Sieg's brow furrowed, and he was thinking about something, when Jon walked over with a wine glass.

"You're too confused, aren't you? Jon shook his head helplessly and said, "How can you refuse an invitation from a beautiful lady so cruelly." ”

Sigurt glanced at him and said, "I really don't know how to dance, especially this kind of court dance. ”

Jon looked at him with a serious face, not like he was lying, and sighed, "Okay, but you have to take advantage of the opportunity later, after all, it is a great thing for you." ”

"What chance?" said Sieg, blankly.

"Brother Sig, don't you really see that?!" Jon whispered angrily, "Miss Fanny is matching you and Miss Tess!"

"So what. Sieg said lightly.

"You don't understand, in the eyes of the Wilden family, we have always been foreign magicians, no matter how high our positions are, we are just a dog in their eyes. Jon's voice grew quieter and quieter, and finally he said in a voice that only Sig could hear, "The Wilden family is a huge family of magicians, and their treasures, props, occult books, and even potions that can purify bloodlines will never be easily given to us sorcerers with foreign surnames. ”

"If we want to obtain these things, we can only desperately carry out tasks, but people within the Wilden family can easily obtain them, and even the family's treasury can be freely entered and exited at any time for them, but we can't, because we are outsiders!" Jon took a sip of red wine and sighed faintly, "Generally speaking, the sorcerer family will only intermarry with the sorcerer family of the same level and exchange blood. If we want to touch these heavenly pride, even mortals without blood, it is impossible at all. But Miss Fanny seems to be interested in matching you and Miss Tess this time, so you might as well try to get it, and maybe it's done!"

"You're saying that if I marry Tess, I'll be a member of the Wilden family?" asked Sieg, in a low voice.

"Huh. Jon couldn't help but laugh and said, "What nonsense, how could you marry a woman from the Wilden family, you should marry in." ”

"You mean...... Seeger's face suddenly turned bad.

"Yes, it's a bonus!" Jon explained, "once you're in the Wilden family, they'll treat you like half of their own, and the resources you'll have access to at that time won't be comparable to what you have now." ”

After he finished speaking, he actually looked at Sieg with some envy.

"Not interested. Sieg set his glass, letting the wine shake for a while, and then said, "I prefer to rely on myself rather than rely on women for promotion." ”

Jon shook his head and said, "That's what I thought at first, until I learned something. ”

"What's the matter?" asked Sieg curiously.

Jon looked around for a moment, then turned Sigra aside and whispered, "Do you know how many quasi-first-level magicians there are in the Black Castle Kingdom?"

"How much?"

"At least five hundred!" Jon said in an accentuated tone.

He was silent for a moment, and then changed his words and said, "Then do you know how many first-level magicians there are in the Black Castle Kingdom?"

"Ten or so!" Before Sieg could reply, Jon gave the answer heavily.

"So little?" said Seeger, a little surprised.

Jon frowned and said leisurely, "It's less than you think." Generally speaking, the quasi-first level still only has a lifespan of one hundred years, while the first-level magicians have a long lifespan of three hundred years, which means that in three hundred years, the Kingdom of Blackcastle has only produced about ten first-level magicians!"

Sieg was a little shocked, he knew that the path to promotion as a sorcerer would be difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult.

"How so?" said Seeger, confused. After all, no matter how difficult it is, in three hundred years, there will not only be such a small number of first-level magicians.

Jon said slowly, "Because of the shackles of blood. ”

"Blood shackles?"

"Yes, the sorcerer's bloodline upgrade is step-by-step, and purification within the same level will not encounter too many problems. However, for the bloodline ascension across the biological level, it is necessary to face a huge bottleneck, which we call bloodline shackles. Jon said with a solemn face: "In the future, you will know when you start to prepare to be promoted to the first level, even if you have reached the quasi-first-level realm at that time, you are still far from a real first-level magician." ”

"And if you want to break the shackles of this bloodline and get the opportunity to be promoted, the way is in the hands of those top sorcerer families. Jon explained, "If you look at the people who have been promoted to first-level magicians in the last three hundred years, without exception, they are all inextricably linked to the Wilden family. ”

"It can be said that the Wilden family has the means to break through the shackles of the bloodline, if you can't get their approval, no matter how talented you are and how good your bloodline qualifications are, you will be stuck in the quasi-first-level fate for life. ”

"Unless you go away from home, take refuge in other countries, or have some opportunities against the sky, but this kind of thing is too rare. ”

As Jon said this, he seemed to see his own future, which is why he resolutely chose to leave his family and join the Wilden Guards.

"Blood shackles...... I see. Seeger finally understood where he was going to go.

"So, think about it. Jon patted Sieg on the shoulder and left with his glass.

Sieg looked at Jon's back, shook his head, and said, "No matter what, I won't rely on the rich to get a breakthrough opportunity." ”

......

Siegy walked out of the ball hall and onto the grass outside.

At this moment, the cold wind blowing in the winter night made his spirits slightly lifted.

He didn't know too many people, and he didn't bother to make friends with these mortal nobles, so he just came out to blow the wind and look at the moon.

Outside the Palace of Verne is a huge meadow with several fountains still bubbling and a pair of armed privates patrolling past every once in a while.

In the middle of this lawn is a huge cannon, which is said to have been one of the most famous in the Seven Years' War, and was moved here by the people of the kingdom as a glorious souvenir at the end of the war.

At this time, Sieg noticed a white circle of light coming in front of him.

The aperture emitted a milky white soft light, covering an old man dressed as a scholar walking inside.

To Sige's surprise, the gun-wielding guards who passed by here at this moment actually ignored the old man and walked through, without noticing that any intruders had entered.

Sieg became nervous and looked at the person on the other side with alarm.

The man was dressed casually, like the most ordinary teacher on a university campus, wearing a light blue hat, and slowly walked next to Sigurd.

"Hello. The man took off his hat, revealing some thinning hair, and politely asked Sieg, "Excuse me, is Miss Fanny Wilden here?"

He pointed to the splendid Palace of Verne in front of him.

Sieg nodded.

"Okay, thanks. The man smiled slightly, still politely thanked Sig, and then continued on, entering the palace of Verne.

Sieg stared at the man's back, his brow furrowed.

"The man just now...... Something strange. Sieg could detect that the other party was hiding his aura, which made it impossible for him to understand the other party's true strength.

However, Sieg felt a familiar smell from that person, an aura similar to that 'Samuel'!