To Asheida's surprise, before their class even started, Thales raised his right index finger, indicating that he wanted to ask a question.
The magician raised his eyebrows slightly and nodded to him.
"Six years ago, I asked you the same question: What is a magician?" Thales' throat trembled, and he carefully observed the expression of the magician, even though he knew that Asheida rarely moved during the conversation.
Time: "But at that time you said you couldn't tell me the answer to the question."
Aixida narrowed her eyes: "Continue."
"You also said that you can't tell me what you understand as a magician," Thales said in confusion: "But now you"
The prince looked at the magician suspiciously.
Aixida stared at him for a long time, and when Thales felt his scalp numb, she finally nodded: "I have a good memory."
Thales raised his eyebrows and lowered his head subconsciously.
yes.
Six years ago, that thrilling day, everything is vivid in my mind and I can’t forget it.
But Thales, who was waiting with bated breath for the answer, received an unexpected answer.
"So," almost in an instant, Aixida intertwined her hands, and her ten slender fingers were intertwined exactly. Her expression was indifferent and her voice was cold, as if she had turned back into the rational and ruthless energy magician.
: "Today you have to tell me what a magician is."
Thales' eyes widened slightly and he was a little surprised: "Me?"
"Yes," Asheida nodded, as disturbing as ever: "This is especially important. What do you think a magician is?"
Especially important?
Catching the strangeness in the other party's words, Thales subconsciously asked: "Why is it particularly important?"
Aixida's eyes moved slightly.
"It's too early to say this now," he glanced at Thales with his calm eyes, vaguely carrying a sense of scrutiny and reminder: "But I need you to answer my question first."
The prince looked at the air magician suspiciously.
But the other party still stared at him seriously and calmly.
Three seconds later, Thales finally suppressed the doubts in his heart and took a deep breath.
"Well, I did some thinking and reasoning and did some research." He recalled six years of searching and searching in the library, even though there were many books he had yet to have a chance to look through.
What is a magician?
"I have only met two magicians," Thales lowered his eyes and stared at the motionless chessboard. He organized his words while recalling, and tried: "You and Giza, you can control the air as you like,
Giza is also able to control flesh, flesh and even plants in an incredible way."
Asheida was noncommittal.
"So, I have a guess. Your so-called threshold name shows the nature of your power, right?" Thales's expression became more and more serious: "Qi and blood?"
Asheida still didn't respond and just continued to hold her hands together. This reminded the prince of the bald Duke Lecco in the city of garrison. He also liked to put his arms on the table and hold his hands together.
"The magician can fundamentally control things within certain categories, such as Qi, blood, etc., as long as they are objective entities that fall within this category," Thales continued his words cautiously: "For example, blood
The magician can control tree roots and flesh, perhaps because the category of 'blood' includes it."
But Thales's voice slowly became smaller, and at the same time he was filled with a lot of doubts. He suddenly remembered the Book of End War: The Sky Falls and Earthshakes that he had read in Mindis Hall a long time ago, and a certain page in it.
The most famous record was destroyed overnight after the appearance of the Magician of Power.
But the magician of power?
Just when he was confused by his words, Aixida spoke softly.
"The ultimate form of objective existence."
The handsome man in blue robe spoke in a gentle and pleasant voice: "A long time ago, when the first batch of magicians were born, many mages thought the same way, and the most famous one was the 'Material School' of the Alchemy Tower.
"
Thales frowned slightly: "The first batch of magic masters?"
He even forgot to ask what the "material school" was.
"Yes, electricity, water, blood, and many other examples. The threshold names of this group of magicians are very convincing." A faint blue light appeared in Aixida's eyes: "Some mages even made conclusions.
: 'Magic energy is what we ultimately gain after seeing through the objective truth and the laws of all things. It is the highest form of our control over external objects, and the threshold name is the representative of it'."
"We once thought this was the truth about the magician."
Thales nodded and pursed his lips.
But the next second, the light in Aixida's eyes disappeared.
His voice became cold again:
"Until those two people showed up."
"It breaks our initial and most superficial understanding of the magician."
"Two people?" Thales was surprised: "Who?"
Asheida turned to the street outside the terrace with a serious expression: "Two mage apprentices from the Tower of Ascetics."
"Tower of the Ascetics?"
Thales's heart moved.
On the way north from the Black Sand Territory to Longxiao City, he once heard Ramon introduce it in the camp.
"Um."
"The first of the three towers, the magic tower with the oldest history, the most mysterious appearance, and the most transcendent status," the magician's eyes seemed to drift into the distance again: "It is also known as the obelisk."
Thales was about to ask about the Tower of Ascetics, but Asheida seemed to know what he wanted to say: the magician raised a hand to signal him to be quiet and suppress his curiosity.
"Those two mage apprentices were both orphans adopted by the Tower of Ascetics since childhood. Under the hands of those careless old mages, they didn't even have normal names. Each of them only had one letter as a code name."
"For example, one of them is codenamed 'l'."
"They even laugh at themselves for it: the name is like the truth, no need to elaborate."
Thales frowned heavily.
l.
The magician turned around slowly, looked directly into Thales's eyes, and his words slowly became solemn: "So, when the two apprentices who had made good friends both found their names and became magicians, colleagues
I gave them a funny nickname."
"Brother Truth."
Brother Truth?
Thales was confused when he heard this: "Why do you say they broke your understanding of magicians?"
"Because one of the Truth Brothers." Asheida looked at him quietly and spit out a strange word: "His threshold name is called Idea."
"Idea Magister,l."
In that second, Thales was completely stunned.
reason
In the chess and card room, Waiya behind them was complaining to Rolf in a low voice, but Thales had no time to pay attention.
"Idea?" He subconsciously repeated the other person's words in a low voice.
It’s not an easy-to-understand existence like Qi, or a term with profound meaning like blood.
But the idea.
What the hell is this?
Thales' eyes widened, and he immediately raised his right index finger and tried to interrupt Asheida.
"It's hard to imagine, isn't it?" As if she had anticipated his reaction, Aixida slightly curved the corners of her mouth, indicating that he could ask questions.
"What kind of magician is he and what can he do?" the prince asked eagerly.
"You are free to imagine the appearance and abilities of the ideal magician," Aixida shook her head: "But even I, even my colleagues who have met L himself countless times, can use the most absolute and affirmative tone.
Let me tell you: Even if you exhaust your brain power, you can’t imagine it.”
Aixida said with a hint of meaning: "Because we are not L, and you are not L either."
Thales paused slightly again.
So this means they don’t know either?
Just listen to the qi magician saying quietly: "If the magician is the ultimate form of some objective existence, then how can we explain the appearance of L and the appearance of the ideal magician?"
"Now, try to rethink my question."
"What is a magician?"
Thales let out a breath, and his brain, which had just had some thoughts about the magician, turned into a mess again.
"If magicians are not limited to objectively existing things"
"That is, a collection of related concepts?"
The worried Thales frowned: "Existence, Qi, and blood can be said to be a concept..."
Asheida snorted again.
The prince's thoughts were interrupted by this soft hum, and he couldn't help but raise his head.
"So, what exactly is a magician?" Thales, who didn't want to guess anymore, asked a little eagerly: "Qi, blood, and ideas? This is too far apart."
Asheida looked at the prince quietly, and after three seconds, under Thales' gaze, he spoke.
"The appearance of l shows that our understanding and imagination of magicians are still extremely superficial, and the explanation of the 'material school' has been completely shattered."
"But he's not the only one."
"It is no exaggeration to say that the emergence of every new magician has more or less advanced our understanding of ourselves." At this moment, Aixida was like an accountant carefully calculating numbers, patient and serious.
: "l is not the most surprising magician. Once you know about b, Ji Lai and Solovsky, and even the twins of destiny, you will be even more amazed. The world of magicians is so interesting."
"Every magician is different, and even the world in the eyes of every magician is different." The next moment, Aixida returned to his rational and indifferent expression: "Magician
Skilled masters have very little in common."
"Just classifying us into the same category of 'people' or 'life' or even 'existence', just understanding us in this category and trying to summarize what a magician is is undoubtedly far from enough."
"And reality has overturned time and time again the models and theories we established to explain magic and understand magic masters," he seemed to be feeling a little emotional: "Historically, anyone who thought they had mastered or understood the full picture and understanding of magic masters
Anyone who knows the truth, anyone who thinks they can explain 'what a magician is', whether it is the mages or ourselves, has been proven to be naive and ridiculous."
"If you have the idea of 'asking what a magician is', you will be disappointed. l is an example."
The magician looked at Thales again: "Do you understand?"
The prince looked at the other party and couldn't help but grit his teeth.
The doubts in his heart only grew stronger.
"not understand."
Thales said with deep suspicion, "You didn't answer my question."
Aixida shook her head: "On the contrary, this is what I plan to tell you."
Thales could still only respond with doubts.
"First of all, I'm not here to answer your questions, but to help you answer them."
"Secondly, you still haven't thought carefully about every word I said, as I said," Asheida's eyes tilted slightly: "I have shown you what a magician is to the maximum extent possible."
The prince opened his mouth to speak, but when the words reached his lips, he had no way to speak.
Think carefully about his every word?
What's the meaning?
In the end, the prince stared at the other party for ten seconds and gave up the idea of asking for a clear answer.
"Same as six years ago, you just don't plan to tell me what a magician is, do you?" Thales covered his forehead weakly and said with some frustration: "If you want me to express my opinion, I will say
, but you said it was wrong and told me there was no correct answer.”
Thales' words suddenly stopped.
etc.
Think carefully about his every word
The prince's pupils began to shrink slightly.
An idea came to his mind.
"I seem to understand a little bit."
"You didn't tell me what a magician is," Thales put down his hand on his forehead, looked at Asheida blankly, and said subconsciously: "But you told me what a magician is not."
The Qi Magician's eyes lit up.
"Your progress is much faster than I thought," Aixida nodded with satisfaction, "Your understanding is also good."
Encouraged, Thales began to think again.
"You said that my opinion is very important. You also said that, taking L as an example, every magician is different, and even the world in the eyes of every magician is different." He murmured
Repeating what the other person said: "So, Asheida."
"What does the world in your eyes look like?" The prince raised his head and looked at Asheida solemnly: "What is the difference between the world in my eyes?"
At that moment, Aixida raised her eyebrows slightly, as if she could not hide her surprise: "Oh, it seems that the progress is a bit too fast."
Thales stared at him eagerly.
At that moment, what Thales thought about was nothing else, but the last moment when he faced Giza six years ago and faced the Blood Magic Master.
It was his experience of “knocking on the door”.
That kind
That wonderful feeling.
The feeling that he is the whole world.
"I can't tell you," Aixida's tone suddenly became mysterious: "But this time, it's because of the first date with magic power."
At that moment, Thales' originally agitated heart seemed to suddenly become silent.
Thales narrowed his eyes, feeling as if he had heard these words somewhere.
etc.
Thales looked at Asheida, who was expressionless but gave off a sense of solemnity, and began to recall six years ago.
It was that night, after the thrilling duel in the Palace of Heroes, Asheida visited him unexpectedly.
That night, he also learned about the existence of the first date with magic energy for the first time.
There are three rules that magicians must abide by, which are called the first of the three major covenants and the first magic covenant.
Never, never, ever ask another magician about their understanding of magic
This is ‘not studying each other deeply’
So, Aixida can’t tell me what the world in his eyes looks like.
It's because of the ban on the first date with magic energy, it's because
Because of
"Acida, you are the magician of Qi," Thales looked at the other party solemnly like a drowning man holding on to a life-saving straw: "I remember, six years ago, we were in the first place on Hongfang Street.
When we first met, you said that you could feel all the air in the entire neighborhood, such as everyone's breath."
"In Longxiao City six years ago, you could even track our breathing across the entire city."
Asheida narrowed her eyes slightly.
"If you can clearly perceive those people's breathing, those airflows," at that moment, Thales was a little incoherent, "is that the world in your eyes?"
He looked for words eagerly: "It's like, like everyone is breathing air inside your body?"
Aixida's expression changed.
"As I said, metaphors and analogies are not welcome." The Qi Magician said coldly.
ah.
This child.
It exceeded some expectations.
Thales looked at Asheida blankly, and the other party's reaction had already given him some inspiration.
That is to say
Those who breathe, those who
"Gissa Trilman, the Blood Magician," Thales continued in a daze: "What does the world in her eyes look like?"
Asheida frowned, which was a great move for him.
And the world in his own eyes during that time of knocking on the door
"Also," at that second, Thales suddenly remembered what Gisa said before being sealed, and asked softly: "She told me that becoming a magician is not a blessing, but a curse. Why?"
This time, the magician was silent for a long time.
"Asheida?" The prince raised his head and looked at Asheida with a strange expression in confusion.
"Power always comes with a corresponding price. The question is how do you view this price." The man in blue robe said silently.
"People holding long swords, people wielding spears, and people swinging chain hammers all bear different weights. The range that long swords, spears, and chain hammers can reach depends on what they face.
The enemies are also different, and those who wear a crown and hold a scepter have to bear a different kind of weight and are in a different environment."
Aixida's eyes were a little dim, and the blue light in the depths of her eyes surged slightly:
"As for the weight that the magician must bear, you can imagine it yourself."
The magician has to bear it
The prince was stunned.
Thales took a deep breath: "You just said that you are not welcome to use metaphors and analogies to explain problems."
"Oh, that rule," Aixida raised her eyebrows slightly and snorted without any trace of shame, "it only takes effect on you."
Thales was stunned.
"Now, you should have some ideas, Thales," Asheida's gaze began to become oppressive: "Magic Master, this is not a precedent for you to refer to. Just ask clearly, 'What is a Magic Master?'
It is the knowledge and power that can be 'learned' or 'taught'."
"What is a magician?" His tone was very light, but his words had an inexplicable heaviness: "This question can only be found, answered, and finally confirmed by each magician by himself.
What is your threshold name?"
"I can only guide you carefully."
"Because, when you truly understand what a magician is," Aixida paused for a long time, and finally spoke: "You are already a magician."
Or almost a magician.
The magician looked at the young man in front of him and said silently in his heart.
Both ends of the chessboard fell silent again.
Thales lowered his head and began to think about this sentence.
"During this process, don't let what you have seen and heard, such as me and Giza, or even the examples of
Like the mages of the Material School, you let arrogance and self-righteousness drag you down."
At this moment.
"Acida," Thales took a gentle breath and spoke doubtfully and seriously: "How did you become a magician? How did you find the threshold name? Have you ever 'lost control'?"
The air seemed to freeze for an instant.
"This issue has exceeded the scope of our discussion today," the Qi Magician said expressionlessly, "It's time to change the topic."
"The position and stance of the magician."
Thales raised his head in astonishment and spread his hands to express his confusion:
"But this topic isn't over yet?"
"We haven't even figured out what we are, so we have to start looking for a position and a position?"
Aixida snorted coldly.
"That's how this world is, isn't it?" The magician said coldly: "People often act self-righteously before they understand their position."
"Regardless of human beings or other races, it is obvious that we cannot even know ourselves well, but we can distinguish ourselves from the enemy without hesitation, and start confrontation and fight."
"Both ironic and funny."
Thales frowned: "What you say is always so boring."
Asheida ignored his words.
"Why do you think we are called a disaster?" The man in blue robe put down his crossed hands and leaned back on his seat: "Why are we hated by the whole world?"
When Thales looked at Asheida, he couldn't help but think of the first time he saw him.
"Because you almost destroyed the world six or seven hundred years ago?" The prince remembered what Gilbert had told him, and said softly: "To ring the death knell for the final empire?"
Asheida was silent for a while.
"Ah, the final battle is an unavoidable topic," he said silently: "Speaking of which, I have to mention another person among the Truth Brothers."
"If L has broken our understanding of magic masters," Aixida nodded and began to speak slowly faster: "then his brother has completely changed the status of magic masters."
"Nearly seven hundred years ago, it was he who led the other five magic masters to start the final battle."
At that moment, Thales' breathing became tight.
This was the first time he heard news of the End War from somewhere other than books and legends.
and
"Which side in the final battle has only six magicians?"
"Who is it?" Seeing Asheida nodding slowly, Thales said in shock: "Who is L's brother?"
Aixida's usually indifferent expression turned serious for the third time today. His back left the seat, his hands were folded again, his chin was slightly clenched, and his eyes were as sharp as if he were facing the most terrifying enemy.
"He is the most powerful magician in history after Toros."
"He is also the first magician to be named 'disaster'."
"The destroyer of the three magic towers."
"The Undertaker of the Final Empire."
"The main culprit of the 'Great Rift'."
"Enemy of the Holy Sun, nemesis of the gods."
Upon hearing the above titles, Thales couldn't help but widen his eyes and open his mouth.
Just listen to Aixida saying with great solemnity:
"There is a magician, b."
The plot is written, what should I do if I can't hold back the kind of person who wants to step on the accelerator, shift gears, pull the handbrake, drift around corners, and throw everyone out?
No, I have to control myself. Amitabha, control the rhythm. Infinite Lord, control the rhythm.