Mage's Secret

DeWitt led the paladin team back to the temple. When he went, he was empty-handed, but when he came back, he had a baby boy in his arms.

He named the baby boy Amos, because he couldn't find the boy's family and didn't know his surname, so he directly named the baby boy his surname - Ingriti. his adopted son.

It is not uncommon for paladins in the temple to adopt orphans. They follow the teachings of the God of Light and are kind to others. It is common for them to see lonely and helpless young children and take them back to adopt them under their own name.It's just that those paladins mostly sheltered those orphans in the city at the foot of the temple mountain, and rarely took them with them to raise them.

But DeWitt is different. He and Amos have developed a deep relationship in just a few weeks, and Amos can't do without him at all, so he simply raised the baby boy in the Around myself, even trivial matters such as feeding and changing diapers are not done by others.Soon, no matter where he appeared, the high-level paladin holding a soft, pink and tender baby in his arms became a unique scenery in the temple.

Time flies, and three years have passed in a blink of an eye.

Under DeWitt's careful upbringing, Amos grew up very well. He was white, plump, handsome and cute. Even the little angels on the temple murals would pale in comparison to him.He also grows very fast, but a bit too fast. Although he is only in his early four years old, he is almost as tall as DeWitt's legs. Eight years old.

This is not the only strange thing.

After getting along with Amos day and night, DeWitt also experienced some changes.At first, he just felt that his eyesight had improved, he could see farther, and his night vision became clearer.After a while he noticed that he was also lighter, not in the sense of a change in weight, but in the fact that he was able to run faster and jump higher.Then, his strength increased a lot.

DeWitt didn't pay much attention to these changes at first. After all, getting better physical fitness is also a good thing for him. He only thought that he had made a breakthrough because of his daily exercise.But the subsequent changes made it impossible for him to maintain a normal mind no matter what.

His sensitivity to the power of light has decreased, and those sacred spells that have been practiced for many years cannot be well displayed.However, this is not the worst. When he walked into the hall of the temple one day—the place where the light of the temple is the strongest—the light that used to make him very comfortable made him feel very oppressive. , he finally realized that there might be some terrible changes in his body.

The first possibility that occurred to him was that the terrible curse that had been cast upon him by the demon he had fought years earlier was finally taking effect.However, when he discovered some sudden changes in Amos' body, he realized that things might be more serious.

That morning was no different than usual, and he awoke with Ammos asleep in his arms.The movement of him getting up disturbed the little boy, and Amos rubbed his head against his chest.DeWitt never likes to wear clothes when he sleeps. After having Amos, he barely put on his pants, but his upper body is still naked.So he immediately felt the difference after Amos dawdled.

DeWitt gently held Amos's chin and raised his head, while looking down, this really made him discover something extraordinary——on both sides of Amos' forehead, there were two Only a small horn!The horn was only the size of a fingertip, and the color was slightly darker than the skin. It looked very cute with Amos' beautiful face.But these two cute little things made the paladin feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave—the only humanoid intelligent creature with horns on his head he had ever heard of was a demon.

Surprised, DeWitt's grip on Amos was much stronger.Amos woke up from the pain. He looked at the solemn paladin. Before he realized the seriousness of the situation, he opened his big black pearl-like eyes and whispered tearfully, "Dede, it hurts... "

When Amos was just learning to speak, he couldn't pronounce the paladin's name, so Dede kept screaming.DeWitt heard it was funny, so he didn't correct him, and let him keep shouting like this.Now Amos' cry brought the paladin back from the shock. He looked at the cute and well-behaved adopted son in his arms, struggling endlessly.

Thinking back to the past few years when he adopted Amos, he took the boy to every corner of the temple. The bright aura that filled the temple never had any bad influence on the child. Amos still Growing up vigorously.Therefore, even though he had such obvious features as horns, he was still unwilling to believe that Amos could be such an evil creature.

Seeing that DeWitt kept silent and his face became more and more ugly, Amos touched his face worriedly: "Dede?"

The boy's soft voice brought the paladin back to his senses, and at the same time he finally made up his mind - no matter what, he must find out the truth about the identity of Amos.If he is not an evil creature, that would be great, they can ask the priest and the leader to remove the abnormality from them.But if he is really a demon... Thinking of this, DeWitt found that his usually steady hands trembled uncontrollably. If Amos was really a demon, he would not be able to kill him.

DeWitt hugged Amos with a puzzled look in his arms and thought, if he is really a demon, then find a way to send him back to the Demon Realm.

So on that night, DeWitt took Amos and left the temple secretly.They first went to the city where Amos was picked up, but they didn't find any useful clues, and they almost exposed their identities.For some time after that, they have been traveling around the continent.It was around this time that DeWitt finally heard about Trafael's search for a child with a red birthmark on his back.

When DeWitt picked up Amos and was waiting for news in the city, Traphael and Murphy had just encountered the black mist dispersed by DeWitt—the breath of the first demon, and learned about the birth of Amos. information.And when Traphael and his party returned to the Mage Tower and released the news of looking for the child with the red birthmark on his back, DeWitt had already brought him back to the temple.Traphael has a very wide network of contacts, but he doesn't have much contact with the temple, so the news did not spread to the temple, and neither the mage nor the paladin thought at all that Murphy's brother would be picked up by a paladin. to and adopt.

After hearing the news, DeWitt immediately determined that Traphael must have clues about the identity of Amos, so he took Amos to find the mage.

Instead of visiting the Mage Tower directly, DeWitt also had his own considerations - the identity of Amos was very sensitive, and Traphael was looking for him for what purpose DeWitt did not know. clear.Therefore, if Traphael wants to do something unfavorable to them, DeWitt will be in a very disadvantageous position in the mage tower where Traphael has absolute control, but if there is no magic circle blessing In the hotel, even if it is inconvenient for him to fight against the mage with Amos, there is no problem for him to leave completely.

Of course, he didn't tell Traphael directly about this consideration.

After listening to DeWitt's narration, Trafael became more convinced that Amos was Murphy's younger brother.But it's not enough for him to identify, it is important for Murphy to confirm the identity of Amos.The easiest way is to bring the paladin and Amos directly back to the mage tower, but——Traphael looked at Dewitt, who was still standing guarded by the window like a sharp sword drawn from the same scabbard— — but this is the most unlikely way.He didn't have the ability to bring such a powerful high-level paladin back to the mage tower with strong means.

After a little thought, Traphael thought of another more suitable method.

"Do you remember that you wounded a demon here a few years ago?" Traphael asked.

"Of course I remember this incident, and you brought back the blood sample of the demon at that time." DeWitt said.

Traphael nodded: "Yes, I found some interesting phenomena from those blood samples, about the influence of demons on human beings..." Having said that, the mage shifted his gaze to the place where he was hiding. Ammos under the paladin's cloak.

Noticing the mage's gaze, DeWitt immediately pulled the cloak tightly and whispered, "I won't let you take him away."

"No, I didn't say I would take him away." Traphael shook his head with a smile, looking harmless, "I just need to collect a little blood sample to confirm his identity."

"Blood doesn't work either." DeWitt immediately rejected him without even thinking about it. "You mages can do too many things with blood. I can't believe you."

"I think you may have some misunderstandings about mages. Not all spellcasters use blood-mediated spells... This kind of spell is usually only used by the most evil spellcasters. But please believe me, I am not in Among them." Traphael still smiled gently, seeing that DeWitt was not convinced at all, he continued: "If you still don't trust me, then I can make a contract with you. I swear , I will absolutely not use this blood to do anything against you or against your will."