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"Self-determined?" They looked at each other blankly, and Clessie asked, "What do you mean by self-determined?"
"From a literal meaning, it is up to us to decide what to take the exam on."
"Then my test is to eat ten chicken legs in one meal!"
The corner of Leon’s mouth twitched: “Clacy, are you an idiot?”
"Didn't you say that we should finalize it ourselves?"
“But it’s impossible that anything will do!” Leon glanced at the letter with a few words on it, “There must be some hidden conditions!”
"Cuckoo-"
The owl on my shoulder suddenly flew to the ceiling, circled for a while, landed on the door mat in the entrance hall, and pecked the shoe cabinet door with its beak.
Leon reacted and ran to open the door, and the owl immediately took out their sneakers.
If they don't understand the obvious hint, they'd be real idiots.
"Seniors, are you asking us to go out?"
"should be."
"What are you waiting for?"
Claysie folded the letter and put it back into the envelope, rushed into the room and hid it, then ran to the entrance, squatted down and changed her shoes, and Leon followed suit.
After changing their shoes, they each held an owl on their shoulders and pushed the door open to leave the house.
Chapter 127 The Forbidden Magic Circle is about to close
After delivering the new letters to Leon and Clay, Zhang Mu walked back to the hotel room.
"Leave them alone for a few days. If they still don't know how to pass the exam after they get to the world, give them some hints."
Stretching lazily and muttering to himself, Zhang Mu booked a flight back to Jiujinshan and went to bed.
Silent all night.
In the morning, get up and go back to the room.
I originally planned to go directly to the airport, but after thinking for a while, I turned around and headed towards the CIA.
The CIA's address is not difficult to find. It is located in the suburbs far away from the embassies of various countries in London.
Zhang Mu used shadow magic to pass through the wall, wandered around the building, and soon found Toby sitting at his workstation.
Rowling is well-informed, or rather, Toby's department is indeed a little-known and ignored department.
There is only one 30-square-meter office with no independent seats. In the middle of the room, there is an eight-person desk that is symmetrical on both sides.
Toby sat in the first seat on the right.
At this moment, he was curled up in a chair with casters, crossing his legs, and spinning a feather in his hand, not afraid of seeing things dazzled.
"Toby, it has been tested many times, and it is just an ordinary fallen owl feather." Someone next door said.
“Bryan, I witnessed the magician casting magic with my own eyes, and the feather was left from his pet.
Ms. Rowling can vouch for me.”
“But Toby, I went to Ms. Rowling’s villa and she told me you were a lunatic who knocked on her door in the middle of the night.
He also said that he had never seen a magician and that it was just a novel.
Besides, I went to the kids' apartment the next day, and they didn't have an owl either."
Zhang Mu listened to their chatting, smiled, and turned to go to the airport.
The feathers scattered that day were the ones I collected on Blue Star. It would be a miracle if any abnormalities could be detected.
By the way, why is Rowling worried that the British government will be unfavorable to her "grandfather"?
This is quite...
The reason why Zhang Mu got involved with her that night was to make her a strong proof of the existence of the magician, but he didn't expect to backfire.
Let it go, the most important thing right now is the world.
An hour later, Zhang Mu boarded a plane and returned to his factory late at night.
Without resting, he summoned the portal and stepped inside.
……
In another world, the magic circle of the quiet forest.
The first rays of morning sun dispelled the darkness, and Mih lifted the thin blanket and pushed the door open. He planned to go to the farmland to see how the wheat grown with the Forest Song was growing.
"Zhang Mu?" He pushed the door open and saw Zhang Mu sitting at the stone table in the middle of the yard. "Come back to see Leah, or?"
"The matter is almost settled."
Zhang Mu entered the magic circle last night. When he returned to his room, he found Leah fast asleep. He did not disturb her, climbed to the top of the mountain, and sat in Mihe's courtyard all night.
At this point, his whole body inevitably felt a little sore, so he stood up and moved around: "Will the magic circle be closed after two months?"
"Yes." After closing the door, Mihle came to the stone table and sat on the wooden stool. "The news that there is a treasure in the Quiet Forest has basically spread throughout the Kingdom of Lake.
Recently, some scattered adventure groups have entered the forest to investigate the situation.
It’s just like I said, most of the adventure groups that come at this time are weak, and those who are lucky can escape from the forest with half of the members dead.
Those with bad luck were all fed to the monsters."
Zhang Mu rubbed his shoulders. No one has set foot near the forbidden magic circle for the time being. I can take this opportunity to set up a trap nearby.
After muttering a few words in his heart and having a brief chat with Mih, he went down the mountain and returned to the house.
His back disappeared at the entrance of the stone stairs. Mih withdrew his gaze and looked into the depths of the forest, at the pale blue light column that rushed into the clouds.
"The killing will never stop."
……
Fifty days later, it was a cloudless morning.
The capital of Lake Kingdom, in the woods outside the city.
As the weather turned cooler, the ground in the sparse forest was covered with thick fallen leaves. Next to a thicker tree, a new grave was built with mud.
There is a monument, but no words on it.
Avril, wearing an ice-blue robe, stood in front of the tombstone. Her gentle eyes fell on the wordless tombstone, as if she saw someone on the smooth surface of the tombstone.
The calm air behind her was suddenly disturbed, and the tenderness in her eyes was buried deep, replaced by coldness.
Turning around, she stared at her eldest brother with her emotionless ice-blue eyes: "You shouldn't be here at this time."
"You too." Andre, dressed in civilian clothes, looked at the blank tombstone behind Avril. "He was blown into a pile of minced meat. Does this tomb have any meaning?"
Taking a step to the left to block his view, she said, "It has nothing to do with you."
"That's right." He nodded, and then he said, "When you were little, you loved playing hide-and-seek in this woods. Every time you made a mistake and were punished by your father, you would hide here and cry secretly."
"Heh." Andre looked down at a fallen leaf in front of Avril's heel, which had a few water stains on it. "I haven't seen you cry for a long time."
Turning sideways, he looked at the sky in the distance, a beam of light that was dim and almost transparent, "Are you sure you don't want to go? That might be the treasure of the Ai'er Magic Family."
"unnecessary."
"Are you worried that you won't be able to get back to the capital in time? Are you going to commemorate your junior on All Souls' Day?"
She had to learn to be calm. Avril's chest rose and fell rapidly twice: "What about you? Why?"
Andre smiled, but didn't answer. Instead, he asked, "When will Mr. Porter return?"
“It depends on the teacher’s own wishes.”
"Avril." Andre turned his back to her and changed the subject. "There are many things in Sol Continent that I can't do anything about, but there are only a few things that I can't understand."
"for example."
"Zhang Mu, why do you have to deal with the enemy immediately?"
After a detailed investigation into the circumstances of Zhang Mu's death, even Andre, who thought he was calm, couldn't help feeling confused and puzzled.
At first he thought that Zhang Mu had no choice but to fight the enemy in the city.
As a result, the opponent was scared back to Bala City by his magic props, and he chased into the city and died together with the enemy.
are you crazy?
He thought that Avril, who had been with Zhang Mu for some time, might be able to give the answer.
Avril did not disappoint him.
With a charming smile on her lips, she said, “After returning to the capital, I often have the same dream.
I dreamed that I was defeated by you in front of the gate of the royal mage tower, and you brandished your spear and stabbed it into my heart.
Then, like a hero saving the world, my junior fell from the sky and stood between you and me. "
Andre turned his head and looked at her: "And then, he defeated me?"
"why not?"
"What does this have to do with my problem?"
“Brother Wang.” Avril chuckled, “Every time my junior brother lands, he wakes up from his dream.
So I have been thinking, what would my junior say to me?
I think he would say, Senior, long time no see.
Why am I so convinced?
Because he is that kind of Zhang Mu, the one who would say to me, "Long time no see, junior."
Turning his head back, Andre looked up at the sky, recalling his first and only meeting with Zhang Mu.
He does seem like a guy who would do something inexplicable.
But...does this have anything to do with my problem?
Andre felt that he did not get an answer from this conversation with Wang Mei, but this doubt no longer bothered him.