magic is a choice," Ashida looked into her palms and slowly clenched her fists, "and these choices are neither unique, nor mutually exclusive, nor superior - this is the basic idea of the 'Seat of Ten Thousand Laws' in the Tower of Souls." ”

Tails is a spirit.

Wait a minute.

He heard the peculiar word.

"It's also one of the magical ideas that I agree with and recognize. Ashida said lightly.

Tails subconsciously raised his hand - a habit of his past life in the fragments of memory.

He quickly realized that this was not his previous life, and that it was just the two of them, just as he was about to put his hands down......

To Tails' surprise, Ashida skillfully and naturally stretched out her palm, tilted it slightly towards him, and then nodded.

Permission to ask.

It's like you've done it hundreds of times.

The two looked at each other's movements and were stunned for a moment.

Ashda reacted and smiled slightly: "Very good, it seems that I don't need to teach you the classroom etiquette and habits of your mage apprentice." ”

Tails put down his hand and asked eagerly:

"Tower of Souls? I know this, but what kind of magic tower is it?"

Tails didn't even realize that he had completely forgotten that Ashda was in front of him, a dangerous inhuman being.

even forgot his original intention.

At that moment, his thirst for unsolved knowledge completely trumped his consideration of reality.

"Tower of Souls?" Aishida narrowed her eyes and smiled mysteriously, as if she knew Tails would ask.

This time the magician did not appease him, and replied happily:

"In the year 618 of the Kings, shortly after the end of the battle for the survival of the humans and the three races, Master Iri Crescent, the 'Messenger' who had returned from the battle, left the Ascetic Tower with his five students due to disagreement. ”

"Along the way, they preached their ideas and taught their methods, bringing together many mages from all over the world who had been exiled by war, and as time went on, their ranks grew larger and larger, and their theories and methods became clearer and clearer. ”

"Eventually, a group of mages led by Gen Iri, whom we came to call the Master, along with twenty-one other sages, came to the "Stumbling Peninsula" by the Great 6 Sea, where the mages built a twin towers and settled down to study magic. ”

Ashida's eyes traveled through Tails in front of him, as if he had seen the past many years ago, but Tails had no time to pay attention to the other man's expression, because he was already fascinated by the sound.

With a confused gaze, Ashida continued: "Soon, this nascent magic tower attracted many mages to visit, and the new, free, casual, and equal atmosphere of magic research there gathered a large number of people, making this land form a small gathering place of mages centered on the twin towers. ”

"Different from the hard thinking and protection of the ascetics, the fanaticism and destruction of the alchemists, this settlement soon became the forefront of the theoretical research of the wizarding world, after various magical theories and hypotheses were proposed, they were gradually improved in endless debates and arguments, and the branches of magic that were not recognized by the two magic towers were established one after another, forming the magic system of the soul tower that we are exposed to today. ”

In this way, the sages jointly established the third, youngest, most special, most active, most prosperous, and most influential lineage of mages in the world, in addition to the Tower of Ascetics and the Tower of Alchemy. ”

At this point, Ashida lowered her head and let out a sigh that only he knew.

"After the death of Iuri Crescent, his urn was suspended in the middle of the twin towers, with the words 'May every mage have an independent and free soul' engraved with the words 'May every mage have an independent and free soul'. ”

"Hence the name of the Tower of Souls. ”

Ashida closed her mouth gently.

Tails came back to his senses and let out a long breath.

The Book of Kings.

The battle for survival.

Master Mindis.

The youngest mage lineage.

The origin of the Tower of Souls.

These were forbidden knowledge that he couldn't easily get from books, and Tails listened to it with a heartbeat.

It was as if a world had never been seen before.

If Ramon is here—Tails thought to himself: would he be so excited that he fell to his knees and wept?

He continued to raise his hand eagerly: "Also, what is the seat of ten thousand laws you just said?"

"'The Seat of Ten Thousand Laws' is an important branch of research in the Tower of Souls," Ashida, as if she hadn't seen Tails's expression, still spoke slowly and unhurriedly, and a clear and beautiful male voice echoed in this small space, recounting the most forbidden lost knowledge in the world:

"It was officially established in 373 years of the imperial calendar during the first civil strife of the empire, and flourished between the 5th and 7th centuries of the imperial calendar. ”

"I can't summarize and summarize in simple terms the characteristics of this branch of doctrine -- that would be irresponsible to the students -- but I can give you a list of dozens of the most influential books of this lineage, nay, twenty-three important works to be exact, if you want to know more about the 'seat of ten thousand laws'. ”

Tails listened to the magician's words in a heartbeat, and an inexplicable sense of excitement filled his brain.

But he quickly calmed down and realized a problem.

"Mr. Ashida, you're a mage, aren't you?" Tails looked at Ashda in amazement, "Before you become a scourge?"

He didn't even think about whether his words violated the other party's taboos.

"Mage?"

"It's a title that only anyone who has achieved a recognized achievement in a certain field of magic can earn—at least the Tower of Souls," Ashida crossed her hands, grinning slightly, and shaking her head slightly, "I was just a little apprentice. ”

Tails' heart moved: "Ah, so sure enough, you used to be ......"

"Hmm," Ashida nodded, a strange flow of color in her gaze, "Apprentice of the Tower of Souls." ”

Tails frowned, "But you just said ...... It's been a thousand years since the magic tower collapsed?"

So......

"I know what you're trying to ask, since I was born," Ashida looked at him and smiled slightly, "One thousand one hundred and ninety years old—that's my age this year." ”

Tails was shocked.

One thousand one hundred and ninety?

Other words.

This guy ......

Tails looked stunned at the young and handsome Ashedar Sackn, who had not changed at all compared to the first time they met.

But he is nearly 600 years older than the revival king Tormond Brilliant Star and the hero Necaju Aix more than 600 years ago!

Tails opened his mouth wide.

"Don't be surprised, every magician is immortal, immortal and immortal," looking at Tails's expression, Ashida didn't care: "This age is very normal - the oldest magician has even existed for 1,600 years. ”

Tails subconsciously tried to find a notebook until Ashda stopped him with a gesture.

"There's no hurry," Ashida looked up and looked at him with burning eyes, "we still have a lot of time together, and I'm patient enough that I'll teach you from the beginning, from the basics...... Everything from magic, to magic towers, to magic powers, mages. ”

"From ideas to power, from history to the future, all the secrets of the wizarding world will be open to you," Ashida's tone was full of temptation, "and then you will have access to the secrets and powers of the magicians above them." ”

"Until you really become a magician. ”

At that moment, it was as if Tails had been pulled back to reality from the dream world.

Become a magician.

Tails swallowed hard.

He remembered Gilbert's attitude towards the "Calamity" and the drama of the ending battle in the Temple of the Night.

And that ...... Insane, incomprehensible blood magician.

The magician that everyone shouts and fights?

Can you say no?

But a voice also whispered in Tails' heart: But I'm curious.

I want to know more, learn more, learn more.

Tails realized that the knowledge that Ashida had previously recounted had captured his thirst and desire for knowledge.

What's more, his own obviously abnormal body - he must know more about his current situation.

Tails frowned bitterly and said tentatively, "About this...... If, uh, I mean if I don't want to be a magician......"

The Qi Wizard didn't speak.

But the traverser felt that the atmosphere around him suddenly became tense.

Tails struggled to control his breathing rate, anxiously waiting for an answer.

"Tails," Ashida put away her smile and looked at him seriously, saying softly and earnestly, "It is your destiny to become a magician, and you can't and can't avoid it. ”

"There is no second option. ”

Tails gasped slightly.

Looks a little bad.

"Well, you might as well tell me about it first," the tension and pressure returned to Tails' heart, and he smiled as hard as he could, and asked cautiously, "Magician—you ...... What are we?"

This time, Ashida stared at his face expressionlessly, for a long, long time.

The Magician didn't seem to have any emotion, but his gaze was focused on pressure, embarrassment and helplessness crept up on Tails's face.

Until Ashida whispered:

"I can't tell you the answer to this question, because you're not a magician yet," Ashida's gaze remained motionless at him, and her tone and words became cold and mysterious, as if she had returned to the night on the Red Street, "Only when you truly become a magician, become a magician that only you yourself can understand—can you finally know what a magician is." ”

Tails frowned slightly.

He wouldn't tell me?