The driver is right, this Humphrey family is indeed a famous family in the royal city!

Wan Yi stood at the gate of Humphrey Mansion, just looking at the tall door wall and quaint bricks, he could imagine the glory and splendor of this family.

This is a compound with almost three entrances and three exits, and Wan Yi's own mage mansion is like a farmhouse compared to here

It's just that compared to the tall door wall, the surroundings are dark and deserted, and it seems that even the moonlight can't shine on this forgotten corner of the world.

Wan Yi dressed up and raised his hand to knock on the door.

After waiting for a while, there was a "crunching" sound from the gate of Humphrey Mansion, and an old man who looked like a housekeeper poked his head out, and Wan Yi seemed to be a little surprised when he saw the door: "Excuse me, who are you looking for?" ”

Wan Yi performed a mage salute and said, "I am a new friend of Bert Humphrey, and I have come to visit the mansion on purpose, and this is my name. ”

The old butler took Wan Yi's name post, glanced at it, and confirmed: "Please wait a moment, Mr. Master Wan Zhi, I will go and inform the fifth young master." ”

After speaking, the door creaked shut again, leaving Wan Yi alone to continue waiting at the door.

Wan Yi sighed helplessly, this kind of hospitality, it seems that the Humphrey family has really declined

The wait was nearly half an hour, but fortunately, Wan Yi finally waited for Bert Humphrey, a handsome middle-aged man who took off the lean clothes he wore during the day and put on an old gray-white robe, which looked inconspicuous.

Bert invited Wan Yi into the mansion and said to the old butler: "Third uncle, this Master of Wanzhi is my friend, yes, you go and rest, I'll just come to receive you." ”

The old housekeeper glanced at the two of them, his eyes stayed on the gift box that Wan Yi was carrying in his hand for three seconds, and left.

Wan Yi followed Bert through the mansion, and everywhere he passed was a dilapidated courtyard and withered rotten wood, and he couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect my brother's residence to be so depressed, and guarding such a big house is not beautiful." ”

Bert also sighed: "This represents my grandfather's most glorious past, although he is no longer here, my grandmother is still reluctant to sell this house, and must keep it." ”

"I can understand, old man, always thinking about the old." Wan Yi said: "I don't think my brother is a thing in the pool, why don't you give more advice for the family?" ”

Bert smiled bitterly: "I'm not afraid of the jokes of the Master of Knowers when I say it, the vein I am in has no right to speak in Humphrey Mansion, just to occupy a place." It's still my uncle who takes the exam at home, but alas, don't talk about it. ”

The two walked and chatted, and then they arrived at the courtyard where Bert Humphrey lived.

At this time, there was a strong gust of wind elemental power in the entire small courtyard, but it was the handsome little guy Lynn who was practicing the power of controlling the wind element.

At this time, Lynn's face was solemn, and a large number of wind elements were constantly changing under his control, forming a strong wind pressure, and the dead leaves in the small courtyard were dancing with the wind.

Bert beckoned, "Lynn, stop for a moment, Master Wanzhi is here." ”

Hearing this, Lynn glanced in the direction where Wan Yi was standing at the door, put away the spell, and then entered the house without a sound.

Bert said embarrassedly: "The child is rude, Master Wanzhi forgive me." ”

"It's okay," Wan Yi praised: "This spell that Lynn practiced is already A-rank magic, this level of elemental control is really powerful!" Much stronger than my family's Alina. ”

"Haha, where, why didn't Alina come with Master Knowing? Just in time to be able to be a companion to Lynn. ”

"I want to bring her too, but the little girl is sleepy, so she goes to rest after dinner."

Wan Yi said this on the surface, but in fact, he silently complained in his heart: Your kid loves to be cool so much, how can I rest assured that Alina will be alone with him?

The two entered the room and sat down in Bert's study, Wan Yi took out the gift that had been prepared a long time ago: "First visit, this is a spell-casting technique that I have researched and compiled by myself, and it is more practical. Give it to my brother as a gift. ”

Bert took the gift, opened it, took out the magic book and flipped through it, and said happily: "Master Wanzhi is really knowledgeable, I don't like this gift very much, so I accepted it unceremoniously!" ”

"It's good if my brother likes it." Wan Yi directly explained his intentions: "I still have something to discuss with my brother this time, the Renault examiner who made things difficult for us during the day, he actually gave me a war letter"

Saying that, Wan Yi talked about the whole thing and asked, "I don't know much about the style and style of the academy mage, and I ask my brother to explain my doubts!" ”

Bert took the challenge book that Wan Yi gave him and read it for a while, before he said: "This Renault wants to be crazy if he wants to become famous, and he actually uses this method!" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"That's right," Bert said solemnly: "Once the Master of Knowers loses the game and issues a public apology, it is equivalent to admitting to the entire circle of magicians that you are not as good as Renault, not only will your own reputation be greatly reduced, but more seriously, if the Master of Knowers has any academic contributions to magic in the future, a large part of the fame gained will be added to Renault!" ”

"It can be said that Renault lost, just losing a few magic books. And if the Master of Knowers loses, although it is not a ruined reputation, he will basically be trampled under the feet of Renault to live."

Bert continued: "Generally speaking, this kind of challenge to ask the losing party to issue a public apology is based on the fact that the two sides are about equal in reputation, and even if they lose, it is not too ugly. In fact, Master Wanzhi's reputation is far higher than that of Renault, and it is theoretically impossible to be notarized! Therefore, I think this competition is clearly a manipulation behind the scenes. ”

Wan Yi's face turned pale after hearing this, and he said angrily: "It turns out that there is such a doorway here!" It seems that I was jointly calculated by the Royal Demon Court and Renault this time! ”

After calming down a bit, Wan Yi said again: "I have no interest in the academic competition, and I am wasting time, so I just refused to forget it." If someone from the Royal Demon Court comes to make things difficult, I'll give up the title of Royal Magician, and it won't be of much use to me anyway, if it's gone, it's gone, it's not a big deal. ”

"You can't say that," said Bert, "the salary of a royal magician is not low, and it would be a pity to give it up." ”

Wan Yi looked at his old brother and showed a surprised expression: "I didn't expect you to be a money fan, so please ask my brother to give me an idea, how to deal with this matter?" ”

Bert, a handsome middle-aged man, blushed: "I don't have any skills to eat, and it's not easy to support myself and Lynn with a little subsidy from the title of magician."

Speaking of this, Wan Yi actually wanted to ask where Lynn's parents, that is, Bert's son and daughter-in-law, had gone, but in the end he still didn't say it.

In a place like the Humphrey family, Bert and Lynn's grandchildren seem to have a leisurely life, but in fact, it is not easy

After a brief silence, Bert analyzed, "The reason Renault's application on the challenge letter is because Master Wanzhi's behavior insulted his reputation, and this is the trigger for this unfair challenge. ”

"Then again, the first guy to make a shot during the day was Rennes, and then I was forced to fight back. If Master Wanzhi hadn't taught him too much later, we would have taken care of this matter. ”

"It seems that the elder brother already has a countermeasure," Wan Yi smiled: "Let's hear it." ”

Bert said: "Let's simply completely dismiss the responsibility of Master Wanzhi in it, all of them are considered that I have offended Renault, and it is up to me to accept Renault's challenge!" My reputation is not as good as Renault's, and if I lose, I lose. ”

Speaking of this, Bert continued to speak with a serious expression: "This Renaud Evan wants to step on the throne of the Master of Omniscience, why don't I need an opponent to establish a reputation. As far as I can see, Master Wanzhi just needs to stay out of the way. ”

When Wan Yi heard this, he thought about the pros and cons carefully, and felt that it seemed feasible, so he asked, "Is my brother sure that he can defeat Renault in the challenge?" ”

"To be honest, I'm not sure." Bert smiled bitterly: "My magical talent is just average, and I can't break through the master level to reach the grandmaster at this age."

The handsome middle-aged man looked deeply at the room where his grandson was: "Lynn's magical talent is the best of all generations of my Humphrey family, he will become the pride of the Humphrey family, and what I want to do is to be his role model and guide him in the direction of progress." ”

"If the Humphrey family wants to return to its former glory, it is impossible to blindly keep the old ways, and we need to keep forging ahead! I want to show Lynn through my own efforts, and I want to prove that I can do it! So, please also ask Master Wan Zhi to give me this opportunity. ”

Wan Yi looked at the heat in Bert's eyes, and couldn't help but feel embarrassed in his heart, a hot potato that seemed to him to be completely troublesome, but someone wanted to pick it up

As Bert said, although Wan Yi had not met the other members of the Humphrey family, he could almost imagine that the old lady and her sons who were now in power in the Humphrey family were actually incapable

So, Wan Yi still agreed with Bert's suggestion: "I'll draft a note to the Royal Demon Court to clear myself up later, and then I will point all the sources of the contradiction to you, brother, and convey your wishes to the Royal Demon Court - accept Renault's challenge!" ”

"System Prompt: You rejected Renault Evan's proposal for an academic competition, and your actions have caused the displeasure of the Royal Magic Court."

Wan Yi looked at the system prompt, smiled indifferently, got up and said goodbye: "Then I'll leave first, if my brother is free, take Lynn to my mansion to play for two days, although my place is a little smaller, but it is lively!" ”

Bert laughed, "I will!" Presumably Lynn would have been happy to meet Miss Alina, too. (To be continued.) )