Chapter 6: The Gray Old Man
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Professor Ash tapped on the edge of the cash register, his fingers having a strange magic, and with just a light touch, pure color overflowed from the dry steel plate. The colors were tinkling and flowing, as if the entire cash register was melting.
Teng Yunshen didn't notice the heat that was enough to melt the steel, and it seemed that it was just the color that lost its shape, it was like an active rabbit, scurrying around, leaving silver footprints. Fearing that the color would knock over the shelf, he hurriedly reached out to grab it.
But his worries were unfounded. "Where did the stuff go?" Teng Yunshen stammered, "Here," he rolled his rusty neck, "not ......"
The array of goods was gone, leaving only empty shelves. The shelves are no longer the original cute plastic shelves with warm colors, but iron shelves and bookshelves that only appeared in TV dramas in the last century, glowing with a cold sheen.
"You don't like this shop very much," said the old man, who was also looking around, "but not annoying." You're just treating life here as a vignette. He walked over to the bookshelf and found a fancy journal in an inconspicuous corner. "'A Thousand Shots,'" he said, reading the title, "you like this, don't you?
Teng Yunshen nodded nervously. When he realized that colors might not be as damaging as he imagined, he immediately turned his attention back to Professor Gray.
"Wizard", he knows that there are wizards in this world, both good and bad. Teng Yun stared at the other party's beard, for wizards, old age always means deep mana.
What should the old man do if he is a bad wizard?
"Don't be afraid. "I just want you to see, our world, your world." He lowered his gaze, "There's not a chair or anything here?"
The old man had never said so much in front of him. Most of the time, he was silent, silently putting the wine on the counter and silently taking out the right amount of money from his pocket. His voice is much lighter than the impression left by his appearance, and his voice is not gray.
Professor Gray patted Teng Yunshen on the shoulder: "Relax." I've always wanted to talk to you, but I'm afraid that my magic will awaken the world. Now that you've become a wizard, I don't have to worry about it anymore. Come over. ”
The surroundings have changed dramatically.
Teng Yunshen was stunned to see the wooden shelves that replaced the iron shelves, antique and likable, with huge wine jugs and thick books resting on them.
"Welcome to my world. Professor Ash gestured with a "please" gesture, "Sit down." ”
Teng Yunshen touched the wooden chair that appeared silently beside him with his foot, hesitating.
"If you don't mind, I'll have to sit down. Professor Gray slowly lay back and put his body comfortably in a rattan rocking chair, "It's an old bone after all." ”
Teng Yunshen had to sit down with the "master" and carefully stuffed himself into the spacious chair.
"Yay. Professor Gray sighed in satisfaction, as if he had accomplished something remarkable, "Comfortable evening." At my age, the chair is very important, sit down, lie down, and you won't have to think about standing up anymore. ”
Teng Yunshen replied as if he didn't understand.
"But you're not my age. Professor Gray grinned, "There are many more stories waiting for you to experience for yourself. I already have many, many memories, three whole centuries. And your life has just begun, and you have to get out. Frustrations are inevitable, but good things can happen. ”
Teng Yunshen has no special reaction to his three-century-long life. If ordinary mortals can live for a century, it's not surprising that wizards live longer.
He cared about Professor Gray's encouragement, and he asked, "Have you learned anything about me?"
"I didn't come here to buy alcohol in the past, I came here for a long detour. Drunken professors like to ask around more than you might think," Professor Gray said, "'Why would a young man less than twenty work full-time in a store?'" he put the journal on the table, "and the textbooks you have hand...... They think you are a studious child with a difficult family. He sighed, "And you're more unfortunate than they think." ”
Teng Yunshen looked a little anxious: "If I become a wizard, will I be able to retrieve my memory?"
Professor Gray corrected, "Didn't that little girl tell you, even if you're not very mature, you're already a wizard." ”
The young man replied in frustration: "She said it...... It's just that I don't want to talk to her more. ”
Professor Ash raised his eyebrows in surprise, but didn't bother to inquire about the entanglement between the two. "It's a pity that the memories of what you gained in class are erased and you can't get them back, you have to write them back on, somewhere else. He said.
Teng Yunshen had long been mentally prepared for bad news, but Jiang Xiaoxiao gave him new hope: "Isn't it possible to retain memories if you consume mana?"
"It's hard to put so many memories back where they were. Professor Ash unscrewed the cap, "The evil wizard has taken the knowledge out of your mind, and the good wizard has found you, but a little too late. They can temporarily trap memories for you to access and that's it. Once the mana supply is stopped, the memory will completely escape. Wizards are not omnipotent, they can only do this. ”
Teng Yun bit his lip deeply: "Why does he have to do this? Get knowledge from me? I am one of the people with the worst grades in the class." ”
"I said he was evil and probably had to put it in quotation marks. Professor Ash took a sip of his wine, "That wizard probably doesn't even know what he's doing. ”
Teng Yunshen stared at the other party's old face, as if hoping to get an answer from the direction of the wrinkles.
"Quotation marks can be put on 'evil,' or on 'wizard,' or both. "A person with supernatural powers is called a wizard, but can a person with power but not know it be called a wizard? No, it's just a child with a bomb." He may have only fantasized that he would be able to harvest the knowledge of others. This is also the case for example. ”
"Isn't there any malice?" Teng Yunshen leaned back in his chair in disappointment, "Oh my God!" he quickly stood up in a panic again, "They killed that wizard!"
"He's dangerous. ”
"But if he's not a bad guy—"
Professor Ash emphasized: "He made you like this. ”
"I'm not going to be happy that he's been killed. Teng Yunshen said affirmatively, "Not at all." I'm going to beat him up, but kill him, don't ......."
"Look outside the door. ”
Teng Yunshen followed the old man's instructions and cast his gaze on the half-opened wooden door.
The monster was sticking his terrifying head out of the night.