"The people in my family... my father, mother, grandfather, and grandmother are all very powerful in magic. But I don't know magic at all. I never have. After my father and mother passed away, my uncle doubted whether I was his father's child.
, kicked me out...that was already three years ago."
Under the moonlight, Ella lowered her head and talked to herself.
"In the past three years, I have been very lucky and have done several great things. Everyone said that I am so awesome, praised me, and held me in their hands. I gradually felt that I was a person... But I just
But he was almost killed by an ordinary robber."
Ella wiped her eyes.
"I'm not afraid...I'm fine. I just feel a little uncomfortable...It turns out that as long as I leave the people around me, I'm nothing."
Gregory shook his head and sighed.
"I see that you are obviously very talented in mathematics, but you were kicked out of your home because you don't know magic?"
He knew that in countries with polytheistic beliefs, nobles and wealthy people would practice magic. Although those magics were extremely childish in Gregory's eyes, those people would regard them as a symbol of honor and status.
"In fact, apart from hurting people, what other uses does magic have? This kind of skill should not be mastered by people. If you could create a world where most people don't know magic, your situation might be completely different from now.
On the contrary."
"A world where everyone doesn't know magic...?"
Ella was obviously shocked by the meaning of these words. She raised her head and looked at Gregory, and was about to say something, but Gottfried ran back shouting: "Down below, there is a group of people below.
Walking over, they are all armed, they are robbers!"
"Of course, looking at the surrounding environment, we are now reaching out to the largest mountain range in the Duchy of Angria. It is said that there are hundreds of bandits entrenched nearby."
Gregory looked at Gottfried with a half-smile. He had deliberately moved Gottfried here in order to explore the details of Gottfried's magic.
"Master, our safety will all depend on your magic."
"I don't want to! I just managed to succeed once, I'm lucky enough! I don't care, I have to run away first! The Dukedom of Angria... the village of Brizania is to the east, east, where is the east?"
Gregory silently pointed in one direction, and Gottfried ran over in panic. But not long after he ran away, he ran back with a sad face: "Another group of robbers came from there.
Bian is coming! It looks like he just robbed the caravan! Let’s run!”
"But that's the only way down the mountain. If we run further up, we'll end up at the bandit's stronghold. Master Gottfried, you'd better use magic to find a way."
"I...I fought with them!"
Gottfried stamped his feet and rushed down the mountain. His shouts could be heard all over the mountains and plains: "e-l-b-e-r-i-t-h (the one who makes the covenant)! e-l-b-e-r-i-t-h (the one who makes the covenant)! e-l-b-e-r-i-t-h (the one who makes the covenant)..."
Not long after, the shouting stopped. A group of bandits led the bruised Gottfried up the mountain. When the leader saw Ella and Grigory, he whistled happily: "No
I'm ready to go home and catch two little pheasants."
Gregory signaled Ella not to panic with his eyes, and then faced the group of bandits calmly. Everything was in his plan. Although he could eliminate them with a raise of his hands, he would not be able to follow the plan.
Gottfried learned the details of his magic.
Fried rice
He was extremely interested in that person who clearly believed in the only true God, but could still use a little magic.
What's more, he has another purpose for coming here. And about that matter, he can only find an opportunity to talk to the bandit leader here one-on-one.
"Everyone, this is the eldest lady of our family. I hope you won't make things difficult for her."
"Miss?" The bandit leader glanced behind Gregory, pushed him away, walked up and roughly took Ella's hand.
He pulled Ella's hand in front of his eyes, looked up and down, and made a "tsk tsk" sound of admiration in his mouth, just like picking meat at the market. Then, he looked at Ella again and saw that Ella was angry.
Staring at him, he let out another sound of admiration. Finally, he brought Ella's hand to his nose, smelled it, and then let go of Ella's hand with a smile.
"Judging from the condition and smell of this hand, this is really not an ordinary young lady. And she is also very courageous. Her eyes look like she wants to call thousands of people to chop me down. If you ask me, this should be done.
Isn't she the daughter of some grand duke?"
The bandit leader abandoned Ella and returned to Gregory, shaking his head.
"I really don't want to mess with such a person. But I think your eldest lady also wants to save face. She wouldn't want to owe a favor to a bandit, right?"
"Of course, as long as you let us go, I will prepare a gift for each of you." Gregory stretched out a finger: "How about this number?"
"One nomism horse for each person?" The bandit leader scratched his head, "The sincerity is a bit lacking. A young lady like this should give at least three nomism horses to each of my brothers. That would be in line with her status."
"You misunderstood." Gregory said in a deep voice, "What I said was one hundred nomis horses per person."
For one hundred Nomis horses, thirty-three cows could be bought in the market.
The bandit leader's eyes suddenly widened: "Are you kidding me?"
"I'll write you a letter, you take the letter to the place I designated, and when you get the money, come back and let us go - do you still think I'm joking when I say this?"
"There are more than three hundred of my brothers together!"
"Then based on four hundred people, the total is 40,000 Nomisma, right?" Gregory said lightly, "Of course, the premise is that you must take good care of my eldest lady and don't neglect it."
The bandit leader looked at Gregory with suspicion, but could not see through his real identity.
Not to mention him, even Ella couldn't figure out what Gregory wanted to do. Logically speaking, it was impossible for Gregory to know her true identity. Could he really take out 40,000 Nomisma from his own home?
But why is he dressed in such rags?
The bandit shook his head and said: "If you can really give us 40,000 Nomis horses, don't say you are neglectful. We will definitely provide a lot of money for your eldest lady. But I don't really believe you."
, the eldest lady can provide for you well, I have to tie you two men up tightly!"
Gregory spread his hands without changing his expression: "Of course, tie them up."
The group of bandits looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a moment. When the bandit leader nodded, they hesitated for a while, then rushed forward and tied up Gregory.