The young man who blocked their way had a serious face, and was obviously angry, or angry to the point where his sanity was on the verge of collapse. His powerful aura was completely released, standing there like a mountain, making it impossible for people to muster the slightest consciousness of resistance.
"I, Ivan..." Yelena was stunned. She turned around in fear and was about to run, but under the other party's depressing gaze, she could not take even a step. She could only slump her shoulders, gave up the idea of running away, and lowered her head dejectedly, "Brother Ivan." Damn it, the good-tempered brother is really angry!
Ash pounded his palms in his heart, they are indeed brother and sister, their eyebrows and eyes look very similar!
"If Lady Sigourney hadn't contacted me, how long would you have wanted to hide?" Ivan said sternly.
"Ah! He betrayed me! He used my gold coins to betray me?!" Yelena couldn't believe it, "He sold me to you after eating and drinking!" She told him how her whereabouts were exposed, and it turned out to be like this!
"Yelena!" Ivan lowered his voice.
"Yes, I'm sorry." Yelena shrank her neck and wilted again, "I was wrong, I was wrong."
"I've heard enough of you!" Ivan coldly rejected her apology. "It's not enough to just apologize for doing something wrong. You must be punished accordingly, otherwise you will never learn your lesson!"
"It's too late today. Come back to the branch with me and have some rest! We'll talk about your punishment tomorrow morning!" Ivan was too tired to talk to Yelena anymore. He rubbed his stomach imperceptibly. During this period of time, he had drunk several large jars of stomach medicine, all because of this troublesome sister. If he let her off so easily this time, then the stomach medicine he would have to drink next time would probably be as much as a pool, right?
Ivan was determined to teach Yelena a profound lesson, and then he looked at Ash. Facing his sister's "victim", Ivan's expression was much gentler: "This is Ash, right? Please come with me. We have a stronghold in the Stone Castle of the Radiant Throne, which is absolutely safe for you."
Ash nodded and looked at Yelena with sympathy. The person Yelena had been avoiding before turned out to be her brother? In the end, he was caught...
"Ash, put this on first." Ivan took out an antique bracelet and handed it to Ash, "Wear it on your arm, cover it up, don't expose it."
Ash took it and put it on while listening to Ivan saying, "It can block other tower capturers' sensing of you. It was invented by Lord Nance. It is considered cheating in the tower capture battle and has not been made public, so no one can know about it. Yelena, especially you, keep your mouth shut!"
While Yelena was immersed in the shock of "Mr. Nance is so awesome", she drew a big cross on her mouth to indicate that she would keep it a secret.
After putting on the handcuffs, the two followed Ivan and walked into the city.
As they walked, Ivan instilled in Ash his new identity.
"Ash, the fact that you are from Broken River Plain must not be revealed in Iluv. The only people who know your true identity now are Lord Nance, Lady Signy, me and Yelena. There should be no one else."
"There's also Fer." Yelena reminded quietly, "and Benedict of the Red Throne, they have all seen Ash. But Benedict doesn't have to worry, Fer later gave him the powder of the night mushroom and erased Ash's appearance from his memory."
Ivan glared at his sister and said, "I forgot. It was Feier who instigated you to go to Duogu Village. Why don't you use your brain? You were fooled by a guy who hid his identity and went to play with other people's forces?"
Yelena was dejected. She had to admit that if it weren't for Feier's instigation and his eloquence that made her believe that she could threaten Sigourney with Ash in her hand, she would not have impulsively gone to Duogu Village to kidnap people.
Thinking about it now, I was really possessed and stupid for believing this at the time.
"I'll make that guy pay!" Yelena muttered, gritting her teeth.
Ivan ignored her and continued to speak to Ash: "From now on, you are a native of Stone Castle, an orphan. It was me who discovered your magical talent and brought you back to the Radiant Throne."
Ash hesitated: "But today, many people may have seen my face?"
"No." Yelena whispered, "Sigourney used magic to blur your features."
Ivan also said: "I have cleaned up other places as well, no one will remember them." He was referring to the owners of hotels and restaurants.
Ash nodded silently, "Thank you."
"I will give you more detailed identity information tomorrow. You must memorize it." Ivan emphasized again, "You must remember that you cannot let more people know that you are from Broken River Plain. This is related to whether Iluf will treat you like a human being or like magic material. Do you understand?"
Ash pursed his lips and responded seriously: "I remember it."
If his identity was exposed, it would not only be disadvantageous to him, but would also implicate Lord Nance and Sigourney who had taken him in and disguised his identity for him.
Therefore, when he stepped into the Glorious Throne's stronghold in the Stone Castle - a tall and magnificent mansion, he stepped into the brightly lit hall behind Ivan, facing the curious questions of several wizards in the hall, smiled shyly, and calmly answered one by one:
"I'm Ash Elwyn."
"Yes, it's the people from Boulder Castle."
"I'm sixteen this year."
"Yes, Brother Ivan said I have a talent for magic..."
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Ivan watched Ash respond to his colleagues' questions naturally, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Fortunately, he was not difficult to take care of and was much less troublesome than Yelena. He would have to take less stomach medicine in the future.
"Alright, alright, let the kid go to rest." He pulled Ash out of the crowd. "You guys, you guys are not sleeping in the middle of the night and you still want to delay others."
He winked at Yelena and said, "Go find a room for Ash, and find one for yourself. Let's live next to each other."
Yelena, with the idea of performing well to atone for her sins, waved to Ash actively: "Ash, follow me."
Ash followed her.
Behind him, he could hear other wizards sighing to Ivan: "Stonewall Castle is too remote. Children with magical talent have not been discovered early, and they have been wasted for so many years."
In the wizarding world, although the fittest survive and competition is fierce, young wizards who have not yet grown up are given special care.
Because no one can know how much potential a young wizard has and how far he can go in the future.
The current wizards have been stagnant for too long. In ancient times, the throne was far from the end of the wizard's power. There were beings far beyond the throne, beings similar to gods.
But all this has disappeared for too long. For many, many years, there has been no wizard in Iluf who has broken the boundary of the throne.
The entire Iluf is looking forward to the day when a wizard with extraordinary talent will break through the limitations of the throne, step onto a higher level, and lead the entire wizarding world to once again reach the glory of the ancient times.
Therefore, everyone's attitude towards Ash, who has magical talent and was discovered by Ivan, is acceptance and kindness.
Of course, the premise of this acceptance is that Ash is a real human being like them.
On this side, Yelena took Ash upstairs. The floors inside were circular, and starting from the third floor, there were private suites. The ones with name tags on the door were already occupied. Yelena found two empty rooms not far from Ivan's room.
She pointed to one of them and said, "Ash, you can stay here. Come on, put your hands up."
Ash followed her instructions and put his hand on the door handle.
"Tell me your name," said Yelena.
"Ash Elwyn."
After saying that, Ash felt the metal door handle under his palm move, as if it was pressed tightly against his palm. Then, he saw a metal sign protruding from the wall to the right of the door, with his name written on it.
So that's how the door numbers of other rooms came from. Ash was once again amazed by the wizarding world.
"There is an alchemical life in the whole house. It's just a low-level alchemical life." Yelena shrugged and explained to the boy from the countryside, "It's nothing special. It's late, go to bed." She sighed, "Tomorrow morning is the time to accept the test! I really hope tomorrow morning will never come."
Ash also remembered Ivan's gloomy face just now, and subconsciously put himself in Aubrey's image. Aubrey was actually like his older brother, although he was a little unreliable at ordinary times, but once he got angry, he was probably more terrifying than Ivan.
And when Aubrey found out that he had quietly left Duogu Village, he would definitely be as angry as Ivan was with Yelena.
Ash took a deep breath, still feeling a lingering fear, and suddenly felt the same way about Yelena's cowardly look... Although he really wanted to see everyone in Duogu Village again, when he thought about Aubrey's anger, he hoped that day would come later.
"Yelena, good night." Ash also looked listless.
"Good night." Yelena sighed and walked towards the next room.
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