Chapter 8: Mission Accomplished
Could it be that Charles was hiding something from me, or that he had acted to the point where I couldn't even see through it?" Giles stared at Charles's handsome face and wondered, but in an instant he denied his own idea. In such a family environment, there is no chance of growing up to be a scheming child. What's more, he is only fifteen years old, just like Valen on the side, how precocious he is, he has not stepped into society, and he is just a little adult, and his only role is to make adults smile when they see it.
There is no hiding, so why would Charles say such a thing? It doesn't match what he has experienced, shouldn't he do his best to prevent Valen from stepping into this world? This is the best choice for him, isn't it? Giles can't figure it out no matter what he thinks in his heart, because Giles will never calculate that kind of unwarranted family affection.
Giles is also a tragic figure, abandoned since childhood, adopted by an alcoholic in a wandering life, and at the age of five he has to learn how to cheat an adult out of money for his adoptive father to buy alcohol.
If you don't wear tattered clothes, you have to let yourself bleed, so that you look even more pitiful, and you have to smear something fishy on your body before begging, so that if you are entangled with adults, they will kick you a few times at most, but you will get money after all, because they won't let you stain their clothes, as for whether or not to break limbs, Giles also thought about it, but thought that the treatment would take too long and gave up.
Do you want to escape? Perhaps, Giles also had this thought, but he gave up in just a moment, and the idea of just rising up and escaping, and the ensuing confusion made the five-year-old Giles feel hopeless, and this feeling of having nowhere to go is really painful, so even if he returns to the kind of family without the slightest affection, and endures endless beatings and scolding, but there is a place to go back, which makes the five-year-old Giles feel very relieved.
Since it is in the city, this so-called qualification of a magician is much more convenient than that of people in the village. The branches of the Demon Court can be said to be cities all over the country, and Giles, who happened to hear the news, had such an idea and went to participate in the qualification examination, and the result was, of course, to become a magician.
Then Giles's father came to make trouble and took out the adopted son contract in his hand, the Demon Court can be said to be easy to solve this kind of thing, the Demon Court has never taken money as money, and Giles doesn't know how much, anyway, he has never returned to the home where he lived for two years since then.
Although he was only seven years old, Giles had fully felt the warmth and coldness of people in this society, and could understand that those who were gorgeously dressed and had an arrogant attitude, even when looking at people, their pupils were slightly downward, as if they were in a position a little higher than others. Getting along with them is the easiest, but also the hardest.
Giles understands how to get along with this kind of person, groveling, flattering, and talking about sycophants that he feels disgusting, perhaps such an attitude seems very contrived and shameless to some people. But Giles didn't think so, these things Giles did in exchange for money, in exchange for status, in exchange for the title of teacher in Nas Academy, which only a third-level magician would never get, no matter how stinky this title was, but as long as you don't smell it closely, how noble it is from a distance.
After experiencing hunger and cold, you will never let yourself go back to that kind of life, this is the thought in anyone's heart. Giles never thought he had done anything wrong, everything was for himself, and that was the right idea.
After thinking about it again, Giles didn't figure out why Charles would keep Valen in the end, so he decided to give up, do you know what, Charles's complete trust has already been obtained, so the goal has been achieved.
When I left the village of Gojeva, it was too late and it was already evening to return to the hotel.
"Oh, I see, it's more efficient when meditating, thank you, senior!" Varyn put some meat into Charles' bowl in gratitude.
Charles's smile froze, then slowly put the meat back, and said softly: "I can't eat meat, and this kind of thing is also taught by the teacher, thank you to the teacher." ”
"Uh-huh. Valen nodded heavily, stood up, bowed deeply to Giles, and said seriously, "Thank you, teacher." ”
Giles glanced at Charles reproachfully, then lifted Valen's body and said, "How can you say that, isn't this what a teacher should do? ”
Valen smiled brightly when he heard this, and Charles looked at Valen's smile, and his heart was also warm.
If he hadn't figured out the reason for keeping Valen in the morning, then now Charles has already understood that Valen gave himself an unrealistic dream, and Valen is himself, and in the dream, he and his parents can laugh and talk for a long time, or chase and fight, this kind of beautiful dream, a dream that is absolutely impossible for him to realize, let Valen help him realize it, and one day see the scene when Valen returns home, when they are reunited, I think it must be so wonderful.
Charles once again recalled that night, the strange and terrifying father, and he was afraid that there was no longer just a barrier built by silence and coldness.
"I've been meditating for a day, how do you feel?" Giles asked with a smile.
"That, I'm very ashamed, I didn't even think that I could use first-level magic, and my spiritual power was only the size of a thumb's fingernail. ”
"Poof!"
The two hurriedly put down the teacup in their hands and coughed dryly, and Charles even took out the handkerchief in his arms to wipe the water stains on Giles's body.
Varun didn't understand whether the actions of the two were disappointed or surprised, or a gaffe of praise, so he could only sit obediently in his position and listen to the fate of the two.
For the first time, Giles and Charles understood each other's thoughts without saying anything - genius, really unimaginable.
Giles spent about a dozen days and a month getting started. Charles has already achieved initial results in just two days, I'm afraid he can get started in five days, and Valen's speed, it seems that it will take three days, no! or even two days to get started.
This is genius, there is no reason to do it, God is destined to have people who shine in the world in the future, and the people around him have tried to catch up, but it is in vain.
Charles felt this blow from a distance, and seemed to vaguely understand his father's radical practices and remarks.
"I really can't imagine that you're amazing, come on Valen!" Giles said with a smile, and Charles could only nod with difficulty, revealing a stiff smile. Only then did Valen realize that it seemed that he was praising himself, and he touched his head shyly and lowered his head.
After drinking and eating, they each returned to the guest room, Giles originally wanted to open another room for Valen, but it seemed that Valen insisted on sleeping with Charles, Charles thought that although it was a single bed, it was not small, so he agreed, and Valen jumped up excitedly.
"I'm sorry, senior, but I-"
"Don't call me senior, it's enough to call me Charles, just like the teacher, I don't really care about having to sleep with me, after all, it's a strange place, I don't think it's suitable for it. Charles made the bed and said with a smile
"Yes, yes, learn-Charles, you're so good, how do you know I think so?"
"Hehe, yes. Charles had to perfunctory past, when he was a child, he followed his father out of the house, and it seemed that he often left himself in the guest room and his father didn't know where to go, and in the countless times he went out, Charles clearly remembered that there were only thirty-seven times, and those thirty-seven times, he also used the thirty-seven times to overcome the fear of thunder, and even if he was alone in the room in the future, it didn't matter.
"Well, Charles, you're really mature, I always feel it. Valen said with some embarrassment, blushing. Is it true that a boy is so blushing? Should I say he's cute, or is he too emotional?
"Okay, let's sleep. Charles smiled dotingly, just like looking at his own brother.
Over the next month, he went to nearly ten remote villages, none of which had the qualifications of a magician. Charles and Valen were surprised, but Giles thought this was a normal probability, remembering that the last time he visited these villages was sixteen years ago, when none of them were qualified to become magicians. There are two of them this year, which is already a very small probability, and as for Kirkel, it is as if it has never appeared.
Along the way, the relationship between Charles and Valen has become closer and closer, and it can be said that they are closer than brothers, and Charles's meticulous care makes Valen full of dependence on Charles. As for the mental power of the two, Charles finally approached the size of a walnut after hard work, while Valen was already the size of an apple, and he could already identify preferences and use the legendary magic. Genius, that's it.
"Today we go back to Birk City. Giles suddenly said as he ate breakfast, "My mission is complete, and Valen is going to have a preference test, so it's time to go back." ”
Of course, Giles and Valen didn't have any opinions, but they had long wanted to see what kind of academy the prestigious magical academy Nas Academy was.
Birk City is the capital of the Delores Empire, and the Nas Academy is a place to train elites, and most of the magicians who can enter the imperial family are graduates of the Nas Empire, among which three ninth-level magicians have made great achievements in the last war between humans and demons, so they will go down in history.
Nas Academy is even more famous for being harsh, and it is really interesting that an outlier like Giles can be in it.