Throne of Magical Arcana

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"Ah?" Karilena didn't understand what it meant for a moment, and her eyes were full of doubts.

Lucien continued to say solemnly: "But we are more suitable to be friends."

"Really?" Karilena's expression was a little dull, her face changed again and again, and finally she said sadly, "I'm really sorry to have troubled you, Mr. Peter."

The corners of her eyes seem to reflect the light with faint sparkles, and her sad and sad appearance can impress most men, but Lucien just smiled gently: "I am very moved by your kindness to me, but you are not my favorite." That type, I can only regretfully refuse."

This group of dance music gradually came to an end, Karilena lowered her head, and two pearl-like tears fell on the carpet in a beautiful arc.

She said in a voice as if her nose was blocked: "I know that I am just a widow, and I am not worthy of a knight with a bright future like you, Mr. Peter. No matter what, I just want to express my heart. You have given me an unforgettable touch in my life. Thank you for dancing this opening dance with me, and you are welcome to visit Ural City more often in the future.”

The music stopped, and Karilena turned sharply away.

She kept her head buried so that no one could see her expression, which caused Borshak and other people who were paying close attention to the movement here to glare at Lucien. Taking a step forward, Karilena has already entered the women's make-up and dressing room specially opened in the corner of the first floor, and locked the door behind her.

"Hmph." Balshak glared at Lucien, not knowing whether to be happy or angry. In short, there was a sour taste. The sweetheart he pursued so hard was rejected by him so mercilessly.

However, due to Lucien's knight strength, neither Balshak nor the others dared to ask for a duel on the spot. Although they were impulsive and bloody young people, it did not mean that they would foolishly seek their own death. This made Lucien happy.

In the make-up and dressing room, Karilena raised her head, her pretty face was full of anger, her white and neat teeth were clenched, and she said bitterly: "Am I a good person? I'm only suitable for being friends? Very touched by my kindness? Damn guy, you think I have a crush on you! When the matter is over, I must let you know what regret is!"

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In the underground cell at the back of the manor, Miaka, who had turned into a winter bear, woke up moaning, and saw her companion Nyak beside her.

"Huh, you're finally alive." Nyak put away a small box containing a lot of potions.

Miaka asked a little confusedly, "Why am I here?"

"Miyaka, what were you doing before? I told you to pretend to be a failure, not to make you commit suicide! Even if he is an official knight, you turned into a winter bear with the strength of a knight anyway. What does this look like?" Nyak asked completely puzzled, at that time he stayed for a full minute, feeling that an absurd comedy was staged in front of him.

Miaka stretched out his hand and touched his head with difficulty: "He seems to be a knight in terms of speed and agility. When I slashed with a sword, I couldn't dodge it at all. I could only resist with my fur, and then passed out. I didn't know What happened later. Isn't Winter Bear's defense very strong? Can't it block the attack of a second-level knight?"

"It seems that his sword is at least a second-level high-level magic sword. We completely underestimated his strength. I have to report to Mr. Nyak." Only then did Nyak realize that a serious intelligence error almost caused a hero to save the beauty. turned into a tragedy.

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After re-makeup, Karilena ignited the mood of the ball again with a warm and charming smile, but every time she saw Lucien, she just nodded lightly and didn't say much, as if the previous "confession" was all an illusion.

This made Lucien heave a sigh of relief. He was just a "liar" passing by, and he had no hope of getting rich and having an affair here, and hoped that they would divert their targets.

When the ball was over, Karilena arranged for the guests to stay in guest rooms on the upper floors of the main house, and planned to wait until tomorrow morning before sending them back to the city.

After buttoning up his night gown, Lucien went to the small living room next to him to look for the "butler" Leo who was waiting here, but unexpectedly found that he was missing!

Looking around, there was no gain. When Lucien was about to use his mental force field to search, Leo flashed out from behind a decorative pillar in the corner: "Master, is the dance over?"

His wrinkled face was slightly distorted, as if he was forcibly enduring something, and at the same time, he carried an undetectable fear.

"Leo, what's the matter with you?" Lucien asked in a low voice when he saw that the butlers and attendants waiting in the small living room followed their masters to the guest room, which was already empty.

Leo gestured to Lucien with his eyes: "Master, you look a little tired, why don't you go back to your room and rest early."

"Okay." Lucien smiled and nodded cooperatively.

After arriving at the guest room on the third floor, locking the wooden door, and carefully inspecting the room, Leo said with strong hatred: "Master, I met that big smuggler."

"The big smuggler who killed your whole family?" Lucien pushed his monocle.

Leo nodded vigorously: "Yes, that's him. When I was waiting for you, master, in the small living room, I saw him and his new assistant come in. Because I was afraid that he would see through the disguise, and ruin the master's plan to cross the Shahran Empire." Things, so I quietly hid in a corner. Then he left his assistant and went to the hall to attend the ball by himself."

"What's his name?" Lucien asked speculatively.

Leo's voice was very low, as if worried that he could not control his emotions, he said: "He changed his name. I heard the stewards and attendants of other nobles in the small living room call him 'Mr. Ivanovsky'."

"It really is him." Lucien nodded slightly. The non-noble people that Karilena knew were either fraudsters or big smugglers, which meant that she probably had some problems. I am afraid that she was not a widow who was purely greedy for vanity, and Sergey was probably Ivan Novsky's men.

But in this way, Lucien has a lot of doubts. Since he is cooperating with the big smuggler, why does Karilena throw herself into her arms? What is there in him that deserves her to do so?

Although the sword "Frost" is worth more than 20,000 gold, which is equivalent to the property of an ordinary baron, and enough for most scammers and barons to covet, but what Karilena inherited is the possession of many manors and three mines. The inheritance of Baron Lotnikov is worth hundreds of thousands of Shahran gold coins, which is comparable to that of a wealthy viscount. The annuity she gets from the manor and the mine every year is seven to eight thousand gold coins, which is a frost sword in two or three years.

Moreover, she is also the niece of the second wife of Count Werther, the lord of Ural State, who is famous for ores, blacksmiths and weapons. There is no need to sell her beauty to herself in order to obtain a four-level long sword.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Karilena is the kind of person who is greedy for wealth and doesn't cherish her body, but the possibility is very small.

Seeing that Lucien didn't speak, Leo said in a low voice: "Master, don't worry, I won't lose my mind. I understand that you are taking huge risks traveling through the Shahran Empire. Since I signed the contract, I won't lose my mind." Doing something that violates it puts you in danger, and you saved my life. One day, I'll break his neck with my own hands."

"Leo, I am very assured of your character. But since we met, I am worried that there will be some involvement. Tell me about him." Lucien nodded in satisfaction, although he admired Leo. Character, but this is the Shahran Empire, it is impossible to risk revenge for him.

This kind of big smuggler must be surrounded by powerful forces to protect him. Whether he recruited with a lot of money or sent by his big bosses behind the scenes, there will definitely be no shortage of formal professionals. If you want to kill him, unless you are full of firepower and prepared in advance Set a trap, but in this way it is easy to expose the identity of the magician.

Being hunted down by the night watchmen of the northern church will not be more painful than that of the southern church!

Leo's expression became very complicated, with sadness and nostalgia in his eyes: "When I met Ivanovsky, he was already a well-known smuggler from the East in exile to the Shahran Empire. He is also the second of the nine city lords of the Eastern Exile. At the same time, he also has contacts with the hermit ancient magicians, and is responsible for selling magic potions and alchemy items made for them. His connections are so wide that he can ignore the nobles below the earl. "

"He has a few good magic items on him, and he has been protected by mid-level magicians or great knights for a long time, accounting for 20% of the smuggling share of the Shahran Empire. After I followed him, in several times Yana made a lot of contributions in the smuggling process of top tobacco, nightingale yarn and other goods, protected him once, and helped him open up the smuggling channel to the southwest of the empire, and he rewarded the potion to stimulate the blood power."

"Later, once, he planned to pretend to be a robber to ransack the village, and then sell all the people in the village to an ancient inheritance magician as experimental materials. I couldn't help but watch, and secretly notified the church to make his plan fail. Loss It seems that he had to change his name and identity. I thought I was doing it very covertly, but he found out and found them before I transferred my family. then……"

Lucien squeezed his chin: "The nobleman behind this Mr. Ivanovsky is very strong to be able to escape from being hunted and hunted by the church." It is confirmed that there must be a mid-level occupation around Ivanovsky After the latter, Lucien became more vigilant and decided to leave Ural City as soon as possible.

After inquiring about a lot of things from Leo, Lucien didn't go to sleep. He blew out the candles and let Leo go to the room to rest. Infrasound Resonance", the creation of the four-ring magic, while looking at the silvery white and cold moonlight outside the window.

It seems to be getting a little dangerous here, and it's best to wait carefully for dawn.

"Whenever I see the moonlight, I will think of me..." Lucien suddenly laughed when he thought of the past, he was really funny.

Dong dong dong, there was a soft knock on the door.

"Who?" Lucien asked calmly and vigilantly.

There was a familiar kind voice outside: "Mr. Peter, it's me, Ivanovsky. I have something to discuss with you."