Phoenix Flower (4)

[How can we fly without a flying mount? Airplanes haven't been built yet? ]

Inger buried his feet in Finne's soft feathers, thinking various spells in his head.

Alex knew from his face that he was ready to try again, so he grabbed his hand and said, "What are you still thinking about?!"

Inger came back to his senses. "Well, I was thinking how lucky we were to have caught Legolas on the first island we landed on."

Alex held his hand tightly and refused to let go: "So we don't have to worry about the remaining islands. You have consumed too much magic power today!"

Inger nodded: "Yeah, I know. Let go. It hurts a bit."

Alex turned his head and said, "No."

Inger looked disgusted, mainly because the old cobweb was pricking his hand, but he didn't say anything else.

Finne circled down leisurely.

Looking at the more than one hundred people on the boat, the two were in a dilemma, after all, they could not contact the nearest police station.

They could only stay in the cabin for one night, waiting for Neka to send someone over.

"I should have asked Awatiye to send more people when I wrote the letter. If he thought he only needed to escort one person, then there would be too few people."

"You can use the mirror to contact Noli, give her the letter, and let her pass it to Duke Neka." Alex said as he washed the clothes and hung them in the window to dry.

[Ah, Noriha, when did they become so familiar with each other…]

"That's right." Inger started writing the letter and muttered softly, "I need to type a few more when I get back. This one isn't enough."

"How much does this cost?"

Inger gestured and said, "It's not cheap. It's made of fairy wings." But after thinking for a while, he added, "It can be reduced in size and made of coarse stone. It doesn't matter if the clarity is reduced. As long as the basic communication function is maintained, the cost will be much lower."

Alex nodded and looked at the mirror. Such a convenient communication tool had never been invented by anyone before.

"Yes." Alex called out.

"Hmm?" Inger replied while wiping the mirror.

Alex was silent for a long time, looking in the direction of Inger, and said slowly: "Magic spells... Even I can see that you used three different systems of spells."

Although he was not a wizard who specialized in spells, he had seen spells.

He also knew that two of the spells used by Inger were not used by ordinary wizards, and they did not belong to the writing of any country in the Onerola continent.

Inger paused, without looking up, and a mysterious smile appeared on his face: "Do you want to know?"

Alex nodded subconsciously.

Inger opened his mouth and chuckled, "...When you become emperor, I will tell you the truth about the spell."

He put a finger to his mouth and said, "I don't want to lie to you, but I can't tell you. I'll keep it for now. But I can tell you that these spells will be used by you and become the power of mankind."

Alex was silent again. He sat down as if relieved and looked up. "I've already thought of the excuse you'll make. For example, you created your own language or something like that."

Inger said noncommittally, "You can think of it that way."

Alex suddenly interrupted and asked, "Is it the same with sleepwalking?"

"Well... I don't plan to keep it a secret for too long... but we still need to observe for a while." Inger gave an ambiguous answer.

Alex looked out the window and saw raindrops splashing in and splashing on his face, so he quickly put his clothes back in.

"Why did it suddenly start raining?"

[It should be the magic that controls water that caused the local climate change...]

Inger looked out the window at the charred island and the flickering full moon under the dark clouds. He suddenly had an idea and said, "Let's go and look for fire lilies tomorrow."

Alex closed the cabin window, "Yeah."

In the following days, Inger let more than a hundred people sleep on the boat, and two men and a griffon moved all the people left on the island away, and then burned the seven or eight main islands of the reefs one by one.

This time, under Alex's control, Inger restrained himself a little and stopped using wide-area magic. He would rather spend more energy and effort.

Alex looked at the blazing flames below and sighed, "This thing is too weird."

Inger thought, "This is very invasive."

The islands they passed were covered with sea lilies. No other animals were seen, and even seabirds flew around the islands.

There are no plants to be seen except for extremely tenacious weeds.

After lighting the fire, they immediately flew away from the surrounding airspace on a griffon to avoid inhaling the incineration smoke.

At dusk, they burned all the sea lilies on the island, including living, dried and finished products.

Among them, they found a factory and laboratory for purifying green jasmine on an island. Although it was very crude, it was on a certain scale. They found several different types of green jasmine inside.

The colors are black, dark green, grass green, blue, light green, and blue-white.

Later, according to Alsophila philadelphica, the lighter the color, the higher the purity. Theoretically, the effect of being infinitely close to white and transparent is stronger, but it has not been discovered yet.

When she was a child, she used crude blue-black powder made by villagers. The effect was very poor, but it was addictive enough. Later, she basically used grass-green jasmine, which could cause hallucinations after one use.

Inger kept three vials of each as samples and burned the rest.

He didn't dare keep these three bottles for long, for fear that they would be used by someone with ulterior motives in the future.

The fire burned completely, leaving not an inch of living land on the island.

The pearl necklace on the Nanhai clavicle turned into black pearls.

In his previous life, this would have landed him in jail for life, but Inger did not regret it.

One is that the invasive plants have completely destroyed the original ecology of the island, and the diversity of plants and animals no longer exists. Another is that they have already taken the living people out, which is considered to be the most benevolent thing.

The two people standing on the griffon overlooking knew that the scorched soil would not die, and the wind blowing from the land would carry the seeds and sow new hope in this scorched earth.

The two of them rode around in the Fene for a few turns, but saw no trace of the scarlet flowers.

"The seeds don't germinate that quickly. Let's go to the first island and take a look."

They circled back to the first large island.

Inger threw several fresh fish from the fish basket to Finne. The enlarged Finne swallowed them all in one gulp, flapping its wings in joy.

Inger stroked its neck and said, "Thank you for your hard work these days."

Alex joked, "How can it be hard? It just wants to hang out outside every day."

Finé's eyes gleamed, and he flew over and gave him a claw.

Alex dodged a few somersaults and patted his chest with a lingering fear: "So smart, it really is an intelligent monster."

Finè rubbed against Inger and ran to a cleaner open space to rest.

Inger and Alex walked across the charred island, with nothing but blue sky, black rocks, ashes and sea breeze.

After the smoke cleared, many unknown seabirds appeared in the sky above the island.

Inger launched a magic circle to explore. Wherever he went, if there was any sign of life, the color temperature would definitely change.

As they walked, Inger suddenly stopped and said, "I got it."

Not far away, a thumb-sized green flower bud swayed gently in the wind.

"It sprouted so quickly." Alex walked over slowly and exclaimed, "It's smaller than I thought."

"It rained a few days ago." Inger picked up a handful of wet soil and thought, "Fortunately, this poison will naturally dissolve with rain and seawater."

The tender and transparent stem looks a little thicker than a hair, supporting the tiny flower bud, making one suspect that it will be blown to death by the fierce sea breeze in the next second.

Then they found several more seedlings. In this scorched earth full of ashes, only fire lilies could germinate in the high temperature.

“Come back in a few days,” Alex said.

They returned to the ship to see the hundred or so people.

Inger pointed at them and asked, "What should we do with these people? Do we still need to feed them?"

Alex laughed and said, "You won't die if you don't eat for a few days."

Inger agreed: “Not bad.”

The two of them lit candles in the cabin and took out mirrors.

"The rest is just cleaning up..." Alex leaned on the table, his words interrupted by a beam of light.

The mirror lit up.

This is the first time that mirror A lights up.

This means that a wizard has injected magic power into mirror B, so please contact us.

"Norihua, what do you have there... uh, father?"

Duke Pendlija, who was sitting opposite him, also showed a surprised expression: "It really is true! This magic device is really good, it can see so clearly."

Behind the Duke stood the smiling fat wizard from their mansion, and Norihua, who was smiling and waving.

Inger frowned: "Father, is there anything urgent?"

Peng Delijia smiled and said, "I'm relieved to see that you're okay. Awatiya Red Eagle sent me a letter, asking for permission to send Mingna to the Harunga territory. When I asked, I found out that it was you who wrote to him. Lanmore learned from the eldest princess that the young lady of the Midibai family was your contact, so I came to find her."

Inger was dumbfounded. Minna Circe was the head of the Knights of the Duke of Neka. He could not take people out of the territory without the consent of the lord, let alone go to another duke's territory.

"But father, in my letter I only said that I needed a few people to help send someone off."

Peng Delijia nodded: "I heard from Awatiya that it was Mingna who insisted on going."

Inger was a little helpless: "Uncle Mingna, there's no need to come over..."

When he was doing his homework, he did not forget the interpersonal relationships in his own territory.

When Lanmore and Inger were young, they stayed in the territory, and when they grew up, they would go back to play from time to time.

Minna, the leader of the Knights' Regiment, has known the Duke for a long time. Although he is in his forties and has not yet married, he loves the Duke's two children, especially Inger.

Of course, it is difficult to intuitively feel how much love is given from other people's descriptions, but Mingna must have known the original Inger very well.

Although Inger gets along well with his parents now, he doesn't want to deal with one more person.

Peng Delijia dismissed the others and said, "It's not a big problem to send him out. What happened over there that needs help? Tell Dad."

[It seems that Aura hasn't told him about Qingmo and Sea Lily yet. ]

Inger looked at Alex, who nodded and sat down next to him.

"Your Highness the Ninth Prince." Peng Delijia stood up and saluted.

Alex smiled and said, "Now only the Duke will greet me politely. However, considering our relationship, I won't have to do that in the future."

Peng Delijia smiled politely and didn't take it seriously. Inger looked at Alex. He knew that this "later" must include after he became emperor.

Inger and Alex briefly summarized what they had investigated in the past few days and handed it to Pendlijia.

As Peng Delijia listened, his expression became more and more serious.

"We have left behind witnesses and evidence. Now it all depends on how the princess plans to deal with Duke Mihe."

They did not mention the possible collusion with the Queen, but only pointed out the doubts. After all, this matter is difficult to explain clearly with prophecy.

Peng Delijia stroked his chin and said, "You burned all the sea lilies. He could just push the blame on you and get himself out of it."

Alex said calmly: "We will let his son identify him."

Pendlija added: "He can deny his own son. Legolas has not yet been included in the genealogy of Harunga."

Inger responded calmly: "That's the identity of the helper. No matter who it is, he, as the lord, cannot deny the blame for such a large-scale drug manufacturing and trafficking incident in his territory."

Peng Delijia pointed at the table in front of him and said, "Ying, you have to think it over. A case like this is not enough to bring down a duke."

Inger nodded emphatically: "I know, but we can't let this cancer spread."

He was even prepared to keep the matter in the shadows.

But not a single sea lily should be left alive.

They have only burned down one of the sea lily planting bases, and they don't know how many living, dried and finished products are still there in Harunga, whether they have flowed into other territories, and whether other people have mastered its planting and purification methods.

Problems pile up like a mountain.

"Okay, you have a lot of people over there. I'll go ask the eldest princess for the power of law and ask her for her decision. Let Minato bring some people with him."

Inger nodded in agreement.

Peng Delijia's expression softened. "Child, you are not feeling well. Did you get sick in the south? Did you eat well?"

Inger was about to reply, but Alex spoke first: "He had a high fever a few days ago, and he forced himself to use magic these days. If I hadn't stopped him, he would have used up his magic power again..."

Inger kicked him to the ground.

Peng Delijia looked at him worriedly for a while and said, "My child, your mother, me, and your brother all miss you. Take good care of yourself, have fun, and don't push yourself."

He added, "Seeing that you and His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince get along well, I feel relieved. If you want to beat someone up, just do it in the dark. If you get into trouble, we will help you clean up the mess, so don't be too afraid or too aggressive."

[…This…shouldn’t we usually say don’t cause trouble? ]

Inger could only promise: "I will be fine, and so will you, father. Don't worry too much."

Alex came over again, grinning: "Uncle Neka, I will take good care of Inger!"

Peng Delijia still smiled at him.

What are 35-year-olds saying?

Inger pushed him away expressionlessly, said a few words and hung up.

He was the one who cast the spell, so he had the right to terminate the call even if he was not the one who initiated it.