I thought I wouldn't be able to wait for this news in my life.

Seeing the half-cut emerald fishtail on the table, Mrs. Lance's gaffe was instantly closed.

The emotions that were used by the mountains and seas were instantly restrained.

She showed an elder-like kind smile to Raymond, and in the blink of an eye, she regained her calm demeanor.

Madame Lance squinted and smiled and asked, "That..."

After thinking about it, it seems that a thousand words were piled up after opening his mouth, and he didn't know what he wanted to ask.

After a while, she asked, "Is that elder of yours okay now?" ”

Although the lady Reims in front of him looked calm, now Raymond also felt the "Qi" shock in her body, like a pot of boiling water, which was diametrically opposed to the calm on her face.

"I don't know..."

Raymond sighed, took another deep breath, and added: "Two years ago, I lost news of him. Probably... It's dead. ”

Madame Lance's phoenix eyes flashed with panic for a moment, and she asked again, "So... Since he knew I was here, why didn't he come himself? ”

Finally, she asked the question.

Raymond said truthfully: "Two years ago, he asked me to bring a message to your wife..."

Lance's eyes flashed with anticipation, "What's the matter?" ”

Raymond hesitated for a moment, but still planned to bring Old Mark's words, and said: "He said that the cowardly sailor didn't show up for the appointment back then, because he failed to awaken the transcendent... He doesn't want you to suffer with him, and he doesn't have the face to see you again. ”

A hint of bitterness escaped the corners of Madame Lance's mouth.

She looked at Raymond again and asked, "So... Are you his? ”

Raymond said truthfully: "He is my adoptive father. ”

"Nice to meet you."

Hearing this, Madame Reims suddenly got up and smiled at Raymond without losing her manners, so that people could not see that she was already surging in her heart.

Her crystal eyes sparkled, and she smiled at Ilya and said, "I suddenly heard the news of an old friend, and I lost some of my temper, which made you smile." ”

Obviously, she didn't plan to stay here any longer, and smiled at Raymond again: "You eat slowly, I'll lose the company first." ”

"Auntie..."

Seeing this scene, worry appeared on Ilya's face.

She is not the little girl who has not experienced the world before, where can't she see the drastic changes in her aunt's heart at the moment?

"Do you want me to come with you?"

"No... No need. ”

Madame Lance smiled and shook her head, signaling that she was all right.

She ignored the crowd and turned to leave the table.

The moment she turned around, everyone saw the deep loneliness that emanated from her back.

She turned her back to everyone and walked step by step, tears welling up in her eyes.

She bit her lip and forcibly prevented herself from crying, just like the flower-faced girl back then.

......

Finally, I waited for his news.

It was the only heartbeat she had ever met in her life.

"Avalis, you're waiting for me... Three years at most, and I'll come back and marry you." ”

"Mark, no matter how long it takes, I'll be waiting for you... You'll have to come back sooner. ”

"It's a deal."

“...”

Over the years, every year she would go to the old dock on the appointed day and wait for a day.

She was afraid that she had misremembered the appointed time, and he had come to the appointment, and she would be sad not to see her...

Have you ever thought that

Thirty years.

She used her best years to wait for someone who didn't wait.

The former mountain alliance and sea oath are gradually fading away in memory,

The thoughts of that day and night also disappeared at this moment.

I don't know why, I obviously have a thousand things to say in my heart, but when I hear his news, I can't say a word.

Even if you don't come,

I don't blame you either.

Even if you forget me,

I still hope you're alive, alive and well...

The moment she turned around,

The emotions in my heart are like a mountain and a sea,

This emotion also drained all her energy,

lost the last trace of expectation in her heart, as if there was no longer a worthy existence in this world worthy of her concern.

......

Ilya obviously knew more about the inside story, she looked at her aunt's departing back and sighed, "I didn't expect that your elder is really the one my aunt has been waiting for for nearly thirty years. ”

Raymond was stunned when he listened: "Waited for thirty years? She's not married? ”

"yes. Aunt Lance has been waiting for someone... I've been waiting for almost thirty years. She had told me that the man had made a promise with him that he would come back and marry her. ”

As he spoke, Ilya's brows tightened more and more, and he asked, "Is your elder called 'Mark Ivanov Lance'?" ”

"I thought he was just calling... Called Mark Ivanov. ”

Raymond obviously understood something, but he didn't expect the old man's full name to have the surname of Lance.

It turns out that this is the origin of Mrs. Reims.

"I didn't expect to wait for such an ending."

Ilya glanced at Raymond with a complicated expression, "Maybe I didn't hear the news, but it's a good thing to say to her... At least there's a little more to look forward to. ”

"Hey."

Raymond apparently knew what she was referring to, too.

At that moment just now, he obviously noticed that the "Qi" on this Lady Lance was different. Just now, her breath was still strong, like a full hot air balloon, but now it is like the raging flame has been extinguished, and the momentum has plummeted...

......

Madame Reims's departure did not attract much attention.

After Matthew's father announced the Thunderbird Chamber of Commerce's plan for the Potions market layout for the next period of time before the banquet, the atmosphere of the family banquet reached a climax. Matthew also successfully became the leader of the Thunderbird Chamber of Commerce's potions sales program.

The banquet was opened, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

The fact that Raymond was the supplier of potions was known only to Matthew's father and a few high-ranking clan elders. Although they didn't say it in the open, they obviously favored Raymond at the banquet.

Raymond ate by himself, and he would answer a few words unless others took the initiative to ask. More often than not, he feasted as much as the greedy monkey beside him.

"Little brother Nicholas, it seems that there has been a war on the south side of Natiana in recent years? The elders of your family..."

"They lost news in the war, and now it's just me."

"Oh! That's sad news. Listen to Matthew, your family used to be a learned family? ”

"Well, a little research."

"What are your plans in the royal capital in the future? I heard that you are coming to the royal capital for the first time? You will live in the manor for a while, and let Elijah and Matthew take you around the royal capital..."

“...”

I don't know what Matthew said to his father, Gaunt's bearded man always looked at Raymond with a smile on his face, and his eyes seemed to look at his future son-in-law again, and he was very attentive to ask the servants to keep adding food to Raymond, which made him very uncomfortable.

Most of the people who can sit at this table are the high-ranking patriarchs of the Baylor family, and the existence of Raymond, a human monkey, is very abrupt.

Except for a few people who knew the inside story, the others seemed very puzzled. This also made those at the other tables even more wonder why an outsider was qualified to sit at the main table.

Especially the juniors of the Baylor family are even more talkative.

"Did you hear that? That guy is Ilya's swordsmanship teacher! ”

"No wonder he's sitting at the main table... It turned out to be stained with Elijah's light. ”

"Hmph, when did a Sequence 8 junior swordsman qualify to be a human teacher? In the royal capital, this junior swordsman grabbed a handful..."

"Didn't you hear, didn't the head of the house say that he came from some 'Natianan'? The kind of hillbilly who came out of the remote sea, I'm afraid they haven't even learned advanced swordsmanship, and Sequence 8 is probably already very powerful for them. ”

“...”

Kitts also knew that his affair with Suzanne was known to Matthew, and he had been terrified for a while. His fiancée was put to sleep, and he thought that the fat man would be desperate to duel him. But I didn't expect that soft egg to show no performance, but because he got a batch of potions, he was complacent, and completely forgot about it...

"Humph! How can this kind of coward be qualified to inherit the Thunderbird..."Kitts secretly mocked in his heart.

Now that he has returned to the royal capital, he doesn't have to worry about what the fat man dares to do to him. After all, there are many clan elders standing on his side who support him. And, of course, the Whale Chamber of Commerce! If that guy wants to do it, he has to weigh his own weight.

"Hey... Unexpectedly, the Nigel Volcano was actually a prehistoric sea beast. This fat man really took shit luck and picked up a life... Presumably, Master Um, they were also delayed by the volcanic eruption..."

Thinking of this, Kitts's eyes fell on Raymond again.

He felt a little familiar, and then he remembered that he had seen this guy on the Nigel Volcano.

Suddenly, he thought, "Huh... The fat man went to Nigel and came back inexplicably to find a new source of potion supply, could it be that this guy named Nicholas provided it? ”

He rolled his eyes and whispered something to the clan brothers beside him.

......

The dinner ended in a harmonious atmosphere.

The Baylor elders at the main table left their seats and left the banquet hall.

Gigi, the greedy monkey, refused to get off the table, and his mouth was still stuffed with oil. After the other people at the table got off the table, it had no scruples, jumped on the table, and didn't wait for anyone to pick up the food for it, but grabbed the food and stuffed it into its mouth.

The astonishing amount of food is like a bottomless gluttony.

Raymond was also very curious, how could its small body fit and eat several times its own food, and he didn't see its stomach bulging.

By this time, Ilya had already stopped her knife and fork and was amusing the monkey with great interest.

Raymond glanced at Matthew, who was eating with his head down, and asked, "Your father left in a hurry, it seems that he is going to meet someone very important?" ”

Obviously, this was a knowingly question, and he had heard the words of the housekeeper just now.

Matthew didn't mean to hide it, and said bluntly: "Well, the ninth prince Jike came to the manor secretly. ”

Raymond frowned slightly when he heard this, and asked again, "Do you still have business dealings with the Tianlan royal family?" Your father and the Nine Princes know each other well? ”

"All the jewels of the Tianlan royal family are exclusively supplied by our Baylor family, and they can be regarded as having a little business dealings. But this Jik doesn't have much to do with our Baylor family... He came for another purpose. ”

Matthew raised his eyebrows and said, "He wants our Thunderbird Chamber of Commerce to support him in his bid for the first heir to the throne." ”

After a pause, he explained: "Since His Majesty was bombarded and fell into a coma two years ago, the princes have been fighting fiercely... What my father meant was that we, the Thunderbird Chamber of Commerce, would never get involved in any factional battle for succession. A few months ago, the Nine Princes sent someone to communicate, but my father politely refused... I didn't expect him to come in person this time. Probably... The recent gossip is true. ”

There is gossip that Salo I is critically ill and may die soon.

Hearing this, Raymond's brow softened, "Oh." ”

Matthew, apparently realizing something, asked, "Brother Nicholas, are you at odds with the people of the royal family?" ”

"Well, there's a feud."

Raymond nodded, but before he could explain anything, he watched several young juniors from the Baylor family come over.

Look at the contemptuous Kanda, obviously with bad intentions.

The young man with a proud look at the leader asked Raymond, "Excuse me... Are you Miss Elijah's swordsmanship teacher? ”

Although he used honorifics, he didn't hear the slightest respect in his tone.

Matthew's pupils shrank slightly, and he probably guessed that the other party was here to find fault. He glared at the young man with a little unpleasantness, and said coldly, "This is our family's honored guest, Judd, please don't come and disturb his meal." ”

Judd is a young generation of swordsmanship geniuses of the Baylor family, who just broke through Sequence 8 last year, and is also a well-known swordsman in the Tianlan Royal Academy.

He sneered, "No, Brother Matthew, we just heard that there is a very powerful swordsmanship teacher in the house, and we specially wanted to come and ask some swordsmanship questions." ”

"Yes! Being able to be Ilya's swordsmanship must be very powerful, and we want to learn it too. ”

"Yes, it just so happens that we are also learning swords, and we have a lot of questions I want to ask the teacher for advice."

“....”

The young men behind Judd chimed in.

After all, Matthew has not yet been selected as the heir of the Chamber of Commerce, and this group of stunned boys of the same age do not have much respect for him.

"If you want to ask for advice, I'll talk about it another day!"

Matthew naturally knew that Raymond's swordsmanship was very powerful. He came forward to stop drinking, not saying that he was afraid that these stunned boys would hurt Raymond, but he was afraid that it would arouse his disgust.

But Ilya, this girl doesn't think things are lively enough.

Her crystal eyes turned as if to show off, and she shouted, "Of course, my teacher's swordsmanship is very powerful!" Judd, since you think you can't do swordsmanship, you have to be humble if you want to ask for advice..."

"Oh? Really? ”

Judd's face twitched when he heard this, his eyes were full of contempt, and he said coldly: "Then I would like to ask this teacher for more advice, I just have a few questions I want to ask!" ”

Hehe, it's because the one-eyed dragon is your teacher that I am a little humble and say that I want to "ask for advice".

To put it mildly, it's a challenge!

A swordsman in sequence eight may not be able to beat me, so what qualifications do you have for me to ask for advice?

With this level of transcendent swordsmanship, only those local nobles in the countryside would invite them to be teachers!

This Ilya is just fooling around!

Raymond glanced at the little girl beside him who was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and he was really not interested in comparing swordsmanship with a group of boys.

Ilya was excited with a small face, shook Raymond's arm, and said half-angrily and half-coquettishly: "Oh, teacher... You just let the disciples, a group of little brothers who have never seen the world, see what the real swordsmanship masters are like? ”

When Matthew looked at his sister, he just wanted to open his mouth and swallowed it in his mouth, so he decisively chose to bury his head in eating and watching the excitement.

He was a little stunned when he recalled the mentality of Raymond turning into a demon and killing all sides, but this girl seemed to be completely unafraid. Moreover, this Nicholas brother seems to rely on her wayward sister in everything, and it seems that the relationship between the two is anything but unusual. Hey... Did I discover some secrets?

Raymond showed a smile that could not be laughed, shook his head slightly, and said to Ilya: "You know, my sword is used to kill, not to show people..."

Hearing this, the Matthew brothers and sisters naturally understood what they meant, but others sounded a little arrogant.

It's like a rookie transcendent opening his mouth and saying, my swordsmanship is used to slay dragons, you don't deserve to watch... Hehe, it's ridiculous to think about it!

"Yo, the tone is not small!"

Judd sneered in his heart, and his tone became more and more unpolite: "This teacher, it just so happens that I also learned the swordsmanship of killing, and I want to ask the teacher to teach me!" ”

In the eyes of this group of young people, eighty percent of the guys in this sequence 8 have no real skills, and what he said just now is just an excuse.

Ilya, this girl is obviously vague and confused. Her eyes narrowed like a crooked moon, and she smiled evilly: "Teacher, Judd and they are all so sincere, how many hands will you show?" Of course... After all, they are your dear disciples, and if you look at your disciples, you can teach them casually, but you can't hurt their lives. ”

These words simply add fuel to the fire.

Nima...

Judd's group listened to Ilya's words, and their lungs were about to explode.

Listening to this, if that person makes a move, he can't even save his life? Do you still need Ilya to beg for mercy before the other party will spare their lives?

Judd almost gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay, Ilya! Just let you, the teacher, go all out, even if you are not as good as others in the next skill, you will be killed! I definitely don't blame him..."

Raymond rubbed his eyebrows, feeling that his head hurt, the key is that he can't do anything about this girl. said that she was asking for advice on swordsmanship, why was it instigated by this girl to turn into a duel full of gunpowder?

Judd also knew that the ugly-looking monkey on the table was Raymond's pet, and in order to provoke the other party to make a move, he deliberately picked up the long sword in his hand and waved it, using the sword as a stick, and snorted coldly: "Where did the unruly earth monkey come from, but it is still on the table!" ”

This stick was full of fire, and it was obviously not strong.

Whew~ The wind is howling.

If it were an ordinary monkey, I was afraid that if it was hit by this heavy stick, it would have to be beaten to death.

But!

An embarrassing scene has appeared!

Everyone didn't expect the monkey who was eating happily with his back to Judd, as if he had eyes on the back of his head. When the scabbard struck, it didn't dodge or dodge, grabbed it on the top of its head, and firmly grasped the long sword in the monkey's grasp.

Hey... This monkey reacts so fast!

Everyone was stunned for a moment by Gigi's move of grabbing the white blade empty-handed.

But the most embarrassing thing is Judd...

He tried to pull his sword back, but found that the scabbard looked like it had been pinched to death, and no matter how hard he tried, it didn't move.

Although the "Fire Spirit Iron Bone Monkey" has been deflated again and again in the hands of Raymond and a few people, after all, it is a third-order demonic beast! What's more, after it returned to its ancestors because of the mutation of the virus, its strength has skyrocketed a lot... Now, even if the transcendent of Sequence 6 comes, he may not be able to get benefits in his hands, let alone you as a rookie swordsman of Sequence 8?

Then, the monkey didn't know where to learn the under-beating expression, and after snatching the knife, the thing actually turned his head and showed a mocking smile at Judd's teeth.

Squeak squeak...

This hateful demeanor, no matter how you look at it, is mocking the opponent's "self-indulgence"!

Judd felt like he was going mad, he was actually taunted by a brute...

There was a sonorous sound, and the cold light came out of the sheath.

In a fit of rage, Judd drew his knife, and he wanted to slash the abominable monkey to death!

However, Gigi reacted extremely quickly, and before the sword light fell, it jumped onto Raymond's shoulder.

The sword missed, cutting a deep sword mark on the solid wood dining table.

Obviously, this sword has a murderous intent.

"Squeak, squeak..."

Ji Ji naturally also felt the killing intent of the other party, and viciously shouted at Jia De with his teeth bared, and he was about to go berserk when he saw it.

"Gigi, don't make trouble."

Raymond touched Gigi's hair and soothed the monkey who was about to run away, fearing that it would bite the fellows to death in a fit of rage.

Ilya, who was watching the excitement from the sidelines, laughed excitedly, and the aura of mockery opened up with all his might, "Judd, forget it... You can't even beat Jiji, so don't challenge the teacher... You're really going to be killed..."

Well, this fire was burned to the extreme by this girl.

Judd's face was purple with anger, and he shouted angrily: "Coward! Do you dare to fight me?! ”

Coward?

Raymond squinted at the men and smiled coldly. He knew that if he didn't teach a lesson today, he might not be able to stop.

I didn't have a reason to convince myself to make a move just now, but now I seem to have it.

Monkey hunting also depends on the owner...

Well... This reasoning seems far-fetched.

After all, if you don't stop it, it is estimated that this evil monkey will have to bite this group of little children to death.

"So... How do you want to ask for advice? ”

After a moment of silence, the corners of Raymond's mouth raised slightly.

He looked at the crowd and asked with a strange expression.

"One by one, or... Come along? ”