The plane of Payne is turbulent, but the Kingdom of Braden is calm.

At least that's what it seems on the surface.

Ever since Alan York single-handedly pushed Archbishop Yak Nelga of the Church of Light into the dock of the court, the York family has gained unprecedented power. Coupled with the strong support of the Mage Tower and Queen Margaret, all forces have

They all lowered their heads and lowered their eyebrows in unison, temporarily restraining their thoughts.

However, Allen's overt and covert fights with the Church of Light will not affect the daily life of the Mage Tower.

Because the master of the Mage Tower, the legendary Mage Merlins, still sits here.

In this plane, because all the previous legendary mages have passed through the crystal wall of the plane and explored the sea of ​​stars in thousands of planes, Merlins is the only legendary mage in the plane, and he can also be regarded as the strongest in the plane.

Perhaps only Pope Paul II of the Church of Light, who has mastered the "divine magic", can compete with Merlins.

In the minds of the Mage Tower students, Merlins is also a powerful symbol.

These students all believe that as long as Merlins remains in the Mage Tower, no matter how bloody the situation is outside, it will not affect them.

At this moment, this respected legendary mage was sitting quietly in his office as usual, eating melon seeds and then feeding them to the toucan next to him.

"Big mouth," Merlins muttered casually as he stuffed melon seeds into the toucan's big mouth, "you have to be more restrained in eating in the future. If you continue to eat like this, you may become too fat to fly.

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"Merlins, I told you a long time ago that I can't get fat if I eat." After hearing what Merlins said, the toucan turned his head and pointed his butt at Merlins and said, "Speak clearly if you are jealous."

Looking at this willful and venomous bird, Merlins felt helpless.

He once tried to silence the bird with magic.

But when the bird really calmed down, Merlins felt that the office was too quiet, which made him feel lonely. He had to regret what he had said and lifted the "silence curse" on the toucan.

At that time, Merlins simply wondered if he had masochistic tendencies.

However, now that he has become a legendary mage, the entire mage tower and even the entire plane can only look up to him. When talking to him, he always adds "Your Excellency" politely, which sounds strange and cold.

It was as if there was an invisible barrier between him and the world.

Only this toucan can still talk freely with Merlins. It must be an endless bickering.

Whenever he thinks this way, Merlins will look in the mirror and sigh: "It seems that a genius like me is destined to be lonely in life!"

Inadvertently, he would also think of his student Alan York who went to explore another dimension.

After living for so long in his life, Merlins finally found a student who was pleasing to his eye and a little more talented than himself. He also hoped that Allen would learn the prophecy skill and pass on his unique skills.

Unexpectedly, this student could not calm down at all.

Less than two months after entering the Mage Tower, I had a confrontation with the Church of Light. Not long after things calmed down, I couldn't bear the loneliness and ran to another dimension.

If Allen is willing to focus all his attention on magic, then his achievements in prophecy will definitely not be worse than his own back then, but probably only a little worse than his own back then.

However, at this moment, Merlins heard a knock on the door.

"Who's out there?" he asked.

"It's me, Selena Solomon." The voice outside the door sounded a little tired.

"Come in." Merlins ordered. He did not expect that this female student of the alchemist James Ward would suddenly come here to look for him.

Hearing his words, Selina Solomon pushed open the door and stood in front of Merlins' desk.

This young aristocratic girl is still the same as Merlins remembered, with fluffy golden curly hair and beautiful and beautiful facial features.

However, compared with the exquisiteness and elegance of a few months ago, she did not apply makeup at this time, her cheeks were a little swollen, there were faint dark circles under her eyes, and her expression looked particularly tired. She did not look like the delicate daughter of a duke at all, but instead became a girl who lives every day.

The miserable female apprentice who stayed up all night in the laboratory to finish her thesis.

"She looks a bit like her teacher Walder," Merlins complained silently in his mind. "Oh, Walder is such a bastard. He can teach a beautiful girl to be like this."

If Lun is on his side, the situation will probably be even worse!"

Yes, to this day, Merlins is still bitter about Walder stealing his apprentice from him.

Selina raised her skirt, curtsied politely to Merlins, and then said to him: "Your Excellency Merlins, I hope I didn't disturb you. I came here today to ask if you can help me."

busy."

"What do you need me to do?" Merlins asked.

Selina hesitated for a moment, and then said slowly: "Your Excellency Merlins, you should know that my teacher Walder has been in poor health recently, and both his memory and magic power are declining day by day. You are the master of prophecy.

, I would like to ask you to help me see if, in his lifetime, he...can he have the opportunity to see the World Expo next summer with his own eyes?"

Life and death are, after all, a heavy topic.

Merlins could see the obvious pain and struggle on Selena's face.

So, he smiled easily and said to Selina: "Don't worry, Selina. Your teacher's life is very tough! Not to mention surviving until next summer, surviving for another two years is not a problem."

After hearing this, Selena seemed to be relieved. But from her slightly frowned eyebrows, Merlins could see that her sadness had not completely dissipated.

"Mr. Merlins, I have one more question," Selina continued to ask. "I would like to ask, when will Mr. Alan York return to the Mage Tower? Mainly... Teacher Wald is here every day.

Talking about him. The teacher said that one of his great wishes in this life is to watch Allen walk up to the podium of the World Exposition, show the top alchemy magic of the Braden Kingdom to the entire plane, and let those foreigners see the magic of our Mage Tower.

sharp."

Hearing the name "Alan York", Merlins was silent for a long time.

Because he himself couldn't see clearly the trajectory of Allen's fate.

He considered whether he should tell a lie. In addition to protecting his face as a legendary mage, it would also make the haggard girl opposite him happier, and also make Walder happier in the past few months.

But in the end Merlins gave up this plan.

Because he felt that this was disrespectful to Selena and Walder.

He thought for a while and said slowly: "Selena, to be honest, Allen's fate is more complicated, and I can't tell when he will come back from the alien plane."

"Thank you, Lord Merlins." Selina thanked her sincerely again and curtsied to him.

Then she turned around and left.

Her steps were very hasty, and she accidentally stepped on the hem of her skirt. She screamed "Oops" and almost fell to the ground if she hadn't caught Merlins' coat rack in time.

"Selena, why are you leaving in such a hurry?" Merlins joked with a smile, "Why don't you sit down and eat some melon seeds before you leave?"

"I'd love to, Lord Merlins, but please forgive me that I can't do this," Selina explained politely, "I have to rush to the laboratory immediately. I still have many experimental projects to complete.

"Now, since Allen... he may not be able to come back from the alien plane in time, I have to make the worst plan... to take his place on the podium at the World Expo. Because... because I don't want Wald to

The teacher regrets it for the rest of his life.

"But...but my talent and ability in alchemy are far inferior to Allen. If I want to satisfy the teacher, I...I have to work harder.

"I'm sorry, Lord Merlins."

As soon as she finished speaking, Selena left without looking back.

Merlins looked at her hurried away figure and the stains left by the experimental medicine on her skirt, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

"That guy Walder really took in a good student!"

However, at this moment, Merlins felt an inexplicable chill in his heart, giving him a premonition that a disaster was imminent.

"not good!"

As a qualified prophet, Merlins has always paid attention to his intuition.

His intuition is usually not wrong.

But this time, who is the person who wants to deal with him?

And who is the other person who can not only block Merlins' perception, but also make him feel that his life is in danger?

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Plane of Payne, Castle Greyhawk.

Although Vann Igneel rejected the request of the Iron-Blooded Grand Duke and refused to hand over the so-called "letter of surrender" to him, the coronation ceremony of the Iron-Blooded Grand Duke was still held as scheduled.

Although, according to the long-standing rules of the Payne plane, the king's coronation ceremony must be presided over by clergy.

But this is not a problem for the Iron-Blooded Duke.

He found a low-level priest named Rex from the Black Temple.

This guy has no culture and cannot even memorize the entire "Dark Scripture". If it weren't for the extreme scarcity of priests in the Dark Temple and the urgent need for external expansion, in the past, High Priest Delphi would never have allowed such a person to become a priest of the Dark Temple.

black robe,

The Duke used money and pie-drawing methods to make him dizzy, so Rex agreed to the Iron-Blooded Grand Duke and was willing to host his coronation ceremony.

Rex was still feeling happy.

He thought that during the coronation ceremony, even the future king would kneel in front of him and he would put on the crown for him. This scene was simply the pinnacle of his life!

So the coronation ceremony was held as scheduled.

On this day, the high priest Delphi was still lying in bed, unconscious; Vann Igneel locked himself in the confessional and refused to step out; the doctor Sean Derek of the Dark Temple was still with Delphi

Ariel picked up the ax and walked around the street. He found that there was no familiar figure, so he returned to his room and secretly drank a few drinks while avoiding Delphi.
To be continued...