Holy Institution

There were five carefully packaged boxes of coffee in front of Heidein.In order to reflect the solemnity, there are five big red bows on the box.

Dilling peeked at his face and explained: "This is the coffee that the nobles of Shamanlier drink most often, Vereka. Father knows that you like coffee, so he specially ordered it from the purchasing office of the palace."

Hyde was about to say something when he saw Andre coming down the stairs and said with a smile on his face, "This must be the Tajilis mentor."

Dilling immediately introduced to Hyde in a low voice: "My father."

Heide stood up and saluted formally: "His Excellency, Duke Baseco."

Dilling was surprised.He had known Hyde for so long, and this was the first time he had seen him be so polite.Didn't he even talk about Ciro Orosei?Could it be that the five boxes of coffee did the trick?

Andre didn't know Hyde's misdeeds, so he didn't feel flattered, "Dilling must have caused you a lot of trouble."

Heiden said: "It's still within the tolerable range."

Andre looked at Geography with a half-smile.

Dilling looked elsewhere.To be honest, did he cause Heidein a lot of trouble?It seems not.Except Nightmare Grove...but it wasn't his fault.As for the match against Saint-Sauvey... he can't be blamed either.

...Well, it did add a little trouble.

Andre asks, "Did you sleep well last night?" A common question when you have nothing to say.

Heiden said: "It would be better if the bed was softer."

Andre was not displeased with his straightforward attitude, and said with a smile: "I'm used to living in military camps, so I like to use hard wooden bed boards. I don't care about the feelings of the guests. It's my lack of hospitality."

Hyde also seemed to realize that his requirements were too strict, so he said, "No, this is a novel experience."

Dilling couldn't help but wanted to laugh, but just as Andre's gaze swept over him, he immediately raised his hand to cover his mouth.

"What's wrong?" Hyde has been watching his every move from the corner of his eyes.

Dilling blinked, "I didn't sleep well last night, I was a little sleepy."

Andre helped explain: "We talked late last night."

Hyde frowned slightly.

Andre quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

"A good spirit is very important for a magician." Heiden said.

Andre said solemnly: "I will pay attention next time."

The conversation ended stiffly.

After Andre left, Heide sat motionless on the sofa.

Di Lin worried: "Mentor?"

"Did my performance just now be bad?" Heiden almost blew Dilling away when he said such a sentence out of nowhere!

"No. You don't worry too much." In fact, compared with his previous achievements, his performance just now was simply called peaceful.

Heiden turned to look at him and found that he was looking at him with a surprised look.

Seeing their eyes met, Di Lin simply expressed his thoughts, "Teacher, are you my father's admirer?"

Hyde: "..."

Dilling accepted his acquiescence, "There are many admirers waiting at my door every year, and there are even crazy words, so what you just said, mentor, is really nothing."

Hyde stared at him, his blue eyes flashing with a dangerous light.

Dilling realized that something was wrong, belatedly, "You performed very well just now."

Heiden said slowly, "Make me a cup of coffee."

Dilling ran to the kitchen with relief.

Heiden slowly relaxed his body and leaned against the back of the sofa.

When I saw Andre Baseko just now, my mind and body suddenly tensed up, which was unbelievable for a magician who is good at spiritual power.In particular, he has no substantial relationship or conflict with the other party.Afterwards, he was actually very concerned about his performance just now.

Dilling held the coffee in both hands and brought it to him.

Hyde stared at him strangely with his eyes raised.

Dilling got goosebumps from being stared at by him, "Mentor?"

Is it because of him?

Hyde asked himself, the only connection between himself and Andre was the boy in front of him.So, subconsciously, he wanted to show that he was an excellent mentor, and he didn't want Andre to have any excuse to take him away from him?

"Mentor?" Di Lin's hands were slightly sore.

"I remember you thought about changing your mentor before." Heiden said in a deep voice.

"..." Is he going to settle accounts now?in his home?Dilling wondered.Is this the audacity of a master of arts?

Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Hyde's heart sank slowly.

Dilling thought of another possibility, "The mentor is going to leave me at home?"

Heiden tried to connect his own thoughts with those of the other party.

"Is the mentor Vincent that the instructor is looking for difficult to deal with?" Dilling asked tentatively.

"How do you know I'm going to deal with him?" Hyde asked back.

Dilling said: "I guess." First, because Hyde's expression when he mentioned this name was really not friendly.The second is because he feels that Heiden holds grudges more than remembering love.The person who disappeared for so many years is still missed by him, definitely not because he is the enlightenment teacher.

Hyde didn't deny it.

Di Lin thought for a while and said, "Maybe I can't help much, and it might even slow me down..."

It was written on Hyde's face.

Dilling pretended not to see it, and continued: "But I can ask my father for help." Since he asked his father to give up the family inheritance right, he rarely used the power of the family.But for the sake of Heiden, he didn't mind bothering his father again.

Hyde frowned and said, "In your mind, I am a magister who needs help from others at any time?"

Di Lin hurriedly said: "Of course not." He almost forgot that all strong men have a common characteristic, which is self-confidence and pride.

Hyde casually threw five boxes of coffee into the space bag, then stood up, and said lightly, "Thank you anyway."

……

Did he thank you for the coffee or his proposal just now?

Dilling thought for a long time but couldn't come up with an answer, so he couldn't help but ask Andre for advice after he came home.

Andre said: "Why can't we thank both?"

Dilling was taken aback.

"My son seems to care about his mentor." Andre looked at him inquiringly.

Dilling said: "He is a very emotional person."

"So emotional that even the word thank you hides a trap." Andre didn't intend to let him go like this.

Dilling was speechless.

"And I cared so much that I lost the judgment I was always proud of." Andre changed from inquiry to research, "Is this level of concern just because the instructor is emotional?"

Dilling said, "Father, what exactly do you want to say?"

Andre said: "It's nothing. Even if it's your father, I'm always a bystander. The path of life cannot be influenced by other people, and the answer should be found by yourself."

Di Lin's eyes were slightly wet.

This is his father.Always stand behind him and silently protect him, he will remind him, induce him, but never force him to choose the direction.Because he always said that everyone has only one life path, which leads to only one direction, and can only be chosen by the person who walks.

"There is already news about the matter entrusted by your mentor." Andre bowed his head, not paying attention to his son's expression at this time, "Of the remaining eleven people, nine of them are sure that they will not let any magic, nor have they ever interacted with magic. There was no contact."

Dilling's heart skipped a beat, "There are two more."

"One has retired. Before retiring, he was a member of the Royal Magic Legion." Andre said.

Di Lin's eyes lit up and said, "You must be a very powerful magician to join the Royal Magic Legion."

"Not strong enough." Andre said, "At least not strong enough to enter St. Padres College. He failed the St. Padres exam three times in nine consecutive years, and finally enrolled in the Borg Imperial Academy of Magic."

The corners of Dilling's mouth collapsed.

Andre smiled and said: "Don't give up hope so quickly. The last Vincent Lin...age fits."

Dilling said, "What else?"

"No more." Andre said, "His information is blank, except for age and name."

Dilling frowned and asked, "How could this be?" Shamanlier's census system has always been rigorous, and it is impossible for there to be a situation where there is no record of age and name.

Andre smiled and said, "Does it look like a bait?"

Di Lin suddenly asked: "Could it be that person has been waiting for the mentor to find him?"

Andre spread his hands and said, "I'm afraid only your mentor knows about it."

Dilling couldn't wait to tell Heidein the news.

Hyde was unwrapping gifts from members of the Borg branch of the Magic Guild, "It is indeed possible."

Dilling's enthusiasm was immediately quenched by cold water, "Is it just possible?"

"Just go and see if it's true or not. If he wants to lure me, he will definitely leave a message."

"Then when do we leave?"

"No rush." ​​Hyde opened a square box about the size of a coffee table, and then took out a ruby ​​smaller than a quail egg, looked at it under the sunlight, "Will this gem grow bigger when exposed to light?"

Dilling said: "No." Not only this gem can't, but all gems can't.

"Then why did he use such a big box?"

Dilling said: "Perhaps it is so that you can see it at a glance among the many gifts."

Heiden asked, "And then?"

"This way you will remember who he is." Dilling reached for the greeting card in the box, but Hyde closed the box first.

"I'm not going to waste my brainpower remembering these boring information." Heiden threw the ruby ​​into the space bag.

Di Lin secretly thought about whether he should look at his compatriots, and secretly told them not to waste money.

"Aren't you going out?" Hyde started to unwrap a present.

Di Lin was stunned and said, "Where are you going?"

"This is your hometown, you can meet your friends." This big box contained a magic book, and if Hydein remembered correctly, the author of this book was Chafon.

"My best friend is at St. Padres. What are you doing?" He watched as the book in Hyde's hand was consumed by a cloud of flames until it burned to ashes.

"Eliminate the garbage." Hyde opened the third gift.

Dilling said, "When are you going to leave? I'll ask Uncle Bob to prepare."

"If you have nothing else to do, we can leave tomorrow." Hyde frowned at the pink cloth in the third gift. If he remembered correctly, it seemed to be for a lady.

Dilling glanced at it, wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and said, "I think this should be Mrs. Nachel's underwear."

"So?" Heiden threw it away.

"She's also a wizard, which I guess means, uh, an invitation."

Hyde squinted at him, "How do you know whose underwear this is?"

Dilling pointed to the box where the underwear was placed, and it said Nachel.

As Hyde scratched his chin with his index finger, he seemed to be thinking.

Di Lin's heart tightened, and he said with a dry smile, "The tutor really wants to go?"

"No, I just thought, maybe this is a good gift." Under Dilling's astonished gaze, he put the underwear back into the box, and then threw it into the space bag.

Heidein did not attend the appointment, but rushed to Hangguna town where the last Vincent Lin was located early the next morning with Dilling.

Andre and Bob silently saw off behind them.

Andre and Bob got out of the carriage after they completely disappeared in the magic circle.

Bob said: "Duke, I don't understand why you don't stop the young master? He is the best candidate to inherit the Baseco family, and the Baseco family is also his best choice."

"Because I'm his father."

Bob was still confused.

Andre smiled and said, "A father's biggest expectation for his son is to hope that he will be happy every day."

Bob said, "Maybe he'll be happy when he inherits the Baseco family."

"This is the difference between father and uncle." Andre said, "Uncle is willing to take risks for this 'maybe', but father is not."

Bob thought for a long time, then sighed, "You dote on him too much."

Andre said proudly: "He has never failed to live up to my love." He is very happy that his son has his own ideals. The son who flies with his own wings is very satisfied.

The small town of Hangguna is very close to Santu, almost close to the border between Shamanlier and Santu.There is no direct magic circle in Borg City, so you must first go to Joseph City, the nearest big city in the small town of Hangguna, and then take a carriage there.

By the time Heidein and Dilling arrived, it was already the afternoon of the fourth day.

The mayor of the small town got the news early and waited at the intersection for two days.The moment they got off the car, that gloomy face instantly glowed. "Ah, the two must be Master Baseko and Lord Magister."

Di Lin smiled slightly, "Hello. Thank you for waiting."

"Where is it?" Di Lin's smile made him feel that his waiting was worthwhile, and his complaints flew to the sky. "Dinner and room are ready, please come with me."