Naxi and Demi were playing happily outside the window, and the laughter was faintly transmitted through the colored glass.
"I don't know if Oliver and Axi behind him can be deceived by me..." He stared at the garden outside, thinking silently.
The grievances between the Hitos family and their mentor have been impossible to study.
In fact, those past events are no longer important...
Colin sighed slightly. He originally thought that the city of Neuinstadt would be a more peaceful place where he could practice well.
But I never thought that the waves and orange clouds in it were not inferior to those on the battlefield.
'In the final analysis, it is still too weak.'
"If I were a second-level wizard, or Jin Yu..."
He withdrew his gaze, stood up slowly, and prepared to go out.
'Without further delay, let's go to the school to see the instructor first, and then find a safe place as soon as possible to let Yin Guang's breathing method break the limit.'
In his heart, there was actually a hidden worry.
The heart crystal of the ancient tree condensed from the remaining branches of the legendary ancient tree of life is inside the body. You don’t need to think about it to know that it is an extraordinary thing!
The energy contained in it, according to the current progress, has only been absorbed by 1% at most, not completely absorbed at all.
If something unexpected happens during this period and it is exposed, the consequences may be disastrous.
Not long after.
He spoke to Renee, walked out the door, stopped a public carriage, and drove towards the school.
However, before arriving at the school, Colin suddenly stopped the carriage.
Pulling open the car door, he walked slowly down and stared at the ordinary courtyard in front of him.
If I remember correctly, this is Marjorie's residence.
After pondering for a moment, he stepped forward and knocked on the door.
"May I ask you are?"
After a while, with the sound of footsteps, a maid came over and asked through the black fence door.
"Is Marjorie home? I'm Colin, Colin Leonard." Colin said briefly.
The maid frowned in confusion.
"My lord, my master's name is Thompson. I have never heard the name Marjorie..."
Colin's heart sank slightly and he continued to ask:
"When did you move here? Do you know where the previous owner moved here?"
The maid looked slightly stunned, her eyes were a little wary, and she said nothing.
Colin frowned slightly, paused and continued to ask: "Is your master at home? I have something to see him."
About an hour later.
In a witchcraft crystal shop on Anver Street, ten minutes away from Lieu Saint Street.
Colin sat quietly on the guest sofa.
"Sir, please have some tea." The apprentice shop manager respectfully filled the freshly brewed black tea in a white porcelain cup and brought it to Colin.
"No need." Colin waved his hand, looked at the small door behind the counter and said, "How long will it take?"
The apprentice store manager put the tea on the table and said with a smile: "It should be almost there. It may be that the crystal is being charged and cannot be interrupted...but it should be almost time."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a creak and the small brown door behind the wooden counter was suddenly pushed open.
"Colin——" Marjorie shouted in surprise, "I didn't expect it was really you? When did you come back?"
"Senior Marjorie."
Colin stood up slowly and looked at Marjorie silently...looking at his right arm.
"Haha, what's wrong?"
Marjorie felt his gaze and subconsciously hid her right hand behind her back. Then she seemed to feel that her reaction was unnatural, so she immediately stretched it out, patted it, and continued in a hearty voice:
"My hand was injured from a previous mission to defeat World of Warcraft accidentally. It has been replaced with a mechanical prosthetic limb. It is made of silver alloy and mixed with 0.5 grams of mithril. The transmission of magic power is very smooth, no different from before.
"
Colin did not answer, just smiled and said:
"Are you free to go for a walk?"
Marjorie nodded subconsciously, then seemed to realize something and turned her gaze to the apprentice store manager next to her.
"Of course it's no problem, Your Majesty Marjorie, you can reminisce with this adult as long as you like. I'll let Eddie help you with today's work."
The store manager quickly spoke to him gently, but he couldn't help but complain in his heart.
He had no idea that Marjorie was actually a member of the Tin Sage School, nor did he know that he actually knew a first-level intermediate official wizard who also had a silver feather nameplate!
Moreover, this first-level intermediate silver-feather wizard actually called him senior!
Why would such a wizard come to work in my small shop... Really!
He watched Marjorie and Colin walk out of the store and breathed a sigh of relief.
on the street.
Colin and Marjorie walked side by side in silence for a moment, and suddenly they suddenly said:
"Were your injuries caused by the Hitos family?"
Marjorie's footsteps stopped, and the joy on her face gradually subsided.
"I still can't hide it from you, Colin." He smiled bitterly.
'No one can hide such words from anyone...'
Colin shook his head in his mind,
Marjorie lowered her head, looked at her arms and continued to murmur,
"Although I have no evidence, the red-crested brown bear that was on the mission was obviously strengthened by inexplicable power.
And before this time, that Ahi Hitoshi just sent someone to warn me."
"Does the mentor know about this?" Colin paused and continued to ask.
"We don't know yet." Marjorie shook her head, suddenly frowned, and rubbed her right arm vigorously with her left hand.
It had actually been less than twenty days since he lost his entire right hand, and the phantom limb pain caused by the amputation was still bothering him.
Colin looked at Marjorie's right arm carefully, feeling somewhat uncomfortable in his heart, as if it was blocked by a big stone... There was still a faint anger brewing underneath.
Marjorie was the first classmate he met when he came to Atbold.
He still remembered that it was outside the mentor's residence.
Marjorie showed him how to pass through Nado's defense outside the tutor's residence, and taught him a little witchcraft trick...
Later, Marjorie actually took her to find her current residence.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At that time, Marjorie was still tall and healthy.
But now, he is so seriously injured...
A broken limb is not as trivial as Marjorie made it out to be.
For wizard apprentices, the integrity of the body may even affect the success rate of becoming a formal wizard!
And even if you advance in the future, when a first-level wizard strengthens the foundation of his body, there will still be some adverse effects.
After all, in the apprenticeship stage, the spiritual sea has not yet been opened up, and the soul is not strong enough.
The soul is more often integrated with the body... Losing a limb will also damage part of the soul to some extent.
If the severed limb is not reconnected or replaced for a long time, then the part of the soul that has lost the support of the body may eventually be permanently lost...
After the pain subsided a little, Marjorie lowered her right arm and continued:
"I was worried that if my mentor saw what I looked like, he would ignore his injuries and go find trouble with the Hidos family... So since then, I haven't looked for my mentor for the time being."
"I don't know how injured my mentor is now..."
Thinking of this, his eyes dimmed and he sighed:
"Colin, did you know...Senior Sister Lillian also disappeared on the battlefield."
"I don't know how uncomfortable the teacher will be when he hears this news... I really hope that Senior Sister Lilian is like you, but she encountered some accidents and can come back smoothly in the end!"
Colin's lips moved, and he was about to explain, but what came out of his mouth was——
"hope so……"
He did not explain to Marjorie that the mentor's injury had been temporarily suppressed with the help of the Ancient Tree Fountain, nor did he explain where Lilian was...
After all, he has no way of knowing what Lillian's current situation is now, and Oliver knows too much, which is not a good thing for him as an apprentice.
After the two were silent for a moment.
Colin asked again:
"Senior Marjorie, why do you work in that ordinary witchcraft crystal shop?"
After asking the apprentice named Thompson for a long time, he learned some clues, and then followed the clues to find this place.
"Prosthetic limbs are too expensive, and the stores under the school are unwilling to accept me, and I go out to do tasks... My injury still has some impact." Marjorie said briefly.
He smiled and added: "I am still somewhat grateful to the Hidos family for driving me away from my original residence. Although the place I live in now is not as spacious as before, the price is much cheaper!"
Colin sighed silently and asked Marjorie to lead the way home, intending to go to a relatively safe environment to see if there was anything he could do to help him.
…
At the same time, on the other side.
In a luxurious study room, Oliver is returning to life.
"Lord Aki, that's the thing. The relationship between Colin, who received the Silver Feather nameplate, and Atbold is not as deep as we imagined.
After I finished speaking, I hinted that I had planned to leave and come back after Atbold died."
"Um."
On the soft single leather sofa, a green-haired male wizard gently responded, his eyes moving, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Oliver lowered his head and stood respectfully. As if thinking of something, he continued to speak:
"Colin Leonard just joined the school more than half a year ago.
According to the investigation, when he joined the school, he was mistakenly believed to have poor talent, and was passively assigned to the Altbald faction, not his own active choice. But after joining, it seems that he was in seclusion for several months soon...
"
Oliver raised his head and speculated:
“So, it’s possible that because of this, he actually doesn’t care about Atbold’s current situation at all!
It's just because I'm concerned about my reputation that I don't want to leave at this time...it doesn't pose any threat to us."
"oh?"
Axi chuckled lightly, put down the arm supporting his chin, looked at Oliver and asked softly:
"Are you teaching me that I don't need to care about him?"
The light words fell into Oliver's heart, but they were as heavy as a mountain. His face instantly turned pale, and he quickly explained:
"Lord Aki, it's me who talks too much."
"Don't be nervous." Yaxi smiled, leaned back slightly, let his body sink into the back of the sofa, and said calmly:
"Repeat what you just said."
As if he had been granted amnesty, Oliver quickly recounted the conversation between himself and Colin.
Only this time, he hardly added any extra thoughts or words, racked his brains, and basically repeated every sentence in its entirety.
He just asked respectfully at the end:
"Aki-sama, so what should we do?"
What Ashe Siddosh dislikes most is having others teach him how to do things...Oliver thought silently in his heart.
Although his faction has always been affiliated with the Hitos family.
But he had only just come into contact with the Axi in front of him in recent days. Apart from his far-reaching reputation, he was not familiar enough...
Oliver lowered his head and waited silently without saying another word.
After a while.
Snapped.
A green crystal pendant was thrown onto the table by Axi.
Then there was a slight movement on the sofa, and it seemed that Aki stood up slowly.
Ta-ta-
The hard leather boots on his feet made a crisp sound on the floor, and he gradually left the study.
Only a dull word spread to Oliver's ears through the air.
"Since he wants to take a mission and leave for a while, then give him a mission...
I think... supporting the Soach Islands is a good choice."
Oliver was shocked and nodded quickly:
"Yes, Master Aki!"
After a long time, until the footsteps could no longer be heard, Oliver slowly raised his head.
'Support the Soach Islands...'
A slight chill rose from the bottom of Oliver's heart.
With this arrangement, Yaxi obviously had no intention of letting Colin go...
Everyone knows that the most dangerous place right now is the Soach Islands, which is located on the front line of the war.
It was easy to go there, but not necessarily to come back...
What's more, the distance between them is so long, and there are always opportunities to make small moves...
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Just like before with other students of Altbald.
Shaking his head, Oliver straightened up indifferently, picked up the pendant on the marble table in front of him, and walked out quickly.
There should be no mercy for the enemy. Once it is determined, it must be quickly, accurately, ruthlessly and neatly eradicated without leaving any further trouble.
He wants to take advantage of Colin's failure to accept the mission and immediately pass Master Aki's instructions to his companions at the mission center!
…
"I see."
About half an hour later, members of the same faction carefully inspected the pendant handed over by Oliver and nodded.
"Please pay close attention. The wizard's name is Colin Leonard. He recently received the silver feather nameplate. He has blond hair and blue eyes, and is as handsome as an elf."
Oliver couldn't help but emphasize one more sentence.
"Got it." The member nodded solemnly, with a serious look on his face.
Although Aki is only a second-level wizard, he comes from the direct lineage of the Hidos family and has a noble status, which is almost equivalent to that of a third-level wizard in the faction who is of mixed origin.
He is also known to be cruel and cruel, and his orders deserve to be taken seriously.
Seeing this, Oliver finally felt relieved and walked quickly outside.
Now recalling his previous actions in front of Aki, he still couldn't help but feel chills running down his back.
When we walked out of the school, it was already afternoon.
The autumn sunshine seems to be warmer and yellower than other times, falling on the crowds of people coming and going.
Oliver looked at the lively street in front of him, but he always felt a little uneasy.
After pondering for a moment, he made a decision and ordered his groom to turn around and head towards Colin's residence.
Lord Aki's plan cannot be allowed to go wrong. He is going to check on Colin's situation again.
Ten minutes later, he got off the carriage at the corner of Rue Saint-Lieux and stepped onto the top floor of a three-story building next to it with a wide view.
Then, he cautiously peeked towards Colin's residence through the cover of the low wall next to him.
However, the next second, after seeing clearly the scene in Colin's courtyard, Oliver's expression suddenly changed.