Chapter 1: Unexpected Awakening
Under the dazzling sun, on the white stone beside the stream, there was a young man who was lazy by the sun, the breeze blew his face, he opened his eyes slowly, and slowly got up and jumped off the stone, bent down to pick up a pebble, tinkling, the stone walked three splashes on the water surface in a row. Boredom, Yan Chen lay on his back on the grass by the stream, he has been here for the past two years, no mobile phone, no computer, no air conditioner, no watermelon, he is going to become a wild man.
"Crazy baby—" A familiar voice came to my ears again, it was the mother-in-law's. For some reason, this old woman will bring him food no matter how windy or rainy it is, which will always make him feel a little warm in his heart.
In the original world, Yan Chen was an orphan. The only thing that gave him warmth in that world was the director of the orphanage, and with the death of the director, there was no longer even the only bond. And now, in this world, his mother-in-law has brought him warmth Mother-in-law is the most important person in Yanchen.
Just thinking about it, my mother-in-law came over.
The mother-in-law first straightened out the white hair that was blown by the wind because she hurried over, "Baby, you will wake up next year, I will take you to see and understand first." ”
"Really, really!" Yan Chen jumped up happily. The mother-in-law touched Yan Chen's head, "Then there can be a fake, let's go now!"
This is the first time Yan Chen has walked out of the mountains and forests in this world. Yan Chen and his mother-in-law walked more than 5 miles. I came to the capital of this continent - Beast City.
When he saw the beast city for the first time, he couldn't help but look at Yan Chen dumbfounded. This place is like a paradise for criminals, there is no one in the city to maintain law and order, and the streets are full of bullies, human traffickers, beggars, and so on.
At this time, Yan Chen saw two strong men only a dozen steps away from him, pressing a small child to the ground, punching and kicking. No matter how the kid argued, the two men still had no intention of stopping.
Yan Chen was very angry when he saw this scene, he was like this when he was a child, he was helpless in the face of others' bullying and difficulties, he was so helpless. Now this little child is in exactly the same situation as himself.
Perhaps it was because of his own personal experience that Yan Chen gritted his teeth at this time, and shouted, "What are you doing!" The two strong men turned around, glanced at Yan Chen, turned around slowly, and walked towards Yan Chen with a malicious smile while pressing their fingers.
One of the strong men walked up to Yan Chen, grabbed Yan Chen's hair, "Where did you come from, hairy boy, dare to do anything bad about Lao Tzu?" said, and with the other hand, he punched Yan Chen's face.
Yan Chen couldn't dodge, and he was about to hit.
At this time, the mother-in-law, who had gone to the roadside to buy something, came back. When the mother-in-law saw this scene, she hurriedly recited the mantra: "O wind element that pervades heaven and earth, in my name, borrow your power - wind barrier." ”
A layer of rich wind elemental formed a barrier in front of Yan Chen. Why doesn't it hurt Yan Chen opened his closed eyes, and the stubbornness on the face of the strong man opposite had long disappeared, replaced by a deep fear.
I saw that the strong man opposite Yan Chen at this time was directly frightened and collapsed to the ground, "Magician, there is actually a magician, big, adult, if I'm wrong, don't kill me, don't kill me." The mother-in-law said sharply, "Don't get out of here" with a lot of energy when she spoke, and her snow-white hair and black robe flew in the wind.
When the man heard this, he hurriedly fled.
Yan Chen walked up to the child. Hold out a hand to him, "Are you alright?"
The boy was only in his teens, with neat short chestnut hair, giving people a very delicate feeling. "Thanks, I'm fine" The kid ran away with a wary look on his face.
Suddenly, Yan Chen saw that where the child was walking just now, there was a blue thing on the ground. Hey, what is this. Yan Chen bent down and picked it up from the ground, and when he looked at it, it was a blue tassel, which seemed to have fallen from the child just now. Yan Chen looked up and wanted to call him, but the kid had already run away.
Yan Chen wanted to chase after him, but his mother-in-law stopped him, "Forget it, I'll see you again if you have a fate." The mother-in-law looked at the child's distant back, I don't know why, the child's eyes gave her a strange feeling, a feeling as if she could see through everything, Yan Chen was still staring at the place where the child was gone, and the mother-in-law pushed him, "Let's go, don't delay." ”
Mother-in-law and Yan Chen were walking on the street, and the mother-in-law was going to the pharmacy to buy something, so Yan Chen waited outside the door. Yan Chen was bored looking at the pedestrians coming and going on the street. At this moment, a mahogany carriage drawn by a brown horse rushed between the roads.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, these unsightly things!" shouted the man who drove the carriage roughly, waving the whip in his hand as he screamed. However, the whip was not drawn on the horse, but on the people by the roadside.
Yan Chen looked at all this in surprise, and at this moment, the carriage suddenly turned around and rushed towards the crowded place. As soon as Yan Chen saw it, he hurriedly dodged, and the carriage rushed past Yan Chen, but the whip couldn't dodge, and it fell on Yan Chen, who was only nine years old, at once.
"Hiss-" It hurts, Yan Chen won't swallow his anger so much. He clutched his swollen whip marks, "Hey, you stop!" Yan Chen shouted as he chased after the coachman. The coachman actually stopped the car.
I saw that the coachman had big shoulders and a round waist, and he kicked his eyes like brass bells and shouted viciously, "Who called me?" Yan Chen immediately stood up from the crowd, "I." When the coachman saw the thin and small Yan Chen standing up, he couldn't help laughing.
Yan Chen looked at him coaxingly, and the coachman laughed even harder. At this time, the person in the car lifted the curtain and said, "What's funny, let me see it too." What I saw was a young man in red clothes and a white face with an obscene appearance. And all the people were silent.
The people around him began to whisper, "It's over, this kid is in trouble." For a while, the surroundings were full of discussions about Yan Chen's fate.
Yan Chen snorted coldly in his heart, the world was hot and cold, and he didn't know how to uphold justice.
The obscene-looking young man, looking at Yan Chen's puffing appearance, suddenly began to laugh, but immediately, he lowered his face, raised the fan in his hand and pointed at Yan Chen, "Today, if I don't give you a little color, I don't think you will put me, the eldest young master of the richest family in the beast capital, in your eyes, come and fight." ”
As soon as the man's voice fell, he saw dozens of burly men around him walking out of the crowd and surrounding Yan Chen in the middle.
At this moment, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry" I saw a person in a black dark red cloak stopped in front of Yan Chen, it was her mother-in-law. The mother-in-law did not take any measures, but apologized vigorously.
The young master looked even more energetic, "Come and kneel down for Young Master Ben and beg for mercy, and I will let you go, hahaha." The mother-in-law suddenly raised her head, looked at the young master with cold eyes, and the young master was furious. "Don't deceive people too much. ”
The young master clapped his hands, and saw that the dozen or so big men lifted Yan Chen upside down. "If you don't do it, he ......" The mother-in-law looked at Yan Chen and walked tremblingly in front of the young master. "Mother-in-law, don't!" Yan Chen struggled hard. One of the strong men brought Yan Chen up in front of him, "This kid is really dishonest. After speaking, Yan Chen was stunned with one palm.
When Yan Chen woke up, her mother-in-law had already thrown away all the food in the back basket and put the little Yan Chen in the back basket. Yan Chen woke up in a daze, "Mother-in-law, did you beg him?" "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, say it quickly. ”
The mother-in-law took Yan Chen out of the basket and said seriously. "Remember, don't be forced in the future, don't mess with people you shouldn't mess with. Your parents only want you to grow up safely. ”
Yan Chen nodded, but secretly swore in his heart, I, Yan Chen, will never let my relatives be hurt again, one day, my mother-in-law is humiliated today, I will let him repay it twice!" The mother-in-law's voice came, interrupting Yan Chen's thoughts. Then, the mother-in-law and Yan Chen walked to the church in the center of the city.
There was a large crowd gathered in the church, and two men got off a silver carriage in between.
One of the black-robed men complained to the old nun of the church: "Alas, they have sent me here again. The man said as he handed over a copy of the Magic Codex.
The old nun took the codex respectfully. The man continued, "The Prophet said that there would be a gifted magician. There are very few people who are qualified to become magicians, let alone this broken place. It's really old and confused. ”
The other white-robed man frowned, and rudely interrupted the man in white, "Hugh is rude, how could the old prophet be wrong!" The man who spoke just now pursed his lips and stepped aside.
"Everyone, be quiet. It wasn't loud, but it seemed to have a magical magic and invisible majesty that silenced the noisy church crowd immediately.
Yan Chen and his mother-in-law looked at the sound.
I saw that it was the person at the door of the church. The white-robed man stood at the front, followed by the black-robed man and the old nun. The man who spoke was the man in the white robe.
"Everyone, be quiet, be quiet. I am from the Academy of the Name of Magic, and I am in the lower department of the academy, and the intermediate teaching director of the Red Order, Ning Zhi, is Mu Feng, a senior teacher of the Yellow Order. We're here mainly to select some excellent kids to learn magic. ”
Then he turned back to the black-robed man behind him and said, "Mu Feng handed it over to you."
The black-robed man agreed. Taking a step forward, he drew a six-pointed star array in the air with his bare hands, and after the light disappeared, a sterling silver staff appeared with an obsidian studded head.
After Mu Feng grabbed it, he drew a rectangular circle on the ground, and then said to the audience, "All the children who want to awaken go and line up over there." The school-age children in the audience lined up noisily, and Mu Feng said loudly, "First", the child walked into the circle, but the circle did not respond. Mu Feng shook his head, "Next," the kid walked down stupidly.
This boring ritual lasted from early morning to late afternoon. Finally, it begins with the failure of the first child and ends with the failure of the last child. Ning Zhi shook his head and sighed. Slowly walk to the stage. With a somewhat helpless tone, he said, "Is there anyone else who is willing to give it a try?"
At this moment, a childish child's voice sounded.
"I want to give it a try
Hearing this, everyone looked back and saw an old woman standing beside her, a red-haired, thin, and dressed in clean gray linen clothes. That's exactly what the kid said.
There was a burst of laughter, and in the eyes of everyone, this was self-indulgence.
Yan Chen ignored everyone's eyes, walked up to the stage firmly, looked into Ning Zhi's eyes and said, "Uncle Magician, I want to try." ”
Ning Zhi hesitated for a moment, seeing that this child was so young, he felt hopeless. So Ning Zhi pretended not to hear and continued, "Is there anyone else who wants to give it a try?"
When Yan Chen saw this, he cursed in his heart, and shouted even louder, "I want to give it a try".
Ning Zhi looked at him. Yan Chen didn't flinch, "I really want to give it a try." Ning Zhi looked at Yan Chen's eyes, there was a determined gaze in those eyes, Ning Zhi shook his head, turned around and returned to his seat, "Mu Feng, then let him give it a try." ”
Yan Chen walked up to Mu Feng and entered the magic circle. There was silence all around. But the circle didn't move for a long time. The laughter around them rang out.
Yan Chen stood in the middle of the formation, feeling as if a voice was calling him all the time, and there was a sharp pain behind him, and the whole person was about to fall.
Ning Zhi looked at the magic circle, shook his head, and sighed Just as he was about to leave, Mu Feng was also about to accept the magic circle.
At this time, the circle reacted. At first, it was a mottled point of light, but then it turned into a thread of light, shooting out of the circle.
"This ......" Mu Feng's eyes widened in surprise. He never expected that a full child would really be able to successfully awaken.
Ning Zhi looked at the light of the magic array, "Born with a low level of magic power, the talent is not high, but it is also rare, are you willing to learn magic?"
Yan Chen waited for this sentence, and immediately replied affirmatively, "Well, I am willing." ”
Ning Zhi turned to the audience and said, "Please ask this child's parents to come to the stage." ”
There was silence in the audience. Ning Zhi glanced back at Yan Chen. Yan Chen immediately replied, "Uncle Mage, I am an orphan. It was brought up by her mother-in-law. ”
When Ning Zhi heard this, he felt very uncomfortable, "Oh, I'm sorry, little friend," and then said, "Please ask this child's mother-in-law to come to the stage." ”
There was silence again.
Mu Feng couldn't help but feel funny when he saw Ning Zhi eating like this, and walked over and hugged Yan Chen, "Ahem, where is your mother-in-law, child?"
Yan Chen looked around and didn't see any trace of his mother-in-law, and said strangely, "Huh, where is Grandma?"
Ning Zhi looked into the distance. It seems to feel a hint of spatial magic. This kid's background is not simple. He thought to himself.
Yan Chen didn't give up, he didn't want to believe it. I have been alone for so many years, and I finally met a good mother-in-law, but I left myself behind. He suddenly remembered his mother-in-law's magic and her expression at that time. There must be something hidden in this.
Yan Chen looked up and asked, "Can I leave a note for my mother-in-law?" Mu Feng nodded, "Let's stay, but hurry up." We're still in a hurry to get back to our lives. ”
Yan Chen took out a pen and paper and wrote: Mother-in-law, thank you for taking care of yourself all these years, the crazy baby is gone, take care of yourself. Cherish it, don't read it.
After writing it, Yan Chen handed the note to the old nun, "Please help convey it, thank you" The old nun took the note and drew a cross on her chest, "Thank you, Lord, the beast city has produced such a good boy as you." I'll get your heart out. ”
Before Yan Chen got into the car, he thanked the old nun again and bowed, before getting up and getting into the carriage with Ning Zhi and Mu Feng.