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The wizard frowned. "Is Duke Langdon's study a sieve? Will all the information leak out?"
"No," Bruce shook his head. "If it were just us, I mean, me, you, my sister and my brother, plus an old fox, I guess nothing would leak out. And if we add our old servant, it probably wouldn't leak out either. But you see, you said it in front of my sister's teacher and the court wizard. So..."
Wang: "It doesn't really matter. The mastermind behind this shouldn't dare to bet that this is a scam. After all, if he really uses magic to look back at the past, he will be exposed."
Bruce tapped the table with his fingers: "It sounds true, but have you ever thought about this problem? There is a court wizard in Langdon City who can cast eighth-ring magic, our family wizard can cast seventh-ring magic, and Elizabeth's teacher is a sixth-ring warlock.
"Who dares to cause trouble in the Duke's Palace at this time? This does not even include the knights in the military camp connected to the Duke's Palace."
The Duke's Palace in the city of Langdon is actually the inner city of the city defense. It is located on the high ground beside the Rainland River. It is designed to continue to hold out after the outer city is breached.
In this situation, it is indeed difficult for the mastermind behind the scenes to cause trouble in the city.
Bruce looked at the king who was lost in thought. He was obviously also thinking about something, and the quill in his hand was spinning rapidly.
Finally, the second prince made up his mind and asked, "What if you are the mastermind? I mean, assuming he believes that we will use magic to obtain his identity and whereabouts from that dead man. He must stop us."
Wang stared at the scroll on the table intently, his fingers gently rubbing the dimensional bag.
Bruce waited patiently.
Elizabeth looked back and forth between the two of them, turning her body left and right.
Bruce: "My dear sister, you are turning into a spinning top."
Elizabeth finally stood still, but she still looked anxious.
Finally, the king spoke: "If I am the mastermind behind this, I will kill the Duke."
Elizabeth shouted directly: "What?"
The king repeated: "I will kill the Duke."
Bruce: "Explain."
The king took out the wizard chess pieces from his dimensional bag and "deployed the troops" on the table: "First of all, this is the Duke. He is now competing with the court wizard for the ancient ring.
"Secondly, these are the Duke's heirs, three in total. They are watching out for each other, preparing to fight for the succession once the Duke dies.
“You see, now that the Duke is dead, the eldest prince will no longer be able to pay attention to the problems of the underground kobolds and the goblin alliance. He has to guard against His Royal Highness the Second Prince.
"It's the same with Your Highness Bruce. Even though you are doing your best to cooperate with us in acting now, your attention will definitely not be on this now that the Duke is dead.
"The conflict between the Duke and the Grand Mage is actually a conflict between the Duke and the current Emperor of Kusania. I think His Majesty will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to do something. In this way, the entire Langdon Territory will be in chaos, and all parties will fight until their brains come out."
Bruce twirled his pen while looking at the wizard chess set that Wang had laid out on the table. "Indeed, if Dad died at this critical moment, the pressure on the mastermind would be reduced to zero. He could even send out a rogue to easily destroy the spy's body."
Elizabeth: "Why didn't you include me in your analysis? I'm also the heir!"
Wang: "Because I think you will continue to investigate the mastermind with me."
Elizabeth was shocked. "That's true. Yes, I am the only one who believes that this is a world-destroying crisis. I will investigate this matter with you."
Bruce: "Your speculation is reasonable, but... the question is, how could the mastermind make my father die? Especially when my father has the resurrection scroll."
Wang spread his hands and said, "I don't know. I just said this is the best solution. As for whether the mastermind can do it, it's none of my business. None of the other solutions he can take can solve this problem so perfectly.
"He came to disrupt our ceremony and steal Mark's body, so he will be targeted by us. He eliminated the reconnaissance team sent by the Great Prince, which would lead to the Great Prince's encirclement and suppression. No matter what he does, it cannot change the fact that the power of the entire city of Langdon has begun to target him."
Elizabeth: "Should we tell our father about the king's speculation?"
"No!" Bruce stopped him loudly, "No, don't tell anyone, this inference must not be spread out of this study. But we can indeed strengthen the guards around my father... But, damn, if we do this, the old fox might think we are going to harm him."
Wang: "Will there be any problem in telling the Duke directly?"
"There will be big problems. The old fox is already wary of his two sons. The food he eats now is all cold, and he has to make sure that the poison tester is not dead for 24 hours before he eats it." Bruce said.
Wang: "That's terrible. The weather is hot now. Food left out for 24 hours will definitely go bad. Did he use a magic freezer to preserve the food?"
"Yes," Bruce replied.
"That won't work either," the wizard shook his head. "Eating cold food directly will not work for an old man's stomach. I guess he must be taking a mixture of Duras chrysanthemum and Plantain mushrooms."
Bruce glanced at his sister, "You, a mage, also know herbology? Yes, that's what the old fox feeds on. He has a team of pharmacists who are responsible for making herbal decoctions, and our brother's guild is also purchasing large quantities of these two herbs."
Elizabeth: "Will the mastermind behind this tamper with this potion? After all, if he can use positive energy to turn a cat into a monster, it's normal for him to turn herbs into something else, right?"
Wang: "I don't know. I won't speculate without intelligence and evidence. I suggest we start luring the enemy now and see how they react before deciding what to do."
Bruce nodded, then he stood up, put his hands on the desk, stared at the wizard and said: "King, I admire your intelligence and talent very much, and what just happened was a test for you. I am very satisfied with your performance. I have a suggestion, you should join us, I have a team that is much more elite than your current team..."
Elizabeth exclaimed, "Bruce! I'm still there!"
"What does it matter?" Bruce turned his head and looked at his sister. "Rather than playing house with the princess, we are really preparing to do business. Even if it is to deal with the crisis of world destruction, it should come to our side! Otherwise, let's explain our advantages to each other, my sister. I think the king will make a wise choice!"
Wang: "I can see that His Highness Bruce is much stronger than Her Highness the Princess. Theoretically, I should indeed change a team."
Bruce was overjoyed.
"But," Bruce's expression changed as soon as the word "king" came out, "Her Royal Highness the Princess and I have become friends. My teacher taught me that I should be loyal to my friends."
Bruce slammed his fist on the table: "Do you understand? After I become the Duke, if you like my sister, she will be yours!"
Wang: “I don’t like her.”
"You just like her. You like her appearance..."
"I don't like her. My body is attracted to her skin. And just because my body is attracted to her skin, it proves that I don't like her."
Bruce was completely confused and didn't understand what was going on: "What the hell are you talking about?"
Elizabeth was also stunned, but she suddenly remembered something and laughed so hard that she bent over - and because she was wearing a very tight corset, she laughed so hard that she got cramps and had to hold on to the stove by the wall to breathe heavily.
The king stared at the princess's secondary sexual characteristics, which were particularly obvious because of her panting, for several seconds before reluctantly looking away. He frowned and said to the second prince, "See, this is the proof. I don't like Your Highness."
Bruce frowned. "What? Isn't this proof that you want to take her for yourself? You want to take her... huh?"
Bruce's mouth opened wide, because he finally figured it out: "You... because your teacher said that love is when you see a girl and don't want to sleep with her, but want... something?"
Wang: "I traveled with her in a horse-drawn carriage and saw thousands of mountains and rivers."
Bruce was speechless.
Wang Ze continued, "Of course I won't take the teacher's words as the only answer. My junior uncle said that he wanted to become a lamb, but I don't think I have one. I also don't want to be beaten by Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Elizabeth had stopped laughing, but she started laughing again when she heard this. She tried to untie her corset, but she couldn't do it, so she shouted, "King, come and help me take off my corset. I can't breathe..."
Wang walked over, took out a sharp dagger from his dimensional bag, and cut the waist rope.
The moment the rope broke, the corset exploded with a snap. The flying button hit Bruce on the forehead, and he almost fell backwards.
Elizabeth smiled and thanked him, lying on top of Wang, patting his shoulders with her hands. "You...oh no, I have to lie on something else. Mary will get mad if she sees me...but I can't straighten my back...let me lie on it for a while longer."
Wang: “No problem.”
He looked at Bruce who was holding his swollen forehead with a handkerchief. "What were you talking about? Oh, right, the criteria for falling in love with a princess. My uncle said that if you fall in love with a woman, you dare not look at her face, and touching her will be like an electric shock. But look, I am like this, and I am still standing!"
Elizabeth: “Hahahahaha…”
Bruce said angrily, "You laugh now! You will be in trouble later!"
Elizabeth: "Indeed... I can probably imagine what will happen in the future. But now I just want to laugh... Hahahahaha... I really, really have never seen such a style..."
Wang: "Indeed, I am the teacher's chief disciple after all."
Bruce took a few deep breaths to calm himself down. "Alright, alright. I never expected to be rejected today with the words 'I want to be loyal to my friends'."
King: "I like the current team very much. The dwarves are interesting, the drow are reliable, and the barbarians are also quite reliable. The cat people are a little unpredictable, but they are reliable archers. I want to go on adventures with this team. As for you, Your Highness, my feeling tells me that I should stay away from you."
Bruce: "I thought you were a purely rational animal who would weigh everything in terms of pros and cons."
"Indeed, I like to judge everything with logic and reason, but I am a prophecy mage, and my intuition cannot be ignored."
Bruce: "What a difficult fucking nerd. Okay, let's talk about working together."
Chapter 32 Brother and Sister
Bruce Landon was a smart man. He and Wang discussed for a quarter of an hour and had already written a long list of items on the memo.
Elizabeth watched the two discuss and tried to interrupt several times, but was blocked each time.
Finally, Bruce Langdon put down his quill and looked at the memo on the table: "Well, that's about it. If you follow this, you should be able to put on a perfect performance."
As he said this he picked up the memo and handed it to the mage.
The wizard took it, glanced at it quickly, and handed it to Elizabeth.
Elizabeth was reading the memo. Bruce stood up and left his seat, and went to the wine cabinet next to him to get some wine and a glass. "Come on, let's have a drink to celebrate this memorable collaboration. This is sherry imported from Monrovia."
Wang took the glass and took a sip without hesitation.
Bruce was watching from the side and suddenly asked, "Can the prophecy mage feel that this wine is not poisoned?"
Elizabeth put down the memo and said, "He was able to take defensive action before my wanderer put a dagger to his throat."
"Your drow?" Bruce raised his eyebrows. "I would like to recruit him to my camp."
Bruce then took a big sip of wine.
Elizabeth then picked up the last cup Bruce had placed on the table and took a sip.
Bruce: "Cheers!"
Wang also raised his glass: "Cheers."
Elizabeth simply raised her glass slightly in response.
After finishing his drink, Bruce picked up the memo, took out the tinder for the candle from the drawer, lit the flame, lit the memo, and then threw it into the fireplace that was not burning.
After doing this, he turned to the king and said, "Then let's get started. First, your task."
The king nodded: "I know. I will just hold this scroll like this..."
He grabbed the scroll that was emitting colorful magical light and held it in front of his chest: "I'll just take this..."
"No, no, you can't take it. Elizabeth, who is your most trusted maid?"
Elizabeth: "I trust no maid except Lady Maylie."
"Really? You can ask Madam Meili to take it. Anyway, you can't take it by yourself, Master. You have to choose someone who will never tear the scroll." The second prince came to the door of the study, opened the door and shouted to the outside, "Casander, let Kellerman stand guard, you go and tell Madam Meili to put down all her work and come to me with 20 maids."
Wang: "So Your Highness Bruce, you have your own thugs standing guard in your study at all times, right?"
"It's better to be safe than sorry." The second prince shrugged. "I'm not like my sister, who is loved by everyone and harmless to people and animals. Forget about that. We have to prepare for the performance before Madam Merry comes. It must be realistic. Otherwise, with Madam Merry's experienced eyes, she will definitely see through it."
The wizard and the princess looked at each other and nodded together: "We are ready."