Chapter 316: Grounded
With the strength that Donner is showing now, it really doesn't deserve too much attention from the Chiga Mountain. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
He is the top of the five college examinations, but as Xia Yida said, most of the top exams in the previous five colleges have been obscured by everyone later.
He was a demon hunter, but it was all due to ingenuity and luck, and now he was stripped of this honor by the Holy See for his recklessness.
The mathematical problems he presented stumped all his colleagues in the Inspectorate, including Grantis, and he himself was helpless.
He had created a new Silence Circle, but it wasn't of much value on its own, and his creation looked too much like an accident.
What's more, he was only a third-level mage at the age of twenty, and finally had to rely on the Blue Bird Potion that the Superintendent Society had applied for under a special case to be promoted—which was really not in line with the growth trajectory of a genius.
In fact, this impression is exactly what Donner is deliberately pursuing.
That's right, he has to constantly seek benefits for himself, but he must also be careful to hide his true strength.
Although he has actually mastered the Holy See of Light, in the case that the forces of the Chiga Mountain may have infiltrated the Holy See, not only can he not use the power of the Holy See openly, but he must also minimize his contact with the Holy See, so as not to be discovered by the Chiga Mountain.
Now, he seems to have much more resources and power than when he first came to the Magic Continent, but in fact he is more dangerous than then. So, he's wary of everyone except for the few closest people around him.
In order to increase his strength, he had to use Leona and secretly borrow the power of the Holy See to benefit her father. And while using them, Donner also has their handle - stealing so many high-level potions as a director of the Pharmacy Association is not a small crime.
At the same time, in order to obtain as many resources as possible, he had to disguise himself as an unruly genius of the magic array, and find a famous explanation for earning magic crystals for himself and exchanging them for beast cores.
Even, in order to further reduce the danger, he deliberately designed himself to be a character who was not popular with the Holy See.
All of these arrangements seem to be tightly linked, but who can guarantee that everything will go according to his plan.
At this moment, Donner is like walking on a thin steel wire, and it seems that he is getting closer and closer to the goal, but as long as he makes a slight mistake, he may lose all his efforts and never recover.
And all he can do is to act cautiously and arrange countermeasures for all possible accidents.
......
Donner's approach not only concealed the Chiga Mountain, but also deceived him by Kavrega, who had just been appointed head of the Fire Court a few months earlier, that is, Shaida's father.
After learning that "John Smith" had drawn the silence circle and quit the Magic Circle Association because of the injustice, Kraft revised his judgment of Donner.
If this young man still had a little bit of wisdom before, because of the setbacks he suffered, that little bit of poor wisdom was slowly eroded by anger and unwillingness.
In fact, when Shaida and Cross were betrothed, Kraft felt a little guilty about his daughter - he knew that Shaida was secretly in touch with John.
Now, that guilt is gone.
Therefore, when Shaida and Ruiko returned to the Sacred Courtyard of Fire, Kraft personally came to Wash Star Peak.
It was the height of summer, exactly one year since Donner left.
In the evening, it is much cooler than in St. Petersburg.
"How's it going?" said Kraft with a shallow smile as he faced his daughter, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.
"Hmm...... I wasn't very lucky, and I didn't encounter a powerful monster. Shaida replied vaguely as she took the roast from the deaf servant.
Kraft sighed lightly and shook his head, "How long are you going to lie to me?"
Xia Ida was slightly stunned, and subconsciously did not answer.
"You didn't go to the Monster Mountains at all, you went to St. Petersburg, didn't you?" said Kraft looked at Shaida with a grin, not looking angry.
"I ......"
"You're going to see John, aren't you?" asked Kraft.
"I saw Cross. Shaida did not directly answer her father's question.
"Oh, how is he?" asked Kraft, putting down his knife and fork, with interest.
"I don't like him......" Shaida did not hide her thoughts.
"Why?"
"Does this need a reason? Shaida raised an eyebrow. When Rick was away, she was still a little witch, but it was hard to say whether she was influenced by the half-elf girl in her heart.
Kraft shook his head helplessly: "So...... Do you still like John?"
Shaida thought for a moment, there were two voices inside her, one liked John, and the other had much more complicated feelings about him.
"You don't have to lie to me, I know everything. Seeing that her daughter was silent, Kraft said to herself.
In fact, Kraft didn't know anything about Shaida's current thoughts, and it was hard to say whether the girl sitting in front of him was his daughter or not.
"Kroos has a big future...... And John was already a wreck. Kraft looked at the sunset and sunset in the distance, and said leisurely.
"You don't know him......" Shaida replied casually, this time, she was telling the truth.
"Oh, you know him?" Kraft's eyes returned to Shaida's face, still smiling.
Shaida shook her head.
Kraft sighed slightly: "I also had a time when I was young, and at that time, like you, I felt that no one else understood my choice, but you see, the result was not good, was it?"
Shaida knew what her father was talking about, and he rarely brought up the topic, so how could Shaida pick up his words.
"How long has it been since you've seen your mother?" Kraft was a little unusual today, and in the past, even if Shaida brought up this topic, he would deliberately avoid it.
"About six or seven years......" Shaida replied.
"Six or seven years......" Kraft smiled wryly, "I haven't seen her in seventeen years." ”
Shaida nodded, she knew that her father and mother hadn't seen each other since she was born.
"They all say that fire and water are incompatible after all, and I didn't believe it at first, but now it'......" Kraft said slowly.
"Do you regret it?" asked Shaida.
Kraft shook his head helplessly, but his head didn't seem to answer Shaida's question, but rather to the question itself.
"Your marriage to Cross is less than a year away, so don't go down the mountain during this year. When he said this, his eyes deliberately looked away.
"Absolutely not!" Shaida stood up suddenly.
"I'm here for your good...... One day, you will understand me. Kraft said lightly.
"Why can't you understand me?" Chaida argued loudly.
Instead of answering her question, Kraft picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth, before standing up.
No matter how Shaida argued, he just didn't say a word.
From this day on, no one is allowed to leave Washing Star Peak except with Kraft's permission.
(Ask for a monthly pass!Ask for a recommended ticket!) (To be continued.) )