Meanwhile, Talos met Fabian after a hard morning of training, with a sore and not very happy mood.

The bloodline and the spellcaster are trained in completely different ways, and the hardships are two very different experiences, and Talos is probably one of the few Nagas who is lucky enough to experience the two hardships.

When he was still a mage, there was only one way for Talos to exercise his mental power, meditation (there are many schools of meditation), and the level of hardship was spiritual;

After becoming a bloodliner, the training methods became numerous, from crawling and carrying weights to completely unfamiliar knife techniques, and the hard level was the physical body.

To Talos say that meditation is far easier than exercising and honing martial arts, at least not so tiring.

Forty minutes into training, Talos was already dizzy from exhaustion.

Reason told him that he should continue to stick to the training plan that Leonhard, a bronze fourth-order great knight had made for him, and God knew that it was only his first day of training, and he must not act so soft and unambitious.

The emotional part suggested that he might be able to intercede with Leonhard, who had come to the training ground to supervise his workouts, in exchange for a break, even if it was ten minutes.

Encouraged by a sore body, Talos decided to give it a try, and then he shamefully failed.

"Continuous high-intensity crawling is tiring, Tarr, and I know that better than anyone else. As a Bloodline Knight, I have received the same training, I have experienced it myself. However, you have to keep in mind that your physical fitness is close to the sixth order of black iron, and only continuous high-intensity training can awaken the muscle instinct in a short period of time and have a workout effect. ”

The Grand Knight calmly rejected his son's request and cited a list of reasons that Talos could not refuse.

"The most important point is that our strength comes from the bloodline, and only enough external stimulation and an iron will can awaken and harness the power that sleeps in the bloodline. ”

For the first time, Talos understood so much what it meant to sharpen one's bloodline as often mentioned by the Bloodline Knights, the almost brutal high-intensity training, risky battles, and even life-and-death fights!

Only with this degree of external stimulation can the bloodline be sharpened, activated, and gradually awaken the bloodline's expertise and acquire all kinds of incredible abilities.

If you want to get something, you have to be prepared to give something.

In Leonhard's gentle and encouraging gaze and thirst for supernatural power, Talos gritted his teeth and continued to climb the stone pillar, crawling back and forth over and over again.

Even the scales on his tail were scraped off by the stone pillar, dragging a trail of blood behind him, but it didn't give Talos a chance to rest.

When he fell from the pillar once again, exhausted, Talos angrily swore that he would split it in half after he activated the bloodline!

This state improved after brunch, and because of exhaustion and depression, Talos did not restrain his appetite and filled all four servings into his stomach.

The side effects of [gluttony] kept Talos in a state of euphoria for the rest of his knife training, and his poor sanity was eroded by excitement, so that he could not feel the exhaustion and soreness from his body.

Fortunately, because it was the first time to learn knife skills, Leonhard taught the simplest chopping and slashing, and it didn't take much brain, so Talos successfully completed the repetition of the chopping action over and over again, and in exchange for Leonhard's praise.

"Well done, Tarr, keep up in the afternoon. ”

Talos knew he didn't have the luxury of expecting his normally gracious father to show a hint of mercy by taking off the mask of the Iron Instructor on the training ground.

So when Talos met Fabian, who was barely a friend, he wasn't in a good mood, in fact it was quite bad.

- According to Talos's initial idea, he would personally investigate Fabian's affairs, but considering the fact that he had lost his supernatural powers and could not leave Evelyn, and was later delayed by other things, the task fell to the Black Sea Knights.

On the 13th day after the Mermaid High Mage Sneak Attack, Fabian, who could barely be attributed to the trigger, was finally brought to the Black Sea by the Black Sea Knight from Rhea School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

If there were no residual side effects of [Gluttony], Talos would probably rush up to Fabian as soon as he saw him and ask why his former friend was urging him to sign up for military service as soon as possible, but the reality was not like that.

"I didn't expect us to meet again in this situation, dear Mr. Klose. ”

In the private prison of the underground palace of the Evelyn Palace, Talos looked at Fabian, whose hands were tied to a stone pillar, and said calmly.

Talos had a look on Fabian's face that couldn't tell whether it was calm or disappointed, or both, not the anger and excitement he expected.

Sometimes, calm is more chilling than stormy.

Because of this, the apprentice of magic, who was even thinner than Talos, was even weaker.

"Tár, I didn't mean to, I didn't know it would turn out like this, you should be able to forgive a friend who doesn't value him in the family, right?"

Talos's countenance, as Fabian's eyes filled with pleading, finally stretched to reveal his first smile as he entered the prison.

Very calm, but no temperature.

"You have three minutes to convince me. ”

Fabian swallowed, in fact he had said the same thing to the two Black Sea Knights and the mages of the Nepton family before meeting Talos.

"The Klose family is in a very serious financial crisis. My mother told me that as long as I could mention your military service from time to time and encourage you to join as soon as possible, we would be able to get a significant amount of money to tide over the difficult times, and I had no other choice. ”

"I'm sorry, Tár, I didn't know it was my mother's fault that you were in such a misfortune. ”

Fabian wept bitterly, and continued to explain while repenting: "But, you have to believe me, I really didn't mean to, I can swear to the goddess of the sea!"

"If I had known that something terrible would happen to you, I would never have ...... That's not what I intended...... We're friends...... Please forgive me...... Please......"

"Is that really all there is?" A cold voice, unlike anything else, fell clearly into Fabian's ears through the sea.

The apprentice's eyes widened, and he tried to look at the young Naga standing in front of him, trying to tell if he was the arrogant genius mage he had been.

His body was thinner than before, but he was not emaciated by the heavy blow, and the wanton frivolity hidden under the reserve of the magical aristocracy was also gone, giving him a strange sense of familiarity.

In the past, the pressure that Talos brought to him was due to the other party's extraordinary family background and outstanding talent, and at this moment, a special aura that he had only felt in the school professor was generated in Talos.

Fabian was pretty sure that the young Naga meditation space standing in front of him was shattered, he could no longer cast a spell, and he was not even a professional anymore.

However, how could an ordinary person have such an imposing momentum that made him feel so impressed?

The magic apprentice froze.

When his mother handed him over to the Black Sea Knights, he fantasized that he could get Talos to let him go with his false brotherhood, and the current situation told him that he might not be able to convince Talos to let him go.

"You've got a minute and twenty seconds left. Talos swam forward a little, casting a shadow on Fabian.

The inexplicable pressure stiffened Fabian's body, forcing his mouth to say what he really thought deep inside.

"You'll never understand my hardships and suffering, I'm not valued in my family, I have two older sisters, I don't even have the right to inherit, I just need a chance to elevate my status in my mother's heart. ”

"What's more, it's just a sentence. Unless I'm a legendary mage who is proficient in the spells of the Prophecy faction, I would never know that you would be attacked by a mermaid high level mage seven months later. ”

"Tár, you used to be a beginner mage, you should know this better than me, you can't take your misfortune out on me, I'm innocent!"

"So, can I understand that you are trading my future on the mage path for your place in Madame Klose's heart. ”

Talos lifted Fabian's head, which he didn't know if it was fear or guilt, and forced him to look at him.

Fabian's gaze dodged, not daring to make direct contact with Talos.

Young Naga tilted his head, scrutinizing the other's panicked and restless eyes, as if admiring a pair of phantasmagoric eyes that had just been plucked out of the mermaid's eye sockets, and he could even see himself reflected in the snake pupils.

It is only when they are dominated by some extreme emotion or under special circumstances that Naga manifests snake eyes.

Obviously, what governs Talos's emotions now has nothing to do with the positive.

Fabian knew this too, so he was ready to make a little more amend, or pleading.

But before he could speak, a voice of calm suppressed resentment rang in his ears, clutching his throat tightly.

"You've ruined my future!"

Although the catastrophe did not die, and because of this, he ignited the soul fire and awakened the memories of his past life, but it was impossible for Talos to accept all this calmly, as for Fabian, who played a disgraceful role in it......

Only God knows how much effort it took Talos to hold back the burning desire to slash Fabian to death from his blood and spirit.

Lacking further communication, the room fell into an eerie silence.

Eventually, Talos broke his silence once more.

"Three minutes is long in coming, and I regret to inform you, Mr. Klose, that you have not convinced me. ”

"You can't understand me at all. The fear of death gave Fabian unparalleled courage to keep him talking, and his voice no longer trembled.

The magic apprentice looked at Talos and spoke calmly, "I am not like you, my mother is a powerful Black Sea lord, my father is the youngest great knight in the kingdom, and he is from the historic Nepton family. The Klose family has long since decayed, and is not even a family. ”

Once things begin, the rest becomes much simpler, like Fabian now, who gradually yells at Talos with all his might.

"I'm not reconciled, if it were me who was born in the Nepton family, you must not be able to imagine how much aura and accomplishments I will have on me, I can be more successful than you. ”

"You're jealous of me!" Talos summed up pointedly.

"yes, jealousy, who the fuck isn't jealous of you? Even your cousin Moritz is jealous of you, don't tell me you don't know. ”

Jealousy dominated Fabian's facial muscles, and with his unwilling scream of despair, it seemed as if he was the victim of the shattered meditation space between him and Talos.

"You don't know how happy we were to learn that your meditation space was shattered, we even had a dinner party......"

"It's sad. ”

"What?"

"Inferiority, jealousy, mediocrity......" Fabian's heart twitched violently with every word Talos spoke.

"You made a cage for yourself with them, put them in my shadow, and then actively got into them, never to climb out again. Fabian felt that Talos looked at him as if he were looking at scum piled up on the corner of the street, without any emotion, "I can't help but feel sorry for you." ”

"What's going on with the Klose family?" asked Talos on the way out of the dungeon's private prison.

"The prosperity of a family requires the joint efforts of multiple generations of family members, and the Klose family has not had a single high-level mage for two consecutive generations, and the family industry has no spare strength to meet the challenges and competition of other magic families. ”

"The result?"

"I'm sorry, Master Talos, there are no clues, we have detected it with a spell, and even Fabian's mother, Mira, doesn't know who that person really is. ”

The Black Sea Knight quickly reported the situation to Talos: "They haven't met, they all contacted through the magic network, and after the transaction was completed, the other party canceled the magic network account, and the Klose family is just an inconsequential small character." ”

"Find an opportunity to release Fabi and let him return to the family, and the time is set for tomorrow morning. After a moment of thought, Talos gave an order that puzzled the Black Sea Knight, "Also, help me find a high-level mage who is proficient in the spells of the Mind Faction from my mother, I need help." ”

Although it is impossible to understand why Talos made such a decision, it is the duty of the Black Sea Knight to carry out orders, and ten minutes later, a four-armed Naga mage appeared in front of Talos.

"Good day, Master Talos, according to the orders of the lord, I will obey you for the next three days. ”

"In fact, two days is enough. Talos opened his eyes, his pupils returning to normal, "I need you to go to the Klose family to help me with something." Of course, don't be discovered by others. ”

Since it was a high-level mage sent by Sandra, Talos could deliver his trust, and then he would tell the other party about his plan.

The four-armed Naga was a little taken aback by Talos's plan, but she hid her emotions well and nodded slightly in response, "As you wish." ”

PS：

1. Deal with Fabian tomorrow and won't let him go.

2, the protagonist's personality is probably like this, usually quite normal, but it will be a little extreme after falling into side effects.

3. Thanks to the Forerunner 3, Night's Night, and Ferragogonde's tip O(∩_∩)O

4. Finally got the first recommendation, but it didn't seem to attract the attention of others