A quaint remote manor stands quietly on the outskirts of the city.

There are many estates scattered across this vast plain. It is a place where you can enjoy tranquility and appreciate the grandeur of the imperial capital at the same time.

When the carriage carrying the teachers and students of the Salz School of Magic stopped in front of the quaint manor, the servant hurried into the mansion and told the news to a woman with a ponytail and a men's shirt.

"Salz School of Magic? Defeat Sartovis Academy? Sertovis always surprises us......" The woman tilted her head and said to the tall guard standing beside her, "You follow the servant to confirm your identity, and I will go and tell the ancestor." ”

The woman went all the way to the garden on the north side of the building, and came to an old woman in a blanket leaning back in a chaise longue, and whispered in her ear: "Ancestor, your two granddaughters have come to see you!" ”

The old woman's eyes narrowed and opened a slit: "What is mine?" ”

"Your granddaughter!"

"Aren't you here?"

"It's not me, it's the Waters! Waters of Sartovis! ”

"Waters ......" The old woman chewed repeatedly, remembering the past, and the corners of her eyes wrinkled with a smile: "Take me there." ”

In front of the manor, Annan, who had confirmed his identity, was taken into the manor and came to the living room of the mansion.

Not long after they sat down, a good-looking woman helped the old woman in. With short hair, she is even more masculine than Ormedo – when Olmedo smiles, her brow lowers and her cheeks soften.

"Where's my little Mannie?" The old woman who came in asked eagerly.

Everyone in the seat stood up one after another, Ai Xue no longer had that indifferent attitude, and said with a smile: "Ancestor, mother is still at home, and we are here with the competition team." ”

"What did you say?" The old woman asked, tilting her head.

"You're Germanie's daughter?"

"Hmm."

Xianna was gently pushed by Annan at this time, and she had to say, "And me." ”

The woman glanced at Xanna, bowed her head and said loudly to the old woman, "My sister didn't come, her two daughters came!" ”

"Which one?"

Ai Xue and the cowardly Xianna leaned over, and the old woman opened her cloudy eyes and tried to look: "It's really like it...... I seem to see little Mannie pestering me for candy again. ”

Thinking that her mother had this kind of experience, Xianna couldn't help but smile, and was grabbed by the ancestor and said that she was exactly the same as her mother, but Ai Xue next to her was left out in the cold.

Then they moved from the living room to the dining room, and the ancestor kept holding Xenna's hand. Annan doesn't have to worry anymore. The old lady prefers Xenna to Ai Xue.

They came to the dining room, and unlike the long tables that were common in aristocratic homes, there was a round table in front of the fireplace, close to each other—so that the ancestors could hear everyone.

They sat down at the round table, with Ai Xue on the left of the ancestor, Xanna on the right, then the woman, Vice Dean Boris and the students, and Annan, who held Lily, sat at the farthest point.

"What happened to the Ancestor's ears?" Xana dared to ask the woman.

"Curse."

"Can't you be cured with magic?"

The woman's hard face was gloomy: "I asked the church for help, but they couldn't help it." ”

"How could it be...... "Xanna exclaimed, "is it after the turmoil?" ”

"Before the turmoil." To prevent Xianna from continuing to ask, the woman said directly: "The old ancestor is a legend. ”

There was a moment of silence at the round table.

Annan didn't feel a single fluctuation of magic power from the old woman...... But it may also be that the gap is too big, like an ant thinking that a dragon's claws are a hill.

Some drinks and pastries were brought up, and the woman asked, "You came to the imperial capital for the competition?" ”

The stealthy Vice Dean Boris hurriedly stood up: "The Salz Academy of Magic has become one hundred and sixty in the empire, and it will come to the imperial capital to participate in the next competition." ”

Then introduce the students to the ancestors and women. To the woman's regret, Ai Xue and Xanna are not contestants. Finally, Vice President Boris introduced to Annan:

"If Salz's School of Magic can be the champion, the warlock champion must be Annan Reeves'."

"Black eyes, black hair...... The woman looked at Annan strangely...... "What does the Reeves family of the Twelve Kings of the North have to do with you?" ”

"I'm one of the Twelve Kings of the North, but it's over......"

The northern frontier they guarded was gone.

The old ancestor looked at Annan, patted Xianna's hand, and smiled kindly: "Your classmate is so cute. ”

Annan was silent, and the legend was what he said.

What did the old ancestor remember: "You don't have a place to live yet, do you?" Stay here these days. ”

"Is this good?" The woman hesitated, "Cousin wants you to rest quietly here......"

The old ancestor snorted: "The sub-boy drove me out of the imperial capital, and he didn't come to see me, and the manor was not lively at all. ”

"But they still have to participate in competitions, and it's not convenient to live in the suburbs......" the woman looked at the deputy dean.

Thinking of the name of the emperor of the Tatunn Empire, Vice President Boris said in a trembling voice: "As long as the ancestors like us, we will live here." ”

This time, the ancestor heard it and smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum.

During the next meal time, the ancestor pulled Xianna and Ai Xue to ask each other, asking Xianna more, and her mood was gradually cheerful, as if she made up for the neglect she received at home.

Dozens of minutes later, the woman wiped the fine sweat on the ancestor's face with a handkerchief and helped her to rest. And after the master left, everyone except Annan and Lily, who had not eaten much, began to eat.

It didn't take long for the woman to go and return, this time to find Annan: "The ancestor likes your cat very much......"

"Cats don't leave." Lily, who was lying on Annan's lap, looked up and said.

"It doesn't want to." Annan replied to the woman.

"I'm asking you what you think."

"Its ideas are my thoughts."

The woman who is used to being strong frowns: "Do you know who you are rejecting?" ”

The teachers and students in front of the round table were silent, and then Ai Xue stood up: "Annan, Aunt Orin Montreal is helping you, the ancestors like it." ”

Annan ignored Ai Xue and looked directly at the woman: "Yes, Orin Montreal." ”

Orin Montreal thought that they were guests, and brought two nieces, and her attitude was a little looser: "Then it's okay to let the ancestor touch it, right?" ”

Annan's embarrassed expression made Orin Montreal take a deep breath, but couldn't get angry at one of the students: "Are we going to snatch your cat again?" ”

"Okay." Annan picked up Lily and whispered to her, "If they want to catch you, they will run back." ”

Orin Montreal could only pretend not to hear, took Lily, and left with her.

Looking at her back, Annan was thoughtful. Does the ancestor think there is something wrong with Lily's identity, or does he simply like Lily?

(End of chapter)