Chrissy Truth sobered up.
Although she was still very weak, but with the help of the peasant woman, she had successfully sat on a stool and could answer Liszt's questions.
"So, is Chrissy Truth your name?"
"Yes, Sir Baron." Chrissy nodded, and then said in a hoarse voice, "Thank you for rescuing me from the sea. Chrissy does not know how to repay your kindness."
Liszt said casually: "How about working for the Flower Town?"
"Ah?" Chrissy didn't react. According to her usual routine, she should at least say a few polite words before talking about repayment, "I … Of course, my life was saved by Sir Baron. Chrissy is very willing to work for you … But, I am a little worried that I will implicate you, Sir Baron."
The solicitation seemed to be very successful. Liszt asked: "Implicate me?"
Chrissy nodded: "Aren't you curious as to why I ended up in the sea?"
"I am quite curious. You can tell me, I want to know."
"I … Since you are my savior, I should not hide anything from you. This matter is very serious and involves a lot of people. I hope that you will keep it to yourself, Lord Baron. It's best not to let a third person know."
"Is that so? Tell me, I will weigh the pros and cons."
Chrissy took a deep breath. Her eyes were at a loss for a moment, and then she said slowly: "I thought I was going to die. I was frozen in ice magic and drifted along the sea … Coral Island, Flower Town, and fortunately, I met Sir Baron, who gave me a second life."
She paused.
She seemed to be sorting out her thoughts.
After a moment, she said: "Coral Island is in the Grand Duchy of Sapphire. It is remote. Perhaps by the time the news reaches here, it will already be too late."
"What news?" Liszt couldn't help but urge.
Chrissy carefully looked at the room. After making sure that no one was eavesdropping, she leaned forward and said in a low but serious voice: "Marquis Bull is going to assassinate the Grand Duke's dragon!"
"What!"
Liszt exclaimed, then lowered his voice. "Kris, are you kidding me?"
"I didn't, Lord Baron. I also hope that this is false news, but … I personally participated in this matter, and this is all true!" Crazy's expression became somewhat numb. "The Magicians of the Goat Gathering always thought that they were only researching about dragons. Only on the final day did they realize that Marquis Bull was using us to assassinate the Grand Duke's dragon."
"Goat gathering?"
"A gathering of mages, mainly to do some research on Iron Hoof Island. We're secretly receiving funding from Marquis Bull."
Liszt tried not to speculate too much and just continued to ask, "You mean, the goat gathering that the magic goat family organized?"
"Lord Baron, you also know about the Goat Congregation? I thought it was a secret Magician organization … Yes, the Goat Congregation originated from the Magic Goat Family more than a hundred years ago. At that time, many Magicians were attached to the Magic Goat Family. After a disaster, the Goat Congregation was forced to move."
They moved to Iron Hoof Island.
They hid for decades, until one day, the leader of the Goat Gathering, a Magician, established contact with the previous Marquis Bull.
From then on, the Magicians could stay on Iron Hoof Island with peace of mind, continue to do all kinds of research, and gradually grow stronger. Kris joined the Goat Congregation fourteen years ago. At that time, she was only ten years old and was still a magic apprentice. Until the year she was seventeen, she was promoted to a Magician.
She just turned twenty-four this year.
"I've always thought that the Goat Congregation was just an ordinary Magician organization. They don't usually gather together, but occasionally they would exchange magic. The Great Magicians in the Congregation would also assign some research topics for us young Magicians. I was assigned a topic about 'whether souls can be stored' … Ah, my soul storage tank … Did it fall into the sea? "
Only then did she remember that she still had a soul storage tank magic equipment.
Liszt was not embarrassed at all. "Is it that copper kettle? It might have been taken away by my servant and stored in the castle's warehouse. Do you need it?"
"It's a very magical magic equipment. It's the collection of the Great Magician Rashid Truth. After he assigned me a topic, he gave me the soul storage tank to study. But I hated him for betraying the Goat Congregation, so when I ran away, I took the soul storage tank with me."
She said very cooperatively, "Now I don't plan to study souls anymore. Let it be in Lord Baron's warehouse."
With a smile, Liszt gestured, "Continue with your story."
"Yes." Kris glanced at Liszt, and there was a slight blush on her face. "We young Magicians studied our topics seriously every day. But there was a Magician Flo Truth. He was very active and always kept communicating with every Magician … He found that when all of our topics were added up, they could actually be combined into a big topic – how to damage a dragon's soul."
This kind of topic was not considered scary.
Just like how many Knights dreamed of becoming Dragon Slayers, Magicians would often fantasize about how to kill or cripple a dragon.
But the young Magician Flo had an idea. He began to secretly investigate and immediately discovered a shocking conspiracy – Marquis Bull was plotting to slay a dragon. Of course, not only did he not tell on them, but he also actively cooperated because slaying a dragon was also one of his dreams.
But when the research was almost done, the Great Magicians of the Goat Congregation suddenly began to capture the scattered Magicians.
Silencing them.
"Flo told us to run for our lives. My teacher became the one who wanted to kill me. Just when I thought I was going to die, she cast the ice magic 'Eternal Ice' on me and pushed me into the sea … My Blessed Pendant was given to me by my teacher. It can protect me from harm."
Kris touched the silver coin pendant on her neck. Her eyes dimmed. "I know. Teacher, Marquis Bull and the Great Magicians of the Goat Congregation went to assassinate the Grand Duke's dragon … I don't know if they succeeded."
Liszt frowned.
Waves surged in his heart. The matter of slaying a dragon had reached his ears, catching him off guard. "Kris, I want to know why Marquis Bull wants to slay a dragon. He has the bloodline of the Sapphire Family!"
The original Marquis Bull was the favorite son of the first Grand Duke. As soon as he came of age, he was conferred the title of Earl Bull. After the founding of the nation, he was immediately enfeoffed with the Iron Hoof Island and promoted to Marquis Bull.
The current Marquis Bull, Andy Sapphire, was said to have grown up in the palace. He was childhood playmates with the current Grand Duke and served as the Grand Duke's personal bodyguard. They could be said to be very close. The Bull Family never changed their surname. They established the Bull Horn Academy to train servants for the palace.
It could be said that the Bull Family and the Sapphire Family were tied together. They were bound together for good or bad.
There was no reason for Marquis Bull to slay a dragon and destroy himself.
Kris shook her head. "It's probably because of … longevity. I heard Teacher say that the Magic Goat Family has mastered the undead lich transformation technique. The Goat Congregation relied on this technique to get in touch with Marquis Bull."
Lich!
Lich again!
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