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After the celebration ended, guests from all over the world began to leave the imperial capital one after another, and the magic tool exhibition held by the Magic Association also ended on the fifth day after the Midsummer Festival.

At the end of June, Hill's grandfather, Earl Balotelli, could no longer stay in the imperial capital because of the express and implicit warning of Emperor De Rossi, and took his second son Oliver's family on the return carriage.But before leaving, Oliver's second son and Hill's youngest cousin, 14-year-old Lenny, was left behind because of unwell.

In name, he was staying to recuperate, but Hill had to suspect that Lenny was actually his grandfather's eyeliner who stayed in the imperial capital, not only to monitor the imperial capital, but also to watch the mansion - it is obvious that his grandfather no longer trusts his father, nor does he trust him up.

Although his grandfather told him the secrets of the Chimera family and showed an attitude of trust and trust, Hill preferred to believe that the reason why his grandfather did this was because he had no choice in this matter.Just like the grandfather left Lenny to make eyeliner, also because he had no choice.Perhaps, the same is true for the expectations of the heirs of the empire. Grandfather is not really optimistic about the third prince Keli, he just has prejudice and even rejection of the other two princes, so that he has no choice but to bet his expectations on Kersley.

—Irrational, unjust, and self-righteous.

- No wonder the Balotelli family will show signs of decline in the grandfather's generation.

Hill secretly slandered, thinking about how to deal with this young but cunning cousin, his father Angel had already preempted him.

After the grandfather and his party left, the father "locked" Lenny in his room, and sent a strong servant to watch outside the door. Three meals a day were delivered directly to his room, while he himself Do not leave the room for half a step--the euphemistic name is to concentrate on self-cultivation.

Although this method is ridiculously naive, it works very well. Lenny, who is only 14 years old, has nothing to do with his uncle's simple and brutal direct suppression, and he can't even write a letter to his grandfather, Earl Balotelli. Do it—because no one will send letters for him.

So Hill laughed it off.

But then, when Hill was about to take Kiki to the Golden Lotus for a good "reunion", he found to his dismay that he was also "grounded" by his father.Unlike Lennie's complete confinement where he couldn't even leave the room, Hill can wander around in his mansion at will, but he can't go out, and he can't meet Keech.

Thinking that Kiki will return to the Magic Association outside the city with Tina, and that he will not be able to walk out of the gate of the Magic Association until the end of the intermediate magician assessment in August, Hill can't help feeling a little anxious, but his father Angel is completely worried. Unwilling to back down.

For a moment, Hill even had the idea of ​​climbing over the wall and running away, but it was only for a moment, and in the next moment, his reason returned to his body, breaking the idea of ​​endless troubles.

His father didn't ground him for no reason, and Hill still had the memory of what happened before the anniversary celebration.Although nothing happened during the celebration, and the envoys of the Oz Empire and the Holy See had already left the imperial capital, but some things did not seem to have been resolved.

——Is it not over yet?

Hill returned to his room with such doubts, and was going to use the megaphone to contact Keech to see if he could come to his home to meet him—under the escort or guidance of Tina or Avella.But as soon as he pushed open the bedroom door, Hill was startled by the extra figure on the bed.

It was a teenager, about the same age as Kitsch, with the same black hair, good looks, fair skin, and naked body.

Seeing Hill coming in, the young man immediately put on an ambiguous posture that you can pick and choose, and deliberately highlighted his slightly erect lower body, looking at Hill affectionately.

The first thought that popped up in Hill's mind was whether he missed Kiki so much that he had hallucinations, but then he realized that the black-haired boy in front of him was just similar to Kiki in terms of hair color and age. Nowhere else was the same—he was not an illusion, he was a real, living person.

"Master?" Seeing Hill standing still, the boy on the bed was both puzzled and anxious.But his "Master" brought Hill back to his senses—the person on the bed could not have appeared here out of thin air, someone must have brought him here, and someone had to allow him to enter here .

Hill immediately closed the door, turned and returned to his father Angel's study.

Seeing Hill's return, Angel raised the corners of his mouth, put down the book in his hand, and looked at his son with a smile on his face.

"You brought in the extra things in my room?" Hill asked coldly while standing in front of Angel's desk.

"Why, this gift makes you dissatisfied?" Angel raised his eyebrows and asked back.

"What do you mean?" Hill clenched his fists, surprised and suspicious.

"Of course it's for you to stay at home with peace of mind." Angel shrugged, "Don't worry, my son, this kind of confinement won't last long, so you can use the substitute in your room to comfort yourself first." Myself, wait until the matter is over before going to see your true sweetheart..."

"Father, what are you talking nonsense about?!" Hill immediately opened his eyes wide and roared fiercely.

"Oh, did I get it wrong? Could it be that the little black-haired magician is not your sweetheart?" Angel blinked in feigned surprise.

"We're just friends!" Hill gritted his teeth.

"I'm really sorry. I thought you already had something better, so I didn't like the Lucy I gave you." Angel narrowed his eyes meaningfully.

"Father." Hill took a deep breath, trying to keep himself calm, "Could it be that keeping oneself clean is a sin?"

"Clean and clean? What a beautiful word." Angor leaned on the chair and looked at Hill with a smile. "However, this does not affect your enjoyment of the gift I gave you, does it? Anyway, you are only a boy, so even if you enjoy it , and you don’t have to worry about what will happen later, don’t you?”

"Not everyone can desire the same sex, father." Hill said word by word.

"It seems that you are going to refuse this gift again like you refused Lucy." Angel shrugged, "Well, since you are willing to preserve your virginity for your future 'wife', then I can't insist on destroying it, can I? But I'm really curious how long you can 'keep it'."

"I'm also curious, why do you insist on trapping me at home." Hill said indifferently, "Could it be that the matter of Prince Filian has not been resolved? Or, is there a follow-up?"

"Hill, my dear son, you are really a standard Balotelli." Angel smiled happily.

"Father, I'm going to be an adult soon, you don't need to treat me like a child." Hill had completely calmed down at this time, and began to consider the possibility of bargaining with his father on certain matters.

"My dear son, at least, I didn't threaten you with pocket money, did I?" Angel said with a smile, "Look at your expenses in the past two years, the gold coins consumed just to buy the blood of roses are enough to support a The Knights of the Hundred, not to mention the pile of signings in the Violet Workshop—don’t blame me for doubting, my dear son, is that little magician really worth so much?”

—He was still careless.

Hill really wanted to use his grandfather's entrustment as a shield, but when he thought of the weirdness of the Chimera family and his father's position, he still swallowed the words that came to his mouth, and remained silent without responding.

"Prove his worth, or what he means to you." Seeing Hill's silence, Angel lowered his face and said warningly.

"Perhaps his meaning to me is the same as His Excellency A-Dong's meaning to His Highness Siris." Hill had a flash of inspiration, and raised his head and replied, "Of course, it's just a possibility."

Angel immediately raised his eyebrows, "Such words will give me infinite reverie, my dear son."

"Associate in the real direction, my lord father." Hill said lightly, "For example, why did Prince Siris dare to leave the imperial capital with only a coachman and travel wantonly?"

"It seems that you know more than I thought." Angel raised the corners of his mouth again, chuckling.

"So we're on the same page, aren't we?" Hill stared at his father.

"The premise is that you can persist and be firm forever." Angel replied meaningfully.

"Let time tell, my lord father." Hill replied resolutely, "However, before that, please take back the gift you gave me. That kind of thing is really not what I thought, nor what I wanted. willing."

"Okay." Angel shrugged, "Go back to sleep with peace of mind, my son, I promise, when you return to your room, you will never see this wrong gift that makes you unhappy again."

"Thank you very much, Father." Hill bowed and saluted, then turned and walked out of the study.

After he left, Angel lowered his eyes sadly, and said to himself, "You don't even know the real meaning of that dragon to Sirius, my dear son, otherwise, you would definitely not use it." A metaphor for their relationship."

Although Hill "dealed" with his father's temptation imperfectly, he still couldn't get the cheapness to go out after all.After realizing that the relationship between himself and Kiki had been suspected by his father, Hill did not dare to let Kiki come to his house as a guest again. If his lust got out of control and his father caught him, he would lose nothing. It's just a face.

Therefore, the two young people who have just known the taste of love can only use the small magic weapon to comfort and miss each other at night with their voices.

Two days later, Kiki finally returned to the Magic Association with Tina, put away his messy thoughts, and concentrated on preparing for the intermediate magician assessment to be held in August.But Tina didn't stay in the Magic Association for long. After Kiki and Avella settled down, she boarded the airship of the Magic Association that was only open to magicians, and went to the ruins again to continue her research.

This time, Amir didn't go there with Tina, nor did he move into Tina's mage tower. He only showed up once when sending Kiki and Avella back to the Magic Association, and when Tina was leaving, leaving Kiki The next sentence is "I will come to see you next month", and then disappear without a trace.

Keech has long been used to Amir's behavior, and didn't take his words to heart. During the day, he concentrated on practicing the water magic that will be used in the assessment, and at night, he whispered to Hill through the megaphone.

However, on the last night of June, when Keech had just turned off the microphone and was about to go to bed, a chuckle suddenly came from behind him, "Can such soft words satisfy you? Your desires are really shallow. "

— Moriarty? !

Kitsch turned his head in surprise, and sure enough, it was the elusive Moriarty who was standing behind him and talking jokingly. He was wearing a black evening dress, leaning against the wall at the door, as if he had just returned from a certain dinner party. to leave.

—how did he get in? !

Keech couldn't help but have more doubts.The defense system of the Magic Association is comparable to a palace, and even ordinary birds cannot fly into it without permission.Last time, the reason why Amir was able to enter quietly was mainly because he was also a magician, and the magic badge on his body allowed him to pass through the courtyard wall of the association at will, but Moriarty was not a magician, so how could he What about passing through the defensive magic circle without alarming anyone?

"Don't look at me like that, I told you earlier that I have no ill intentions towards you." Moriarty shrugged with a smile, and walked towards Kidge, "I didn't help last time, you and your little lover can There's a 'place' for reconciliation, isn't there?"

——He really bumped into it on purpose!

Kitsch suddenly tensed up.

But Moriarty didn't stay by Kick's side, but passed him, walked to the window, looked in the direction of Yasha, and said to himself, "Relax, kid, I just want to find someone to accompany me Witness this historic moment together - look, it's beginning."

Keech involuntarily walked to the window and followed Moriarty's gaze.

The flames shot up into the sky in the distant city of Asshai, looking like the direction of the imperial palace, accompanied by the light of offensive magic, as if someone was fighting there.

"This is... what's going on?" Kiki asked in a daze, and then remembered that Hill was also in the city of Yasha, and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Sill—"

"Don't worry, he's fine." Moriarty put his hand on Kidge's shoulder, "At most he's watching the excitement somewhere like you."

As he said that, Moriarty tapped lightly on the window lattice with his free other hand, and the scenery outside the window suddenly kept getting closer, just like the picture seen with a projection crystal, clearly reflecting the scene inside the palace. In front of the two people.

It was only then that Kiki discovered that the flames in the distance were not just caused by a certain part of the palace being on fire, but that too many people were fighting inside with too many torches, and the flames flickered like flames blown by the wind. .

What puzzled Keech was that both sides in the fight were wearing the same costumes, and even the armor on the soldiers was the same.

"Oh, that's your Amir." Moriarty raised his finger again, and the picture on the window lattice changed immediately. Amir wearing a purple robe clearly appeared in the picture. Behind the high windows, the incantation of the wind blade technique was being chanted repeatedly, and the sharp wind blades were continuously fired at the crowd below.

"By the way, you should recognize this person." Moriarty clicked on the window again, and the purple Amir was immediately replaced by another black figure.The man was dressed in a black suit, with a black mask covering half of his face, and his hair was weird black and white.Next to him is a knight in silver armor holding a long sword. They are all standing behind Emperor De Rossi on the balcony of a certain palace.

Kiki felt that this figure looked familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.Since he didn't know many people, he first thought of Amir, but Amir was fighting there in his magic robe, which could be vaguely seen from the current angle.

--a?

Keech turned to Moriarty in bewilderment.

Moriarty didn't answer his doubts, but changed the picture on the window lattice again.

This time, the eldest prince Philian, who was very similar to Emperor De Rossi, appeared in it this time. He was commanding a group of people to attack in the direction of Emperor De Rossi. Although they were obviously at a disadvantage, the people around him The group of people continued to fight as if they were not afraid of death. Several people had already been hit by arrows and rushed forward. Several archers standing beside Filian even pointed their arrows at Emperor Dro on the balcony. West.

--rebellion?Usurper?

Keech couldn't help thinking of the plots he had seen in history books.

Although a group of people led by Filian unscrupulously attacked De Rossi, the guards and magicians on the other side did not dare to hurt Filian directly, and only consumed the troops around him little by little. Someone fell.

Keech felt more and more confused the more he watched, and even doubted his own eyes, wondering whether Moriarty was creating an illusion.

At this moment, Moriarty, who had been watching the picture in front of him with relish, suddenly said, "Attention, the exciting moment has arrived."

As soon as Moriarty finished speaking, Filian on the window sill opened his eyes wide - just as other arrows and magic deliberately avoided his position as if they had eyes, a silver arrow shot But it suddenly broke through the air, went straight into his chest, and penetrated his heart.

Filian opened his eyes wide, and leaned back as if he didn't believe in his own death, and the picture on the window lattice changed accordingly——

The beautiful blond prince Seres appeared on another balcony, holding a silver bowstring without arrows in his hand, behind him, the red-haired Adong was clapping his hands vigorously, as if Praise happily.

——Ceres, shot and killed his brother?

Seeing such a scene, Kiki couldn't help being dumbfounded.