Chapter 415 I came to say goodbye to him
When leaving the garden on the top of the tower, Luo Yan still had that calm and warm smile on his face, as if he had benefited a lot from the previous conversation.
However, when he walked down the spiral staircase leading to the lower level alone, his back was soaked with a thin layer of cold sweat.
He raised his hand calmly and wiped away the coolness seeping from his forehead, but the turmoil in his heart could not calm down for a long time.
If the Holy City is the soul of the empire, the candle that condenses the faith and glory of the old world, then the tower under his feet is the brain of the empire, the crystallization of the minds of all humans and even alien races in Osland.
And now, the plague from the void has actually spread to the top of its skull...
"Yuyou, we may have underestimated the empire."
Taking a deep breath, Luo Yan said in a voice that only he and Youyou could hear.
...I originally thought that the empire under our feet was at most a sluggish old man, but now it seems that its problems are more serious than we imagined. Before our corrosion spread here, the corrosion of Chaos had already penetrated it full of holes."
What is particularly troublesome for Luo Yan is that the great sage has just returned from the Brass Pass, the barrier in the eastern part of the empire. Judging from his confident smile, the standing brass gate may be really in danger this time!
Arrogance and conspiracy are not enemies, nor are nature and the flames of destruction.
From the Demon King's standpoint, he has no need to worry about the safety of the empire. However, he still understood the truth behind the overturning of the nest and the completion of the eggs.
Once the empire's defense line is torn apart by Chaos, the entire Os continent will be involved in the war. Even if his backyard Janna continent can stay in a corner, it will not be safe forever.
The current situation of the planet Kaa is a lesson from the past.
The planet corrupted by Chaos will eventually turn into a lifeless desolation, and all souls will be imprisoned in eternal purgatory and will not be allowed to reincarnate.
As if sensing his worries, Yoyo's white mist appeared around him, and her voice was filled with unprecedented worry.
"Lord Demon King, what should we do?"
Luo Yan was silent for a long time, deducing and analyzing countless possibilities in his mind, and finally spoke slowly.
Emotion, "But he still chose to lurk in the shadow of the tower and did not dare to openly raise the flag of rebellion. This shows that there are still things on this continent that he is afraid of."
He paused, and a sharp light flashed in his deep eyes.
"We need to figure out what he is afraid of."
While Luo Yan was communicating with Youyou in his mind, a slight "ding" sound came from the elevator not far away.
Professor Uriel Ackley was seen walking out from behind the metal door powered by runes.
This scholar from the Holy Power School had a gentle and compassionate smile on his face, like a pious theologian.
His right hand held a roll of invitations, and it seemed that he had also been invited by the great sage, and the joy that could not be hidden under his eyebrows revealed the expectations in his heart.
Recalling the other face under Dosuk's mask, Luo Yan looked at Professor Uriere with a hint of sympathy in his eyes.
Poor child.
He saw the shadow of Alister in him.
Just when Luo Yan looked at Professor Uriere, the latter also noticed him.
Obviously, the professor did not expect that His Highness Colin had also received the invitation from the Great Sage, and was still in front of him. His elegant and easy-going expression was obviously stunned for a moment.
But within two seconds, the fleeting shock was replaced by a smile as warm as the sun. Seeing Prince Colin walking towards him, Uriel quickened his pace and took the initiative to greet him.
"Your Highness Colin? What a pleasure to meet you! I didn't expect to meet you here!"
"Nice to meet you, Professor Uriere, I've wanted to meet you for a long time." Luo Yan nodded with a smile and responded to his greeting.
Although this was just an ordinary greeting to Luo Yan, it was particularly harsh to the ears of people with ulterior motives.
Have you wanted to meet for a long time?
What does this mean?
Could it be——
Before Alister was beaten down, he was targeting him?
Uriye's heart felt horrified, but he still maintained a calm smile on his face and said in a kind voice.
"That is really... what a coincidence. To be honest, like you, I have wanted to visit the legendary Prince Colin for a long time."
The two of them chatted for a while.
Honestly speaking, Luo Yan was no longer as interested in him as he was when he first came to Xuebang, especially after seeing another face of the great sage.
However, I don’t know if it was his misunderstanding, but Professor Uriere was full of extraordinary enthusiasm for him and kept him chatting.
Luo Yan could feel the temptation in his words, but he really didn't want to waste time playing a game of compromise with a guy who didn't have much time left. .
Just when he was thinking about ending this riddle and leaving, Professor Uriere's eyes glanced at the direction he came from inadvertently, and he pretended to be nonchalant and said.
"Speaking of Your Highness, did you... just come out of the garden of His Highness the Great Sage?"
Luo Yan nodded.
"Yes, what's the problem?"
Seeing the confusion in Prince Colin's eyes, Uriel quickly smiled and waved his hand.
"No, no! Please don't misunderstand, Your Highness. I am just... a little surprised. It seems that the Sage is really fond of you. Haha, I hope he is not angry with you because of Professor Alister's corruption. We all know that you are innocent. It is even because of you. Through our righteous deeds, we have avoided even more severe losses..."
These words may appear to be greetings and compliments, but in fact they are quietly testing the content and atmosphere of the meeting between the prince and the great sage, in order to judge the great sage's true attitude towards the prince.
However, just when Uriere was trying in a roundabout way, he did not expect that the prince could see through his little thoughts at a glance and responded in a way that he did not expect.
"Professor Uriere, you don't have to beat around the bush. Mr. Great Sage and I had a pleasant chat, and... we didn't talk about Professor Alister."
Looking at Professor Uriere, who blushed for a moment, the decent smile on Luo Yan's face did not change at all.
Before the professor could speak his mind, he answered the questions in the former's mind with a gentle tone, and also answered the old man who was waiting on the spiral staircase and watching everything silently.
"I came to say goodbye to him."
"Farewell?! Wait, you mean...?"
Uriere was stunned. It took a long time to recover from the news that shocked him, but he didn't know what expression to make.
Luo Yan nodded slightly and patted his shoulder as he passed by.
"I'm leaving, wish you good luck."
……...
On the spiral staircase, a pair of eyes silently stared at the room downstairs, watching Colin's back disappear in front of the elevator door.
It wasn't until Prince Colin's figure walked away that Uriel came back to his senses as if waking up from a dream, turned around and walked towards the garden above the spiral staircase.
Wish me... good luck?
What does it mean?
Uriyel couldn't help but feel a creepy feeling in his heart.
Just when he was thinking hard about where this feeling came from, he suddenly found a great sage in gray robes standing in front of the garden door and watching him.
Uriere calmed down and bowed hurriedly.
"Sage..."
"You are here."
Dosuk, who was dressed as a gardener, had a warm smile on his face and made a gesture of invitation to the reserved Uriel.
"Come in, sit wherever you like."
Uriel nodded solemnly, then quickly followed the sage's footsteps and walked into the garden at the top of the tower.
The surrounding scenery dazzled him.
He saw the moonlight grass, which in legend only grows in the hometown of elves, and the bell flowers that can sing sweet songs with the sound of the wind... The air here is filled with a refreshing fragrance, as if just sitting here quietly can nourish the spiritual power.
This feeling is really wonderful.
Especially for magicians.
Uriyel once dreamed of coming here to have a look and see the legendary miracle.
However, for some reason, when this moment really came, he was not as excited as expected. Instead, he felt a little empty because of the brief conversation he had just had with Prince Colin.
"I wish you good luck."
Those understated words were like a thorn that could not be removed, piercing his heart.
Following the great sage into a pavilion carved from moonstone, Uriel sat down opposite the elder.
He hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't restrain the huge confusion in his heart and asked.
"Dear Sage..."
"What's wrong?"
"With all due respect, His Royal Highness Prince Colin, why did he... leave?"
The great sage Dosuk took a sip of tea, and a gentle smile appeared in his wise eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything.
"Oh? Did he tell you?"
Uriel nodded and said nervously.
「Yes.」
"It seems he has decided."
Dosuk smiled kindly, as if he had just heard about the incident, and answered Uriyel's confusion in a very soft voice.
"There are many reasons for him to leave, but I think... the most important reason is probably that he is not acclimatized to the local environment."
"Not acclimatized to the local environment?"
Uriere is even more confused.
"But Sir Sage, with all due respect, Prince Colin seems to be adapting very well here. His research results are outstanding, and he is also popular among magic apprentices and many scholars."
Dosuik smiled gently and did not answer the question directly. Instead, he turned his attention to a purple-red vine outside the pavilion that was climbing the stone wall.
A young flower bone is dotted on it, with little sparks of light escaping around it, just like a firefly that may be extinguished at any time.
"Uriyel, have you seen the "Sun Flame Flower"?"
Uriyel was slightly startled, and followed the great sage's gaze, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"This is actually the Sunflower? Unbelievable... I always thought it only grew in the south."
"To be precise, it only grows in the craters of scorching hot places."
Dosuk smiled and continued patiently.
"I spent a lot of effort to simulate the most suitable environment for it. However, here, it can barely survive at best, but it will never be able to bloom as wildly as it did in its hometown."
He turned his gaze back to Uriere, who was deep in thought, and his eyes became meaningful.
"Our Prince Colin is just like this sunflower. He is outstanding, but his roots are ultimately rooted in the soil illuminated by the Holy Light. The cold wind and rules of the tower are not suitable for him, and forcing him to stay will only make him wither. "Leaving here is the best choice for him."
He has never ordered anyone to exclude Colin and the people around Colin, but almost everyone in the tower has been doing this unconsciously for him recently.
· The loyal and rigid Porphyry will use his strict set of rules to scrutinize every "out of line" move of Prince Colin. The editor-in-chief of "Sage" will instinctively reject those subversive "scientific" papers out of maintenance of "tradition".
Even those seemingly neutral professors and mentors will spontaneously distance themselves from the "alien" from the empire in order to safeguard their own status and the interests of the school.
The Council of Sages once argued about the validity of Colin's thesis, but that was because he did not express his position, and the mascots sitting on the twelve chairs were not sure what they wanted to do, so they could only express their own opinions and test themselves.
He deliberately did not express his position.
Let them quarrel about something that is not important at all, try to figure out their own thoughts from above, and then reveal the answer. Watch them quickly gather around you like wild dogs competing for food, or wag their tails happily, or tuck their tails in frustration... This is the skill of dog training in itself.
Of course, he didn’t do it all for the sake of taming. He never denied that he actually enjoyed it when doing it.
He is probably the only one in the entire Osland who can train an amethyst-level powerhouse to such a docile level.
Even His Majesty, the respected Emperor, has never done it, making the extraordinary beings who are above ten thousand behave like dogs in front of him.
The metaphor of the great sage made Uriel thoughtful.
He seemed to understand something, and seemed to still be immersed in the fog, and finally nodded respectfully.
"The student... has been taught."
"Although I am not your mentor, it is my honor to be able to inspire you."
Dosuk still had a warm smile on his face, and there was no trace of condescending arrogance in his humble and kind attitude.
In fact, apart from the reasons that ordinary people can decipher, there is also the most direct reason is the tacit understanding he and Colin reached in that meeting -
Before the end of the "real" crown, the Chosen of the Crown of Pride and the Chosen of the Mist of Deception will not invade each other's territory.
However, there is no need to tell Uriel this reason.
He is not worthy to be a guest in this garden, he is just a plant in this garden waiting to be pruned.
Dosuk gently put down the tea cup, as if it had ended an insignificant incident. Then those wise eyes focused on Uriel again, and his tone became serious.
"Okay, let's not talk about His Royal Highness."
"Let's talk about business."