"That's enough!" a calm male voice sounded.

Everyone quieted down, watching Vangellis walk in from the crowd, he glanced at Qiao Li who was holding Xi Xi, and then at Zero who bowed her head and was silent, and Leah, who was pulling him aggrieved and sobbing beside him, and then looked around and asked, "Don't you feel ashamed that a group of adults are embarrassed by a child?!"

Someone in the crowd immediately lowered their heads, and Vangelis's eyes swept over the faces of everyone present, and his sharp gaze seemed to see through everyone's thoughts, and many people did not dare to collide with his gaze, and they all looked sideways to avoid it.

As an imperial nobleman, when he saw the weak being bullied, he should stand up and help without hesitation, instead of watching and watching and doing nothing, let alone be angry and attack others because of their unfavorable words. Don't you feel ashamed that you are a nobleman, that as an adult, your ideological consciousness is not as good as that of a child?"

Vangellis's stern voice made more and more people bow their heads. Zero also lowered his head, and the corners of his mouth were weakly hooked into a smile under the cover of his hair.

"Archbishop Vangellis, save my child, he's bleeding......" Qiao Li's voice trembled and begged Vangelis as she hugged the still weeping Vangelis in her arms.

Vangellis frowned, his serious expression not yet dissipated, he looked at the bloodied face of Bonsy, he crouched down and began to perform light healing on him to heal his wounds.

"What happened?"

At this moment, the two Waynes were late, the crowd dispersed to make way for Wayne, Wayne looked at the scene with a serious face, and Nasha next to him covered her mouth in surprise.

"I ask you, do you know it's wrong?!" Wayne asked loudly as he looked at Zero on his knees with a gloomy face.

Nasha stepped forward and took Wayne's arm and persuaded, "Wayne, don't be so harsh, he's just a kid......"

"It's just a child?what child would dare to be like him?!Beat the children of the nobles in front of so many people, and even scolded the nobles of the imperial capital in public!" Wayne yelled angrily.

Ryan also stood up and persuaded at this time: "Big brother, I also understand this matter, everyone has seen with their own eyes that it was the kid of the Geslandong family who provoked first, and Jeno also did that in order to protect his sister, although the means were excessive, but he can't be blamed for it!"

"That's enough!" Wayne shouted fiercely and glared at Ryan with a crackled eye, "What do you know?!Am I blaming him for that?"

"But......" Ryan tried to persuade, but was pulled by Natis beside him.

"I'm not wrong. Zero knelt on the ground and spoke in a steady tone.

"What did you say?" Wayne glared at Zero.

"I didn't do anything wrong. Zero continued to say firmly, "Others bullied my family, and I stood up to protect her, and I did nothing wrong." ”

"Bastard!" Wayne scolded, picking up the bamboo whip on the table and slamming it on Zero's body, the whip flashing in front of him and the muffled sound of whipping on Zero's body startled everyone. Zero was whipped hard in the back, he pursed his mouth tightly and gritted his teeth, snorting in his throat, the pain stimulating his brain, his eyes involuntarily turned red, and he held back his tears.

Leah burst into tears and ran to Zero's side and knelt down and hugged him, Nassa grabbed Wayne's arm and asked loudly, "What are you doing!"

Leah wept bitterly and hugged Zero, who was slightly younger than herself, and said to Wayne, "Don't hit Arnold, Daddy, I beg you, don't hit him...... Woowoo...... It's all my fault, it's ...... It's me who is too cowardly to be a sister, and I'm always ...... Always dragging my brother back...... I'm sorry...... I'm sorry, if you want to hit me, Dad......"

Seeing this, Natis couldn't help but persuade: "Big brother, you hurt the child's heart too much, what's wrong with Jeno protecting his sister? Even if the means are a little too radical, you don't need to beat him like this, right? The child is ignorant and educates him well, how can you beat him like this? Besides, even if you beat someone, it is the other party's fault first, can he be convinced if you beat him like this? Could it be that the Cretan family is still afraid that others will not succeed, you are a sword master!"

"Oh, okay, okay......" Ryan saw that Wayne's face was wrong, and hurriedly grabbed his wife, for fear that she would make the eldest brother even more annoyed.

"What nonsense!" Wayne yelled, slamming the small table to the side, scattering wood chips and Nasha pushing them aside.

"You ......" Natis was taken aback by Wayne's move and was speechless, and Ryan pulled her aside.

Wayne glanced at a few people and said angrily: "A loving mother has many defeated children! The children of the nobles are spoiled by you women and become more and more disagreeable! Do you want my son to live on the reputation of his fathers in the future? What a joke! You all let me out!"

"What do you want to do?" asked Wayne as she stepped forward.

Wayne frowned and said with a serious face: "When I educate my children, no one is allowed to disturb me!"

Saying that, Wayne lowered his head and looked at Leah, who was holding Zero and sobbing, and said, "Let go of your brother and go out with your mother." ”

"Dad, can you stop beating my brother, he's going to hurt a lot......" Leah said with tears in her eyes and a face full of grievance.

"If you don't go out again, I'll kill this stinky boy. As he spoke, Wayne raised the bamboo whip in his hand.

Nasha stretched out her hand to snatch the bamboo whip off, but she stood on tiptoe for a long time and couldn't reach it, she could only slam Wayne's chest and shout: "What the hell do you want to do?!

"It's because he's our son that I'm going to discipline him well!" Wayne said, pushing Nasha aside with a flick of his hand, and then pulling Leah, who was holding Zero, toward Nasha.

Leah was dragged up and began to cry again, and Nasha had no choice but to quickly hug her and comfort her. Seeing this, Wayne took the opportunity to raise his hand suddenly, and with a majestic fighting aura in his palm, he pushed Nasha, Leah, and Ryan out of the Sacrifice Hall, and then with a move, the door closed heavily.

"Wayne!" Nasha ran forward and couldn't stop the door from closing, trying to get in, but couldn't push it open, so she could only keep banging on the door and shouting.

Ryan sighed and persuaded him: "Forget sister-in-law, eldest brother, he is not a person who does not know right and wrong, he wants to educate Jeno, he must have his own reason, let's give their father and son a little time to be alone." ”

Nasha turned her face to Ryan with a worried face and said, "Their father and son rarely communicated before, this time Jeno made such a big fuss, and he had a conflict with his father before because he wanted to learn magic, I am afraid they will ......"

"Don't you still believe the eldest brother, he will definitely solve this matter properly, Jeno is also a sensible child, I believe he will be obedient. Ryan reassured.

"Hopefully......" Nasha said, hugging Leah, who was still crying, with a look of deep worry still in her eyes.

Only Wayne and Zero were left in the Sacrifice Hall, and only the candlelight in front of the tablet provided a faint light source in the darkness, and Zero lowered his head, and the candlelight did not illuminate the expression on his face.

"I ask you, do you know you're wrong?" Wayne asked him, dragging a chair over and sitting beside Zero.

Zero didn't say anything, still bowing his head and remaining silent.

"What about you, I'm asking!" Wayne asked sharply, frowning.

After a long silence, Zero finally replied, "Wrong. ”

"What's wrong?" Wayne asked.

"It's wrong...... You should not beat someone in public, and you should not denigrate someone in public. ”

"Good ......," a hint of relief rose in Wayne's heart, "you're not hopeless." ”

"Then I'd like to ask too......" Zero said, still bowing his head.

"Ask what?"

"Is it wrong to be a parent, to go to a banquet and leave your children aside, and only care about social socializing, and your children can't be seen when they are bullied?" asked Zero calmly but firmly, he didn't look up, and kept kneeling there without moving.

After a while, Zero heard a heavy exhale from Wayne's nose, and then he said, "Wrong, it's wrong." ”

Zero heard Wayne's answer, and a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

Wayne continued: "I was at fault, as a father I didn't take good care of my children, as a father I didn't teach my children well, I was really wrong......

"Kid...... I hit you because of your stubbornness, not because of your impulsiveness. There's nothing wrong with you protecting your family, and I even support your idea, but you're protecting in the wrong way. If someone is bullying someone you hold dear, you should not try to sneak up on him while others are not looking, but you should ask him to fight, defeat him, and warn him that you have the strength to protect your cherished person. I hope that my son can grow up to be a man who stands up to the sky and the earth, and not a person who can only rely on sneak attacks and beat others, and stand there and scold people without moving. Think about it, what is the difference between what you said to those nobles, you said that the Sword Saint Wayne is your father, and you use my prestige to intimidate others, and those who only know how to inherit the family property?"

Zero lowered his head and was stunned after hearing these words. Yes, in doing so, there is no difference from those bad breeds, and in the end he is not relying on his own family and his father's reputation to confront others? He suddenly felt very ashamed.

"But...... But...... I'm still too young...... I...... It's just that I can't get used to seeing others bullying Leah......" Zero spoke out a little unwillingly.

Wayne noticed Zero gritting his teeth violently, and he patted Zero on the shoulder and said, "Kid, you remember...... The weak always use kindness to cover up the weakness in their hearts. A real strong person should rely on his own strength to win the respect of others. You are still young now, but you will grow up sooner or later, and one day, you will encounter situations similar to today, and I hope that by then, when others want to hurt the people you hold dear, you will be able to overcome the obstacles and deter others on your own, instead of being helpless like today, ...... helpless"

"Then why don't you let me learn magic?" Zero asked suddenly.

"What?"

"I have a talent for practicing magic, you know, why do you have to let me learn the fighting spirit that I'm not interested in? Interest is the best teacher, you let me learn magic, I am confident, I can learn better than any of my peers, as long as you let me learn, I will never let you down." Pocket said in a still immature voice.

The two of them were quiet again, and except for the flickering candlelight in the darkness, all around seemed to have stopped. Zero kept his head down, hearing only the heavy but steady breathing of Wayne.

"Do you really want to learn magic?"

For a long time, Wayne asked Zero seriously.

"I really want to learn magic. Zero looked up at Wayne and replied earnestly.

After a moment of silence, Wayne said to Zero, "You get up and look at me." ”

Zero Wenyan slowly stood up, because he had been kneeling on the ground for too long, his knees were sore, his legs were numb, and he almost fell when he got up, but he still held on to the sacrificial table in front of him and stood firm. Then he turned sideways to look Wayne in the eye.

"Do you really want to learn magic?"

"I really want to learn magic. ”

Wayne stared at Zero's eyes, looking at the seriousness and firmness in his eyes, he was silent for a moment, then put his hand on Zero's shoulder and patted it, "Okay, after a while, I will take you to the Holy See of Light to do magic awakening for you." ”

"You...... You promised?" Zero smiled, a little incredulous.

Wayne still said with a serious face: "Don't be too happy, if the result of your magic awakening is not qualified, I still won't agree to your cultivation of magic, and then you have to give me a single-minded cultivation of Douqi." ”

"Okay. Zero readily agreed.

"If you really have the qualifications to practice magic, I want you to promise me that in the shortest possible time, prove your strength to me, can you guarantee it?"

Zero looked at Wayne, who was staring at him with a serious face, he restrained his expression of joy and replied with a serious face, "I promise you." ”

Wayne nodded and said, "Okay, go clean up, you're tired too, go back to your room and rest early, you still have something to do tomorrow." ”

"Yes. Zero agreed.