"Stop, stop!" The black-robed man raised his hand to stop Richard from asking a new question, and said to Richard, "Okay boy, you've finished asking the question, according to the principle of equivalent exchange, now you should answer my question, I hope you can answer honestly." ”

"You say the problem first, let me hear it. Richard's eyes flickered, and he said:

"That's good. The black-robed man looked over and looked directly at Richard, his eyes were burning with ghostly fire, and his expression was extremely serious, "My question is ...... Don't quibble, though I haven't figured out all your secrets, just discovering what you're doing on a ship is not something that an ordinary person can do.

Research spells, sculpt magic patterns, and configure potions...... Oh, there's a lot of this stuff that a real wizard can't do. And sometimes what you write on the scroll is really a little confusing, and if you look at it carefully, it seems to make some sense. Tsk, who the hell are you?"

"If I am fundamentally speaking, I am just a prince from the Blue Lion Kingdom. ”

"Then how do you have so much ability?"

"I have a wizarding book that I learned from above. ”

"One wizarding book isn't enough, isn't it? ”

"And what about my cleverness?"

"Clever?"

"I think it's enough to be smart. "Of course, a more accurate explanation is that it is a kind of wisdom, a scientific way of thinking." ”

"Science?" the black-robed man said as if he had never heard of this word before, and he didn't quite know what it meant.

"Science. Richard explained, "You can think of it as a way to drill the horns." For example, if an ordinary wizard apprentice learns to release a spell, he will learn it, and then he will look forward to learning the next spell, learning a more powerful spell, and will look forward to growing in strength and eventually becoming a powerful wizard.

And I'm different. After learning to release a spell, I will try to think, study, and analyze the principle of the spell, and even further want to understand the entire spell system and the mechanism of all spells. I wanted to figure out why one operation could cast such a spell and another could cast that spell. What are the rules, what is the logic? Then find out the logic, find the rules, and make use of them.

Of course, this process is difficult, but it can be very useful. If I can succeed, then I only need to master a few spells, which is equivalent to mastering all the spells. You can change the power of a spell at will, and you can even control it to invalidate the enemy's spell, making the enemy's wizard level meaningless. ”

"You can do this?!" the black-robed man was a little surprised.

"Of course I can't do this now, it's just my explanation of science to answer your question about why I'm acting differently than the rest of the world. "Then again, if I can really do this, then now, it's not that you're sitting in a chair and I'm standing, it's that I'm sitting in a chair and you're standing and talking." ”

"Heh!" the black-robed man couldn't help but smile, "So you've been thinking about this kind of thing?" The black-robed man said, but he didn't mean to stand up in the slightest.

Richard didn't bother to really care about this kind of thing, and looked at the black-robed man: "It's okay for you to continue to sit on the chair, but now it's up to me to ask questions." ”

"Speak. The black-robed man raised his hand.

"My question is......" Richard paused slightly, looking at the black-robed man, "Why didn't you kill me?"

"Why didn't I kill you? Well, that's ...... question."

"That's something I've always wondered about. Think about it from your perspective, if I were in your position and faced with someone who was a little weird and unexpected, even if I didn't kill them, I wouldn't make contact with them, let alone do so with a very kind attitude. This is difficult to explain with curiosity alone, unless ...... There is a special reason. ”

"This ......"

I hope you can answer seriously. ”

"Okay. The black-robed man let out a breath and said, "I might as well tell you that there are two main reasons why I am doing this to you. ”

"Two reasons?"

"Two reasons. The black-robed man nodded, "The first reason is that I have a crush on you. ”

"Good feeling!" Richard's eyes flashed, and his expression was a little strange.

"What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking, the favor you said shouldn't be some kind of forbidden and abnormal favor, right?"

"Uh-huh! What do you think of me! Wizards may be a little weird, but not everyone is a pervert. Boy, I like women! Even though I'm older now and don't have any feelings for women, I used to like women!"

"That's easy. Richard spoke, his eyes shining, "Favorability can't be generated for no reason, at least we have crossed paths before." Or to put it more simply, I should have helped you – directly or indirectly doing things that would benefit you.

For example, on this giant ship, a certain student of the wizard who was killed by you, Luther. I gave him a gold coin before, so he has a crush on me and will help with small things on the ship. And you ......" Richard looked at the black-robed man, and suddenly raised his eyebrows, "Wait a minute!"

"What!"

Richard looked directly at the black-robed man and repeated what he had just said, but slowed down: "I gave him a 'gold coin' before...... Coins?"

"Well, the key word is gold coins. Richard saw the subtle reaction of the black-robed man and confirmed, "We've had a connection about gold coins before, right?" ”

The black-robed man sat motionless in his chair.

Richard quickly reasoned about something: "If there is a connection with gold coins, then we should meet each other, after all, gold coins are such things, and only face-to-face contact can have an impact." Otherwise, the gold I spent a month ago ended up in your hands, and you wouldn't have reacted. So ......"

Richard looked at the black-robed man and said tentatively: "Is it possible for me to look at your face?"

"Boy, are you really smart enough to guess that we've met. The black-robed man generously took off his robe and hat, revealing his whole face, and said without worry, "But I don't think you can really recognize me, because my face has been modified, and I am no longer the original me." ”

"Can you let me look into your eyes, then?" asked Richard again.

"Look at my eyes?" The burning green flame in the black-robed man's eyes went out, revealing a pair of ordinary eyes, still not much worried, "Look at my eyes, what can you guess, boy?"

"I can guess who you were before. Richard said calmly.

"Even?" the black-robed man obviously didn't believe it.

"You said your appearance had changed, I believe it. The stretching of some muscles, the slight deformation of bones, and the regeneration of skin can quickly change a person's appearance. But I don't believe it, you changed your eyes. And as long as your eyes haven't changed, then I can identify you. ”

"Why?"

"Because there is a part of the eye called the iris. ”

"Iris?"

"Well, iris. ”