Knight and Wand

Chapter 76 If I had known that boys would also be
Staring at the handsome young man in front of him who seemed to appear out of thin air from optical camouflage and spoke fluent Feru, a bunch of question marks popped up in Leon's mind.

Warning spell?

Since the other party can display this superpower-like ability of invisibility, he is obviously a magic caster.

What he was referring to was naturally some kind of spell that could be understood literally.

But Leon knew that he had no idea what the so-called destruction of the technique was.

He didn't rush to answer, but asked first: "Are you from the Atias Embassy?"

The blond boy looked at Leon carefully, and the slight expectation in his eyes gradually disappeared.

But he nodded anyway, pulling down his collar to show the mark on his neck: "I am a Fanu of Pilieno, but don't be nervous, I have no ill will towards you."

Leon looked at the magic pattern on him that was the same as Elena's. This boy was also a slave imprisoned by a spell.

The truth is probably just as he claimed, otherwise if he really had malicious intentions, he would not have to take the initiative to show up in front of me.

These guys who can cast spells are really beyond common sense, fortunately they are not enemies for now.

Leon breathed a sigh of relief, and then he answered the other party's question: "I don't know what the warning spell you are talking about refers to, but no matter who did it, it was not me."

After hearing his clear denial, although Corvis had already made a judgment in his mind, he was still a little disappointed.

"You are not from Kantadar, so your purpose of coming here is just to rescue Ms. Elena?" the blond boy continued to ask.

"Did you hear everything I said just now?" Lohak regretted that he had revealed the identities of the three people without any investigation.

Elena couldn't help but pull her brother's sleeve: "Corvis is my friend. He has been helping me all these days. He won't harm us."

"As Ms. Elena said, I don't want to reveal your identities." The blond boy said regretfully: "But I still want to advise you not to give away your life and Elena's life in vain."

"You misunderstood, my friend." Hearing this, Leon explained to the boy who seemed friendly for the time being: "I know your Lord... I mean, the wizard named Pilieno may be very powerful, but we don't intend to use force to take Elena away.

My partner has established some political friendship with Pilieno and is trying to buy Irina's freedom."

"Politics. Friendship?" The blond boy was stunned when he heard the word.

Recalling the various fantasies and dirty talk Pierino had about a handsome noble boy he had just fallen in love with in the room last night, the boy couldn't help but laughed out loud with his hands covering his mouth: "Pfft~ Hehehe~ Yes. Sorry, I'm rude."

"Your companion, is it the son of a nobleman who came here with you today?"

Leon saw the boy in front of him sneering with a strange expression, his shoulders shaking with joy, and he couldn't help but frown.

"What? This plan is ridiculous?"

Looking at the other party's inexplicable reaction, he secretly had a bad premonition.

"No, no, no, if, as you said, that noble son can establish some kind of 'friendship' with my master? Perhaps he can indeed redeem Ms. Elena."

The blond boy took a deep breath to stop laughing.

He shook his head, calmed down again, and pointed to his neck: "But are you going to let Elena leave with this shackle?"

Then, Corvis looked at Lohak and said, "You just claimed to be a knight of Orland. If that's the case, then the identity of Lord Aleia Casoles is also forged?
This way, even if you temporarily please my master and take Irina away from here, if Pilieno finds out that you have played a trick on him, Irina's life and death in the future will all depend on his mood."

"You mean, even if Piriano releases Elena, he will not be willing to lift the curse on his neck?" Leon asked.

"It's not a question of willingness or not, it's simply impossible to do it. At least, Pierino certainly can't do it."

There was some bitterness in the blond boy's eyes: "As far as I know, there is only one way to remove the Blood Curse."

"The death of the swear master."

In the living room, Azerien's fair face turned even paler due to the explicit suggestion of the man behind him.

He felt an indescribable nausea on his shoulder which was being held down. He stood up suddenly, took a step back with a chill on his back, and almost wanted to run away immediately.

The noble boy was instinctively very nervous and felt as if he had become a lamb that had strayed into a tiger's den.

“Haha, it seems my attitude is a little anxious and scares you, Alea.” Piryeno turned around with the help of the back of the chair, chuckling at the “cute” reaction of the handsome boy.

He was not in a hurry and just let the other party escape to the door.

After all, it is still on the territory of the Kantadars.

No matter how much he looked down on the "barbaric country" on this continent, directly forcing the son of a Kantadar noble, even if he was just a young nobleman from a impoverished family, was undoubtedly an insult to the rulers of this land.

Pilieno did not want to face the simultaneous blame from both the Empire and the Kantadars for such a trivial matter.

Besides, it is much more fun to subdue a beautiful young man of noble status and condescend to his dignity than to use rough and direct means.

".I. I, no, I mean, I have to, I have to. I never thought that this is too ridiculous between men."

Azerien was so panicked that he was no longer as calm as before, and even spoke in a stuttering manner and couldn't find the order of words.

"I can give you some time to think about it."

Pilieno stepped forward with an ambiguous tone, stretched out his hand to lift the boy’s chin and said, “But if you ultimately refuse, then I will have to reconsider my funding and support.

You don't want to never have the chance to regain your father's title and territory, do you?"

Although he had read about the good behavior of the aristocracy, he shuddered at the chill that spread from his heels to the top of his head when he personally experienced this vile and unnatural thing.

Thinking back to the other party's enthusiastic kiss on the cheek when he first arrived, he could no longer hold back the nausea in his stomach.

"Your Excellency! Please forgive me. Let me consider it!"

The boy twisted his head to break free from the contact, yelled, pushed the door open and fled.

The son of a noble who always considered himself brave had never felt so helpless as he did now.

He just wanted to get away from that pervert with scary eyes as soon as possible.

Finding his two companions in the courtyard, Azerien fled back to Leon and the others, and angrily wanted to take revenge for his previous misjudgment of Piriano's friendly attitude.

"Let's talk about it when we get back." Seeing his companion's eyes full of shame and anger, Leon stopped Azerian from talking for the time being.

He was now convinced that what the blond boy had said before was true.

That Atiyas man was so enthusiastic about Azerien, not for any political investment, but for such a dirty reason.

The three of them hurriedly left the embassy and returned to the guest rooms in the west area of ​​the castle.

After carefully exchanging the information they had obtained from each other, the atmosphere suddenly became dull again.

Not to mention the embarrassing "dilemma" that Azerien encountered.

The slavery restraints around Lady Elena's neck alone, which even the caster herself could not remove, left them helpless.

Even if they reluctantly sacrificed their partner's "ditch" in exchange for the opportunity to redeem Elena,

But even if he fled to the ends of the earth with Lohak's sister, Piriano, who realized that he had been fooled, would immediately lose Lady Elena's head with just a thought.

The result of having their life and death in the hands of the other party was something that the three of them could not accept in any way.

Considering the current situation, Leon knew that there was only one way for everyone.

kill him.

Piryeno must be killed!

There is no other way.

But to face off against a legendary magician
Leon rubbed his temple with a frown.

He had a deep understanding of how strong the magic power of this world was.

Isa's arrow, which was as powerful as a large-caliber bullet, had saved his life twice in times of crisis.

This is just what Miss Lola calls a little spell that is not worth mentioning.

What is the power of that more powerful spell?
And even if we don’t talk about Miss Lola, whose level is unknown.

The whirlwind magic displayed by Count Trosa's sorcerer advisor, and the invisibility magic cast by the blond boy today.

Equally weird and unpredictable.

According to the young man named Corvis, in Atias, apart from apprentices, ordinary spellcasters who can be called magicians have three official evaluation titles given by the "Imperial Mage Association" from low to high.

They are "upright position", "standard position", and "magic" respectively.

If Corvis hadn't been bragging.

As long as a spellcaster who is not a pure scholar specializing in academic research is an upright wizard and is well prepared, he can easily kill several or even dozens of powerful heavy-armored warriors in a head-on armed conflict.

And Piriano is a "classic" person above this.

As expected, he possesses terrifying magical powers that are enough to tear apart a small army of ordinary people.

Although Corvez also admitted that Pirieno's title was full of water.

If he had not bribed the Imperial Mage Academy for many years, he would not have been qualified to be awarded the title of "Dianwei".

But even so, as a high-level wizard close to the true rank, he is definitely not someone that Leon and the other two can contend with.

That.
Not from the front.

What about the Yin and Yang?

Poisoning food.

Assassinate when the person is resting and unprepared?

Leon regretted again. Before hanging Boris, he was so focused on the affairs of the territory that he forgot to check where the village ruffian got the drugs and incense.

When he thought about it later, Boris on the gallows had already been smashed into pieces by stones by the angry villagers.

He raised his hands and silently made the seal of Isha's Arrow.

Can I snipe him from a distance when he isn't paying attention?
Just as Leon and his companions were pondering the feasibility of the assassination plan, there was an unexpected knock on the door.

"Sir Alaia, can I come in?"

The three people in the room looked at the door in surprise.

Azerien was confused, he had never heard this voice before.

But Leon could tell that the person outside seemed to be the slave boy from the embassy.

Just in case, Leon and Lohak stood up and re-acted before opening the locked door.

The person who came was indeed the blond boy.

It was just different from her previous cool outfit of a white tunic.

He who came to visit at this moment was wearing a black cloak and a hood on his head, covering himself tightly.

It doesn't look like he wants to hide his identity.

After all, such a tight outfit makes her stand out among the crowd in the castle.

"excuse me."

Corvis was not polite at all. He walked in directly, closed the door and locked it, as if he was not a outsider.

Azerien looked surprised: "Who are you?"

Leon quickly introduced this friend whom Ms. Elena trusted to his companions.

After explaining Corvis's identity, Leon looked at him and asked in surprise: "You can enter and leave the embassy freely?"

"After so many years of obedience and patience, there is finally some reward. In Pilieno's eyes, I am as obedient as a pet."

As Corvis answered, he retracted his cloaked arms into his robe. He tightened the cloak in front of him, then found an empty chair and sat down in front of everyone.

"When I learned that Lord Aleia had rejected my master, I made up an excuse for him and said I was here to persuade him. After all, my face should be more convincing than that of Piriano." The blond boy lowered his eyes and said self-deprecatingly.

Indeed, Leon thought.

This young man is so handsome that it is hard to tell whether he is male or female. He is even more handsome than Azerien. If he were in his previous life, I wonder how many weird aunties would scream.

But now that he knew about Piriano's bad habits, he could only feel immense sympathy for this man's plight. It was hard to imagine how he had survived.

In a world where the strong prey on the weak and there is no strong order or moral constraints, being good-looking is often not a good thing if you don't have the power to protect yourself.

This is true for both men and women.

Leon couldn't help but feel fortunate that his appearance was ordinary.

"Then why did you come to us to give us some advice?" Leon vaguely realized that this young man who had been bound by the curse for many years did not seem to have really given up the opportunity to be free.

"I'll see how determined you are."

"determination?"

"Yes, if you have already given up, I will naturally not place any more slim hope on you." The blond boy replied calmly.

"Are you willing to help us?" Lohak listened and felt a little surprised.

Compared with the three people's wild imagination, if the servant in front of them, who was by Piriano's side and knew him very well, turned against him, the possibility of success of the plan would undoubtedly be much higher.

"This is not only to help you, but also to help myself. But before that, it depends on what you can do." The blond boy did not comment.

"Wait, excuse me, since you have been patient for so many years and gained his trust, have you never tried to find an opportunity to kill him?" Leon asked again, puzzled.

He didn't want to offend the other party, but if it really came to the chance of assassination, it was obvious that the intimate relationship between the bed and the bed provided the most opportunities for surprise.

"Of course I have never tried it, because countless slaves have already taught me this bloody lesson with their lives."

Sadness flashed in Corvis' eyes, and he then explained to the three people in front of him: "How long do you think it would take to completely destroy the consciousness of an ordinary person with ordinary means such as swords, bows and crossbows?
And how long does it take for the mages to come up with the idea of ​​activating the blood oath?
Swords, bows and crossbows, poisons, incense, assassinations and tricks are common among the treacherous Atias wizards.

This method, which is fatal to ordinary people, is still difficult to break through the defenses that the mages have put on day and night, let alone kill Pilieno instantly before he can react and activate the "Blood Oath Curse."

Leon frowned and grasped the key point of his words: "Defense measures added day and night? Does he have spells to protect his body even when he sleeps?"

"What? Are you planning to assassinate him while he's resting?"

Corvis sighed helplessly, then asked, "Although I don't have much hope in you, but were you the ones who destroyed the warning magic in the courtyard?"

Leon had no choice but to clarify again, and without hesitation sold out the suspicious poet who guided him to the secret passage: "Didn't I tell you before that if we really want to investigate, the bard who was invited to the wedding banquet is more suspicious.

Didn’t Elena also say that the person she had been seeing recently was Goliath, who had been leaning on the wall and telling her stories to comfort her?”

The blond boy mentioned that the magic of that place had been tampered with by someone. Since it wasn't him, Leon couldn't think of anyone else except Goliath.

The blond boy shook his head: "I looked carefully before I came here, and the Falcon family did not invite the poet named Goliad to the banquet.

The castle servants who manage reception and accommodation have not seen any minstrels wearing red pants and two small mustaches during this period. "

Leon raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

Well, it turned out that guy sneaked in just like me and the others.

He wondered how could anyone invite such a vile poet to his son's wedding.

No wonder Goliath knew the hidden plank roads and cracks in the city walls outside. Maybe that was the route he took to get in.

"To be honest, you care so much about the person who destroyed your so-called warning magic. Do you think he has a better chance of helping you kill Piriano?" Leon understood a little bit why the other party was so persistent about this.

"Of course, since he possesses such profound magical attainments, it is impossible that he does not have powerful attack spells. As long as he seizes the opportunity when Piriano's defense is relaxed, such a spellcaster must be able to kill him instantly." Corvis nodded and admitted that he had been looking forward to receiving powerful help from the outside world for many years.

"You just said that a wizard like Pirenno has magical protection even when sleeping. What opportunity for slackness do you mean?" Azerien listened silently, and suddenly felt something was wrong and asked.

The blond boy smiled inexplicably, then turned to look at the noble son who had an uneasy expression.

"It's what you think"

"For Pilieno, only at a certain time will he temporarily remove some of his defensive spells. Otherwise, how can he enjoy the pleasure of touch?"

Azerien looked at Corvis's strange eyes and was suddenly frightened and shrank back into the chair behind him.

(End of this chapter)