Twain could not help but feel a little surprised.
Judging from her attire and the way she got into the car, this woman should be from Neverwinter. If clothes could be replicated, then only the Administrative Office of King's City could create such a whimsical public transportation system.
He had been in this business for almost two years and had received countless guests ranging from big merchants from the Fjords to nobles from the Province of Dawn. However, in Neverwinter, their reactions were not much better than those country bumpkins. This was also the main topic of conversation and a source of laughter during meals. Therefore, the moment the woman opened the car door, he had already regarded her as a Neverwinter citizen who was out on a trip. However, she did not seem to be very familiar with this city...
"You must be joking... Who would dare to demolish the king's castle?" Twain laughed and drove from the passenger area to the main road. "The Administrative Office has proposed to expand the castle to match the size of King's City several times, but His Majesty flatly refused. This matter was even reported in the newspapers, and in the end, the land that was scheduled for expansion became a war memorial park. You... are not a local? "
"I stayed here for a period of time." The woman leaned against the window and looked around. "It seems that His Majesty is quite considerate of the people."
"Exactly! Although many people doubted Her Majesty Wimbledon's ability when she inherited the throne, it has been proven that even though she is young and a woman, Wimbledon is still Wimbledon. "Twain was full of praise. These were his sincere words! If not for the post-war recovery policy, he would not have had the opportunity to move from the remote Northern Region to this Dream City.
"Heh …" The corner of the woman's mouth curled up. "Then tell me more about her."
Wait... why is this person's attitude towards His Majesty so strange? Twain was a little suspicious. She was not full of respect like ordinary people, nor was she full of jealousy like the old nobles. It was as if she was talking about an old acquaintance. Could she be a spy?
This was not his blind suspicion. Twain had also heard some rumors. Although the Battle of Divine Will had ended, the King of Dawn had announced his abdication, and Graycastle's influence had spread all over the continent, it did not mean that all the territories were united. At least in the Kingdom of Dawn, many nobles expressed their dissatisfaction with the Quinn Family. The pardoned son of the Duke of Longsong had already left the Fjords. If there was anyone who wanted to overthrow the Wimbledon family the most, he was definitely one of them.
Moreover, the First Prince's widow would obviously become the focus of the various forces. Although he was only a child now, who knew what he would think when he grew up?
Perhaps those fellows who were plotting against him were already laying the groundwork for future conspiracies!
The more Tang En thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss. He picked a few unimportant anecdotes to chat about while he secretly sized up the passenger in the backseat. If the other party was really a spy, he should take note of her appearance and then report it to the public security bureau.
But … her appearance was really unique. Would the conspirators really find such a person to be their informant?
Not to mention that head of black and smooth long hair and impressive figure, just the ease and magnanimity in his speech was destined to be hard to ignore. Moreover, through the silhouette on the glass, Tang En could see the golden eyes of the woman hidden under the sunglasses.
Looking at the pair of eyes that were as sharp as a sword, he actually felt a little lost for a moment.
Just as his thoughts were running wild, the car arrived at the castle district.
"Uh … we're here." Tang En coughed twice. "The fare is one hundred dollars."
The woman nimbly handed over the paper money, then picked up her luggage and walked towards the castle at the top of the slope.
Were all the spies nowadays so direct? He stared at the woman's back for a long time until she disappeared at the end of his vision … Forget it, let's not think about it anymore. Tang En shook his head. Since the other party was heading straight for the castle, there was probably no need for him to inform the public security bureau. After all, the witches who lived in the King's castle were far more resourceful than the police. If she really had malicious intentions, she would definitely not be able to leave that door.
For some reason, if that really happened, Tang En felt that it was quite a pity.
He smacked his lips and started the car.
…
"Regarding the topic of how to make magic more widely used, are we really not going to solve it in one go?"
Isabella asked as she caught up with Agatha amidst the stream of people going in and out of the castle gates.
A heated meeting had just ended in the Administrative Office. The main topic was to strengthen the connection between the Awakened and ordinary people, so that everyone could benefit from magic.
After the Quest Society had combined the technologies of various races, they had come up with two preliminary routes. One was a magic device similar to the Rubik's Cube's power unit, while the other was a reference to the Magic Stone fusion technology of the demons, which was now known as the Cargarde clan. The former had almost no side effects, but it still needed witches to charge it. As there were objective limitations on the speed and talent of the Awakened, there was a clear upper limit to this route.
Once the number of devices exceeded the total amount of energy supplied by the witches, it could easily become a tool exclusive to the upper class, which was inconsistent with the tenets of the New Quest Society. But this plan was approved by the majority. In the foreseeable future, those who could enter the castle district and the Administrative Office were already the upper class of the kingdom. They would be able to enjoy any breakthroughs in magic devices at the first instance, but the ordinary people might not be able to.
As for the second route, it had a certain degree of risk, and its breakthrough point was Eleanor's research. The Original Three Chiefs, who had become the mother of souls, were currently cultivating a Cargarde clan prosthetic body that could fuse with the human body. It could be a hand, a leg, a nose, an ear … or even a pair of horns on the forehead, and these prosthetic bodies could be embedded with magic stones.
At present, there were already two successful cases. Volunteers had changed their limbs to become magic bodies. Even though their abilities were not worth mentioning, and they could not even fully activate the power of low-grade magic stones, they could use magic devices on their own. It could be said that they had broken the limits of the first route.
But based on the basic principle of the interaction between magic power and magic users, no one knew what would happen to an ordinary human after fusing with a magic stone. Thus, most of the officials in the meeting expressed their opposition to this, and even the old faction led by Barov strongly requested for this technology to be banned.
But Agatha knew that the solution that Isabella was referring to was not the above two, but a third plan that only the core of the Quest Society knew of — human modification. From the information obtained from the Battle of Divine Will, life could continuously evolve to obtain more magic power, and magic power itself had a certain set of rules. Thus, the highest goal of the research was for everyone to obtain magic power. There was no need to rely on awakening, and there was no need to distinguish between genders. Everyone was born a magic user, and if it was successful, it would definitely bring about a new leap for humanity!
But this research was currently only at the theoretical stage, and it required a large number of clinical trials. If it was released now, it would only cause a huge uproar. Even if they were to focus on the research, it would easily leak out. Thus, Agatha did not even set up a relevant research team, and it could be said that she had given it the cold shoulder.
"I understand your indignation, but as you can see, people's acceptance of magic power is far from ideal." Agatha said softly. "The New Quest Society has just been established, and we need to produce more results to let the public realize the convenience and progress that magic power brings. We cannot repeat the mistakes that Lady Alice made. "
"But those stubborn old fools are against even the second route," Isabella said gloomily. Isabella said gloomily, "Without the support of a large number of magic users, it's hard to popularize the magic devices outside of Neverwinter."
"Indeed. But it's not like we have no chance. " Agatha opened her clenched fist, revealing a piece of paper in her palm. It was a piece of paper that Edith had stuffed into her hand after the meeting.
At seven o 'clock in the evening, Golden Jade White Horse Hall will host a banquet. I hope that the two of you can come.
At any time, change meant the reorganization and redistribution of benefits. To the humans, the far-reaching plan to popularize magic power was not just a simple technical issue, but a new battle.
She somewhat missed the days when His Majesty was still around. At that time, as long as His Majesty made a decision, no one would object. No matter how inconceivable it was, everyone would unanimously move forward.
But after being depressed for a short while, Agatha pulled herself together again.
That's right, she could not always rely on that person. He had already led the humans out of a hopeless situation. Next, it was up to them to inherit and shoulder this unyielding will.
Right at this moment, a woman walked past her.
Agatha could not help but be stunned.
She quickly turned her head back.
"What's wrong?" Isabella asked. "Did you leave something behind?"
Only then did Agatha notice that the two of them were already a few meters apart. The latter was looking at her in confusion, as if she did not understand why she had suddenly stopped.
"No … I just thought that I saw someone very familiar."
She blinked and scanned the crowd one last time, but she still could not find that familiar figure.
"Someone very familiar?"
"Yes, I probably made a mistake." Agatha quickened her steps. "Let's return to the Mage Tower. There's still a lot of research to be done."
This "battle" of magic power revolution would be started by her.
She was already prepared.
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