Chapter 251: Quiet Undercurrent
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As night fell, the twilight forest returned to tranquility. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info people who have worked all day go home to escape the wind and snow and the bitter cold, and rely on the warm stove to spend the night. And with the cold wind whistling again, the snowflakes fell again.
Totori stood at the window, staring at the scattered snowflakes outside with the help of the glow of magic, and couldn't help but feel a little fresh. Originally born in the South, she had only seen the so-called cold, snow and ice from books and mages. However, after coming to the twilight forest, she was very excited about the great cause of nature at the moment, and she had an inexplicable feeling watching the vast white snow that fell from the sky covering the originally dark earth. It was as if at this moment she had a deep understanding of her description of being a human being, and the greatness of nature -- even a mage at the level of an archmage might not be able to do something, but it was a season that could be easily created in this world, and this feeling always made the girl feel a little strange.
Thinking of this, Totori once again moved her gaze to the twilight castle not far away, and at this moment, the pitch-black, huge castle was shining with a little fire.
I don't know, what is Miss Charlotte doing now?
"Knock knock. ”
Just then, there was a knock on the door, and then a female mage approached.
"Totori, it's dinner time...... Won't you eat it?"
"Hmm. ”
The girl hurriedly withdrew her gaze, and then hurriedly nodded to the female mage.
"Thank you, Sister Crane, but I'm not in the mood to eat yet, so you can eat first, and I'll continue to work on my project. ”
"That's the subject you're talking about?"
The female mage curiously glanced at the alchemy device placed on the table beside the girl, and couldn't help frowning a little worriedly.
"Haven't you given up yet?"
"Of course, Sister Crane!"
As he spoke, Toto clenched his little fist hard and waved it in the air.
"I can assure you that it's definitely worth it!"
"But......... Even if we don't bother that Miss Charlotte, aren't our teachers all very good right now?
Speaking of this, the female mage's face couldn't help but show a strange expression.
For these mages from the City of a Thousand Laws, at the beginning, they didn't pay attention to Yu Lian's so-called knowledge exchange, just like what the Twelve Star Mages thought, after all, the Mage Association also has a lot of knowledge, and this territory is so remote, what good things can be taught to them? You know, these mages are also all high-achieving students in the City of Thousand Laws, and they are directly under the teaching of the Twelve Star Mages, in their opinion, except for the twelve archmages, no one is qualified to teach them at all.
In particular, Yulian sent some young girls, among them, the oldest was only eighteen years old, the youngest was only sixteen years old, and even many mages were older than them, and, according to the information that these mages had heard, these four girls were not even mages, and their main job was to be maids!
Although the mage is not like the nobles, how much they look down on the profession of maid, but there is no idea that everyone is equal, after all, the maid is to serve others, not to teach, at the moment, he actually sent four servants to teach himself, and many young and vigorous mages even jumped up on the spot and asked the young lord to give them an explanation. What's more, they directly approached Dades and asked him to protest to the lord!
Of course, they didn't know that Dades didn't have the courage to do so, but even if these mages were so alarmist, he just replied, you can listen to their lectures first, and if you are really not satisfied, it is not too late to protest. Mage is a very rigorous profession, and it is most forbidden to make conclusions and judgments lightly.
Since the twelve-star archmage has already said so, then these young mages don't plan to say anything more, but they are all holding their breath, wanting to see what strength these girls have to teach them, if they only know a little about spells, and follow the script, then don't blame yourself for being polite.
However, what these mages didn't expect was that in the first class, they all failed miserably.
The maid who claimed to be named Tilis didn't say a word after coming up, she stretched out her hand directly, and then summoned a soul crystal, and then leisurely asked questions to the mages below.
"Please answer the process of the formation of this spell. ”
“..................”
Silent hair, instant spell casting, Mana condensation -- even those who have just become a mage's apprentice know that this is the hallmark of an archmage. As a result, just this one spell made the mages below stare at each other, and they couldn't say a word at all. You know, this problem means that they have to work backwards from the beginning of the flow of mana, which requires extreme concentration and sensitivity to Mana, and even more so experience with spellcasting skills. And these are still unacceptable to young mages.
And what made them even more embarrassed was that after half an hour of silence, and finally gritted her teeth and admitted that she couldn't do it at all, the girl's eyes widened in surprise.
"The current Mage Guild has regressed to this extent?"
In the face of this rhetorical question, these poor little mages felt that they had completely lost the confidence to speak, and even wished to simply find a place to dig a pit and drill into it.
So soon, these mages knew that they couldn't compare with each other in terms of mage level. However, since the hard ones can't be soft, the alchemy in the Mage Association is also a part of which they are very proud, although the alchemy skills shown by the young lady named Charlotte before made everyone stunned, but alchemy and spells are different! Spells need more talent, and alchemy requires more practice and experience accumulation, so it's not surprising to have a Charlotte, but it can't be as good as the head maid.
In the following alchemy class, the little maid who served as an instructor did not adopt a heuristic education like the previous one, but smiled very gently, and then told everyone, "What I am going to learn today is the manufacture of the core of the alchemy body......... And then everybody was ossified there.
As we all know, the construction golem is an extremely secret existence in the mage association, and the source of power that can make it act is the construction core, and these young mages, although they are all high-level students, but after all, they have not been able to officially pass the test, so they are naturally not qualified to contact such high-end knowledge. And now, here, the other party actually uses the secrets of the Mage Association as the teaching content of the first class?
And when she learned that these mages had not yet learned the basics of alchemy, so there was no way to learn this knowledge, the maid lady was not as surprised as the one she had shown before, but lowered her shoulders in disappointment and whispered, "That's it......"
It's like a mage who was full of confidence and planned to teach his treasured magic knowledge to his students, only to find out that the other party was actually a rookie who couldn't even sense Mana, infinite sadness and disappointment.
Now these poor young mages are ashamed not only to dig a pit and drill into the ground, but even to find a place to simply hang themselves, and stop embarrassing the mage association.
After these two "baptisms", the young mages had already put away their little smugness, in any case, although these maids looked young, they were far superior to them in terms of theoretical knowledge and experience, and they were even no different from their teachers! Moreover, some knowledge that was originally very scarce and non-existent within the Mage Association was also treasured by them. Where can I find such a treasure trove?
Although the young man's self-esteem was a little hurt, but fortunately, these mages were also young, and the injured ones recovered quickly, and they felt as if they had once again changed back to the apprentices who had just entered the Mage Guild, absorbing all kinds of knowledge every day. And with the passage of the day, these young mages also felt that their strength had made a qualitative leap! Although after learning their specific strength, these maid teachers never taught them those knowledge that was almost like a fantasy, but those points, some small experiences, were enough for these mages to improve their strength!
So, the performance of these young mages towards the four little maid teachers also gradually changed, and they began to respect them, of course, after all, the age of the other party was there, if they really wanted to bow their heads, although they would not say that they were unwilling, but they would still be a little embarrassed.
However, among them, Totori's performance is a little different from others, and for some reason, she seems to recognize Charlotte. Although the two little maids in charge of alchemy teaching also have a wealth of knowledge, Totori, a genius alchemist, seems to have her own goals.
At first, her companions didn't understand why Totori was so persistent, and if she wasn't satisfied with the two little teachers, it didn't seem to be the case, but why she had to go to the head maid so persistently, they couldn't figure it out. So in the end, everyone decided to accompany Totori to ask their little teachers what kind of strength Miss Charlotte was, if it was similar to them, then Totori would die.
Once again, though, these people got an answer that they didn't expect at all.
"You say that Lord Charlotte's strength, we can't compare with her, if anything, it's only a tenth of her at most. ”
At that time, the little maid teacher who said this sentence even made a quiet gesture, as if even this "tenth" had a lot of moisture.
They didn't know what Totori thought, but the faces of these young mages were a whole green at the time.
What are you kidding, I have been studying here for so many days, and no matter how dull people are, they know that the strength of these girls is almost comparable to the top members of the Mage Association, and they say that their strength is only one-tenth of that of the chief maid? Maybe it is not even enough?
In fact, these mages have also gathered to discuss who those maids are, judging from the tone of their voices, it is obvious that these people are not from the Mage Association, but it seems that they are all familiar with the Mage Association, and they have such strength at such a young age......... What kind of talent does this take?
It's no wonder that these young mages don't understand, after all, the two sides live in different eras, and in the chaotic era where the geist survives, the battlefield is full of high-level swordsmen, knights, gifted knights, and archmages. Only when they reach this level can they be qualified to participate in the battle, not to mention, these geists are the strongest of their respective forces, and their strength is certainly much stronger than those of them who live in peaceful times and have already fallen.
“......... So, come on. ”
The female mage glanced at Totori in front of her with a complicated face, this is probably the so-called genius intuition, she and others are already very happy to be able to learn this mysterious and rare knowledge, but for her, I am afraid that she still has a higher goal.
"However, Totori, you also have to pay attention to your body, after all, although the opportunity is not easy to come by, if you break your body, then the gains outweigh the losses, understand?"
"I understand. ”
"So......... I'll go first, I'll bring it to you later. ”
The mage sighed and walked out the door, while Totori sat back in her chair, staring intently at the alchemy in front of her, and then once again began to work on it in earnest.
And at this moment, in the Twilight Castle, a dinner party is being held.
"It's late, but on behalf of the Twilight Forest, I'm welcoming Miss Farren. ”
Yuren said, raising his glass, smiling and nodding to Farien, then looking at Shirley and smiling at her.
Although this dinner party is nominally to welcome Farren to the Twilight Forest, it also means to remedy Shirley, after all, although she was supposed to do something when she came here, but after all, she is wanted, and it is not too convenient to be too high-profile. And now is a good opportunity to make up for it.
Of course, Shirley didn't think too much about it, seeing You Lian smiling at herself, she immediately responded with a gentle smile, although the surname is a bit natural, but after all, it was "raised" by the royal family, and in terms of etiquette and behavior, it was not much worse.
On the contrary, it was Farien, who was barely smiling at first, but now her face was a little strange, she looked at Shirley, and then looked at Offariel who was sitting under Yuren, her eyes shining with a complicated look.
"Whew. ”
At this moment, Charlotte, who was standing in the corner, narrowed the corners of her eyes, and then smiled softly, and then, she stretched out her foot and gently stepped on Judy, who was seriously guarding beside her.
"What, Charlotte, your lord is dining. ”
Judy glared at Charlotte with some dissatisfaction, and then spoke in a low voice.
"What are you doing?"
"I found something interesting. ”
"Fun stuff?"
"Hmm. ”
Charlotte nodded slightly, then nodded her chin in Haren's direction.
"Interesting, huh?"
“???”
Judy turned her head a little puzzled and looked at Faren, but in her opinion, the girl in front of her was just an ordinary gifted knight, what was interesting?
"That, that, Mr. Yuren!"
Feeling the gaze of Judy and Charlotte made Farren unusual, she was not a nobleman after all, and she was not used to having someone watching her eat from behind her back.
"Hmm, what's the matter? Miss Haruen?"
"This............ Miss Charlotte, won't they dine with us?"
As he spoke, Farren glanced at the long dining table again, it was an old-fashioned aristocratic dining table, which could have sat a dozen people, but now, there were only a few people sitting here, and it looked a little deserted. And...... I don't know why, she always feels a little uncomfortable being looked at.
"As subordinates, we are not fit to dine at the same table as our masters. ”
"I don't think that's a problem, Miss Charlotte. ”
Ofaril also spoke at this moment, and she put down the wine glass in her hand and looked at the head maid with a graceful smile. Although it is true that according to the table manners of the nobles, it is a polite act to do so, but after all, Ofariel is no longer a princess, and naturally is not a nobleman. Moreover, the relationship between her and Charlotte is not a master and servant, but more like a friend. Therefore, O'Farriel did not mean to refuse this proposal of Faren.
"What do you say, Lord Yuren?"
"Of course. ”
You Lian didn't notice the thoughts of these girls at the table, anyway, it was not a meal for him, he could eat whatever he wanted, although Charlotte was used to serving herself all the time, but it was not bad for everyone to sit down and eat together. So, he quickly agreed with O'Fariel.
"Then forgive us for the transgression. ”
As she spoke, Charlotte pulled Judy without a trace, then walked over to Farren and sat down, and then smiled enthusiastically at Farin.
"So, Miss Faren, may I sit here?"
"Ah, of course. ”
"Sit over there, then, Miss Judy. ”
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Charlotte reached out and pointed to the other side of Faren.
"Oh, okay, then...... Disturbed. ”
Judy didn't think much of it, she just shrugged her shoulders and sat down, and soon another maid brought the utensils, and then bent to leave.
Woo............ It's so beautiful.
Looking at Charlotte and Judy beside her, Farin bit her lip again, though these two were not as eye-catching as Miss O'Fariel...... No, no, no, it should be said that it's just a difference in personal temperament, sitting here at the moment, whether it's this maid lady or the red-haired female swordsman, they are all very eye-catching types.
And......... Farren stole a glance at Judy's chest, then retracted her gaze like an electric shock, looked at her chest, and let out a long sigh.
Whew, it's really interesting.
At this moment, Faren didn't expect that his expression was completely in full view of Charlotte.
And at this moment, seeing Farien's complicated expression, Charlotte's eyes rolled, and then she chuckled and looked at Yuren.
"The host, I have a suggestion. ”
"Oh?"
At this time, Yuren, who was waiting for the main meal and whispering something with O'Faryl, couldn't help but raise his head and look at Charlotte curiously.
"What advice?"
"Forgive me, since this is a relaxing dinner, I think we should also enjoy it...... In fact, I thought of a little help, and I wonder if the master will allow it?"
(To be continued)