Missing?

When Chen Daolin heard this, he suddenly felt shocked. He quickly lowered his head, but a strange light flashed in his eyes.

Fortunately, Kaman was sitting behind him at this moment and did not see Chen Daolin's eyes or expression change.

I heard the fat man's voice slowly continue: "Although it is missing, this matter is not that simple."

"Oh?" Chen Daolin smiled deliberately: "Is there any secret in this matter?"

"It's not a secret, it's known to all the upper nobles of the empire. Speaking of which, this is a secret of the Tulip family, or... a fatal weakness."

...

It turns out that the famous Tulip family of the Roland Empire has had a strange or even absurd tradition since the legendary first duke Du Wei.

The first duke, the legendary hero of the Roland Empire, the empire's protector's prince, the empress's husband... Lord Du Wei, after being in power for many years, was less than fifty years old, and began to slacken in government affairs, and then began to show his boredom and rebellious mentality towards secular affairs on various occasions.

People didn't think it was too abnormal at that time.

Anyway, the prince of the country protection and the creator of the Tulip family, Lord Du Wei, has done all the work he can do. He commanded the empire to defeat powerful enemies of the foreign race, laid the foundation for peace, and created a great situation in the empire. In terms of internal affairs, political innovation and suppression of religion have made the empire government affairs at the best period in history, with the regime stable and the empire developing rapidly.

During Du Wei's rule, the Roland Empire had no internal and external troubles anymore, and it can be said that the national strength was at its peak.

Du Wei himself is a legendary magician. When he grew older and showed a tendency to avoid the world, everyone only thought that this was the traditional thinking effect of the magician. This legendary hero of the empire was finally tired of the various worldly halos and began to focus more on exploring the magical secrets of magic. In fact, most magicians are not very interested in secular power, because the mystery of the magic world is enough to make a magician spend his whole life exploring.

Du Wei, the founder of the Tulip Family, retreated bravely at the age of fifty and gradually let go of most of the power in his hands. However, with his lofty prestige, it still influenced the development of the entire empire.

When Du Wei was fifty, he announced his retirement and resigned from all secular positions, whether it was the position of the Imperial Marshal or the government affairs of the Imperial Kingdom, he gave up.

It is even said that after Du Wei was fifty, he rarely appeared in public.

Just when Du Wei was sixty years old, he took his wife and family to leave the imperial capital and stayed away from his family territory. It is said to be a true retirement - not many people know the true where this legend of the Empire was.

There are rumors that the Prince of the Protector went to the Northwest Daxue Mountain to practice hard, but not many people believed this rumor. Because the Northwest Daxue Mountain is in the bitter and cold place, I am afraid that the Lord Du Wei, who likes to enjoy life, cannot withstand that loneliness. There are also rumors that Du Wei took his wife and lover to sea on a boat and went to Nanyang... However, the empire's maritime trade in Nanyang was very prosperous, but I have never heard of anyone who saw the legendary hero of the empire in Nanyang.

There is another even more bizarre saying that Lord Du Wei took his lover to sea on a boat, but it was not to go to Nanyang, but to go overseas to find a new world and truly retire in an unknown place overseas. There was no trace or news about him in the Roland continent.

This statement is more in line with most people's impression of this legendary hero.

In fact, according to the age, if that Lord Du Wei is still alive, he should be 120 or 30 years old now. With his strong strength at the time, it is said that Du Wei has reached the pinnacle in both martial arts and magical attainments and is invincible in this world. It is not uncommon for such a top-notch man to live for one or two hundred years. Now in the magic union of the empire, there are many old monster-level magicians who are a hundred years old.

I think that Lord Du Wei must still be alive now, but he just retired to a mysterious place that no one knows.

But the problem is... Du Wei's retirement happened decades ago. Although it caused widespread discussions at that time, no one thought there was anything wrong.

As a magician, he is tired of the world and is very consistent with the usual style of this group.

Anyway, after Du Wei retired, he would leave his offspring to inherit the Tulip family.

Du Wei's son, the second-generation duke of the Tulip family, was also a genius. After he appeared on the stage of the empire, he showed his strong ability, both civil and military, and was even the top powerhouse in the mainland. The Tulip family continued to carry forward the second-generation duke and soon became a new stamina of the empire.

But the problem is...soon, things began to go wrong.

After many years of rule, my second generation Tulip Duke soon showed boredom with the world. This speed even came faster and earlier than his father!

The second generation of Duke Tulip, after only ten years of his reign, established an heir, and then imitated his father, gave up countless halos and power and left. He threw a family and a powerful empire to his son, and then disappeared.

It is said that he embarked on a journey of following his father and went to find the retired Du Wei.

As for where he went... no one in the world knows.

Perhaps the heirs of the Tulip Family know it, but that is the biggest secret of the Tulip Family, which outsiders don’t know.

Then the third generation of Tulip Duke...the fourth generation of Tulip Duke...

The subsequent heirs have completely inherited the traditions of the ancestors of this family. Although each Tulip Duke is outstanding and shows extraordinary wisdom and strength, he can't wait to show his burnout and boredom after several years of control of power.

When it was Du Weiwei's father, the fourth-generation duke of the Tulip family.

The Duke did it more thoroughly, and even began to show impatience in power on different occasions in the third year of his official inheritance of the Duke.

But after all, the Tulip family is too important to the Roland Empire, and the existence of such a helm is indispensable. Therefore, with the efforts of the empire, the fourth generation duke barely worked for ten years.

Then... Once that guy has offspring and gave birth to the daughter of Du Weiwei, he made up his mind to be the boss!!

When Du Weiwei was only ten years old, the Tulip Duke began his plan to retire, resigned from his post step by step, and even gradually began to let go of power within the family.

Du Weiwei has been trained since she was a child...

What is most outrageous is that on the second day after Du Weiwei turned fifteen and held the coming-of-age ceremony, the fourth-generation Tulip Duke floated away, leaving only a letter, claiming to follow the footsteps of his ancestors and find the footsteps of his ancestors...

Chen Daolin couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing these legends.

It sounds like these Tulip Dukes from all generations are all impatient to hand over the mess to their descendants, and then they quickly ran away and escaped?

"The 'missing' of the Tulip Dukes has almost become a tradition in the empire." Kaman smiled bitterly: "Outsiders guess that only every generation of the Tulip family heirs know where the dukes went..."

"Well, now some people have even begun to speculate that Miss Messiah can last as a duke for how many years she can be "missed" after she inherited the title."

Rodriguez IV suddenly came up with a strange saying: "But after all, every generation of the Duke of the Tulip Family is so random, and the decline of the family is inevitable sooner or later! Just imagine, a family that always runs away from the middle, how can the loyal people below keep loyal? Alas... Fortunately, the prestige of the Tulip Family is too deep-rooted, and it is still prosperous when generations of heirs have been so random. If it were an ordinary wealthy family, it would have been declining long ago."

"It may not be." The fat man retorted: "Everyone believes that the dukes of all generations must still live in a secret place outside the world. If there is a major change in the empire, those old guys will run back casually, which will be enough to stabilize the overall situation. Therefore, although the dukes of the Tulip Family have a tradition of "missing", the empire is no longer surprised, and they just think that it is the quirks of these magicians. Just imagine... let's not talk about the second, third, and fourth generations of dukes! Even Lord Du Wei himself must still be alive! Maybe when, I Lord Du Wei will suddenly appear in front of the world! There are so many great gods, even if they live in seclusion in a place unknown to anyone, who dares to forget their existence and their prestige? With them, the Tulip Family naturally has a stable status and no one dares to shake it!"

The more Chen Daolin heard, the more bizarre he felt.

I couldn't help but think of a ridiculous idea in my heart!

That...door!!

The tulip family badge on that door! It wouldn't have appeared for no reason! Since that door has tulip badge, it must have something to do with this family...

Could it be that... the dukes of all generations, and Du Wei... ran back to the real world through this door?!

This speculation was too incredible and ridiculous, which made Chen Daolin's heart thump.

But this idea made him think more and more likely!

That magical crossing door that can connect two worlds, but there are also the badge patterns of the Tulip Family on it. If you can create such a magical thing, it must be done with powerful magic!

I'm afraid it's the kind of space magic in the legend! Aren't the Tulip Dukes of all generations all top magicians?

Perhaps, this is the biggest secret of the Tulip Family?

Anyway, the first duke Du Wei was originally a time travel senior. Maybe he was tired of this world and ran back to the original real world to enjoy the happiness!

But……

Chen Daolin thought in his heart: He came from reality, but he had never heard of any very bizarre and amazing figure in the real world. How could a top-notch strong man be unknown in the real world?

Could it be that after really running back to the real world, hiding and enjoying wealth and prosperity?

...

Chen Daolin was full of questions, but he was afraid that he would arouse suspicion from Kaman and others, so he couldn't ask anything else.

However, when he stopped to rest again in the middle, Chen Daolin lifted up the oil cloth covered in the carport and took out food to feed the wolf warrior locked in the cage. The wolf warrior was probably impatienced all the way. He grinned at Chen Daolin and whimpered and roared, struggling desperately, shaking the cage. Even the giant wolf mount seemed wild and howled.

Chen Daolin sneered, took out the dog whistle and blew it twice. The sound of the dog whistle was naturally unaware of it, but the two guys in the cage immediately became honest.

This action made Kaman and Rodriguez IV very curious - they naturally couldn't hear Chen Daolin's whistle blowing, but when they saw Chen Daolin pointing at the cage, the two guys in the cage became quiet obediently.

"Hey, you still said you don't know how to tame animals?" Rodriguez IV couldn't help but say dissatisfaction: "Your Excellency Darling, I'm afraid you don't show it to others if you have any secret skills! This wolf warrior is very obedient in front of you."

Chen Daolin smiled bitterly, he quietly put the whistle into his sleeve and said lightly: "A little trick can only make them quiet, and it is still far from obedience."

Rodriguez IV thought about it, looked at Chen Daolin, and saw that the other party's tone seemed to be really not like lying. He hesitated for a moment and said, "I have to express my gratitude to you all the way. Although I don't know how to tame animals, I know people who understand this method. When I arrived in Pradi City, I went to ask people for advice and asked you for the method of taming animals. I also thank you for your care along the way."

Chen Daolin was overjoyed. He knew that Rodriguez IV's magical attainments were far above him. What he said was definitely true, so he immediately responded to the thanks.

Fatty Kaman said, "I have nothing to thank you, Lord Darling, as agreed in advance, I can only use gold coins to repay you."

"It's okay." Chen Daolin still smiled happily: "I still like money."

"That's really strange." Kaman shook his head: "Don't you magicians don't care about money? Logically speaking, magicians are not short of money."

"I was afraid of being poor when I was a child." Chen Daolin answered casually.

"His Excellency Darling." Rodriguez IV suddenly interrupted, "I have a suggestion, I hope you don't get angry."

"...Please say it." Chen Daolin looked at this "Luo Xiaodog" with some surprise.

"I seem to talk to you along the way... Your magic knowledge is good, but I seem to think that your magic theory is not very skilled. Moreover, I am afraid that your identity as a magician is not that reliable, right? If I guess correctly, you must have not yet gone to the Magic Union for level assessment, right?"

Chen Daolin's face turned red.

He once took out a forged magic badge for Rodriguez IV to see. At this moment, this guy said this, obviously he had seen through his badge as a fake copycat.

"I think you must be a disciple who has studied privately with a certain magician." Rodriguez IV hesitated for a moment and said, "But now in the empire, this tradition of private teaching has gradually fallen behind. Even if a simple magician is knowledgeable, he always has a field that he is not good at. If a magician wants to follow the right path, it is better to go to the Magic Academy in the Imperial Capital to study. Different departments of magic will naturally have specialized in magic from each department to teach knowledge.

Know, this way can you lay a solid foundation... Well, if you don't want to enter the Magic Academy, you can at least go to the Magic Society to name it. The Magic Society has collected a wealth of achievements from various magic civilizations. Going there to study will definitely have a profound impact on your magic attainments. As for the magic union's mage qualifications, it is best to get one... Otherwise, if you use a fake badge in the empire, it is a serious crime to pretend to be a magician."

Rodriguez IV's last words made Chen Daolin blush, but the other party said it sincerely, and Chen Daolin also bowed sincerely to thank him.

...

After three days of walking, I was about to arrive at my destination.

Several people rushed all the way, and Kaman and Rodriguez IV were anxious and wanted to fly to Liszt's house in one step. On the way, they also urged Chen Daolin to rush on the way, sleeping in the open air. They missed the accommodation several times, so they had to stay in the wild.

Fortunately, Chen Daolin has been used to outdoor accommodation in the past few months, and he doesn't feel it is hard.

That night I missed another small town to stay in, and I could only stay in a wooded roadside in the middle of the night.

Kaman and Rodriguez IV were very excited, just because it was very close to the destination. If everything went well, I would set off after dawn and arrive at Prady City at noon.
To be continued...