But when Dmitry and Annan were just beginning to implement the next step......

Ivan Rindon found out about the brothers who were secretly making trouble.

- So Dmitry was beaten twice by Grand Duke Ivan.

One meal was because, as the eldest son, he dared not ask his father's opinion on such a big matter; The second meal was because he didn't set an example as an elder brother and pulled his younger brother Annan not to mess around - then this second beating will have to be for Annan.

Although Dmitry didn't care about his fertility, he didn't think about having children.

But he didn't care about it himself, and the fact that he was the first in line to the throne and had no fertility would make the duchy unstable.

At that time, Maria had already decided to follow the path of the Storm Daughter.

The only one who can inherit the position of the Grand Duke is the young Annan.

This decision made Maria panic again. Unlike her brother Dmitry, Maria did not particularly trust young Annan, but was very worried and caring for him.

The year after Annan's birth, their mother died in childbirth - they were supposed to be six brothers, the sixth of whom died before he was born, and the remaining two died before the age of three by the power of the Heart of Winter, before they could get their own names.

Annan is the penultimate one.

Mary is the third.

She was raised by Dmitry, and the young Annan was raised by her own hands.

More like a mother than a sister.

And although she knew that Annan was talented, she did not trust the child who grew up with her own hands, but was infinitely worried. Compared to Annan and her father Ivan, she believed more in Brother Dmitry to be a good Grand Duke.

But because of the rotten man—

Ivan's lifespan was not extended, and he could actually die at any time.

- At that time, the three brothers will depend on each other.

Compared to ordinary people, who just "want to live a good life", there is a country behind the three of them that needs to be taken care of. Not long after the war, foreign enemies and domestic nobles did not know whether they could suppress it, and they had to take care of and protect the common people......

Dmitry's brother, who Maria trusted the most, also lost his inheritance.

The future Duchy of Winter will fall into the hands of little Annam.

How could he stand it?

Maria, who was originally very calm and planned to eat and wait for death and inherit the Daughter of the Storm when she was forty or fifty years old, made up her mind to become a powerful transcendent soon.

That's why she participates in the succession ceremony of Master Michelangelo.

She is a Tempest Wizard from the Tower of Storms, and a future Daughter of the Storm.

But the Lady of the Storm will die......

Mary was not afraid of death, but she was worried about Annan.

Without her, would Annan really be able to take care of himself?

She also sensed that Michelangelo's sudden summoning of eight young wizards must have a conspiracy. What kind of ritual is Bacheng doing...... But at that time, she couldn't care about that much.

Just like Dmitry and Annan did not tell her and her father when they were doing their own business.

Maybe it's revenge, or maybe it's a strange comparison—she didn't tell Ivan or Dmitry about her trip to the White Tower.

Mary has always been an upright person who can say whatever comes to her mind and do whatever she wants.

Perseverance, responsibility, and silence.

Compared with a girl of the same age, or an imperial prince who grew up in a conspiracy, he is more like those winter men who have a family business in ordinary people.

It is precisely because of Mary's calmness and integrity......

She almost died in the forbidden ritual of the Twin Towers, [Death and Life Stacking].

At the time, Mary did not know how the ritual came into effect. It was only when they fought each other until there were only four people left that they heard Michelangelo's message...... Make it clear to them that this is the first half of a ritual.

It wasn't until recently that they reacted...... It's a ritual of ascension.

And Michelangelo, the presiding officer of the forbidden ceremony, has successfully sublimated and achieved the true god not long ago.

That is, the "man in the mirror".

- So when Mary returned, Dmitry was beaten again.

This is the unbearable weight of the firstborn......

In any case, he was the one who was beaten.

But thanks to the beating, Dmitry remembers it well. According to Maria, only four people survived that ritual.

With the exception of Maria, the remaining three are dangerous characters...... Of course, the few who die are a little more dangerous.

the Pope of the Man in the Mirror, Benjamin Foster;

the dark wizard of Zedi Black Tower, David Gerald;

…… and the student of the Man in the Mirror, Ghirlandaeo Buonaro of the School of the Prophets.

And the name ......

…… Ghirlandaio David Buonaro.

It was precisely during this ritual that the names of the two survivors were mixed up.

Although I don't know, why do you add a "David" in the middle of your name.

But in terms of appearance, it is undoubtedly the "Ghirlandaio" described by Maria.

The harmless and tepid prophetic wizard...... The peace remained until the end, and Mary did not know what he had done or what he had done. Presumably, he has already used prophetic spells to rewrite all the possibilities that may affect his future.

The purpose of the school of prophets has never been just to "see the future."

What they are learning is the art of "building on the past and rewriting the future".

Dmitry had met a prophetic wizard from the Twin Towers.

In Dmitry, he asked, "Your school of prophets can directly obtain the results of their own learning through spells...... So what exactly do they need to learn", the opposite party asked Dmitry this question, or example:

If 'yesterday' had been 'tomorrow', it would have been two days ago. So is 'the day after tomorrow' 'today' or 'yesterday'? ”

Dmitry listened stupidly.

Although he didn't figure it out in the end, he was sure that the wizards of the Prophetic School had terrible brains.

The most silent, lowest-key, and least obtrusive prophet wizard is definitely the "prophet" who has moved the most hands and feet and has the highest level.

The best brains rotate every day, and each one is smart and scary, and everyone has a vision of the future, and can modify the prophetic wizards of the future from the past...... But from the outside, it looks so ordinary that people will forget it if they are not careful.

If you see this, will you believe it?

Anyway, Dmitry didn't believe it.

He thought at the time, "There are really not many good things in the school of prophets."

The more low-key he looks, the more likely he is to calculate everyone he can calculate.

Dmitry glanced at the gentle and cheerful middle-aged man in front of him.

Sure enough.

From his hand, a silver ring was seen.

…… Have you been calculated by these prophets again?

Such a thought popped into Dmitry's head.

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