Looking at Professor Wagbyne's expression, and remembering what Mr. Winslow said just now, Alan couldn't help but be a little puzzled, so he asked, "Then what ......is the relationship between you and your brother?"

Judging from what Mr. Winslow just said, the relationship between Herry and Hector does not seem to be very good, at least there is a clear rivalry between them. But judging from Professor Wagbein's reaction, it seems that the opposite is true, and Hector seems to be the most important presence in his eyes.

Professor Wagbein lowered his head at the question, but did not speak.

"Uh...... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been inquiring about your family's private affairs......" Alan realized that he had lost a little and quickly apologized.

But Professor Wagbein opened his mouth when he heard this: "He's only half right. ”

"My brother and I do love Yuna, but that's not why I left home. After a moment of silence, Professor Wagbein sighed softly and said, "I owe my brother so much, and everything I have done is just to pay it back...... But I didn't expect this to become a bane...... If I had stayed at that time, maybe my brother would still be in ......."

Professor Wagbein's words made Alan even more confused.

"What's the bane?" asked Allen.

"That's all I can tell you...... It is up to you to decide whether to believe or not to believe. Professor Wagbein doesn't seem to like talking too much about his own family affairs, he said.

However, Frey, who had not squeaked for a long time on the side, suddenly spoke: "I believe." ”

Professor Wagbein looked at Frey with some surprise, and saw that he seemed to have regained some strength and was staring at the ground in distraction.

"Mother was your ......," Frey said word for word, "grandfather too...... He wants you to marry her and succeed you as head of the house. ”

Professor Wagbein opened his mouth at this, but stopped talking.

After a long time, he finally asked, "Did my brother tell you?"

"Yes...... He didn't tell me personally, but his diary wasn't just about his work, but about his thoughts...... "and I couldn't tell it very clearly, but I could see it." ”

Professor Wagbine suddenly began to sigh uncontrollably, and found a rock to sit down.

"It's all caused by the curse that hangs around our family...... That ominous curse ......" After a long thought, Professor Wagbine spoke again.

"What curse?" Frey asked, a little curious.

"Didn't Grandpa tell you anything?" asked Professor Wagbein.

"Nope. Frey shook his head, "He's just pushing me to study hard and keep an eye on Freya." ”

"Heh, let you take care of Freya...... He's really going to recruit people......" Professor Wagbein said with a helpless smile.

"Confused??" Frey asked, confused.

"Hmm...... It seems that like those ancestors, he is a little too obsessed with obeying that unreasonable ancestral precept......" Professor Wagbein said slowly, "If I want to explain it to you, I'm afraid I have to tell a little bit about our family's history, and there are some strange peculiarities......"

Frey looked at him earnestly.

"Our Wagbein family has always been known for its mastery of earth elemental magic, but in fact, it was the result of intermarriage with other families over a long history...... It may seem strange to you that our ancestors were good at medical magic in the early days...... "Professor Wagbean said, "because we are descendants of John Isger......

"I know that...... My father wrote about it in great detail...... "Frey said.

"Oh...... Then the rest of the matter may be much easier for you to understand...... "Professor Wagbein continued, "The reason why our family is so fond of earth elemental magic is because our ancestor saved many lives with this magic, and he saved himself...... ...... when fighting MONOCULUS"

"You're saying that John Isgar can use earth elemental magic?" Frey couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, "but how can there be two great magical properties in the same person's body at the same time?"

"Could it be ......" Alan seemed to understand a little when he heard this, looked at the wand in his hand and asked, "He also has a wand of stealing?"

"Hmm...... So to speak, but not a wand, but a ring...... "Professor Wagbein said, "Now you can call it the 'Ring of Thieves,' but our family is used to calling it another name...... 'Ring of Eternity.'" ”

"The Ring of Eternity?" Alan was stunned for a moment when he heard the name, feeling very familiar, and then suddenly understood: "This is not ...... Is that one of the four relics that has been lost?!"

"Yes...... the 'Ring of Eternity' is what the Isgar family has always held, and is known as the Four Holy Relics along with the Staff of Void, the Pendant of Radiance, and the Bladeless Sword...... "Professor Wagbein said, "and it is something that I have spent more than ten years searching for, but I have not been able to find......

"So you left the house in search of it...... Frey muttered when he heard this, "and that's what my father mentioned repeatedly in his diary...... He said that this was what he was supposed to do......"

"This is the fate that people born in the Wagbein family cannot escape...... "Professor Wagbein said, "In every generation of our family, there is always one or several people who are going to look for it, whether they find it or not...... This is a family rule that has been handed down for 300 years. ”

"Three hundred years ago?" Alan wondered. I thought that the era of making this rule would be even older.

"Yes, more than three hundred years ago...... One of the members of the Isgarh family moved to what is now Krivari, but it didn't take long for the second arrival of the Magic Eye to happen...... "Professor Wagbean said, "The people of the Isgarben family either died on the battlefield or their whereabouts are unknown...... Since then, Wagbine has been the surname of the last survivors of the Isgar family...... Because he is no longer trusted by the people, he has endured humiliation and has never mentioned his original identity to the public......"

"That's why you're looking for the Ring of Eternity...... "Alan finally understood when he heard this, "although the surname is no longer the same, it is still a symbol of your family. ”

"Yes...... But speaking of which, I have to mention another rule of our family......" Professor Wagbine nodded, "Although most of the people in our family are good at earth elemental magic, due to their excellent physique, there is no shortage of excellent healers throughout the ages. And every head of the family pays attention to this, so our family's bloodline has been preserved intact...... It's just ......"

"Just what?"

"It's not just this excellent constitution that has been inherited together, it's also = a strange ......," Professor Wagbein said, looking at himself, "for example, this ...... in me."