I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 206 I was kidnapped

The Catalina in front of me looks quite different from the previous Catalina!
She did bear some resemblance to the 'fake Catalina', but there were obvious differences in their facial features.

However, their demeanor and behavior were exactly the same. She also had that wolf-in-sheep-clothing aura. The real Catalina was indeed a very secretive person.

But from the feeling, it is not as hidden as the 'fake Catalina'.

She is beautiful, arrogant and willful. These characteristics are real.

It has a bit of the flavor of Elena and Olea.

As for the female elf, she exudes a sense of elegance from the inside out.

There is nothing barbaric about it.

She is very tall, but only about 1.9 meters!

Her face is very beautiful, but slightly inferior to the fake Ariana, and her figure is not as perfect as the fake Ariana.

The real Ariana is a beautiful elf living in the mortal world.

False Aliana is a goddess statue that descended from heaven and was carved into a sacred church.

The appearance and temperament of the two are completely different.

Straw Roland was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a question came to his mind - the real and fake stand-ins look different, why do people think that they won't be exposed?
The two of them were far less vigilant than the 'fake Catalina'. After they entered the room, they suddenly realized there was someone inside.

"You are." Catalina frowned slightly.

Straw Roland bowed gracefully and said, "Your Highness, I have been waiting here for a long time to serve you."

After a brief communication, Katarina matched the teammate in front of her.

Straw Roland very gentlemanly helped the two of them take their luggage, and helped them to rearrange some of the large items and redecorate the room.

Seeing servants helping out, Her Highness Catalina took over the order, requesting that some of the artwork and paintings in the room be replaced.

He looks like he's here for a trip.

As for taste, it's indeed very high. It's hard to say which is better than the fake Catalina.

Little Roland didn't care about her taste, he wanted to taste the taste of this really big cousin.

The main body tastes the 'fake Catalina', and the real Catalina tastes perfect!

It would be boring if both of them tasted the same.

After some decoration, the originally simple room immediately became elegant.

Anyone who entered the room would notice the significant changes and become suspicious. But Her Highness Catalina insisted on changing it.

If the real Roland was here, he would definitely remind him.

But Straw Roland helped very gentlemanly without raising any objections.

While helping, he admired some artwork and paintings and recited a few lines of poetry related to them - all of which were to the point.

Her Highness Catalina's eyes lit up slightly, and after a careful conversation with him, she discovered that this wizard was actually a master of painting, sculpture, architecture, and barding.

Moreover, he seemed to be good at social dancing as well.

The perfect aristocrat!
Perfect lover.

This person's knowledge of these secondary subjects far surpassed Katarina's, even shocking the elf lady.

Miss Elf was also a person who loved beauty, and she had a very high opinion of Katarina's knowledge of art. They got along very well during the trip.

But at this moment, the two of them were somewhat impressed by this gentleman, and some stars appeared in their eyes.

They discovered that this person knew a lot about many lost art treasures!

It was like seeing it with my own eyes.

Little did they know that Straw Roland had absorbed knowledge from the lower world during his madness. They only felt that this man was knowledgeable, gentlemanly, and very talented.

He's also very handsome
I have long heard that there are many talented people in the Snake Tower. Lord Usak has really sent me a good partner.

The relationship between the two sides became closer.

Soon, everything was packed up, and Straw Roland got back to the point, telling them what had happened to the 'fake Roland' and the 'fake Catalina' over the past few days.

After hearing this, the two of them showed extremely strange expressions.

It seems that there are some details that the fake Catalina said differently.

But it's quite interesting.

Many stories sound elegant.

Catalina looked at the handsome, gentlemanly, and learned baron.

Her face flushed with shame as she said, "So, Lord Roland, let's work together to finish that painting in the next few days."

The beautiful elf lady Aliana secretly spat and looked at the handsome wizard in front of her who was not unpleasant. She was actually quite curious about what kind of look he could draw her as.

Straw Roland was ecstatic, but his expression remained unchanged. He bowed slightly and said, "I am willing to serve you two."

"Hahaha! Halfway done!"

"Well, that beautiful elf is a little reserved. But it's not a big deal, I can handle it. The more reserved she is, the more I like her!"

'Rolland, Rolland, thank yourself!'

'Once this memory is recovered, you will know how much benefit I have given you!'

This guy was so busy picking up girls that he forgot all about the intelligence.

the other side.
Roland and his two companions landed in a town that could be considered the territory of the Twilight Council, but it was still some distance away from the Blood Castle.

It was morning, not long after they left the airship.

We could have just traveled a day and rested in the next town, but Her Highness Catalina wanted to rest here.

She was the person in charge of the operation and her strength far surpassed Roland's, so Roland did not object.

It was not until Catalina took Roland to a manor that Roland learned the purpose of her visit.

At the entrance of the manor, cousin Catalina smiled and told Roland some secrets.

After listening to this, Roland asked curiously, "So, our identities are actually real spies lurking in the White Chess Council?"

Katarina smiled and said, "Indeed, I've provided a lot of intelligence to the Twilight Council over the past eight years. Your mentor is also aware of this. So, when I meet with the people here later, you don't have to be suspicious. Just remain silent."

Of course, if you don’t believe me, you can ask your mentor.”

Roland said, "Of course I trust Your Highness. I was wondering how we were going to get into the Withered Blood Castle. Now I can rest assured."

After a pause, Roland asked calmly, "However, Your Highness, since you are a spy, what is my identity?"

Catalina looked Roland in the eye and said, "You are 'Cage'."

Roland frowned: "Cage?"

Katarina nodded and said meaningfully, "The more capable a person is of maintaining sanity amidst madness, the more suitable they are for a cage. With your talent, holding three prisoners shouldn't be a problem. Haha, you alone are as powerful as the Three Holy Servants."

Suddenly, Roland understood why Catalina insisted on selecting people from the Black Abyss, and why she insisted on proposing those selection rules.

Strictly speaking, Brother Pumpkin and myself are indeed the most suitable people to be cages.

Roland's eyes rolled.

This Catalina, is she going to turn her fake play into reality?

Roland looked at the elf lady and asked, "What about her?"

Catalina smiled and said, "Of course, they are the ones who are guarding you and preventing you from escaping."

Roland: "."

Katarina looked at Roland with a half-smile: "Why, are you scared?"

Roland looked at the beautiful elf who was staring at him hungrily, then looked at Her Highness Catalina, whose eyes were full of meaning, and sighed deeply.

"I'm scared. I'm dying of fear. But what's the use?"

Her Highness Catalina patted Roland on the back and soothed him, "Don't worry. Look in that direction."

Roland followed her finger and looked in the direction that led to the border of the White Council.

Catalina said: "I meditate at 2 a.m. every day, and then I enter the world of dreams. I don't have much perception of the outside world. Aliana wakes up after 4 a.m. every day to meditate and practice martial arts.

From 2am to 4am, that's your chance.

"In these two hours, if you run 300 kilometers in that direction, you'll have a 50% chance of escaping successfully. 50%, how about we make a bet?"

Roland's face looked extremely ugly, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

Catalina laughed and entered the manor.

The beautiful elf glanced at Roland and followed behind Catalina.

Roland stood there, his expression changing. He thought to himself, "I want to see what tricks you are up to."

'It's just right for a cage, I need to eat this!'

Roland's purpose for this trip was clear: to get the prisoner and then leave.

No matter who Catalina is, he must get her.

He must go to this tiger's den.

He was also very confident about escaping.

The small owner of this manor is a very elegant and gentlemanly aristocrat.

He is actually the descendant of a 'withered blood wizard' of the Twilight Council and the person in charge of the hidden intelligence here.

During her meeting with him, Catalina was frank and open-minded. The more Roland listened, the more frightened he became.

This Catalina is in cahoots with the elders of the Alexandra family.

The matter of the three holy servants in the forbidden land (the land of the end) many years ago was the key information they secretly provided.

Without them, the Twilight wizards wouldn't even have a map.

Not to mention finding the key magic nodes of the forbidden area right from the start, let alone figuring out the anchor point right from the start.

According to Miss Katarina's request, the owner of the manor arranged a large room for the three of them to rest in today.

After putting his luggage in the room, Roland understood what was going on.

In the next few days, he was afraid that he would have to eat and live with Catalina and the beautiful elf.

Sharing a house with two beautiful women?

It was a very happy thing.

But Roland was a little unhappy.

During the chat, Roland discovered the second thing.

Catalina didn't care about the original schedule at all.

Catalina asked Roland to put everything she brought in order.

After just one day's stay, she even asked Roland to redecorate the entire room!
Her luggage contained quite a few artworks, even furniture and carpets.

Looking at those things, Roland thought for a moment with a strange expression on his face, and then he honestly decorated the room.

Roland took out all the original things in the room, and in order to make the artwork fit in with the decoration of the room, Roland also changed a lot of the decorations.

During the arrangement, Roland discovered that there was something wrong with the original paintings in the room. For example, the painting "Autumn Fox Hunt" that he had just removed showed that one of the little figures in it was peeping into the room.

There is an 'Echo Wood' among those decorations. If you understand the alchemy of rare items, you can process the Echo Wood in this room with the Echo Wood in certain rooms in the manor. Then, you can sit in those rooms and eavesdrop on the conversations in this room.

"Sure enough. She asked me to rearrange the room for this reason."

'It seems that the Twilight wizards are also worried about her.'

"Katarina asked me to rearrange the room today as a subtle warning to the owner of the manor."

There was only one room like this, and Roland was very skilled in using various magics, so he finished everything in just over an hour.

After finishing the work, Roland asked, "Sir, do you have any other instructions?"

Catalina looked at Roland and said, "Go shopping with me."

Roland: "."

Catalina declined the owner's proposal to have lunch together and left the manor with Roland and Aliana.

Afterwards, I really started walking around the town.

Catalina did not ask Roland to change his appearance, so the three of them entered the crowded street.

Roland was surprised to find that the Twilight Council's territory was a slave society, but the level of town construction was higher than that of the White Council.

Here, wizards and mortals live together, and there is no separation between the secular and wizarding worlds.

However, mortals regard the wizards who come to visit the school as working monks.

The nobles who have left the school and settled in the secular world.

Everyone has faith, and they believe in many gods. And these gods are wizards.

This seemed to be a vast cult world, with extremely strict hierarchy.

Official wizards are monks, or members of the aristocracy. Apprentices are commoners who cannot use magic, are unbelievers, and are slaves.

The slaves have a fanatical belief in the Twilight Wizards and regard devotion as the highest goal in life.

When they see a formal wizard, they have very exaggerated etiquette.

Avoiding is the most basic etiquette.

But Roland was surprised to find that the merchants and passers-by treated the three of them as ordinary people.

They didn't even pay much attention to them, just treating them as ordinary secular nobles.

Not to mention that Ariana is such a tall elf, even if she was an elf of normal height, everyone should still take a second look at her.

He should even look at Katarina more.

Because the looks and outfits of these two ladies are so outstanding.

He confirmed that the two did not use any magic to conceal their appearance.

So he was convinced that Katarina and Aliana must be shrouded by some mysterious power.

This mysterious power makes people think that Katarina and Ariana are "reasonable existences" and "should not be paid too much attention to."

Unless you initiate a conversation, this buff will affect all passers-by.

Looking at his robe that was out of tune with the secular world, Roland found that he seemed to have this buff.
It seemed that the buff took effect the moment they entered the Twilight Territory.

Faintly, Roland remembered something—the beautiful snake man.

But when had I ever seen a beautiful snake person?

When did you answer her question?
Roland thought over and over again about all the people he had come into contact with during this period.

Master's Wife, Senior Brother, Master.
I have indeed never come into contact with any beautiful snake people.

Soon, Roland's attention was diverted.

Catalina took Aliana to buy a lot of things and asked Roland to pay.

At first, Roland didn't take it seriously, thinking it was just some gold and silver.

Until they entered an antique shop.

After this trip around the street, Roland spent nearly two thousand magic stones!
Moreover, he had to appraise and explain Catalina!

Roland is indeed a bit special in this respect. On the one hand, he has a high level of attainments in art, and on the other hand, he has amazing intuition.

In other words, Roland is an 'eye'.

As long as he feels that there is something wrong with an antique, that antique must have some explanation.

Catalina already had a high level of expertise in identification, and with Roland's eye, she actually managed to find a few fakes among the pile of fakes!

Looking at those 'little gifts', Catalina smiled even more happily.

Roland's expression became increasingly grim.

(End of this chapter)