My Endless Life.

Chapter 72 You Can't Be a Spy

Li Qi knew that Ilona was looking for an answer.

But unfortunately, Li Qi couldn't give her an accurate answer.

"Your Highness, you think too highly of me. It was indeed the professor who was experimenting with the magic orb that day. I was just assisting him."

Li Qi lowered his head and answered.

This was the statement he and Derian had agreed on. Even if Derian was here, he would use this statement to answer Ilona's questions.

But Ilona obviously didn't believe it.

She said bluntly:
"I know it's you. Or rather, it must be you! Only you who came from Uno and possessed a magical talent that is rare in hundreds of years can have new ideas that are completely different from those corrupt magicians and create more novel things!"

“Your Highness…magical talent and creativity cannot be confused. Maybe I do have some talent in magic, but when it comes to creativity, I am really no match for Professor Drien.

“I’m really just an apprentice in this regard.”

Li Qi said sincerely.

Talent is one thing, and invention is another. Without the magic orbs of Drien and Levi as a reference, Li Qi would never be able to make the kind of "magic device" that would increase his strength to the extreme.

Ilona seemed to have misunderstood something, and what Li Qi had to do now was to find a way to resolve this misunderstanding.

Li Qi kept making excuses, leaving Ilona silent.

She suddenly became quiet and stopped trying to figure out what happened on the training ground that day. After a while, Ilona said slowly:

"You are doing pretty well in Lanka, right?"

Li Qi's eyes twitched. Although he didn't understand why Ilona asked this, Li Qi still answered:
"Yes, it's great here. It lives up to its reputation as the Magic City."

"That's not what I'm talking about. I've investigated you, Li Qi. When you were still a minor, you went to the front line to fight the enemy. At a young age, you received Uno's Unicorn Battle Medal...

"Normally, a combat hero like you would quickly gain your own title and be admired by everyone, but right now, you are a fugitive from Uno."

"..."

“I have also heard about the fight between the traditionalists and the reformists in Uno, but in my opinion, no matter what kind of factional fight it is, we should at least maintain the most basic fairness towards the heroes of our country.

"Rather than being exiled just because of the conflict with the nobles as is the case now."

"Your Highness, why are you saying this..."

Li Qi didn't want to tell this to Ilona.

But Ilona insisted on speaking.

She said seriously: "You should be able to guess what I want to say, Li Qi... No, Kiri!"

Ilona stood up and said loudly:

"Just because you are a commoner, your rewards and contributions are forgotten. Just because you are a commoner, the nobles are chosen over you. Is such a country really worthy of your loyalty?"

"Your Highness..."

"And on the other side——"

Ilona interrupted Li Qi and continued:
"You are a magic genius who is high above everyone else. You are the future that Professor Julie and Professor Drien see. As long as you continue to stay here, you will be able to obtain the true honor that you could never get even if you risked your life!"

She spread her hands and stretched them towards Li Qi: "I think you should know which side to choose."

Ilona's words were very contagious.

From an outsider's perspective, Li Qi is just a fighting hero who was persecuted due to domestic factional struggles and had to flee Uno.

But in England, Reach got something he had never had before.

Value, care, and cultivate.

The attitudes of the two sides form a sharp contrast. Any normal person should know which side to choose.

Li Qi looked at Ilona's outstretched hands, opened his mouth slightly, hesitated for a long time before slowly speaking:

"…Your Highness, I am now Kiri, Kiri…Flores."

Hearing Li Qi's answer, which was not really an answer, Ilona smiled even more. She put down her hands and turned the question back to the beginning:
"Very good, Kiri, now tell me, were you the one who experimented with the magic orb on the training ground that day?"

"It was me, but I used tactical-level spells to achieve that kind of power. Your Highness, if you really investigated me, you should know my true strength."

Li Qi answered seriously. Hearing Li Qi's answer, Ilona no longer doubted anything this time. Her face showed obvious disappointment and she asked:

"So you didn't make any improvements to the orb?"

"It has been improved a little, but not much. That's the maximum power it can achieve. Your Highness, I'm sorry to disappoint you."

Disappointment... There was indeed some disappointment, but Ilona quickly cheered up.

She looked at Li Qi, thought for a while and said:
"It doesn't matter. You are only fourteen years old this year, and you are so talented. As long as you continue to study with Professor Drien, one day you will be able to research a gem that belongs to our England."

Ilona said the word "we" naturally, treating Li Qi as a part of England.

After finishing speaking, Ilona stood up and said goodbye: "It's getting late, I won't disturb your studies."

Ilona said as she was about to walk out.

But before she left, Li Qi couldn't help but ask a question that he shouldn't have asked:

"Your Highness, you...are not worried...that I came to Uno for another purpose?"

"Are you trying to say that you are a spy?"

Ilona asked back with a smile.

Li Qi remained silent.

Who knew that Ilona suddenly burst into laughter. She laughed happily, and her pleasant laughter echoed in the room. She said confidently:
"Hahahaha, anyone could be a spy, except you."

"why?"

"I already know your talent. In the entire history, there are only four people with your talent, including you. Which country would send someone who may become the next god of magic as a spy?"

"..."

that is.

Is there a possibility...

Is it that Uno and the others don’t know about my talent?

Li Qi was complaining in his heart, and then he heard Ilona say:
"Even if they really do this, they are blind and will let the pearl be covered in dust. If this is really the case, why do you still listen to them?"

"Your Highness, you are right..."

Li Qi complimented.

Ilona smiled and looked at Li Qi deeply.
"Don't worry about those messed up things, Kiri. What you need to do now is to study hard and work with Professor Drien to create a magic orb for England. I believe you can definitely do it."

After she said this to Li Qi seriously, she left the room.

As the door closed, Li Qi let out a long sigh of relief.

It no longer mattered whether Ilona had discovered that he was a spy or not.

After revealing Li Qi's talent, he couldn't be a spy, absolutely not!
He could only be Kiri, the holder of the fourth top-level magical talent among a group of only three top-level talents in history.

He is a magical genius in England, a student of Professor Julie and Professor Drien, and one of the Twelve Stars of the Magic Academy.

Besides that, in the eyes of Ilona and the others, Li Qi is no longer anyone else.

They also wouldn't allow Reacher to be himself.

Thinking about this in his mind, Li Qi walked to the window and looked downstairs.

Although Ilona had already left in the carriage, there were many unfamiliar strangers around below.

Judging from their positions, they seemed to be protecting Li Qi's dormitory, but perhaps they were doing more surveillance.

Looking at those people, Li Qi sighed in his heart.

He thought of the magic orb sent by Uno, and muttered to himself:

"…Commander Borent, you miscalculated."

Borrent wanted Li Qi to learn magic knowledge here and then return to Uno to update Uno's magic theory.

But now, even if Li Qi wanted to leave England, it might be impossible.

(End of this chapter)