Duke Levi glared at Victor and left without saying a word.
As for Victor,
From beginning to end, he never wanted to explain anything.
Helping Duke Levi was just a matter of course. Although he did need the strength of the Duke's family to do something, there was no need to say these words to Duke Levi.
Victor has better candidates.
He waited outside the city gate for a while, and soon saw Gwen trotting over.
Gwen was anxious as if she was chasing someone. She stopped when she saw Victor.
"I have been waiting for you."
As if he knew that Gwen would definitely come to him, he said to Gwen who came over.
But Gwen didn't have a good look on Victor's face.
"Don't you have anything to explain to me?"
Victor saw many mages around who had not yet left, and looked towards the two of them.
"We'll talk about it later."
Victor told Gwen that she was in a crowded place and it would be better to tell her some things in private.
Gwen took his hint and nodded.
"Get in my carriage."
"good."
Gwen agreed without thinking much.
The two walked together, and when they arrived at the carriage, Victor stretched out a hand towards Gwen.
Gwen didn't understand what it meant and was stunned for a moment.
Seeing her like this, Victor shook his head and explained: "This is the necessary basic etiquette when inviting women."
"Troublesome etiquette."
Gwen complained, not even noticing the strange looks coming from around her, and put her hand on Victor's hand.
Under Victor's guidance, the two got into the carriage together, the door was closed, and the carriage quickly drove away.
Victor looked out the window, and he was very satisfied with the various complex expressions on those people's faces.
Then he closed the curtains.
Presumably after this meeting, public opinion will have a new direction tomorrow.
He turned to look at Gwen again.
Gwen was the first to take out a bag from her waist.
"This is what you want."
She handed the bag to Victor, who was a little confused, but took it anyway.
When I opened it, I saw a variety of red crystal stones of different shapes inside.
He suddenly remembered the reason he had told Gwen before.
Victor was a little surprised, but he didn't expect Gwen to still remember these things.
He does need this kind of thing to make some special magic props, but these are actually just incidental.
When he left the volcano, he was a little regretful that he didn't collect some, but it didn't matter anymore.
Unexpectedly, Gwen actually collected part of it for him.
A warmth rose in Victor's heart, but he was not that pretentious in the first place, so he put the bag into the player's backpack.
"Thanks."
Gwen glanced at Victor feeling a little funny, and her tone was mocking.
"I never thought you would say thank you."
"Then it's time for your explanation."
Victor nodded and said:
"I have finished speaking in front of the emperor."
"You were also present and should know whether what I said was the truth."
Gwen suddenly said to him coldly:
"You should understand that this is not what I want to ask."
She and Victor had grown up together since childhood. Victor was so kind-hearted that he wanted to stop the volcano from erupting and save everyone.
Gwen absolutely didn't believe it.
Victor showed his cold-blooded side from an early age.
If he had to make a necessary trade-off, even if it meant sacrificing a town's people, he would choose to gain his own benefits.
"What is your purpose in triggering a volcanic eruption?"
"What's the purpose..."
Victor thought about it, why did he prepare to follow Gwen when he heard the news about going to the volcano?
Obviously he can go alone later.
Without the following of the Knights, perhaps Victor could do all this more secretly.
By the time the royal capital found out, everything would have been over long ago.
It would not have caused such a big sensation, and even caused the entire third-level mages in the royal capital to wade into this troubled water.
but......
"Maybe it's because of you."
"because I?"
Gwen was suddenly stunned, and even her heart of justice trembled a little.
Under the surveillance of her righteous heart, Gwen could see that Victor was obviously not lying.
In other words, he did have this idea.
'Wait a minute, if it's because of me...'
He went to the crater of the volcano alone, just to challenge the monster in the volcano.
It turned out to be for her?
Gwen was a little confused. Did Victor think he would encounter any danger?
'That Victor actually thinks that...? '
Gwen put a hand on her chest and clearly felt that her heart was beating faster.
No matter how insensitive she was, she still had some guesses in her mind.
Victor doesn't like her, does he?
How else to explain all this!
I heard that she was going to a dangerous place like a volcano, so I came here in the middle of the night just to go with her.
Living in the same room together and meeting so many of her unreasonable demands.
In order to prevent danger from happening on the volcano, he went to suppress the monsters under the volcano in advance.
"This this......"
Gwen's rationality told her that she shouldn't think so, because Victor couldn't possibly like her.
He is obviously such a selfish person...
But his righteous heart never goes wrong.
'What should I do if he really likes me? '
Gwen's heart was a little confused.
As for Victor still thinking about it.
'Well...it's definitely because of her. '
On the one hand, Victor really wanted to fight the Crucible Monster, and wanted to test his current self and how long it would take to defeat the opponent.
On the other hand, Gwen went on a mission and had to leave the royal capital for a long time.
This is something very dangerous for him.
If Gwen was still in the royal capital, he could still learn about Gwen's movements through Liya.
But if Gwen went to the volcano.
Who could have imagined the opportunities that would come her way?
Victor made a bold guess. Maybe Gwen suddenly fell into the cliff and woke up the sleeping furnace monster. As a result, he fought with the lava monster and gained part of the opponent's power.
This is not impossible.
Since Gwen lived until the end in the game, nothing would have happened to Gwen's mission without his influence.
In order to avoid his own death, he suppressed Gwen as much as possible.
At least he could rest assured that Gwen was always acting under his nose.
So saying that it was because of Gwen that Victor chose to go to the volcano with her and defeat Gullerton in advance was not just a casual statement.
The two have different thoughts. Victor doesn't know what Gwen is thinking, but this explanation should convince Gwen.
After all, he really thought so.
"Is there anything else you want to ask?"
"No...no, where have you been these days?"
Gwen asked suddenly.
These were the questions she wanted to know most.
In these days, due to Victor's disappearance, almost everyone believed that Victor was absconding in fear of crime, and there were even rumors that he had died in the volcano.
In the days since his disappearance, the Cravenas were in an equally dire situation.
The business was attacked by competitors, and the residence was blocked by many people every day and threw various things into the courtyard.
It is conceivable that Victor makes people hate him so much that after his death, there are still a bunch of people coming to take revenge on him.
It's hard for Liya to last for so long alone.
"I was injured and found a place to heal."
Victor explained.
Strictly speaking, this sentence was also true. The three days and three nights of battle with Gullerton did make him lose.
Although the injury was not serious, it was indeed a reasonable reason for healing.
Moreover, after the battle, he was really in a coma for three days and three nights.
As long as it is consistent with the truth, Gwen's righteous heart will not judge it as a lie.
"Is that monster...that strong?"
Gwen could not have imagined that with Victor's strength, he would be so seriously injured.
It took so many days to recover. It was obvious that the monster was so powerful that it was outrageous.
At this time, she suddenly remembered what the old woman in Sancher said:
In the volcano, a volcano god was sealed.
Such legends may not necessarily be used as evidence, but since that kind of thing can be called a god, its strength cannot be underestimated.
Victor closed his eyes and used magic to create a picture for Gwen.
Red magical energy began to wrap around Gwen.
Gwen felt that the surrounding scene was changing rapidly, and the sky suddenly became dark.
"It's very strong."
Synchronized his own feelings with Gwen's.
The temperature in the carriage suddenly rose, and at this moment, Gwen saw the monster as if she was actually there.
The flames surged into the sky, like a demon coming.
Victor dissipated the magic, and Gwen was in a trance.
Victor actually defeated that kind of thing for her...
"...I have no problem."
Gwen was speechless.
"Then, I'll take you home."
Victor activated a magic, and the current first-level magic was as easy as sprinkling water in his hands.
A green magical energy flew out from his fingertips and wrapped around the wheel.
The carriage turned around and drove towards Gwen's home.
This is the benefit of a mage.
Sitting in a carriage, you don’t even need a driver to drive.
The two were speechless after that.
Soon they arrived at Gwen's mansion, and Victor watched Gwen get out of the car.
"correct."
Before leaving, Victor stopped Gwen.
"Thank you for telling my lie in front of His Majesty."
Gwen turned around and was about to open her mouth to say something.
The carriage had already turned around and left.
She watched Victor leave in a daze and stood at the door with a somewhat complicated mood.
The maids couldn't help being a little surprised when they saw Gwen coming down in the Cravenner family's carriage, and whispered:
"Miss, doesn't she hate Victor the most?"
"You actually came back in Victor's carriage this time?"
"Could it be that……"
The more they chatted, the more enthusiastic they became, and their cheeks even turned red when they reached a crucial point.
Without noticing at all, there was a sound of footsteps coming from behind.
'What are you talking about? What's the good thing? Why don't you talk to me about it? "
The maids looked back and saw a smiling woman walking out of the house and quickly lowered her head.
"Yes, I'm sorry, miss."
The woman came out with the same smile on her face and said:
"Yeah, don't desert during working hours."
"Okay, I'm going to meet my sister whom I haven't seen for a long time."
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