Ace came downstairs and saw Stark standing at a low table, frowning at the messy pile of papers on the table.

Ace looked at it and saw that the numbers on the paper were almost all numbers, and some were the names of weapons and equipment.

Seeing that Ace had finally come downstairs, Stark pushed all the documents in front of Ace: "As an apprentice, this is also the task you should complete!" ”

As soon as Ace saw it, he knew that it was the blacksmith's bill.

"Teacher, if you want me to help you settle the bill, just say it. Why are you so angry? I heard you arguing upstairs, and I thought you were arguing with someone else! ”

Ace was just about to start calculating the accounts. But he seemed to suddenly realize something, turned to Stark and asked, "Teacher, you can't be an arithmetic idiot, can you?" ”

Stark immediately waved his hand in denial, and shook his head again and again: "This, how is it possible!" I had just drunk a little bit and felt drowsy and dizzy at the sight of the numbers! Yes, that's it! ”

Looking at Stark's originally dark skin, now darker, Ace was more sure of his guess.

He immediately pretended to be very embarrassed, pointed to the two numbers on the paper and said, "Teacher, in fact, my arithmetic is not very good, how much is 500 kilograms of black iron plus 340 kilograms of black iron?" I don't think I can count it! ”

After saying that, Ace touched his head contrivedly.

Stark barely wanted to answer, "You can't do this?" 500 kilograms, that, this ......" Stark hesitated there for a long time, and did not answer until he blushed.

Judging by Stark's performance and expression, Ace was even more convinced of his inner guess.

Ace tried not to laugh, but his face turned red and he looked like he had drunk a few bottles of spirits. In the end, he couldn't help it. Finally, he burst out laughing, slapping the table as he laughed.

Stark was furious. He immediately brought a stool from the side, then jumped up and kicked Ace in the thigh.

Although Ace ate a lot of pain, he couldn't help but laugh, and tears were about to flow out.

Seeing that the apprentice was laughing, Stark immediately stomped his feet in anger, and then turned around angrily and walked towards the inner room, scolding: "Rude little bastard, how dare you make fun of me, you are not allowed to eat tomorrow, you will be hungry for a day!" ”

Seeing that Stark was really angry, Ace forced himself to calm down, wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "No, no, no, teacher, I was wrong, if I was wrong, can I do it?" I don't laugh, I don't laugh. ”

Hearing that Ace admitted his mistake, Stark's expression softened slightly, and he rebuked in a low voice, "Little bastard, this is pretty much the same!" ”

Seeing Stark about to enter the room, Ace asked suspiciously, "Teacher, how did you calculate your accounts before I came to you?" ”

Stark picked up a rock from his side and smashed it against a small door in the corner: "Ask him!" ”

Ace looked at it and saw that it was a very low wooden door, about less than a meter high. The door is locked, and there appears to be a small window above the middle.

As for this small door, Ace discovered it very early. But every time he asked Stark what was behind the door and where it led, Stark was always mysterious and didn't tell him. But he thought there was something Stark that was hard to hide, so he didn't ask in detail.

Ace walked slowly to the small door, and then crouched down in the doorway. He tried to open the door with his hands, but failed several times, and the door seemed to be locked.

So it was clear that there must be something alive behind the gate. But Ace is already a dark mage, and ordinary creatures can't escape his keen senses at all, so what's behind this door?

Ace didn't know that the gate was forbidden by a spell. With his current strength, it is impossible to break through this ban and monitor everything behind the gates.

Ace kept trying to score with violence, but he always failed.

Suddenly, Ace seemed to be thinking about something, and couldn't help but pat his forehead: "Ouch, I'm so stupid, since I can't open the door from the outside, let the things inside open the door for me, right?" ”

Ace immediately knocked on the door, but nothing happened. After a while, he knocked on the small window again. This time, the small window opened, and a small green hand came out of it.

The little hand felt in the air for a while, as if looking for something, but did not find it. The little hands are ready to take it back. Ace's eyes were quick, and he immediately grabbed the cute palm.

Suddenly, an exclamation came from within: "Let go of me, let go of me!" ”

Ace was very naughty at this time. Looking at the cute green palm in his hand, he smiled and said, "Hey, I caught it." I'm not going to let it go, I'm not going to let it go unless you tell me what you are! ”

At that moment, Stark heard something inside and ran out to take a look. He immediately screamed and anxiously shouted to Ace: "Let go, let go, he's still very small, his body is too fragile to withstand your strength!" ”

For the first time, Ace saw the true longing in Stark's eyes. He seemed to realize that he had made a mistake and immediately let go of his hand.

As soon as the little hand was released, it immediately retracted, and the small window was closed.

"What are you doing? Did you know that you could lose an arm? Stark shouted angrily at Ace.

Ace had never seen Stark so angry. Even though he only mocked Stark for being a math idiot, Stark didn't show such a desire to slap the other party dozens of times.

Ace was a little scared, he knew he must have made a mistake, so he whispered, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." I'm just curious about what's inside. ”

"What's that? He's not something. His name is Klin! Stark yelled at Ace, then asked inside the door, "How are you, Kling?" Did you hurt your arm? ”

No one answered in the small door, but there was a soft sob.

Stark turned around and stared at Ace again, as if to blame him for really causing trouble this time.

Stark said in a soft voice that Ace had never heard of, "Clin, bear with me, I'll open the door for you." ”

As he spoke, he took out a very delicate key from his pocket and opened the small wooden door.