Outside of Carouston

An old white horse slowly walked along the official road towards the city of Carroston, Patrick rode quietly on horseback, watching the sunset that was slowly setting in the west, his body swayed gently with the pace of the horse, stationed in the imperial capital for many years, he almost forgot the appearance of the wilderness.

Since leaving the imperial capital, Patrick always likes to ride on horseback like this, break away from the convoy, and slowly look at the scenery along the way, although there is no scenery that can make him feel special, but he can always feel something different. The wide horizons and the smell of fresh grass and earth made Patrick feel much younger.

Patrick is a high-level mage who was promoted at the age of 34, and 21 years have passed in a flash, and he is already 55 years old, and he has forgotten how many years he has not left the imperial capital.

After being promoted to a high-level mage, Patrick still focused on the study of magic theory and the principle of magic, and spent nearly 15 years of non-stop learning before the study of magic wisdom crossed the advanced level and mastered his first high-level fifth-level magic "summoning the water element".

In the years that followed, Patrick began to focus on the study of water magic, and soon reached the level of intermediate water magic mastery, but he also quickly encountered a bottleneck, and he never reached the step of advanced water magic mastery.

Patrick also regrets that he never mastered the water magic of "prayer". When he received the investigation task from the Magic Guild, he glanced at the parchment scroll that recorded the contents of the mission, and his eyes stopped at the "prayer technique". The Master Li Xuan he was going to investigate had cast a spell on a night in the city of Carouston, on the border of the Empire, under the "Prayer Technique" of a high-level water system master.

It was said to be an investigation, but in fact, a high-ranking member of the Magic Guild instructed him to fully understand this Master Li Xuan through contact, and if he had the opportunity, he would be absorbed into the Sicorrese Magic Spire.

Patrick naturally has no doubts about this, a high-level water system master magician who has mastered the "prayer technique", which simply makes Patrick so happy that he doesn't know what to say, he has studied the powerful fourth-level magic of "prayer" very deeply, but he has never been able to master it, so he has found all the high-level mages in the Arissanret Empire who have mastered the "prayer technique", and has paid a lot of money, but he still has regrets.

And now in this small city on the edge of the empire in front of him, there is a high-level water system master who has mastered the "prayer technique" here, Patrick feels extremely comfortable every time he thinks about it along the way, and if he can gain something from this Li Xuan mage, his status in the Imperial Magic Guild will definitely be able to take a step forward.

Walking to the gate of the city of Carouston, Patrick walked through the north gate, he led the old horse, wearing a simple robe, and the guards looked at him a few times, but did not stop him.

Patrick walked up to the guard and asked him in a flat tone, "In which direction is the magic guild in this town?"

Seeing that he was asking about the Magic Guild, the guard didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said to him politely: "In the east of the city, sir, you follow this road to the southeast, and you will soon see the round tower of the Magic Guild." ”

After hearing this, Patrick nodded to him and led the old horse to the southeast.

After watching him slowly leave, the guards put away their respectful expressions, spat in Patrick's direction dissatisfied, and continued to guard the city gates.

The Magic Guild was some distance from the North Gate, and after walking for a while, he still didn't see the Magic Guild, Patrick impatiently turned over and rode on the old horse, and the old horse walked quickly along the road.

Li Xuan's manor.

Carl and several kitchen helpers were working hard to clean up the kitchen, unlike the back kitchen of the hotel, the kitchen of the manor was obviously much larger, and the oven alone had four stoves from large to small, and each stove had a metal hourglass of corresponding size.

In the middle of the kitchen are two long, long tables, which look rough but have a delicate aesthetic for some reason.

The two long tables were made of a tree trunk with a diameter of more than one and a half meters sawn in the middle and divided into two, with a length of four or five meters, and the back of the semi-circular table was dragged by a number of large tree stumps that were just chiseled well.

Although it has been idle for a long time, the kitchen is much cleaner than the back kitchen of the hotel, and several people are cleaning it quickly. The two chefs went with a kitchen helper to buy ingredients, and several of them needed to clean up the kitchen before the chefs returned, although Master Li Xuan didn't say that they wanted to eat, but of course they still had to be ready at all times.

There is a hexagonal stone well behind the kitchen, the water of the well is clear, and a powerful guard is carrying the water out of the well bucket by bucket, and there are many places in the manor that need water, and the maids and other guards are wiping and washing up and down the manor.

Carl was struggling to brush a large metal pot as he remembered what the innkeeper had told him yesterday.

Karl, who was about to go to bed last night, was privately called out by the innkeeper, and he said to Karl: "Tomorrow Mr. Feuerbach will come, you will come with him then, he is looking for a servant for the new owner of Baron Ferrin's manor, I recommended you to come over, do a good job, that is a big man who is polite to the lord of Orin, follow in his footsteps, maybe one day, you can really become a knight." ”

Carl didn't know who else was higher than the Orin Lord in this small part of Carouston City, but he knew that the innkeeper would definitely not lie to him.

When he saw Li Xuan today, Carl was very surprised, this handsome manor owner turned out to be the indifferent man who impressed him at the gate of the temple on the day Knight Egger was injured, and when it was Carl's turn to introduce him, Carl remembered the last words that the innkeeper said to him yesterday, "Follow his footsteps, maybe one day, you can really become a knight."

Thinking of this, Carl felt that his arm that brushed the pot seemed to be a little more powerful, and his face also laughed.

"Carl, what are you laughing at? Machivelli, a helper who was brushing the fireplace vigorously, asked him.

"Hey, hey, hey, I think of what Uncle Gordon said yesterday, and I feel happy to think about it. Carl said to him with a smile.

"Gordon, it's your innkeeper, what did he tell you? Machivelli asked again.

"Uncle Gordon told me, follow Master Li Xuan well, and one day, I can really become a knight. Carl said excitedly.

Machiavelli looked at Karl blankly, and a ridiculous thought was born in his heart, maybe this immature-looking kitchen helper with a pot next to him could really one day put on the shining silver armor, put on a sharp steel sword, hold a giant wooden spear, ride on the back of a divine power war horse infused with holy power, and blow triumphant triumphant music with a golden horn to welcome countless glory.