Throne Steps

Clouds cover the moon, and the night is cold.

Suddenly there was a gust of sharp evening wind, and the leaves seemed to quarrel instantly, pushing each other and swaying together, and the rustling sound was endless.The gust of wind was about to subside, but it picked up again, whistling through the gaps in the building, sweeping away all kinds of light and thin objects.

This is a sign of the approaching cold snap.

Wrapped in a linen cloak, Li Chen followed closely behind the young man, and by the way, used him to block some of the night wind.

That young man was Saenz's roommate, and he followed Saenz to Pesa to work part-time as a guard who read some books.

"Ah - sneeze!"

Li Chen rubbed his nose and pulled the cloak hat lower.He still couldn't figure it out, how could things have progressed to such a weird step?

In the afternoon, the academic exchanges basically proceeded smoothly in a peaceful atmosphere.

Although Belen Meloyer was a cold guy, under the instruction of Saenz, he still tried his best to demonstrate the magic of the light system a few times.As a magician of the water system, Noah walked through the process of "communicating light elements with water elements as a medium" step by step, and was the first to get started.

Wiggins' attribute bias is still unclear, but because the water element is relatively mild, he communicates most often with the water element.Seeing that Noah succeeded, he also wanted to use the water element to communicate with the light element.After thinking about it, Saenz said that there is no preference anyway, it is better to communicate directly with the light element.But Saenz obviously overestimated Wiggins' ability. Since this guy hasn't fully understood the principle, the first step of affinity elements is extremely difficult.

"Rigsella." Saenz turned around suddenly, "What is your question?"

"……Eh?"

Li Chen was originally dragged here, following the principle of saying less and making less mistakes, he acted as a stake in the front row of onlookers.Now Saenz suddenly called his name, Li Chen casually replied: "How does the water element communicate with the light element?"

This performance is very similar to blurting out what was just thinking.Saenz thought for a while and replied: "Elements have their own way, and the water element is just a translator."

In fact, Li Chen didn't think about this question at all. After hearing Saenz's answer, he had no choice but to ask: "Elements can communicate with each other? In other words, all elements can recognize the same language. ?”

Saenz was actually cheating Lichen, he didn't expect that he could really follow up with such a series of questions, so he couldn't help being delayed for a moment.Wiggins and Noah didn't understand what Li Chen was talking about at all, and their faces were full of blank expressions.

Belen interjected coldly from the side: "In theory, it should be that the physique of the magician has an affinity for the elements, so that these elements can perceive the thoughts of the magician and then act. The so-called 'translation' is actually more similar to water." The element pulls the light element over to get close to the magician, and then repeats the process of observation and action."

Li Chen asked: "Then what channels do they use to make other elements friendly to magicians?"

Belen narrowed his eyes, and repeated Saenz's previous answer: "...they have their own way."

Li Chen suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "If you can master the language of communication between elements, wouldn't you be able to get along with any element at will?"

His idea is actually very simple.To make a metaphor, a Chinese person needs to communicate with Germans, French, and Italians respectively. Generally speaking, this Chinese person must know German, French, and Italian.But if people from Germany, France and Italy communicate with each other in English, it would be much easier, wouldn't it?

Saenz smiled and denied: "How can it be so simple? Elements are the composition of the world. If you can understand their language, wouldn't you become a creator god?"

God of Creation?Isn’t the religious belief here the same as Saenlich? Where does the creator of the world come from?Li Chen blinked.He did not expect to use elements to construct the layers of things.When he blurted out the question, he suddenly thought that if he could truly master "English", he would be able to communicate with any element, so that he could get acquainted with any element at will-then attribute bias or even talent, isn't it all just a cloud?

It's not impossible if you think about it.At least the invoking spell he often used in the small dark room—the one he never saw after he came out—is a statement that can draw the energy of magic crystals without any talent at all.But thinking of this, the problem came again.

"What exactly is the energy in the magic crystal?"

"It's magic power." Although Li Chen's question was very jumpy, Saenz, as a "helpful Saenlich", answered, "My own magic power can guide the magic power in the magic crystal and use it. This is actually the category of your alchemy department, you can ask Sean for details."

Sean?Li Chen felt that Saenz would mention this absent character for no reason, so he made a silent note in his heart, nodded and asked, "Then what is the connection between magic power and affinity?"

This again involves the principle of magic.Belen interjected again, his tone still cold: "Magic power is the energy that drives the elements to do things, and affinity is used to summon the elements."

Wiggins on the side finally showed a sudden realization: "It turns out that affinity is used to summon the army, and magic power is used to command the army!"

Li Chen was a little puzzled by their clear behavior. Isn't "summoning" itself an order?According to their explanation, isn't the magic crystal a paradox?If the user has no rallying power, no matter how powerful the command is, wouldn't it be useless to have no soldiers?

Saenz seemed to see Li Chen's doubts, and explained: "The magic power in the magic crystal is different from that contained in the human body. The magic power in the magic crystal is based on commands, and it also has the power of compulsory 'summoning'. Therefore, no matter how talented people are in magic, they cannot ignore the use of magic crystals."

Still... Li Chen nodded.In his view, "calling" and "commanding" are actually the same in origin, except that one uses "26 letters" to form "Pinyin", and the other forms "English".It is further assumed that if you want to achieve the previously thought of "can drive elements to use magic without talent", then figuring out these "26 letters" should be the first step.

Saenth never expected that Li Chen would follow the question to think of such an original and unnatural thing. He just vaguely felt that the other party had an idea, so he asked, "What shortcut did you think of?"

Li Chen looked at him blankly: "...Eh?"

"It's like your mini alchemy formation and silent spells—" Saenz walked up to him, his gentle voice seemed to be comforting a child, "Have you thought of any unique way to use light magic?"

Is he really asking me, or is he pointing at me for not practicing light magic seriously... Li Chen shook his head: "I haven't figured it out yet."

"It's okay, think about it slowly." Saenz patted Li Chen's head, "You can continue to ask if there is anything you can't figure out."

Li Chen paused, and had to pretend to be a naive child, and grabbed Saenz's hand: "Your Highness, don't touch it, I'm not a child anymore!"

"Haha, okay." Saenz laughed indifferently, like a spring breeze in March, "Sorry, sorry."

Li Chen nodded to accept the apology, let go of Saenz's hand, and then seemingly casually put his hand in his pocket and put something.

A note - Saenz felt it when his hand touched his head.

While drinking the warming milk tea, Li Chen suddenly felt that Saenz and Lailier were quite interesting.

One was secretly stuffed twice to convey information, and the other directly sent invitations and called people to come to the door arrogantly.

But one thing is still very similar - there is always a bunch of nonsense before talking about business.

"...Rigsella?"

"...What?" Li Chen didn't seem to care about being caught for his distraction, and directly gave an "Ibagyoupardon" expression.

Saenz didn't seem to care about his impoliteness at all, and smiled gently: "I'm asking, do you have any questions about the magic tutoring during the day?"

Li Chen's black line, he took a sip of milk tea, and then replied: "Your Highness, I have something to tell you, let's go ahead."

Saenz is still smiling, but his tone has already produced a sense of disobedience: "Huh? Are you pretending to be cute?"

The first time they met, they were exposed four times, and the second time they met, they were caught straight again. With only two of them, Li Chen really didn't bother to put on that look anymore.What's more, in the middle of the night, he didn't come to listen to the nobleman's lengthy foreshadowing.

"Okay, our little alchemist wants to get straight to the point." Saenz put down the cup, leaned back, and clasped his hands in his lower abdomen, "Are you interested in helping me with something?"

Li Chen didn't expect the other party to bring up this matter so early, but at least he had put in some effort beforehand.Now after hearing this, a dazed look immediately appeared on his face: "...what?"

"Don't be stupid." Saenz's imperative sentence seemed to be comforting, more like an order, "You will always have to stand in line."

The corners of Li Chen's eyes twitched: "My heart is for Xianyun Yehe..."

Saenz interrupted him: "My name is Saenz, not Wiggins."

Li Chen immediately answered: "But go to the court hall."

"Then what's the problem?" Saenz's tone has sunk, the corners of his mouth are still hooked habitually, his gesture is completely devoid of friendliness, and there is a faint hint of cruelty, I am afraid that anyone who looks at him will scream People are too nervous to know what to do.

Li Chen can still hold on.On the one hand, he often faced cloudy conditions in Xinlik, and he was familiar with this level of pressure; on the other hand, Saenz was only 15 years old, and Li Chen subconsciously regarded him as a child, what pressure was there? When I got here, I immediately discounted it.

"There are a lot of questions." Li Chen's attitude seemed to be completely opposite to that of Saenz, and he became more and more casual, "For example, why should I do things for you?"

"It was my negligence." Saenz really didn't care about Li Chen's attitude, "So, what do you want?"

Li Chen was happy.He looked at Saenz's charming smiling face, shook a smirk, approached frivolously and tapped his chin with his index finger: "Can you give me anything you want?"

Saenz didn't dodge, but instead widened his smile: "It depends on what you can do for me."

"I'm only 12 years old." There was a hint of doubt in Li Chen's tone, he was indeed quite puzzled, "What can you do with such a young party member?"

"Yes." Saenz suddenly grabbed the index finger on his chin, and kissed the fingertip with his thin lips——

"——can be 'developed'."