Natalie's magical growth record

Chapter 282 Conard’s Special Magic
  "Is that so...?" Trying to restrain her curiosity, Natalie tried to divert her attention by asking questions, "But why are you talking to me alone? Are there some things that you can't talk to Lily?"

"Yes," Conard nodded gently, and at the same time, he calmed down his lack of interest deep in his heart, and replied, "If I hadn't taken your feelings into consideration, I might not have allowed Syndra to come along. Come."

"How could this happen? Why did you do this?"

Natalie asked without thinking, but immediately, because she was not used to questioning others directly, she looked away uncomfortably and tightened her grip on the corner of her skirt.

"Why not have more backbone?"

Noticing the girl's awkward reaction, Conrad did not answer the other party's above-mentioned questions. Instead, he talked about something unrelated to the previous topic.

"What do you mean?"

Natalie glanced at the man leading the way in confusion, not quite understanding why her question just now suddenly involved such a strange issue.

"You were nervous after you refuted me just now, right? Is it because you realized later that you shouldn't have done that?"

Conard continued to maintain a gentle and patient smile on his face as he asked and answered.

"Do not…"

Natalie subconsciously wanted to retort, but when the words came to her lips, she felt a strong sense of sleepiness for some reason, and she wished she could stay here peacefully until the banquet was over.

No, I can't sleep!

Sensing the spread of sleepiness, Natalie hurriedly bit her lips and tried to mobilize the magical elements around her to get out of the predicament.

"What are you talking about? I didn't seem to hear it clearly just now. Can you repeat it?"

Ignoring the girl's efforts to fight against sleepiness, Conrad slightly raised the corners of his mouth and continued to guide the girl walking behind him in a gentle and patient tone.

"I…"

Natalie opened her mouth and was about to form words, but her eyelids that kept fighting and her increasingly hazy thinking reminded her of her growing sleepiness...

No, no, she tried to fight against the sleepiness again, biting her lips harder with her teeth, trying to regain her fading consciousness step by step in this way.

Yes, it wasn't until this moment that she truly realized how reckless her decision to come here was. Not to mention whether Conrad might be hiding any traps behind this, she was so confident in the evening. It was very lack of consideration to come here directly after saying goodbye to the teacher.

So now we just have to wait for it to be over?
  No, no, we've come this far, we can't give up. Hold on, don't fall into the trap again!
  Thinking like this, Natalie became slightly more awake again, but this state of consciousness did not last long before she heard Conrad's voice echoing in her ears again: Don't worry, I don't mean any harm, I just want to pass such a moment. A subtle way to convey my views on certain matters.

Do you trust him?

No, you can't!
  Recalling Lilicia's reminder not long ago, Natalie couldn't help but feel cautious again.

"What's wrong, Miss Arinor, don't you believe me?"

At this time, Conrad's voice sounded again. "I said that I value your thoughts. Therefore, before you really know the whole story, I will not do anything that is not conducive to my follow-up plans." Conrad noticed that the girl was still very hesitant. After thinking about it, he suddenly changed his mind and said, "Of course, if you really don't want to believe me, we can also communicate in another way. The premise is that you can break away from my magic."

After speaking, Conard said nothing more and stopped directly in front of the top step of the spiral staircase, waiting for the girl's reply.

At this time, Lilicia, who should have been able to provide her with the greatest help, had fallen asleep under the influence of this special magic.

"Lily!"

Seeing her friend who had collapsed on the stairs, Natalie suddenly felt as if cold water had been poured all over her body, and she woke up completely.

"Oh? Is that the bracelet on your hand working? No wonder you can persist for so long."

Noticing that the confused and sober expression on the girl's face had faded, Conrad was confused for a while, and then quickly found the specific cause of the problem based on the source of the magic's interference, and focused on the string of silence tied to the girl's right wrist. , on the exquisite bracelet reflecting the light blue light under the crystal lamp.

Feeling the gaze that suddenly turned cold and sinister, Natalie couldn't help but tremble, and immediately relied on instinct to cover the bracelet and retreat.

"It's useless. As the owner of this mansion, I have the power to control everything in this mansion."

Conard simply said a ruthless word, and then changed from his previous gentleness and patience, and erected a barrier around the girl without any doubt.

"Okay, I think we can have a good conversation now."

Ignoring the panic and fear on the girl's face, Conard put on a gentle smile again, politely and slowly bent down, and extended his hand to Natalie who fell to the ground.

"no!"

Trying her best to contain the fear that almost engulfed her whole body, Natalie tried to continuously superimpose the [Breath of Wind] magic, trying to find some sense of security for herself, while trying to avoid the other person's eyes and remained in a stalemate.

"You don't seem to have the right to choose now, Miss Arinor."

Still turning a blind eye to Natalie's horror, Conrad emphasized in a cold tone.

However, the only person who responded to him was the girl who shook her head.

"Alas..." Sensing the stubbornness of the young guest, Conrad sighed softly, then as if he suddenly remembered something, he changed his mind and said, "Or, let's change to a gentler way of communication. I have thought about it. Before the whole thing becomes a foregone conclusion, I still have some expectations for your attitude."

After saying that, Conrad removed the barrier behind the girl, distanced himself from Natalie again, and drew a magic circle in front of him.

As the magic circle rotated and stopped, a crack suddenly appeared in the space where the two of them were, and then the crack gradually spread, swallowing up the spiral staircase around her and the ceiling above her head.

When she finally managed to survive the sound and opened her eyes again, there was neither the sinister Conrad nor the sleeping figure of Lilicia beside her. What she had was just a cluttered room, but spacious enough that she seemed to be able to blend in. A large library with several bookshelves...

　The state is not very good tonight, so this chapter should be revised again tomorrow, and there will be another chapter updated later...

　　
  　
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