“Wizard Green, you may not know me yet, but... this is not the first time I have met you.”
Alice, the wizard, parted her red lips slightly, her voice like a grain of gold falling on a frozen lake.
Her gaze passed over Lynn and the wizard Old, landing directly on Green between them, with a mixture of scrutiny and curiosity.
Green paused for a moment, and before he could ask a question, Alice continued.
"The Hercules once sought an audience with my ancestor, obsessed with the higher path of the Morning Star and the Radiant Moon Wizard... Therefore, although there was no formal master-disciple relationship, the two were more or less like half master and half friend."
She spoke calmly and gently.
"Before Lord Hercules left, our ancestor personally said... that he had a bright future and was very likely to become the ruler of Mountain City and ascend to the throne of the Radiant Moon..."
As Alice the wizard explained, Grimm's previously bewildered expression finally changed, and he seemed to slowly understand the reason behind it.
It turns out that the proud daughter of the Morton family in front of him was indeed somewhat related to him.
However, this connection did not come from Green himself, but from the interactions between his master, the Martial Immortal, and the patriarch of the Morton family.
In other words, he and Alice Morton should theoretically have no connection whatsoever.
Then why did she take the initiative to come to him after the meeting?
Just as doubt arose in Green's heart, Alice seemed to see through his thoughts, smiled gently, and the corners of her lips seemed to carry a hint of mockery and destiny.
"Before His Excellency the Martial God left, he specifically proposed a marriage to the Ancestor."
She paused, but her expression remained calm. "He said he wanted to ask for a marriage proposal from a senior witch in the Morton family on behalf of his student, who is you, Wizard Green."
"The marriage agreement will be discussed after both parties break through to the Morning Star level."
Alice raised her eyes and looked quietly at Green. "And that main witch of the Morton family... is me, Alice Morton."
“From the moment I broke through to the Morning Star realm, I have been waiting for news from Wizard Green. So, naturally, I remember you very clearly.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she gently closed her red lips, her beautiful face remaining calm and composed, without the slightest ripple.
After all, for a privileged young woman like her from a prominent family, marriage was never a decision she could make herself, but rather something arranged by her family.
Alice's words stunned Green Wizard, who, despite being a Morning Star Wizard with an incredibly sharp mind, was momentarily speechless.
After all, this news was indeed of great significance to him, the person involved. His teacher, Hercules, had secretly arranged a marriage for him with a woman from the Morton family.
Compared to the stunned and bewildered Wizard Grimm, Lynn and Ald, who were also witnessing the juicy gossip firsthand, were not directly involved and therefore did not react with the same discomposure as Wizard Grimm.
Moreover, Lynn himself didn't seem to care about the seemingly sudden major life event that was the Wizard of Grimm.
What really concerned him was the series of messages that the wizard Alice had just revealed.
"Hercules...the ancestor of the Morton family...above the sixth-level Morning Star, on the path of a seventh-level Radiant Moon Wizard..."
Lynn silently savored these words, sighing softly in her heart:
"As expected, she is a witch from a powerful family... Unfortunately, I am not familiar enough with the power structure of the Mountain City, and I don't know which Her Majesty Radiant Moon is the 'ancestor' she is talking about."
In the wizarding world, high-ranking wizards are often identified by titles or honorifics rather than their real names.
Even if someone like Lynn knew that the level seven Moonlight Wizard came from the Morton family, they might not know the other party's real name.
During the various key stages of a wizard's training, on the path from a formal wizard to a Morning Star wizard, as the wizard's strength increases, their original name gradually fades away and is replaced by an honorific title.
Titles not only symbolize power and status, but also serve as a necessary means of isolation.
After all, for higher life forms, a "true name" itself carries influence and pollution.
If a low-level wizard makes a hasty contact, he may be unconsciously oppressed by the aura and suffer mental shock.
Therefore, using honorific titles is not only a sign of respect for the strong, but also a form of protection for the weak.
Of course, there are still some Morning Star wizards who do not yet have a title, such as Grimm, Alice, and Lynn himself.
The reasons varied: Grimm and Alice were simply because their teacher had not yet officially named them;
Lynn's situation was much more complicated.
Throughout his spiritual journey, no senior of sufficient stature bestowed a name upon him.
In addition to his identity, experience, and the enemies he still had to settle in the outside world, he had to appear under the temporary name of "Green Forest Wizard," which served as both a cover and a layer of protection.
But Lynn knew in his heart:
As he accumulates power and consolidates his identity, if one day he no longer needs to hide his identity, he will eventually give himself a title that truly belongs to him.
That not only represents his identity, but will also be a symbol of his journey in the wizarding world.
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“Phew… Excuse me, Wizard Alice. This matter… is of great importance, I’m afraid I should go back and confirm with my teacher.”
Looking at the stunningly beautiful woman before him—who was very likely his future fiancée—the wizard Grimm smiled wryly and said.
Alice nodded slightly, her expression calm, seemingly neither in a hurry nor showing any opinion of her "future husband".
She simply nodded, politely and restrained, making it difficult to guess her true thoughts.
Just as Green was about to leave with Lynn and Old, Alice seemed to suddenly remember something, and her red lips parted slightly:
"By the way, Wizard Grimm, please give my regards to His Holiness the Hercules. When he visited the Morton family years ago, he held me in his arms as a child..."
At this point, she pursed her lips slightly, revealing a perfectly timed smile that was entirely in accordance with aristocratic etiquette.
"It's a pity that I need to be stationed in the Mountain City to oversee this Southern Region operation, otherwise... I really would like to go with you to pay my respects to Historian."
After saying this, the wizard Alice nodded and smiled at Grimm, then turned and left.
Her movements were light and graceful, like a wisp of light formed from elements, which vanished into thin air in the blink of an eye.
Green took it as a polite greeting and simply nodded in response, without giving it much thought.
But Lynn, who watched the whole thing from the sidelines, was different.
Alice's seemingly casual remark made his heart skip a beat, as if a long-standing mystery had been resolved in an instant.
Even before the Morning Star Conference, he had already vaguely speculated on the possible reasons for the destruction of the Nightmare Rift Valley:
In the city of mountains, someone wants to use the Nightmare Rift to curry favor with the Radiant Moon Wizard behind it all.
For the Mountain City, defeating the Southern Meteor Council is a piece of cake.
If we can succeed in getting through the Nightmare Rift, we will naturally win the favor of Lord Radiant Moon.
But who could have predicted that the plan would fall apart so completely?
Not only did they fail to curry favor, they also wiped out an entire affiliated force of the other side.
This isn't a gesture of goodwill; it's stirring up a hornet's nest.
It was still the kind of thing where they'd hit the Moonlit Wizard on the head with a wooden stick.
Lynn had already pieced together most of the story, but Alice's seemingly insignificant remark seemed to connect all the clues into a complete line.
“Old said… Alice devised part of the plan for this operation. And now, she has to take responsibility for the operation, so she's being held captive in the Mountain City and can't leave…”
Lynn's mind raced, as if someone had lit a lamp in her mind.
"Could it be that she was the one who devised the plan to curry favor with Nightmare Rift Valley... but ended up getting away with it and incurring their wrath?"
"According to what Wizard Grimm told me before, the Radiant Moon Lord behind the Nightmare Rift has an excellent relationship with Hercules, all because of that divine body..."
Thinking this through, Lynn understood everything. His expression remained unchanged, but his heart was filled with a complex mix of emotions.
Judging from the bewildered expression on Wizard Grimm's face, it's not hard to tell that Miss Alice from the Radiant Moon family probably didn't think much of Wizard Grimm, otherwise they wouldn't have had no contact at all over the years.
Now that the other party has suddenly come to seek out Wizard Grimm, it is highly likely that they want to use Wizard Grimm's relationship with Hercules to get Hercules to plead for them on their behalf.
Even Alice, who came from the Radiant Moon family, could not withstand the wrath of a Radiant Moon Wizard.
After all, although the main lineage of a large family holds a superior position, far exceeding that of ordinary people like Lynn, in His Majesty Huiyue's eyes, they are nothing more than small insects.
"This Miss Alice is probably all talk and no action. She doesn't associate with Wizard Grimm normally, and only comes to him to clean up her messes when she gets into trouble... Tsk tsk tsk... Wizard Grimm is really lucky to have such a fiancée..."
Furthermore, Lynn somehow recalled the strange space he had accidentally entered when he was in the Mechanical City.
In that strange space, the Radiant Moon Lord seemed to value the wizards of the Mechanical City highly, and they were engaged in a mysterious research together.
Now, with the destruction of the Nightmare Rift, the Mechanical City has also fallen into its clutches...
In Lynn's view, the destruction of Nightmare Rift was not only a desecration of the reputation of His Majesty the Moon, but also a destruction of his research results.
So, as for Miss Alice's future, well, she'll have to fend for herself...
Lynn understood everything and summarized the major events that had occurred in the Southern Region during this period.
Of course, that's all. As for the mistake Miss Alice made, and her hope that her fiancé, Wizard Grimm, could plead for her, those subsequent matters had nothing to do with Lynn himself.
So he simply stood aside, offering a "bystander's perspective" on the future of Wizard Green, without intending to say anything or get involved.
The Wizard of Green was clearly bewildered by Alice's information, and his blank expression remained for a long time.
After Alice left, he immediately bid farewell to Lynn and the wizard Ald, clearly in a hurry to return to the Forgestone to consult Hercules.
After Wizard Green left, Lynn and Old, who already disliked each other, naturally dispersed.
After watching Wizard Ald and Wizard Grimm depart, Lynn himself did not stay in the council hall, but instead headed to other parts of the mountain city.
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The City of Mountains is the headquarters of the Southern Region Wizard Council, connecting multiple civilized worlds, and attracting countless races and powerful individuals.
The city of mountains is divided into two districts: the upper district serves only the Wizard Council and Morning Star Council members; the lower district serves wizards and non-congregation members from other civilized worlds.
Although Lynn had gained a lot of knowledge from observing the Morning Star Council, he still left the Upper City and went to the Lower City as soon as the meeting ended.
It wasn't that he didn't want to stroll around and visit the upper city, but rather that without a councilor's status, it was impossible to move an inch, as the array formations and law enforcement wizards would cause him endless trouble.
Fortunately, he still had the token given to him by Ald, and after explaining the situation to the law enforcement wizards in the enforcement squad, they "escorted" him away from the upper city.
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Leaving the desolate and bleak Upper Town, the noise and voices of people once again filled Lynn's ears.
Before I had walked more than a few streets, a steady stream of newcomers filled the area again, their voices—communicating, clattering, and whispering in unfamiliar languages—creating the unique chaos and energy of the downtown area.
Lynn glanced at the figures moving about on both sides of the street.
True wizards were few and far between; most were foreign visitors who maintained trade and technological exchanges with the mountain city.
Clearly, after the Dawnstar Council concluded, the human wizards had already left to digest the aftermath of the meeting and the subsequent power struggles.
Based on the remaining memories of the Spirit-Eyed Wizard, Lynn traversed the uppermost level of the lower city, following the intricate alleyways, and soon found his destination.
"here……"
He murmured softly, raising his gaze to the imposing building in front of him—the council chamber of the Wizarding Council.
It was a towering structure so majestic it was almost oppressive, its broad body reaching straight into the clouds, standing heavily at the heart of the city's nerve center, as if silently proclaiming the authority of the wizarding civilization.
The outer walls of the tower were shrouded in solemn magical energy, as if time itself had become even more somber here.
In the most eye-catching position on the outer wall of the tower, a huge pattern stands out, the emblem that Lynn is all too familiar with.
A great sun lay across the sky, illuminating the countless stars below.
That was the pattern on the back of the law enforcement wizard's robe, the purest and proudest symbol of wizarding civilization.
The Great Sun represents the wizarding world.
The countless stars represent the many worlds that have been conquered, ruled, or vassaled by the wizarding civilization.
In the endless ocean of planes, the wizard civilization is undoubtedly one of the most advanced, oldest, and most powerful civilizations, capable of ruling over so many worlds with the power of civilization.
Any Morning Star wizard who steps into this place and sees this pattern cannot help but feel a surge of heroic spirit. Lynn was no exception.
"I've been in this world... for so long."
Lynn stared at the picture, a deep emotion stirring within him.
"Now, I have finally become a true member of this civilization."
They are not vassals, nor are they the ruled, but rather real members who possess rights, have seats, and can influence the course of civilization.
Only by becoming a member of the Wizarding Council can one truly step onto the stage of wizarding civilization.
Lynn took a deep breath, then strode towards the tower's entrance. (End of Chapter)
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