65. The last man
For the rest of the day, Bai Yi gave his time to the two little ones at their disposal, and they decisively spent an afternoon eating several nearby dessert shops, which was good, and when it was time for dinner in the evening, the three of them didn't have to eat.
When it began to get dark, Bai Yi did not take Mia back to the dormitory, but at the invitation of Desgaard, the three of them went to Desgaard's house - a small three-story building that was some years old, from the layout point of view, this place should have been called a mansion before, gardens, fountains, promenades, etc., but they all looked very dilapidated and lonely; Although the lawn in the garden is quite neatly manicured, there are no precious flowers and trees in sight, which is a very typical home of a down-and-out aristocracy.
However, Miya didn't care much about these things, and she was very happy to be able to stay at Desgar's house, and even said: "Sister Jiaer, your lawn is so beautiful!" Such a heartfelt emotion.
"I usually trim these by myself, how about it? I'm a great craft, right? Desgar said with some smugness.
I was able to eat at a restaurant at that price at noon, but I ended up staying in this kind of place... Do you have to do the rough work of mowing the lawn yourself? Bai Yi muttered to himself, it seems that the current situation of this Aegis family is not very optimistic?
Sure enough, this rather spacious house is currently inhabited only by Tesgar, there are no servants or cooks, everything depends on herself, obviously she looks like the most standard aristocratic lady, but in fact she is so capable and strong.
"What a boy! Both little ones are good boys. The magician sighed in the void with great relief, "I am glad that the deceased was such a hard-working and self-reliant child, and not the kind of useless foolishness. ”
"I'll make her a good Rosser." Bai Yi replied very seriously.
At this time, the two girls had already gone to Desgar's boudoir, and they faintly heard little Miya saying loudly over there: "This kitten money bank was actually given to you by Mr. Hope?" So you've known each other for a long time, huh? Wow! He won't tell me! Hum! ”
He had no intention of disturbing the intimate conversation between the two young women, but walked around the three-story building on his own, which was very old in furnishings and furnishings, with not much decent furniture, not even enough to cover such a large area, not even magic lamps, and in some places even candlesticks.
It's an overstatement to say it's a place with four walls, but even so, everything is cleaned up fairly cleanly, and it seems that Desgaard usually spends her time there.
However, Bai Yi felt a faint fluctuation of magic, much like the kind of protective enchantment common in aristocratic mansions, which was a bit strange... It stands to reason that there is nothing to worry about here other than the priceless treasure of Desgaard, so why is there a reaction to the protective barrier? Keep in mind that the cost of maintaining such a large enchantment is much higher than that of a furniture maid or something.
With such a question, Bai Yi followed the fluctuation to a basement, and sure enough, a huge light blue magic circle was drawn on the ground, and several fist-sized mana crystals were inlaid on the key nodes where several magic patterns intersected, continuously maintaining the operation of the enchantment, and Bai Yi carefully looked at this magic circle for a few seconds, and found many familiar traces in it.
This is not an ordinary enchantment used by ordinary nobles, but a standard Ruther circle! Its real function is not as simple as preventing thieves, but like searching for something intangible, for example, the soul?
"This is the soul search circle I invented back then, there are some changes and modifications, but the effect is still the same, judging from the style of this modification, it should be from my chief mage." The magician introduced on the side, "This is one of the means I reserved at the beginning, and the magic fluctuations it emits constantly can spread almost throughout the East plane, but only I can sense this fluctuation, so that my soul will not lose its way when drifting, and others seem to be just an ordinary protective barrier, very secretive... But obviously, it didn't make much sense, so I didn't pass it on to you later. ”
"This is a lighthouse specially set up for you, and the family of Desgaard has been silently guarding it for more than six thousand years, even if the family is in such a field, it still uses the best demonic beast blood and mana crystals to maintain its operation, waiting for the day when it can point the way for your return, this is not a light burden..."Bai Yi also said in a regretful tone, "Unfortunately, its light can't penetrate the plane barrier... This makes their efforts seem so great and noble, but so tragic and futile... With such a courtier and his family, your emperor can be regarded as worthy of it. ”
"It's okay, she waited for you." After the magician finally said this, he fell silent, and Bai Yi also left the basement, walked alone to a living room with only a few sofas left, lit a dim magic lamp, and sat there quietly thinking about something.
It wasn't until after Mia's usual sleeping time that Desgar came over with a tea tray, and the two had made an appointment to continue their conversation tonight.
Desgaard changed out of the standard uniform of the academy and the white stockings that best showed off the curves of the beautiful girl's legs, and only wore a black tulle pajamas, the style was quite bold, not only the arms were completely exposed, but even the bottom was only able to cover the key areas, so that her fair skin shone in the dim light with a particularly attractive luster, especially the pair of well-developed and perfectly shaped long legs, after being dyed yellow by the light, it looked like some kind of precious jade.
"I can lick this leg until she breaks it!" The Engineer Walker, who had just finished his ban, commented, and then he was banned again.
Really, why don't girls nowadays have any sense of prevention? Don't know how beautiful and seductive you are? Forget about little Mia, why is Desgar like this? Bai Yi silently scolded in his heart, and politely looked away.
Tisgar poured a cup of tea for Bai Yi, and politely placed it in front of him whether he could drink it or not, and then said: "I'm sorry teacher, Xiao Miya refused to sleep because she didn't have a puppet to hold, so I had to be a puppet for her to hug, and I can't come to you until she falls asleep." ”
As she spoke, Desgaard's face showed some embarrassment, but there was more of a sense of satisfaction hidden in it? In terms of the comparison of their figures, who will be a puppet for whom is not necessarily? Being able to hold Xiangxiang's soft little Miya and coax her to sleep is something that many Void Walkers dream of!
"These are small things, and I'm used to waiting." Bai Yi replied, and then asked, "Have you agreed with Miya?" ”
"Well, according to our noon rhetoric, I told her that when she becomes my classmate, I will also become your disciple, so that we can study together even in the evening. She was very happy about this, and she showed a lot of enthusiasm, and if I hadn't insisted that she go to bed quickly, she probably would have asked me to make up for her again. Desgaard replied.
"That's fine, I hope you can be a better sister in the future." Bai Yi said, and after casually laying down a silent enchantment, he turned to Rosser and continued: "Okay, now let's talk about business, I went to see that magic array before, thank you for everything you have done for it, but now, it is no longer needed." ”
Although she was mentally prepared, the imminent halt of this magic circle still made her face show a slightly lonely expression, "Is this so?" Don't you need that adult to come back in the future? ”
"It's enough to have me, he is looking at you through my eyes now, and he praises you for being very good and beautiful." Bai Yi said, and continued to ask, "Your family, what is the specific situation?" How did you manage to hold on for so long? ”
Then, Desgar told Bai Yi the story of their Aegis family, perhaps starting from the ancestor who made this vow in the first place, each generation of their family will educate the next generation, it is their mission and honor to protect this promise, and will do their best to nurture one of the most loyal offspring, so that he can become a strong man, gain a longer life, and then use means such as soul armor to keep that vow to this day.
However, not every descendant was willing to accept this kind of thing, and as the family grew stronger and more and more relatives, they certainly did not adhere to such meaningless vows, so the separation of the Aegis family was a foregone conclusion.
At the beginning, there were not many people who gave up, but with the endless polishing of the long time, there were more and more family members like that, and they had more and more resources and the right to speak, slowly eating away the tradition of the Aegis family little by little. If it weren't for the members who held fast and could summon the ancestors as soul armors with the help of that magic array, I am afraid they would not have been able to hold on for a long time.
"Because of getting along with that magic array day and night, the members of our family can also faintly sense its fluctuations, so we can summon the ancestors and grandfathers back again, and it is also with their help that we can hold on for so long." Desgar continued, "However, a soul only has one chance in his life to become a soul armor, and not every ancestor is willing to continue this mission as a soul armor..."
As a result, with the death of Desgar's parents for some reason, Desgar was the only one left in the entire plane of reality who remembered that promise.