Charles grew up in Helen's strong care since he was a child, and there was no possibility of escape under her clutches.

However, in the past, he was in average health and had no motor nerves, so it was not unusual for him to be hugged by Helen.

And now Charles can fight with the adult steel-boned demon ape, and can survive more than ten moves in the hands of Aunt Leila, who has been in a hundred battles and is known as the "Star Stick".

But he couldn't avoid Helen's simple and rough hug, which was a bit intriguing.

But now Charles didn't have time to ponder these details, and he was held firmly by Helen at this time.

I just heard a "click" of my bones...

"It hurts, it hurts..."

In order to avoid being crushed, he could only quickly cry out for pain and ask Anna for help.

He didn't want to go all the way to finally get home, only to be strangled at the hands of Helen.

"Helen!"

Anna hurriedly dug out Charles, who was almost crushed into a patty, from Helen's arms, rubbed his arm distressedly, and asked softly, "Charles, are you okay?" ”

"It's fine!"

Charles shook his head, sat down with his back to the two of them, brushed off his messy long black hair, and said as if offering a treasure:

"Mom, look, not only my neck is good, but I also have a crystal, I will be a magician in the future!"

Charles and Leila thought that Anna would be overjoyed and would have to cry again.

Who knew that Anna saw the black crystals behind Charles's head, and her face suddenly changed.

The blood color that had just sprung up on his pretty face because he was too happy disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Even Helen had a solemn face, thick eyebrows tightened, and even began to look around vigilantly.

Seeing the difference between Anna and Helen's expressions, Charles wondered, "What's wrong, Mom?

Anna Dai frowned slightly, and asked solemnly, "What's going on with this crystal?"

Charles scratched his head: "Actually, I don't know what happened to this crystal, I fell into the St. Dolan River, and when I woke up, I had this crystal,

At first, I thought it was a rock stuck in my head. ”

"Poof. ”

Cecilia couldn't help laughing out loud when she heard Charles's funny words, but it provoked Lyra's angry gaze, and she quickly covered her mouth a little embarrassed and lowered her head.

Charles also glared at Cecilia before he continued:

“... Later, I found out that it was a crystal, and I was so happy that I didn't sleep well for several days, and I was afraid that it would be gone again when I woke up. ”

"So, you don't know where this crystal came from?" Anna asked, skeptically, glaring at Helen.

Helen nodded knowingly and walked out briskly.

"I don't know, that's it when I wake up. Charles looked at the departing Helen suspiciously, and said innocently.

"Then you... Did you meet anyone?" asked Anna, still looking worried and hurried.

"Before meeting Cecilia and them,"

Charles thought for a moment, pointed to Cecilia who was a good baby on the side, and then said, "I only met an old mercenary of the Tooth Hunting Mercenary Group, and I don't know why he wanted to kill me while it was dark, and I killed him." ”

"Oh, no wonder you said that you have an account to settle with Hunting Tooth, so that's the case!" Cecilia said suddenly, and after saying that, she secretly glanced at Leila again, and saw that she didn't think of the pestle, so she sat down with confidence.

"Well, sooner or later, this account will have to be settled with them. ”

Anna was carefully observing the black crystals, and when she heard this, she patted Charles lightly, and said angrily: "You have killed people, what else do you have to count?"

At this time, Helen had already walked in again, and as soon as she entered the door, she quietly shook her head at Anna very secretly, and Anna was slightly relieved when she saw this.

"No, this kid has loved to hold grudges since he was a child, and when he was a child, he ate a stick and ignored me for most of the year. Lyra smiled when she heard this.

As soon as Helen heard that Lyla had "abused" Charles, she became angry, and she couldn't help frowning and said unhappily:

"You are embarrassed to say that even Joseph can't bear your stick down, and the little master is only how old he is at that time. ”

Suddenly hearing Joseph's name, Leila felt a little nervous in her heart, and smiled bitterly, rarely without retorting, which made Cecilia on the side curious:

Is the teacher such a good-natured person?

Anna frowned and glared at Helen angrily when she heard this, so frightened that she shrunk her neck, and then sighed helplessly, beckoned to her, and asked her to come over and see Charles's crystallization together, while starting a new topic, she asked Cecilia: "This little girl is..."

"Lady Griffin, Cecilia DiCario, the captain of the Silver Hand Mercenary Team, reports to you that the mission you have entrusted has been completed. ”

Cecilia quickly stood up and saluted Anna.

Anna looked up at Cecilia, then at the Mage badge on her chest and the wooden staff in her hand, nodded lightly and said, "Thank you very much for the trouble, Lord DiCario." ”

"Madame, you are so polite..."Cecilia was called Your Excellency for the first time, and scratched the back of her head with a red face and a little embarrassment, but her heart was already happy.

"Anna, I grew up watching this child, just graduated from the lower house, and I have studied stick skills for two years, counting, she still has to call you Auntie, you just call her Cecilia. ”

Lyra added.

Anna bowed her head lightly and continued, "Well, that's... Cecilia?"

"Mmmm..."

"Huh?"

"Oh, Ann, Aunt Anna, look at this, it's okay to sign it for me. ”

Cecilia hurriedly stepped forward and handed Anna a paperwork, which was the power of attorney from the Mercenary Guild.

After taking a cursory look, Anna nodded lightly and instructed Helen, "Go and get the pen and seal." ”

...

After some politeness, Leila resolutely refused to stay for dinner, and only put down the silver crystal of the steel-bone demon ape and hurriedly left.

Cecilia, on the other hand, was in a hurry to register with the mercenary guild to receive the commission that had been hanging there for more than a year, and also went with Lyra.

After the two left, Anna and Helen also learned about his experience of the year from Charles.

"So... Are you awakening the talent of the steel element?" rubbed the silver crystal, Anna frowned slightly.

"Probably... yes, I don't quite understand, and I haven't tried any other ironware since. Charles said truthfully.

"Helen, there is no shortage of iron tools at home, go get some. Anna looked up and commanded, a hint of weariness on her white face.

"Hmm. ”

Helen went back quickly, and immediately took a pile of iron products such as spatulas and pans, and put them in front of Charles, and immediately fell to the ground with a "bang".

"Here, try it. Anna found a chair and sat down, and whispered to Charles.

"Hmm. Charles nodded, focusing his attention on a knife, and whispered:

"Come on. ”

The knife didn't move.

"Come on!"

The knife remained motionless.

"Ahem, wait, I'll change my position..."

Charles stood up a little embarrassed, took a standard horse step, luckily dantian, pinched a sword finger in his right hand, aimed at the knife and shouted:

"Up!"

The knife seemed to understand what Charles said, and it actually swayed and floated up.

"Ha, haha! That's it!Haha, Mom, do you see that!"

Seeing that his spell had worked, Charles was overjoyed, and hurriedly looked back at Anna, with an excited look of begging for attention and praise.

Anna was also stunned by this miraculous scene, and couldn't help but lean forward, staring at the knife floating in the air.

"Khooth. Unfortunately, the knife only lasted in the air for a few seconds before falling impatiently.

"Hey, I'll try again. ”

Charles didn't care, this was the first time in his life that he had consciously used magic, and a small failure didn't dampen his motivation.

I saw that he tied up his horse, pointed at the knife in his right hand, and shouted again:

"Up!"

"Up!"

“...”

The knife reverted to its old ways, and lay on the ground again.

"Haste as the law!"

"Prajna Prajna!"

"Boom!"

"Open Sesame!"

“...”

No matter how many slogans Charles changed and how many postures he changed, the knife still lay on the ground with great shame.

"Hmm... What went wrong?"

Charles was worried, squatted on the spot and scratched his head, muttering to himself.

Anna came over a little worriedly, squatted down beside Charles, gently stroked his head, and said softly:

"Take your time, magic is not something that can be practiced in a moment, go change your clothes, wash your face again, and take a rest. ”

"Well, well..."

Hearing this, Charles obediently helped Anna to stand up, thinking about it, if magic is so easy to learn, then why do you need a magic academy?

Huh?

With a roll of his eyes, Charles seemed to think of something, the depression on his face was suddenly swept away, and he went back to the room to freshen up with light steps.

Looking at Charles's back, Anna asked worriedly and hurriedly, "Helen, what do you think?"

"No scars, not like—" Helen said in a suppressed voice, knowing that her voice was loud.

"The element of steel... Hehe, is it a joke of fate?"

Anna laughed at herself, then frowned, looked at the silver crystal in her hand and said:

"However, you and I both know that the crystallization of the element of steel...

It's not black. ”