It was another calm and peaceful morning.

Returning to the hotel, Loren enjoyed a sumptuous breakfast. Although it was not done by the little wizard, the hotel owner also did his best to make a table of "flowers" in order to thank him.

Just overnight, the leader of the crutch Gang changed!

No one knows who did it. There are incredible rumors everywhere in the whole gutter lane and the south of eboden, true or false. But there is one thing that is absolutely not fake - the body of fansteno.

The ferocious but disguised polite van sitnor was hung on the signboard of the gutter Lane tavern. If it wasn't for clothes, no one could see from the devastated face that he was the boss of the crutch Gang!

No matter who did it, being able to kill the leader of the crutch Gang silently is enough to prove how terrible and cruel this man is.

The innkeeper didn't know whether the wizard did it or not, but he did accept the invitation of fansteno and came back unharmed. Then fansteno was killed!

It can't be a coincidence

Such a big thing happened, but there were few waves in the crutches gang in the gutter lane. A guy named "Luca" took over the gutter lane and merged the "copper group" overnight. The power of the crutches Gang increased instead of decreasing and completely controlled all the surrounding pubs and underground casinos.

But this has nothing to do with Lauren. He just wants to finish the breakfast quietly.

Fresh carrots with white, tender and small apricot meat, cream and coriander with moderate taste, add white sugar and water to cook, which is a plate of authentic cream carrots - if you stir fry over a low heat, add an appropriate amount of black pepper and white wine, it will be more perfect.

The staple food is eboden's special pancakes - the prepared batter is fried in warm oil, fresh vegetables and some chicken are cut into pieces, and vanilla is added to taste. It not only smells very fragrant, but also is more suitable to be matched with light food and meat pickled products. After cutting, the food can be rolled in, which is very convenient.

Coupled with a glass of sincere pink wine, the charming fragrance seems to close her eyes and see a slim girl sitting opposite, gently hook up your upper lip with her little finger, slowly slide along your chin through the Adam's apple and collarbone, let the taste buds bloom with the food in her mouth, and the smell of the tip of her nose makes her seem within reach

Loren has always enjoyed the process. Because of Asriel, who often wandered between the void and reality, his distinction between the two gradually began to blur, while food made the matter of living incomparably real.

Nothing can feel your existence better than "eating".

Sitting opposite him, of course, was not a slim girl, but a blonde with an unknown smile on his face and a pair of scarlet pupils - enjoying the leisurely and complacent expression of the black haired wizard like a bonsai.

"So now the guy named 'Luca' and the crutches gang in the gutter lane are your people?"

"No, generally speaking, I will speak more carefully." with a little pride, satisfied Loren put down his knife and fork: "so it should be said... They are almost my people."

Although I can't be 100% sure, at least in the short term, the Scarface man doesn't dare to betray himself easily - or the whole crutches Gang is his eyes and ears and becomes an important source of wealth before the people who are more ferocious than himself or are willing to spend a lot of money to buy him appear.

Lauren has some savings, but there will never be enough money in the world. What's more, the gutter lane can not only get money... He gently touched the gold-plated ring originally belonging to van sitnor, and a smile flashed across the corner of his mouth.

"Dear Lauren, it's so interesting for you to pretend to be modest." Asriel shrugged his shoulders and smiled a little more jokingly: "is there anything else besides this gangster?"

"Sure... There's something else." Lauren looked at him with great curiosity. "But why should I tell you?"

"Because we are good friends?" the young man's face twinkled with a pair of pure big eyes: "and... You won't forget? Our spirit is interactive, dear Loren, you can't hide anything from me."

“……”

"There shouldn't be secrets between friends, should there?"

"As expected, it was the Bellini family who kidnapped Isaac and wanted to kill me - it's not clear who it was, and fansteno was just a tool in charge."

At this point, Loren also spoke directly: "but no one knows where Isaac was sent and where he is now. They are only responsible for bringing Isaac out."

"That is to say, he went into a dead end again, and the clue was broken again?"

"No, on the contrary, it should be said that everything is clear." the black haired wizard's expression is surprisingly calm: "whether it's Isaac or alchemy, everything is related to the Bellini family. All clues and directions are on this family. In the next step, just find a way to get close to the Bellini family."

"As it happens, there is a very good opportunity to meet this demand recently."

The Bellini family's Midsummer Festival banquet will be an important opportunity for him. Maybe he can take advantage of this time to find a turning point for two things at the same time - if his luck is really so good.

But the premise is... I can really find a chance to get involved in the party.

Although he has been successfully recognized by the nine pointed star wizard tower, he is only a wizard from abroad. The Bellini family can't be free to send an invitation to him, especially the wizard verlo Bellini, who has lost face by himself. His hope is even more slim.

Of course, if the purpose is just to sneak into the banquet, there are many ways, and you don't have to get an invitation - the servant delivering the meal, the helper in the kitchen, or pretending to be a guest who originally attended the banquet

Before that, you need to be well prepared and plan everything you need to deal with. It's still early. I have plenty of opportunities to prepare, not rush to fight.

This will not be a journey of recreation and entertainment, but a battlefield without smoke, in various senses.

"And this ring."

Playing with the gold-plated ring left by van sitnor, the black haired wizard put it on the table - the inner ring of the ring has a circle of seal runes. Although he doesn't know what the spell is, it can be regarded as the last card by him, which is obviously not an ordinary thing.

"This is probably the source of the void power on fansteno. It's really weak." the young man didn't care: "it's almost like that 'fluorite lamp'. What's the problem?"

"Of course, if I remember correctly, the appearance of fluorite lamp in eboden was less than a year ago, and the curse on this ring is obviously much higher than the 'firefly curse'."

"So what, it's just a low-level spell." Asriel disdained and said, "what does this mean?"

"This is enough to show that eboden's level of alchemy and incantation is improving rapidly - in other words, the Wizards of the nine pointed star wizard tower still have many strengths that have not really been shown."

The power of the void will affect the reality, so that the original ordinary life will be distorted into monsters by its power. Ghouls, ogres and vampires are the same, but the degree of influence is different.

So since creatures will be affected and distorted, will inanimate objects not be affected?

Playing with the ring in his hand, Loren's eyes were full of curiosity: "yes, they can only engrave low-level magic spells on something now, so how long will it take to create a more powerful 'alchemy weapon'?"

Asriel's face showed a little surprise... Just surprise. He was still not interested in these things.

"By the way, did I tell you that there is an interesting golden cup in the nine pointed star wizard tower?" the black haired wizard suddenly asked, "it is said that it belongs to an ancient 'goblin', which seems to have similar power to you."

"You mean the golden cup... It doesn't happen to have a nine pointed star on it?"

"Oh, have you seen it?"

A startled expression suddenly appeared on the lazy boy's face, and the scarlet pupil glittered with an elusive luster:

"My dear friend, you can always surprise me!"