“Didn’t she follow you to Sleep Island?”The prince soon realized what the other was saying?

"Indeed," said the five princesses, shaking helplessly, "this man is Sper Passy, and his ability is a magic channel, which can connect the magic of several witches, in other words, during the effective period, the witch who has joined the passage can temporarily borrow the magic of others, and should be able to meet your requirements."She paused, "She lives in the falling dragon ridge."

“If you know so well, you must have been in contact with the witch,” Roland puzzled, “why would she rather stay there at the risk of being arrested by the church?”

After a moment's silence, Tiley replied, "...for she is both a marquis and a lord of the dragon's ridges."

“The Lord?”He said, “A witch?”

"Yes, her father, old Parsi, the former lord, passed on to her titles and territories, not to the second or third son.Because of his high status, Speer was able to hide his identity well, and his days were much better than the average witch.”Tilly said slowly, "In the Great Migration, or she took the initiative to come to the door to help, so that I can gather the witches in the south-central towns of the kingdom so quickly."

Roland immediately realized the strangeness of it, "Wait...she is not going to take care of her countrymen?"

"No," said Tily, shaking her head, "not only that, but she hopes that these witches will leave their territory as soon as possible so that they will not be persecuted by the Church, and that the position of the Lord is obviously much more important to Speer."

If the church finds that the lord is sheltering the witch, the position will undoubtedly become precarious - after all, the dragon ridge is no less than the desolate border town, the local church and resident priests, the sphere of influence of believers is much larger than the western border.Although Roland knew this truth, the other party's choice still surprised him: "If the local witch is caught, will she..."

“I also asked the other person this question,” said Tili sadly, “Spere Passy told me bluntly that if caught by the people, she would find a way to replace witches with other death row inmates in prison and smuggle them out of the country; but if she was caught by the trial army, or if she was tried by the church, she would basically sit idly by.”

"..." so in order to solve the witch's hidden dangers, the other side will take the initiative to contact the five princesses - the latter is probably because of this, and finally did not consider breaking down the heel in the falling dragon ridge, but risk crossing the strait to go to the strange fjord.Roland frowned at the thought of this, "Do you think I can please move her to the border town?"

"There's no hope, but you can try it," said Tilly, "I'm just telling you that there's such a witch, and there's no guarantee that she'll come."

Roland sighed, "I'll send an emissary to talk to her first."

And the most suitable candidate for this messenger is undoubtedly the nightingale... can avoid the eyes and ears of everyone, sneak into the castle, but also can distinguish lies, as long as it shows that there is no hostility, the other side will probably not take any excessive action.

It takes five or six days to catch a boat from the border town to the Dragon Ridge, if replaced by Maisie airlift, it takes only half a day to reach the destination, plus the faster lightning care, the trip is not too dangerous - the three of them are the most mobile combination in the witch alliance, and now there are guns, it is both offensive and defensive.

With a moment's thought, Roland noticed in his heart.

Although the success rate of the trip convinced the Marquis was close to zero, the prospect of exploring the territory in advance was also an action to be carried out sooner or later, and the Longling as the main road to the extreme south was within the scope of his spring offensive plan.

“I heard that another witch had evolved in the castle?”Tiffany suddenly changed the subject.

"Ah, are you saying that the mystery moon, she has indeed condensed the magic," Roland nodded, describing her evolution roughly, "but using the ancient witch method to promote evolution, the magic is not ideal, like Anna, or you have to learn the basics honestly."

“But it’s also a way to improve your abilities,” said Tily with interest, “and in what you’ve just mentioned, I’m very concerned about the fact that ability is a concrete manifestation of magic, not a naturally occurring phenomenon.”

"This is my personal speculation," he took up the cup and drank hot tea, "Anna's heart fire, black fire, can not find the corresponding example in nature, saying that they are magic is not difficult to understand, so the ordinary flame before evolution?"So I assume that from the beginning, they were all made of magic, a mapping of the “heat” in the brain, and that the image of heat was constantly changing as cognition deepened—which just corresponded to the experience of Agratha: many witches had similar abilities before they did not evolve, because most of what they saw was the same natural phenomenon.When the higher levels awaken, the witch's abilities will become very different, precisely because of the huge differences in everyone's cognition."

“That sounds so reasonable,” Tiley said, “but according to this, if the same kind of witch had a consistent understanding of things, the new powers of evolution would still be very close, right?”

“That’s all, provided they have exactly the same understanding.”

Roland also has an idea that has not been said, that is, how far can the magic evolve?Since it forms the basis of various capabilities, it fully demonstrates that it has a low-level and universal nature.If there is an all-knowing and all-powerful witch, can he perform all his abilities as he pleases?

“Are you from a world without magic?”Tilly asked coldly.

“Sh—” The prince almost squirts all the tea out of his mouth, and he wipes the corners of his mouth, “What are you talking about?”

"I've read all the books you've written over this month, and I always think there's something wrong," the five princesses looked straight into his eyes, "and it wasn't until you said that I finally understood what was wrong."You completely exclude the magic from nature... Neither the Theoretical Basis of Natural Science nor the Elementary Physics does not mention magic at all, and you say that the effect of magic is a phenomenon that does not exist in nature, but ... the magic itself is part of nature.

Roland faltered.

He suddenly realized that he had completely forgotten that he lived in a world where magic naturally existed—not only Tili Wimbledon, but also the Four Princes, who had put the magic on the opposite side of natural phenomena and got used to it.

Do you give this leak to a sudden memory?This time I am afraid it is difficult to work, if the four princes themselves are shallow in learning, according to the contents of the memory of the memory of the original copy of these books is still said, but why even words and ideas are convinced of this part of the memory, subconsciously divide the magic separately?Can he swear that this is the memory of the four princes?

Roland felt a bit dry.

(Unfinished).