In his previous life, many people thought that Jiang Zhe was difficult to get along with, but in fact, they just didn't understand Jiang Zhe's surname.

Jiang Zhe's surname is introverted, and only in front of familiar and close people will he show his cheerful side, but usually, he has few words.

Remember what is the fixed mode of Jiang Zhe's online chat now:

"Hello!"

"How old are you?"

"Where are you?"

When the other party answered Jiang Zhe's three questions one by one, he suddenly found that the person who asked the question was silent......

Actually, Jiang Zhe couldn't find a topic......

It's hard for him to talk to someone he doesn't know, or doesn't know well.

Therefore, in his previous life, Jiang Zhe had very few friends, but as long as they were friends, each of them had a deep friendship with him.

In front of familiar people, Jiang Zhe will show a cheerful side, making fun of each other and teasing each other, but in front of unfamiliar people, he will seem a little taciturn, he would rather be in a daze by himself than take the initiative to talk to others.

Like some of his peers, Jiang Zhe is often immersed in his own world, and he doesn't feel much interest in the outside world.

I remember when I was in elementary school, the teacher's evaluation of Jiang Zhe was 'not like to talk and not fit in', and when he grew up, he 'intensified'......

Sometimes even Jiang Zhe himself is a little strange, why is he so uninterested in things?

Lack of intellectual curiosity, lack of self-motivation, and even basic perseverance is sometimes difficult to control......

In his previous life, the only thing he would not lack of interest was sleeping......

People who don't know each other think that Jiang Zhe is a 'weirdo', but those who know him think that he is very interesting and worth making friends, and the deeper the friendship, the more they can understand that Jiang Zhe is actually a cheerful person......

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It rained for several days in the small town of Seth, and finally it cleared, and the dark clouds in the sky gradually dissipated, but the breeze still carried a little coolness on the face.

The old priest of the church stood by the flower garden, looked up at the sky, and nodded: the weather was not bad.

In the flower garden, many flowers were wilted by the rain, and they were listless, which made the old priest feel a little pity.

"Hi, old Charles!"

A greeting came into the ears of the old priest, turned around, looked at Jiang Zhe who came out of the church, and said with a smile, "Morning, my child, it seems that you are in a good mood today......

"Is there one?" Jiang Zhe tilted his head.

Speaking of which, he had been living in the church for more than two years, and had finally gotten used to life without electricity, and at the same time, he had gotten acquainted with the old priest.

I remember that a year ago, Jiang Zhe still called the old priest 'you', but now it's good, it's directly 'Old Charles'.

But the old priest Charles didn't mind this, and on the other hand, he liked the two little ones very much.

"Old Charles, don't you really know magic?"

"Really!" For Jiang Zhe's perseverance, the old priest was a little helpless.

"You're not going to lie to me, are you?"

Old Charles shook his head with a wry smile and said, "As a believer in God, how could he deceive you?" The God in his mouth refers to the only god worshiped by the Holy See, and the clergy worship him as God, which is a bit like Christianity in the previous life.

"Oh, that's a pity......" Jiang Zhe said suspiciously, he always felt that this old man was not simple.

Old Charles shook his head and walked straight to the flower garden, arranging the flowers and plants that had been disturbed by the rain, and said, "Soth, why do you keep thinking about magic, you must know that magic is not the whole ...... of the meaning of life."

"Because I want to learn, I think it's going to be a lot of fun. ”

Old Charles glanced back at Jiang Zhe, holding a flower with a broken stem, and said in a regretful tone, "Magic is indeed interesting, but it does not make people happy, it only brings bad luck...... Soth, hand me the little shovel over there. ”

"Oh," Jiang Zhe walked to the end of the flower garden, picked up a small shovel from the ground and handed it to the old priest, "Old Charles, why do you say that magic brings bad luck?"

The old priest was silent for a moment, and then said earnestly, "Child, the path of magic is full of temptations, and powerful power can make people lose and make unforgivable mistakes, which you cannot make up for in your life...... " At the end, his tone was a little gloomy.

Jiang Zhe blinked, he obviously heard something strange from Old Charles's words, so he said tentatively, "Old Charles, did you make any mistakes?"

The old priest paused, looked back at Jiang Zhe, stood up with a wry smile, looked at the sky and said, "The weather is good today, don't you go to play with the children in the town?"

"Not interested. Seeing that the old priest diverted the topic, Jiang Zhe sat on the steps a little angrily.

To be honest, for the group of imps in the town who can only smash themselves with stones, Jiang Zhe is interested in ghosts.

"Soth, did you really decide to learn magic?"

"Well, in a few years, I have saved enough money, I will go to Sassen......"

"Why do you have to learn magic?" walked up to Jiang Zhe and sat down, the old priest said, "Magic can't bring happiness to people, especially black magic, black magic only brings destruction...... Look at the people in the town, they don't know magic, but they're having a good time......"

"Hmm...... I want to see real magic, learn it, master it...... I hope something interesting happens......"

"The funny things you talk about are usually dangerous...... You see, the people in the town don't know magic, they don't have knighthoods, and they rely on their own hard work to create wealth, isn't that good?"

"That's boring......"

The old priest was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile, "The road to learning magic is like the outside world, full of dangers, you see the mercenaries passing by, they must always be vigilant, maybe a small mistake will take their lives......"

"That's because they're not strong enough, right?"

"......" Old Charles turned his head in astonishment, looking at the little guy who had surprised him many times, "great power...... There are many powerful dark magicians who are just lost in their own power......"

"If you can't control your own power, how can you be called powerful?"

"......" Old Charles was silent, he had never met a child so smart as the little guy in front of him.

Being smart was originally a prerequisite for being a magician, but unfortunately, the smarter the children, the lower their final achievements, because most of them were lost in powerful power, and some of them signed a contract with demons in order to pursue blind strength......

"Although magic can't bring happiness to people, it can be used to protect your important people......" It didn't seem to notice the silence of old Charles, Jiang Zhe continued.

Old Charles was stunned, as if he was relieved, but then frowned, is he just protecting his important people......

It can't be blamed that Old Charles has too high requirements for Jiang Zhe, but Jiang Zhe really doesn't feel like a seven or eight-year-old child for Old Charles......

"Rope ......"

"Soth!" A cheerful call interrupted old Charles's words, Nina ran excitedly from a distance with a small basket on her shoulder, and her face was a little nervous when she saw old Charles beside Jiang Zhe.

Jiang Zhe had been secretly paying attention to Old Charles's expression, and when he saw him frowning, he hurriedly stood up first, pretending to be strange and asked, "Nina, didn't you go to buy bread?"

In the past two years, Jiang Zhe has always been called this, and yes, even if he is close, he is embarrassed to call an eleven or twelve-year-old sister, Nina doesn't care very much, his younger brother is not as demented as before, and it is too late for her to be happy.

"I bought the bread......," Nina said weakly.

"Coincidentally, I'm hungry......" Just as he was about to step forward, Jiang Zhe suddenly found that his shoulders sank, and he smiled bitterly in his heart.

I saw old Charles slowly stand up, put one hand on Jiang Zhe's shoulder, stretched out the other, and said to Nina, "Come, child." ”

Nina hesitated and handed the basket full of bread to Old Charles, who frowned and said, "And!"

"No ......," Nina whispered.

"Alas," said old Charles with a slight sigh, "God, my son, we are to be honest......

I saw Nina biting her lip and hesitating for a long time, and finally took out a money bag from the pocket of her clothes, her eyes were a little unwilling.

Old Charles nodded kindly, but when he looked at the wallet in Nina's hand, his eyes changed slightly.

The money bag was made of dark blue fabric, printed with white star-like patterns, and the string tied at the mouth faintly reflected the golden light, which was definitely not the money bag used by ordinary people.

When Old Charles looked at the money bag, Nina pursed her lips and whispered to Jiang Zhe unwillingly, "There are so many gold coins, it's a pity......"

After hesitating, Jiang Zhe persuaded in a low voice, "This thing is not good after all, let's return it to someone else, anyway, we are not short of money now...... Indeed, after Old Charles took in Jiang Zhe and Nina, the life of the two was much better than before.

"There's a lot missing," Nina muttered unwillingly, looking at the money bag in old Charles's hand, "aren't you going to go to Sassen to learn magic in the future......?"

"......" Jiang Zhe was stunned, he felt a little blocked in his heart, and he couldn't speak for a while.

"Squeak. The gate of the garden was pushed open, and as soon as Jiang Zhe looked up, he saw an old man about the same age as old Charles walking slowly, followed by two servants dressed as travelers.

"I didn't expect that there is a church in this small town......"

Wearing a gray travel cloak with black stars faintly stamped on it, he held a brown cane in his left hand, the top of which was set with a thumb-sized sapphire, an old gray pointed hat, and long silver-white hair and beard......

This......

Could this person be the magician he has always longed for?

No, this powerful oppressive force......

Absolutely!

Jiang Zhe felt his heart beating violently.

"Ahh

"You haven't seen each other for more than ten years, right?" the old magician glanced in Jiang Zhe's direction, took off the wizard hat on his head with his right hand, and turned to old Charles and said.

Glancing at Jiang Zhe, who was staring at each other fiercely, Old Charles frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Children, you go inside first!" Unlike usual, Old Charles's tone did not allow the slightest rebuttal.

"Oh," unlike Nina, who hurriedly slipped into the church, Jiang Zhe looked back at the magician who made him yearn for it as he walked......

"Get in!" repeated old Charles.

The old magician watched quietly, with a smile on his face, and only after the two little ones had entered the church did he raise his legs and walk towards old Charles, "You took these two children in......, Charles?"

Frowning, Old Charles glanced at Jiang Zhe, who was probing his brain in the church behind him, and said in a low voice, "What are you doing here?" I didn't know what was so special about this town that would attract the attention of the Imperial Royal Chief Magician...... Archmage Weston Malagigi Hastings ......"

The old magician shook his head with a smile and said, "At least I'm still the territory of the Empire under my feet...... On the contrary, it is strange that one of the twelve bishops of the Holy See, the Holy White Magician, is here?"

"......," said old Charles, after a moment of silence, "I am not St. Charles George, I am just an ordinary priest, a ......priest who cannot perform any magic," he said, and threw his money bag to Weston.

Weston was stunned, and then as if he remembered something, he nodded suddenly, glanced at the money bag in his hand, and then looked at Nina who was looking at him with some fear behind the church door, and sighed, "Time flies so fast, in the blink of an eye, it has been more than ten years since the Empire and the Holy See stopped fighting......"

Blocking Weston's view of the church and interrupting the other party's words, old Charles asked vigilantly, "As the royal chief magician, what are you doing here?"

"Don't guess, I came to this town just by chance, I'm going to the west. Shrugging, Weston said.

"West?" Old Charles was stunned, and then seemed to think of something, and his eyes were a little solemn.

"Yes!" Weston nodded and said in a deep voice, "A year ago, the empire sent an army to the fortress in the west, and half a year ago, contact was suddenly cut off, and a few of us old guys were not at ease, so I came to see it myself......"

"Is that so...... the vigilance in old Charles' eyes gradually faded, and when he looked up, he saw Weston looking in the direction of the church, and he was a little alert in his heart, "You are still delaying time here for such an important matter?"

"I've already sent two of my servants to go first......" After a pause, Weston whispered, "Charles, do you know, I've been looking for ...... for more than ten years"

"What?"

"Someone who can inherit me...... I'm going to take that little girl!";