Chapter 178: Parting is a compulsory course for elves
After learning that Amir had defeated Luke, Ms. Luo Yin didn't say anything. She just returned to the room, looked at her husband's portrait in silence for a long time, and then went out.
When she came back, Ms. Luo Yin brought back a protective magic weapon inner armor, an exquisitely crafted sword, and a simple rosewood staff. The first two were given to Amir, and the last one was given to Luke.
"This is too valuable, I can't accept it."
Facing the handed staff, Luke frowned and shook his head.
The price of staffs has always been very high. The extraordinary quality staff given by Ms. Luo Yin is only more expensive than ordinary staffs. Such a gift is too expensive.
"If it weren't for you, Amir would have died on the battlefield a long time ago because of his passion. Because of you, I didn't worry about him in the past days." Ms. Luo Yin persuaded softly.
Time has quietly eroded Ms. Luo Yin's body. She has developed diseases common to the elderly. Her skin has become saggy, and wrinkles have appeared on her forehead and corners of her eyes. Her beautiful appearance is gone forever, but she remains as gentle as ever in treating others.
"After so many years, I have long regarded you as a child in the family. What is there to refuse when your elders give you something?"
Luke hesitated for a moment, but finally accepted the gift and solemnly thanked him.
"Thank you, ma'am."
Ms. Luo Yin showed an elegant smile, just like the dignified and beautiful woman twenty years ago, with a light voice.
"That's right. Compared with the magic you have used to maintain my room for more than ten years, and compared with your company for me and Amir, a staff is nothing."
…
On the day Amir left, everyone in the mansion came to see him off.
He was dressed neatly and had the sword prepared for him by Ms. Luo Yin on his waist. He looked very brave, and his sharp eyes showed the sadness of parting and the longing for the future.
The servants who had taken care of him and Luke since he was a child took turns to say goodbye one by one. The usually serious butler also softened his face and gave him instructions on various matters.
Amir hugged them one by one.
After separating from the tearful Ms. Luo Yin, Amir came to Lenis and Luke.
He put his right hand on his chest and bowed deeply to Lenis, "Thank you for your guidance over the years, Teacher Lenis. I'm sorry that my magic qualifications are not outstanding enough and I failed to fulfill your expectations."
His favorite profession is still a swordsman, and he still only knows some simple magic. Considering his future military life, he focuses on healing magic and magic that collects moisture in the air and condenses it into water.
"Amir Campbell, although your initial performance does not satisfy me, your subsequent learning attitude is worthy of my discipleship."
Lenis solemnly took out a pendant from her arms and prepared to put it on Amir. However, when she reached out her hand, she noticed the height difference between the two of them and could only use her eyes to signal him to bend down.
Amir suppressed his laughter and lowered his head, letting the teacher put the pendant on him.
"This is a C-class magician's certificate. It was originally supposed to be issued by the Mage Association, but I heard that the Mage Association had been disbanded a few years ago due to the activities of the Demon King's Army, and a new certificate organization has not yet been established. This is my past certificate, and now it will be It is given to you as a token of recognition for your studies.”
At the end of the farewell, Amir stood in front of this close friend who was both a teacher and friend, grinned, hugged Luke, and patted him on the back.
"Would you like to bring you some specialties?"
"As long as you can keep your own life."
"Can't you just hope for me?"
"You can't expect too much from a fool like you."
Luke said lightly.
He responded with a heavy slap on the back.
Bang bang bang——
"Just wait, I'll kill a general from the Demon King's army in the future to show you!"
Luke raised his eyebrows, his hands glowed with magic power, and he patted Amir on the back as hard.
Bang bang bang——
"Why have you figured it out now and stopped dreaming about killing the devil?"
"Eat your food one bite at a time, as you said."
Amir's face twisted in pain, and he was about to fight back, but Luke pushed him away, so he could only give up in frustration.
"Don't keep saying what I say all the time." Lu Ke looked at Nizi and sighed.
"Bon Voyage."
Amir smiled and waved, got on his horse, rolled up a trail of smoke, and his figure gradually became smaller.
The crowd around gradually dispersed and everyone returned to their respective posts. Only Ms. Luo Yin stood in front of the mansion for a long time until she was coughed by the wind before being helped back by Lu Ke.
…
Late at night, the moonlight is just right.
Luke was sitting on the eaves of the mansion, with a small mottled table in front of him, with a pot of wine and two glasses on it. This was his secret base with Amir when he was a child.
Little children always have big heroic dreams, and they always feel that it is a great thing to have a secret base of their own. Luke was so noisy by him that he couldn't help it. He randomly set up a table and said that the roof was their secret base. . Amir was very dissatisfied with such a perfunctory solution, but the next night he happily pulled Luke up to the roof to tell him how powerful the brave men who defeated the Demon King's army were. However, as he got older, this place was slowly being replaced by Abandoned.
Luke quietly looked at the moon high in the sky, and suddenly heard a clear female voice from behind.
"You seem a little reluctant to leave Amir?"
Luke walked sideways, Lenis climbed up the ladder and sat down next to him unceremoniously.
"It's impossible to keep something for twenty years without feelings." Luke glanced at Lenis, "Will you be sad if I leave one day?"
Lenis thought for a while and answered seriously: "Probably not, because you have never called me mother even once."
"Whose problem do you think this is?"
"Okay, I admit that it's mostly my fault." Lenis counted on her fingers. "I didn't teach you common sense in life. I almost starved you to death when you were born. When you were sick, you were too lazy to ask a monk to use healing magic. I can treat you as you like, and I haven’t paid much attention to you these years... But aside from the facts, don’t you have any responsibility? "
Luke was a little funny, "What is my responsibility?"
"I have also reflected on it and tried to learn how to take care of children. Who asked you to act so mature? Just when you could speak, you asked Ms. Luo Yin to find a nanny for you. You didn't cry or make trouble. You started living alone at the age of three or five."
As she spoke, Lenis sighed. She had just taken twenty years of parenting courses, and the child had grown taller than her.
"You grew up all of a sudden, and I passed by without even experiencing the experience of motherhood. It was obviously only twenty years."
"For humans, twenty years is already a long time." Luke's tone was calm with a hint of melancholy. He was only in his twenties when he was sent here by a dump truck.
"So what did you come here for?"
Lenis picked up the wine glass and took a sip, "Do you know why we lived in a cave in the first place?"
Luke shook his head.
"Because elves are not suitable to live with other people." Lenis stretched out her hand and faced the bright moonlight. Such green onion-like hands would only appear in the hands of women in their best years.
"Human life is too short, just like the meteors crossing the sky. It is sad to establish a relationship with them. Sometimes, you just get stumbled by something. Sometimes you just stop somewhere for a moment, waiting for you. When I wake up, they are no longer in this world.”
Lenis looked at Luke, "What I want to teach you today is parting."
"You should calmly face all the people who have left, and accept that old people are constantly leaving and new people are constantly coming in in your life."
Having said this, Lenis pursed her lips and smiled, "Other elves don't need to be mentioned in particular, but you seem to be more emotional than other elves."
"I don't think this is a bad thing, and I will probably gradually become like other elves." Luke replied nonchalantly, raised the wine glass in his hand and drank it down, looking at the moon, "Time will tell. Answer."
"That's right, time will give the answer." Lenis put down her wine glass and left the roof.
…
Life is as usual, and Luke spends more of his daily time on magic. Research on the ability of magic to change matter has hit a bottleneck.
He was able to turn soil into water earlier, but the steps to change were cumbersome and he could only be regarded as a toy. It was okay to deal with weak enemies like Amir, but it was far from enough to fight high-end games.
First imagine the soil as brown sugar, then think of the brown sugar as brown sugar water, and finally think of it as clear water.
There are two research plans, one is to compress the time of imagination, and the other is to reduce the steps in one step. The former requires stronger mental power and magic power, while the latter is more difficult and requires changing one's own cognition. If you have not cultivated wrong habits since childhood, Common sense is hard to come by.
Asking Lenis for advice, she naturally said that both plans could be completed by passing time. Luke could only leave with his forehead raised, feeling that it was foolish to ask her for help, and he had to find another famous teacher.
The peaceful life was broken after more than a month.
Luke was practicing magic that day, and was suddenly told to change into formal clothes and call Ms. Luo Yin. Without thinking much, he walked into the main hall after changing clothes, only to see an aristocratic lady wearing a beautiful dress with an exquisite and beautiful appearance.
Seeing him walking in, the noble lady's face turned red and she was shy.
"Hello, I am Terela from the Gri family in the royal city."
Luke: "..."
Unexpectedly, someone who was reborn in a different world would be forced to get married.
"Miss Terela, please forgive my bluntness." Luke bowed slightly, "But we are really not suitable."
Terela blinked, looked at Luke's face and handsome figure, and shook her head, "No, I think we are very suitable."
Luke pointed to his ear, "Do you know my identity? I am an elf."
"I know."
Her eyes moved down to Luke's pointed ears, and her face became even redder.
I remember that in some storybooks I read, elves' ears are very sensitive, and they will...
"Elves never grow old. I can't grow old with you. Even if you are gray-haired, I will still look like this. Can you understand?"
Terela's eyes lit up, "Isn't that better?"
(End of chapter)