my age of magic

161 Chapter 161. Gludin's Tears
This is a high-end restaurant not far from the left side of the parliament hall. It may not be night yet, so there are not too many people in it. The rough wooden dining table can even be covered with a tablecloth that has been washed white. A basket of seasonal flowers and fruits can also be placed on the wooden table, showing that this restaurant also has some taste.

The roasted yellow lamb chops here are very famous, not because of the superb craftsmanship of the chefs here, but because the cooked lamb chops are fat, tender, juicy and extremely delicious.Similarly, this place is also famous for its expensive dishes. Only those aristocratic gentlemen with a few gold coins in their pockets are willing to throw out silver coins to spend here.

The lamb chops here are all brought from a tribe rich in yellow sheep in the western wilderness. It is said that the tribe has successfully domesticated these wild yellow sheep into livestock. The cooked lamb chops are all lamb chops that have been grown for one and a half years.

A middle-aged human warrior sat by the window of the restaurant. He squinted his eyes and took a sip of beer. His drunken eyes swept around. A heavy machete was hung on an iron hook by the window. Uncommon, there is a small fingernail-sized magic crystal embedded in the guard of the knife handle, and the entire scimitar is engraved with delicate magic patterns. The meat steak on the table was only half-eaten and pushed aside, wrapped in white silk Slowly tapping the wooden table with his hands, the rhythm was like the melody of a folk song that Qige often sang.

I sat across from him and concentrated on a plate of freshly roasted lamb chops, not daring to meet his gaze.And Qige on the side didn't even have the courage to hold a table knife, and looked down at his hands like a quail.Katerina stood aside, holding a bottle in her hand and obediently filling his glass with beer.

This middle-aged warrior doesn't have any aura. If it weren't for the machete hanging on his belt, he would look more like a nobleman or a magician, but Qige secretly told me that he was just promoted to the temple last year. For the Dark Knight.The nobleman who came down from the airship, to be precise, was Qige's uncle, and he came to pick Qige home.I had expected this day for a long time, but I didn't expect it to come so early.It is said that Chichidania is also considered a legendary figure in the imperial capital, and he is now in charge of the business affairs of the Qige family.Usually, Qige's father has basically handed over all business affairs to Qige's uncle.

Although Chichidania left Aetia with his eldest brother and came to the Grimm Empire to study, but this nobleman with the blood of Aitia in his body still loves his homeland very much in his bones, so he is very concerned about our dissemination. Salt making is a rumor from Aetia, very dissatisfied.

"Tell me, what is the art of making salt? Where did you learn it?" The middle-aged man's beard is neatly trimmed, and the collar and cuffs of his white shirt are not stained at all. Even the buttons are engraved with exquisite mandala branches.His imperial language is very nice, and his voice is very gentle and thick.

Qige raised her head slightly, glanced at me, but said nothing.Kuz and I just made up a lie, saying that the salt making technique is an ancient secret recipe handed down from the Aetia Empire, which hurt Qige.What I said at noon, Qiqidania sent someone to find us before dinner, and handed a letter to Qige, and then Qige behaved like a kitten, and brought me here to meet his little uncle at a restaurant.

Originally, we made an appointment to go to the Death Swamp together to see the glazed beasts there, but now it seems that it is almost time for failure.

I tried my best to swallow the food in my mouth, blinked my innocent eyes and said: "We came up with it in the northern foot wasteland. We were afraid that no one would believe us, so we just made up a lie. We want to tell them the truth." Come, but they would rather believe our lies."

The Chichidanian knight gave me a deep look, which made me feel that the hairs on my whole body were standing on end. The piercing eyes were really uncomfortable. I want to pursue it, after all, our family does not do salt business, but, Qi, you must return to the imperial capital with me this time, you have been out for long enough."

After Qige carefully glanced at her uncle, she said lightly, "Understood! Uncle."

I thought that Miss Qi was definitely a willful and rebellious girl, but I never thought that she didn't even have a single excuse, obviously we were going to the Death Swamp after talking.I hurriedly asked her: "Didn't you agree that you want to go with me to Drowning Po to watch the orcs dance?"

Qige looked at Chichidania pitifully, and the aggrieved and pleading eyes made the noble knight hesitate, but he still shook his head and said, "You still have to participate in elementary magic For the graduation ceremony of the academy, you still have to spend the last time to complete your studies. If you fail to enter the Royal Green Academy of Magic with excellent grades, then all our agreements will be void. This cannot be discounted in any way, you know , I have guaranteed you in front of your father."

"Otherwise, we invite you, a good friend, to go to the imperial capital with us?" Qiqidania invited me.

When Qige heard this sentence, his eyes obviously lit up, he nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and looked at me expectantly.Katerina stood aside, breathing faster.She winked at me secretly, implying that I should hurry up and agree,
Obviously, the reactions of the two women were a bit beyond Qiqidania's expectations. He never thought that Qige would value me so much as a partner traveling in the wilderness.Said to Qige thoughtfully: "I'm very curious about your trip to the wilderness. Maybe you can tell me something during the free time on the airship."

"Don't be so busy rejecting me! Maybe I can talk to your guardian, maybe you will change your mind." Seeing my firm eyes, Chichidaniah's niece Qige's eyes darkened at this moment. Before I opened my mouth, I hurriedly added something.

"I have no parents since I was a child. It was old Kuru who picked me up at the edge of the burnt forest. Oh! Old Kuru is Kuru's grandfather, and he is also an old orc of the blood wolf tribe." I looked calm. Said.

Chichidania was not surprised at all because I was an orphan. He was more curious about my future plans, and then he heard him ask: "I'm sorry. Then you plan to live in Gludin Town in the future?"

I shook my head again and said honestly, "I want to go back to her hometown with my sister."

"Oh!" Chichidaniah raised a long voice, raised her eyebrows and glanced at Qige.He obviously understood the meaning of my words: "follow my sister back to her hometown", in which it is obvious that my sister is not my own sister, because it is her hometown.So Chichidania asked Qige again with his eyes: Is that so?

Qige nodded silently, and said in a low voice: "I have persuaded him several times, but he has his own ideas."

Chichidania smiled gently, his face will always have the arrogance of those successful men, which will always be revealed unconsciously.He said to Qige: "Haha, you young people are always a bit headstrong, but you should tell your friend that the living environment in the imperial capital will be better, and you can give him some care in life. Help you? Whether it is studying or living, the environment in the imperial capital is very good."

It seems that this noble knight loves his niece very much. In order to let Qige leave the Pai Plateau without regret, he even would rather take me with him.Facing the enthusiastic Qige, I didn't know how to refuse, so I just bowed my head in silence.I have also thought about my future path, and I know all kinds of hints in Qige's words. Maybe I will live well in the imperial capital, but that is not the life I think.

"Sister Guoguo and I have already made an appointment!" I whispered, but I'm sure both of them heard clearly.

This is the reason I said to Qige. In fact, there is really no good reason. If I have to say a reason, I don’t want to lose my head in front of Qige and live with old Kuru and Kurz After a long time, it is inevitable that there will be a bit of the attitude of the orc werewolves towards life, and they are not used to accepting charity from others.

Seeing that the persuasion was fruitless, Qiqidania could only drink the last sip of wine in the glass, then turned to Qige, and said to her: "The airship will set sail the next morning. In order to wait for you, our airship is already in Gulu It has been nearly a month since Dingkong Port has been moored. If you need to prepare anything, I can help you!"

Qige didn't speak, but just looked at Chichidania with a look of pleading in his eyes.

"Okay! Three days, only three days, you know I can't delay too long, I'll give you another three days!"

After Chichidania finished speaking, she nodded slightly to me, stood up and walked out of the restaurant.

Qige and I sat at the dining table in relative silence. In fact, we have already finished what we should say, and I have already prepared for it. On the rainy night before, when Katerina hugged me in the rain, I felt that she had a kind of sadness at parting.

At some point, there were already night watchmen on the street outside the window climbing up the ladder and lighting up the gas lamps one by one.

"Tomorrow, let's go to the potion firm! Let's buy some ice grass."

"kindness!"

"If you hunt swamp zombies, remember to send me some corpse fire oil. Do you know my address?"

"kindness!"

"We agreed to see you at the Royal Green School of Magic, didn't we?"

"Please, Miss Qi, by the time I get in, you've already graduated, okay?"

"Maybe I will become the teacher of the academy, and you will be my student by then..."

"..."

To be honest, I am used to the life accompanied by Qige and Katerina, and when they are really about to leave, I will always feel all kinds of reluctance in my heart.The relationship between us is somewhat beyond the boundaries of friendship, and occasionally there is a little ambiguity. I can only pretend to be a child who doesn't understand anything. In fact, speaking of it, I am really a child.

The reason why I have been rejecting Qige's invitation is actually because of my lack of self-confidence.

I kept telling myself: You have your own life, there is too much difference between you, you are a wanderer who is not even a poor person, and she is the little princess of the nobles of the imperial capital.On this Pai Plateau, no one cares about each other's identities, but not in the emperor. You need to look up at everyone. When you get there, you will be bruised by power and wealth. Maybe as time goes by, you will lose your last dignity. All torn.

At that time, the magic awakening ceremony will let me have one foot in heaven and one foot in hell. After successfully awakening the magic pool, everything is okay, at least I have a chance to fight.If it fails, everything about love and noble princesses will be a joke.

Instead, it's better to turn these unforgettable stories into good memories, so that she can still think of me at some point.The night seemed very long, and the two curved silver moons refused to climb out for a long time. I sat straddling the balcony railing and looked up at the stars in the sky. Qige was lying on the wicker chair with legs covered A thin blanket, watching the lights on the street.

After three days...

The sun came out of the clouds and covered the light gray clouds with a golden glow.The glare of the sun made me squint my eyes, and I covered my eyebrows with my hands. I stood on the hillside not far from the airport and waved vigorously to the distance. I knew that Katerina must be watching me.The alfalfa on the slope grows up to my knees, and there are crystal dewdrops hanging on the leaves of the alfalfa. When the wind blows, the leaves sway gently, and those dewdrops roll lightly, wet my sackcloth trouser legs, It was cold and wet and wrapped around my legs, making it impossible for me to take a step.

The sound of the heavy siren startled the gulls on the deserted beach in the distance to fly northward desperately, and a giant airship slowly sailed away from Gludin Airport. Nine vivid lines were depicted on its nearly [-]-meter-long airbag. I clearly remember Qige telling me that it was the tail of a nine-tailed fox.At this time, my heart suddenly felt empty.

When I saw Qige quietly stepping onto the airship in a noble court-style royal dress, I knew she was really leaving.

Sister Guoguo stood beside me, put her hands on my shoulders, and said to me, "Let's go."

At the foot of the hillside, there was an Yagui beast grazing quietly, and Kurz was standing beside me waiting for me, several heavy wooden magic sealing boxes were tied to the Yagui beast's back.I looked to the east, and not far away, the orc girls of the Raitu tribe rode argali in a long line, marching eastward silently.After three days of preparation, Kuz and I will set off again with the Raitu tribe to the Death Swamp.

When walking down the hillside, the north wind may have dazzled my eyes, and I don't know why tears flowed out all of a sudden.

"It's not like we can't see each other anymore! After a few years, our Jia will be admitted to the Royal Academy of Magic, maybe you will meet in the Academy of Magic. Oh, yes, we can still write to her..."

Sister Guoguo followed me, comforting me non-stop. I lowered my head, afraid that others would see my tears.

A dandelion grew in the grass not far from my feet. At this time, a gust of wind blew gently, and the fluffy snow-like balls suddenly exploded, and small parachutes flew all over the sky. They carried Those seeds floated into the distance with the wind, and my gaze also followed the dandelions into the distance.

(End of this chapter)