Cloud Thinking

Chapter 247: Growing Wildly Like Grass

"Ms. Aphra, could you please help me check my eyes?"

Casper couldn't see, so he didn't know that Helia was staring at him.

"Uh... I..." Aphra was a little flustered, and finally looked at Helia, asking with her eyes if she could go to help Casper.

Noticing Aphra's silence and inaction, Casper realized it was because of Helia, but his eyes were indeed getting more and more uncomfortable, so he had to explain:

"Your Highness Helia, a precognitive magician who has lost his eyes is no different from a waste. If you don't want me to become a worthless hostage, please show some mercy."

"Even if I can see it, I can't beat you now, right? You can rest assured."

Helia thought about it and did not refuse, "I'll help you."

Casper: You are a fire magician, and you can't use healing magic, so why are you here? Do you want to see how miserable I am?

Aphra unexpectedly matched Casper's brain waves at this moment, raised her hand timidly, and whispered: "I know healing magic, let me see..."

"Does the Turafa family know all kinds of magic?" Helia suddenly asked, freezing Aphra in place.

As if out of pure curiosity, she continued, "I know three, no, including you, four, magicians of the Turafa family."

"It seems like you guys...are involved in almost every area of ​​magic, including combat, support, healing, and everything in between."

"The whole thing is a bit... incomprehensible."

Aphra just pulled the corners of her mouth helplessly and replied nervously: "I... I don't know the family secret, I... they won't tell me..."

She regarded Helia's words as a test of the Turafa family's secrets, but she really didn't know much. If Helia came for this purpose, she would definitely be disappointed.

Helia shrugged, made way, and signaled Aphra to come over with her eyes. "Don't be nervous. I'm just curious."

Aphra is a fourth-rank water magician. The magic she knows is healing magic, which may be related to her past experiences.

She helped Casper take a quick look, but it was obvious that the result was not so good, and these eyes were almost useless.

This is the consequence of spying on God.

Aphra looked at Helia quietly, but was caught by her. She saw the vigilance and fear in her eyes, and guessed that she was the one who blinded Casper's eyes.

Although, ignoring the process, the result is almost the same, but the process is also very important! She did not use such a violent and torturous method!

"Can it be cured?" Helia's tone did not sound like concern, but rather like she hoped to get a negative answer.

Aphra looked at Casper, then at Helia, feeling a little torn about whether to tell the truth.

If the future young master of the Tanasha family, the best among the children of the aristocratic family, were blind...

She couldn't even imagine how difficult Casper's life would be in the future.

So she was worried that if the other person knew that she was really blind, he would not be able to bear the heavy blow.

"Ms. Aphra, it's okay, just tell me." Casper noticed Aphra's hesitation and guessed that his eyes must be in trouble.

Although he had been mentally prepared, he still...

"I'm sorry, Mr. Alfie. I'm not skilled enough to heal your eyes..." Aphra finally took the blame on herself. "If we can invite a high-level healing magician, it should be possible to heal it."

Casper just smiled helplessly, but that smile looked bitter no matter how you looked at it.

"Thank you, Miss Aphra. I understand. Thank you for your hard work."

"Is it really incurable?" Helia pinched Casper's chin forcefully and turned his head around.

She not-so-gently pulled open Casper's eyelids, only to see a pool of blood. Before she could take a closer look, he suddenly closed his eyes because of the pain.

Casper's eyes were filled with tears due to the pain. Although they were not tears of blood, they were still mixed with blood. It was creepy to look at, and also made people feel painful for no reason.

Not to mention Casper, the victim.

Noticing the resentful and frightened look from Aphra, Helia realized that she seemed to have gone a little too far.

She patted Casper's shoulder and comforted him, "Don't worry, I will find a way to cure your eyes."

Her assurance sounded dry and unconvincing, and neither Casper nor Aphra were comforted.

The awkward silence in the cave was broken by the chaotic and hurried footsteps. Judith and Mirang came in the night, with night dew sticking to their coats along with the leaves. They looked tired and embarrassed.

"Are you here?" Helia waved for them to come in, and she used her magic to confirm that there was no one else following them.

Judith glanced at the blinded Casper and Aphra, whose eyes were clearly filled with hope because of the arrival of other people, without any other reaction. Finally, she gave all her attention to Helia.

"It's urgent, so I just said it directly."

"The Morabi family is building a giant soldier for use in war. I hope that all families can contribute to the construction."

"The plan is very thorough and has already been put into production. It's just that they lack resources, so they want to draw us in. At the same time, they also want to stir up conflicts between the new and old generations within each company."

Helia raised her eyebrows, indeed she was shocked by Lao Deng's crazy plan.

Even though the old man is old and has one leg in the grave, he is still ambitious...

"Helia, you will take action, right?" Mirang looked at Helia and asked.

After all, if this Giant God Soldier is born, the first thing that will be shaken is the rights and interests of the royal family. The imperial royal family is the only one who controls the war machine army. If the Murabi family creates a Giant God Soldier, it would be tantamount to rebellion.

Helia couldn't allow such a hidden danger to develop. Whether for herself, the royal family, or the empire, she should stop it.

Helia pondered for a long time, but finally shook her head, "Go ahead and make up your own story, who cares about them?"

"As for you, I hope you can agree to Roden's plan and join his plan, and then think of a way to get other families involved, okay?"

She was speaking to Judith, and smart people would understand what she meant.

Mi Rang didn't understand at all, "Ah! Why? Can't you control it?"

"It doesn't matter whether you can manage it or not. All I want is an excuse. Since you have offered it to me, why shouldn't I use it?" Helia said.

With a legitimate reason, if the noble families dare to build the Giant God Soldier, they will be accused of rebellion. No matter what the royal family does at that time, it will be reasonable.

She was not stupid. Instead of trying to stop them, she might as well let them do it.

Moreover, if each family participates, they will inevitably have to allocate part of their forces to participate in this plan, and because the decision is made by the younger generation of the family, disputes will inevitably arise within the family. That will be a good opportunity for her to invade the other party's base camp.

Moreover, it remains to be seen whether this Giant God Soldier can be built in the end.

The noble families have been checking and balancing each other for so many years. Will they really allow the Morabi family to become the only powerful one? It is definitely impossible.

Roden wanted to use the power of other families, but wouldn't other families want to take this opportunity to find out the strength of others? Wouldn't they want to take this opportunity to gain some benefits? Of course they did.

Let it be messy. The messier the better. The messier it is, the easier it is for her to cause trouble.

Seeing Judith's embarrassed expression, Helia also knew that she was not doing anything. It was not difficult to get Judith to cooperate, but it was a bit difficult to let him sacrifice the future and destiny of his family.

After all, Judith is not a rebellious person like Alfie, who only wants to overthrow the family.

"If you feel embarrassed, you don't have to agree. You have already helped me a lot. After this, we no longer owe each other anything."

"You go your way, I go mine. If we meet again in the future, we may be enemies. Please don't show mercy."

Helia spoke in a brisk tone with a bright smile on her face. Only when she was with her own people would she let down her guard and reveal her true nature.

Let's repay all the life-saving favors and past friendships of classmates on this night, so that neither she nor Judith will have a hard time.

"No." Contrary to his usual attitude, Judith gave a negative answer. He looked at Helia firmly, took the initiative to step forward and grabbed her wrist.

"I want to join your plan."

Judith could guess Helia's plan with just a little thought. It was nothing more than to defeat them one by one, completely muddy the waters of the magic world, and finally put the blame on the Son of Chaos.

The process is not important, what is important is the result, which is to make the united front of the aristocratic families collapse.

If they could always unite, the entire wizarding world would be impregnable, difficult and impossible to defeat.

Therefore, we must divide and alienate them from within, let them fight against each other, let this fire really burn, and let every family get burned.

Although Judith did not hate the family that gave birth to him and raised him as much as Alfie did, he did... see through the true face of his family and the exploitation behind those who cared about his education.

He is a qualified heir. The family is proud of him and has high hopes for him, believing that he can lead the Harris family to greater heights and maintain the family's glory.

But he didn't want to be born just for his family, live just for his family, and finally die for his family.

He is a person, not a machine. He has his own ideas and desires, and he also wants to live for himself.

Trapped in piles of books day and night, harsh, concerned, or disappointed words swirled in his ears, turning into disturbing noise that gave him a headache.

The hard and cold wall separated him from the colorful outside world. He could only glimpse the sky through a window that was too high to reach and imagine the beautiful scenery.

They wanted to suppress his exiled heart in this way, but...

As long as he has seen this prosperous and beautiful world, it will never be possible for him to extinguish the desire for freedom in his heart.

What Roden said was not all empty talk, there was some truth in it. In order to maintain their status, identity and interests, the aristocratic families maintained high-pressure education from generation to generation, turning everyone into a gear in the family's operation, not allowing them to have their own ideas, and they must devote their whole hearts and minds to the family.

The older generation oppresses the younger generation, and the younger generation oppresses the younger generation after they come to power. No matter how much they once hated the pressure on them, once they climb to that position and become the one exerting pressure, they seem unable to empathize with their past selves.

But perhaps it is precisely because of empathy for past selves that those grievances, tears and unwillingness are transformed into more stringent requirements for their descendants.

In a twisted form, revenge is taken out on others.

He felt disgusted. He didn't want to go on like this. He didn't want to become the person he hated the most, nor did he want to devote his life to the so-called family.

I also want to live a free and easy life, and I also want to make decisions according to my heart. I don’t want to have to stay rational all the time just to be the person who can make rational choices at critical moments.

I also want to be crazy, and I also want to live freely and casually. I want to not worry about anything and do whatever I want.

Perhaps even Mijean, who was closest to him, didn't know that Judith's favorite thing to do was to lie on the grass and sleep.

The wind brings the smell of soil and grass, and when he looks up, he sees the vast sky. He doesn't have to think about anything, and can completely empty himself and blend into this free world, growing freely like grass and trees. He doesn't have to care about anyone's evaluation or anyone's request, and just be himself.

Helia saw something familiar in Judith. She could feel the desire to break free and rush upward, through his skin pressed against hers, and into her body along with that little bit of warmth.

Helia held his hand in reverse, raised it up and shook it, and said with a smile: "Have you thought about it? I am an unreasonable lunatic, do you really want to mess with me?"

This sloppy and unreliable appearance really makes people dare not trust her at all, but this is the Helia that Judith is familiar with, the confident, brave and powerful person who does whatever she wants.

Only those who are confident and strong enough can do whatever they want, because they are confident that they can bear the consequences of any decision they make.

Mi Rang was shocked, puzzled, suspicious, and stepped forward to stop it.

"Judith, you have to think it through. If you cooperate with Helia, you will be against the family, and even against the Aristocratic Family Alliance. Have you thought about the consequences?"

He is Judith's friend, his subordinate, his guard, but also the person who knows Judith best.

He didn't say this to oppose Judith's decision, but he hoped that he would not be controlled by momentary emotions and make an irrational decision. He hoped that he would think carefully again.

His fate is tied to that of Judith. For both Judith's sake and his own, he needs to remind Judith to make a careful decision.

"Mirang, sometimes when I look at you, I feel sorry for you." Judith suddenly said this, leaving Mirang a little confused.

He pointed at himself and asked doubtfully, "I am pitiful? How am I pitiful?"

"Do you really want to be tied to me for the rest of your life?" Judith showed a sad look, "You can't, and I won't allow you to be around me for the rest of your life."

"You are you, I am me. What I want and what you want may not always be the same. You shouldn't always accommodate me, do things for me, and depend on me."

"You should have your own life instead of entrusting everything to me. I can't bear your life, your ideals, and your future."

Mi Rang was even more confused.

He scratched his head, looking at Judith and then at Helia. He couldn't understand why Judith was deceived by Helia.

Not only Mirang didn't understand, Casper and Aphra also didn't understand Judith's decision.

Did Helia give him some kind of magic potion that made him give up what he had always insisted on and turn against her?