The crisp sound of horses' hooves came slowly from the castle's stone path, cheerful and light.

At the same time, a two-seater carriage with purple vines carved on its body came into view, and the window edge was inlaid with several ornate sapphires, dazzling in the sunlight.

What attracted Allen the most was the intricate geometry of the back half of the carriage, which flashed from time to time with a glimmer of light, and if he wasn't dazzled, it was a pattern of magic.

Such a noble and luxurious carriage, Alan has naturally never seen it, but he is very familiar with the family crest on the carriage.

Winters Joseph was also a baron in the Western Province, but his title was much less valuable than Horn.

Because Horn's title came from the Imperial Reward, while Winters's barony came from his father, the Duke of York, and the territory was only one-third the size of the Merlin family.

On top of that, Winters had some bad habits when he was young, which led to his death shortly after his marriage.

At this time, sitting in the carriage should be his wife who left in the world, Baroness Fanny, a woman who has a messy relationship with Horn.

Horn hasn't remarried over the years, but he is a strong man after all, both emotionally and physically, he needs an outlet, and Fanny is this woman.

Fanny's relationship with Horn was not secretive, and her frequent visits to Fort Musensen were not secretive, and as long as Fanny did not dedicate all the Barony's lands to the Merlin family, the Duke of York did not bother to care about such a thing.

In aristocratic circles, many marriages are a union of interests, and as long as the obligations are fulfilled, there may be lovers after marriage.

What's more, now Fanny is now alone, and these things are taken for granted.

Sure enough, when the carriage stopped in front of Locke, a gentle young woman with a graceful demeanor got out of the carriage, and at the same time brought with her a bright girl with a face that resembled her.

Alan greeted him with a smile, put his right hand on his chest, and bent forward, "Good day, Aunt Fanny." ”

Most people call Fanny Mrs. Winters, but Alan calls her aunt from the first time she meets her, so Fanny also likes Allen very much.

"I haven't seen you for half a year, and you've grown taller again. ”

Fanny, who often comes to Fort Musen, is also unreserved, and touches Allen's head very casually.

"Two days ago, I was still attending a banquet in the Duke's Palace on your coming-of-age day, and I didn't have time to come back, so this time I specially prepared some common magic materials for you, which can be regarded as your coming-of-age gifts. ”

"Thank you so much, Aunt Fanny!"

This is not a polite word, Alan is really full of joy, practicing the making of green runes requires a lot of magic materials, Fanny's gift can be regarded as a charcoal in the snow!

"By the way, what about your father?"

Every time Fanny came to Fort Musen, Horn came out to greet her, and even if Horn was not there, the old butler Brad was in charge, and Alan was the last to come out to meet the guests.

Today he actually took the lead in coming out with Brad, so there must be something special about Horn.

"Father, he...... He was a little inconvenient and was waiting for you upstairs. ”

Hearing that Horn was in trouble, Fanny's smile stiffened slightly, and there was a hint of nervousness in her expression.

She turned her head and pulled the girl next to her, and said, "This is my niece, Dinah, and ask her to take you to the back to get what I gave you." ”

Without waiting for Alan to give a salute, Fanny hurriedly said to Dinah: "This is Alan, the eldest son of Baron Horn, and you can find him here for anything."

You two get to know each other, I'll go up to see your father first!"

With her skirt in one hand and the lady's hat on her head in the other, Fanny hurried into the castle.

After she left, Alan smiled at the girl beside her, "Hello, Miss Dinah, welcome to Fort Mussen." ”

Dinah bent her knees slightly, smiled back, "Hello." ”

The girl's behavior and words were very polite, and even her smile was sweet, but Alan felt a hint of resistance from it.

He immediately understood Dinah, the kind of girl who looked bright and gentle, treated everyone politely, but had a full sense of distance in her smile, and was full of arrogance in her bones.

Fanny's mother is also a duke, and her sister is not bad at marrying, so Dinah also has arrogant capital.

In his previous life, Alan had a special word to call this kind of girl, in ancient times, she was called a lady, and in modern times, she was called Bai Fumei.

It's just that these have little to do with Allen, and he is not very interested in Dinah, but he thinks that the magic array on the carriage is still somewhat interesting.

According to the rune treasure book, more than half of the effects in the runes come from the combination of multiple magic arrays, so the magic array is considered a compulsory course for Allen.

However, he had not come into contact with the actual magic items in the Federon Continent, so he was curious to see how these mages used magic arrays. Alan walked to the back of the carriage, and as soon as he saw the pattern on it, he was a little disappointed.

On the carriage, there are only one large, three small, and four wind spells nested together, and a small magic circle with mana draining and mana return is added in the middle, which is estimated to reduce the weight of the carriage by five percent.

"You've also learned magic circles?" said Allen, staring at the carriage, which surprised Dinah.

She felt the magic of Allen's body as soon as she got out of the carriage, but a fourteen-year-old first-level mage, the academy was full of it.

And Dinah, who is also fourteen years old this year, has advanced to a fourth-level mage not long ago, and her comprehension of magic has been praised by every teacher in the academy.

Alan turned his head to look at Dinah, smiled and nodded, "I understand a little." ”

"Then tell me, how is this magic array portrayed?"

Dinah's voice was calm, but her hands were unconsciously crossed in front of her chest.

Her gesture is partly a test, partly a show-off

By the test, Dinah thinks that Eren is probably pretending, and showing off because most of this circle is her masterpiece.

In fact, Dinah herself didn't know that Allen's lack of attention to her beauty had made her a little uncomfortable, so she wanted to crush him in the magic array that Allen cared about.

While Dinah waited for the compliment, Alan uttered a word that she would never forget,

"General. ”

"General?!" If it weren't for Dinah's aristocratic cultivation, she would have thrown an ice pick to kill Ellen.

"Well, it's average. ”

In fact, Alan said that he was generally complimenting, and the real evaluation in his heart was actually low-level.

It's not that he's arrogant, it's that the magic circle on the runes is very complicated, like the magic circle on the carriage, he has memorized it by heart when he was three years old, and at the age of five, he can already draw it very casually on straw paper with his bare hands.

The magic array on the white runes that Eren is now making is a hundred times more complicated than these six magic circles.

"Huh,"

Dinah laughed angrily and looked at Alan coldly, "Since you said average, then where is average?"

"It's just, it's all average,"

Alan was puzzled, why was the magic in Dinah's body so turbulent that she would ask such a question?

"You see, there are obviously two more small frivolities that can be added to the corner of this large wind-based frivolity array, and there is one less magic circuit, and there is also a magic absorption here, the lines are all crooked, obviously a beginner's handiwork......"

Alan smiled and shook it, and when he was about to turn around and leave, he saw Dinah's dark face, and suddenly realized,

"Excuse me...... Actually, I don't understand anything, don't take it seriously. ”

He didn't expect this magic array to be Dinah's masterpiece at all, so he secretly scolded himself for being too talkative, and hurriedly picked up the box of magic materials and was about to slip away.

"Stop!"

At this time, Dinah's heart was shocked, because Alan's opinions were correct, but the point was that she did not have the ability to add these changes now.

She felt that Alan was also talking on paper, and she wanted to expose him!

"You are not allowed to leave! Since you have said so many problems, then you can revise them on it!"

"Me?"

Dinah nodded vigorously, "Why, you won't either, right?"

"yes, I said it all, I just said it casually. ”

Alan smiled absently, not wanting to entangle with Dinah.

"To be honest, I think it's still the smile that just now suits you. With that, Alan walked into the castle without looking back.

However, Dinah was not going to give up, and rushed forward to dodge the box in Alan's arms.

"No, you have to draw, if you don't draw these magic materials, you won't give them to you!"