Dylan went downstairs and saw Rick standing in front of a low table, looking at the mess of papers on the table with a sad face.

Dylan walked over and saw that the paper was densely packed with numbers, as well as the names of some weapons and equipment.

Seeing that Dylan had finally come downstairs, Rick immediately shoved all the papers in front of Dylan: "As an apprentice, this is also the task you should complete!"

When Dylan looked at it, he finally understood that these were the blacksmith's income and expenditure bills.

"Teacher, if you want me to help you settle the score, you can just say it directly, why do you have such a big temper? I heard your shouting upstairs, and I thought you had quarreled with someone else!"

With that, Dylan was ready to start calculating the accounts. But suddenly he seemed to realize something, turned to Rick and asked, "Teacher, you can't be an arithmetic idiot, right?"

Rick immediately waved his hand in denial, and shook his head repeatedly: "This, how is this possible! I just drank some wine, so, so I feel dizzy when I see these numbers! Yes, that's it!"

Seeing that Rick's already dark skin was now darker, Dylan was even more sure of his guess.

He immediately pretended to be very embarrassed, and then pointed to the two numbers on the paper and said, "Teacher, in fact, I am not very good at arithmetic, how much is this 300 kilograms of black iron, plus 230 kilograms of black iron?

After saying that, Dylan touched his head in a pretended to think.

Rick almost didn't think about it and replied, "You can't do that?" three hundred kilograms, that, this..."

Judging from Rick's performance and expression, Dylan is more sure of his inner guess.

Dylan tried to hold back his laughter, but his face turned red, as if he had drunk several bottles of spirits. Finally he couldn't hold it anymore and finally burst out laughing, slapping the table hard as he laughed.

Rick was furious, immediately brought a stool from the side, and then jumped on it, kicking Dylan in the thigh.

Although Dylan was in pain, he still couldn't stop laughing, and tears were about to flow out.

Seeing that his apprentice did not stop laughing, Rick immediately stomped his foot angrily, and then angrily turned around and walked towards the back room, swearing in his mouth: "The rude little bastard dares to make fun of me." Don't think about eating tomorrow, give me a day of hunger!"

Seeing that Rick was really angry, Dylan forcibly calmed down, wiped the corners of his eyes, and said, "Don't don't, teacher, I'm wrong, can't I be wrong?" ”

Hearing that Dylan admitted his mistake, Rick's expression softened slightly, and he scolded in a low voice: "Little bastard, count you as acquaintances!"

Seeing that Rick was about to enter the house, Dylan asked suspiciously, "Teacher, may I ask how your accounts were calculated before I came to you?"

Rick picked up a piece of black iron from his side and slammed it into a small door in the corner: "Ask him to go!"

Dylan looked and saw that it was a very low wooden door, about less than a meter high, the door was locked, and there seemed to be a small window in the upper middle.

For this small door, in fact, Dylan discovered it very early. But every time he asks Rick what is behind the door and where it leads, Rick is always secretive and doesn't tell him. And he thought that Rick had something unspeakable, so he didn't ask in detail.

Dylan slowly walked towards the door, then lay down and crouched in the doorway, he tried to open the door with his hands, but failed several times, and the door seemed to be locked.

Obviously, then, there must be something alive behind this school gate. But Dylan was already a shadow mage, and ordinary creatures couldn't escape his keen senses, so what was behind this door?

Dylan didn't know that there was a spell ban on this school gate, and with his current strength, it was impossible to penetrate this ban and spy on everything behind the door.

Dylan kept trying to break the door open with brute force, but always failed.

Suddenly, Dylan seemed to think of something, and couldn't help but pat his head: "Ouch, I'm really stupid, since I can't open it from the outside, why don't I just let the things inside open the door for me?"

Dylan immediately knocked on the small door, but there was no response, and after a while, he knocked on the small window again, and this time the small window opened, and a small green hand reached out from inside.

The little hand felt in the air for a while, as if looking for something, but it didn't find it. The little hand was about to be withdrawn, and Dylan's eyes were quick and he grabbed the cute palm at once.

Suddenly there was a frightened shout from inside: "Let go of me, you let go of me!"

Dylan was playful at this time, looking at the cute green palm in his hand and laughing: "Hehe, I caught it." I'm not going to let it go, I'm not going to let it go unless you tell me what you are!"

At this moment, Rick heard movement inside, ran out to take a look, and immediately exclaimed, and shouted anxiously at Dylan: "You let go, let go, he is still young, his body is too fragile, he can't withstand your toss like this!"

For the first time, Dylan saw the genuine eagerness in Rick's eyes, and he seemed to realize that he had made a mistake and immediately let go of his hand.

As soon as the little hand was free, it immediately retracted, and the little window was shut.

"What are you doing! Do you know that you're going to lose an arm!" Rick yelled at Dylan angrily.

Dylan had never seen Rick so angry, even if he had just laughed at Rick for being a math idiot, Rick didn't show the look of wanting to slap the other party dozens of times.

Dylan was a little frightened, and knew that he must have made a mistake, so he whispered, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I'm just curious, what is in here." ”

"What's it? He's not something, his name is Colin!" After yelling at Dylan, Rick asked inside the door, "Colin, how are you?

There was no answer from inside the door, but a soft sob.

Rick turned his head and glared at Dylan again, as if to reproach him for really getting into trouble this time.

Rick said in a gentle voice that Dylan had never heard before, "Colin, bear with me, and I'll open the door for you." ”

So saying, he took out a very delicate key from his pocket, and opened the small wooden door.