After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

Even if you don't look at these superficial things.

The fact that she was frightened by Aize's presence was enough to show how exhausted she was.

It really makes me feel sad.

Aize hurriedly said:

"I saw you were working and didn't want to disturb you. Didn't you sleep all night?"

"Ah."

Miss Witch rubbed her eyes and nodded.

As she turned sideways, Aize's gaze fell on the small bottle containing blood.

The bottle was full of blood last night, but now there is only a little bit left at the bottom.

This is enough to illustrate the large number of experiments conducted.

Ai Ze put his hands on his hips, sighed softly, and asked:

"Did you find anything?"

"Yes, but not much."

Miss Witch's expression was not only tired, but also a bit lost.

Aize smiled:

"It's okay. It's not much, but it's still a discovery. Tell me about it."

According to Villian's temper, if she promised herself but didn't achieve any decent results, she would definitely not agree to take a rest.

So, instead of wasting time on direct persuasion, it is better to listen to the progress first.

Then find something that can barely be considered an achievement and exaggerate it, and you can easily trick her into going to bed.

Miss Witch naturally didn't understand what Aize meant.

She nodded, yawned, and began to introduce:

"First, I've been trying to further dismantle this technique, but so far I've been unsuccessful."

"Its complexity far exceeded my initial imagination. It's even encrypted!"

As she spoke, Villian picked up the small bottle, which had little left in it, and waved it horizontally in front of her.

His expression was very serious.

"If the goal is simply to modify the blood plague and make it spiral out of control, then all we need to do is disrupt the balance of the original technique. There's no need for such complexity."

This made Aize alert all of a sudden:

"……you mean?"

"This new blood plague was created for some other purpose. The current situation could be a side effect, or it could be the result of a failed experiment."

"Um……"

Aize lowered his eyes slightly and began to think.

From the time he heard the news of the blood plague two weeks ago until now, he has been thinking about one question.

why?

When it is clear that the vampire clan and even the entire demon clan have nothing to do with this incident, who on earth could have done such a thing and for what motive?

The Duke Alliance is trying to usurp the throne?

After what Villian just said, this possibility can be ruled out.

Because it doesn't need to be so complicated.

Moreover, Aize did not believe that the Duke Alliance's magical technology was so powerful that it could make Villian overwhelmed and helpless.

Who are the remaining people who might do this?

Not to mention, before discussing the specific details of the blood plague transformation, this person must also have the ability to get the former True Ancestor, who is the leader, to hand over his blood as research material.

Is there such an awesome person in this world?

Then Aize should have at least heard of the name.

It can't be the devil himself, right?

If that were him, he should have ordered his men to launch an all-out attack in order to coordinate with what was happening in the royal capital.

The situation would never have developed as it is now.

Therefore, the key to the problem still lies in the blood plague.

If the truth behind the mysterious ritual in the blood epidemic can be revealed, all these problems will be solved.

Of course, not now.

Aize nodded vigorously, smiled, and said in surprise:

"Isn't this a huge step forward? How can you say you didn't notice it?"

"well?"

Villian blinked, not understanding what he meant.

Aize explained:

"Your findings suggest that the blood plague sample, or the blood of the True Ancestor, underwent a complex and lengthy transformation after flowing out of the Demon Territory and into the Royal Capital, correct?"

Violet held her chin, thought for a moment, and nodded:

"Well, I estimate that it will take at least two months in a professional workshop to complete it."

This only takes into account the time it takes to sew.

Villian couldn't even estimate how long it would take to develop that strange spell from scratch.

"That's it, isn't it? Since it was completed in the capital, and it was extremely difficult and took a lot of time, it must have been completed in a workshop somewhere."

"Let's check all the workshops inside and out during the day. We're sure to find something."

Villian crossed her arms and gently held her chin, as if thinking about what Aize said.

Then nodded:

"Well, I'll take advantage of this time to try to crack this spell."

"No, no, no, don't try it, you should go and get some rest."

After going around in circles, with the map almost stretching from the royal capital to Tafia, Aize finally got to the point.

"Once I'm done with the search and find some new clues, won't it be easier for you to solve the problem?"

"But……"

Seeing that Villian was still hesitating, Aize reached out again and pointed at the small bottle on the table:

"What's the problem? You've already run out of research materials, so I can take this opportunity to collect some more, or even capture a living specimen for you."

"But, if we test the remaining blood about ten times, there should be no problem..."

This made Aize sigh softly.

Losing his patience, he picked up the bottle without saying a word and threw it against the wall next to him, breaking it into pieces in an instant.

The few remaining samples were scattered on the floor of the workshop, and the blood plague contained in them quickly turned into black mist and dissipated.

In Villian's surprised eyes, Aize shrugged:

"It's gone now. Go get some rest."

The witch blinked her eyes and stood there for a long time without being able to respond.

After all, in their past interactions, Aize rarely showed such toughness.

Don't mention it, although being teased is quite cute, but this kind of contrast seems to be good too?

New cute spots discovered.

Violet even couldn't help swallowing.

Then he came to his senses, smiled bitterly and shook his head:

"Okay, okay, I get it. Can't I just go to bed? Is there any need for this?"

"That's what you have to look like."

Aize, who had just woken up, was still a little grumpy, otherwise he wouldn't have done this.

"I'm going to search the workshop. Go to sleep now, or you'll have to stay up all night again when I come back with samples and information!"

"Yes yes yes~"

Villian didn't bother about it anymore.

He stretched, yawned, and turned to walk deeper into the workshop.

There are bedrooms specially prepared for the hard-working surgeons. Although the conditions are far inferior to those in the palace, she is not picky in this regard anyway.

After watching Miss Witch disappear from sight, Aize took Alicia out and left.

As soon as he walked out of the workshop, the pink-haired girl came up to him immediately:

"Aize, can the incident be resolved so quickly?"

"Um?"

"As you just said, if we just search the workshop, won't we be able to find out the truth about the blood plague?"

This kid actually believed it.

"No, it's almost impossible."

Aize smiled bitterly and shook his head.

What I just said to Villian was half true and half false.

Was the blood plague transformed in a workshop in the royal capital?

indeed.

But this kind of technique, which even a great witch finds extremely difficult, can't be produced by a small workshop.

What can we really gain from searching folk workshops?

difficult.

But even if it is useless, you have to do it.

Otherwise, wouldn't the pressure of the incident be placed on Villian alone?

This is absolutely not possible.

"If I had told you the truth just now, your sister Wei'er would not have been able to sleep today. Besides, why not give it a try? What if there's something to gain?"

The situation is like this anyway, there is no time to rush, and it won't get better.

Let's treat a dead horse as a living horse.

The pink-haired girl blinked, looking confused.

But he still followed Aize to the temporary command center built in the square in front of the palace.

Including Constantine, Elena and others, almost all the commander-level figures are here.

Seeing Aize come in, everyone who was discussing the issue stood up and saluted in unison.

After waving his hand and signaling the other party to relax, Aize looked at Constantine:

"What are you discussing?"

"Reporting to Lord Aize, we are discussing the specific details of the defense rotation!"

The local combat forces of the royal capital of Alst have been working non-stop under ultra-high pressure for a month.

Not to mention the poorly trained militia, even the elite Royal Knights had reached their limit due to both physical and mental fatigue.

However, the combat power brought by Aize is far from enough to completely take over their work.