Surviving The Fourth Calamity

Chapter 182: Chapter 26 The Real Melanie_2

Natural Consciousness exploded with joy.

It was ecstatic, having finally found the missing corner of itself.

Hill hurriedly put away his pen, trying his best to calm It down, lest the spell was not yet written, the legend had not yet advanced, and Hill was discovered by the outside world, Fran probably couldn’t protect him.

Feeling that his fear had made Hill too afraid to write, Natural Consciousness gradually quieted down.

”I can only research slowly,” Hill said quietly, ”this is no small matter, this great benefit is enough for those in the starry sky, to sacrifice a few incarnations to capture me.

Please be patient, okay?

I will definitely figure it out.”

Natural Consciousness, gently swirling around Hill, hummed a soothing melody, assuring Hill that It would never harm him.

Hill put away his pen and decided to outline this framework in his Mental Sea instead!

Although Nature had promised, Hill worried that It couldn’t control itself.

Nature seemed to understand the trouble caused by Its eagerness. Even though It wanted to urge Hill, it became silent when It sensed Hill entering meditation.

First, Hill confirmed the influence of water and fire on wind, then he slowly clarified the 17 levels of wind strength.

Then, Hill slowly calculated the formulas between wind speed, wind strength, and wind direction, after all, it was different in each world.

Feeling the slight rotation of the air around Hill, Natural Consciousness became even more cautious, not daring to make a sound.

After roughly determining a framework in his mind, Hill stood up and went directly to the most heavily protected Alchemy Laboratory, where, starting today, he would seclude himself.

News of Hill’s seclusion spread quickly, notified by List to Fran and Adrian. Although they didn’t know what Hill was doing, it was just as well.

These old Undead guys, they keep wanting to communicate with Hill.

In these few days, they had also figured out a bit. The Potion of Life Extension that Adrian gave to his family was suspected of being found by Hill.

Even if, as the rumors claimed, it was bought from the Undead Tribe, it wouldn’t matter.

A Magician of the Nature System would surely have many treasures in their possession, and it was easier to deal with this young Polanio than to seek out the aloof elves.

So now, Hill’s Lord’s Mansion housed all sorts of people.

Spies from other countries looking for information, old vagabonds seeking to benefit from Hill, as well as true scholars; Fran felt restless about them all.

But after Hill’s return, the domain began Alignment Detection.

It turned out that many people had stealthily fled after Marsha announced the activation of the Array.

Not even able to stand firm in Neutral, how dared they study the things of Demons, were they not afraid of falling on the spot?

Facing the inquisitive, Adrian coldly said, Hill felt very uncomfortable last night, he did not like the presence of people from an Evil Faction in his domain.

Those who settle in the domain must ensure they are of Neutral Good Alignment; for visitors, this was already a step back.

No one can stop such an independent lord from controlling his domain.

Fran felt thankful that for the sake of safety, he chose Hill’s place, which had the strongest Purification abilities.

If it had been at his own place, it wouldn’t have been easy to clear out people like this, because among Mages, being of Neutral Good was almost miraculous, and those of Neutral Evil were not in the minority.

But with Hill’s actions, most of the spies were actually asked to leave.

Indeed, Mages who listened to the Nobles’ directive often lacked a moral compass.

Adrian came in laughing, ”Hill, that was too interesting.”

”What did he do now? Didn’t he seclude himself?”

”List set up a bookstall at the church entrance,” Adrian laughed uncontrollably, ”All stories of Nobles and Mages. They are the books he brought back from his travels, rewritten. I flipped through a few, ’Mages’ View of Nobles’ and such. They are written too viciously.”

Fran sighed helplessly, ”Does he still think that his mother is a victim of knight novels?

How could that be possible? It’s just that Melanie’s character is so much like her grandmother, vain and frivolous, that’s all.”

Adrian shrugged, ”Let him think so! Hill is just too naive. How can a girl who grew up in the court be so pure?

Melanie likes to be flattered; there’s nothing wrong with that, she just chose the wrong person.

How did Hill end up regarding his own mother as a simple-hearted young woman?”

”Because Melanie was indeed very angry about the Earl’s Castle affair,” Fran said coldly, ”How could she care about such a small amount of money? She didn’t think a count’s position was worth dirtying her hands.

The reason she took the opportunity to leave the castle was also that she discovered that Count Pelast planned to vent his frustration on her because of Duke Kral’s attempt to become a Sky Knight.

Melanie was not one to suffer in silence over such matters.”

Adrian collapsed on the sofa, laughing, ”Hill never considered, if his mother was really a naive simpleton, how well she hid so much money?”

”If I was a Magister at the time, she would have just dominated everyone in the castle,” Fran also smiled, ”It must have been that maid named Lina, who, to prevent Hill from hating Melanie, gave him the wrong impression.

Hill is the symbol of Melanie’s wrong choice; she could never love him.”

”Lucky for Hill he had little contact with Melanie,” Adrian commented, ”Hill has always believed that Melanie was too deeply hurt to want to invest in any relationships anymore.

He doesn’t look at the several warehouses full of Melanie’s jewelry and clothes.”

”The only praiseworthy thing about Melanie is that, although she turned bad following those court women, she didn’t bring Hill a few illegitimate half-siblings,” Fran sighed, ”It’s also because I was too focused on Alchemy at that time that she got spoiled by those princesses.”