"Victor!!! Do you really want to be scolded?"
A roar echoed through the courtyard from the mansion.
When the servant outside the door heard this, he was so frightened that he shrank his neck.
They whispered to each other: "Mr. Victor and the lady are quarreling again."
"It's been a long time since we had a quarrel..."
The two people shook their heads. They had long been used to this.
As long as Victor is at home, Miss Liya will definitely have a quarrel with him.
Liya angrily pointed at Victor's nose and cursed: "I've been waiting for you for so long, but the first thing you said when you got home was to ask me if I was hiding someone in the house?"
"How narrow-minded are you to think of such a thing!"
Victor stood at the door, his expression still poker-faced, and he listened to Liya's scolding without speaking back.
Liya cursed for a while, and after expressing her unhappiness, she touched her head and sighed.
She thought it would be okay even if she didn't explain, but something went wrong and she explained more.
"That's a subordinate from the territory. He just came to report some things. When you came back, he had already left."
Victor nodded.
"I see."
When he entered the house, he smelled a fresh fragrance coming from the house.
That's obviously not the smell of a man.
I wanted to add two sentences after saying "Are you hiding someone?" to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings in Liya.
Unfortunately, Liya opened her mouth to scold him too quickly, as if it was an instinctive reaction. He didn't even react before he was scolded.
Then?
Then he let Liya scold him.
If the other party could calm down by scolding him, Victor would naturally not mind being scolded a few times.
This can be regarded as a way of conversation between two people, and he has long been used to it.
Victor sat down at the desk again and did not ask Liya if she had any difficulties recently.
He believed that Leah could handle everything.
If there was a problem that she couldn't solve, Liya would take the initiative to talk about it.
Sure enough, although Victor didn't ask, Liya herself mentioned the store with some embarrassment.
"The prop shop is not ideal."
"The explosion didn't happen as you thought."
"Huh? What's going on?"
Victor knocked on the table, which was somewhat unexpected.
He was interested in hearing Leah's explanation of why.
Liya reported the financial income of the prop shop.
"Except for selling a few on the first day, we didn't attract any customers in the following days."
Victor was a little confused. Judging from his own marketing strategy, theoretically this would not happen.
Because there will always be people who know the goods and come to buy.
Liya also said that the potion was sold on the first day.
Word of mouth among people who use the potion should have an explosive effect.
Is there a problem with the player's potion?
This is almost impossible.
Store management issues?
It's impossible. If Liya can't even run such a store, she can't develop her own territory so well.
Therefore, there could only be an unexpected situation.
"So, what happened?"
Liya began to explain:
"On the first day the store opened, the Duke's daughter bought some potions."
Hearing this title, Victor's eyes twitched slightly.
"Erica du Croy?"
Liya glanced at Victor and sneered.
"Hey, are you still thinking about the little lover you miss so much?"
"I even remember the name so clearly."
"This joke is not funny, go on."
Victor took the initiative to stop Liya's taunting.
Liya crossed her arms and curled her lips.
"I thought it wouldn't be long before the effect of the potion would be revealed with Erica's reputation, and a large number of mages would naturally come here."
"But the very next day, something happened to Mount Vesuvius."
At this time, Liya noticed that Victor's hand tapping on the table paused.
I have some answers to some of the speculations in my mind.
However, she still spoke patiently for Victor.
"A large number of mages went to the volcano, and only some ordinary first-level mages were left in the royal capital."
"Let's not talk about whether these people can afford it. Even if they can afford it, these things are too wasteful for them."
To put it simply, a first-level mage is not worthy of using this thing.
"A few days later, these mages all came back, and they began to unite again to impeach the Duke collectively."
"Even the emperor personally came forward and summoned the Duke and those noble mages to prepare for the final conclusion."
Having said this, Liya sighed helplessly.
The main target of potions is mages, and the capital has been in chaos recently. Mages are all busy, so how can they have time to visit the store?
Victor listened to all this expressionlessly.
He has been fighting with Gullerton inside the volcano, so naturally he doesn't know what happened in recent days.
No wonder, after the fight with Gullerton, when he appeared in the crater, he saw Erica at first sight.
He still thought he was hallucinating, after all, he had no subsequent memory after that.
When he woke up, it was Vega who told him why he had symptoms of coma.
'Weijia's ability should be used as little as possible in the future. '
Victor thought to himself.
After the battle, he was in a coma for four days.
Counting the three days of fighting Gullerton, it was exactly one week.
However, the battle with Gullerton affected the volcano of reality, which he did not expect.
Although the volcano did not erupt, the impact of this incident spread to the royal capital.
At this time, Liya was still complaining: "Others also said that Duke Levi stopped releasing the magic array because his daughter was missing."
"This is really funny. Let's not talk about whether war magic will tear his daughter apart. If the volcano erupts, wouldn't Erica who is still on the mountain also die?"
Victor didn't speak, but he agreed with Liya's statement in his heart.
During that time, Erica climbed onto the volcano, undoubtedly seeking her own death.
The difference is that under war magic, only Erica herself who appears on the top of the mountain dies.
When the volcano erupts, all the mages and residents under the mountain will be buried with Erica.
He did not believe that the Duke did not understand this.
Liya said and shrugged.
"By the way, there's one more thing."
"The emperor's decree has been delivered to my doorstep. On the day of the summons, you will also go to the palace."
"You came back at the right time. If you come back one day later, you will miss it."
"Why?"
Victor was a little curious, although he already had a guess in his heart.
"You want a reason? Okay."
"Before the volcano erupted, who was the only mage who disappeared without a trace?"
Sure enough.
Victor's expression remained unchanged after receiving the answer.
Seeing this, Liya didn't ask any more questions. She yawned and walked to the door.
"It seems that you have found a solution, then I'm going to sleep."
"I will close the door to my room, but don't go into my room in the middle of the night just because we haven't seen you for a long time."
With a bang, the door slammed shut.
Victor: "......"
Am I like the kind of bad guy who likes to knock on girls’ doors in the middle of the night?
If you think about it carefully, he has actually done this.
Maybe Gwen said something to Leah.
Victor didn't pay much attention to it. He was more curious about why the Duke did that.
Suddenly, Vega's voice sounded unexpectedly.
"If the volcano erupts, everyone there will die, including Duke Levi himself."
"Only that little girl, she was the only one who could survive."
"But if the magic formation falls, she will definitely die."
Victor narrowed his eyes and asked calmly:
"If I fail, the volcano will erupt and Gullerton will be released."
"Do you think a second-level little girl who was seriously injured can survive the natural disaster caused by the Calamity of Fire?"
Vega raised his head and looked at Victor with a deep look:
"She can talk to Calamity."
Hearing Vega's remarks, Victor was slightly startled. This time it was his turn to be confused.
Vega quickly caught Victor's reaction, and it was very happy.
"This is the first time I've seen you so surprised."
Vega obviously knows something, because it is sure that Erica will not die.
"Actually, I'm very curious as to what the Duke was born from."
"By the way, have you met that little girl's mother?"
Victor became even more silent.
In the game plot, this duke's daughter was also an amazing genius.
If nothing else happens, she will be nineteen years old - that is, two years from now.
After Victor's death, she will step into the ranks of a third-level mage, break Victor's genius record, and become the youngest third-level mage in the history of the empire.
It is precisely because of this that when the imperial regime changes and the new emperor ascends the throne.
Because of her talent, Erica Du Croy saved the Duke's family who supported the eldest prince.
For the time being, Victor could only think of these plots.
But when he heard Weijia say this, it was the first time he noticed it.
For such a fairly famous NPC, no player has ever seen her mother.
There isn't even a hint of the background story.
Is he dead? still......
There was too little information for Victor to sort out, and he couldn't figure it out.
Vega looked a little satisfied with his appearance. It turned out that there was something that Victor didn't know.
It opened its beak and chirped:
"So, what are you going to do?"
"Not only the Duke, but also you are going to be summoned tomorrow. Why not think about how to get through the difficulty first."
"But no one can help you."
Victor looked out the window, the moonlight falling on his cold and handsome face, feeling a little sad.
"It's normal for people to be helped by many people when they are in good ways, but few when they are unjust."
"All in all, Duke Reevy is amazing as a father."
That's right, he stopped the grand formation, preferring to let himself and the mages all die under natural disasters, and even give up on innocent people.
He also wanted his daughter to survive.
In addition, the Duke's actions are indeed outrageous.
"The emperor will not let the ministers who have followed him for a long time feel disappointed, but he must also give everyone an explanation."
"The worst outcome is to take off the title and return to the field."
"This is without me showing up."
Vega heard Victor's last words and said with interest, 'Oh? ’ made a sound.
"You want to help him?"
"This is called providing help in times of need."
Victor's eyes flashed with a cunning light like a businessman.
