After hastily attending the celebration party, Charlotte asked Ramsey to arrange for Erossa, and then returned to the northern home with the inner ring mage of Icewind Castle.

Now he is like a wound clockwork, and he can't stop for a moment. Unlike Sylvia, who lived behind the scenes, he had to lead the reforms of Icewind Castle from the moment he was determined to change Sylvia's established national policy. In addition, his personal strength could not be relaxed, and he often studied and practiced late at night, and only slept for four hours a day.

Since deciding to specialize in a corner of the city of Lalor, he has devoted most of his energy to the study of mental and illusion spells, while the rest of the spell types are studied as a technique to strengthen the offensive and defensive means.

Yesterday during the day, feeling in good shape, he took a break from his business and concentrated on studying the spell codex left behind by Sylvia in the Tower of the Highest. At night, he tried to attack the legend again, but he had just entered the state, and he felt that he didn't have enough savings, so he decisively stopped forcibly advancing to the ranks.

After sorting out the trajectory of thousands of stars in the sea of consciousness, he opened his pale eyes and found that it was already dawn.

He was just about to take advantage of the precious time to rest, but at this moment, the door of the room rang ceremoniously, and Dema pushed the door in without hesitation.

In order to impact the legend, Charlotte did not advance in her mage tower last night, but chose to attack the legend in the tower, where the magic energy pool at the top of the tower is more abundant. Dema has the same authority over the Tower as she does, although she has asked her many times to get her consent before coming in, so as not to run into any embarrassing matters.

But in response to Charlotte's complaints, Dema just sneered at her self-esteem, and the matter was closed.

As soon as she entered the door, Dema realized something when she saw Charlotte's pale face, and the originally cheerful expression on her little face turned into her usual displeasure, and asked, "You tried to hit the legend again last night?"

Charlotte didn't want to dwell on this upsetting topic, waved her hand, and asked, "Is there anything wrong with Chief Dema?"

Dema didn't let him go, and said with a stern expression that was not so much unhappy as it was unpleasant, "In just sixteen years, you have gone from a fool who knows nothing to a master with extraordinary strength, and the talent you have is indeed enviable. But you have to understand that legend is an extraordinary realm that can only be achieved by continuous accumulation and understanding, and what can you accumulate and comprehend in just two years?"

Speaking of this, she paused, and showed a wicked smile, "Or do you want to forcibly advance to the ranks, from a genius to a spurned waste?

Dema has always been ruthless in her words, but she is quite caring for her own people, which Charlotte has long understood. But after listening to her words, Charlotte, who failed to be promoted, still felt anxious. He waved his hand, his tone with obvious impatience, "I'll take care of the balance!"

"Can you get the right balance? It's a laugh. ”

"Do you think I'm willing!?But you don't know what's going on now! Sister Sylvia's whereabouts are unknown, and it's very likely that she is in danger! If I can't get strong as soon as possible, how can I fight the gods and find my sister to share the pressure for her!"

"Charlotte, I've been thinking so for a long time, aren't you a little too arrogant?" said Dema even more unpleasantly, and she said with a straight face, "Or do you really think that you are the Russon who called for wind and rain three thousand years ago?" I tell you, you are nothing." You're just a little mage who was lucky enough to get the favor of your master and be able to pass on the mantle. Throughout the multiverse, there are lucky guys like you everywhere, don't think you're amazing, the reason why the Mage of the Inner Ring of Icewind Castle is willing to obey you, to put it bluntly, is only because you are the heir of your master, and you also have a foreseeable future, in addition to this, the support of me and Dinah is also crucial. Until you cash in on your talents, you're just a gifted and lucky little leader, and in the multiverse, you're just a relatively strong ant!"

Charlotte was even more angry at Dema's rare tirade, "That's why I want to grow into a strong leader who can lead you alone and upright as soon as possible!"

"Hmph! too arrogant!" Dema snorted unhappily, "what makes you think that a leader must stand in front of the wind and rain to be called a leader? No! That's not a leader, that's a nanny! You just need to show the way, make plans, and ensure logistics like Ed Murphy and Brent, and all that's left is to improve yourself step by step, and try to evolve yourself from an ant to a lion." After all, none of us ever asked you to be on the front line against the gods. You're just a master of the Nine Rings, not a powerful king like your master, accept the facts, idiot!"

Although the words were ugly, Charlotte felt a long-lost warmth. The original fear was wonderfully soothed, and he felt that he was no longer a fighter fighting alone, but part of a collective that was moving forward together.

His mood strangely calmed down, and his face, which had gradually stiffened over the past two years, showed a look of emotion.

"Sister Dema......" he couldn't help but shout.

"!" Dema shuddered, revealing a look of disgust that didn't look like a deliberate disguise, "Don't call me that!"

Charlotte couldn't help but feel red and uncomfortable when she yelled at her like this. He looked at Dema's petite size and nodded knowingly, "Yes." ”

"Do you want to die once?" said Dema's expression looked very dangerous.

"Ha, ha. Well, that's the end of the conversation, but then again, you must have something important coming over so early in the morning, right?"

"Tsk, I've been disrupted by your nonsense. Dema shirked her responsibility with her usual uneasiness and continued, "First, to inform you that the Icefield Expeditionary Force has returned to Icewind Castle, and the captured materials and slave distribution will be discussed at today's meeting;

Charlotte doesn't have to guess to get it, and the unspoken 'two' is the real reason. The reason why Dema came early in the morning was to find Charlotte staying in the Tower of the Tower, worried that his failure to attack the legend would cause very serious sequelae.

After all, it is likely that she and Dinah found out that something was wrong last night, but they were worried that temporarily stopping Charlotte would have an uncontrollable impact on Charlotte, who was trying to attack the legend, so they rushed over early in the morning to observe the situation, right?

Charlotte noticed that outside the crack in the door, the corner of Dinah's clothes flashed, and the warm current in her heart was even worse. But at the same time, a great sense of responsibility weighed on his shoulders, and he realized that he must not take a wrong step and lead his caring companions to a dead end.

After sixteen years of living in Icewind Castle, the city has become more than a simple collection of people for Charlotte, but an abstract but warm concept called 'family'.

My sister is gone, and now, it's Charlotte's turn to lead the family forward.