"Could it be that... she didn't follow you to Sleeping Island?" The prince soon realized what Princess Tilly meant.
"Indeed." Princess Tilly shook her head helplessly. "Her name is Spear Passi. Her ability is Magic Channel, which can connect the magic power of several witches. In other words, the witches connected to the channel can temporarily borrow the magic power of others while the channel is active. That should be enough to meet your requirements." She paused. "She lives in Fallen Dragon Ridge."
"Since you know so clearly, you must have contacted this witch." Roland was puzzled. "Why did she stay there, even at the risk of being arrested by the church?"
Tilly was silent for a moment before she answered, "... Because she's both a Marquess and the Lord of Fallen Dragon Ridge."
"Lord?" He was stunned. "A witch?"
"That's right. Her father, Old Parsi, the previous lord, passed his title and territory to her instead of his second or third son. Because of her high status, Spear can hide her identity well and live a much better life than ordinary witches. " Tilly said slowly, "During the Great Migration, she took the initiative to come to my door and offer help. That's how I was able to gather the witches in the central and southern towns of the kingdom so quickly."
"Took the initiative to come to my door..." Roland immediately sensed something unusual. "Wait... she doesn't intend to take in her compatriots?"
"No." Tilly shook her head. "Not only that, she also wants these witches to leave their territory as soon as possible to avoid being persecuted by the church. For Spear, the position of Lord is obviously much more important."
If the church found out that the Lord was sheltering witches, the position would undoubtedly become precarious. After all, Fallen Dragon Ridge was not a desolate border town. There were local churches and resident priests, and the area of influence of the believers was much larger than that of the Western Region. Although Roland knew this, he was still surprised by her choice. "If the local witches are caught, does she..."
"I asked her the same question," Tilly said regretfully. "Spear Passi told me bluntly that if they were caught by the people, she would find a way to replace the witches in the prison with other prisoners and smuggle them out of the country. But if they were caught by the Judgement Army or the church, she would basically choose to sit back and do nothing."
"..." So, in order to solve the hidden danger of the witches, he took the initiative to contact Princess Tilly. It was probably because of this that Tilly did not consider settling down in Fallen Dragon Ridge. Instead, she took the risk to cross the strait and go to the strange Fjords. Thinking of this, Roland frowned. "Do you think I can persuade her to go to Border Town?"
"There's not much hope, but you can try," Tilly spread out her hands. "I'm just telling you that there is such a witch, but I can't guarantee that she will come."
Roland heaved a long sigh. "I'll send a messenger to talk to her first."
There was no doubt that Nightingale was the most suitable person to be the messenger … She was able to sneak into the castle without being noticed, and she was also able to detect lies. As long as she showed that she was not hostile, the other party probably wouldn't take any drastic actions.
It would take five or six days to travel from Border Town to Fallen Dragon Ridge by boat, but it would only take half a day for Maggie to fly by air. With the help of Lightning, the journey would not be too dangerous. The three witches were the most mobile combination in the Witch Union. Now that they had guns, they could attack and defend at the same time.
After thinking for a while, Roland had an idea.
Although the success rate of persuading the Marquis was close to zero, it was necessary to investigate the situation in the Marquis's territory. Fallen Dragon Ridge was the main road to the Southernmost Region, which was within the scope of his spring offensive plan.
"I heard that another witch in the castle has evolved?" Tilly suddenly changed the topic.
"Ah, are you talking about Mystery Moon? She has indeed condensed her magic power." Roland nodded and roughly described the process of her evolution. "However, using the ancient witches' methods to promote the evolution isn't ideal for the improvement of magic power. If you want to be like Anna, you still have to learn the basic knowledge honestly."
"But this can also be regarded as a way to improve the ability," Tilly said with great interest, "And in the content you just mentioned, there is one point that I am very concerned about: 'Ability is the concrete manifestation of magic power, not a natural phenomenon'. How should I understand this sentence?"
"This is also my personal speculation." He picked up the cup and took a sip of hot tea. "Whether it is Anna's Heart Fire or Blackfire, there is no corresponding example in nature. It is not difficult to understand that they are the embodiment of magic power. But what about the ordinary flames before the evolution? So I assume that from the beginning, they are all composed of magic power, a reflection of the "heat" in the brain, and with the gradual deepening of understanding, the image of heat is constantly changing. This coincides with Agatha's experience: many witches have similar abilities before they evolve because they mostly see the same natural phenomenon. But after the High Awakening, the witches' abilities will become completely different, which is caused by the huge difference in everyone's cognition. "
"It sounds reasonable," Tilly said noncommittally. "But according to this, if witches of the same kind have the same understanding of things, they will still be very close to each other when evolving new abilities, right?"
"Something like that, provided that their ability to understand is exactly the same."
Roland still had a thought that he didn't say, and that was, to what extent could magic power evolve in the end? Since it formed the basis of all kinds of abilities, it fully showed that it had a fundamental nature and versatility. If there was an omniscient and omnipotent witch, wouldn't she be able to display all of her abilities at will?
"You... came from a world without magic power?" Tilly suddenly asked.
"Pfft -" The Prince almost spat out all the tea in his mouth. He wiped the corner of his mouth and asked, "You, what are you talking about?"
"In the past month, I have read through all the books you wrote, and I always felt that something was wrong." Princess Lannister looked straight into his eyes. "It was not until what you said just now that I finally understood what the problem was. You have completely excluded magic power from nature … Whether it is' Natural Science Theoretical Foundation 'or' Elementary Physics', there is no mention of magic power at all. You said that the effect of magic power is a phenomenon that does not exist in nature, but … magic power itself is a part of nature. "
Roland suddenly froze.
He suddenly realized that he had completely forgotten that she lived in a world where magic power naturally existed - not only Tilly Wimbledon, but also Prince Roland when he was alive. But he had put magic power on the opposite side of natural phenomena, and he was used to it.
Should I blame this careless mistake on the sudden extra memory? This time, I'm afraid it won't work. If Prince Roland's own knowledge was shallow, it would make sense that he copied the contents of these books exactly according to the content in his memory, but why does he even believe in this part of the memory, and subconsciously separate magic power? Can he still swear that this is the memory of Prince Roland as the dominant one?
Roland felt a little thirsty.
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