After getting rid of Cynthia's calculating ghost woman, Merlin took the maid Vialis and the little Lori Alice to the principal's office again.

The Headmaster had just gone so fast that Merlin hadn't even had time to mention to him about Alice's enrollment.

Little Alice is now ten years old, and it is true that she has reached the average age at which people in this world should go to school, and children of her age can only find enough peers to play with in school, and only the school can give her a relatively relaxed, happy and complete childhood, otherwise the little girl will live with him every day in the gloomy demon king's castle, but don't hold back mental illness.

Merlin and little Alice have signed a contract, he will naturally abide by the contract and do his best to cultivate her, although Alice has the identity of a god, even if she doesn't do anything, as long as she reaches adulthood, she will naturally be able to obtain a powerful power enough to stand at the top of the world, but as a former Chinese, Merlin's thinking is still conservative.

Jade can't be cut, no matter how good the talent is, someone needs to be carefully carved, and even if the strength is innate, but the lady's upbringing still has to be cultivated, he doesn't want such a cute little girl to grow up to become an illiterate village girl with great power.

It's a pity that the old headmaster was busy writing the report at this time, and he really didn't have time to deal with them, Merlin just finished saying his intentions, and the headmaster directly agreed, and then said that all the formalities would be handled by him, you go back and wait for news.

Merlin and the others, who had been ordered to be evicted, did not dare to disturb the old headmaster anymore, and they left with interest.

Back in the carriage parked at the school gate, Merlin inquired about the coachman, and when he learned that Cynthia hadn't arrived yet, he complained that the ghost woman was really grinding, but he still told the coachman to open the door and wait for Cynthia to leave.

"Ah, it's better to go back to your own place."

In the interior of the Devil's Carriage, which rivaled the most luxurious RV, Merlin collapsed on the soft sofa and sighed in his heart.

Sure enough, as a dead house, he still doesn't like to deal with others.

While he waited for Cynthia, he placed the cane that had been holding him in his hand from the beginning to his lap, and then carefully studied it.

Walking sticks, also known as civilization staffs, are one of the essential equipment for a qualified gentleman in this era.

However, not everyone dares to hold a cane, because once you have a cane, then you will inevitably be tested by society, and if you behave in a manner that does not conform to the demeanor of a gentleman, then you are likely to be ridiculed by those around you.

Therefore, the cane is a status symbol, and generally only people who are confident enough in their wealth, status, and even demeanor will go out with a cane.

Merlin had been a minor until last night, not a true gentleman, and the cane in his hand was a coming-of-age gift from Cynthia before, in a long box in addition to the professor's invitation.

Ordinary gentlemen's canes generally do not have too ostentatious decoration, just a smooth stick, at most at the head of the cane will do some simple tricks, nothing more than some round head or bird head and the like.

Of course, in order to show their status or wealth, some big people with high enough status often inlaid their canes with gold or some precious stones.

Merlin's cane should belong to the more precious, the whole stick is straight, but it is different from the ordinary cane as smooth, his stick has countless fine scales, as if the stick has risen scales, and along the scales coiled around the stick up, at the head of the cane, a lifelike snake head is looking at you, and the two golden gems that are snake eyes even really have this structure similar to the vertical pupil, and after staring at it for a long time, there is a feeling that the snake is really alive.

In addition, I don't know what material this cane is made of, it looks like a wood texture, but it feels like warm metal to the touch, but the weight is too light, and it is as light as holding a straw in your hand.

Merlin, a child who grew up in a rural orphanage, is naturally not afraid of snakes, in fact, for him, snakes are basically equivalent to free game, equivalent to having meat to eat at dinner tonight, and snakes are generally afraid of him, so Merlin was not frightened by the appearance of this cane, he took it in his hand curiously and waved it twice.

It's just that when he reached out to hold the cane, he originally thought that this would automatically shrink for a cane that was a little too long for his height, and at the same time, the part of the handshake automatically fit his palm, giving him a sense of how to use it.

At that time, Merlin knew that this cane was not an ordinary commodity, but thinking about it, as a gift from Cynthia, this could not be an ordinary cane.

Fortunately, the gift box also comes with a manual with an introduction to this cane.

The Staff of the Serpent, that's the name of the staff, and it also has another name....

Seal 1-042

To be honest, Merlin really almost threw this thing out without shaking his hands when he saw the number.

Although he knew that the gift Cynthia gave him would definitely not be an ordinary product, but he never thought that it would be a first-level seal, according to the level specified by the seal, that is, once the cane in his hand gets out of control, it will be enough to destroy several giant cities, miniature nuclear warheads, whose adult gifts parents will send nuclear bombs.

Moreover, seals, seals, as soon as you hear the name, you know that it will not be a harmless thing, if it is completely harmless, it is a treasure and not a seal, most of the seals will have some risk of losing control and backlash, he is really a fragile human during the day, and it is also a stunted kind, where can his small body withstand the destruction of a first-level seal, this is no longer the level of a child's big knife, this is simply a bear child who gives the button of a nuclear bomb launcher.

It's just that when he patiently read the introduction, he had to say that this cane was indeed suitable for him.

The history of this cane can be traced back to the mysterious and unhidden era hundreds of years ago, when humans were not as powerful as they are now, especially at night when the divine power of the Lord of the Flame was relatively weak, there would always be various demons that threatened the safety of humans, including the prototype of this cane, a high-ranking snake-like demon flowing with the blood of the abyssal evil god gluttony, the snake.

Most of the gluttonous family demons are ferocious and have a strong appetite, and other demons only come to fight once in a while even if they wreak havoc on humans, but the snake comes almost every night, completely treating the human city as a canteen, which makes the human side naturally unbearable, so the best craftsmen in the city at that time concentrated all their resources and worked together to forge a snake slashing sword, which was handed over to the best swordsman in the city, and he went to kill the big snake and eliminate harm for the people.

It's a pity that not all brave stories end happily, in the face of the high-ranking demon flowing with the blood of the demon god, the powerful swordsman who was only one step away from the sword master was killed on the spot by a mouthful of snake venom before he could get close.

At this time, people discovered the cunning of this serpentine demon, it used to rely on its huge size to strangle everything, no one thought that this thing was still poisonous, even if they also equipped the swordsman with anti-poison equipment just in case, but the poison was more violent than everyone expected, and the swordsman was melted by this poison on the spot.

However, reality is often more dramatic than drama, and just when the people of the city are desperate to see the tragic death of the swordsman, the snake falls in love with the snake slashing sword that fell to the ground.

Most of the gluttonous dependents follow the instinct of appetite, and the holy sword that concentrates the most valuable resources in the city is undoubtedly quite delicious and tempting, as for whether this thing can be eaten or not, they don't care, there are no longer a few gluttonous dependents who ate something they shouldn't eat in history.

Not to mention that the snake is still a snake, even ordinary snakes often eat too much food and end up being strangled to death, this demon snake with gluttonous bloodline is even more unable to control its appetite, and it doesn't think that a mere human weapon can block its own digestion.

So, it casually swallowed the holy sword.

And then...

And then there was no then.

By the thousands of the best blacksmiths at that time, under the gaze and blessing of the god of war and the god of forging, the second-in-command of the human god system, the sword of the snake cut was forged by the resentment and curse of millions of people in the city.

When the sword was swallowed into the snake's belly, the curse and special effects attached to the sword exploded, and the snake-like demon as big as a mountain screamed and wailed on the spot, and finally shrank and disappeared, and where the snake fell, people finally found only a miniature snake that was as motionless as a stick.

The sword of the snake slashing released the souls of all living beings devoured by the snake in the past, so the giant snake that was once as big as a mountain shrank into the size of an ordinary snake today, but the power of the holy sword was also exhausted, and it was digested and devoured by this demon.

But obviously, this greedy snake was not willing to starve to death like this, so it chose to fuse the holy sword in its body.

As long as a drop of blood is dropped on the snake stick, the former snake slashing sword will appear, but the holy sword of the past has now been corrupted into a magic sword, and it must drink blood when it comes out of the sheath, and at the same time, the flesh and soul of the creatures that die under the sword will also become a delicacy for the long-hungry snake demon.

In addition, this hungry demon snake will also devour the Lord, and whenever the sun goes down and the Lord of the Flame's dark power wears off, it becomes quite restless, and it certainly doesn't mind beating the user with a tooth sacrifice.

Now, for example, outside the carriage, the sun had set in the west, and the sky had become dark, even if it was not completely dark, but Merlin could already feel that the cane on his knee had become restless.

The warm metal feel before was now a slippery living thing, as if he really had a snake in his hand, the pair of jewel-like snake eyes flashed with hunger and greed, and the head of the snake at the head of the staff began to spit letters, and the evil spirit of the snake could not wait to intimidate his new master, and wanted to use his fear as an appetizer before the main meal.

But

"It turned out to be a night backlash."

Merlin was looking forward to it, and he was curious how the cane was going to fight him back.

So, when Cynthia stepped into the carriage, she saw her silly brother staring passionately at a cane that could spit letters.

While full of interest, the snake head is confused.

Seeing this scene, the witch sister nodded with some relief.

"Brother, he really likes the gift I gave, it's so good."