Chapter 273: Tik's Dream Five
I don't know what the little girl Luckfei has in mind, but the middle-aged qi magician obviously didn't know the whole truth from his daughter's mouth, and used a curtain to cover the air window without anger, but he didn't look for the voyeur in the slightest. Relieved by all the worries, Tik sat back on the cot and left aside a few traces of disappointment, and began to practice communicating with the qi magic medium, until the metal ball hanging from his chest began to beat, which represented the summoning of Lord Jiao Ming.
I was thinking about how to trick my family into going out, but I felt a wave of space fluctuations around me, a flower in front of me, and the next moment I had come to the study room that changed my fate, and the voice of Lord Jiao Ming with three points of surprise sounded in my ears: "Hehe, I didn't expect soul fragments to be used like this!"
Tik rose from the ground and greeted him with the most respectful gesture.
"Excuse me, you know I hate this. Master Jiao Ming said as he floated a dagger, and his eyes motioned for Tik to hold it. "There are many indirect assays, but we use the simplest ones. ”
Tik understood, of course, and consciously cut a wound in his arm and showed it to the maid.
"It's only slightly slower than the healing rate of the second ring. Dieda reported in disbelief, staring at the wound with a little envy and longing.
This was followed by a test of air magic, where Tik was once again floated and asked to use his ability to pull space to destroy the small piece of weightlessness woven by Lord Jiao Ming. However, Tik tried his best, and was only designated as a semi-ring, and it was obvious that the qi system did not progress as quickly as the water system.
Lord Jiao Ming was not surprised by this, and while muttering an incomprehensible language, he walked around Tik, looking up and down. Sometimes frowning and shaking his head, sometimes smiling and nodding, he turned half an hourglass without stopping and listening.
Tik was fine at first, but after a while, he felt uncomfortable, and the place where he was stared at by Lord Jiao Ming was even colder, but because of the fear in his heart, he didn't dare to hide or protest at all, so he could only endure this psychological torture in silence. And when I occasionally looked at Lord Jiao Ming, I always felt that the other party's eyes were wrong, and I felt cold inexplicably. Tik, who is inexperienced, can't read the information in his eyes, but he has memorized it in his heart, and he wants to forget it.
"I heard that you not only have a beautiful tablemate at school, but also help your sister get ahead?"
Tik's heart twitched, but he didn't dare to hide it at all, and nodded yes.
"Tell me how you feel?" asked Master Jiao Ming.
"It's a pleasure. Tik smirked.
"Palm. Jiao Ming commanded lightly. Butterfly immediately stepped forward and slapped Tik. After the crisp sound, Lord Jiao Ming said warmly as if he had just given Tik a candy ball: "Little friend, think clearly about what I am asking before answering, okay?"
Tik covered his cheeks, suppressed the shame in his heart, turned his brain and suddenly figured out what Lord Jiao Ming really cared about, and after a little consideration of the words, he said the things that had been obtained after the communication qi magic medium and the increase in power that he had discovered in the afternoon. Sure enough, Lord Jiao Ming nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, and then instructed Dieda:
"Since it's an experiment, it should look like an experiment, and there is no table to record how to do the data. And remember to remind me every day that if I had a record yesterday, I would be able to make more accurate logical deductions, and I wouldn't have to waste time listening to the little kids' ramblings. ”
"Yes, sir. ”
"And this ring number is too rough, find a book on this subject, and I will study a more detailed method of calculating the ring. ”
"Yes, sir. ”
"When I reported to Evan at night, I urged the progress of the maid group by the way, my clothes are all ready, and the people on his side are not in place yet, what's going on?"
Such a request obviously embarrassed the maid, and after a moment's hesitation, she replied, "Please believe that this is not a slack. The owner is because the clan uncle is visiting, and he must accompany those people to inspect the development of the territory, so he ......"
"Well, that thing can't be seen, so you don't need to be so faithful to the Lord. Go get your stuff ready, and send this little kid back by the way. ”
"Yes, sir, I'll do it. Do you have any other instructions?" Butterfly stopped arguing further, and after receiving a negative reply, pulled Tik and bowed out of the room.
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Since then, Tik's life has changed dramatically, and he has gradually become regular, going to school in the morning, working on the construction site in the afternoon, and being tested by Lord Jiao Ming in the evening, and by the way, he has become an assistant, assisting in handling affairs with the maid of Butterfly, and at the same time understanding this place that has just been here for three days.
This is the Tro Territory in the western part of the continent, and the lord is none other than Lord Evan who appears in the school's teaching video. The name comes from Lord Evan's native language rather than lingua franca, and is a red-clawed bird of prey that can be translated as a blood-clawed falcon.
The Tro Realm is a small piece of the northwest corner of the Avon family's domain, technically part of the Folke Kingdom to the east, but has been in a state of de facto autonomy for many years. To the north is a small duchy called Siru, to the south by the domain of the Evon lords: the Lord's Domain, and to the west by the sea, there is a small port called Rotpi Harbour.
The small plains on the west side of the territory have a mild climate and abundant rainfall, and the mountains and hills on the east side are precisely because of the barrier of this small mountain range, which makes the control of this area of the Vorke Kingdom expensive, and then neglected to manage and form an autonomous government.
At this time, the town where he lived was located at the junction of the plains and the mountains, and was called Birdbeak Town. It is roughly divided into three areas, with the southeast being the industrial area half-hidden in the ravine, and as for what industry is, Tik is not clear. The largest in the middle was the living quarters, and Tik even found his neighborhood with the number 03 on a very detailed map. To the west is the slave quarter, which is painted diagonally all over the map, without identifying the exact situation. At this time, Tik only knew that there were slaves here, and the sudden disappearance of this group of people who were common in his hometown made Tik a little uncomfortable.
There's also a lot of stuff in Birdbeak Town that makes Tick feel new.
The first is the Birdbeak Academy, the name of the junior magic academy is an existence that everyone knows in the Kingdom Union, and although the Birdbeak Academy is a weakened version of the magic academy, it only teaches mathematics and lingua franca, and there is no magic course yet, but it is enough for ordinary children like Tik who have been envious of the magic academy for a long time to cherish this learning opportunity.
The second is the so-called newspaper called The Onion. It seems that because of the reward of Lord Jiao Ming, a breakthrough in a certain ink technology, combined with the new papermaking method, has caused the price of printed matter to plummet to the extent that ordinary people can consume it at will.
On the day when Tik went to school hand in hand with his beautiful tablemate Luckfei every morning, in the face of the cheap newspapers on the streets and alleys, Tik, who knew many details because he followed Mr. Jiao Ming to witness the birth of this new thing last night, bragged about it, and successfully won the adoring eyes of Luckfei's children. However, when Luckfield asked, Tik braked in time under the slight stinging pain in his brain, and lost most of the favor he had just gained.
Finally, in the heart of the town, a new restaurant called 'Red Middle' has won numerous accolades within three days of opening for its novel and delicious dishes and low prices. What is even more surprising is that he has no secret attitude towards cooking, and even puts the kitchen in the large window in front of the store, allowing customers to supervise and learn.
Regarding the public cooking law, Tik remembered a small disturbance in the city lord's house two years ago. Originally, although the chef of the castle lord's family was a good cook, so he was much higher than his tailor father in a low position, but he had a very bad temper, and even expelled everyone in the kitchen when cooking. even dared to have a hard top with the chief housekeeper for this reason, saying that he would rather die than reveal the secret of half the cooking, which was quite a big trouble at this time, but in the end, he finally relied on the preference of the city lord's family and passed the many difficulties of the chief housekeeper.
Compared to the other townsfolk who speculated that the restaurateur's brain was in water, Tik of course knew that it was Lord Jiao Ming who was scolded, and driven by curiosity, he cautiously talked about it while Lord Jiao Ming seemed to be in a good mood. But the answer is a jumble of lingua franca and unknown language, which is completely confusing, and the part that Tick barely understands is that this kind of public behavior is far-sighted, and it can lead to very interesting things, just watch the play quietly.
And what happened next made Tik's admiration and fear for Lord Jiao Ming increase by three points. Soon after the opening of the Red Chinese Restaurant, a household metalware store and a condiment shop opened next to it.
The former sells all sorts of metal items at a low price that will make all the townspeople drop their jaws. Everyone has moved here from various parts of the Kingdom Union within half a year, and although it is no longer news that the price of metals has plummeted, it has not reached such a cheap level. With all sorts of thoughts, the first three days of the opening of the household metalware store were almost crowded by the townspeople who flocked in. Iron pots and shovels are selling well, and some other messy metal products are also in short supply.
The latter is also very popular, and the townspeople who are tortured to the limit by the queuing mechanism of the Red Chinese Restaurant, and are confident that they have learned how to do it from the big shop window, of course, want to operate it themselves, and it is natural to buy all kinds of ingredients by the way after buying an iron pot and shovel.
And when Tik, as Lord Jiao Ming's assistant, happened to see the store's account numbers, he almost dropped his jaw in shock. Taking Tik's most familiar father as an example, as the exclusive tailor of Lord Jiao Ming, the income in the entire town is already considered to be in the upper middle range. And the profit of the two stores in three days is enough to equal the total income of my father in three years. However, after eating all the new dishes his mother had made, Tik turned to reservations about the public plan.
Nothing is perfect, and Birdbeak has new things that Tik Novelty likes, as well as old things that he knows and loath, like the Tax Collectors. This group of guys in black mage robes walked the streets and alleys, collecting taxes from house to house, and their attitude was no different from Tik's hometown, and they were extremely arrogant and arrogant.
The Tik family has not been here for a long time, and has been 'taken care of' twice and a half. The first time was polite, taking the money and leaving, and the second time it seemed to find out the details of Tik's family, not only did the tax double and he started pushing and shoving with a slight complaint. However, the next night, the group visited again, and when Tik's father opened the door tremblingly, he was greeted with a warm smile like a spring breeze, and not only returned all the overcharged taxes, but also made compensation for the rude behavior, and then ran away as if he were leaving, barely half a time because of the lack of time.
As for the reason, it is natural that Tik, who has been promoted to the three-ring magic warrior, wears a mask and secretly makes a move, and because he meets the precepts of loving his sister, his strength has increased slightly. Counting the previous three events, large and small, this is already the fifth. However, this progress has been reverted back to by the 'disobedience' experiment.
As Tik's most feared type of experiment, the disobedience experiment is as its name suggests, Master Jiao Ming will put forward some inconsequential orders such as serving tea and pouring water, and all Tik has to do is to endure the slight stinging in his brain, suppress his body's involuntary tendency to obey, and test the degree of reduction in magical ability after the fact to verify the effectiveness of the 'precepts'. Even at a young age, Tik could understand the taste of freedom contained in it, and if he could ignore any other commandments without consequence except for the two commandments, he was no worse than any normal magician.
In the blink of an eye, the first snow of the winter fell, and Tike tightened his school uniform and rushed to Master Jiao Ming after dinner as usual, only to find that the situation in the study was not right. The maid and the two strong men were staring at Lord Jiao Ming in the center of the room, while the latter's freshman left hand was holding a dagger at this time, pointing at his own neck. As for the other maids, they were already hiding in the corner and shivering.
"Can we talk about it now?"
"Of course, sir. Dieda said.
"I want to leave, you won't stop me, will you?"
"Of course not, but please understand that even if you leave now, you will be back on your own in a short time. ”
"Of course I do!" Mr. Jiao Ming roared angrily, very emotional, and the dagger he clenched cut through his skin, and a drop of blood slipped down.
Tik didn't know what to do with such a scene, but after this reminder, deep down he had a rebellious thought for the first time, because it was extremely contradictory. If Lord Jiao Ming commits suicide and dies, what will happen to the soul fragments that he fuses, and if it fails, he must prevent Lord Jiao Ming from committing suicide. Turning back to the days when ordinary people continued to work as a tailor made Tik shudder just thinking about it. But if you can get out of control, you will undoubtedly be a new student, and if you have the opportunity in the future...... , and without waiting for Tik to follow this line of thought and think deeply, the situation in the field changed again. Lord Jiao Ming actually calmed his expression, put down the dagger casually, and commanded Dieda, "It's okay." ”
"Do you need to drink some potions of addiction?" asked Dieda.
"Good. "The maid ran out of the door to get it. And Master Jiao Ming spoke again: "Agree to the conditions of the crocodile collar and teleport those people over." ”
"Yes, sir. Butterfly bowed down to receive the order.