Chapter 6: Killing Brothers
Mephistopheles' inquiry left Monroe dumbfounded. www.biquge.info Of course, Meng Luo understood the deep meaning of the other party's words, but before he could be surprised how the other party knew, the memories with the smell of blood squeezed into his mind......
He was the second son of the Earl of Bronck, and there was an older brother above him, an older brother who was the eldest son.
His brother is perfect, not only handsome and extraordinary, but also personable. Even the people who praised each other said: "Young Master Di Luo is not like a noble young master, but like a scholar." ”
Even Monroe, the second son who was not welcomed, received due care from his brother.
To this day, Monroe often recalls that time when he dreams back in the middle of the night, when he was happiest in his life at the Earl's Court.
Everyone thought that Young Master Di Luo was the object of worship of Young Master Meng Luo, but no one knew that this young master named Meng Luo did not have the slightest admiration for his brother, and some were only jealous.
He was jealous that his brother could be cared for by his father, praised by outsiders, and received a lot of good things that he did not dare to hope for.
He knew very well that as long as his brother was still alive in this world, his desire to inherit the "Morte Collar" would only be a bubble in the sun.
So, the poor second young master in the eyes of the servant, the well-behaved younger brother in the eyes of Young Master Dilo, and the concubine in the eyes of the Count of Bronck, made an important decision......
It was a rainy day, and with three gold coins from his brother in his arms, he went to an old inn in Silvergray City, where a circus of roving performances lived.
Like other troupes, they are not well-known, and naturally do not have a fixed place to perform, so they can only rely on their crafts to wander around in exchange for living materials.
They were excited about Monroe's arrival because today was the day they left, and they thought Munlo was a fan who had come to see them off.
However, they were soon disappointed, and Monroe had not come to see them off, nor had any intention of going to see the circus, but had just come to talk to an old man in the circus who was performing tricks and buy something by the way.
Yes, buying things is just incidental, at least Monroe has always deceived himself like this.
This old man has a rather dazzling past, because he used to be a magician...... Apprentice.
There is no meaning of ridicule, because such an identity is not ashamed, but it should be a very face-revealing thing, if you don't consider his current situation.
Unlike knights, casters are not only bizarre in their methods, but there is no age limit for their initial advancement.
This means that as long as you are talented enough and work hard enough, you can theoretically advance to the legend level before you reach adulthood.
However, this is only "theoretical". And the fact is that since the birth of the Overworld, those who can become official wizards and advanced bronze before they become adults are all unborn geniuses, and no one has heard of the existence of even more geniuses.
Because of the peculiarity of the profession, most of the mages who become mages are nobles, and only they can afford the expensive alchemy experiments and spell research.
But there will always be some lucky and gifted civilians who will be taken in as students by some wandering mage, and the teacher will pay for all the research expenses for himself.
Especially when this mage is also from a civilian background, this kind of thing is more likely to happen.
Therefore, any civilian who can become a spellcaster's apprentice should not be underestimated.
The trickster was undoubtedly lucky, as he became an apprentice mage and had a chance to change his fate. But he was also unlucky, because the opportunity quickly slipped through his fingers.
The mage left some notes and materials for the seven-year-old magician, promising to take him with him as soon as he came out of the dark forest.
But unfortunately, until the magician came of age, the mage who had been his teacher never returned to the town.
After waiting no longer, the trickster made a decision, he planned to find his teacher and change his poor fate.
As in many biographies of heroes, the trickster who left his hometown encountered countless difficulties, but unlike the legendary heroes, the difficulties he experienced were small things about food and lodging, not the relics of a fallen princess or god.
Maybe it's because of this that he didn't become a savior like the hero in the biography.
Hardship and poverty completely crushed the pride of the magician as a mage's apprentice. Especially after inquiring about the teacher's news from many parties but only getting one news of his death, the mental stimulation caused by strong emotional fluctuations completely destroyed his hope of advancing to bronze and becoming a full-fledged professional.
He could not have received his teacher's legacy, for he had died in the Dark Forest.
That place was definitely not something that he could go to as a guy without the slightest combat power, not to mention that his teacher's body had probably been looted by past adventurers.
So, under the persecution of life, he only knew a few zero-ring spells and joined a down-and-out circus and became a trickster, working for twenty-five years.
No one knew that this old guy once had a bright future, and no one could understand the bitterness and embarrassment in the heart of this person who originally had the potential to become a full-fledged mage, so downcast that he competed with an artist for the position of a pacter.
The old man has always been silent, and only when he is drunk will he go around looking for someone to show off his "glorious" past......
Monroe knew that it was also a coincidence, and the last time he passed by this inn, he happened to hear someone talking about the caster.
Listening to some of them, Monroe was a little puzzled: wandering spellcasters might not be so difficult to see in other areas, but it was even less likely to encounter a wandering mage on the frozen shores than to encounter a demon.
After questioning the two men, it cost Monroe only nine copper plates to get the trickster's story from the other's joke-like tone.
Unlike others, Monroe, the second son of the earl, even if he has not taken a noble class, has enough understanding of the profession of spellcaster.
The "Moult Collar" does not have a spellcaster, which is a historical legacy. So after encountering one, Meng Luo naturally did not miss the truth, even if it was just a mage apprentice who had been abolished.
Soon, Monroe got what he wanted from the prankster's mouth.
He had two bottles of potion on hand, which his teacher had left for him as reference samples before he left. However, because of livelihood problems, the explanation of alchemy in the Codex has never been studied by the magician, and naturally he does not know what potions to dispense.
The trickster knew the meaning of the phrase "the commoner who carried the gem was most likely to be hanged", so he never thought of taking them out for money, and often told himself not to tell anyone about it.
He has always had a certain extravagant hope in his heart, that is, to meet a kind mage, and then give the medicine to the other party in exchange for the other party's teaching and help.
He had never lost his dream of becoming a true mage, and even such a dream he only dared to say after being intoxicated with alcohol.
Everyone else thought he was bragging, but Monroe didn't think so. He felt that the other party must have something good at hand, so under the inquiry of the young master Meng Luo, who was quite a city government, the trickster revealed that he had alchemy potions.
Next, of course, the next step is "coercion and inducement, forced to buy and sell".
Luckily, Monroe didn't want to make his potion known to everyone, so he gave an inflated price of three gold coins, and chose the time to buy the potion when the circus was leaving.
In fact, if Monro had someone available, he would have chosen to kill him. Unfortunately, no one will follow his orders. So, the trickster and his companions saved a life.
The two bottles of potion were the Elixir of the Fever Plague and the Antidote, and Monroe bought them by the way, brought them back with him, and finally put the Elixir of the Fever Plague in his brother's teacup......