"Could it be...... She didn't follow you to the Isle of Sleep?" the prince quickly realized what he meant. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"That's true," the Five Princesses shook their heads helplessly, "This person's name is Speer Passy, and his ability is a magic channel, which can connect the magic of several witches, in other words, during the effective period, the witches connected to the channel can temporarily borrow the magic power of others, and should be able to meet your requirements." She paused, "She lives in Falling Dragon Ridge." ”

"Since you know so well, you must have been in contact with this witch," Roland wondered, "why would she risk being captured by the Church and stay there?"

Tilly was silent for a moment before replying, "...... Because she is both a marquis and the lord of Falling Dragon Ridge. ”

"Lord?" he froze, "a witch?"

"That's right, her father, Old Percy, the former lord, passed on his title and domain to her, not the second or third son. Because of his high status, Speer was able to hide his identity very well, and his life was much better than that of ordinary witches. Tilly said slowly, "During the Great Migration, it was she who came to her door to help, and I was able to gather the witches of the towns in the south-central part of the kingdom so quickly. ”

Take the initiative to come to the door...... Roland immediately noticed something unusual, "Wait...... She doesn't plan to take in her compatriots?"

"No," Tilly shook her head, "not only that, but she also wants these witches to leave her territory as soon as possible to avoid persecution by the Church, and for Speer, the lordship is obviously much more important." ”

If the Church finds out that the lord is sheltering witches, this position will undoubtedly become precarious - after all, Falling Dragon Ridge is no more desolate than a desolate border town, with a church and resident priests, and the sphere of influence of believers is much larger than that of the West. Although Roland knew this, he was still surprised by the other party's choice: "If the local witch is caught, will she ......?"

"I've asked them that question," Tilly said regretfully, "and Speer Patcy told me bluntly that if she was caught by the people, she would find a way to replace the witches with other death row inmates in the prison and smuggle them out of the country, but if she was caught by the Inquisitors or tried by the church, she would basically sit idly by." ”

"......" Therefore, in order to solve the hidden danger of witches, the other party will take the initiative to choose to contact the Five Princesses - probably because of this, the latter did not consider staking a foothold in the Falling Dragon Ridge in the end, but took the risk to cross the strait and go to the strange fjord land. Thinking of this, Roland couldn't help frowning, "Do you think I can invite her to the border town?"

"There's no hope, but you can give it a try," Tilly said, "I'm just telling you that there is a witch like this, and I don't promise she'll come." ”

Roland let out a long sigh, "I'll send an envoy to talk to her first." ”

And the most suitable person for this messenger is undoubtedly the nightingale...... Able to avoid the eyes and ears of others, sneak into the castle out of nowhere, and distinguish lies, as long as they show that they are not hostile, the other party will probably not take any drastic actions.

It would take five or six days to get to Falling Dragon Ridge by boat from the border town, but if you change to Maisie's airlift, it will only take half a day to reach your destination, and with the faster lightning to take care of, this trip is not too dangerous - the three of them are the most mobile combination in the Witch Alliance, and now that they have guns, they are even more offensive and defensive.

After a little thought, Roland paid attention to it.

Although the success rate of this trip to persuade the Marquis was close to zero, it was also an action that would have to be carried out sooner or later to probe the situation of the opponent's territory in advance, and the Falling Dragon Ridge, as the main road to the extreme south, was within the scope of his spring offensive plan.

"I heard there's another witch in the castle who has evolved?" Tilly suddenly changed the subject.

"Ah, do you mean Mystery Moon, she has indeed condensed her magic power," Roland nodded, and roughly described the process of her evolution, "However, using the methods of ancient witches to promote evolution is not ideal for the improvement of magic power, and if you want to be like Anna, you still have to learn the basics honestly." ”

"But it's also a way to improve your abilities," Tilly said with interest, "and what you just mentioned, I am very concerned about the fact that ability is a manifestation of magic, not a natural phenomenon, how do you understand it?"

"This is also my personal speculation," he said, taking a sip of hot tea, "Anna's heart fire, or black fire, can not find a corresponding instance in nature, it is not difficult to understand that they are the embodiment of magic, but what about ordinary flames before evolution? This is a good match for Agatha's experience: many witches had similar abilities before they evolved, because they mostly saw the same natural phenomenon. But after the high-level awakening, the witch's abilities will become completely different, which is precisely due to the huge difference in everyone's cognition. ”

"That sounds reasonable," Tilly said noncommittally, "but if you say it, if a witch of the same kind has the same understanding of things, she will still be very close when she evolves new abilities, right?"

"That's pretty much it, if they understand exactly the same. ”

Roland still has another thought that has not been said, that is, how far can magic evolve? Since it forms the basis of various abilities, it fully shows that it is low-level and versatile. If there was an all-knowing and all-powerful witch, would she be able to wield all her abilities as she pleased?

"You...... From a world without magic?" asked Tilly coldly.

"Poof-" The prince almost squirted out all the tea in his mouth, he wiped the corners of his mouth, "you, what are you talking about?"

"I've been reading all the books you've written for the past month, and I've always felt that something is wrong," the Fifth Princesses looked him straight in the eye, "and it wasn't until what you just said that I finally understood what was wrong." You have completely excluded the magic from nature...... Neither "Theoretical Foundations of Natural Science" nor "Elementary Physics" mentions magic at all, and you say that the effect of magic is a phenomenon that does not exist in nature, but ...... Magic itself is a part of nature. ”

Roland was stunned.

He suddenly realized that he had completely forgotten that the other party lived in a world where magic was natural - not only Tilly Wimblington, but also the fourth prince during his lifetime, and that he had put magic on the opposite side of natural phenomena and was accustomed to it.

If the fourth prince himself is shallow in his knowledge and copied these books according to the contents of his memory, it is still reasonable, but why is he even convinced of this part of the memory in his words, deeds and thoughts, and subconsciously divides the magic power separately? Can he still swear that this is the memory of the fourth prince as the leader?

Roland felt his mouth dry a little.

. (To be continued.) )