In the following time, Lucia was indeed calm and never went to the civilian area again. Yiming did not relax her surveillance at all. Of course, he could only do it himself and not tell anyone. Because no matter what, Lucia is a capable assistant. If the inside story is revealed to Marian and Elinoa just because of this suspicion, it would lead to Lucia's isolation. Yiming certainly did not want to be such a situation, so he would rather trouble him and do it himself than bother others. At the same time, he was waiting patiently, waiting for something that he knew would come sooner or later.

Then, I finally arrived by Yi Ming.

Ten days later, the Detroit family also sent an application for investment here. Their attitude was still no different from when they were in Lily Flower City. They were neither salty nor light, neither particularly enthusiastic nor indifferent, and everything was done through the official procedures. They did not come here in person like Little Holkin. The letter simply mentioned the investment they wanted to make, and at the same time, they were politely waiting for Yi Ming's reply.

This time, after reading the content, Yi Ming showed a meaningful smile.

Then, he quickly gathered his decision-making levels.

"It's a very interesting thing to call everyone here this time."

Yi Ming stood up and waved the letter to the puzzled three people. Before that, Yi Ming had only seen it for Meyeri, and Meyeri's reaction was the same as Yi Ming, thinking that the information revealed in this letter was really intriguing.

"This is an application sent by the Detroit family."

As soon as he heard this, Alinoa, Marian and Lucia were all cheered up. They all remembered clearly that the rumors that the little Holkin gave to Yiming before were rumored to the Detroit family, so they were most concerned about the Detroit family, but the Detroit family was as if the little Holkin said. Their industries were very diverse, but they were not in-depth. They were not enough to grasp the lifeline of a country. In addition to being slightly larger, some were dispensable. So, what did the Detroit family want to do? No one could know.

Now, they finally took action.

And Yi Ming and others wanted to find the flaws from the other party's actions.

"As the ruler of the city of Asuz…………I'll summarize it after removing the nonsense of all these and all these and all these.

Yi Ming opened the letter and pretended to read only a few sentences before he began to make a summary impatiently.

"Anyway, the Detroit family wants to apply for the establishment of a logging farm and a gem craft shop here. They hope to obtain our consent. The conditions and the like are similar to those of the Holgin family. Although I don't know if this is the result of the two secretly competing. But it's not my business." Yi Ming said here. He paused for a moment, and the three girls all showed some confusion. This is not an abnormal thing. Moreover, things like logging farm and a gem craft shop are not very important at all. There seems to be no problem.

"But the next thing is interesting."

He noticed the puzzled expressions on the faces of the three people. Yi Ming also smiled strangely. When he saw this, he didn't know what the other party was trying to do. But the following conditions made him realize something was wrong.

"The Detroit family hopes to launch a magical reform."

"magic…………"

"…………reform?"

Alinoa and Marian first showed incredible expressions, as if they heard an almost impossible joke. Is this a joke? Magic reform? A poor family? What international joke is he making?

"Well, that's exactly what it is."

Yiming paused for a moment and continued.

"Detroit hopes to build a small, magical academy in our city. They only send magicians to teach, but the most important thing is that all of them are free. The Detroit family promised that they only recruit children who can't afford to go to school and educate them on magic... Is the academy expensive?"

The last sentence was to ask Marien.

"this…………"

Marien thought for a moment.

"The academy needs about 300 gold coins a year, which is no longer a cheaper for a civilian family. Moreover, it will be more expensive after upgrading to a magician. Only those who can become magicians can enjoy a certain degree of exemption and subsidy. Of course, if you perform well, you can reduce tuition fees. However, only a few people can get this treatment. In the stage of a magician, almost no one can get this preferential treatment."

"This is not a bad thing, Lord Yiming. The college has the difficulties of the college, but if the Detroit family is willing to do this, I think it is not a matter of strengthening the basic magic education of the people of the empire......"

"I object."

Before Elinoa finished speaking, she was interrupted by Lucia. This made Alinoa turn her head in surprise and look at Lucia.

"Luxiya. Why do you object? Although the motivation of the Detroit family is questionable. However, considering that they are now passing the review of the Academy Council, it is not strange to spend money to try to make the Council feel at ease and happy. The Academy is a state institution. Tuition fees must be charged to operate. Many of the civilians cannot afford to go to school, and many of them are not low. Isn't that a good thing if they can implement free basic magic education? Moreover, the reason why the Detroit family chose us is because Azus is an emerging city, and Lord Yiming and Lord Mayali are members of the Academy Council. In this way, they will have fewer people to exempt... But this is a good thing for us. Moreover, if Lord Yiming approves this bill, Lord Yiming and Lord Mayali will also increase their reputation among the civilians. Isn't it right?"

"I am firmly opposed to the Detroit family's proposal, especially the last one!"

Lucia seemed to be deaf about Alinoa's words, saying firmly. Her voice was filled with unstoppable firm determination, and others obviously noticed the problem.

"We need a reason, Lucia."

Marien also spoke, his voice solemn. Iming and Mayalie also stared at her, obviously hoping that she could give an explanation.

"Otherwise, we have no reason to object to this seemingly unimaginable, but there are many proposals with benefits. Don't you think that children from poor families should be given some opportunities so that they can also have their own choices?"

"I would rather they live like this forever, Miss Marian."

Lucia did not answer Marien's question positively. But her voice was still heavy.

"I would rather they remain poor like this forever than accept this proposal! The Detroit family is simply a group of demons! The candy they throw must be poisonous!! Of course, I know very well that I have not stopped all the power and I do not have this identity. But I still want to say that I will stop this proposal at all costs."

Lucia raised her chest and looked back at Marien without fear, obviously not intending to make any concessions in this matter.

And at this moment, Yiming gave Meyali a look of attention and then slowly spoke.

"We need a reason, Lucia."

He stared at Lu Xiya, waiting for her answer.

"There are people you can trust here. We trust you, and I hope you can trust us. Since you have such a fierce opposition, you must have your reasons. Now, I just want to know what your geographical reason is."

“…………………………Even if you say it, you will not believe it. I have no evidence to prove my statement.”

“Sometimes, trust is not required to be proof.”

Yi Ming shook his head.

"We trust you. Don't we? Lucia. We want to know what you know. Mealli and I know what kind of girl you are, so we choose you. You don't need to hesitate, and we won't change anything because of this."

Lucia did not answer immediately, but looked at Alinoa and Marian with doubts and anxiety, but they also looked at herself with the expectation of trust. Yiming and Meallie chose Lucia, while Alinoa and Marian had been working with Lucia for a while. The girl who finally joined their little *** was trustworthy. Of course, this also required her own performance.

Finally, Lu Xiya took a deep breath, then she lowered her head and slowly sat back on the chair.

"I'm a fool."

She said with a wry smile.

"Three years ago, I had just become a magician. I also knew that I could not go any further, so I started my own life. At that time, I saw the Detroit family employment notice, so I became a affairs officer of the Detroit family." She lowered her head, as if it was an unbearable experience.

"At that time, the Detroit family was just a medium-sized family, and it was far from its current level. All I had to do was to allocate some supplies and then process some troublesome affairs in a classified manner. Because it was my first job, I worked very carefully, and the Detroit family also respected me very much and gave me a high reward. At that time, I even thought this was my dream life."

Speaking of this, Lu Xiya's voice began to become dark and low.

"But one day, the patriarch of the Detroit family came to me and hoped that I could select some people from the slums with magical talents. At that time, I asked him curiously what he was going to do. The patriarch told me that he hoped to help some children who could not afford to go to school and not waste their magical talents. Whenever he saw those children with powerful magical talents, he could only play in the mud of the slums, he felt extremely sad. Since the patriarch was a magician, I think

, that should be his true feelings. Moreover, at that time, I thought about the same thing as Lord Elinoa. If this could be popularized and children who could not afford to go to school would choose their lives again... So, I agreed to the request of the clan leader. I tried my best to select five girls with the best talent and the most likely to become magicians from the slums. After convinced their relatives, I took them to the Detroit family's mansion."

Yiming noticed that Lu Xiya was holding her magician robe with both hands at this moment, and even tearing a hole through a hole, but she seemed to be unaware of it.

"At the beginning, the Detroit family did find magicians to teach them some basic magic theory knowledge. I was also busy with other work. But because I was very concerned about this, I later took time to visit the children. As a result, I found that the children's expressions and reactions seemed to have become a little dull, even a little weird. I didn't know what was going on, so when the Detroit family taught the course, I specially cast spells to see what kind of education they received. But... but what did I see?!!"

Lu Xiya gritted her teeth, her face turned red and her body trembled continuously.

"Those noble men actually feed those girls psychedelic flowers and use them as tools to vent their desires!!"

"this…………"

Before the facts Lucia told, everyone was stunned for a moment.

"They, they are just children... They are just children! But when I see their crazy expressions due to the psychedelic flowers, I even feel scared and desperate! I... I don't know what I did?! Why did I do this!!!"

Lu Xiya shouted almost madly, and then, as if she had used all her strength, she slowly shrank her body. Only her slender shoulders were still trembling.

"I dare not say...I'm afraid that they will kill the children after they find out that I know about this. By that time, there will be no evidence of death. So the next day, I found a reason to try to evaluate their current magical geography and try to take them out of the Detroit family. I should report this to the Academy Council! And I want to find a way to get them back to their original state. However, it's too late. The children's bodies are no longer able to bear the burden because they have consumed too much psychedelic flowers. Plus... they..."

Lu Xiya's thin body trembled even harder.

"When I went, I saw nothing. They told me that the girls had completed the course and went home. I don't know if they were discovered by them when I cast magic before, but the children were gone. I couldn't find where they went, but in the end, I found them - their bodies were thrown in the garbage dump outside the city. Although their faces were so haggard that they could hardly recognize, I still recognized the magic rings I bought for them when I saw them. At that time, I encouraged them to study hard and become an excellent magician... I was so stupid. I didn't realize how cruel I did to them at all!!"

At this moment, the air in the whole room was almost so nervous that it was suffocating.

"Why...............?"

After a long time, Marien asked blankly. She thought she had been rolling in the political circle for a long time and had seen many dark things. But even she could not imagine that such dark and cruel things existed.

"…………I heard that the head of the Detroit family seemed to have mastered an evil method that could absorb other people's magical talents through psychedelic flowers for his own use. He asked me to find those children with strong magical talents, which seemed to be for this purpose...……I left the Detroit family angrily, and then I reported this to the Council, but the Detroit family had destroyed everything. There was no evidence to prove it. The relatives of those children, those relatives who were full of hope that their children could become magicians, either committed suicide or became madmen after learning that their children died for no reason....”

"Is that old man one of them?"

Yiming asked.

"That's right, at that time, my granddaughter and I had the best relationship. They depended on each other. Although they were poor, they lived a happy life. Mr. Jack didn't want his granddaughter to learn any magic at all. But his granddaughter said...... After she learned magic, she could take better care of her grandfather......I still remember how happy and happy expressions were on her face at that time...I......... All of this is my fault! If I were not so naive and childish,

They can obviously continue to live! Even if they are poor, they are much better than this kind of pain!! I am also a murderer, and I am as dirty as them!! After that, I tried to help them, but I knew that they would not forgive me. They handed me the most precious person in their hearts, but I killed them. I will never forget the resentful and angry eyes of those people. I am the real murderer! If it weren't for me, if it weren't for me to look for those children...!!"

Luxiya finally couldn't say anything anymore. She curled her body tightly into a ball and started crying in a low voice. Marian and Elinoa also stared at her in shock, surprised, fear, anger, and unable to believe all this. They couldn't understand, but everyone could feel the sorrow in Luxiya's heart, which was her sin. She was destined to never escape from this shadow of pain in her life.
Chapter completed!