Rebirth Lives Up to the Stars

"Master Mage, a fighter came from outside the castle and said he was looking for you."

"A friend?" Xavier was a little surprised, he looked up at me and asked.

I shook my head: "It's not a friend...it's a more intimate relationship." After finishing speaking, I put down Xavier's hand: "You take a rest here, I will be back soon."

Xavier seemed to be stunned for a moment, but quickly smiled with the corners of his mouth pulled up, and then nodded silently.I didn't care about him anymore, I just opened the door and walked out.

As soon as I walked out of the castle, the tall and strong figure appeared in front of me.My heart beat a little faster, and I became inexplicably excited.

But what followed was a slight embarrassment——

I really miss him very much after not seeing him for so long, but now that I really see him, I feel so close to home.

"Kroll—" Bena raised his arm and waved it, calling my name loudly.

He had a bright smile, and the sunlight cast a light halo on him. I walked up to him quickly and gave him a firm hug.

"Ryan..."

His body was still so generous and warm. After being pressed by such a hot body temperature, it seemed that the unhappiness and estrangement between us disappeared all of a sudden.

Soon, I let go of his arms and took a step back.But he found that his amber eyes suddenly became much darker.

I laughed a little, this is outside the castle, dozens of pairs of eyes are staring at us, do you want to love each other in full view?

"Come with me, if you want to stay here temporarily, you have to go and tell Master Luke first, by the way - do you have an identity scroll?"

Ryan nodded, as if he had recovered from the little loss just now.As a result, I feel a little uncomfortable.

Hey, it's still too childish.

After reporting to Master Luke about the news that my mercenary group's partner was coming to Bro City, I led Ryan to the pharmacy.

The corridors of the Viscount Castle were long and winding, and the lights on the walls were not too bright. We walked on the carpet, and the surrounding was quiet only the crackling sound of burning candles.

"You...won't you show me the friend you found?" Ryan's voice was very calm, but a little muffled.

He walked a little behind me, and I had to turn to look at him——

He even put on such a wronged look.

I couldn't help laughing a few times, and reached out to hold his arm: "He's in the pharmacy, I'm going to take you to see him now."

Hearing what I said, he seemed to be relieved, opened and closed his mouth several times, and only uttered the word "En".

The door of the pharmacy was ajar, and as soon as I opened it, I saw Xavier sitting at the table.

Compared with his clever appearance when he was a child, he has become much duller now.

"Xavier." I called his name softly, he came back to his senses, stood up suddenly, and the chair fell to the ground with a "bang".

"I..." He raised the chair in a hurry, then lowered his head, saying sorry very annoyedly.

I knew he had just come out of the plantation and hadn't gotten used to life outside, that's why he was flustered.However, there was nothing he could do to recover at this time.

"Don't be so nervous." I smiled, and pulled Ryan over, "Let me introduce you, this is Ryan, the head of my mercenary group."

"He is Xavier, my friend in the orphanage"

"...Hello." Xavier bowed his head and greeted very cautiously.

Ryan gave me a sad look, and then said in a stiff voice: "Hi, I'm Kroll's lover, I've heard your name a long time ago, you are his very important friend, thanks to your care him."

"En." Xavier lowered his head all the time, only replied dryly, and said nothing more.

Probably because of Xavier's current confession, I always feel that the atmosphere is a bit awkward.

Ryan calmed down, and invited us to sit down at a table beside him: "Are you going to stay in Bro City until the viscount recovers?"

"It's the only way now." I tapped the edge of the table with my fingers: "Actually, I also find it very troublesome, and I want to take Xavier to see Master Heber earlier."

"But the fact is that I haven't been recognized by the northern forest, and I can't get in now."

"How can I be recognized by the northern forest?" Ryan was stunned for a moment: "It's not that I haven't been to the northern forest. What does this have to do with admitting or not?"

I smiled helplessly: "The northern forest you went to is a town that belongs to the northern forest. I'm talking about the forest further north where many high-level magicians live in seclusion under the forbidden spell."

"There are still places like this... so what should we do?" Ryan asked.

"Mage Hebe once told me that as far as healing magicians are concerned, in order to be recognized by the northern forest, they need to complete a treatment with a rating of 5a."

"This is not an easy task. With a rating of 5a, the disease that needs to be treated is difficult and special enough. Many healing magicians have failed before."

"And by such a coincidence, I walked all the way from the Eastern Continent to Burrow City, and met the Viscount who was suffering from a strange disease." As I said that, I took out the scroll from my arms: "At first, I just suspected that the Viscount's strange disease was the northern forest. The test that the forbidden technique put down for me was not really confirmed until I got the scroll of rating after the actual treatment."

At the end of the scroll, there was a gilt lettering in the shape of 5a. I unfolded it and showed Ryan and the others: "When the words 5a disappear, we can go to the northern forest."

"It looks like we'll have to stay here for a while." Ryan touched the clear mark on the scroll and exhaled lightly.

"You can put it this way...it's just...I found a very strange thing. During the time I was stranded in Bro City, I wanted to find out as much as possible."

"What's the matter?" Not only Ryan was a little puzzled, but even Xavier, who had been silent since just now, raised his head and stared at me blankly.

"It's like this... I found that the illness the Viscount suffered from is exactly the same as you after drinking the Glenn potion."

Seeing the shocked expression on Ryan's face, I sighed, "I don't think this is a coincidence."

"At the beginning, the elements in our body were stagnated. Since you only put the secret drug of breaking the contract, the element stagnation should be the result of the interaction of two or more drugs. The Grenache wine we drank afterwards must have been put in some what."

"The thing I'm worried about now is what's in those Grenache wines." I rubbed my throbbing forehead in great distress: "Besides, such things must be available in the city of Bro, otherwise the Viscount won't get sick."

"We can first look up the records of the Chelsea family's purchase of medicinal materials over the years, and then compare the records of the Viscount's medicinal materials." Ryan pondered for a moment, as if he had made up his mind, he reached out and held my hand: "I was going to ask Chelsea directly. That’s fine, but I don’t think he’ll tell us that easily. I’m going to write to Biden right now and tell him to look into it, and then… I’ll be back tomorrow.”

He arranged it in an orderly manner, and I felt a little ashamed: "I'm sorry... I should have just told you this matter in the letter, and let you come to Bro City for nothing."

It's because I didn't think carefully...or...I also wanted to see Ryan, so I didn't think too much.

"...I..." Xavier stood up suddenly: "Well... I'm going back to my room first, and my head hurts."

"Ah?" I was taken aback: "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Xavier shook his head, a shallow smile appeared on his pale face: "Hugh, I don't have a good rest..."

"Then...you have a good rest..." I watched Xavier leave the pharmacy, when the solid wooden door closed, my eyes suddenly went dark, and I felt a wet touch on my lips.

"Kroll...I miss you so much..."

Ryan's voice was gentle and low, and a few short words lingered from the tip of his tongue, like fine wine, making people dizzy.