A few minutes later.

Gibran, who was pursuing in the dark, suddenly stopped, looked around, and frowned.

Although he didn't want to admit it, he recognized one thing - he ...... Lost in pursuit.

Yes, he lost it.

The kid he pursued obviously had a unique method of concealing his aura, which he had relied on before, disguised as a normal person, and attacked him suddenly, almost injuring him, but now he escaped the pursuit by the same means.

What he couldn't understand was that logically speaking, that kid could have escaped earlier, but why did he delay for so long and let him keep chasing here to hide his figure.

Was it intentional?

Wait, deliberately?!

Don't?!

Gibran turned his head sharply, looked at the place from which he had come from, the mansion of Surrates, remembered the last words of Surrates whom he had killed, and remembered the girl he had knocked unconscious and fell to the ground, his face changed slightly.

"Could it be...... That's what that kid really is for?"

Gibran quickly turned and rushed back towards Surrates' mansion.

When he rushed back to the mansion, walked through the fire, and approached the study, Gibran pushed open the door and looked at the empty interior of the study, his eyes widened.

After a long time, he exhaled: "Whew, okay, that's really ......"

"I was deceived...... Gibran exclaimed, "So, what that kid said before was actually serious, or a warning—don't mess with me." Oh, that's kind of interesting......"

"Then again...... It's just a little interesting......" Gibran said as he walked out of the house that was gradually covered in flames, looked in the direction of the White Stone Tower, and his eyes lit up, "That kid may be a brilliant student specially taught by Surrates, maybe a remnant of the council, but it doesn't matter.

One person's strength is too weak, it is difficult to affect the overall situation, and it is usually handled easily, and it is not possible to devote energy to it, so let you live a few more days.

For a long time to come, the focus of the work will still be on the top of the White Stone Tower, and work hard to complete the plan. When the plan is successful, there will naturally be a lot of time to deal with these interesting and annoying people. ”

......

On a street in the distance.

Richard walked, and the unconscious Heidi had come to her senses and followed behind.

Suddenly, there was a loud explosion, and Richard and Heidi stopped to look at the place where the explosion had occurred, and quickly recognized that it was Surates' mansion.

Judging by the power of the explosion, I am afraid that the entire mansion has been razed to the ground.

Heidi, the cat slave girl, looked stunned, and two lines of tears flowed uncontrollably.

"Meow!"

With a cat meow, a pitch-black cat emerges from Heidi's clothes and licks Heidi's face comfortingly.

"Mickey, woo, grandpa...... Woohoo......"

Heidi was stimulated and cried even harder, hugging the black cat tightly, tears streaming down her face.

After crying for a long time, Heidi suddenly realized that it was not at home, and remembered some of what Richard had said to her not long ago. Hurriedly stopped his tears, wiped them with his sleeve, and looked at Richard: "Yes...... I'm sorry, I ...... Didn't hold back. ”

Richard looked at Heidi, shook his head lightly, didn't reproach anything, just said, "Let's go." ”

"Uh. Heidi followed Richard and walked obediently to the side.

......

Richard took Heidi back to the lab.

The reason why they brought the other party back was not purely out of pity, but because they wanted to find out what was going on in Surates' mansion, what was Surates' identity, and why he was approached by such a powerful enemy.

But Heidi herself is not very clear about these things, and even if she tries very hard to recall, she still only recalls some fragments of her life.

Through these fragments of Heidi's recollections, Richard exended a lot of effort to sketch out the vague outline of the whole incident.

With that done, Richard began to deal with Heidi's departure.

Richard asked Heidi seriously if there was any place to go.

Heidi hesitated for a moment, and replied somewhat uncertainly. She remembered that her grandfather, Surates, had once told her, seemingly casually, that if something happened one day, she could take refuge in a place on the north side of the East Coast.

Where?, Richard asked.

Heidi frowned and recalled. It seems to be a place called Wood Island, which is far away from White Rock Castle, and it will take several months to get there by horse-drawn carriage.

Richard said softly.

......

In the blink of an eye, the next day.

A carriage pulled up on the street outside Richard's courtyard, and Heidi walked up with a small package on her back and sat down.

She would use this carriage to go to the port by the sea, and from there she would sail north to the so-called Wood Island, which would take less time from a few months to about half a month.

Richard stood in the doorway to see Heidi off, with no expression on his face.

In Richard's opinion, since Heidi has a place to go, sending the other party away is obviously the most appropriate choice. It is true that he can also keep the other party, but Heidi is not of great value to stay - as the granddaughter of a university scholar, the other party is not as knowledgeable as a university scholar, and the biggest advantage may be that he has love for cats and pets, but this is really useless.

If you want the other party to stay, it is equivalent to an extra burden, although you can "train" to turn the other party into a maid-like existence, but it takes too much time and energy, and it is not suitable in the current situation.

Besides, the other party, as the granddaughter of a university scholar, although she does not have the status of a nobleman, she also has the treatment of a nobleman, and when she arrives at the place of refuge, it will not be too bad, and it is a bit inhumane to forcibly leave the other party as a maid.

Of course, Richard also knew that Heidi would not be what he thought.

As a young girl who has not experienced many setbacks and has been living in a greenhouse, Heidi must have been extremely frightened when she suddenly lost a loved one she relied on. At this time, taking a carriage or a sea boat, and going north for thousands of miles to seek refuge with relatives who have never met before, it is simply an "extremely dangerous" adventure, and you will subconsciously resist and want to stay.

But......

Standing at the door, Richard looked at Heidi and said, "I know you don't really want to go to Wood Island, but want to stay here in White Rock City." ”

Heidi hugged the black cat, her eyes blinked, and her long eyelashes twitched a few times.

"However, White Rock City is not safe now, and it is not a good choice for you to stay. Richard said, "Actually, I'll leave after a while, so you're just a step ahead of schedule." ”

"Huh?" After listening to Richard's words, Heidi was obviously stunned and said loudly: "You...... Also to leave, then you ...... Will you go to Wood Island?"

"Wood Island? maybe. Richard said noncommittally, "I don't know much about Wood Island, if it meets my expectations, maybe I'll go." ”

"Then ......" Heidi hugged the black cat named Mickey in her arms, bit her lip and said, "Then I went to Wood Island, and after understanding the situation, how about writing to you?"

"Write a letter?" Richard's eyes flashed, and he analyzed rationally, "It's so far away, the letter shouldn't be delivered, and even if it is, the chance of losing it on the road should be very high." ”

"That'...... Then I'll ......," Heidi was a little anxious, "then I'll write more, there's always a letter for you to receive." ”

"Alright then, whatever you want. Richard said lightly.

"I'm leaving. Heidi waved with some reluctance.

Richard nodded and waved goodbye, "Be careful on the road, goodbye." ”

"Goodbye!"

"Squeak squeak", the carriage starts, and Heidi, who keeps waving her hand, goes away. The black cat slipped out of Heidi's arms and lay down beside Heidi, looking around vigilantly, guarding like a bodyguard.

......

As the carriage departed, Richard withdrew his gaze, walked into the courtyard, closed the door, and walked into the laboratory.

On the table in the lab, there is a scroll, which is based on some fragments of Heidi's memories yesterday.

Richard opened the scroll and looked at it, his eyebrows slightly raised, thoughtful.

Standing at the door just now, he and Heidi said that "they will leave White Rock City", and they did not lie.

After experiencing the funeral of the wizard of the White Rock Tower and the death of Suradians in a row, he has fully realized that there will be a lot of chaos in White Rock City in the near future.

In order to avoid getting entangled in it, getting out of here is a best option.

However, you can't just leave.

Even though he now has a huge space prop, a suitcase, the portable laboratory he has established is not perfect, leaving White Rock City to a strange place, without some resources from the outside world, it is difficult to continue research completely independent and unaffected.

In addition, the cultivation of biological colonies and the study of spells are reaching a new stage, so it is better to make some results and get a conclusion before leaving, so that it is easier to operate if you want to study further in the future.

All in all, in short, he had to make a lot of preparations before leaving. In the next period of time, he will be very busy, and he will have to "race" with the mysterious organization behind Somen and Mukoni.

"In that case......"

Richard squinted, walked to the corner of the laboratory, and walked out of the spell laboratory into the world inside the box.