"All right, let me get this straight."
Fang Zheng set down his teacup and looked at the blond, blue-eyed young man before him.
"So what you mean is, you didn't want to inherit the Magic Crest, so your family had your younger sister inherit it instead. But because your sister was too compatible with the Magic Crest, her vitality dropped drastically after inheriting it. So, in order to protect her, you had no choice but to inherit the Crest yourself... So where exactly is the problem?"
"The problem is that the Crest removed from Rosalind underwent a qualitative change."
Heine gave a bitter smile.
"I can feel that the Magic Crest is draining my life force. If this continues, I may die before long."
"So you want to remove it? Since your family already removed it once before, removing it again shouldn't be difficult, should it?"
"The problem is that the Crest has already penetrated deep into my body. It can't be removed again."
"I see. It's like cancer spreading. That makes sense."
Fang Zheng nodded. The young man's condition was like late-stage cancer that had metastasized. If it had been caught early, it could have been surgically removed and treated. But once it had spread, all that remained was to wait for death.
Thinking of this, Fang Zheng glanced at Rosalind, who was watching anime on a laptop not far away.
"So you want the Thousand Tree Clan's help? Of course, that's no problem. We have the necessary technology. The premise is that you trust us, though, and you should already know our conditions."
"You want the Istari Family to join the Thousand Tree Clan... Frankly, that's almost impossible."
"Then let me put it another way. Suppose we take the Magic Crest out of your body. What then? Your