Lear stood up slowly, his thoughts still on the flame spirit in the old dream. In another month, Kalia's Blood Temple should be completed. By that time, Lareina should have won the election and placed the Fire Spirit in the temple. Then he could return to Soros Royal City. There was just one thing that made Lear very helpless. After returning to Kalia, Mena's magic research still had no progress, which was very different from the original plot. Is it because of my own interference? Lear couldn't help but ponder to himself. He shook his head gently, trying to shake off these disturbing thoughts, and walked to the door of the office. Just as he stretched out his hand to open the door, the door seemed to be pushed by an invisible hand and slowly opened. Helen was standing at the door in a hurry, and the two of them almost bumped into each other. "What happened?" Lear asked with a raised eyebrow. Helen reacted and replied in a heavy tone, "Congressman Joseph is missing!" Hearing this, Li'er and Lareina in the office were stunned. "Joseph is missing? What happened?" Lalena frowned.
"I went to Senator Joseph's office and the academy to ask, and since last night, Senator Joseph has not returned to the academy or the tower." Helen walked into the office and said in a deep voice. She paused, then continued: "There is also the Flame Hand Mage Tower. The mages of the Flame Legion there have not seen Senator Joseph either. They only saw Senator Joseph leaving with Freddy last night." "Have you looked for the teachers' residence at the academy? I remember that after the Flaming Hand Mage Tower was burned down, I should have arranged for Joseph to live in the academy." Lareina asked again. "I looked for him, but Senator Joseph didn't return to the college yesterday." Helen shook her head. The two talked, and Lear listened quietly on the side. Joseph was a member of the parliament and usually lived in the Mage Tower. It was normal for him to be arranged by Lalena to live in the academy after the Mage Tower was destroyed. But the other party did not go. Maybe he has other properties in the royal city? As a member of parliament, it is normal to have other properties, but Li Er feels that things are not that simple. Not only did he not come to the academy, but even the mages from the Flaming Hand Mage Tower had not seen Joseph again. This was obviously very abnormal. The Mage Tower can be rebuilt if it is destroyed. These mages and even the entire Flame Legion are the forces that Joseph truly controls. It's impossible that because of what happened last night, Joseph threw away the strength he had accumulated over the years and just ran away? That's just too stupid. "Mr. Speaker, could it be that Congressman Joseph has fled for fear of being punished?" Helen suddenly said. Her eyes were filled with anger. "Because of what happened yesterday, he hid the heretic creatures and used the power of heresy to persecute the mages of the academy and the Flame Legion. He ran away because he was afraid of being discovered by us!" This was the most reasonable explanation Helen could think of. When Lareina heard this, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Thinking about it carefully, this was indeed very likely. She did intend to settle accounts with Joseph and those nobles after the Speaker election. Sighing helplessly, Lalena waved her hand and said, "Let the mages of the parliament and the guards of the royal city keep an eye on Joseph's whereabouts. We'll talk about this matter later." Helen nodded when she heard this. This was all she could do. ……
Lear left the office and rode the magic circle to his residence in the tower. Just as he was about to return to his room, he saw Mena and Maya in the garden. Mena and Meia stood together, seemingly discussing something. "Sister, you have been with Senator Lear for such a long time. What do you think of Senator Lear?" Maya's slender fingers gently fiddled with the beautiful flowers in the garden, but her eyes drifted to Mena who was sitting on a chair beside her, her eyes flashing with curiosity and expectation. Hearing the word Lear, Mena loosened the arcane book in her hand. Thinking of the time when she was imprisoned by Lear and the way Lear monitored her every day afterwards, she became furious. "He's a hypocritical, nasty bastard!" Mena said viciously. Maya felt a little embarrassed when she heard her sister's comments. What did Lear do to her sister to make her so angry? Although her sister said that Lear was a bastard, Maya had a good impression of Lear. He was handsome, had a strong talent in arcane, and was very gentlemanly. Maya thought about the time when Freddy was harassing her and she let Lear use her as a shield without even saying hello to him. In the end, Lear was not angry and seemed to be unconcerned... Thinking of this, Maya felt inexplicably lost. Why did Lear not care so much? Lear clearly hugged her and pinched her cheek. Meiya felt that she should be beautiful. She could feel how the male mages viewed her when she was in the academy. Adoration, amazement, and even some more sinister thoughts. But in Lear's eyes, none of these thoughts existed. "You're not falling in love with that bastard, are you?" Looking at Maya's shy and lost expression, Mena said with a strange look on her face. She is older than Maya, and countless men have fallen in love with her. People who pursue her are as numerous as crucian carp swimming in the river. She had a keener insight into matters of the heart, and in her eyes, Maya's current state was like an open book, clear at a glance. "No, how could that be?" Meiya was startled like a frightened deer and quickly denied it, but there was a hint of panic in her voice that was hard to conceal. "Do you really like Lear? That bastard already has a wife." Seeing Maya's reaction, Mena became more certain of her judgment. "I didn't!" Maya denied stubbornly. Seeing her sister's stubbornness, Mena shook her head helplessly. "It's okay if you don't admit it. Lend me your tower authority. I have something to go out for." "Go out? Didn't mother forbid you to go out?" Meiya frowned, then seemed to have thought of something and said, "Sister, are you planning to run away again?" "No, I really have something to do!" Mena denied. "What's the matter?" Meiya looked at her sister suspiciously, with a look of distrust on her face. Mena had no choice but to confess. She opened the spell book in her hand and said, "It's about this spell book." Maya looked at the spell book in Mena's hand. Lear had imprisoned Mena for half a year just for the spells in this spell book. She had also heard that this seemed to be the spell book left by their grandfather, which recorded forbidden spells related to the soul. This spell book had been sealed in the treasury of their royal family until it was stolen by Mena a few years ago. "What's wrong with this book?" Looking at the contents of the spell book, Meia also became interested. She and Mena are both geniuses. Mena can study magic, so there is no reason why she can't. Lear wanted the magic inside it. If she could figure it out, maybe she could attract Lear's attention? Thinking of this, Maya checked it carefully. After reading for a while, she frowned. The content was completely different from the spell books she had read before, and even some of the spell symbols made her feel unfamiliar.
Mena didn't notice Meiya's abnormality. She sighed and said, "You should know that this arcane book was left by my grandfather. It contains spells related to the soul." "I have been studying this arcane book for several years. Although I have learned all the theories, I still cannot construct the spell at the last moment. I always feel like something is missing." "What's missing?" Maya looked up in confusion. She didn't understand what Mena meant. "I don't know either, but I can feel a calling." Mena shook her head, then nodded. "..." Meiya frowned. Such a mysterious explanation made her feel as if she was listening to an illusory myth, full of unreality. "Anyway, I need to leave the tower." Mena mentioned her request again. "I can't give you the authority." Maya shook her head without even thinking about it. "Why?" Mena looked at Meiya. "Mother asked you to stay in the Mage Tower. I won't take you out unless you get Mother's permission." Maya said as a matter of course. "Is it because of this?" Mena blinked, trying to persuade her sister to change her mind. "You don't have to listen to mother completely. It's okay to rebel occasionally." "I'm not you." Meiya glanced at Mena and said unhappily. "Don't you want to know what is calling me? I can take you to see it!" Mena tried to induce Maya with unknown temptation. For a wizard, all unknown and mysterious knowledge is full of attraction. Seeing Maya holding the arcane book and observing it, Mena knew that her sister had been attracted by the spell book. "I believe in myself more than what you said about summoning or calling!" Maya rolled her eyes at Mena, then put the spell book directly into her arms. "What are you going to do?" Mena was stunned when she saw this scene. "Since you can't figure it out, why not let me try!" Maya replied. "You also want to study this arcane book?" Mena was a little surprised, and then seemed to have thought of something, "You don't want to research the spells and give them to Lear, do you?" "So what? If I can figure it out, it will be a good thing, right? After all, this arcane book was promised to Lear by my mother!" Maya was still stubborn. Seeing Maya's stubborn look, Mena shook her head and had no intention of taking the arcane book back from Maya. She just chuckled and said, "Then you can try it, but I have a condition, too?" "What conditions?" "Within a month, I will teach you all the arcane knowledge in this arcane book. Then, if you can feel a certain calling like me, you will leave the Mage Tower with me!" Mena replied. "Do you really want to run away?" Meiya frowned. "I told you, I felt the calling." Mena shook her head. Meiya was silent. "What do you think? Such conditions shouldn't be excessive, right?" Mena continued. "I promise you." Finally, Meiya nodded. The two sisters reached an agreement, but they didn't know that Lear was watching the whole scene not far away. Lear did not step forward to interrupt their conversation. He became interested in what Mena said. How could this arcane book make people feel called? What is calling?
He didn't think Mena was lying. Perhaps this was the reason why Mena hadn't been able to decipher the arcane book for so long. He kept Mena locked up in the old dream of the Blood King City, preventing her from going to the place where she was called? Lear thought to himself, then turned around silently, walked around Mena and Meia, and returned to his residence. …… Time passed little by little, and in the blink of an eye, half a month had passed. During this half month, Kalia seemed calm, but in fact there were undercurrents. The mages of the parliament and the guards of the royal city searched everywhere for Senator Joseph, but found nothing. It was as if he had disappeared without a trace like a gust of wind. Even Lear felt very strange. It seemed that the other party really abandoned the Fire Mage Legion and left? It would be a bit too reckless to just give up the power accumulated over the years. Joseph's disappearance has made the upcoming Speaker election somewhat awkward. Ian and Bridget, two congressmen who were in the same group as Joseph, had no intention of becoming the Speaker, which resulted in Lareina being the only elector left. Was there still a need for an election? Lareina was very angry about this. This victory without fighting made her feel that she had no sense of honor at all. Moreover, some people in the parliament said that she was the one who caused Joseph's disappearance. Lareina had no way of speaking out her pain. Before Joseph appeared, she had no way of proving herself. She has issued a nationwide search warrant for Joseph, hoping to find Joseph and bring back this cowardly and hypocritical man. As the parliament gradually calmed down, Maya and Mena were immersed in the study of the arcane book all day long. Mena and Maya are both geniuses. Under Mena's guidance, Maya quickly learned all the spell runes in the spell book, but in the end she encountered the same situation as Mena. She couldn't construct the spell no matter what. It's like having all the pieces of a puzzle, but not the complete picture. The spells that were put together at random had no effect, which made Maya confused. What made her even more confused was another point. She also felt that illusory calling. Mena did not speak. There was really something calling them. It was near the Royal City of Kalia and seemed not far away. "You've felt it, too. Now you should understand that I didn't lie to you." In the laboratory, Mena sat on the sofa, quietly looking at Maya who was in a trance. Meiya came back to her senses and turned to look at her sister. "So, are you ready to fulfill your promise and leave the Mage Tower with me?" Mena looked at her sister. She had been waiting for this moment for a long time. (End of this chapter)