That is one of the most powerful spellcasters of the Typhon Empire, the supreme ruler of the Royal Mage Society, the chief magical advisor of His Majesty the Emperor, and the Duke of Windsor?? Ms. Marpel.

She was much more ordinary than Mary had imagined.

Mary cautiously glanced at the big man standing at the desk with an emotion of almost awe, she had thought that the legendary powerful mage would be a more distinctive lady - maybe it was an old lady in a starry robe full of majesty, or it could be a beautiful woman who changed her physical age with a spell, but it wasn't, Windsor?? Marpel looked like an ordinary middle-aged woman, between thirty and forty years old, although there was still a moving posture between her eyebrows and eyes, but the traces of time had appeared on her face, she was wearing an ordinary purple robe, and her long hair was also lilac tied behind her head very casually, she just stood there quietly, and there was not even any momentum revealed.

Then Mary saw that her mentor moved, and the old mage walked unhurriedly to Windsor?? In front of Mapel, he looked each other up and down with a disrespectful, even disrespectful, and even a somewhat disrespectful gaze, and under the stunned gaze of the young apprentice, the old mage nodded: "You have finally stood in this position. ”

"You're still my mentor," Windsor?? With a complicated look, under Mary's stunned and even somewhat frightened gaze, she bent down to the old mage, "Forever." ”

The old mage waved his hand, "But you're not my apprentice anymore. ”

Mary suddenly gasped for a long time—she had forgotten to breathe in astonishment, and the sound of her breathing had caught Daniel's attention, and the old mage beckoned to her, "Come here, and Windsor??" Greeted by Marpel, who is the president of the Royal Mage Society. ”

Mary stepped forward in a daze, and before she could speak, the awesome lady glanced at her, as if she had not noticed such a stranger in the room until now: "Who is she?" ”

"My apprentice," Daniel grinned, "less talented than you, but smarter than you." ”

It was the first time in her life that Mary had heard praise from Daniel about herself, though not specifically to her.

"Your ...... Apprentice? "Windsor?? Marpel said incredulously, but she quickly returned to normalcy and nodded to Mary, "Hello, I'm Windsor??" Mapel, the first apprentice of Daniel's mentor. Since you are also the mentor's apprentice, you don't have to worry about my status as president. ”

"I ...... My name is Mary," Mary said with sincere trepidation, "very ...... It's an honor to meet you. ”

Windsor?? Marpel frowned and subconsciously asked, "No surname?" Ah, I mean to offend. ”

"She's the one I picked up in the country, where did she get her last name," Daniel said casually, and glanced at Mary with a slight disgruntle, waving his hand impatiently, "no growth—go and stand by it, and don't interject." ”

Mary immediately obediently retreated, and despite her stomach problems, she closed her mouth tightly and did not dare to say a word.

And Windsor?? Mapel took a deep look at Mary, who was not an excellent mage in all respects, and the magic reaction in her body was also weak, and then turned to Daniel solemnly: "Mentor, I've been looking for you all these years......"

"As the president of the Royal Mage Guild, you'd have found it if you really wanted to," Daniel let out a hoarse chuckle, "and what are you looking for me for?" Let me continue to accept those retarded mockery? Or invite someone from the association to visit a famous freak? ”

Windsor?? Mapel's face changed slightly, and she immediately shook her head: "Mentor, you know what I mean, no one despises your achievements in the field of magic, it's just your neural interaction magic......"

The president of the association stopped abruptly in the middle of his speech.

Her eyes widened, staring at something in her sight—behind Daniel's black robes, restless artificial nerve cords squirming, and several slender, slightly electric twisted objects that seemed to be a mixture of flesh and metal extended from the hem of the robes. Marpel's gaze flickered slowly, like a blind digging worm, with some kind of blasphemous aura.

The powerful spellcaster exclaimed in a low voice, "You...... Do you ...... Did you succeed?! ”

"I failed, but I succeeded, and those idiots probably won't admit my success, but I don't care—the theory of neural interaction magic makes sense after all, and I can push the limits of my talent to do things that I couldn't," Daniel said in a deep voice, "Windsor??" Mapel, we're not here to talk about this today. ”

“…… Yes, we're not talking about that, "Windsor?? Marpel was silent for a moment, then sighed slightly, "Mentor, I could hardly believe it when I received your letter, but you actually came—would you really like to return to the Mage's Guild and serve Typhon again?" ”

Daniel snorted, "Hmph, I'll be working for Typhon, but I'm not interested in this association anymore, and as far as I know, our Emperor His Majesty didn't ask for mages who responded to the recruitment to join the guild, did he?" ”

“…… Indeed, "Windsor?? Marpel frowned, then adjusted his state and looked at Daniel with a solemn expression, "Your attainments in the fields of mathematics and ancient Gondor magic are unparalleled, even without my recommendation, His Majesty the Emperor has heard of your reputation, and he will be very happy that a wise man like you would be willing to serve the Empire again." I'll order your lab and mage tower to be re-prepared at once—they've been kept by the Guild all these years. ”

"No need, I'm not used to working in a place with too many people - the people of the Royal Mage District probably don't want to live on the same block with a modified freak," Daniel sneered and shook his head, "I've already found a place to stay, and I'm planning to rebuild a lab myself, you know my habits, I only trust the experimental environment I've built, and I don't want anyone to interfere and disturb me." ”

Windsor?? Marpel looked at Daniel's eyes, although the latter was much older than she remembered, and even a little abnormal, and her temper and personality seemed to have changed a lot, but the persistence and stubbornness in that look were still exactly the same as in her memory, she gave up the intention of continuing to persuade, but nodded slightly: "I understand, it will be arranged according to your intentions." ”

After all that is said and done, Windsor?? Marpel paused, and after a slight hesitation, she looked at Daniel and said, "Teacher, where have you lived all these years?" ”

"Is this part of the investigation?"

Windsor?? This time Mapel did not hesitate: "This is my duty. ”

"That's a good answer - I've been in Typhon all these years, and in the southwest, the Royal Mage Society is free to investigate, including anyone I've come into contact with. Any questions? ”

Windsor shook her head: "No." ”

"Okay, then I'll leave—this place isn't comfortable."

Daniel called Mary, who was still in a daze beside him, and turned around and walked towards the door, but at this moment, the president of the association suddenly spoke again: "Teacher, you really don't have to leave back then, those who excluded and ridiculed you were just mediocre people, and they are all ...... now"

Daniel paused and looked back at Windsor, "Because I'm jealous of you." ”

Windsor?? Marpel's voice stopped abruptly, and she stood there with a complicated look on her face, and it took a few seconds before she broke the silence: "Teacher, you know that I don't believe it. ”

"But it's a fact - maybe many mediocre magicians think that it is a matter of honor for their apprentice to be promoted to legend, but I am never proud of it, because I know that you are promoted to legend only because you have such a talent, it is not my credit, it is a talent that cannot be made up for with hard work, cannot be changed by any acquired means, and even has nothing to do with the personal ability of the mentor, any mediocre crappy mage as your mentor can make you a legend, even if the goddess of magic comes, and it can't make me break through the high level. ”

Daniel finished speaking quietly, then turned back and left the guild president's room without pause.

Windsor?? Marpel watched silently as the old mage's rickety back disappeared behind the door, and did not say a word.

She knew that her former teacher was not jealous of herself, but what he really resented was the ironclad rule that "talent determines everything".

He didn't mind his apprentice being promoted to legend early, he didn't mind that his apprentice could far surpass him in magic, but he couldn't accept that it was all determined by talent, and that there was a line in between, and that it was impossible to shake it no matter how hard it was made.

Windsor?? Marpel sighed softly—perhaps long before she reached the high ranks, long before the Mentor reached the bottleneck of his own talents, the latter had foreseen what was to come, and that was why he had started what was considered a deviant and whimsical study.

Theory of Neural Interaction Magic.

Techniques to modify the human body through implants, neurosurgery, lifetime synergists, and the like.

The mentor, who never believed in fate, chose to fight against fate more than twenty years ago, when everyone thought he had failed, but fortunately, now he is back.

Although he has changed a lot, although he says that he has surgically turned himself into a "monster", everything will be fine.

……

Along the way, Daniel was silent, and Mary could only carefully close her mouth and quietly follow behind the old mage, she really had a lot of questions to ask, because what happened today really challenged her cognition, and even challenged the three views she had established so far - the president of the Royal Mage Society turned out to be the mentor's apprentice? The sorceress who broke through the legendary rank at the youngest time in Typhon's history turned out to be her "senior sister"? The mentor was such a big man?

All this was something that Mary never dared to think!

However, before her mentor allowed her, she didn't dare to ask a word.

This depressed state lasted for a long time, and it was not until he walked out of the door of the Royal Mage Guild that Daniel finally broke his silence: "There are a lot of problems, right? ”

"Ah...... Yes," Mary was startled, then nodded hurriedly, "I...... I didn't expect you to be so ...... back then The president of the Royal Mage Society turned out to be your apprentice?! ”

"Stupid question, I still need to ask it again," Daniel glanced at Mary, "She's my apprentice, but she became president of the guild after I left, including her promotion. At the time of my departure, she was just an ordinary high-level mage, just like me. ”

"Did you really leave the Society because you were researching neuromodeling? Now that you've succeeded, those who have mocked you will be ashamed of themselves......"

Mary spoke a little quickly, but it was only after she said that she suddenly realized that she had said something too bold: Daniel had always disliked the mention of anything about him and the Royal Mage Society, which was a forbidden sentence that would lead to punishment under any circumstances!

The poor girl immediately tensed, and all her muscles tensed in tension.

Daniel sneered: "Success? If you think these nerve cords are successful, I'm going to put them on you today. ”

Mary shuddered a little, but just when she thought she was going to suffer such a terrible fate, she realized that it was just a joke by the old mage—

"Look at the way you look, do you think I'll have the extra patience to give you this kind of makeover?" Daniel waved his hand, "Your talent is like that of a monkey, and any modification is a waste of materials." ”

Mary didn't care about her mentor's evaluation of her talent, she just felt a great sigh of relief, and then said with some sighs: "Others won't believe it, Windsor??" Ms. Marpel turned out to be our senior......"

"You don't have to be so fearful of Windsor."

Daniel interrupted Mary's exclamation abruptly, and then, under the latter's slightly dazed gaze, he looked up at the foggy streets of Aldernan.

"If you knew His might, you would not fear anyone."

The old mage stepped forward and led Mary on her way into the fog of Aldenan.

"Don't waste your master's time, we still have a lot to do."

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