In fact, since I returned to Hurley's house, I haven't mentioned another thing to Laura, and that is the conversation I overheard between Wind and Laura and us together outside the college's lounge.
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After leaving the room, I happened to meet Nice Strong face to face. It was better to arrive early than to arrive by chance. When Nice Strong saw me, his expression was extremely unnatural.
I was about to go out when Nice Strong stopped me.
Ness looked around and whispered: "Henmo, there are some things I want to talk to you about."
I thought for a while and followed Nice to a table in the corner. Nice took out a document and gave it to me. I didn’t know what it was, but Nice said: "Henmo, from the beginning, I was very concerned about you entering Merlin Academy, especially
Intervening in the confrontation between us and the evil mage army is objectionable."
"Why?"
"Because you have never lived in the magical world since you were a child. Although your family was once one of the three oldest families, it was destroyed overnight. Isn't it good for you to be sent to your uncle's house to live in peace of mind? But my teacher insisted on letting you
Entering Merlin Academy, and also allowing you to enter the forefront of our fight against evil mages, is an irresponsible act in itself. It is not right to put the survival of the entire magical world on you, a person who does not understand magic at all.
Are you kidding?"
What Nice said was straightforward, but not unreasonable. I believe he did not say it to me out of personal emotions.
Then he opened the document and put it in front of me: "Look at this first."
The document in front of me is a series of surveillance and investigation reports by the Magician Association on our Corinan family. The document shows that since the establishment of the Magician Association, they have been evaluating and monitoring some ancient magic families. Our Corinan family
The family has always been a key surveillance target of the Magicians Association, and in my father’s generation, he became the number one key surveillance figure of the Magicians Association because of his unparalleled magical talents. The number two figure is his younger brother, who is me.
Uncle, Colin Cullinan. I had never heard of my father's brother, but it's no wonder that I know very little about our family.
Looking at the back, the signature of the report came into my eyes, and my pupils dilated in surprise: Orvis Denton. This is Dale Hurley's wife, Laura's mother, she is responsible for monitoring our home
The spy is from the Magician Association? My mind is in confusion.
Nice Strong took the document back and said: "Teacher and I have big differences on how to treat you. I always believe that you are the number one target of the evil mage, and absorbing you into our internal organization will not affect you."
It's a huge threat to us."
Nice's words made me understand the meaning of the conversation I overheard outside the bar that night.
He continued: "Hen Mo, I have been investigating the infiltration operations of the Magicians Association recently. I can only say that in addition to the teacher's wife, there are probably others who have been infiltrated by the Magicians Association for the purpose of monitoring and even eradicating them when necessary.
You, the evil mage’s number one target.”
"Eradicate me? Why? I didn't do anything wrong."
"Why are you so stupid?" Ness said in a bitter tone: "The Magicians Association has always adopted a compromise-based appeasement policy towards evil mages. They have held meetings more than once to discuss how to secretly execute you as a way to express their disapproval to the evil mages.
By showing good intentions, the evil mage will probably stop causing trouble for them, and their bunch of officials will be able to sit back and relax."
After experiencing so many things these days, I took Nice's words with a grain of salt. I asked him calmly: "How do you know this? How did you get this document?"
Nice smiled bitterly and said: "That's a good question, because I am the double undercover agent arranged by my teacher to join the Magician Association."
Seeing that I didn't believe it, Nice took out a silver round tag from his pocket. There was nothing on the tag. I looked at Nice in confusion. Nice muttered "show" silently, and the abbreviation of OIO appeared on the tag.
"Are you from OIO?"
Nice nodded: "Yes, I was recommended by Dean Dale Hurley to enter the Magician Association. Later, I don't know how he worked, and he transferred me to the most confidential operations and intelligence office in the Magician Association.
That’s OIO.”
"But how could he have the ability to send you to be an undercover agent in the Magicians Association? Isn't the Magicians Association afraid of magic families?"
Nice didn't answer, but looked at me. I immediately understood that this was actually quite understandable, because Dale Hurley joined the Magician Association and was able to arrange for one of his students to enter such a confidential department.
Seeing that I was in a daze, Nice said: "I only discovered this document recently, so I still feel that absorbing you is a big threat to us, and the teacher insists on doing this, I think, and the Magician Association
The ones you open will be relevant to how you are dealt with."
After saying that, Ness stood up and left. When he reached the door, Ness turned back and said: "If you have any doubts about my identity or my words, you only need to investigate by yourself, and you will understand, Henmo, I have no personal grudges against you.
I just don’t want you, a person who originally stayed out of the matter, to become someone’s tool and end up losing your life. You have to know that many things are not as simple as you see on the surface.”
After Nice left, I also left the stronghold in the lake. I was very worried on the way back to the Heli family castle. It was almost late at night, and the surroundings of the castle were lit by a circle of torches. However, this castle became more and more unfamiliar to me.
What Nice said was like thunder hitting the deepest part of my heart. If Dale Hurley has defected to the Magician Association as he said, it means that he is also working for the tiger. Moreover, it is very likely that the changes at Merlin Academy are also secretly supported by them.
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"Henmo!" Laura's voice suddenly came from the front. She put on a mage robe and waited for me at the gate of the castle. I walked all the way, thinking deeply and not paying attention at all.
Now that I saw Laura, I felt mixed emotions in my heart. Laura saw that something was not right with me and asked me with concern: "What's wrong? Why are you so worried?"
I looked at Laura and didn’t know what to say to her. According to Ness, besides Laura’s mother, Orvis Denton, there was someone else who was infiltrated by the Magician Association. Who was it? Could it be Laura?
I shook my head, excusing myself from feeling uncomfortable, ignored Laura’s concern, and went straight to my room to rest.
In the middle of the night, I was lying on the bed, staring at the wooden ceiling, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, so I got up and sat in front of the window. It started to rain lightly outside at some point. In this crazy weather in the south, it rains so quietly, it's not pleasant at all.
"Transform the wind into form, transform life into guidance, and with your power, call me by my true name."
After the spell, Gaines appeared again, looked around, lay down on the armchair angrily, and said, "Okay, tell me what happened to you again."
I watched Gaines not knowing how to speak. Gaines turned a cloud of smoke into two rabbits chasing each other in the air. I was fascinated. Gaines opened his hand and the two rabbits were playing back and forth in front of me.
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I looked at the rabbit in front of me and said in despair: "Ancestor, do you think the Hurley family is trustworthy?"
This sentence aroused Gaines's interest. He stood up and paced back and forth with interest, and said leisurely: "The Hurley family has always been a very decent family, otherwise my teacher would not treat Mordred as such."
Leave something as important as the sword to them for safekeeping. Why do you ask so suddenly?"