“I know it’s the weekend, but I’m still a bit busy.”
Lulong continued with his own tasks.
“Find a seat somewhere nearby.”
Lyr looked around. The entire room was stacked with books, even piles on the floor. Except for the spot where Lulong was sitting, there really was no other place to sit. This made Lyr a bit embarrassed, so he ended up just standing there.
“Have you been at the Royal Palace recently?” Lyr asked.
“Pretty much. A lot has been happening outside recently. It seems quite troublesome, so I was called in to help investigate.”
Lyr paused. “Is it about the Witch?”
Lulong had to set aside his Academy work. That was the only thing Lyr could think of.
Lulong stopped what he was doing, looked up at Lyr, and a glint of surprise flashed behind his glasses. This matter—no one knew about it. He didn’t know how Lyr had guessed it so quickly.
‘Could it be that he already knew about his own condition?’
“Lyr, you seem to know some things.” Lulong folded his hands in front of him.
Obviously, the reason Lyr came today was even more important than his current matters.
“That day, Tif went to the Royal Library to find some materials. I’ve come to understand a bit about that term.”
“I see.”
At that time, Lulong hadn’t paid much attention to those two. He didn’t expect it was about this.
“Then you came here today to also discuss something about this with me?”
“Pretty much.”
This matter came later. Before that, Lyr had wanted to talk to Lulong about his own matters at the Academy.
“I want to ask you, do you know about the Witch’s Curse?”
Lulong pondered for a moment, his eyes narrowing with a sharp glint as he stared at Lyr.
“Before that, Lyr, let me ask you first. After you returned, besides your magic power becoming weak, have you had any other problems?”
Otherwise, Lyr wouldn’t suddenly bring this up.
“Yes, I have. But later it was suppressed by the Thunder Fairy’s Blessing. The condition of my magic power is also because of this.”
“Oh? There’s such a thing.” Lulong’s hands moved again, recording this down.
He had indeed been helping Lyr look into his weakening magic power recently. Now it seemed it wasn’t a bad thing; on the contrary, it was a good thing.
“Let me put it this way. Actually, your situation was mentioned in that letter the other day, but I didn’t expect it to be like this.”
“But I don’t quite understand now. Since your curse has been suppressed, why are you still concerned about this?”
If it were only that, Lyr shouldn’t have come specifically to ask about suppressing the curse.
“Could it be that it’s not for yourself?”
Lulong suddenly turned serious.
Some recent events had confirmed something for the Kingdom’s higher-ups: that the Kingdom might be as in ages past, that a Witch had visited, only they didn’t know which one. Those magical beasts outside the Royal Capital, attracted by powerful magic power and gathering, were the best proof. Now Lyr came asking about this. Lulong was worried that Lyr might have been bewitched.
“I understand what you mean.” Lyr understood.
He had served in the Knights and on the Frontier, but he wasn’t someone who only had brute strength without a brain.
“I’m asking you about this not for someone who has truly become a Witch, but for a friend who has the Witch bloodline, lacks its power, but is affected by the curse…”
Lyr paused mid-sentence. He didn’t know if it was appropriate to describe his relationship with Yilu as a friend. Perhaps Yilu didn’t even consider herself his friend.
“She developed this condition after we encountered a Witch.”
“Witch bloodline?”
Lulong looked at Lyr in disbelief, stood up from his seat, and paced back and forth a few times. Lyr had not only seen the Witch who had broken into the Royal Capital, but also knew of another Witch’s bloodline. This nearly made Lulong not know which matter to ask about first.
“Lyr, who is this person? Is it someone you know, or a student at the Academy?”
Lyr showed a strange expression. He didn’t understand why Lulong was like this. It was as if he had been searching for this person—no, should be them. Behind Lulong should be the Royal Family.
“Tell me first, why do you need to know this?”
If Lulong had shown indifference, Lyr might have told him. But the more he cared, the more Lyr worried. One misstep could involve Yilu in something, and something at the level of the Royal Family.
Lulong pressed his fingers to his brow, hesitated and thought for a long time, then seemed to relent to Lyr.
“Since you’ve already gotten involved to this level, it wouldn’t hurt to tell you.”
This was supposed to be a secret history of the Royal Family. Even the current head of House Geno didn’t know, let alone Lyr.
“Actually, the founding of our Kingdom is greatly related to a Witch. According to records, even the establishment of the entire Academy is greatly related to her.”
The magical achievements of Dreamy Academy far surpassing those of other countries’ academies was no coincidence at all. It was entirely because its original founder was a Witch. She wielded powerful magic and paved an extremely broad path for the entire Academy.
“Deep within the Academy, there are ruins she left behind. Inside may be things that are very beneficial to the Kingdom’s development, so the Royal Family has been searching for her all along.”
“This Witch disappeared soon after helping establish the Academy, but we have always believed she still remained within the Kingdom, and even left behind a bloodline.”
There were only verbal records of this Witch, no portraits of her appearance. It only mentioned that she wore a cloak that concealed her features from beginning to end.
Lyr collected his thoughts and glanced sideways.
“So you are searching for that Witch’s bloodline, hoping to open that ruins through her?”
“Yes. That place was personally built by her. No one can enter except for her or her descendants.”
There was also another conjecture: perhaps only another Witch could enter. But the Witch who came to the Kingdom long ago left after a brief stay, making it impossible to confirm whether it was true.
“If your friend who possesses the Witch bloodline is someone from the Kingdom, then there’s a high chance she is that Witch’s descendant.” Lulong was visibly excited. “That person might be able to open the ruins and bring this secret history to light.”
Lyr couldn’t understand an academic researcher’s obsession with certain studies. As a citizen of the Kingdom, logically, he should also spare no effort to facilitate this.
But after just a brief thought, Lyr still took a step back.
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