It was drizzling in the sky, and it was a little dark, and from time to time thunder came from the sky. Raindrops trickled down into the yard, dripping on the grass and trees in the yard and falling along the stems into the dirt. The roof kept crackling, and the raindrops were falling from the eaves one after another, and everything seemed dusty and comfortable.

Hidden Heart House, this is Quinn's residence, located in the inner courtyard of the Cretan family. Unlike other richly decorated residences in the clan, everything in this small courtyard looks quaint and tranquil, with wooden doors, windows and floors, and a classic and austere style. There is a small courtyard behind the house, the grass and trees in the courtyard are green onions, the mountains and rocks are dotted, the water of a pond is clear and clear, the fish swimming at the bottom of the pond are smart, and the knotweed flowers and reeds are on the shore. The whole courtyard is very quiet and natural.

Since returning from meeting the Emperor with Wayne, Zero has spent most of his time here. He didn't want to talk to anyone, because now everyone who met him would ask about the emperor's marriage. As the ancestor of the Cretan family, Quinn still has few people in his residence who dare to offend, so in addition to sleeping and going to class, Zero spends the rest of his time in this hidden heart house these days.

There were no headlights in the room, only a magic lamp on the desk, and Ling knelt on the clean wooden floor to assemble the magic machine in his hand with the bright light. On the side of the desk was a sliding door, which opened widely, and Quinn sat cross-legged on the wooden floor in front of the door and meditated quietly with his eyes closed, the rain flowing down from the eaves above his head, and a string of water droplets fell in front of him, like a curtain of water that seemed to be absent. The rain trickled down into the pond, rippling in circles, and every now and then a fish peeked out of the water and opened its mouth, and everything was very comfortable.

Incense was lit in the house, and green smoke rose from the stove. Zero pressed the Nian Yuan Stone into the installation slot of the water filter, and after pressing the button on it and seeing that the machine was working normally, he wiped the sweat from the corner of his forehead, turned his face to Quinn and said, "It's installed, old lady." ”

Quinn closed his eyes and didn't move, turned his back to Zero and asked, "Is this ready?"

Zero sighed and said, "You dismantled it too much this time, and you won't remove all the innermost mechanical shafts...... If it weren't for the installation instructions, I wouldn't have been able to spell it back. ”

Quinn stood up, turned and walked into the room and sat down across from Zero, fiddling with the water filter at Zero's hand twice, and said, "I'll try it." ”

Immediately Quinn raised his hand and brushed his sleeves, and made a gesture to the door with one hand, only to see that the rain that had not yet landed in the air was condensed into a trickle and poured into the water filter on the table, and Zero could clearly see that the rain in the courtyard had stagnated for a moment, and the pond that had been splashed with raindrops was also calm for a long time, and when the water filter was filled with rain, the rain resumed in the courtyard.

"Awesome......" Zero couldn't help but exclaim, "Old lady, is your method a fighting spirit to divert water, or is it a mental power to control the water?"

Quinn looked at Zero with a curious expression and replied with a smile while fiddling with the machine in his hand: "Of course it's Douqi, it's amazing, isn't it? In fact, whether it is Dou Qi or Mental Power, when you cultivate to a certain level, you will find that both are different paths to the same end, and the difference is only the way they manifest, which is why I have no objection to you learning magic, the reason why the elders of the clan oppose it is only because they have not yet seen through the origin of the power method in this world. ”

"Alas......" Zero raised his hand to support his chin and sighed, "It's a pity that there is no one in our family who understands except you." ”

Zero can also use telekinesis to manipulate the flow of water, but that is limited to moving the calm liquid in one container to another, like Quinn, guiding the raindrops moving in mid-air to converge into a thin stream and then concentrate into the container, the difficulty of this operation has increased exponentially, and with Zero's current ability, it is far from being possible.

Quinn looked at the running water filter and laughed twice, then said, "Didn't your father agree to take you to the magic awakening?"

"Alas, don't mention him, I don't know how to embarrass me, if he says to me that you are not qualified to wake up, and obediently go home to learn to fight, what can I do? No matter how talented I am, I can't resist him deliberately finding fault. Zero said with a roll of his eyes.

Quinn looked up at Zero and said, "I know that the marriage may have caused you to misunderstand your father, but your father is a relatively enlightened man in my opinion. He has also experienced hardships, he has achieved himself by himself, not by his family, and this is what I admire most about him, so he has the ability to be the head of the Cretan family, you are his child, he will not deliberately embarrass you. ”

"That's not easy to say......," Zero replied, "I thought he had changed a lot and stubborn a lot the first few times he came home, and I didn't bother to tell him that anyway......"

Quinn looked at Zero and smiled lightly and said, "No one can decide your fate, life will always give you the opportunity to change yourself." I have lived for so many years, I have seen so many people and things, until I look back when I am old, only to find that life actually gives us a lot of opportunities, in your eyes think that tall beings, such as peerless powerhouses, kings or gods, they seem to control your fate, but what will really change your fate is your personal choice. ”

After Quinn finished speaking, the water filter also stopped working. Quinn opened the lid to look at the steaming water, then opened the filter at the bottom of the machine, looked at the scattered ash stains filtered out of the water, nodded and said, "It's really fixed, not bad." ”

Zero watched as Quinn poured warm water from the water filter into two cups, and then asked him, "Old lady, are you ...... this year?" How old are you?"

"What is this for?" Quinn handed Zero one of the cups of warm water.

Zero took a sip of the cup and replied, "Care, I heard my mother say that you are my grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather...... It's probably more than that, how did you live so long?"

Quinn took a sip of the warm water in the cup and said with a flat face, "When you were born, I had just turned 330 years old. ”

"Then you're ...... this year 340 years old!wow......" Zero sighed in surprise.

According to his understanding, the average life expectancy of this world is slightly larger than the world he lived in before, but the limit of each person's life span is about 130 years old, and it is very rare to live to 150 years old. And the old man in front of him, with all white hair and wrinkled face, has more than twice as long life as a normal person, and he looks exactly like an ordinary old man, no...... According to his spirited appearance, many old people are inferior to him, and he doesn't even have age spots.

"How did you do it? Is it just because of the cultivation of Dou Qi? But there are countless people in this world who cultivate Dou Qi, and even the lifespan of the Sword Saint is no different from that of ordinary people...... Do you feel lonely?" asked Zero Quenn, surprised.

Quinn chuckled and looked at Zero, then turned his face to look at the rain outside the house, and said in a flat tone: "Maybe it's because of the grief of the war, when I was young, I was afraid of death, I kept cultivating, just to find a way to break through the shackles of life and death, maybe I spied into the realm that ordinary people shouldn't snooped on, even if I can extend my lifespan for myself, I can only watch the people around me grow old, sick and die, and leave me one after another." Lonesome...... I have lived too long, and loneliness has become one of the few friends......"

Zero looked at Quinn, his seemingly understated tone was mixed with the vicissitudes and loneliness that made people fall silent, and there was also a hint of sentimentality in his eyes that had always been calm. Zero Moran, picked up the cup and lowered his head to take a sip of hot water, wanting to warm up the mood that was beginning to become lonely.

Quinn turned his face back to normal, he looked at Zero and smiled, and said kindly, "Say this to you little guy...... Ha ha...... Let's not talk about it. ”

"Nothing...... Some words have been held back, and it is easy to suffocate yourself. Zero laughed.

Quinn pursed his lips and smiled, he looked down at the hand holding the teacup, his thumb gently stroked the rim of the cup, and he whispered, "yes...... Those who can speak are gone. ”

The rain was still dripping, and the two sat at the desk and were silent for a long time. Zero drank the water in the cup, put the cup down and looked at the smoke and rain in the yard, his mind was blank, and he didn't want to think about anything......

"I have witnessed the decline and prosperity of the House of Crete," Quinn said suddenly, reminiscing about the past, "I was just a teenager when the founding emperor of Dnoth, Sholok the Great, saved the Cretan family from the ashes of war. I have to say that Scholock the Great was the life-saving benefactor of the Cretan family, and in the chaotic times of war, he pulled the family along...... Looking back now, the period when I first founded the country was the most comfortable period for me, when the Continental War had just ended, the empire was in ruins, and the people were trying their best to live in peace. And then the 'Magic Revolution', when people all over the world seemed to be studying magic, and all kinds of new magic instruments were coming out one after another, and it was really a busy and prosperous time......

Zero looked at the old man in front of him and recounted his past memories, and his thoughts seemed to fly to that distant era with his words.

"Now that I think about it, good things are always fleeting, and the same is true of the times, where human civilization has flourished because of magic, but it has also ignited a raging war on the continent. Just because of this......" Quinn opened the back shell of the water filter in his hand, pulled out the Nian Yuan Stone, and he shook the stone in front of Zero's eyes and continued.

"Strange ores, which contain a large number of mixed and stable magical elements, were called 'new energy' that could change the times at the time, and the times did change, but they changed in the baptism of war...... Human selfishness and greed have always caused this continent to suffer. Later, the mortal enemy of mankind, the demons, began to invade the continent again. In order to survive, we have once again picked up the weapons that we have just put down, and fought desperately against the invaders for the fate of this continent, and how many warriors have built that high wall of peace and freedom with the blood and bones of many warriors, we ...... Sacrificed too much......"

Quinn said no more, and Zero kept looking at him without saying a word. The rain outside the window became heavier and heavier, and the branches and leaves of the grass and trees in the courtyard were scattered by the rain that fell sharply, and the raindrops that originally dripped along the eaves were now strung together into rain lines, like a curtain of water falling under the eaves. It was approaching evening, and the sky was completely dark.

Quinn raised his head and looked at Zero Silver's gray eyes by the light of the lamp, smiled and said, "Child, sometimes you have to understand your father's strictness to you, the elders have gone through hardships, we just hope that our children can take less detours on his future path than we have taken." ”

Zero looked at Quinn calmly and said, "However, how can the road that a person has to walk in his life be as smooth and wide as the elders......' plan?

Quinn glanced deeply at Zero, then smiled and said, "It's also true, everyone has to grow on their own." ”

"I want you to remember that whether you learn magic or vindictive energy in the future, you must do your best to learn it, because only if you are strong enough can you protect what you cherish. I think your parents should have told you a lot of these truths, and I don't need to remind me of this old man. Quinn continued.

Zero replied with a dignified voice, "I'll keep it in mind." ”

Quinn nodded and said, "Very good......"

"Oh, why don't you turn on the lights?"

As she spoke, Nassa walked into the room with the food box, and she saw Zero and Quinn sitting at the desk and said, "From a distance, there was no light in the room, I thought you were both not here." I've brought you food, so eat it while it's hot. ”

Nasha took out the food in the food box one by one and put it on the table, and then touched Zero's head, Zero shrunk her head and was a little unhappy to touch her, Nasha just smiled and asked Quinn, "Do you need me to help you turn on the lights?" It's already dark. ”

Seeing Quinn nodding, Nassa stood up and walked to the wall and turned on the overhead light switch, and the room instantly lit up.

Zero silently picked up his bowl and ate with vegetables, and Quinn asked him, "Would you like two drinks?"

"Okay~" Zero replied.

Quinn nodded, and Nasha turned around and said, "Grandpa, he's still too young......"

"It's nothing, his father started stealing alcohol when he was eight years old. Quinn said with a smile.

"It's because Wayne drinks too much that I don't want Jeno to be in the habit of drinking like him, drinking too much alcohol hurts the body. Nasha said with a worried look on her face.

"It's okay, it's rare to have two drinks with the old lady. Zero said, looking at Quinn.

"Haha......" Quinn laughed twice, looked up at Nasha and said, "You go to the side room on the right side of my bedroom and get that wide-mouth porcelain bottle, it's the shell chestnut wine I've been brewing for a few months, it's not too intoxicating." ”

Seeing Quinn's command, Nasha had no choice but to say "okay" helplessly, and turned to get the wine.