Merlin watched in amazement as a man and a woman sat down in front of him, especially the woman in heavy armor—she sat on a stone bench brought by two attendants, the ground seemed to tremble with her, and the tip of her great sword placed diagonally against the wall, the tip of which had sunk slightly into the bluestone floor. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The info boy looked at the big sword that was longer than himself, and felt his stomach sink a little. The rugged lines and thick blade of the sword fully embody the aesthetics of violence, and the dark red of the whole body seems to be congealed with blood, reminding him of the wreckage torn apart by gargoyles.

Feeling the boy's discomfort, Xiao Hei released warmth in the ring marks, soothing his tumbling stomach.

The woman took out a gold coin, a gold Gessok coin with a dragon on it, threw it into the hands of the equally stunned young waiter, and said, "Two of the best wines, bring them quickly." Her voice was so cold that it seemed to freeze all the air around her, turning it into the eternal winter ice of the ice field.

The young waiter shuddered, reacted, and hurried away to get the wine, intentionally or unconsciously leaving Morin, who had no sense of existence, behind.

Compared with the flamboyance of a woman, the featureless middle-aged ranger appears exceptionally stable, and his voice is equally gentle and magnetic. He said with a little helplessness: "How many times have I told you, Minerma, that such a striking attraction is really not suitable for our mission, and it is too easy to startle the snake. ”

The heavily armored woman known as Minerma snorted disdainfully: "It's all some guys who hide their heads and tails, it's good to be surprised, so as not to have to search for them hard." ”

Their conversation was not high, but it was clear that it did not seem to be taboo for Morin to listen on the side.

Hearing Minelma's disdainful answer, the middle-aged ranger could only shake his head slightly, thinking that he was afraid that he would hide in shock, and it would be difficult to find it.

But instead of arguing, he turned his head to the side of Morin.

So for the first time, Morin saw clearly the middle-aged man's face under his cloak.

The light blue eyes with some vicissitudes of life are deeply sunk in the eye sockets, the straight nose bridge and angular cheeks show a bit of fortitude, mixed with the short beard, revealing a unique and mysterious masculinity. That vicissitudes of temperament are enough to fascinate any girl, of course, for now, it does not include Minerma beside him.

The middle-aged man's gaze swept over Morin and the large package beside him, and he asked with some surprise, "The freshman of Elluvita Academy?"

The man's gaze was not sharp, but Merlin felt that in just a moment, he was seen through from head to toe by that gaze. He was amazed by the powerful insight of the middle-aged man, and before he could calm down, he heard the man's question. He could only look at the ranger's face in a daze, and nodded subconsciously.

Before the middle-aged man could say anything, Minerma, who was wearing heavy armor, had already snorted again: "The Eluvita Academy has been nothing more than this all these years, I think the First Academy of Todel has long been in vain, and since the rise of the Elemental Emperor Odaron a thousand years ago, there have been no decent masters. ”

Such an assessment is, of course, biased, at least not in line with what Morin learned from the book.

Although the Royal Academies of the two empires, as well as several other academies, have grown rapidly in recent centuries, the Aluvita Academy is still the number one deservedly. Take that day's test as an example, Bloody-Eyed Brand grabbed people without the slightest scruples, which can tell a little bit of a problem, the young man thought, and Strayer's gentle but uncomfortable smile appeared in his mind again, now it is possible to call him His Highness, everyone has become classmates.

Mo Lin, whose thoughts had drifted to no longer exist, naturally couldn't hear the woman's cold and disdainful voice, and there seemed to be a little bit of gnashing of teeth. Even if the woman's assessment was wrong, the boy wouldn't correct her with her big sword that couldn't lift herself, this was the art of survival that Daddy Pike had repeatedly taught, and the timid little black immediately felt a sense of approval.

The middle-aged man glanced at Minelma, but for some reason, he was not ready to back down on this issue, and said softly: "In last year's academy battle, I don't know who was defeated by the fourth-year students of the vain academy. Even when he shot back, the man's voice remained calm, as if he was just telling a simple truth.

Before the words fell, even Morin understood the astonishing power of this simple sentence, because he felt that the temperature around him suddenly dropped a little, and the surface of the woman's silver heavy armor had formed a layer of thin white ice crystals from her chest, and soon spread to the woman's arm against the tabletop, and then half of the table was frozen.

Minerma seemed to be trying to control her anger, her fists clenched, the metal gloves on her hands rubbing against each other under pressure, making a zla-like sound, her cold face flushed a little, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, and she could clearly grit her teeth hard. She glared fiercely at the middle-aged man, who calmly reciprocated with a slightly mocking look.

The two eyes collided until the trembling waiter brought two large glasses of spirits and a glass of blue juice.

Obviously, for this middle-aged uncle who was more than twice her age, especially his calm ridicule, Minelma had no strong response, she had to pick up the wine glass from the tray, take a big sip, and then gritted her teeth and said, "Roserlinde, it's just a little girl who doesn't grow up." ”

Knowing that his words had hit a woman's sore feet, the middle-aged uncle, as an elder, would certainly not continue to chase and fight. He smiled, and didn't comment on the woman's self-consolation words, but instead stood up, stretched out his hand to Merlin very formally, and said, "Honorom, the natural teacher of Elluvita Academy, teaches the Chaos Forest course, remember to come and take it in the future." ”

As an experienced ranger, Honorom was extremely confident in his observation and judgment, but there was already some doubt in his voice halfway through his words, because the performance of the young man in front of him did not match his judgment. In his expectation, the boy should jump up in surprise, then shake his hand with some trepidation, and introduce himself or giggle without hesitation.

But the boy didn't, he just looked at Minelma in a daze, his eyes were wandering, his expression was dull, and he didn't say anything about his introduction, it was obvious that he was wandering for some reason.

All stories have a beginning, happy or sad, and the same is true of life, the energetic teenager is haunted by his thoughts at the moment, as if he is pulled back by time to a long time ago, to find his beginning.

Maureen felt like he was having a long dream.

There was a slender black figure in that dream, a pair of determined dark gray eyes in that dream, and a distant and long time in that dream. And that long-ago dream, blood, fire, embrace, wilderness, sunset, dead trees, drifting snow, starry sky, to the end of everything, is that strange and familiar name, Roserlinde.

Memories come and go like a tide, leaving only a few fragments of the past glittering on the beach. Of course, Morin can't really remember the time before he was a year old, and no matter how long and beautiful the dream is, when he wakes up, there are only fragments that seem to be real and false. And that name, Rothelinde, seemed to have melted in the heart of spring snow, and although it moistened some dry memories, it also disappeared without a trace.

When he came back to his senses, the middle-aged ranger's hand had just withdrawn in front of him, and Merlin realized that time had not passed long. He tried to recall it for a while, and finally remembered the man's name and what he had said before, jumped up in surprise, quickly bowed, and said loudly, "Old Honorome...... Hello teacher, my name is Morin, Maureen Callander, I'm from Harry Harry to the east, and I'm on my way to school. ”

The boy raised his head and looked at the middle-aged man with admiration, his blue eyes flashing with excitement.

"Eh, why did the people from Harry Harbor in the east come to White City to catch the Goblin Train, but the next one should be five days away, right?" asked Honorome.

Mo Lin was a little embarrassed, rubbed the hair on the back of his head and said, "I originally planned to take this morning's train, but I was delayed for two days on the road and didn't catch up...... I'm ready to ask the mercenaries for help, though, so it should be fine...... "In the boy's memory, all the books on country and geography describe the Duchy of Lothar the same: a remote and unworthy place, so I can't help but wonder why the teachers of the academy are here.

"Complete the mission of the Temple of Nature and do something for the Holy Alliance by the way. Honorom did not explain in detail.

Xiao Hei released a burst of warmth, and Merlin suddenly remembered the painful touch of Brand's bloody eyes during the previous test, and saw that Teacher Norome was exceptionally friendly, and couldn't help asking, "Teacher...... I've met Mr. Brand before...... He ......" The boy stopped in the middle of speaking, because he didn't know how to describe it, and the ring marks on his hands were not known to others, so he could only say: "He makes me feel uncomfortable." ”

Hopefully, this would not leave a bad impression on the teacher, Morin thought, after all, the burning sensation from the ring mark that day was too unforgettable.

Honorom's deep eyes looked at the boy understandingly, and explained: "Do you say that his terrible bloody eyes, it is only caused by a special way of cultivating magic power, in fact, he is a very upright person, in fact, he may be one of the most upright people I have ever met, and you will not feel this way again after getting along for a long time in the future." Not...... He should be in charge of some freshman courses, and you will have a lot of opportunities to get along with each other in the future. ”

Saying that, the middle-aged ranger gave Morin an encouraging look.

Although he didn't get the answer he wanted, but after hearing the description that Mr. Brand seemed to be a good person, the boy temporarily let go of his worries, but thinking that he had entered the academy by relying on his father's relationship like this, he didn't know how angry Bland would be if he resolutely refused to admit him, the boy shuddered, and inexplicably remembered the stern grandfather.

Seemingly dissatisfied with her neglect, Minelma, who was wearing heavy armor, slapped the empty wine glass on the table, she squinted at Mo Lin, and asked coldly, "You have achieved a special grade in the admissions assessment?"

Although he had good results in every test, he was not admitted because of the test results, and he didn't know if he was special or not, the young man thought about it, felt the cold and sharp aura of the heavily armored woman's sword, and shook his head apprehensively.

"And what is your talent or pedigree?" asked Minelma.

The lineage of the Calland family is close to the magic capacity of ten fars?Thinking of Daddy Pike's boastful words, that unreliable expression, the young man still felt that his magical ability was more useful, and hesitated: "I... Reading is particularly fast. ”

Hearing this, Minerma directly turned her head and taunted Honorome: "Heh, this is the new student that you Eluvita is recruiting now? It is really useless except for being neat, could it be said that the so-called First Academy of Toldle has begun to recruit students according to their appearance." ”

She didn't seem to miss a single opportunity to hit the Eluvita Academy.

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When Maureen left the barrel tavern, he still felt a little lost.

On the one hand, because the fragment of that long-ago dream still lingers, on the other hand, I don't know why I suddenly became the useless student in the mouth of the cold and arrogant Minerma. The night breeze was blowing, and the coolness of the summer night was so warm compared to the coldness around the heavily armored woman just now, and remembering the introduction of the young waiter in the tavern, he decided to try his luck with the mercenary union in the city first.

Xiao Hei, who had been holding back in the ring for a long time, finally waited for the boy to leave the tavern, and almost got out from under the silver ring, and landed on Morin's shoulder, a pair of dark green eyes looked around curiously, these days, its courage has increased a lot, as long as it is not in a particularly crowded place, it can still have the courage to hold the young man's neckline and wander.

The conversation in the tavern didn't last long, Honoro and Minelma only took a short break before leaving the tavern, and Maureen regretted not being able to ask the teachers of the academy more about it.

However, a short conversation made the adventurers in the tavern relent, after all, the people with sharp ears in the vicinity had already heard from the conversation that Merlin was a student of the Eluvita Academy, and the news spread through the tavern with a whisper, causing many people who were thinking about it to break out in a cold sweat. Even to the crappy adventurers of remote White City, Continent's First Academy and its traditions are familiar, but no student has ever been heard of being killed in an entrance test, and the college's protection of students speaks for itself.

But Morin didn't notice that from the time he entered the barrel tavern to the time he left, a figure in a black robe had been quietly watching him in the corner of the tavern, and had gotten up to leave shortly after he left.

If the boy had noticed the figure, he would have been impressed and wary, for the old man's gaze had been lingering around him, and had only been retracted in the presence of Honorom.

And the old man's dry eyes seemed to have only one emotion forever.

It was the viciousness of eternity.

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