Chapter 30
Jared's heart tightened at Linton's reaction. Could it really be such a coincidence? The child in his family also had blue eyes?
"Uh... a darker blue." Jared glanced at the sky outside, which was almost dark. "It's a little lighter than the sky now!"
He described it with difficulty, thinking that he had described it in great detail. Then he looked at Linton, who was looking up through the wide-open door, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, his eyes deep, and he didn't know whether he was making a serious comparison or recalling. Anyway -
A thoughtful expression appeared on that familiar handsome face that Jared felt very unfamiliar!
He is completely different from usual!
Soon, the young man turned to the crystal ball and stared at his friend, saying in a deep voice: "Tell me everything about him."
Jared knew that before confirmation, Linton had no interest in the child's detailed school life. All he really wanted to know was his background.
"A fifteen-year-old boy from a remote town, and..." Jared's voice weakened a bit, "He is the new candidate of the Holy See."
Linton Zheng was stunned, and then his eyes became sharp, "You have long suspected that he is my brother? That's why you asked me about the candidate that day?"
He usually doesn't like to use his brain, but he is not stupid. He quickly figured out why his friend had been contacting him inexplicably recently!
Jared was about to explain his concealment when he saw the young man snorted coldly, then stood up and put away the crystal ball!
Jared looked at the sphere that had turned transparent again with an expression of disbelief on his face: Is that it? ? No, brother, do you have doubts in your heart or not? You are so calm, could it be that I guessed wrong? You have nothing to do with that kid?
Jared lay on the bed in confusion, preparing to go to bed early as usual so that he could get up early the next day to practice swordplay.
While he was half asleep, he heard a "bang" sound of kicking the door. Jared opened his eyes instantly and grabbed the sword on the bed. A familiar voice that followed the kick made him stop his sword in time.
"The accounts haven't been settled yet, why are you sleeping?"
The man who was pulled up by the collar had a blank look in his eyes. What was he thinking before? Linton was calm? He was not calm at all!
Looking at the disheveled long hair and robe, he must have controlled the power of the wind element and flew across the city!
"Which dormitory does that kid live in? Take me there quickly!"
At this moment, Linton couldn't be sure whether the person Jared mentioned was his brother, but he was sure of one thing - he could tell at a glance that no one could be cuter than his brother!
Jared waved his hand away unceremoniously and lay down again. "How would I know? And if you suddenly come over like this, don't scare the little guy. By the way, how sure are you? How about taking a look at him from a distance first?"
Linton slumped after hearing that. "That's right... I need to calm down. Let me send someone to investigate the town first. By the way, what's the name of that kid's hometown?"
Jared: “I don’t know.”
Linton gave him a look of disdain: "How come you don't know anything?"
The man rolled his eyes. "Only the Vatican and Aurelion's archive managers know about this, right? Why would an outsider like me ask?"
"What's his name? I'll look for his file tomorrow."
"Alvis Owen."
"Um……"
The air was quiet for a moment, and Jared began to chat: "By the way, your brother really has silver hair and blue eyes? If the child in the academy is not yours, it would be a huge coincidence... After all, in addition to the physical characteristics, the age also matches."
"Why didn't you tell me about your brother earlier? Otherwise, I would have looked for you the first time I saw that kid. Why would it have waited until now?"
Linton said nothing and pushed the man into bed. He was going to squeeze in for the night and go get the files tomorrow morning - this was originally his residence, so where else would he sleep?
Unlike some families that have a large number of direct and collateral descendants, legitimate and illegitimate children, the Lancaster family does not have many bloodlines, so each one of them is treated as a treasure by the whole family.
There were three people in Linton's father's generation. His father was the eldest and the head of the family, and he was the only child.
The second aunt gave birth to a daughter, who is now a great swordsman. The child in the accident is the younger uncle's, who is Linton's younger cousin.
At that time, he and his cousin had grown up for a long time, and there were no children in the family, so when the fair, soft and cute little brother was born, he immediately won the love (fighting) and favor (fighting) of the whole family.
Also, because the baby was born not long ago, other forces were unaware of the baby's appearance except for those who were particularly close to the family and came to send their blessings. Of course, outsiders didn't care what the child looked like. The most important thing was whether their talent could be detected in the future.
After his brother was kidnapped, his family had thought of notifying all the city lords to keep an eye out for a child with silver hair and blue eyes. Even His Majesty was willing to help them.
But ultimately, he was worried that his younger brother would be found first by someone with evil intentions. Seeking wealth and power was a small matter; he was afraid that his family would be threatened to do something evil, or that his younger brother would be killed directly.
Although the Lancaster family has no open enemies, there are many people who hope that their numbers will decline and their power will fall.
Taking this into consideration, the family, which had always acted on emotion and had a direct style, chose to act cautiously this time. They only sent people to various cities to quietly inquire whether there were any children with silver hair and blue eyes. This method of searching for people that they had persisted to this day was based on the assumption that the younger brother was still alive. As for the other possibility, they did not want to think about it...
Unfortunately, more than ten years have passed, and there is still no news. When hope is getting slimmer and slimmer, a young man with the same characteristics suddenly appears in the royal city. It must be said that it is a bit strange...
Linton wondered if the child had stayed in the village and never entered the city. Otherwise, there was no reason why he couldn't find out about it...
Later, when the family found out that Elphis would dye his hair every time he went into the city, they couldn't help but raise their hands in love...but they really couldn't bear to do it!
Jared next to him had already fallen asleep, but Linton still had his eyes open, looking extremely awake.
My aunt hasn't returned to the royal city for a long time. She has been looking for her in every city along the river. My uncle is also alone outside, looking for both the child and my aunt. Before confirmation, Linton does not plan to contact them to come back, so as not to disappoint their hopes.
After a little thought, Linton found someone suitable to do the investigation in the child's hometown. He decided to let his cousin go, since she had nothing to do every day anyway.
As for himself? His brother had other characteristics that were invisible to outsiders, and he would stay in the academy and find a chance to investigate.
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Elphis didn't know that someone had already begun investigating his origins that were known throughout the town. Except for the two days when he went back to the Vatican and felt a little tired, he had been eating well, drinking well, sleeping well, and studying well recently, and everything was going well.
I can learn more new things every day, and my mastery of magic has improved. The hotel business is booming, and I am already selecting locations for branches. My wealth is also slowly accumulating. I hope that this wonderful peace will never be broken!
Perhaps because he was in a good mood, the boy's already handsome face was even more radiant and energetic. He walked in the freshman teaching area, seeming out of place among the crowd who were exhausted both physically and mentally by the teachers.
Elphis walked into the classroom as passers-by looked up to him as the god of learning. Seeing his classmates who had been listless for several days, he wanted to show some concern for them.
The teachers had mentioned in class before that there would be punishment for failing the monthly exams. Based on Elphis's understanding of the teaching profession, he thought that the punishment would be nothing more than copying books, asking parents to come to school, etc. However, he overlooked the fact that this school has a mortality rate... Obviously, the teaching would not be so gentle.
No one knew what kind of punishment they had gone through. Some looked pale, as if they had lost all their energy. Some were so weak that they no longer cared about their noble image and just lay on the table. Some were holding books and reciting them with numb expressions...
"Alice, are you okay?"
The boy asked in a low voice, "Is this kid sick?" He kept covering his mouth, as if he wanted to vomit but couldn't.
No matter how proud and self-conscious she was, she was just a half-grown child who had just left home and had no one to care for her. Faced with the only care she had received in more than a month, all her grievances suddenly burst out. The girl pursed her lips and her eyes drooped.
She cried and complained, "I failed Potions, so Mr. Harvey gave me a potion formula and asked me to make a low-level mental recovery potion."
"I didn't know what those materials looked like, so I spent a long time looking through the atlas, searching for the materials mentioned in the recipe among hundreds of magical plants."
Elphis felt that there was nothing wrong with the teacher's punishment, it was just forcing people to gain knowledge.
"After I extracted it, the teacher asked me to drink the potion, and then told me that I used the wrong material. Instead of making a spiritual potion, I made a potion with a bit of poison."
"The teacher also said that if I dared to drink the water with such an obvious odor, I might be so stupid as to allow myself to be poisoned in the future. What's even worse is that the teacher didn't help me detoxify. He said I would be fine in two days. I'll just take this as a lesson..."
Elphis: “…” This lesson is really impressive.
"I have an antidote, would you like to try it?"
Alice shook her head: "I've used it, it doesn't work." This thing can basically detoxify ordinary animals and plants.
Elphis showed sympathy, "If you don't mind, I'll try my healing technique?"
Alice nodded through her sobs. She had nothing to lose by trying.
Elphis originally intended to perform a healing spell, but then he decided to try something new...
The young man placed his fingertips on Alice's wrist, and without chanting a spell, white light appeared. He tried to control the light element to enter the other person's body and expel the foreign object.
Alice was just wondering if this was any healing technique she had seen before, when she saw a dark green liquid being forced out from her palms—it was the potion she had drunk earlier!
Elphis felt that it was almost done, so he withdrew his hand. He saw that only a few drops had been squeezed out, "More of the medicine should have been absorbed and digested by your body. Do you still feel nauseous now?"
Alice wiped her palms clean of the potion and looked up at the boy standing in front of her. She felt a little embarrassed for crying in front of him. "No more, thank you."
Elphis smiled and said, "You're welcome." It seems that he has made progress in his control over the elements.
"Um..." A boy in the same class hopped over on one foot, "Can you help me with my foot?"
Elphis saw that one of his ankles was swollen and red, so he needed to use proper healing techniques. While performing the healing technique, he casually asked about the reason.
Dean had a bitter face. "I failed the Warcraft course and was thrown into the back hills by the teacher to clean up the excrement of Warcraft. There were potholes everywhere and it was hard to walk. I was chased by a blue-striped python and fell and sprained my foot..."
He has external healing potions that can treat him, but Dean is born a commoner. Although he has certain resources backed by the Magician Association, he dare not use the resources as water like those aristocratic children.
Unless it was an emergency, he would not use those expensive medicines and would save them for later use.
I had originally thought of asking a friend of mine who is a wood element to heal him, but that guy failed the elemental control test and had his mental strength drained out during training by his teacher. He hasn't recovered yet, and there's no hope that he can squeeze out a healing spell.
Alphis is a gentle person on weekdays. Recently, everyone has been unlucky except him, but he did not show any sign of gloating... It was for this reason that Dean, who was not familiar with him, wanted to ask him for help.
After being questioned by classmates every day these days, Elphis finally remembered everyone's name (forget the last name) and talent. "You are an earth element, and the blue python is a water element. Earth overcomes water. You can fight it. This is a good training opportunity. This should be the main reason why the teacher sent you there."
Dean: “Emm…”
That being said, a python that could swallow him whole swam towards him at lightning speed, and it was a relief that he didn't collapse due to his weak legs...
He stayed in the back mountain for two days during that holiday, and he saw many people crying because of being scared by monsters - they were all magicians with attack capabilities, and they were also flowers that had been pampered for more than ten years. It was really hard for them to withstand the wind and rain without any psychological preparation!
There are some brave people among these people who want to take the opportunity to practice, but they are not many.
The three people's whispered conversation was very eye-catching in the quiet classroom. Then, another person came over and asked Elphis to help him treat the abrasions on his body, and by the way, he also complained about his miserable experience.
After a while, more and more people gathered. Not all of them came to ask Elphis for help. They just wanted to complain about how cruel the teachers were.
In the setbacks encountered in the past few days, everyone has suffered the most hardships in more than ten years, and has been holding back on grievances in their hearts for a long time. Now that there are so many people who can empathize with us, we don’t feel ashamed to vent. While listening to other people’s experiences, we are also silently telling ourselves: I must pass this course in the future!
Elphis listened to everyone's complaints patiently, then gradually frowned.
Alice, who was standing next to him, saw his reaction and pouted to ask for his approval: "You also think the teachers are too much, don't you?"
The boy nodded. It was indeed a bit too much...
"With such good tutoring content, why didn't a teacher arrange one for me?!"
Unbelievable!
Normally when I see him, I always like him and praise him kindly, so why did I miss him when I was leading everyone to improve as a group? !
What's wrong? Am I not your most beloved student?
Everyone was stunned: "..."
roll!
Elphis really cared about this matter, and he went to find all the teachers that day and asked them to include him in the remedial lesson plans for his classmates. The teachers were very pleased and agreed to his request without hesitation.
Soon, someone discovered that among the group of poor students with miserable faces, there was a top student who looked energetic and high-spirited...
Everyone: Big brother! Stop it, stop it, wuwuwuwu (holding head in pain.jpg)
Elphis couldn't understand why everyone was so miserable learning such an interesting thing. Aren't those magical plants with magical properties beautiful? Aren't the magical beasts that can control elements and have wisdom cute? Isn't it nice to become stronger through practice?
If he finds it difficult to understand these things, then wouldn't his brain explode if he were sent to learn Chinese, math, English, physics, chemistry and biology in the modern world?
The silver-haired boy was escaping from the monsters in the mountains while defending against attacks. His body was light and nimble, and he jumped flexibly over the stones and shallow pits that blocked his way, and avoided the branches that could scratch him, like a fluttering butterfly.
The classmates who witnessed this scene felt complicated when comparing themselves to them. After Elphis finished his work, they tentatively asked to go with him.
The boy narrowed his eyes, thinking that he could observe which classmates were stronger in actual combat, and then trick them into forming a team for the final battle... Thinking of this, Elphis readily agreed to the invitation.
But when encountering monsters that actively attack, he will not take action to protect them, but just wander outside the battle circle and command everyone to attack cooperatively.
Although they were still facing danger, this time they had a backbone. The young boys knew that there was a calm and steady person watching over them not far away, so they no longer thought about running away. Instead, they gradually felt less nervous and more excited during the fight.
After driving away the earth-type mountain ape, except for Elphis who was standing on a tree with a light shield, everyone else was covered in dust and panting. There were also two children who were particularly slow to react and were hit by the mountain ape's punch. They felt the pain in their chest and were crying loudly.
The silver-haired young man landed gracefully on the ground, and pretended to chant a spell in a low voice. With a wave of his exquisite staff, the white light quickly healed the injuries of several people, both big and small.
He smiled gently and encouraged the group of half-grown children, "You are all very brave. You have made great progress today. I believe the teacher will be very happy to see this."
“……” Although, it’s strange to be said like this by someone your own age!
Louis, a classmate, said enviously, "Al, you have great stamina. You don't look tired at all after fighting Warcraft."
Leo said in distress: "Yeah, compared to you, we are really slow."
There were two girls next to them who were hesitant to say anything, and they didn't dare to say that Al's figure also looked better than yours...
"I have been running around in the mountains and forests since I was a child, so I am very suitable for this environment."
Moreover, he practices Ba Duan Jin Tai Chi every day. Last year, he played a chase battle with Warcraft in the forest for a whole year. How could his physical strength not be good?
"Everyone can get up early every day and run here, which will greatly improve their physical strength and endurance."
If the kids can persist, push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups and the like can all be arranged. He has always felt that the college should have a few physical education classes.
Everyone nodded. If it were in the past, they would definitely find it tiring and useless in enhancing their magic level, so they would not want to suffer for no reason. However, El's fighting state was relaxed and elegant, which made everyone envious!
In order to have the same level of coolness! Go ahead!
Just like that, within a few days after the first monthly exam, Elphis went from being unknown to having a small group of admirers who couldn't help but pay attention to him, although neither party was aware of this...
On this day, Elphis had no classes for half the afternoon, so he planned to go into the tower to find something suitable to learn.
I turned my head and smiled at a freshman who was greeting me. When I looked away, I unexpectedly saw a man standing by a tree, staring at me with tears in his eyes...
Hmmm… not sure, will take another look.
Elphis looked carefully and confirmed that a handsome young man was staring at him with an expression that seemed to be both crying and laughing. When he saw the young man looking at him, he became even more excited and seemed to want to rush over, but a hand grabbed his collar and pulled him behind a tree and hid him.
“…”
He seems to have some mental problems, and the other person is probably his caregiver.
Elphis showed little interest and continued on his way.
On the other side, Linton angrily waved away his friend's hand: "Why are you pulling me?! I want to go find my brother!"
"No, how could you be sure at first sight that the child is your brother?"
Someone said as a matter of course: "Who else can be so cute except my brother!"
"..." Jared's lips moved, and he swallowed a few curse words, looking at him speechlessly: "If you tell this reason to the little guy, you will be regarded as a psychopath!"
"Wait a little longer. Kelly has gone to Lisai Town to inquire. What if Al has biological parents? If you keep getting involved, you will just cause misunderstandings."
Linton was still being pulled by the collar, staring at the direction where the silver-haired boy left, "But Kelly just left today, how long will it take for me to recognize her!"
"Let me go! That's really my brother, I can recognize him!"
Jared was unmoved.
"Okay, okay, okay, I won't tell him about my background. I'll just say a few words to him. Really, you believe me!"
Jared glanced at his friend, who was about to get his eyes glued to him, and sighed sincerely, "Brother, believe me, you will definitely be considered a pervert by the kids."
Not far behind the two of them, one of Aurelion's teachers had been noticing them for quite some time.
At first, the teacher was wondering why Linton, who went to Rockefeller to lead the exchange students, came back again. In addition, the two of them were hiding and it was too suspicious, so the teacher stopped and wanted to see what they were doing. Oh, and by the way, he saw his favorite good student Alphis passing by.
The look Linton gave Al was too obvious, and he didn't retract it even as he walked further and further away. He even seemed to be in conflict with the swordsman next to him.
The teacher approached quietly, wanting to hear what they were saying...
Linton: "Right! My brother has a red mole on the back of his shoulder. I just need to confirm if Al has it."
"How do you want to confirm it? Just ask directly?"
"He may not have noticed the back shoulder, can you just discuss with him about taking off his clothes and taking a look?"
The teacher who was approaching them didn't hear the first part clearly, but he did hear the last part. He was immediately horrified!
Linton, you are such a good guy! It’s ok that you usually like to flirt with beautiful women of the opposite sex! But now you even don’t let go of teenage students?!
The solemn old man with gray hair looked gloomy and raised his heavy staff.
"Damn pervert!"
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