Mage's Secret

The sky outside the window has become dark, the torches in the corridor of Yadunis are lit one by one, and the magic lamps are awakened by the apprentices. The tower on this day is as quiet, bright and tidy as thousands of nights in the past.

After the apprentices went to the dining room on the second floor of the Mage Tower to get food, they continued to do their own things quietly and attentively.

There is a separate restaurant on the third floor of Yadunis, which is a dedicated dining place for Trafael.The dining room is not big. There is a three-foot-square dining table in the center with a three-pronged candlestick and some simple food on it.At this time, Traphael was sitting at the dining table enjoying dinner quietly, using the knife and fork with elegant and decent movements.

There is another person sitting beside him. His long golden hair is like flowing moonlight under the reflection of the fire. His beautiful appearance is worthy of all the praises sent to him at this time. The candlelight reflected by his glasses is like dancing in his eyes. of stars.This is his favorite student, Elvis.Elvis was only eight years old when he entered the tower. It is not an exaggeration to say that Trafael raised the child.Seven years have passed since Elvis entered the tower, and he is also the student who has been with Traphael for the longest time.

When Elvis was young, he liked to cling to Traphael very much, and it became a habit for the two of them to eat together without knowing it.Neither of them deliberately changed this habit, so even though Elvis grew up and his personality changed, this habit still remained.

At this time, Elvis was frowning slightly, using a fork to move a few on his plate back and forth, thinking about something.

"Eat it." Traphael glanced at him and whispered.

"Huh?" Elvis came back to his senses.

"If you continue to be so picky about food, you won't grow taller." Trafael said, "Today's lotus beans are very soft and sweet. Try it."

"No, teacher, I'm not in a daze because I don't want to eat beans, I'm thinking about other things." Elvis put down the fork, turned his head and said to Traphael.

Seeing him like this, Traphael also became serious: "What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking about the young man with black hair who entered the tower today." Elvis replied.

When mentioning the devil, Traphael's heart suddenly rose, but he still pretended to be amused and said: "Young man? You mean Murphy? He is older than you."

"Of course I know he's older than me," Elvis retorted, curling his lips. "Everyone in this tower is older than me, but even so, I'm their predecessor, and they should respect me."

"You're right," Traphael nodded in agreement, and then asked, "What are you thinking about Murphy?"

"I hate him," Elvis said.

"Why?" Traphael's heart tightened, and he asked, "Because he teased you today?"

Elvis nodded.

Murphy entered the tower today and formally met Elvis.He complimented Elvis on his looks and even kissed the ends of his hair, much to Elvis' displeasure.This scene was caught by Traphael, who accused Murphy and warned him afterwards not to attack the apprentices, but Murphy still looked frivolous.

Although Traphael was secretly worried about this matter in his heart, seeing that Elvis only cared about this matter, Traphael felt relieved and said, "So it's this matter, I also think He is quite frivolous, but you know, the door of Yadunis is open to every young man with a yearning for knowledge. He is not a bad person, so I can't keep him out. If you hate him, just Avoid contact with him."

But Elvis' next words made his heart rise again.Elvis said: "Not only that, I also think... he is quite dangerous..."

Trafael was surprised by Elvis's keenness in his heart, and said calmly on the surface: "His background is quite innocent, and it is a good thing to be wary of strangers, but thinking too much will make you feel very tired."

Elvis seemed to be holding on to the table rather dissatisfied, he frowned tightly, leaned towards Traphael, and said, "I don't think I'm overthinking it, he really feels to me It's not right, I hate him."

Trafael's heart was stirred up by Elvis' words, but he still looked into Elvis' eyes calmly and said: "Then I promise you, if he does something bad, I will drive him out immediately Get out of Yadonis, will you?"

Elvis seemed to be still upset, so Traphael pointed to his plate with the fork in his hand, and said, "Okay, the topic about Murphy is over, you have to eat all the remaining beans."

Seeing Elvis showing a frustrated expression, lowering his head and struggling to put the beans into his mouth, Traphael secretly planned in his heart to complete Murphy's fake background as soon as possible.

After the meal, Traphael returned to the study. He sat in a chair, and on the desk in front of him were the bottlenecked research and related materials.

He was waiting for Murphy's arrival.

This morning, Murphy went to Traphael's bedroom as scheduled.Traphael handed him the clothes delivered early in the morning by the clothing store in the city, and motioned him to change them.

"You come from the direction of the city, knock on the door of the mage tower, and tell my students that you want to stay here as an apprentice." Traphael said: "Also, your red eyes are too conspicuous , better pretend."

Murphy seemed to be no longer obsessed with what happened last night. He took the suit from Traphael with ease, and then with a playful smile, he whispered in Traphael's ear: " Please take care of me from now on, teacher."

Warm breath sprayed in his ears, Traphael frowned and looked at him coldly.Murphy also knew that the joke should not go too far, so he straightened up after saying this, and walked towards the closed door.

"Wait." Traphael stopped him before he opened the door, walked to the door and held the doorknob: "The door always opens and closes by itself, which will make the students suspicious."

Traphael opened the door and walked out of the bedroom, he could feel Murphy following behind him.The corridors were empty, with no apprentices wandering the floor.

Traphael went straight to the study. Although he was not very relieved, he still let Murphy act alone.Soon, he received a notice from an apprentice—a young man named Murphy Norber wanted to be an apprentice in the tower.

When the two met again in the reception room, Murphy sat in a chair in the reception room in an extremely elegant posture. He casually looked at the spacious and bright room, his eyes somehow turned black .

Seeing Traphael walk into the room, he called out "teacher" in a drawn out tone, his voice was lazy and charming.To this, Trafal did not respond.

Traphael sat down opposite Murphy, and Murphy stretched out his hand to him, and he hesitated for a moment before shaking it.The devil's hands are well maintained, and the skin feels moist and soft.Traphael shook lightly and wanted to withdraw his hand, but his hand was held backwards.

Murphy gently scratched Traphael's palm twice with his slender fingers, as if being lightly swept by a feather, it could itch all the way to his heart.But Trafael didn't like this feeling, he frowned and pulled his hand back again, this time Murphy let him go.

"Happy cooperation." The demon on the opposite side smiled and winked at him.

In the study, Traphael looked down at his palm expressionlessly, slowly closed his fingers, and then made a fist.

"Is the cooperation happy?" He whispered, "I hope so..."