Wizard Earl

Upon seeing the icy beauty appear in the water curtain, Margaret's pretty face lit up with joy. She then bowed slightly to the icy beauty and said softly, "Good day, Sister Elena!"

Upon hearing Margaret's greeting, the icy beauty behind the water curtain—Elena, the youngest Cardinal Archbishop of the Storm Church in history—softened her icy expression slightly, her cherry lips parting gently in response to her most capable assistant.

Good day, Margaret! How are you doing in Frosinone?

"It's not bad! It's just that the air here is too cold, the vegetation is sparse, soil erosion is severe, and the wind and sand are very strong. It's nothing like the environment in the capital, Bernabéu!" Margaret said with some distress.

Upon hearing Margaret's complaints, a faint smile appeared on Elena's icy face. She said softly, "Perhaps the natural conditions in Frosinone are a bit harsh, but I'm sure you, Margaret, would want to stay there. After all, the power of love is truly great!"

When she spoke of the word "love," Elena emphasized it and gave Margaret a half-smile.

Margaret, whose secret had been exposed by Elena, blushed immediately on her beautiful face. However, she quickly pretended not to understand and changed the subject, saying to Elena, "Sister Elena, I have received some news from the front. As of now, Milik has not yet killed Firo in the Navas Forest."

Upon hearing Margaret mention Philo, Elena's eyes flickered slightly in the water curtain, and she fell silent. Just as Margaret was wondering why Elena was acting this way, Elena spoke softly, "News from three hours ago: Milik stayed at the church headquarters, and the divine soul crystal ball in the St. Antis Church shattered..."

Upon hearing Elena's words, a look of astonishment immediately appeared on Margaret's pretty face. As a wizard of the Storm Church, Margaret naturally understood what Elena meant by saying that.

All official wizards of the Storm Church, as well as some highly promising advanced wizard apprentices, will have a divine soul crystal ball implanted within the Storm Church.

As the name suggests, the Soul Crystal Ball is closely related to the soul of a wizard. It is a method used by wizards of the Storm Church to combine alchemy and soul magic. If a wizard in the Storm Church who has a Soul Crystal Ball implanted in him dies unexpectedly, the Soul Crystal Ball left in the Storm Church will shatter into four or five pieces, indicating the death of that person in the Storm Church.

The crystal fragments resulting from the shattering, after being processed using certain techniques, will reveal some details about the fallen wizard before his death.

Although it's hard to believe that Milik, a self-important and arrogant fellow favored by Cardinal Hummels and a domineering figure in the Church of Storms, died like this, given Cardinal Elena's status, since she said that Milik's soul crystal ball shattered upon his death, then there's a 99.9% chance that the soul crystal ball Milik left in the church was also shattered.

"Connor Ferguson, did he mention Milik to you?" Seeing that Margaret's surprise seemed genuine, Elena asked again:

"I only told him that Milik is a tough guy and to be careful of him! Other than that, he didn't mention anything else about Milik to me!" Margaret answered without hesitation when Elena asked her, her tone very certain and without the slightest doubt.

It's clear that Elena trusts Margaret quite a bit. After Margaret answered, she didn't press further but instead asked, "Did Connor Ferguson tell you anything about his mentor, Reyes?"

Although Margaret knew that Elena would ask her this question sooner or later after realizing that Elena had found out about her relationship with Connor.

However, when that day finally arrived, although Margaret maintained a certain composure on the surface, she couldn't help but sigh silently in her heart. Then, she told Elena the answer she had prepared: "Connor told me that he had very little information about his mentor Reyes, but judging from his behavior, although he wasn't exactly afraid of Reyes, it was clear that he was quite wary of him."

At this point, Margaret glanced at Elena's facial expression in the water curtain, then continued, "Previously, Connor learned through some people in the Secret Society and through information channels that there might be something related to Reyes around Frosinone. Therefore, one of Connor Ferguson's purposes in returning to Frosinone this time was to investigate what might be related to Reyes."

"Because Reyes's threat to Connor was real, there was a period of time in Frosinone when Connor intended to align himself with the Royal Faction. However, because he wanted to maintain a high degree of independence and not be completely dependent on the Royal Faction, there were some fundamental contradictions between him and the Royal Faction, and progress between the two sides was not very smooth."

"Connor values ​​this collaboration with the church quite a bit. He hopes to use the church's power to get rid of Reyes and eliminate the threat he faces," Margaret explained to Elena, revealing the answer she had prepared long ago.

In Margaret's eyes, Connor is her other half. The two have been together for many years, through many ups and downs, and their feelings are very sincere. Elena, on the other hand, is her older sister who grew up with her and is also her superior in the church. She has always taken good care of and protected her in the Storm Church. So now, caught between Connor and Elena, Margaret is under a lot of pressure and is very conflicted and upset.

After realizing that Elena had discovered her affair with Connor, Margaret didn't try to bury her head in the sand or avoid the issue. Instead, she prepared herself for Elena's questions about Connor and carefully prepared her answers beforehand, which is what she is telling Elena now.

Although Margaret's words seemed to involve a lot about Connor, ninety percent of them were information already known to the Church of Storms. The remaining ten percent was mostly irrelevant, and there was nothing wrong with telling Elena about it.