My Endless Life.

Chapter 73: Derien's Accident

New Year has never been a good holiday for a country in a state of war.

Because even on days like this, both sides have to guard against sneak attacks by enemy soldiers.

This is true not only for the soldiers on the front line, but also for the command posts in the rear.

So whether it is New Year's Day or after the New Year, Borent has been busy.

This busyness continued until the end of January and the beginning of February, when Borent received news from England.

"Kiri…Flores?"

Borrent looked at the report, and a look of obvious astonishment appeared on his face, which seemed to have never shown any emotion.

The report said that Kiri Flores was Li Qi. His identity had been exposed in England, but instead of being arrested, he was still being trained as a genius.

It can be seen from this message that Li Qi has betrayed Uno.

Although this was the news released by England, Borent fell into a long silence after seeing the news.

He held the report in his hand, looking at all the travel records of 'Kiri', and picked up a cigar to smoke.

After smoking for a while, Borent picked up the report and went to the office of Chief of Staff Eamon.

"Are you worried that he will betray you?"

Eamon, who understood Borrent's purpose, glanced at the report Borrent handed in and asked softly.

Borent's expression was solemn, and he nodded slightly.
"Ricci is... a true magic genius, and you know England's attitude towards magic. If... if his talent is truly unprecedented, it wouldn't be surprising for England to recruit him."

"If that's the case, then why did you let him go to England in the first place?"

"I want to keep him away from the fight between the reformists and the traditionalists. Besides, Uno's magic system is indeed backward. Before the advent of guns, the only people we could really show off were never magicians."

Borrent explained.

Uno's magic system is actually very backward in the world.

Before the invention of firearms, Uno was just a small country affiliated with a certain kingdom.

Only after the emergence of firearms did Uno truly become independent and become a separate country.

After more than a hundred years of development, Uno became what it is today.

However, precisely because it is a country that became independent after the emergence of firearms, the theory of magic within Uno is not perfect.

Including the devices for detecting magical talent and some knowledge about magic, they are far behind other countries.

Because of this, letting a magic genius like Li Qi stay in Uno is actually a loss.

Letting him go to England to study magic is the best option for him.

If England had not declared war on Uno, after knowing Li Qi's talent, Borent would have allowed Li Qi to go to England as an exchange student.

Instead of making him a spy as originally planned.

"He is only fourteen years old."

Yimeng looked at Li Qi's information submitted with the report, and said while thinking:

"Young people, without ideological training, are indeed prone to taking detours."

"That……"

"But I believe he will not stay in England."

Without waiting for Borrent to say anything, Aemon said with great certainty.

Borrent frowned and thought. Aemon stood up, walked to the window and looked out, then said to Borrent:
"It is precisely because he is a genius that some people in England choose to let him go."

"You mean... someone wants to harm him?"

"Of course, just like our traditionalists and reformists, England is definitely not a monolithic group, no..."

Aemon paused here, thinking of the information he had seen in the battle report of Baiyan Strait, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly:

"It can even be said that their internal fighting is more serious than we thought."

When Borent heard this, he also recalled some of the information he had seen and nodded subconsciously.

Every family has sutras that are difficult to recite.

There is a vague trend of irreconcilable opposition between the traditionalists and the reformists within Uno, and the same is true within England.

Many of them, many families, put too much emphasis on the honor of magic, thus ignoring the international development. If in the past, the invention of firearms only made magicians fall from the altar, no longer as high as before.

Then the emergence of magic orbs completely replaced the traditional profession of magician.

At least on the battlefield.

Many magicians in England are unwilling to accept this reality and do not want to change it. So according to the report, Kiri, who is barely close to the second princess, will naturally become their first target of attack.

Because he is from Uno.

"When Li Qi comes back, protect him well and give him everything he deserves. Don't let him get disappointed and defect to England."

At last, Aemon turned around and said.

Borent nodded.

Imon continued:
"Also, if you do something in the future that is not confidential, you must explain it clearly to the person involved. You think you sent Li Qi to England for his own good, but if you don't explain it clearly, who would know what you were thinking?
"If you do something, you should say it. At least let people know that you care about them. Otherwise, why would they do things for you in enemy territory?"

“…Yes, I understand.”

"Also, don't go around too much these days. Pay attention to the orders from your superiors."

At the end, Aemon suddenly changed the subject and reminded Borent.

Noticing the hint of meaning in Aemon's tone, Borent raised his head and looked at Aemon, and their eyes met:
"…Is the Marshal…going to take action?"

"While Farol and England have no time to deal with us, we need to first clean up the bugs sucking blood from Uno."

Aemon said lightly.

A hideous smile appeared on Borent's scarred face.

"When the time comes, let me take care of the cleaning work in some places. I love cleaning the most."

The New Year has passed, and it's time to do some 'spring cleaning' to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.

……

Li Qi didn't know what happened to Uno.

Even if Li Qi knew, he wouldn't have any special reaction.

Obviously, the news about Li Qi from Uno was sent by the second princess Ilona on her own initiative, in order to make Li Qi a "traitor" of Uno in the eyes of everyone.

No matter what Reach's purpose in coming to England was, and no matter whether he was a spy or not.

As long as everyone thinks that Li Qi has betrayed Uno and defected to England, Li Qi will never be able to return to Uno.

He had no choice but to stay here.

Stay at the magic academy.

Although he didn't know what the second princess Ilona had done, from the extra "protection" around him recently, Li Qi could vaguely guess that Ilona would never let him go back.

Li Qi said nothing about this.

He devoted all his energy to the study of the magic orb.

The magic orb sent by Uno has had its magic lock unlocked by Li Qi.

By comparing the above partial structure with the magic structure on the 'magic device' made by Professor Drien, Li Qi concluded that the inspiration for Professor Drien's 'magic device' is consistent with the magic orb.

In most structures, they are very similar.

Only some places, where magic is involved, are different.

It is precisely these differences that cause the two magic orbs, which appear to have the same structure, to develop in two different directions.

Li Qi absorbed the different knowledge from the two orbs, combined the two, and once again reproduced the "magic device" he made last time.

And it has been further improved.

After making orbs several times, Li Qi realized that the new type of "magic device" he developed, which combined the advantages of two orbs, seemed to have further room for improvement.

However, before Li Qi could continue to study the new magic device, he heard some not-so-good news.

Professor Drien.

problem occurs.

(End of this chapter)