I became a mage and was recruited by the lord as his son-in-law

The dim room was cold and gloomy, and the dust covered all the memories in the room. The sunlight hit Bennett's legs, but unfortunately there was no warmth at all.

The pedestrians on the street had finished clearing the snow, and Bennett kept looking at the estate in the distance. He wondered what Mervyn was looking at.

There was no movement in the study until the lord entered the study and began to deal with documents. His gray hair had a slight golden glow. He kept dealing with documents until the sun was about to set and the servants brought him dinner, then he stopped working.

The lord is very responsible for his territory, and everyone in the empire knows this. After all, every year there are refugees from other territories who come here hoping to become civilians here, but this is the first time Bennett has seen the way he works.

What is the teacher looking at? The Lord?

The sun set and the room fell into complete darkness, with only two beams of cold blue light shooting straight at the window. But what Bennett didn't notice was that there were also two strange white lights behind him, which had been waiting for him for a long time.

After dinner, the lord was still dealing with documents until his wife Anna appeared in the study, and then he left the study.

Nothing special happened.

"His hair has turned grey very quickly over the years."

The voice coming from behind was particularly gentle, but in Bennett's ears, it was so terrifying. He didn't know what Mervyn was going to do, but yesterday's war clearly exuded a bad atmosphere. How would he treat the disciple who pried into the secret?

Mervyn looked at Bennett sitting on the chair. That was the place where he sat back then. He could see his back at a glance.

"Teacher, what do you want to do?"

Mervyn watched Bennett put his hand into his arms. He knew what was there. He could feel that in front of the Scourge Mage, he could only use some small tricks.

"If I wanted to kill you, you wouldn't survive for more than a second. Don't waste your time on it. That little gadget is useless."

Bennett silently put his hand back next to the chair. He really wanted to take action just now. Aimee has a child now, and he can't let anyone threaten her, not even his teacher.

Two pairs of eyes looked towards the manor.

……

"Can I still call you teacher?"

"of course."

"Teacher, why did you come to Razlan? There are at least 100 territories in this world with better conditions than Razlan. Why?"

The boy's tone was calm, but Mervyn knew that his heart was not calm, and his soul kept changing between gray and blue.

"Bennett, do you know how old I am?"

"The teacher never mentioned this."

"Yeah, I didn't mention it."

Mervyn fell silent. Bennett didn't understand what he meant. He looked back at Mervyn and looked into his eyes.

What kind of eyes are those? Lonely, desolate, indifferent, calm, crazy, and weird.

Divinity——Shapeless!!!

"I am over 526 years old. Do you know how long the life span of natural disasters and God's gift is, Bennett?"

"A thousand years, isn't that something everyone knows?"

"No, not a thousand years, but forever."

"Then why has no knight lived for more than a thousand years?"

"Because they are all human beings."

Bennett couldn't understand this. What's wrong with humans? What does the length of life have to do with whether or not you are human? Instinctively, he didn't refute Mervyn's words. He was his teacher, so he listened to how he explained.

There was mostly silence in the room, and Mervyn spoke again:

"Bennett, if you don't come to me this time, I'm going to go to you."

"what happened?"

The moonlight shone into the tower and sprinkled on the master and disciple.

"It's time for you to go."

"what?"

Bennett looked at Mervyn in confusion, not understanding what he meant. Let him go? What? Where?

"This territory is about to be destroyed."

Bennett narrowed his eyes and did not answer Mervyn. It was not that he did not believe Mervyn, but the matter was too big. He was thinking why he told him alone.

"Does the Lord know?"

"know."

"Why didn't he let everyone retreat?"

"I do not know."

"Teacher, why don't you leave?"

The room fell silent again. Mervyn's eyes were hard to read. They were not the eyes of a human. Bennett's eyes were full of stubbornness. Aimee was pregnant with his child, and he couldn't just watch Sera die. He wanted to know the reasons for his parents, his disciple Helen, and those women who had survived from hell.

"At least tell me what destroyed the territory."

"It's dragons. It's groups of dragons."

"Why would a dragon come to Razlan?"

Mervyn didn't answer Bennett, and the two of them remained in a stalemate.

"Teacher, why did you come to Razlan, and why do you stare at the lord every day?"

Mervyn still didn't speak.

"What are those bodies brought in for?"

Silence is still silence.

The two men continued to be in a stalemate, and Bennett did not want to give in.

The moon was already high in the center of the sea of ​​stars, and Mervyn finally spoke.

"Come with me."

His back was very hunched, his dry hair was white and dazzling, his clothes were full of wrinkles. He stretched out a hand like a mummy, pushed open the door, and walked out first. Bennett followed in silence.

The oil lamps along the way were all off, but in the wizard's eyes, every object in this world was glowing, and the door handles they passed by were covered with dust.

Finally, Mervyn stopped in front of a door. The door handle was clean, at least there was no dust.

He fumbled around on his body, finally pulled out a ring of keys and found one of them.

"Crack!"

The door was unlocked, but he didn't open it immediately. He seemed to be thinking about something. After a moment, he pulled out the key and turned back to Bennett and said, "You and Aimee are married, right?"

"get married."

"I'm sorry, I didn't attend."

"It's okay, teacher."

"Do you have any children?"

"Have it already."

There is no need to hide these things from Mervyn; he can know them all with just a soul scan.

After hearing this, Mervyn was silent for a moment. He opened his mouth but just sighed.

"come in."

Pressing the door handle, a beam of light shot out from the gap in the door, and magic power poured into the passage from inside. The dense magic power even appeared in the form of clouds and mist, and then dissipated in a normal environment.

Before the scene inside the door appeared, Bennett was already marveling at the methods of the Scourge Mage. That light was no ordinary light; it was the light emitted by a magic gem.

Mervyn's hands were shaking a little. The things inside were heavy for him, but they would be even heavier for Bennett. After hesitating, he decided to ask Bennett again.

"Bennett, are you sure you want to see what's in here? It doesn't matter if you don't know. Just take the people who are important to you and leave. Everything in this territory will eventually be buried in the long river of history. The future belongs to you, Bennett."

Bennett looked into Mervyn's eyes, and those eyes briefly returned to blue, shining on Bennett's face with concern and persuasion.

She took the door handle from his hand, walked past Mervyn, and entered the world behind the door.

"I don't know what the future holds, but this piece of land and its people cannot be abandoned casually. Teacher, you are old, but I am young and energetic."

After clearing away the mist in front of him, the secrets here appeared before Bennett.