After arriving at the door of the house with heavy steps, Lei Xiu stopped his hands as he was about to push the door open, and a hesitant look appeared on his face.

Because he really didn't know how to tell his mother that he was about to leave.

Just as Lei Xiu hesitated, Catherine's voice came from inside the door, "Is it Lei Xiu? Why don't you come in?"

With a sigh, Rachel pushed the door open and walked into the house, meeting Catherine's eyes as she sat at the table.

More than five years have not left any traces of time on Catherine's face, and because of Lei Xiu's income in the blacksmith shop, he has reduced his work, and he looks more dignified and delicate, and at this time there is a kind of beautiful temperament of everyone.

Lei Xiu's heart warmed, he knew that his mother was originally the daughter of a big family in Haoyue City, because the family opposed the love of mother and father, the two had to elope away, and then his father began to desperately take on adventure tasks to make money in order to make a good life for his mother, and finally unfortunately died in a mission.

With a smile on his face, Lei Xiu spoke, "How do you know I'm back, Mom." ”

A familiar gentle smile appeared, Catherine pointed to the open window on the wall and said, "I've been watching you for a long time, what's wrong, do you have something on your mind?"

Touching his head in embarrassment, Lei Xiu said in a deep voice, "Grandpa Roger just left the town." ”

Stunned, Catherine was stunned and said, "Is Mr. Roger gone?"

Shaking his head, Lei Xiu smiled bitterly, "I don't think I'll come back, and...... , Grandpa Roger wrote me a letter and asked me to go to the Imperial Capital Shenyuan Academy to study. ”

After speaking, Lei Xiu secretly looked at Catherine's face, for fear that her mother would show a sad or angry expression.

Unexpectedly, the expression did not appear at all, Catherine just widened her eyes in surprise and asked, "Shenyuan Academy? That is the best elemental mage academy in the Bauhinia Empire, but isn't your spiritual power even a demon fighter unable to cultivate? Elemental mage's requirements for spiritual power are much higher than that of demon fighters, how did you go?"

Secretly relieved, Lei Xiu hurriedly said, "A few years ago, a nobleman came to find Grandpa Roger, do you remember this incident?"

After pondering for a moment, Catherine nodded slowly, "Remember, I remember that the whole town was too scared to come out. ”

"Yes, that nobleman is a good friend of Grandpa Roger, he looked at Grandpa Roger's face, and gave me a careful test, I actually have a strong mental power, he said that I am very suitable to be an elemental mage, Grandpa Roger happened to have a mentor he knew in Shenyuan Academy, so he recommended me to go. ”

Catherine covered her mouth and said in surprise, "Although I knew that Mr. Roger was not an ordinary person, I didn't expect that he even knew people from Shenyuan Academy, great, Lei Xiu, when are you going to go?." ”

Seeing his mother's happy appearance, Lei Xiu felt a burst of guilt in his heart, he had never deceived his mother, if it weren't for the fact that he had promised Roger to keep it a secret, he would never tell half a lie to the most important person in his life in front of him.

Smiled reluctantly, Lei Xiu said, "Grandpa Roger asked me to go early, otherwise I am afraid that I will not be able to catch up with the enrollment of Shenyuan Academy, I plan to clean up tomorrow and leave the day after tomorrow." ”

"Okay, then I'll start preparing your luggage today!" After speaking, Catherine stood up excitedly and was about to go to prepare for Lei Xiu.

"Mom, wait a minute. After stopping Catherine, Lei Xiu said in a deep voice, "Mom, in a few days, Grandpa Roger will send someone to pick you up and take you to the imperial capital, and someone will settle you properly at that time, you stay in the town alone, I don't worry!"

After a pause, Catherine hesitated for a while, and finally said to Lei Xiu helplessly, "Okay, actually, I'm pretty good here, but since you're not at ease, just listen to you, that's not bad, I'll always be closer to you when I get to the imperial capital, but, what kind of person is Mr. Roger, how can he have so much energy, are those rumors in the town true, is he actually a nobleman?." ”

Hearing this, Lei Xiu shook his head and said, "Look, you finally can't help but ask about it, Grandpa Roger's identity is indeed very unusual, but I promised him to keep it a secret for him, so don't ask, but don't worry, Grandpa Roger is really good for me, and he won't do anything bad for me." ”

Hearing this, Catherine's face became rare and serious, "Okay, I also believe that Mr. Roger is a good person, Lei Xiu, you must not forget Mr. Roger's kindness to us, and we must repay him well in the future." ”

After nodding his head in agreement, Lei Xiu's heart finally relaxed completely, being able to convince Catherine so easily was something he didn't expect at first, and now that his mother had agreed to go to the imperial capital, he no longer had any scruples.

Looking at the excited face in front of her, Catherine kept showing a gentle smile on her face, which did not let Lei Xiu see the sadness in her heart.

In the end, Moben Town is the place where she and Lei Xiu's father have lived together, there are many memories, Catherine must be reluctant to leave here, but for the sake of Lei Xiu's future, she can resolutely give up, this is the love of a mother for her children.

After all, Lei Xiu is still young, and it is impossible to know how much sacrifice a mother can make for her child.

Said to be packing luggage, in fact, it was only a backpack in total, and the next morning, Lei Xiu only said goodbye to Uncle Mali, who often took care of himself, and then returned home to accompany Catherine, although the two will live in the imperial capital in the future, but they will definitely not get along for too long.

The two chatted all night, although most of the time it was a mother's advice and concern for her traveling child, but Lei Xiu listened very carefully without a trace of impatience.

Finally, at the first rays of the sun in the town of Rubben, Lei Xiu set off with nervousness, excitement, and curiosity, as well as his simple bags.

From Moben Town to the Imperial Capital, it is necessary to pass through four cities on the way, the road is extremely long, even if you gallop with fast horses along the way, it will take at least two months to arrive, but fortunately, there will be a direct airship to the imperial capital in the third city, Yaori City, if you take the airship, you can get there in five days at the earliest.

Therefore, as long as Lei Xiu arrives in Yaori City within half a month, he will have plenty of time, and his first stop is Golden Shield City near Moben Town.

Golden Shield City is a city on the southern border of the Bauhinia Empire, with a very important military role, the Bauhinia Empire relies on it to block countless attacks by the southern Xinjiang savages, although in the past thirty years, the southern Xinjiang savages have almost disappeared, but it does not prevent the empire from repairing and supporting the city every year, and the name of the golden shield comes from this.

Sturdy and tough, is the biggest feature of Golden Shield City!

After paying the entrance fee of three copper coins, Lei Xiu entered the big city through the south gate.

The Golden Shield City is built around the mountain, it is a veritable mountain city, many buildings in the city are also built on the basis of the hill in the city, the whole city is slightly rectangular, the north and south are long, the east and west are short, the walls on the city are all made of hard stones mixed with mud and mud, under the reflection of the sun, there is a faint metal-like color, obviously there is the blessing of elemental mana, there are six main and thirteen auxiliaries in the city, a total of nineteen streets.

At this time, the South Gate Street that Lei Xiu entered was the most prosperous street except for Zhongmen Street.

The streets are lined with shops of all kinds, and there are countless items in them. There are bright silk brocades that have come from across the ocean, bizarre bone artifacts that cross the Magu Mountains, and exaggerated and novel weapons and armor from mysterious dwarven tribes, and so on, and the list goes on and on, frantically seducing people's desire to buy, even Lei Xiu is no exception.

But after touching his money bag, Lei Xiu gritted his teeth and turned away, forcing himself not to look at the shops on either side. In fact, he came out this time, and he brought a lot of money, and Roger left him a golden ticket before leaving, which can be exchanged for gold coins in the Imperial Bank in any big city, which is a large golden ticket with four zeros, which can make an ordinary person spend his life very profligately.

But since he was a child, he has developed Lei Xiu's fine character of frugality, and he is still more restrained in things that he can't use.

Walking to the end of Nanmen Street, Lei Xiu smiled bitterly and wiped his sweat, now he finally knew why the people in the town always wanted to run to the city, the attraction here was too great, these goods alone had such magical power, not to mention others?

"Let's fill my stomach first, hey. After touching his stomach, Lei Xiu turned his head to look around, and a strange-looking restaurant not far away attracted his attention.

This hotel is not too big, because it is made of a big tree hollowed out, although it is not luxurious, but it is also quite unique, but these are not the most attractive places for Lei Xiu, the eye-catching sign on the door is the words of today's signature lunch 20% off is the focus of his attention.

"Okay, that's it!"

Walking to the door of this restaurant called the tree elf, Lei Xiu pushed the door in, a clear and natural, mixed with the smell of trees and flowers came to his nose, the space in the store is not too large, only seven or eight tables, but it looks very neat and clean, the chairs are all made of vines, it looks very chic.

"Good afternoon, guest, do you want to dine?"

Just as Lei Xiu was looking at the interior of the store, a sweet voice came into his ears, and a graceful and beautiful blonde woman walked towards him with a smile.

This woman is only sixteen or seventeen years old at most, full of youthful atmosphere, and the smile on her face is very natural and fresh, and people can't help but have a good impression of her.

Nodding politely, Lei Xiu smiled, "Yes, please bring me a signature lunch." ”

The blonde beauty looked at Lei Xiudao curiously, "Okay, are you the only one?"

"Yes, just me. ”

"I'm sorry, seeing that you are so young, I thought you were with your family, so please wait a minute, I will prepare it for you immediately. ”

After speaking politely, the blonde beauty beckoned Lei Xiu to sit down and went to the kitchen.

When he sat down and waited, Lei Xiu looked at the hotel layout with great interest, and couldn't help but be curious, the time had reached noon, and it should be the peak season for customers, some of the restaurants outside had already been crowded, and it was a lively scene, but this tree spirit hotel seemed to have no guests, in fact, except for him, there was no one, and the whole hotel seemed to be chartered by him.

Thinking of this, Lei Xiu couldn't help frowning, worried about the lunch he was going to eat for a while, although he had developed a simple and thrifty habit due to his living environment since he was a child, but he was still relatively picky about eating, if he ate an unpalatable lunch in order to save money, it was undoubtedly very uneconomical for him, especially now that he was not short of money.

It didn't take long for the blonde beauty to come over with a large tray and put the dishes on the tray on the table in the same way.

A plate of grilled golden lamb chops is the main course, accompanied by a bowl of appetizing fried mushrooms and a few stalks of fresh greens, and a large bowl of hot noodles with meat sauce that spreads the entire bowl.

Just one glance made Lei Xiu's eyes light up, his index finger moved, and his already hungry stomach screamed even more.

The corners of her mouth smiled, and the blonde beauty was very understanding and didn't look at Lei Xiu's slightly embarrassed cheeks, lowered her head and said please use it slowly, then turned around and walked away.

At this time, Lei Xiu couldn't bear it anymore, picked up the knife and fork and began to feast.

The mutton is tender and delicious, there is no fishy smell at all, the mushrooms are also very refreshing to eat, and the meat sauce noodles are a must, the chewy noodles are paired with a slightly spicy meat sauce, which almost makes Lei Xiu eat his tongue.

It wasn't until he finished eating the last green vegetable that Lei Xiu patted his stomach with satisfaction, extremely satisfied with this lunch, but this also made him even more curious, how could such a restaurant not have a single guest at noon?

Just as Lei Xiu was about to call someone to settle the bill, the door of the hotel was suddenly kicked open, and four or five young people dressed in a flowing air followed a tall middle-aged man with a full face and a pair of small inverted triangular eyes and walked in fiercely.

"Boss, what about the boss? Why is your shop still open? Didn't I tell you that you are not allowed to open a shop without paying back!"

With a loud voice, as if he was afraid that others would not hear him, the middle-aged man shouted loudly as soon as he entered the door, and kicked away a table that was blocking him.

Lei Xiu frowned and didn't speak for the time being.

At this time, the blonde beauty's face had already changed color, and she said coldly with a blue face, "Mr. Hook, you just came here the day before yesterday, and you came here again today, what do you mean? I said a long time ago, I will pay you back the money within a week, but why don't you let me open a store? If I don't open a store to make money, how can I pay you back?"

The middle-aged man named Hook didn't look at the blonde beauty at all, and inadvertently picked his ears and laughed roughly, "What do I mean? ”

After a pause, Hook's triangular eyes suddenly showed a sinister smile, and he chuckled, "Hehe, let's take this hotel as a mortgage." ”