Saint Laurent Prison Warden

Chapter 147: The Star Ring Mage Based on Witchcraft

Richard walked on the avenue of the City Lord's Mansion with his hands behind his back.

He looked around curiously and felt that the City Lord's Mansion today was very different from usual.

In the originally quiet City Lord's Mansion, there was a guard post every five steps and a sentry every ten steps. There were guard mages in police uniforms everywhere, and a large group of black-robed mages from the Star and Moon Society were hurrying back and forth in the aisles.

No matter if they were guard mages or secret agent mages, everyone had a serious expression and said nothing. The air was filled with a sense of severity and solemnity.

In this atmosphere, Richard didn't dare to move around casually.

He originally wanted to go to Xingge's office to give Xingge a small gift, but he was frightened by the atmosphere and hesitated.

"Forget it. Less trouble is worse than more. The mysterious organization's strange song just sounded not long ago, Xingge should be very busy. Looking at the suddenly raised security level, if I go to see her now, I might have to pass several inspections before I even see her."

Richard shook his head and turned to walk towards his bedroom. He thought that since he was already here, he might as well teach the maids and check on Diana's teaching progress.

But before he could reach his bedroom, he was stopped by the dark elf police officer.

"Brother Li! Warden Li." Ota called Richard from behind and said excitedly:
"I didn't expect to meet you here. What luck. I was just about to look for you."

"Oh! Captain Ota." Richard took off his hat and greeted Ota, then asked in confusion:

"What do you want from me?"

"It's about Qiao Maili who came from the capital." Ota looked around, put his hand on Richard's shoulder, and walked towards the shadow of the corridor with Richard in his arm.

"It's not convenient to talk here, let's find a more private corner."

"Then go to my room." Richard raised his eyebrows and said, "My room is quite safe."

“Oh, don’t.

Your room is now the lounge for Teacher Diana and the maids. A group of girls sleep there every day. Your room happens to be next to the bedroom of City Lord Xinge.

The Lord of Xingge City has issued a ban. The defense of that area is now the responsibility of his female guards. Other guards will be detained and interrogated if they get close to the area.

Now you are the only male in the entire City Lord's Mansion who can enter and exit that area freely.

Even the male guards in the castle didn’t dare to go there, let alone me.”

There is actually such a thing... Richard nodded in his heart. In most cases, Xingge was still very careful.

As Ota spoke, he led Richard to the shadow of a giant potted plant. After he confirmed that there was no one around, he whispered to Richard:
"Brother Li, I have good news for you. We found that Qiao Maili, who came from the capital, had killed someone in the capital."

"What?" Richard was shocked: "She is a murderer?"

"No, she is not a murderer, she is just a defendant and suspect in a murder case."

Ota lowered his voice and said:

“Qiao Maili is also our suspect in the case of the missing guard wizard.

But she came from the royal capital and is a member of the Nine-Ring Magician Senate. We do not have the power to arrest her directly without evidence and can only investigate secretly.

We contacted the royal capital to try to gather information about Qiao Maili, but unexpectedly we got some unexpected results.

Eight years ago, Qiao Maili was charged by the Rainbow City Procuratorate for accidental murder in a conflict.

According to prosecutors, she accidentally killed a drunk man who tried to molest her in the men's room of a bar called Seven Colors Sky.

"Huh?" Richard was surprised. "Men's room?"

"Yes. I looked through the files and this is roughly what happened.

Qiao Maili had just graduated from Rainbow Magic Academy at that time and went to the bar to drink with several students from the same school.

According to the testimony of the eyewitnesses, Qiao Maili went into the men's restroom of the bar with a male classmate, the deceased, while drinking and having fun. They saw Qiao Maili and the male classmate drunkenly entering the same restroom room.

You know, bars are a mess.
But they didn't expect that shortly after entering the private room, Qiao Maili suddenly took action and killed her classmate with lightning magic.

The boy had protective magic items on him, and his clothes also had a certain resistance to magic. But he took off all his clothes, and he was drunk and didn't have time to use protective magic, so he died on the spot, without even a chance to be rescued. "

"Ah..." Richard pretended to be confused: "I remember Qiao Meili said that her psychological gender is male. Why would he, a man, go to the same toilet cubicle with another man, and the other man even took off his clothes in the toilet?"

"Haha. I don't know about that." Ota laughed obscurely and said:
"According to common sense, it would be difficult for Qiao Maili to escape the crime in this case. However, during the trial, he actually produced a video crystal, proving that it was the male classmate who tried to unreasonably assault him in the toilet cubicle, and he had no choice but to resist and kill the male classmate.

Therefore, as a victim, Qiao Maili could reasonably escape punishment by claiming self-defense.

However, this case is not that simple.

According to the confession of Qiao Maili's classmate, Qiao Maili and the deceased had always had an ambiguous relationship before the incident. They did not actually confirm their boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, because Qiao Maili always insisted that she was biologically female and psychologically male, and could not fall in love with the deceased.

However, Qiao Maili pretended to be the deceased's friend and entered the deceased's bedroom alone many times. She was arm in arm with the deceased and even drank from the same cup with him, behaving very intimately.

If we take into account the establishment of a good relationship in advance, the deliberate seduction of the other party to go to the bathroom together, pretending to be drunk, and the pre-installed videotape, then this case could very well be the murder of the deceased by Qiao Maili.

But all of this evidence was denied by the judge in court. I dare not say whether there was any shady dealings, but the judges in the court at that time were all members of the Rose Union.

Qiao Meili also joined the Rose Union two months after the case was concluded.

"Oh~ Tsk tsk, dark laws, dark politics. These powerful people always find ways to escape the punishment of the law, it's really hateful. But what does this have to do with me?"

Richard asked doubtfully.

"Of course it's related. The boy who was killed by Qiao Meili was the younger brother of Sheng Hammer!"

Ota winked and said:
“Sheng Hammer himself is stronger than Qiao Maili, but Sheng Hammer’s family is just an ordinary family that is not noticeable in the capital, while Qiao Maili has a powerful family behind him.

Therefore, even though Holy Hammer hated Qiao Maili to the core, he did not dare to attack her in private.

The feud between the two has continued to this day, and even the Dome Mage Corps and the Rose Federation are not on good terms.

Brother Li, you are from the Dome Mage Corps, you must not get too close to Qiao Maili." "I see!" Richard's heart skipped a beat. "I think the Rose Federation is a poisonous organization, and Qiao Maili is indeed a disaster. If I really accepted the title of "Friend of the Rose" given by Qiao Maili without noticing, I would have offended the Holy Hammer.

Shi Ensheng has a senior brother on his left and a senior sister on his right. It is obvious that Shengchui and Xingge are both permanent students of Mahir. I have offended him, and I will suffer from him until I die.

Speaking of which, even the Holy Hammer can't do anything to Qiao Maili. The power behind Qiao Maili must be quite powerful. To get rid of her, some skills may be needed.

Alas, a speck of dust in the capital is like a mountain to me."

Richard smiled bitterly and shook his head, then thanked Ota, "Brother, I won't say anything else. I will remember your kindness. If you hadn't reminded me, I would have almost made a big mistake."

"As you should." Ota raised his eyebrows at Richard. "Whether you recognize it or not, I am yours from the day I followed you on the night of the trip.

Brother Li, only when you become successful can I become successful too.

Brother Li, it's a pity that the disappearance of the guard wizard has nothing to do with Qiao Maili, otherwise we could help you keep an eye on her.

We cannot and will not be able to control people with such strong power behind them. I hope you can understand this.

I'll be leaving first then. Brother Li, if you have any problem, just come to me and let me know. I'll do my best to help you."

Seeing Ota turn around and leave with a smile, Richard shook his head and laughed in his heart.

Even if he has no intention of developing a team, when the time comes, the team will naturally find him. This is the general trend.

But Richard knew in his heart that this team was fake. The reason why Ota worked for him was because Ota felt that he could contact Xingge and might become Xingge's bedmate in the future.

What Ota was clinging to was not him, but Xingge's power.

"The power that comes with Xingge may also be betrayed by Xingge at any time. I must build my own team.

Saint Laurent Prison. Greenham. The Hum and Ha Gargoyles. Big Blue…they’re my team.

But they alone are definitely not enough, because due to their race, they are not adapted to the life in the world of magicians and cannot be my helpers in the world of magicians.

For example, if I want to send someone to go undercover in the Rose Union, I can't send a big blue zombie, right?

These maids in the City Lord's Mansion have the same race and appearance as me. They are the team that I will be working with in the Mage World in the future. It's just that they are growing too slowly now.

If I follow the normal method of training mages, it would take at least seven or eight years for them to become my assistants.

Seven or eight years, will I still need them after seven or eight years? Is there any way to speed up the process?"

Richard returned to his bedroom while thinking.

Before he even reached the bedroom, he heard Diana's teaching voice.

"The Fire Element Shifting Method is the basic method for learning flame magic. Mastering the Fire Element Shifting Method means mastering the direction of movement of the fire element, and being able to freely control the intensity of the flame..."

"They've already covered fire magic? That's quite a fast progress." Richard carefully observed the classroom through the window.

The maids sat very straight and listened to the class very seriously. No one slept late, no one made small movements, and no one whispered to each other. This made Richard very satisfied.

He observed carefully and was soon surprised to find that in addition to black tea and green tea, there was also a magic book on the desks of the four maids!

Possessing a magic book is the key for a magic apprentice to become a formal first-ring wizard.

This means that 6 maids already have the ability to cast spells!

"Very good, although I have mastered a basic spell, which is only at the level of a third grader in elementary school.

But having a magic book and having no magic book at all are two completely different things."

Richard's eyes flickered, and suddenly an inspiration popped into his mind.

"Wait a minute. I already have powerful star ring magic, why do I still need to train students according to the traditional way of wizards and witches?
With my wisdom and understanding of magic, I can definitely train other star ring mages who don't need magic books.

If you want to learn quickly, there is definitely no better way to learn quickly than the Star Ring Magician. Star Ring Magicians can gain blood and energy by killing monsters to strengthen their bodies, and can also strengthen their souls by slowly absorbing the surrounding magic. The growth rate is much faster than that of ordinary mages.

I still have some of the key potion to become a Star Ring Mage [Soul Shaping Potion], so there is no material difficulty.

But Star Ring Magic is my biggest secret, and I can't teach it to just any maid. Only the maids who become jailers and are completely bound to me and Saint Laurent Prison can teach them.

Moreover, I cannot train them according to the normal Star Ring Mage training method, I must find a way to transform them.

A normal Star Ring Mage needs to build magic around the mage slot and put it into the spell slot to have the ability to cast spells.

They are not like me, an old mage who has already gone through the mage's journey.

If you want them to have the ability to create their own magic, it will take more than seven or eight years.

You know, even the top students of the Jinhui Mage Academy may not have the ability to construct their own magic when they graduate - this is an advanced skill that requires long-term magic learning and perfect magic foundation, as well as super strong elemental control.

Those talented students have been learning magic since childhood. Their talent and hard work far exceed those of ordinary people.

The maids only had a short time to learn magic every day, and they also had to clean the castle. They probably would never have the ability to create magic until they died.

If I want to train them to become Star Ring Mages, I need to create a Star Ring Mage profession that has its own magic."

At this moment, inspiration suddenly flashed in Richard's mind.

"That's right! Wizard! If you want people without any magic foundation to master magic, isn't that witchcraft?

To this day, wizards have not been eliminated, isn't it because wizards' demand for talent is far lower than that of mages?

You don't have to know how it is, let alone why it is, you can understand it just by witnessing it.

My Star Ring Mage is a profession based on the mage, and now I am fully capable of creating a Star Ring Mage-like profession based on the wizard!"

(End of this chapter)