Victor and Aurelian's eyes looked at Erica in unison.

The atmosphere gradually fell silent.

Erica, who was stared at by both of them at the same time, was a little shy, but her gaze remained steadfast.

Victor was silent for a while, then said:

"Erica, you were originally my student."

"That's not what I meant!"

Erica said anxiously.

"I can learn the easy-to-understand knowledge taught in the academy sooner or later."

This is not Erica's boasting, the entire Royal Academy, even the students who are older than Erica, most of them are only first-order mages, and there are few second-order mages.

Erica has only been enrolled for a year and has already reached the second level.

The academy couldn't teach her anything, otherwise Erica wouldn't have to find Victor to make up for it every night after class.

Her talent is obvious to all.

But no matter how talented she is, after these few life-and-death scenes, she also understands a very important truth.

No matter how much simulation training you have, no matter how much knowledge you have, no matter how much magic you can control.

The mages of the academic school are destined to be inferior to those mages who have been through a hundred battles.

When she thinks of almost dying several times in a row, Erica feels a little scared.

She's still too weak.

Victor stood up and looked down into her eyes.

As if frightened by Victor's nonchalant temperament, Erica took a half-step back, but met Victor's eyes without fear.

She wants to get stronger!

But......

"I won't take you as an apprentice."

Victor refuses Erica's request.

His quick decision made Erica stunned, and her heart was slightly cold.

Somehow, a grievance welled up in my heart.

But she didn't show it, even if there were a few tears in the corners of her eyes, she didn't admit defeat at all, raised her head, and looked at Victor stubbornly.

"Why?"

Even if she was rejected, Erica wanted a reason.

At the very least, she has to understand her shortcomings.

Victor said lightly.

"Always remember that you are the Duke's only heir......"

"Then I'll convince him!"

Erica spoke with unmistakable confidence.

"I'll be able to convince my father, I promise."

Victor's eyes narrowed, and a chuckle came from his snort.

"Really?"

"Well, then, we'll talk about that later."

Suddenly a flame burst into flames on his body, as if it had set fire to half of the night sky.

He turned around, looked at Her Royal Highness the princess who was in a trance, and bowed slightly.

"I still have some things, so I'll leave the scene early."

"Have fun, Your Highness Princess."

As he spoke, his body gradually solidified and turned into a statue made of ashes.

The powerful wind was like a sharp blade, peeling off his body piece by piece until it completely dissipated into the air and carried away with the wind.

He just took the ashes and dissipated into the banquet hall.

Erica stood in place, slightly stunned.

Victor, did you agree?

She didn't know, but at least she had a goal.

Convince your father!

But at this moment, the delicate voice of Her Royal Highness the Princess sounded:

"I know you, you're Erica, Erica Du Chloe."

Erica came back to her senses and looked at the princess, only to remember that she hadn't said hello to Her Highness yet.

Between aristocratic etiquette, this is undoubtedly somewhat offensive.

She was about to bow when she saw the princess staring at her.

It doesn't seem to be very friendly to her.

"It is said outside that you are the youngest genius in the royal capital."

Indeed, there are not many people who can become second-order mages at the age of seventeen.

Erica's genius is already rare.

"Your Royal Highness, Princess, you ......"

Erica was about to say something flattering to deal with Her Royal Highness, whom she had not seen much, when she suddenly said:

"Are you trying to snatch my teacher?"

Erica was stunned, but heard Aurelian say in an unkind tone:

"I won't let you get away with it, you can't snatch him."

"Under his guidance, I will become an even more gifted existence than you, and let others know who is his best student."

Aurelian said no more, and she stood up and turned to leave.

Don't even give Erica the slightest chance to speak.

Erica watched the other party gradually leave, but she couldn't say a word.

……

The air outside the palace suddenly burst into sparks.

Thorn - stab -

Soon, the spark turned into a whole flame.

Several flames burned out of thin air, intertwined with each other, and gradually emerged as Victor.

Victor waved his hand, and the flames turned into a black trench coat draped over his body.

Vega stood on the pole and flapped her wings and flew to Victor's shoulder.

"You're so slow, is there something interesting going on in the palace?"

"The emperor asked me to be the princess's teacher, and I agreed."

Vega looked curious and raised an eyebrow.

"Became a relation?"

Victor ignored it, but the crow complained there;

"Don't rely on me then, I think your academy should also give me a title."

"Hmm...... It's called great—Professor Vega! ”

The blue teleportation circle lit up at Victor's feet, and a man and a crow dissipated into the night.

……

It was nearly midnight that Leah returned to the mansion in a carriage.

It was really hard to communicate with a group of nobles, it was nothing more than some scene talk, trying to climb the relationship with the Cleviner family.

Coping with all of this has already exhausted her physically and mentally.

I was going to drag my sore body to find Victor to go home with him, but I found that Victor had already run away.

After going home and changing her clothes, she ran to the martial arts arena again, and finally found Victor.

Victor was still practicing there with a sword, and every move made Leah feel a little bit of a real feeling.

But as soon as she remembered that Victor ran home without waiting for herself, Leah was a little angry, and couldn't help but sneer:

"What? Our family's mage is ready to change careers? ”

Victor didn't respond to her, only to see Leah come back and put the silver sword in its scabbard.

But this time, he didn't hang the sword back on the wall.

The sword disappeared from his hand and was stored in the player's exclusive backpack.

"Coming back? Then get ready to go. ”

Liya was slightly stunned, to be honest, she originally planned to leave in the afternoon, and she expected to arrive in the territory the next morning.

It was too late to take the carriage back to Clavenna's territory.

But not long after Victor's words fell, a blue magic circle lit up again under his feet.

This time it was much bigger than ever, and the lines and runes on it were clearly visible.

A terrifying magical aura burst out from under the ground in an instant, and a stunning teleportation circle in fluorescent blue rose from the ground and soared into the sky.

The violent wind breath pulled Victor's trench coat wildly, and the black trench coat kept swaying on his body, and Leah's long hair was blown by the wind and her long hair stood up.

Soon, the wind gradually stopped.

As a little blue starlight gradually wrapped around the two of them, a blue teleportation circle gradually formed above their heads.

Leah froze in place and asked Victor:

"What is this?"

Victor didn't look at her, just explained lightly.

"I spent two hours here, building a two-way teleportation circle with 'Breston'."

Breston, the city under the Clevener rule, was the second most prosperous city after the royal capital.

Victor's hometown is there.

Leah was slightly stunned.

"In other words, you came back early just to do this?"

Victor didn't speak, but acquiesced.

Leah was silent.

The thought that she had blamed Victor for not waiting for her to come back made me feel a little more guilty.

She tried to stand inside the circle and felt the amazing magic rush over her face.

This terrifying magical power, even if Leah is not a mage, clearly understands the power of Victor.

"The teleportation circle lasts all day."

"If it goes well, we can still rely on this circle to come back tomorrow."

Liya nodded, and in the next second, the two magic circles gradually merged together, and the two of them disappeared with the broken stars, turning into a blue light and flying into the distance.

Then there was a returning teleportation circle left in place, which gradually became dim and hidden.

......

In the dimly lit room, a group of men in linen cloaks and hoods burst in.

All of these people cover the parts of their bodies that may be characteristic, revealing only their different pupils. There was nothing in the room, everything that seemed to be taken with it had been looted, and now only four walls remained.

It's like I've been prepared.

Leon went into the house to inspect everything, heard the report from the men around her, and nodded.

"Where's the clue? Do you know where he went? ”

"I may have left the city, but if I calculate the time, I shouldn't be able to run out of the territory."

Leon breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"It's okay, Miss, she's prepared."

She pulled out a bronze disc from her waist, with no directions on it.

Half pointer, pointing in one direction.

The subordinate looked at the prop in Leon's hand and immediately knew what this thing was:

Rune Tracker.

Leon began to speak lightly:

"Miss Leah has signed a magical pact for every merchant who cooperates with the territory, and as long as the other party is still within the territory of the territory, you can use this thing to track them down."

Everyone suddenly realized, and almost all of the eyes that were only revealed lit up with the star eyes of worship.

"Miss Leah!"

"Fortunately, Miss Leah was prepared!"

"I really envy Lord Leon, she must use this to spy on Miss Leah's position every day!"

The others instantly turned their gazes to the last person to speak.

Leon waved his hand nonchalantly, and suddenly, a point of light lit up on the edge of the rune tracker.

The appearance of this point of light was a little peculiar, and the people around him were a little strange, but Leon put away the rune tracker when he saw it.

She coughed lightly twice, and gave orders to the others as if nothing had happened.

"You chase first, I have to go back first."

With that, she rolled down the window, moving like an agile cheetah in the night sky, and disappeared under the night sky in the blink of an eye.

……

The blue light gradually brightens, and Victor and Leah appear in the backyard of Kravenna's mansion at the same time.

The backyard is very spacious, and it is larger and more ornate than the other courtyard in the royal capital.

In the backyard at night, there are even a few fireflies constantly flying, like a private starry sky on the lawn.

This is Victor's hometown.

Although he doesn't have much impression of the place.

As far back as I can remember, I've only been here a few times when I've been doing side quests.

Obviously, she was still in the royal capital one second, but suddenly returned to the territory the next second, which made Liya feel a little emotional.

"Magic is so handy."

The circle gradually dissipated under the lawn and hidden, Victor's voice close behind.

"Need my help?"

"What, look down on me?"

Leah glanced at Victor and said nonchalantly.

"To catch a corrupt thief, you have to use our family's mage, and that is too much to look up to the other party."

"You can sleep in your room until I get back. Oh yes, do you remember where your room was? ”

Victor nodded, since Leah didn't need help, he also believed that the other party could solve everything.

If it was really that Chur, the energy that Elia could use would be enough to control the other party.

If you can't deal with it...... Victor glanced at the glove in Leah's right hand.

The Mage's Hand will tell Victoria if she is in danger that she cannot solve.

Leah didn't say anything more and left in a hurry.

After she left, Victor remained in place.

Vega stood on his shoulder, looked curiously at everything around him, and said:

"That's where you used to live, it's big enough."

Victor didn't respond, which left Vega a little confused.

"What are you doing? Why do you stand still? ”

"Don't talk, I'm wondering where my room is."