The first time 80 gold coins
Under the blue sky of the Rose Empire in the south of the epic continent, a scarred teenager sat alone on the northernmost cliff of the island of Bleddy, known as the pearl of the empire. A silver lightning badge on the chest of the black, shabby robe showed that he was a student of Clyde School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
His name is Maglin, and he is 15 years old.
The sun shone on him. Maglin narrowed his eyes and looked at the waves under the cliff hitting the rocks. Listening to their roar, he sat so quietly. A group of seagulls circled from a distance and flew over his head. Maglin's eyes followed their figures and turned back. He saw the white tower of Clyde College, which was famous for its epic continent, pointing to the sky like a sword.
The first dean of Clyde College 300 years ago, the great magician who helped Locke the Great establish the Rose Empire, Saint. John's famous saying engraved on the White Tower is clearly visible.
John said: There should be light.
So, the White Tower has been shining on the island of Brandy in the South China Sea of the empire for 300 years, and the city of Brandy on the island has since been known as the city that never sleeps.
But Maglin, who grew up in such an environment, can't learn any magic so far. The reason is very simple. He can't communicate with any elements. This also made Maiglin the object of ridicule of all the college students. The scar on Maglin's body today is because he was hit back after being laughed at.
"I said, there should be light." The teenager stood up and stretched out his thin arm to the sunset. A cloud crossed the sky to block the sun. The white tower shone a soft white light shining on the whole island in an instant. Maglin's figure swayed in the sea breeze, and he roared hard in the white light: "I want light! I want light!"
In the end, I burst into tears.
"Holy. John's Magician, why can't I evoke the element's recognition of me? Even Aunt Margaret next door can occasionally throw a small fireball when she is excited when she fights with her husband. Why can't I work so hard but have a little ability?
No one answered his question, and no one has answered his question in the past five years. Because the tutors of Clyde College had already made a conclusion about him five years ago: "The children of the Richards are born with magic insulators."
Although Maglin hasn't given up yet, he himself knows that as he gets older, it seems that it is really impossible for him to learn magic in his life. Do you want to be a knight if you don't learn magic? Maglin has not wavered, but looking at his thin figure, he needs three hundred rose gold coins for the worst knight armor. And the knighthood can only be obtained through the battlefield.
Go and play with the fierce barbarians by yourself?
McGrim shook his head in pain, dragged his almost numb body, and walked down the cliff. Under the cliff, the red-roofed house in the east side of Bleddy City was his home. St. The magic array left by John dragged his shadow long by the light transformed by the white tower, as if it could not be shaken away, followed the poor teenager. Maglin wrapped the somewhat broad robe that seemed to him, and walked step by step to the home where he did not want to go back at all.
He can imagine that Lord Richard, whose family is in decline, must be lying on the grass again, drinking bad wine there, and the poor little maid Lucian must be busy with the dinner of father and son.
Home is getting closer and closer. Maglin rubbed his face, took a deep breath, and strode forward. But just after turning the corner, I heard a familiar voice saying, "Yes, Mr. Richard, I'm Maglin's classmate."
Damn dog-leg Ivli, the follower of the young master of the Gev family.
Maiglin stepped up, and Evelyn's voice was disgusting, at least the voice that made him, continued to sound. Evelyn said to Meglin's father, Richard, "Mr. Richard, hasn't Meglin come back yet. We have been out of school for a long time.
"I just walked around the door. What's the matter with you?" Maglin appeared at the fence door in front of the lawn.
Hearing his voice, the people who were communicating looked over. The drunkard who was lying in the rocking chair and bathed in the white light was his father Richard. The handsome and well-dressed young man was Evely. Richard shouted, "Meglin, where did you go?"
Maglin was about to speak, but Evelyn came over happily and exaggeratedly: "Oh, Maglin, you're back. I'm going to discuss something with you."
"Is it the idea of your master, Master Gev?" Maglin sneered and refused his hug. He flashed his body and walked to his father: "Father, where's Lucian?"
"She is preparing dinner. What's wrong with your face?
"I accidentally scratched it." Maiglin looked up at Evely. He hated these guys and mocked him. At the same time, Gev actually asked him to transfer Lucien, the little maid in the family in the afternoon, thinking that his family did not deserve such a maid. To Meglin's surprise, Gaff sent Eve to find his home.
"What are your classmates looking for?" Richard seems to be a little confused. For so many years, he knew that his son was lonely in the college, even if he was passively lonely, so he was puzzled.
Maglin shook his head: "It's nothing."
"No, I have something to do, Maglin. What do you think of Master Gav's proposal in the afternoon? You know, that's fifty gold coins."
After a thrilling, Richard sat up straight. He looked at Maglin in surprise and then asked, "What's the matter? Fifty gold coins, my God, fifty gold coins."
Maigreen looked at Evelyn angrily. Evelyn turned a blind eye to his anger and said to Richard, "Yes, Mr. Richard. Master Geff discussed with Maigreen in the afternoon, hoping to pay fifty gold coins to transfer your maid Lucian. As you know, fifty gold coins are definitely not a small amount. In the market of Laidi City, those elf maids are only eighty gold coins.
There was a strange sound in the room. Maglin's face changed, and she hurriedly ran to the house. After the door, his little maid Lucy was sitting on the ground, and the smoky yellow white apron was on her waist. The thirteen-year-old girl looked up at Mai Green nervously. Her childish and green face showed an indescribable chu. Pity.
Outside, Evely is still talking to Richard.
Maglin stretched out his hand to help her and said, "Sien, get up."
"Young master, are you going to sell me?" Lucian asked sadly. Then she anxiously pulled the hem of Maglin's robe and begged, "Young master, don't sell me. I hate that Gaff. Don't sell me to anyone else."
"I know. Don't be afraid. Get up." Maglin sighed. Last time his father didn't know what was crazy and asked Lucien to go to college to call him home. As a result, the young but beautiful Lucien was favored by the group of villains. From then on, they had another reason to pester themselves.
Fortunately, the imperial law stipulates that all incoming servants who are officially filed shall not be allowed to leave without the permission of the original owner.
But will the father's old drunkard do anything? Fifty rose gold coins are not a small amount for this declining family. Meglin was worried, casually comforted Lucian, and stood at the door of the house. The light of the white tower made everything on the lawn in front of the house extremely clear.
Richard was still lying on the lounge chair on the lawn. Eve was bending down and talking to him, but Maiglin saw his father's hand shaking, and then Richard's voice raised: "No, no, no, Evely, what is fifty gold coins? Lucian is my maid, but I treat the clever Lucian as my own daughter. I have been taking good care of her since I picked her up from the street three years ago. What's yours? Oh, the young master of the Gif family wants to buy her with fifty gold coins? No, no, no."
"How about 80 gold coins? Mr. Richard." Eveli's voice also rose, and his eyes flashed at the old shabby settlement in front of him.
If the whole college knows that Meglin is a waste who can't learn magic, then everyone in the city knows that his father Richard is an old villain who boasts about his family's glorious past all day long, relying on some fabricated strange theories in the tavern to cheat some wine and play some gambling and make some money.
Fifty gold coins can't beat you. What about eighty gold coins? This is the income of ordinary residents of the city of eddy for almost half a year. And it can make a family of three live a good life.
While Yvli threw the reserve price, he said to Richard seriously, "It can't be higher." At the same time, he also secretly admired Master Geff's judgment on Richard, because he saw that Richard's eyes were shining.
Li looked at Evely: "Eighty?"
"Eighty." Yves nodded with a smile. How face is it that a child can talk to such an old guy about buying and selling people with an amount of as much as 80 gold coins? It's really a good choice to follow Master Gev. This time, Master Gev will definitely reward himself.
Thinking of his complacency, Evely asked Richard in a firmer tone, "Mr. Richard, you are in charge of this family, right? As long as you nod, we will sign the contract immediately. I have brought my money."
"Eighty gold coins?"
McGreen strode anxiously to his father and shouted, "I won't sell eight hundred."
"Yes."
McGreen and Evely were stupid at the same time, because it was Richard who was right to follow McGreen. Richard not only agreed with Maglin's opinion, but also stood up.
No matter how depressed an adult man is, he will be much stronger than a 15-year-old teenager. Richard stood up and looked at Yveley fiercely with a pair of drunken eyes: "Do you want to buy my Lucien with eighty gold coins?" His saliva had splashed on Evely's face, and Evely retreated awkwardly.
Out of the hypocritical aristocratic etiquette that he deliberately imitated, he resisted the drunkenness of the middle-aged drunkard opposite him and the cool foreign body splashing on his face. Eve stood up and tried to squeeze out a smile and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Richard, I can't give you more money."
"Mr. Richard, sir? Oh, you idiot, I can tell from your name that you are a commoner. According to imperial law, you have to call me Count Richard! Eveli, where the wild boar fights, your last name comes from the wild boar? Oh, my God, Lucian, remember to clean the grass well tomorrow. If John bless, will there be a heavy rain at night? The grass in Count Richard's house is stained by a wild boar.
Yvli's face was immediately pale with sarcasm. Now he is trembling with anger, and the gold coins in his angry bag are tinkling. Richard's keen ears heard these sounds, and he immediately grabbed Eveli's robe, pushed him fiercely to the dead tree on the lawn, and then touched it up and down.
Yveli was struggling with fear, and even Maglin was stunned by his father.
"I found it. Say, where did you get so much money as a civilian?" Richard looked at Eveli angrily and slapped him on the head with his hand very fiercely: "Don't tell me, is it eighty rose gold coins? When I said I was lying on the lounge chair, why did I feel someone touching my pocket? You thief, thief, I'm going to send you to the Great Magic Officer. I want..."
"You villain, this is the money that Master Geff gave me. Give it back to me." Yves was struggling there, and his other companion had already fled.
Maglin knew that if his father was greedy for these eighty rose gold coins, he would be in trouble at school. Just as he was about to persuade, Richard suddenly turned around and shouted at him, "Damn liar, a lie, Maglin, bring Lucian, lock the door, and I'll take you to Gabebe. Jue's family, I want to ask Count Geff in person when his son will have enough money to give eighty gold coins to the wild boar at will. Find a rope and tie his mouth to me."
The stone in Maglin's heart fell to the ground and loudly promised to enter the room quickly. He didn't know how his father tied people's mouths with a rope. Lucian, who had been worried, suddenly jumped up. Only Eve, who was frightened, stood there crying. How could an old villain like Richard make the young man sad? Howling in mind, he is still calmly questioning Eveli how his ancestors fought in those years, and whether that kind of fight is an inevitable way for wild boars to reproduce their offspring.
For the first time, Maglin, who was about to laugh, felt that his father was so cute. He rushed out quickly, followed by Lucien, who was still young and graceful. A father and son quickly tied the guy. At the same time, Lucien also invited Aunt Margaret next door at Richard's motion. That is, the shrew who often suddenly uses miniature fire magic to gain the upper hand in domestic violence.
Aunt Margaret is round all over. She is very fierce to her husband and is usually fierce to Richard, but she has always liked Lucian and Maiglin. She has also heard of Maiglin's bullying in the college, and the shameless face that just broke away from the civilian nature makes her love Lu. Sean's Margaret was very unhappy, so she went out without hesitation. While she was willing to be a witness, she praised Richard and said, "You look like a father today."
Then she suggested that Richard should put the gold coin cloth bag on the thief's body.
Richard admired her cunning prevention of all details in a small citizen's style, so there were two unprecedented peaceful neighbors, a dilapidated aristocratic drunkard, a shre, a little maid, an unlucky man who can't learn magic, and a more unlucky guy, with 80 gold coins. Just walk towards Gev's house.
The light of the White Tower is the same as that of 300 years, shining warmly on John's hometown, the city of Brandei.
Maglin's footsteps are faster than ever before.
Ten minutes later, in the gorgeous hall of the Gife family, after listening to Richard's story, who suddenly became polite, the Count Gife asked Evely and immediately ordered someone to call his son, but his son was gone. Count Gev, who knew his son's character in his heart, was a medaled veteran. He was once a second lieutenant in the Black Rose Cavalry Regiment directly under the Great Emperor. He was injured in the battle with the barbarians before returning to his hometown.
He is a very respectable figure in the city of bleady and a truly respectable aristocrat.
Seeing that he could not find his son for the time being, Count Gife could only apologize to the Richards and took out the 80 gold coins, which was a compensation to Richard's family. Because of Count Geoff's curiosity, Yveli also talked about the origin of the scars on Maglin's face, which was the consequence of Master Geoff's provocation in the afternoon.
To Maglin's surprise again, his father only took ten gold coins. Richard put the extra gold coins on the table, then stood up and said politely, "Count Gav, Maglin has not been hurt too seriously. There is no young man who doesn't fight. It's over. These ten gold coins are enough for him to see the injury. That's all for today."
Gev was stunned unexpectedly, looked at Richard, an old bastard known to the whole city, and then looked at the gold coins on the table. He could only stand up with Richard, and there should be no more excessive refusal between people. Since Richard is so firm, Gaff certainly can't show that he has a lot of money instead of giving it to him. Margaret was a little distressed on the side, but the aunt also felt that Richard was right to do so, so she didn't say anything more.
The group walked all the way to the door. Margaret took Lucian back first, leaving Richard and his son to say goodbye to Count Geff. Then he turned around and wanted to leave. Count Geff suddenly asked, "Mr. Richard, you seem to be a different person today."
"That's because your blood once flowed for your loyal object." Richard turned around and said seriously.
Count Geff looked at each other silently, and Maglin also looked at his father in surprise. Tonight, his father was so surprised that a series of actions really changed completely.
Gife suddenly said, "Mr. Richard, you must be a person with a story."