Rest early in the morning and wake up in the morning.
Xia Duo casually gnawed on two steamed buns made from heavenly wheat flour, and re-added some blessing spells that were about to be disintegrated by the magic network's automatic recovery trend.
After that, he used illusion magic to project the image of an ordinary passerby in his memory onto himself, performing double disguise on the visual and spiritual levels.
The former includes camouflage of ordinary vision and magical vision, but it is limited to vision. If you touch it, it is easy to find "bugs", while the latter is specially prepared for people below high-level mages.
Under normal circumstances, most high-level mages have psychic talismans, which can immunize, mitigate or remind a certain degree of psychic spells. Sha Duo's illusions are not yet sophisticated enough to fool everyone.
He didn't even do much research on illusions such as touch, sound, smell, etc. His current disguise spell was actually very weak.
And he never thought of using this to hide it from everyone.
If he really did this, problems would arise. If Qita thought he wanted to run away, it would be unreasonable but unclear.
…
After going out, Xia Duo first went to the trade area within the Austrian Law Federation.
Half a month has passed since the snow melting competition, and there are still many foreign mages stranded in Severnton. This is reflected in the trade area within the Austrian and French Federation, and the passenger flow is also much higher than usual.
But that is also compared to normal times. Judging from the absolute number of spellcasters, from Xia Duo's perspective, this place is undoubtedly very deserted.
Xia Duo wandered in front of each shop, and couldn't help but feel lucky that he had disguised himself before going out. If he had appeared here with his true self, it would have been really conspicuous.
"Have you heard? Something big happened in Severton last night!"
"Is that what happened?"
"Have you heard about it too? Then you are quite well informed! I only found out about it when my friend's brother in the Seven Towers accidentally let it slip!"
"I'd rather not know, now I don't have to worry here!"
"well--"
"..."
Naturally, it was impossible for the guards at the business booth to talk about such a hot topic in public, but their unencrypted ordinary communication spells were almost defenseless in front of Xia Duo.
He came here specifically to use the "wind information" technique in elf magic to inquire about the current situation outside.
When I got here, before I had even moved to a few shops, I heard two low-level mages communicating, and the content of the exchange even included Xia Duo himself!
The death of Grand Arcanist Cliff is no longer a secret.
Even the low-level mages watching the stalls in the internal trade area of the Austrian Law Federation know it. Apart from ordinary people, how many people don't know it?
As for the content about himself, most of it is based on speculation, and there is no mention that he is directly related to Cliff's death.
But there are not many indirect connections.
Yesterday evening, during the meal, many mages from Giles Tower witnessed Cliff and him going to the plane exploration layer one after another, and a series of associations were made.
In this regard, Xia Duo just wants to say - don't make rumors, don't spread rumors, and don't believe rumors!
Unfortunately, he couldn't come forward to explain this matter. After all, he was indeed in the same place with Cliff at the time, and even witnessed the scene where the other person turned into ashes.
Shado himself knew that he had nothing to do with Cliff's death, but others didn't! If this was explained, it would really make it darker and darker!
At this moment, he only hoped that the Seven Towers could issue an authoritative explanation for Cliff's death as soon as possible!
Fortunately, as a senior arcanist, Xia Duo was a pioneering lord who participated in the princess's ascension ceremony some time ago. So far, no one has dared to ask him for an explanation in person.
There is no one who doesn’t even contact me face to face!
This situation was very unfavorable to him. If he was just a low-level mage, no one would suspect that he had anything to do with Cliff's death. But as he was a senior arcanist, the suspicion immediately became greater.
In particular, Xia Duo did not hear any rumors related to Thorne. It is unclear whether this was done intentionally by the Seven Towers or if it was something else.
But this is obviously more detrimental to him.
Don’t let the truth come out by then. It really has nothing to do with him, but he still takes the blame. That would be so tragic!
Both good reputation and bad reputation can increase the awakening level of Xia Duo's bloodline, but if you ask him which one he prefers, there is no doubt that it is the former!
Even bad guys want to be surrounded by good people who abide by the rules, so as to improve their competitiveness in the game of rules (you can cheat, violate the rules, and play by the sidelines).
Evil never defeats good. In a sense, it is indeed a very simple truth.
…
After leaving the trade area, Xia Duo planned to go outside for a walk to relax and collect more rumors from the outside world.
Whether it's the speculation about Cliff's death, the habits and principles of the Seven Towers' approach, or the various impacts this incident has had.
But just as he walked out of the thick stone door of the Austrian Law Federation, an unexpected but delayed news finally came!
During the interrogation, Stern, the son of Lord Leisen, quietly appeared in Shado's ears with a slightly trembling voice: "Excuse me, Lord Shado, my teacher really, really -"
Stern was not able to say the last word "death". Sha Duo could feel the extreme disbelief in the other party's emotions, but this did not affect the real reality.
A message targeting a magic mark requires two-way confirmation. There are many people who have exchanged magic marks with Shado, but Stern is the only one who has actually contacted him.
Of course, this is also because Stern has a direct interest in Cliff. How could the students not care about the teacher?
"It's a pity that although I am very reluctant to say such words, I still don't want to tell you that Mr. Cliff may, maybe, really go!"
After Chateau responded in this way, he never received any subpoena from Stern. He did not want to guess what Stern was thinking at this time, but this undoubtedly saved him a lot of trouble.
If the other party asks repeatedly, he really doesn’t know how to answer!
If you say it clearly and firmly, it seems like you are quibbling; if you say it euphemistically and vaguely, it seems like a conspiracy.
In short, before the official investigation results of the Seven Towers come out, Xia Duo is not prepared to express any opinions to the outside world.
…
Being interrupted by Stern, Xia Duo's originally slightly depressed mood improved slightly, but he also knew that when he went outside to inquire about the news, he might get angry again.
"We should open an office in Severington as soon as possible. Otherwise, we have to do it ourselves every time we have to do various things. That would be a waste of time!"
With this idea in mind, Xia Duo brought some of the mentality of inspecting the Tower of Time office when he went out. This made him feel that he was doing something serious and not wasting time.