Although Fang Yuan had originally prepared this Seven-Colored Heart of Arcane for Lilith,
after seeing Lilith like this,
Fang Yuan guessed there might be some hidden circumstances.
"Lilith."
"You know this Seven-Colored Heart of Arcane?"
Lilith, who had just laughed wildly in a manner that bordered on hysterical,
slightly bowed and said,
"Lord."
"Of course I know it."
"It is famous throughout Archmage City."
"If not for certain accidents back then,"
"I might even have possessed this Heart of Arcane!"
"And become the next generation of archmage in Archmage City."
"What a pity~"
"I was schemed against by a villain!"
As she spoke, she looked toward Helen.
This time, Helen spoke first.
"Hmph!"
"Lilith, I was not the one who schemed against you from behind back then."
"It was Archmage City's situation at the time that left them no choice but to choose me."
"You have held a grudge against me over this matter from the Glory Era until now."
"I really think that is unnecessary."
As she spoke, Helen turned to Fang Yuan.
"Lord."
"I will explain the reason behind this matter."
"If certain people explain it, I'm afraid they will accuse me of crimes I never committed again."
Fang Yuan held out a hand, gesturing for Helen to continue.
"To maintain its external expansion, Archmage City had always been cultivating new archmages."
"And to advance to archmage, aside from possessing outstanding talent,"
"the most important thing was a Rule Creation—a treasure of rules born in various planes, containing powerful Power of Rules. With such a treasure, a mage could comprehend rules, fuse with rules, and control rules."
"After completely fusing with the Rule Creation, a mage could become a Quasi-Archmage."
"Then, by using it to construct an Archmage Tower belonging to an archmage, they could become a true