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"Where are you taking me again?" Hearing this word, Kiki suddenly became nervous, grabbed the door next to him, and made a gesture of jumping directly if the answer was not satisfactory.

Amir narrowed his eyes, "I seem to have told you about my mage tower."

"Your mage tower...isn't here?" Kiki asked suspiciously.

"If I were here, why would I live in Tina's mage tower?" Amir smiled slightly, "Okay, don't act like I'm going to sell you, don't you believe me anymore? Four You trusted me a few months ago."

"Four months ago, you gave me to Tina." Kiki replied coldly.

"Are you still obsessed with this matter?" Amir laughed, "Alright, let's talk about it today-tell me, what is your dissatisfaction with her?"

"She's a woman." Kitsch bit his lip, trying to hide his uneasiness.

Amir couldn't help rubbing his forehead, and sighed helplessly, "This is really an unsolvable problem."

Kiki stopped talking, pursed his lips, and stared at Amir intently.

In fact, he doesn't hate Tina. Although this woman is arrogant, stubborn, arrogant, self-righteous, etc., she is not a bad person, and she is even easy to get along with. Although she is not considerate to him, she takes good care of him. Weeping and hysterical like the women and girls in the past.

But Keech will never forget the astonishment and disappointment when he found out that Amir brought him to the Magic Association not because he wanted to accept him as an apprentice—he thought Amir saw his talent, but Amir did not. He was given to someone else like an item, and that person still looked disgusted.

——Am I just a gift you use to curry favor with women?

Keech couldn't help but have such an association.

"Baby Kiki, believe it or not, I did introduce you to Tina out of good intentions." Amir explained, "Although it seems that my magic level is higher, as far as the position of mentor Say, Tina is far more suitable than me."

"She can't be a mentor at all!" Keech couldn't help complaining.He had been living in that mage tower for four months, during which time Tina had neither taught him nor Avella.It wasn't until he made a talking tube that Tina became interested in him as if she had discovered a new world. Even at this time, she only forced him to read books on alchemy, and didn't personally point out anything.

— of course, she had taught him to meditate, but that was all.

Keech thought angrily.

"I never expected her to guide you." Amir put away his smile and said seriously, "My purpose is to let her be your mentor."

Kiki was confused by Amir's words, and couldn't help but stare at him, forgetting their initial topic for a moment.

"You've lived in Tina's mage tower for so long, and you've been so close to Hill, the little fox, haven't you heard of anything?" Amir asked with raised eyebrows.

Keech shook his head blankly.

"Tina's full name is Christina Canaan." Amir continued. Seeing that Kiki still had no response, he had to say more bluntly, "Her father, Lord Canaan, is the president of the Magic Association. All magicians leader!"

Only then did Kiki vaguely understand a little bit, but he still had a vague understanding, so he asked, "Is there any benefit to being her apprentice?"

"If you weren't her apprentice, how could you hide in the mage's tower all day long and do whatever you want without even entering the gate of the academy?" Amir asked with a smile.

Keech thought of the female mage who once ran to the mage's tower to threaten him, and suddenly fell silent.

"I'm sorry I couldn't explain it clearly to you." Seeing Kiki showing signs of understanding, Amir continued, "But at that time, I was in a hurry to participate in the assessment of the great magician, and the time was indeed too long. Nervous, you should also remember that I regretted it."

—but you still kept me.

Kitsch pouted.

His expression was so obvious that it was difficult for Amir to not see it, so he smiled immediately, "At that time, even if I took you away, I couldn't arrange you. Not to mention that the assessment of the great magician is not allowed to bring assistants, Even if it is allowed, I dare not take you there to take risks with me."

"Adventure?" Keech was slightly taken aback.

"Yes, the so-called assessment is actually an adventure." Amir shrugged, "It is quite dangerous, otherwise it would not be so difficult to pass."

"You... failed?" Keech asked subconsciously.

Amir was slightly taken aback, then smiled and said, "How do you know?"

"You're still wearing the purple robe," Keech replied.

Amir smiled, but didn't answer.

"Really... didn't pass?" Kiki suddenly realized that he seemed to have said something he shouldn't have said.

"Don't be so nervous. I know my strength very well. I didn't expect to be able to pass it once." Amir smiled. "If you can go through the whole process and come back alive, you will achieve your goal."

Kitsch pursed his lips and said nothing.

"Okay, don't think too much, we will go back in a month at most." Amir took the initiative to bring the topic back to the starting point, "After all, you are still Tina's apprentice, how could you not follow her? Then Wouldn't it leave a story for others, and give them a chance to cancel your qualification for future assessments!"

"But, you also said, just let her take care of me for you for a while." Keech reminded with a frown.

"That's right, but in the records of the association, you are still her apprentice." Amir raised the corner of his mouth meaningfully.

Kiki blinked half-understanding, always feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what it was for a while.

—Forget it, never mind him, I'm not afraid of him anyway!

Keech thought confidently.

At this moment, Amir changed his voice again, "However, don't look down on her just because she is a woman, baby Kiki. In the profession of magician, the proportion of women is quite large, and their strength is no less than that of a magician." Males are worse - it can even be said that if a war occurs between men and women in the world of ordinary people, the possibility of men winning will not be less than 90.00%; but in the world of magicians, the hope of men winning is almost Close to nothing.”

--how is this possible?

Kiki suddenly looked at Amir suspiciously.

"This is the wonder and fairness of the creation of the gods." Amir shrugged, "It did not give women a strong body, but gave them unparalleled spiritual power, and the importance of spiritual power to magicians, I believe you have learned a lot. Got it."

"But, the three great magicians in the association are all men." Keech couldn't help arguing.

"That's because men rule the world, my baby." Amir chuckled, "So, they formulated an extremely dangerous promotion assessment method that is more suitable for men than women. Because most women are cautious, They would rather hold the title of high-level magician for the rest of their lives than risk their lives in exchange for an illusory reputation—from this perspective, women are actually far more rational and intelligent than men.”

Keech kept his mouth shut, but he still didn't think so.

Amir didn't continue to reason with him, he smiled and closed his eyes to rest.

Amir said that he would take Kiki to his mage tower, but after a few days in the carriage, Kiki felt that the scenery outside the window seemed familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.It wasn't until the carriage entered a town and looked at the familiar streets and houses around him that Kiki suddenly realized, "This is a small town near my home!"

"Just to take you home." Amir smiled. "After being away for so long, you should be homesick, right?"

——It seems that there is no such thing at all!

Kitsch bit his lip.He will not forget that his parents wanted to exchange him with a bag of gold coins; he will not forget that his grandmother locked him in the house like a livestock; At the same time, leaving home prevented him from becoming a magician; and Xiu Qi, what did the phrase "you and Rocky are different" mean?Does it mean that he is not as talented as Rocky, or...

Keech lowered his head and clenched his fists.

"Don't you want to go home and have a look?" Amir asked suspiciously when he saw that Kiki's expression was wrong.

Keech didn't make a sound, but the look on his face couldn't be more obvious.

"It seems that I did something wrong with good intentions again." Amir sighed, "However, since you are already here, let's go back and take a look. After all, you escaped secretly, and you must let them know that you are safe and sound now." .”

"I don't want to see them," Keech replied, bowing his head.

"Okay." Amir shrugged helplessly, "You stay in the hotel and I go there by myself, so it's okay, right?"

Keech didn't say anything, but he didn't ask any more questions.

Amir only thought he acquiesced, so he found a hotel in the town and took Kiki to live in it.

Early the next morning, Amir went to the countryside alone to find Kiki's family, while Kiki stayed in the hotel anxiously, waiting for Amir's return.

——If grandma and elder brother still object to him learning magic, will they take him home forcibly?

Keech wondered uneasily.In fact, he didn't really care about his grandmother's opposition. Anyway, that old woman had never looked down on him. No matter what he did or how he did, it was impossible to win her favor.But he couldn't help but care about Xiu Qi's thoughts. From the day he could remember, Xiu Qi exercised the power to restrain his parents and discipline his younger siblings. He was the real head of the family.

More importantly, he can disobey his parents and grandmother, but he cannot disobey Xiu Qi.When he was very young, he once tried to resist Xiu Qi's "rule", and even ruthlessly wanted to use his own strength to teach Xiu Qi a good lesson.But the power that had never disappointed him lost its effectiveness at that time. Not only did it provoke Xiu Qi's fury, he beat him up severely, and after that he grabbed his collar and warned him: "No more!" Let me find out that you are doing something to your family, and I will kill you to prevent future troubles!"

At that time, Kiki didn't realize the true meaning of these words, but thought that Xiuqi had discovered his sneak attack and was very resentful at his behavior of challenging his elder brother's status.But looking back now, Kiki couldn’t help but think more——

Perhaps, Xiu Qi also has the same strength as him, and is stronger than him.

Thinking of this, Keech couldn't help shivering.

This is also the real reason why he doesn't want to go home and face his family.

He was afraid of Xiu Qi, afraid that Xiu Qi would force him to go home.

He was powerless to resist Xiu Qi, so he could only try his best to escape.

Perhaps sensing Kiki’s worry, Amir hurried back to the hotel around noon, went straight to Kiki’s room, closed the door, and said solemnly, “I want to tell you a bad news. News, Keech baby."

"Huh?" Keech couldn't help being surprised. Could it be that Xiu Qi really wanted to force him to go home?

Amir pondered for a while, and finally said, "Your family members are missing."

Hearing this, Kiki didn't know whether to be happy or sad for a moment, and the expression on his face couldn't help becoming weird.

"I'm not joking, my dear." Amir frowned and told what he had seen and heard this morning.

After Amir arrived at the Kitch family's farm in a carriage, not only did he not see his parents and family, but was told by the people around him that the farm had changed hands four months ago.

"The youngest son of the Rice family has become a magician and brought them to the city to enjoy themselves!" The neighbors said in unison.

The civilians don't know the rules of the Magic Association, and think that being taken away by the people of the Magic Association is equivalent to becoming a magician, but Amir will not be fooled by such words.

Not to mention that Yashai City is not a place where civilians can enter at will. Even if it is possible, how can a child who has just become a magic apprentice have the ability to settle his family?What's more, four months ago, Kiki and Rocky were still on their way to the Magic Association, so how could they get in touch with their families?And Keech obviously didn't know about it, and the other Rocky was younger and studied in a stricter academy, so it was even more impossible to do it.

But this made the disappearance of the Rice family even more bizarre.

Amir sent the coachman to check around again, and learned that the Rice family had indeed moved out four months ago, and the farm was sold to a neighbor through normal procedures.However, it was not the patriarch of the Rice family who came forward to discuss the sale of the farm, but his eldest son, Xiu Qi.Xiu Qi claimed that his parents had gone to the city to settle down first, leaving him here to deal with the aftermath.When they moved, the neighbors only saw the old grandmother of the Rice family, Xiuqi and Liqi brothers and sisters, but also did not see the Rice couple.

"That's all I can find out." Amir said half-comfortingly and half-testingly, "Maybe, they really went to the city, but it may not be the city of Asshai."

Keech didn't say a word, but subconsciously felt that the disappearance of his family members was probably related to his running away from home.

—Maybe, it's not missing, but abandoned.

—they finally decided to abandon him.

——Maybe, and Rocky.

Thinking of this, Kiki raised his head and said indifferently to Amir, "Aren't you going to take me to your mage tower? Don't waste any more time, let's go now!"

Amir froze for a moment, as if he didn't expect Kiki to be so indifferent to his family.

But soon, Amir raised the corner of his mouth and smiled, "Okay, as you wish."