ps: Yesterday, I clearly saw the third chapter posted, but when I looked at it today, it was not there... I am so sweaty, maybe I read it wrong. I would like to apologize to all book friends, the third chapter has been posted.
,terribly sorry.
In the next five days, apart from accompanying Tolia, Sun Ran spent most of the rest of the time either holding a magic book and studying it, or staying in the alchemy room to study various potions.
On the surface, his days are very fulfilling. All the gods who have observed him agree: "Talent is the key to Russell's ability to achieve such achievements at such an age, but more importantly, he has worked harder than others."
!He should have such an achievement!'
Alchemy room.
"Lord Russell, why is there such a huge difference when the roots of tiumora and truncatula are mixed and heated with different temperatures and different vibration methods?"
The person who asked the question was a little girl named Judy. She was seventeen or eighteen years old. She had pretty features and a face full of innocence. She had the most questions these days, and she often asked about ideas. Sun Ran responded to her question.
I appreciate it very much.
Sun Ran smiled and explained patiently: "This is the vortex effect of the flow of magic power. This effect can offset a certain magic power contained in the material. Temperature and vibration are to control the generation of this vortex effect and offset the magic power we do not need.
Enhancement requires magic power, so the same materials, under different conditions, produce different effects."
"Oh, thank you, sir." The girl bowed and then skipped away.
Sun Ran smiled, didn't care, and continued to immerse himself in the sea of magic. I don't know how long it took, but an attendant interrupted his train of thought: "Your Highness, the banquet has arrived."
If Sun Ran and the Queen get married, then Sun Ran will definitely get the title of Prince. This servant is smart and changes it to His Highness early.
Today was the day of the state banquet, and Sun Ran just lived it as a normal day.
"Oh, okay." Sun Ran organized the magic books and followed the attendant out of the alchemy room.
In the corridor, the attendant reminded: "Your Highness, for today's state banquet, all the great lords from various fiefdoms in the kingdom have arrived. Your Majesty hopes that you will change into a formal dress before attending. Your Majesty said that it is the dress you agreed on when you tried it on last night.
pieces.”
Sun Ran nodded: "Okay."
"Please come with me."
The attendant took Sun Ran into the dressing room, put him into an exquisite dress, and then led Sun Ran towards the banquet hall of the castle.
"Your Highness, there are three main distinguished guests today, namely..."
Before he finished speaking, Sun Ran raised his hand to stop him: "It goes without saying. I don't want to know these people. I'm just a magician. Your Majesty will handle these common matters for me."
"...Yes, Your Highness."
The attendant stopped talking and led Sun Ran forward in silence.
Banquet hall.
Tolia wore a fiery red dress and a festival-specific ruby crown. She sat at the head of the long table and entertained the lords from all the major fiefdoms in the kingdom.
Everyone was of noble status and very particular about etiquette. Apart from the gentle sounds of knives and forks, there was only the melodious sound of the organ.
After half-drinking, the Duke of Ross and several marquis from Talos Province, who were sitting on the upper left side, looked at each other. They suddenly said: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, are you planning to conclude a contract with the Great Magician today?"
marriage?"
"Yeah, is there a problem?" Tolia asked.
"With all due respect, what you did was a bit reckless." Duke Ross looked dissatisfied.
"Yes, yes." The Marquis of Orante at the table agreed: "Although Sir Russell is a great magician, he was born a commoner. His family is small and his bloodline is low. You can give him treasures and noble titles, but marry him.
Husband and wife, it really damages the honor of the Lucio family!"
The noble word of aristocrat. Bloodline is the most important thing. Even if you are an incompetent job, as long as you have the noble surname, others will look down on you. In order to maintain the nobility of blood, nobles will never allow intermarriage with commoners, even if it is a big magic.
Even with the honor of being a teacher, it is difficult to break down such deep-rooted class barriers.
This is the universal value of the mage world. Common people have been indoctrinated with this idea for thousands of years, and they all take it for granted.
Tolia listened quietly, with a faint smile on her face, and asked: "Does anyone else have any objections?"
"I have." The person who spoke was the Marquis of Drok from the southern province of Des. He, the Duke of Ross, and the Marquis of Orante are the three major nobles of the Kingdom of the Holy Helm. The three family fiefs combined account for almost 60% of the kingdom.
% of the land.
He wiped his mouth with a napkin and said calmly: "Your Majesty, I cannot tolerate a lowly commoner becoming the object of my allegiance. If you insist on doing this, our province of Des will declare to join the Kingdom of Thetis."
"Me too." Duke Ross threw the silver fork on the table, making a crisp sound. The fork bounced on the table and fell to the ground, but no one dared to pick it up.
The small banquet hall became quiet and you could hear a pin drop.
"Second!" said the Marquis of Orante. After speaking, he put a piece of squab meat into his mouth and chewed it gently.
The atmosphere of the banquet became colder and colder, and even the roar of people coming from the banquet hall could not cover up the depressing atmosphere here.
There were five other lords at the banquet. Seeing that the three major lords had formed an alliance, they knew that there must be a deep inside story about what happened today, so they remained silent and just immersed themselves in eating and drinking.
Tolia knew what was going on, it must be the work of the Kingdom of Sithis.
Sithis did not want to see the Helm royal family get strong support and grow again, so he promised the three major lords huge benefits. The three major lords themselves did not want the royal family to become stronger, and the two sides hit it off immediately, so it evolved into the current situation of joining forces to force the palace.
"What's your suggestion?" Tolia asked, taking a sip of wine.
"Russell returns to the Sky City and becomes the guardian of the Sky City. Your Majesty, please choose a noble nobleman as your husband as soon as possible to continue the royal bloodline." Duke Ross said.
The City in the Sky has an alliance with the Kingdom of Helm to protect the Kingdom of Helm forever. Now that Russell returns, the entire Kingdom of Helm will be protected by the City in the Sky, not just the royal family of Lucio who only enjoys the protection of the great magician.
The interest relationship here is very subtle and involves many contracts entered into by the major nobles when the Kingdom of Holy Helm was founded.
In short, a great magician was born in the kingdom. All the major lords in the kingdom were equally happy, but they were not happy that this great magician became a member of the royal family. It was as simple as that.
This is exactly what Sithis took advantage of.
Tolia sipped her drink in small sips and remained silent.
The three major lords did not rush her and waited patiently for her to make a decision.
During the silence, a servant's voice sounded: "The great magician Russell has arrived."
Everyone at the table turned to look over and saw a young man wearing a gold-rimmed red robe walking in. This young man had a handsome appearance, a clear temperament, a gentle demeanor, and even a hint of childishness. At first glance, this was him.
An ordinary scholar-magician.
It is hard to imagine that such a gentle young man would become the nightmare of the Dark Legion six years ago, and that he would kill more than a dozen advanced abyss war demons in the trade area a few days ago. He doesn't look very good.
Like having so much power.
"So this is Russell, he looks like an ordinary person." All the lords had the same idea in their minds.
Sun Ran walked forward and saw an empty seat next to Tolia. He knew it was reserved for him, so he walked up and prepared to sit down.
"Wait!" Duke Ross stopped.
"Is something wrong?" Sun Ran asked.
"That seat is occupied by your Majesty's husband. Mr. Russell, the guests sitting at the long table all have noble blood in their bodies. You are a great magician, but you were still born a commoner, so your seat is there."
The Duke of Ross pointed to the end of the long table.
Sun Ran was a little strange. This obviously sounded like making things difficult. This shouldn't be the case. He was already a great magician. How could this person dare to be so rude to him? Isn't this a world where magicians are respected?
It's no wonder that he has such doubts. This is because he does not have a thorough understanding of the aristocratic system in the mage world.
Seeing Sun Ran being humiliated, Tolia felt very uncomfortable. She patted the seat next to her heavily and said, "My kingdom is my decision! Russell, come here and sit next to me."
"Your Majesty, think again!" Duke Ross squinted his eyes with a strong threat. Today, if Russell sits down, then when they return to the territory, they will surrender to Thetis immediately.
If the three major lords turn against each other, the Helm Kingdom will almost fall apart.
"Russell, sit down." Tolia insisted. If it were Tolia before, she would definitely give in this time. Unfortunately, the lords were facing the Asaph goddess Frigga.
"Oh, okay." Sun Ran responded, turned around and sat down, and then asked: "Liya, what happened?"
"It's nothing, don't worry." Tolia comforted her.
"Although I don't like politics, I'm not stupid." Sun Ran looked unhappy. At first glance, he knew something was wrong.
Seeing that Queen Tolia didn't say anything, Count Orante said: "We all agree that the Great Magician, who is born as a commoner, is not suitable to be your Majesty's husband."
"Oh." Sun Ran understood immediately and asked: "But I'm already sitting in this position, what will happen?"
"This means that Your Majesty ignores the thoughts of her people and acts arbitrarily, which also tarnishes the honor of the Lucio family. We will no longer be loyal to such a king!" Marquis Drok explained the consequences.
"I'm very surprised. Now that you've said you want to rebel, aren't you afraid that His Majesty will imprison you?" Sun Ran asked.
"Of course Your Majesty can imprison us. If she wants to lose the support of all the lords, she can even kill us." Duke Ross sneered.
"Oh, I understand, you are joining forces to force Liya to change her decision, right?" Sun Ran asked.
"Your Majesty the Great Magician, please pay attention to your words. You should call the lady next to you your Majesty!" Duke Ross corrected.
Sun Ran looked at Tolia and said, "Liya, I'm very unhappy now."
"Don't be impulsive, leave everything to me, I will take care of it." Tolia comforted, grabbing Sun Ran's hand and patting it gently.
Sun Ran shook his head: "No, this is my business!" (To be continued...)
