Patrick retracted his thoughts, looked at the child sitting in the yard, wanted to say something but didn't know how to comfort the child, so he could only come to the child and sit in the yard with the child and look up at the sky, "Do you think she loves me?" The child suddenly askedPatrick was silent, he wanted to answer yes but couldn't.

The child continued, "Aunt May said that she loved me, because if she didn't love me, I wouldn't be alive today, I died when I was a baby, I think Aunt May was right, so I believe she loves me, and an aunt in the past told me after I was driven away that when I was a baby, she would hold me, smile at me, cry at me, nurse me, and put me to sleep." When I could run, jump, and talk, she would start chasing me away, and when I cried, she would ignore me, and she would yell at me, and then she would slowly go crazy.

When I was six years old, the village would select the most gifted children of the same age and teach them, and then select the rest of the children to be put in a big cage, and finally only one child could live. That year, I was put in that cage. The child paused at this point, and the man was a little shocked when he heard this, and the children had never told him. The child continued: "The aunt's son was sent in with me. ”

"You killed him," the man asked. The child lowered his head and said, "No, the slightly older children in the cage started killing the smaller ones." That aunt's child was a year older than me, he had been protecting me, he had been fighting with the older children, he had killed a few children and then he was killed by other children, the aunt had been watching from outside the cage, and when he saw that his son had started to kill, he rushed to the cage like crazy, but he was nailed to the ground with a spear by the soldiers outside the cage, and she lay on the ground and watched her son being killed, her voice was already hoarse, and her eyes could not shed tears, and in the end I was the only one alive, and I only killed the last two people。 The two of them fought together, and I took a knife to deal with both of them at the same time, and when I dragged the body of the aunt's son to her, she reached out and hugged her child, and then slowly died, and I tried to help her but was pulled away.

Then I looked up and saw my mother seeing me in the distance and then turned away. I think she loves me, right?" said the child, who was almost on the verge of crying. "Yes, she loves you. The man's voice was soft, and he reached out to touch the child's head. The child cried out "She loves me, so I can cry for her" The child's crying became louder and louder, as if to cry out all the previous grievances, the man did not speak but stretched out his hand to comfort the child, and the child finally fell asleep directly in the man's arms when he was tired of crying.

The man carried the child back to the child's bedroom, gently put the child on the bed, covered the child with the quilt, and gently closed the door. Picked up the wine I bought and sat in the yard recalling the past four years, took a sip of wine and sighed, thinking that when I first brought the child back, the child at that time was full of anger, and I beat him a lot, thanks to the child's memory, smart enough, I will admit and change when I make mistakes, and I slowly know how to get along with others.

Otherwise, he really doesn't know how to teach him, but now it seems that at least his heart is not bad, and how to go in the future is his own choice. It's time to teach him well, from the first time I saw him is the strength of a beginner warrior, and there has been no progress in the past four years, hey, I'm really patronizing and beating him, it's not okay if you don't beat him, it's difficult, I think this man drank a big sip of wine, but there shouldn't be a need to beat him in the future, it's time to teach him to cultivate. The man drank while thinking about the child's future journey, and suddenly sighed, "Damn, I don't have a girlfriend yet, why did I become a father first." Then he drank the bottle in one gulp, and went back to his room to sleep.

At dawn the next day, the child got up, cleaned the living room and yard as usual, cleaned up the wine bottle that the master had drunk last night, and then fried eggs in the kitchen and took the bread test. When he came to the master's bedroom and saw that the master had not yet gotten up, the child called softly, "Master." The man rolled over, slowly opened his eyes, and the child said, "Master, get up." The man sat up and stretched, yawned heavily, and then rubbed his head. "Well, it's up. The man answered the child.

After getting out of bed and washing, seeing that the child had already made breakfast, the man smiled embarrassedly, "I drank a little too much last night." "I know," the child's voice sounded uninterested, and after a hasty meal of his breakfast, he said and sat on the roof looking at the mountains in the distance. The man looked at the child's reaction and didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only go with him, it should be better in a few days, time can always dilute everything, soothe sadness, and make people numb.

Originally, I thought that I would start teaching the children to practice today, but now it seems that it is better to put it off for two days. The child has been sitting from morning to lunchtime, the man called the child to come down to eat, the child answered and came down, during the meal the man wanted to open the topic and let the child talk, the child just responded a few times and did not speak, after eating, he climbed on the roof and looked at the mountains in the distance.

The man looked at the child and felt a little distressed, but thinking that it was not the worst result to be able to eat, after lunch, a little girl pushed open the gate of the yard, and after seeing the man, she said, "Uncle Parker, didn't you say yesterday that you would let Evan play with me today, I didn't wait until the end of lunch, so I came, what about Ivan" The man looked at the girl and thought that it might be better for Sharon, who was a peer, to comfort Evan Van, so he said, "Sharon, Evan is on the roof, he is in a bad mood." "What's wrong with him?" the girl asked, looking a little worried.

The man sighed, "One of his relatives has died. The girl was a little puzzled, "Uncle Parker, aren't you his only relative?" "This matter is complicated, and Evan will tell you personally when there is a chance in the future." "I see. After the girl finished speaking, she turned and climbed onto the roof and sat down beside the boy, who ignored the girl when he heard the movement, and continued to stare at the mountains in the distance.

The girl was also accustomed to the boy's indifference and sat beside him and remembered the first time she saw him, when she was still very afraid of him, because the boy looked fierce, always squinted at people and often rolled his eyes, he was often frightened by his eyes and cried and ran home, and the boy was beaten because he was often scared to cry, because Uncle Parker always felt that he was bullying him. So at that time, the boy hated himself very much, and he was also very guilty, and he always felt that it was because he hurt the boy to be beaten, so he was angry in his heart, and he must not cry out because of fear, and slowly he was indeed not afraid of him, and he would not hide from himself, although he still didn't talk much, every time he said it there and then he listened there, sometimes he would be annoyed by him, and he ran away alone. At that time, she thought that the boy would be afraid of her, and she thought it was funny, and told him to listen to it herself, just like now.

The girl sat with the boy until the sun was about to set, and then looked at the time and said, "Aven, I have to go home, it's getting dark." The boy replied casually, and the girl was still waiting for the boy to get the next answer, but the boy did not speak. The girl looked at the boy's sad expression, and without saying anything, she turned around and was about to climb off the roof. After she turned, the boy said, "Thank you, Sharon. The corners of the girl's mouth went up, "You're welcome, see you tomorrow." "See you tomorrow" the boy agreed, watching the girl leave his house, and then the boy shouted from the roof, "Master, you can accompany me to the Magicians' Association tomorrow to test my magical talents, I want to be a magician." Although the man was a little puzzled about why the child suddenly wanted to be a mage, he thought that it was a good thing for the child to be willing to step out of the shadows, so he agreed, "Okay, I'll take you over tomorrow to see." ”

The child thought to herself about the only few normal conversations her mother had with herself, and the mother said that she had always liked this world, she thought it was a beautiful world, and wanted to go to every corner of this world, to see every beautiful beauty in this world, until that day. Finally, his mother said to him, "You are the greatest humiliation of my life. And then he never paid attention to himself.

At that time, the boy could feel his mother's painful heart, he knew that his mother was in pain, but he did not understand why his mother was in such pain. Now the boy understands that he wants to help his mother fulfill her wish, and then he can go to see her himself, and then he will be happy. Therefore, I must become a magician, because the master said that this world is very big, and many people have not been able to complete it in their lives, but the master also said that the life span of a magician is the longest, so after becoming a magician, he will have enough time to travel around this world.

After dinner, the child goes back to his room and starts to recharge his batteries for tomorrow's test. The next day, the child got up early, and the man was woken up by the child while he was still asleep, and the man looked at the child and said helplessly, "It's useless for you to go so early, the noble mages of the Magicians Association may not have gotten up yet." "Due to the scarcity of magicians in this world, some people are very arrogant after becoming magicians, thinking that those who cannot become magicians are inferior people who have been abandoned by magic.

Therefore, the attitude of ordinary people towards magicians is fear and contempt. Fear their power, and despise their pride. Although the man said this, he got up and washed, and after breakfast with the children, he went out and went straight to the magician association in the city-state. It seems that the magician in this city-state is not the noble magician in the man's mouth, when the man and the child came to the door of the magician association, the door was already open, but it was also a door, no one came in or out, the man took the child to the reception of the association, where someone was responsible for the child's talent test all the year round, after the two of them entered, only an old mage sat on the chair and took a nap, and the man saw the old man again and saluted respectfully, "Egbert Sage, salute you." ”

When the old man heard the greeting, he slowly opened his eyes, looked at the man, and said, "Oh, oh, it's Patrick, why did I accidentally fall asleep." Is there anything wrong?" "I'll bring my disciple over to test it, he wants to be a magician," Patrick replied respectfully, still respectfully. The archmage in front of him is a famous saint-level mage in the Sefak Kingdom, and it is rumored that he used to have a very short temper and belonged to the kind that exploded at a point, but after becoming a saint-level a hundred years ago, he became very gentle, and even a little humble.

After the city-state was founded forty years ago, the old mage came here to form this magician guild. The old man glanced at Evan and said, "This kid doesn't have high qualifications to become a magician, but he has good qualifications to become a warrior." Ai Wen was a little anxious when he heard this, "Grandpa, is there any other way, I must become a magician." The old man glanced at Evan and said, "Child, why are you obsessed with becoming a magician?" The child hesitated for a moment and said truthfully, "Because magicians live a long time, I want to travel all over this world, I need a long time, I am afraid that my life will not be enough." When the man heard this, he wondered when his apprentice had such an ideal.

But the old man laughed heartily, "I have heard this reason twice before, it is my two apprentices, but they are no longer there, alas, I have not lived this old man." Then he paused a little and continued, "Child, the life span of a magician is indeed a little longer, but the life span of a warrior is not as short as you think, before the Holy Rank, the life span of a high-level magician is indeed longer than that of a high-level warrior, the lifespan of a high-level magician is about a thousand years, and the life span of a high-level warrior is about two or three hundred years, and it is difficult to say after the Holy Rank, after you become a high-level warrior, you will have enough time to complete your ideals, besides, I think you have the potential to become a Saint Rank." So you don't have to worry about whether it's a warrior or a magician, after becoming a saint, you will find that the path of these two is ultimately in one direction, understand, kid?" "Understood" Evan nodded. Patrick bent down to the old mage, "Thank you for your teachings. "Children do the same. The old man nodded.

Then the two of them left the Wizards' Guild. On the way home again, the man was the first to speak, "From tomorrow I will formally teach you to train, and when I retire from the Knights in twenty years, no matter what level you reach, I will take you to fulfill your dreams together, and you don't need to tell me the reason why you did this" "Master, thank you" The child's voice was a little choked, "What are you crying about, a manly man should stand up to the sky." And just now the Egbert Sage also said that you have the potential to become a Saint Rank again, you must cultivate hard in the future, don't waste your talent, the master has no chance to become a Saint Rank in this life, so you must strive to become a Saint Rank. ”

"Master, don't say that, I always thought that you were the most powerful warrior in the world, and you would definitely become a saint. The man looked at the child's sincere eyes, not only was he moved in his heart, how easy it was to talk about, but he still said, "Okay, let's work together, and when the time comes, a double sage, go and have a good look at the world." When the man finished speaking, he laughed heartily, and the children laughed too, laughing and swaggering home.

As soon as she arrived at the door, a little girl ran over crying, "Uncle Parker, Aven, where have you been?" "What's the matter, someone is bullying you." The child asked with concern. The girl cried louder, and the child comforted softly. After a while, the girl slowly eased up and said, "A few days ago, my father took me to the Magicians Association, and then an old man said that I was very qualified, and then said that he would send me to the largest magic academy in the kingdom to study, and it may take many years before I came back. As she spoke, the girl was about to cry again. The boy comforted softly, "Don't cry, it's not a bad thing, where do you study hard, I will go to you when I grow up in the future, I will definitely go to you." ”

"Really?" asked the girl pitifully. "Really. The boy's voice was firm. "The hook. The girl stretched out her little thumb to look at the boy, and the boy also stretched out his finger to hook the girl's finger, "The hook will not change for a hundred years." The girl laughed, and then Patrick took a jade pendant from his bosom and put it in the girl's hand and said, "This jade pendant was originally intended to be given to Evan when he was fourteen years old, but now I will give it to you for safekeeping, and you will give it to him when he goes to look for you later." Then he turned around and went back to his room, depressed that he had let the two little boys show off their faces today. After a while, the child walked in alone, "Where's Sharon, going back?" "Well, go back and prepare tomorrow's luggage." ”

The child replied sullenly. Then he said to the man, "Master, when are we going to start training?" The man looked at the child and smiled, "What's the matter?" "Well, a little." The child replied truthfully. "Okay, have a good rest today, the master will go to the tavern to deal with some things, and tomorrow we will go into the mountain." The man said. "Master, why do you want to go into the mountains?" the child was a little puzzled. The man showed a big smile, "Of course it's to help you cultivate, you can look forward to it, I'll go to the tavern first, you pack your things, I'll go buy something to survive in the wild, we're going to stay in the mountains for a while." With that, the man turned and went out. (End of chapter)