Mage's Secret

For some time after that conversation, Murphy had been thinking about what Trafael had said to him.Trafael's first request was to be respected, which made Murphy think, Am I disrespecting him?He recalled the time he spent with the mage during the few months of his life in the mage's tower, and he didn't seem to have done anything out of the ordinary except for his words and deeds being a little frivolous.

Is this disrespect?Murphy was a little annoyed, the rules of human beings were so strange.So is Traphael trying to restrain himself in his behavior in the future?Murphy thought, this is barely achievable.

In addition, Trafael mentioned another point. He said that no matter what kind of feelings Murphy has towards him at this time, the primary relationship between the two is still a cooperative relationship. No matter what progress has been made, it will not change. The contract between the two of them is a good illustration of this point.For this reason, Trafael hopes that Murphy can cooperate with him as much as possible, and stop doing things like sneak attacking paladins that will cause inconvenience to both parties.

This request, in Murphy's understanding, was that the mage asked him to be obedient.This human is trying to tame me, and Murphy is keenly aware of this, which makes him struggle.But Traphael's meaning is also very clear, if he disagrees, it's okay.If Murphy got into trouble, he would continue to clean up the mess for him—as long as Murphy didn't make a fuss until he died, and the mage would be ruined because of it.But it is absolutely impossible for the two of them to make other progress.

This made Murphy very angry. This human mage actually used this to blackmail him.But he was angry and frustrated at the same time. Even if the magician threatened him, what could he do, but he took the initiative to hand over the matter to the magician.

Other than that, Trafael didn't ask for much more.After all, he just wanted to stabilize Murphy, and didn't want to really test or embarrass him.And Murphy didn't realize this at all, because these two requirements raised by Traphael were enough to be his test.

After summarizing, the devil officially put the pursuit of human mages on the agenda.He tried his best to follow the mage's request, but he still felt helpless.In his opinion, the two suggestions given by Traphael are not so much suggestions as restraints.The more he behaved, the less Trafal seemed to care about him.

But he couldn't continue to deliberately make Traphael angry to get his attention as before.

Just when the demon was helpless, Elvis' reaction caught his attention.It wasn't because Elvis did anything, quite the contrary, Elvis barely reacted.During this period of time, he has been surrounded by Traphael, taking up more of the mage's energy than before. If it was in the past, Elvis would have been so angry that he wanted to cast a curse on him.But recently, Elvis has been surprisingly calm, and the number of times he went out of the tower has increased.

There must be something more interesting to divert his attention. With this in mind, Murphy secretly followed Elvis when he came out of the tower again.

The apprentice who was too young didn't notice that there was a follower behind him, so he didn't take precautions.Therefore, Murphy met the knight named Vader.

Thanks to the efforts of the Cavaliers, even though Trafael told Elvis to have less contact with him, Elvis still did not break contact with Vader.Vader was a nice guy, well informed, courteous, and funny.The most important thing is that he always keeps the distance between the two of them very well, neither making people feel alienated nor offended.When he was talking to the other party, the appropriate reply from the other party also made him feel that there was a tacit understanding between the two, which made Elvis feel very comfortable when getting along with him.

Elvis is indeed a cold person, and there are not many people who can take him to heart.His teacher Traphael is the first in his heart, and only his father who is far away in his hometown can make him worry about it.But now, he felt that this handsome knight was not bad, and he thought that he had probably made his first friend in his life.

Murphy could see the happy appearance of Elvis and Vader when he got along with Vader. After getting along for a few months, although he couldn't say that he knew this outstanding apprentice well, he still knew a little bit.He was brought up by Traphael, except that he was much more immature than the profound magician, sometimes he was like the epitome of a mage.

If this trick works against Elvis, will it do the same for Trafael?The knight gave the devil a great inspiration.

After that, Murphy often secretly followed Elvis to observe their date. Fortunately, this foreign knight did not leave soon, and he was quite patient with Elvis' indifference.While he was prying off Elvis' hard shell bit by bit, Murphy also began to use this method on Traphael.

It was quite difficult at first, and Murphy didn't know how to grasp that speed at all.When he got too close to Traphael, the mage would show that forbearing and annoyed expression, and Murphy immediately realized that he might have screwed up.But if he stayed on the sidelines and behaved like a good student, the mage wouldn't even give him a look.

But gradually, Murphy also got the hang of it. Usually, he can make a background board, but sometimes he uses a little care to gain a sense of presence, and the effect seems to be pretty good.When he saw Traphael looking at him with a little surprise, and then thanking him with a smile, Murphy almost laughed on the spot.

The knight sometimes gave Elvis some small gifts, which were not expensive, nor were they necessities of life for Elvis, but they were just right, and the gift itself would make Elvis happy.This also surprised Murphy. In the past few months in the Wizard Tower, he has seen many people who wanted to give gifts to Elvis, but he rejected them all with a cold face.He is like a flower in the high mountains. Except for Trafael, Murphy never thought that anyone could touch his soft side, but the Cavaliers did.

Murphy also planned to follow suit, but he was quite hesitant about choosing a gift.Traphael was very famous, and this fame brought him a lot of money.He lacks nothing, everything about him is made of the best materials.Moreover, Murphy thought that their relationship might not be so good that Traphael would happily accept whatever he gave randomly, and the gift that the knight gave Elvis was not chosen randomly.Most importantly, Traphael didn't want Murphy to leave the mage's tower too far, so even if Murphy wanted to find some rare magic materials to please the mage, it was impossible.

Murphy wrestled with the question for weeks before deciding on a gift that was the exact opposite of what he had initially considered.What he sent was worthless, or incalculable—he decorated Traphael's study.

Objectively speaking, this point is somewhat contradictory, because Traphael likes concise things, unless the research is in an emergency stage, otherwise his field will be neat, simple and well-organized.And the demon nature likes gorgeous and evil things, their decoration is too complicated, and the luxury is too obvious.But this is not a problem for Murphy. As an aristocrat, he has seen too many good things since he was born, which gave him a good foundation for his aesthetic ability and artistic sense.He only needs to simplify those patterns and decorate them next to the ubiquitous magic patterns in the mage tower, or make a small modification to the existing decorations by himself.

Traphael didn't hate these exotic decorations, so he acquiesced in Murphy's behavior.This kind of acquiescence encouraged Murphy, and he began to expand the scope of his work, slowly changing every corner of the Mage Tower.

Everything he did was not in vain, and Trafael's attitude towards him became soft again.

This made Murphy very happy, and he knew that his charm was unmatched.

Time flowed peacefully like this, and when no one was paying attention, it slipped away along the track of every ray of wind. Unknowingly, it has been more than a year since Murphy arrived in the mainland.

A lot of changes have taken place over the past year. The apprentices in the mage's tower have changed, but under Murphy's restraint, nothing like Lunsha has happened.His relationship with Traphael has also become very harmonious, and he obviously feels that the mage is no longer guarding against him as he was at first, and he is willing to share some things about himself with him.But in terms of the relationship he was after, there was no progress.Under Traphael's intentional evasion, there was always a slight gap between them.

Sometimes Murphy can feel that the situation can be completely changed by taking another step, but he can't take that step no matter what.

Over the past year, Murphy's mentality has also changed a lot. At first, maybe he just had a little affection for Traphael, but he was entangled in this affection. After he confessed his love to Traphael in embarrassment, This feeling turned into an unwilling attachment.And after more than a year of unremitting efforts, without him realizing it, this relationship has become almost irresistible to him.

Murphy, besides being busy pursuing Trafael for more than a year, has naturally been concerned about his brother's whereabouts.During the period, Traphael also received several other specious messages, and they also went to investigate them one by one.

Of course, the results are all the same, and these news are all wrong, or even false at all.But as long as there is news, they will still go.

Every time the two returned to the Mage Tower from the place the news said, Traphael would patiently comfort Murphy, and Murphy's mood was very complicated every time.He was heartbroken by the gentleness of the mage, frustrated by the futility of the trip, and secretly happy that he could continue to stay by the mage's side.

Life in the mage's tower is very ordinary, without too many ups and downs, but Murphy, who puts all his thoughts on Traphael, doesn't find it boring.Traphael is like a book he can't see through, and it's also like a puzzle that can't be solved.He began to understand why the mage was so keen on those puzzles, because Traphale also fascinated him.

Just when he thought that the days to come would pass in such a peaceful way, an unexpected visit came to them.

Whether it was surprise or fright, an elf fainted at the door of the mage tower.