Chapter 162 [Strange Magician] (Part 1)

Luolin's ancestral home is located in the southwest of the Luolin Plain. The tributary of the Luolin River passes by. The land on the river bank is fertile and there are several farms distributed. Following this tributary, you will pass through a scenic valley, which is the earliest place where the great Luolin family originated. Hundreds of years ago, when the ancestors of the Luolin family were just a low-level noble who owned a small village territory, the blood of the Luolin family began to spread throughout this land.

After passing through a black forest, the green trees on both sides are lush and the air is fresh. Following a flat path, you can see the small valley on the left by sitting in the carriage. Looking to the right, you can see a tall tower from afar, and gradually a spire emerges from the woods - that is the ancestral home of the Luolin family.

The small village hundreds of years ago no longer exists, and the original ancestral home has been renovated and rebuilt countless times in hundreds of years of history, and has already become quite large!

A crimson stone wall surrounds a castle, built with white boulders mined from the valley next to it - it is said that it was originally a hill, but after hundreds of years of mining of quarries, the hill turned into a valley.

It was already evening when Chen Daolin and his party arrived at Rowlin Castle. A team of axe and lances came out one after another and lined up along the road in front of the castle to greet him.

The Luolin family is a family of martial honors, and Governor Fritz was also a naval member, so this way of using cavalry to welcome him is quite in line with the identity and status of both sides.

For Lucius, the future grandson-in-law of the Rollin family, the Rollin family was full of sincerity. When they arrived in the castle, there were servants waiting in front of the door. When the carriages were parked firmly in front of the castle gate, a servant came forward to open the car door and put down the wooden bench.

Chen Daolin refused others' support, jumped out of the car, then carried the two girls out of the car with his own hands, turned around and saw Lucius getting out of the car in front of him, his handsome face turned red, as if he was still a little nervous.

The patriarch of the Rollin family, Earl Berion, and other male members of the family, all worked in the imperial capital. The only ones who stayed behind the ancestral home were the Countess and the Count's granddaughter, Lucius's fiancée.

So it is naturally impossible for the female family to greet her when she goes out, but an elderly housekeeper with gray hair, straight waist, straight dress, and serious demeanor.

"Dear Mr. Lucius, Madam is waiting for you inside." The housekeeper bowed to Lucius, then turned his head to look at Chen Daolin beside him, saw Chen Daolin's magician robe, and nodded to him, as a salute.

For the Luolin family, the magician is not a great figure. This is not because they are a martial arts family, but because...

Du Wei, the most legendary and greatest hero in the Empire, came from this family, and Du Wei once served as the dean of the Imperial Magic Academy. With such a person, how could the Luolin family lack a magician?

As the butler leads the way, Chen Daolin and Lucius enter the castle together. The building is full of quaint and magnificent flavor. The castle made of huge stones has more of the heritage and majesty than the castle of the Liszt family.

Because it is a family of martial arts, all kinds of weapons, swords, shields, axes, and spears can be seen hanging on the walls everywhere in the castle.

Chen Daolin could see that these things were not just decorations, and the damaged marks on them were incomplete. It could be seen that these weapons were once powerful weapons that had sucked blood!

After passing through the hall, which was at least two or three floors high, and entering a thick red door, the servants had retreated, only the old butler was still standing in front.

Then Chen Daolin saw the room inside the door clearly.

This is a reception room. A noble man in a black long skirt is standing in front of the chair, smiling at Lucius who is walking in. She is not young anymore, with wrinkles on the corners of her eyes and her demeanor is still elegant.

Chen Daolin noticed that next to the chair beside the noble lady, there was a young noble girl.

The girl wore a light green long dress, had a slim figure, red hair, tied a noble girl's bun, revealing her long neck, like an elegant swan.

The girl was undoubtedly beautiful, with her cheeks as pink and her eyebrows and eyes as picturesque. However, Chen Daolin noticed that although the girl was standing there smiling, her eyes seemed to have no focal length when she looked here. Moreover, although she was just standing there, she was following a young maid, quietly supporting her, as if she was afraid that she would fall.

"Lucius, dear."

The Countess opened his arms and took two steps to stop Lucius from kneeling down and saluting, but gave him a hug enthusiastically. The Countess looked at his future grandson-in-law, with her eyes as if she was satisfied, and she held his hand and looked up and down: "I heard that you have finally become a magician? This is really good news."

As he said that, the Countess smiled and turned her head, and smiled at the person standing behind him, "Master Batia, look, I have said a long time ago that the child of the Fritz family is a smart guy and will definitely succeed."

"You are right. I also felt the vigorous magic fluctuations in Master Lucius's body. He will become an excellent magician."

Chen Daolin looked in the direction of his speech, and his heart was slightly shocked.

Standing behind the Countess was a magician.

The gray mage robe and a silver badge were placed on his chest, indicating his identity as a mid-level mage.

What made Chen Daolin even more strange was that this magician had been standing behind the countess all the time, but when he walked into the room, he seemed to have ignored the person. He seemed to be a transparent shadow, and he was standing there, but you couldn't feel his breath at all.

If he hadn't spoken on his own initiative, I'm afraid no one would have noticed him!

This feeling is very uncomfortable: he is standing there and has not used any invisibility techniques, but it just makes you unintentionally ignore the existence of this person!

This Batia magician was obviously a magic consultant recruited by the Rollin family. He was thin-looking - it seemed that magicians rarely had fat people, with ordinary appearance, but they were just a pair of eyes but were extremely spiritual. When this bunch of eyes was cast towards Chen Daolin, Chen Daolin clearly felt a feeling of being investigated by mental power.

Involuntarily, he immediately reacted, and his mental power spread immediately.

Batia smiled lightly and immediately retracted the mental power of the investigation. He bowed slightly to Chen Daolin, performed a standard ritual between the mages, and chuckled softly: "Hello, young magician."

"Hello, Master Mage."

Chen Daolin is at a low level, and the other party is at a mid level. The names of both parties greeting each other are very consistent with their identity.

"This must be the magic teacher hired by Lord Fritz for Lucius." The Countess let go of Lucius's hand, looked at Chen Daolin, and smiled when she heard the words: "It turns out that he is a young talent. Dear Master, please don't be restrained when you come to the Luolin family. You must know that the traditions of the Luolin family are also good friends of the magician."

"Of course I know." Chen Daolin smiled politely: "The great Duke Du Wei is the idol of all magicians, and I am no exception. It is my honor to be able to step into the great Rollin Castle."

I think of such compliments. I don’t know how many times the Countess has heard of this in his life, and he just smiled gently and said nothing when he heard this.

"Lucius, come and meet Jill." The Countess took Lucius's hand and walked to the girl.

Jill's face seemed a little flushed. With the help of the maid, he bowed slowly and whispered in a soft voice: "Lucius..."

"Uh...hello, you, Jill." Lucius spoke as briefly as possible because of his stuttering. However, the boy blushed and looked at his fiancee in front of him, with a little excited and shy look in his eyes.

Jill's expression seemed a little faint, but because of the occasion, she had a blush on her face and said softly: "Lucius, thank you for your hard work."

After a pause, she said slowly: "I heard that you have finally made a breakthrough in your magic practice, and I am very happy for you."

"Well...I, I...Thank you." Lucius seemed to be at a loss.

Then the boy suddenly remembered something and quickly looked back at his own manager behind him.

The manager immediately took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "Great Countess, Miss Jill, our young master specially brought some gifts from the East China Sea this time..."

As he said that, he clapped his hands. After a moment, his guard moved a few boxes in and placed them on the ground.

"A box of high-quality East China Sea black pearls, ten pairs of five-color corals, and one hundred bottles of spices..." The manager quickly recited the gift list, but the countess smiled softly and waved his hand and said, "Governor Fritz is so polite. Every time we spend so much money, we are a family, so why bother with these common etiquettes? When the children get married in the future, they will be a family. If you can save these common etiquettes, you can save them."

Lucius blushed, and couldn't help but secretly look at Jill, bit his lip and said, "I, I'm still sure, I'm ready..."

When he was anxious, he started to tie his knots again. The manager immediately did his job and shouted: "Our young master deliberately took the time to find a gift for Miss Jill."

As he said that, the manager turned around and walked out. A moment later, when he came back, he held a dog with pure white fur all over his body.

The dog was majestic but extremely docile. He followed the manager and his hair was fluffy. After the manager stopped, the dog sat there quietly with his upper body standing upright.

"This is something the young master spent a lot of money to find." The manager smiled and said, "In the northwest grassland, the shepherds there are good at raising dogs. After training, smart dogs can even shepherd cattle and sheep on behalf of herders, and they can do many things for them. This dog was found by the young master from the northwest. It has a pure bloodline and has been trained for two years. Miss Jill's eyes are inconvenient. If she keeps the dog with her side, she can avoid many unnecessary troubles..."

Chen Daolin's heart moved: Isn't this a guide dog?

Looking at the eyes of Miss Jill, there was no focal length... it was indeed blind.

"Well, Lucius, you have a heart." The Countess seemed very happy. She lost her eyes and a maid came over and took the guide dog to Jill. Jill looked calm and squatted down under the maid's pull. He touched the gentle guide dog. A smile appeared on the girl's face: "It's a great gift, its fur is so soft. I don't know what color it is?"

"White, white!" Lucius immediately said excitedly: "It's as white as your skin!"

This sentence immediately made everyone in the room smile.

Although strictly speaking, this is a bit presumptuous, the young couple has already decided on their status as an unmarried couple. It would be harmless to say something a little bit explicit.

Lucius, who was blushed by the laughter of the crowd, was at a loss. However, Jill looked calm and touched the guide dog and handed the rope to the maid beside him.

At this time, the housekeeper came and whispered something in the countess's ear. The countess nodded: "Please come in."

After a moment, Panin walked in with his head held high and his chest held high.

Although Chen Daolin is very flirting with this guy, he has to admit that this sissy appearance is indeed very cost-effective.

With wide shoulders and narrow waist, slender figure and straight figure, a straight military uniform, there is no wrinkle. Chen Daolin was really curious. Does this guy have to iron his clothes seven or eight times a day? Otherwise, after staying on the boat for a month, his clothes could be so refreshing and clean?

Does this soul slept while standing?

Panin was full of heroic spirit, walked to the countess, knelt on one knee and saluted: "Paninga Galonin, I have seen the noble Countess Rollin."

"Yeah." The Countess became much more reserved and smiled slowly: "General Panin went to the imperial capital to report his duties this time, and I think he will be promoted soon."

"You are polite, Countess." Panin stood up and said in a deep voice: "I am just a deputy general, and I really don't dare to be the title of general."

"With your talent and courage, I think that in a few years, the empire will surely add a new general." The Countess smiled softly.

Panning raised his eyebrows and did not speak. There was a faint sense of reserve and pride in his expression, as if he was extremely confident.

"Okay, it's still lively for all the young talents to come to this old house." The Countess smiled and said, "I think the children are hungry when they come on the way, so start the dinner."

The dinner at the Rollin family was not luxurious, just some ordinary dishes. When eating, Chen Daolin was unwilling to speak much because of Panin. Lucius had a mouth disease and naturally did not speak much. Panin looked reserved and kept silent. The meal was very dull.
Chapter completed!