Everything fell perfectly into place (part two)
Although Fran feels that even if he said that he had gone to Champion Mage Challenge to disappear for a month, Harbos probably wouldn't believe it.
But she couldn't really say that, because the month she disappeared overlapped too much with Champion Mage Challenge, and Number Three Floating City would fall soon.
Even if Harbos doesn't think about it in this regard, Fran should try his best to clear the relationship.
It just so happened that last time she and Iris went to meet that Legendary Oinrich. It also happened that Number Nine Floating City left a lot of Temporal Change Residue behind after the last war, which gave Fran an excuse.
As for where she was doing experiments in Number Nine Floating City, after all, it is impossible for a mage to conduct experiments on the road. If she had done this, Harbos would have discovered her long ago.
So she chose a very familiar place, the house originally rented by Forrest for Mana Communication System.
Of course, now Mana Communication System has been changed to Mana Telecommunications System. Even if Iris hadn't fought hard for the former, now Forrest wouldn't want to do it.
After Mana Telecommunications System achieved success, the first thing Forrest did was naturally forget his roots. He felt that this place was really too bad. If it wasn't cheap, he wouldn't have come to this small house.
But when he rented the house, he signed a one-year contract, and Forrest was too lazy to negotiate an early end for such a small amount of gold coins.
So this place was used as a temporary material storage place, but not much material could be stored, because the new location was a bit far away, and it would be troublesome to come here all day to transport the materials.
So this place was simply abandoned here, with about half a year left before the contract expired.
Fran came to this place and found that there was no one inside. He quickly started to decorate with the remaining materials and put those Temporal Change Residue on the table.
Finally, before Harbos arrived, he arranged the place into a place with traces of research, which made Harbos's somewhat puzzled expression relax a little.
It's just that Fran was in a hurry, and she didn't have time to purchase a batch of alchemy equipment and dress it up decently.
"You're just using these things for alchemy experiments?" Harbos looked at the bent iron pipes, open vessels, and cracked wooden bowls on the Fran table, with disbelief on his face.
In this regard, Fran can only explain this:
"Other alchemy experiments naturally require sophisticated instruments, but time is different. You see, Oinrich has become Legendary for many years, and Alchemy School's other mages have not produced any decent results. You know that no matter how precise the instrument is, it is of no use to time."
Harbos frowned, it sounded like the same thing, but if you think about it carefully, you can think of a lot of loopholes.
Just because there is no need for precision instruments, doesn't it mean that precision instruments are useless for research?
Those precision instruments are more convenient and can slow down energy consumption. Even if you occasionally need to refine some basic materials, you can also use these precision instruments to assist in the refining.
No matter how you say it, precision instruments have a positive effect on the research of mages. You still have to buy them. It is impossible for Fran not to know this.
But Harbos also gave up and continued to pursue it. After all, as long as Fran is fine now, that's all.
"I will apply for the Alliance and Communication Device for you later. Remember to keep that thing with you from now on."
"And Iris just keep the one that I gave you with you. The one I gave you doesn't have this daily verification function..."
Harbos's first priority must be to bring Communication Device to Fran. Just like now, Fran disappeared for a while, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
And he couldn't find any clues during this period. He didn't even know why Fran didn't register when he entered Number Nine Floating City. Was it because she got in or was the registration wrong at the time.
However, these Harbos don't want to pursue the case. After all, everyone has been found. This is the best situation.
It was during the process of finding someone that he did some things that went against reason, such as sending a serious letter to all those who had seats at School.
The letter almost said that he was leaving Elemental School. Originally, he thought it was the mages of Elemental School who did it. After all, these are the only people in the Alliance who can do this.
But these mages haven't done anything, which is a bit embarrassing. In addition, those who don't deal with Harbos haven't replied yet.
I don't know if I am searching whether my subordinates did this or if I am thinking about how to reply to him.
"Why did you just abandon Territory Mage Working Group and leave? I originally wanted to visit you."
Fran also finally understood why Harbos almost caught up with her as soon as she left to check her traces. Fortunately, she was more careful and eliminated all traces even if she changed her identity.
The reason why she stayed with Territory Mage Working Group was because of the need of a mentor. While others don't know who Fran's mentor is, Harbos definitely knows.
"The situation over there has stabilized. Even without me, they can win the assessment step by step."
Fran has paved the way and taught Eleanor what to do next. If she still can't win the assessment, then she can only think that Eleanor comes to work for Territory Mage to earn a living.
"By the way, mentor, I have something to tell you in advance. After leading the mage working group, I want to go directly to Lohan Archipelago through this result."
Number Three Floating City will have a major incident in the near future, which will greatly benefit the Alliance's external attacks, but it may not necessarily benefit Territory Mage.
Territory Mage There is nothing wrong with the future, but will a group of mages who are blinded by anger care about the future long after now?
At that time, Territory Mage Working Group, who has more resources and attracts more attention, will probably be left out in the cold soon, and may not even be able to participate in Lohan Archipelago's actions, and will have no chance after it ends.
There is no way, the mages' Floating City is attacked, but the most important thing is Number Three Floating City. The first thing to get back is face and revenge, not the future. Territory Mage is really too far away from the Alliance.
Even if Ocean Affairs Department wins the assessment later, Fran can easily get an important practical position based on her merit and the identity of Paper's author, but the environment is different and her power will be greatly reduced.
So the best decision is what Fran thought about shortly after coming to Territory Mage Working Group. Relying on this merit, he directly applied for a key position in Lohan Archipelago.
This requires informing Harbos in advance. Although Fran is free to go where she wants to go, Harbos, as her mentor, still needs to inform and discuss this matter.
"You want to go to Ocean, directly to the front line?"
Harbos has been with Crescent Bay for a while, and also knows that the Alliance plans to take action against Lohan Archipelago recently. If Fran wants to go there at this time, it is probably to participate in the war.
"If you really want to go, then I can write you a letter of recommendation, but the letter of recommendation I give you will not allow you to get Area of Actual Control."
Although there is a recommendation letter from Harbos, and he can even directly recommend Fran to Area of Actual Combat to participate in front-line battles, no instructor is willing to do this.
Fran is not a member of Battle Mage Corps. You cannot obtain Battle Merit by going directly to the front line. There is nothing but danger there.
And although Fran is going to Lohan Archipelago, Command Council will definitely put Fran in a safe position.
Fran is a Second Order Mage who has not received systematic training. It would be a waste to send this kind of mage to the front line. Why should Second Order Mage do something bad? Why should he go to the front line to fill the line?
You know, if the Alliance needs a group of people to hold on to the position, then there are really many ordinary people in the Alliance's territory, and even these ordinary people will enthusiastically sign up.
Because in the Alliance, apart from mage education, there is no systematic training for Profession ers. If these ordinary people want to become Profession ers, the only way is to participate in the war and cooperate with the actions of the mages.
Therefore, after Second Order Mage arrives at the front line, it is expected that Spoils of War will be purchased there by those with skills and resources who need to trade in the safe zone.
"Then do you still need to continue research now?" Harbos narrowed his eyes and asked slowly.
The movements of Fran's hands were stagnant. She originally wanted to wait for more than a month, and then return to Territory Mage Working Group after staggering things with Number Three Floating City.
But now she has been discovered by Harbos. As long as she is intentional, she may be connected with Number Three Floating City's affairs. It seems that there is no need to continue hiding.
She blinked and said slowly:
"Then I'll go back to Territory Mage Working Group these days. I have a lot of time to go out."
A smile appeared on Harbos's face, and then he continued:
"Actually, you don't have to worry about research. After all, you are not twenty yet and you have plenty of time."
"But you'd better concentrate. What Legendary gives you cannot advance you to the third level. Energy-Forging Method, as long as you practice more, you will definitely be able to advance to the third level."
Fran's eyes continued to blink, thinking that Harbos felt that he had been a little negligent in Energy-Forging Method, so he urged him.
After all, although what Harbos gives is definitely not as powerful as a time-related Legendary, the right one is the best. The most suitable one for her Forge School mage is Energy-Forging Method.
"Very good, then you stay here first. I will go back and deal with the resources I used to find you. Then we will return to Crescent Bay together."
"I understand."
Watching Harbos leave, Fran breathed a sigh of relief. She felt that the disguise this time was really tiring for her. She had done a lot in order not to leave any traces, but there was still something lacking.
Just...
"It's all a coincidence. As soon as I escaped, Iris ended the experiment, allowing Harbos to contact me through it..."
"It just so happened that on the night I met Elemental School Chief, Felistin Family directly attacked me. Through Chief's relationship, Felistin Family almost gave up the idea of continuing the attack."
"And it just so happens that Chief hasn't been free recently. Otherwise, he would have been furious when he heard the news about my disappearance. And I guess he wouldn't have been able to escape before Number Three Floating City's accident."
"Gods's followers almost stopped moving when I arrived, so I couldn't do anything to them. After I left, they could make trouble, which is just right."
Everything was just right, everything was in order, and everything was in her favor, leading to the result of Number Three Floating City falling.