Compared to the surprise of most of the audience, the mages, especially the older mages, seemed much calmer. It was obvious that they had mostly guessed the boy's identity. Even if you are not someone who had a close friendship with him in his early years, you can actually find out the Black Sage's previous deeds if you are interested - at least within the Mage Association of the City of Sages, this is not difficult.
As for the fact that the Black Sage once joined the church choir, although not everyone knows it, based on some clues in the previous "Mage King", the mages actually have some guesses. Since the Black Sage did not become furious because of these plots, nor did he order Yin Lian to modify the content, there is a high possibility that this matter is indeed true.
It’s just that the ordinary audience, especially the nobles who are church believers, cannot accept it very well.
But after this unexpected information was accepted, the audience quickly felt that the whole thing was reasonable. Generally speaking, there is no doubt that the Black Sage has received a very good education. If this education is not due to his noble birth, then 80% of it is still the education of the church faction - at that time, no, even in Yin Lian Yu Xian Before the establishment of public charity education in the capital, common people could only obtain a relatively good education by relying on their own talents and relying on the church.
This information gives the audience two different emotions.
Some people think that the Black Sage was obviously educated by the church, but he degenerated into a mage, which is really unworthy of being cultivated. Some people think that the Black Sage himself may have been a believer, but was forced to become a mage by the church's extermination of law. This is undoubtedly a pity and regrettable reality.
But anyway, the plot continues.
After the class ended, Andasi left the classroom and returned home. At night, he sang a song again facing the window sill, but unexpectedly, all kinds of light spots suddenly appeared around him. He looked at those light spots curiously and sang more and more energetically, seemingly unaware that these light spots were actually the embodiment of magical elements.
He sang innocently: "Is this a dream/The night sky is shining with light/Is it the gods who responded to my singing/I have a room full of stars/This is like a beautiful dream/I hope when I wake up It's still there"
But what happened the next day was completely different from what he imagined.
When Andasi went to church, he found that the street was very lively because it seemed that someone was about to be executed.
Andasi asked his neighbor's uncle: "Why was he executed?"
The uncle was trembling and speechless, because the person who was about to be executed was their neighbor for many years, someone who would usually quarrel with him, but who would also greet each other, laugh and scold each other every day. He said, "Because of magic."
Then the stage lights dimmed, and a piece of people's inner drama appeared.
"The Holy City decrees/Magic must die"
"Those who control magic will be punished/Those who protect magic will also be punished."
"But why him?"
Then the uncle who had spoken to Andasi before began to sing solo: "I still quarreled with him today over a fan of meat/Although I think the fan of meat is not worth the breadfruit/But I still think he is a fairly fair hunter. "
Another actor dressed as an aunt sang: "If this year's charcoal fire burns out/I am bound to miss very much/the young man who carried the charcoal fire for me."
The girl sang: "Isn't magic evil/But I don't see its evil/If evil is not the standard of magic/Then why should magic be put to death?"
…
Everyone expressed their doubts, but the inner drama soon ended, but these uncles, aunts, girls, and children did not dare to speak. Andasi looked around and suddenly asked: "Sir, did Uncle Hunter do something evil with magic!?"
The knight of the church immediately said fiercely: "Isn't the use of magic itself an evil thing?"
Andasi said: "But... I mean, evil means, because it is a malicious act that hurts others, right? Or did he do something disrespectful to the gods?"
The knight said: "Magic is evil! Child, your idea is very dangerous! Do you think it's okay to use magic?"
Andasi wanted to say something else, but his mother hurriedly covered his mouth.
Andasi struggled for a moment and found his mother staring at him fiercely, making a quiet gesture, and had to shut up.
In the fire, the hunter was burned to death. On the stage, all the residents of the town turned their heads away, including Andasi's teacher. No one could bear to watch this scene. In the subsequent class, Andasi went to ask the teacher and asked her: "What is the definition of magic? Is it an inherent sin? If the existence of magic is a mistake, then the church can also use the power of magic, elements They have always existed in this world, why are they not punished for this?"
The teacher replied to him: "Don't ask/Don't doubt/Don't resist/The world is happy because of ignorance/We should not know what God does not want us to know/Knowledge is wrong/And faith does not require thinking/Does not require doubt/ We will be happy”
But Andasi is obviously not the kind of person who is willing not to doubt.
He finally understood that the light spots that appeared in front of him that day were actually mostly magical elements.
He is a man gifted with magic. He didn't know if he had used them, so he started reading books about this aspect of the church, trying to accurately determine what kind of behavior would be punished by the church. But in fact, he didn't know because of the small town. The church itself had few books and information lagged behind. Or because magic itself was a closely guarded topic, he didn't find much useful information.
But even if he didn't find any information, a lot of reading still made him knowledgeable and quick-thinking. Following that, even without spells, he slowly began to learn how to control magical elements.
This made him feel uneasy, but the more he came into contact with knowledge, the less he recognized the teacher's argument that "ignorance is happiness." So even though he knew it was taboo, he still started reading a lot of books, even picked out some obscure spells from church documents, and learned some simple magic words.
And it was eventually discovered.
When Andasi was suspected by his parents, he himself was already aware of it. At this time, the overall demon extermination campaign on the mainland was at its most serious. In the past few years, even this small town has suffered many executions. Those who were tortured, hanged or burned were often those who had lived with everyone for generations.
In fact, when Andasi was a child, he experienced executions like this several times, but the frequency was not so high at that time. However, in recent years, the laws issued by the church have become more and more stringent, directly requiring everyone to report their relatives and friends. On the contrary, if they know clearly and conceal it, they will be executed together with the person who concealed it.
But even so, Andasi didn't really think his parents would report him. Moreover, he has learned some ways to hide the fluctuations of his spells, and he realizes that the church will not easily detect the clues.
But that night, his mother pushed him out and said to him: "Leave here/Go anywhere/Your father has gone to the church/Soon you will face the church's pursuit/and cruel death penalty/We will not I will protect you/even if you call me cold/cruel/leave here/don’t come back/you are no longer my child/the moment you use magic.”
The young Andasi was at a loss and knocked on the door of his home suddenly, saying: "Don't do this to me/Mom/I didn't use magic/It's them that surround me all the time/I don't want to leave/Don't do this to me/Mom/ I’ve never done anything bad/Please don’t give up on me/You guys are everything to me.”
But he heard his mother roar: "Get out!"
Andasi was frightened.
But he heard his mother say: "The knights of the church will come soon/If you don't want to be burned to death, leave immediately/If you are still here when they appear/I will send you to the gallows without hesitation."
"Get Out of Here/Evil Magician"
Andasi was greatly shocked, and finally fled into the wilderness in a hurry, without any luggage or dry food.
"Many, many years later/I will still think back over and over/on that night/what kind of mood she had/urged me to leave."
"Does she want to save my life/or wants me to die/the answer that cannot be traced/the doubt that cannot be solved"
"I heard the knight's voice/But magic is the power of miracles/I walked blankly in the wilderness/Escaped into the forest/When I was hungry, I picked wild fruits/When I was thirsty, I drank the dew."
"Nature is the mother of everything/It is sometimes cruel/But it treats me tenderly"
Andasi wanders in the wild, sometimes quietly approaching human society, but then quickly moving away. Relying on the power of magic, he discovered that his parents had indeed reported him to the church. They seemed to have made up lies, claiming that he had discovered the reporting behavior, and therefore escaped. The church issued a wanted order against him, but spared his parents and even gave them a large reward for reporting.
They even had another child soon, a girl. Andasi once secretly visited the child.
"Snow-white face/Sweet smile/I used to be you/May you never become me."
"Life is like a lonely boat/Even close relatives will give up on you easily/This is a smart thing/Stupid people have all died/Died in the fire/For the most sincere love"
"Are you happy/Or are the dead happy? May you never be abandoned/But if the gods are cruel/Don't give up on yourself."
Andasi left his hometown resolutely.
He will never give up. If he can't be accommodated here, he will go to a place that can accommodate him and accept him. If the entire continent cannot tolerate him, he will find his fellow mage companions and build a kingdom for magicians with his own hands.
He will never give up on himself.
