Mage's Secret

It was a man who called himself Page. Coincidentally, Trafael also learned of his visit while eating breakfast.

But it was different from the elf's treatment. When Traphael learned of his visit, he just asked the apprentice to take him to the reception room, and then continued to eat his breakfast slowly.

He didn't know anyone by that name, and there were a few visitors like Page who might ask for a mage every year, so Traphael didn't take it to heart.

But after meeting this man, Traphael discovered that his origin may not be simple.

Page looked quite young, probably in his early twenties.He has rare white hair, a handsome face almost comparable to Murphy's, and a vigorous figure.On the right side of his face was a strange red tattoo that looked like a distorted lightning bolt, extending from under the eye to the jawbone.But the most striking thing about him is neither his handsome appearance or weird hair color, nor the tattoos that occupy half of his face, but the killing intent and bloody aura on his body.

He wasn't a spellcaster, but Traphael thought he might be far more evil than the notorious black-robed mages.

Traphael's eyes looked at his hands on his knees. Those hands were slender and white, and it could be seen that the owner took good care of them.But Traphael knew that they were far from being as clean as they looked, and they must have been stained with blood. No matter how clean they were, a keen mage could still feel the breath and feel uncomfortable for it.

And the cold and gloomy eyes of this young man also made him feel very uncomfortable, so he didn't plan to talk to him much, before he sat down, he asked: "Young man, why did you come to my mage?" tower?"

The young man named Paige was like a taut bow when the mage entered the door, full of vigilance, as long as the mage took action, he would immediately counterattack.His gaze wandered around the mage like a hunter, and finally stuck it on the mage's hand holding the staff, before he asked, "I heard that you took in a seriously injured man three months ago. Elf?"

His voice was hoarse and low, without any ups and downs, but Traphael still captured the intense emotion beneath the calm surface.This made him more vigilant. The wounds on the elf were obviously caused by an attack, and this angry man was obviously here for it, which was too suspicious.

With such vigilance, Traphael stared closely at Page's eyes, then nodded slowly.

After getting an affirmative answer, Page became visibly agitated as the mage expected, but what surprised him was that the gloom in Page's eyes was not bloodthirsty, but mixed with depression and joy. Glorious, this made him look much more normal and more popular than before. "Please give him to me, he is my friend," Page said.

Traphael was not deceived by such an appearance. Although he was puzzled, he still did not relax his vigilance, so the mage rejected him.

After being rejected, Page quickly calmed down, the joy on his face slowly disappeared, and the whole person returned to the original appearance as if wearing a mask.He also knew that he didn't look like a kind person, so he smirked and said: "I understand your concerns, I have to say that you are really a kind person. But please let me meet him, he knows me and trusts me , as I know him well. He will be willing to go away with me."

What Page said was very firm, so Traphael agreed to his request after thinking about it for a while.If it's just a meeting, Traphael is confident that no one in his mage tower can hurt another person when he is on guard.What's more, judging from the strength of the elf, the young man in front of him is not his opponent.And if it was true as Page said, if they knew each other, no matter whether the elf was willing to leave him or not, he would at least be able to get some clues about the identity of the elf, which also solved a big problem for the mage.

"I can satisfy you with this request, but if Roy chooses to stay, I won't let you take him away," Traphael said.Page readily agreed, looking quite confident.

So Traphael got up and walked to the door, and ordered the apprentice to bring the elf.

After Traphael agreed to his request, Page's hostility towards him decreased significantly. When the mage sat down opposite him again, he even put his hands on his chest and saluted the mage: "Please allow me Introduce myself again. My name is Paige Rigel, and I am from Handemia in the west."

Although Trafael didn't have much interest in talking to him, Page's surname still caught his attention.Handemia is a small country in the west of the Orsay Empire where Traphael is located. Recently, civil strife has continued, and Rigel is the surname of the Handemia royal family.

Seeing that he had successfully attracted the mage's attention, Page smirked again and said, "Yes, I am the prince of Handemia."

"But I remember that the son of the current king of Handemia is only nine years old this year." Traphael said.

"The current king?" Page's eyes were clouded by hatred again, and he said bitterly, "That's my uncle. Three years ago he killed my father and usurped the throne. The robber who took away the power, and I am the real heir. One day, I will take back everything that belongs to me."

Speaking of this, he stared into Traphael's eyes, and said slowly: "I wonder if you can help me regain the throne? I will pay you the reward you deserve, whether it is rights or Fortune, as long as you ask, I will do my best to satisfy you."

The fanaticism and hatred in his eyes made the mage shudder, and Traphael didn't think that a former prince who had fallen into madness could succeed in revenge.And he couldn't have the slightest sympathy for such a page, so Traphael directly rejected him.

"I'm just a mage," he said, "If I spend my energy on these mundane things, it will be difficult for me to improve my research. I hope you can understand."

After being rejected by the mage, although Page seemed a little disappointed, he did not seek the mage's help again.The madness in his eyes has not diminished by half, he seems to have other ways to help him take revenge, and the mage is not interested in these at all.

Trafael couldn't help but wonder whether Page's attachment to Roy was due to the identity of the other party. He might want to get help from the elves through Roy.It's just that he doesn't know if he knows that Roy doesn't seem to belong to any existing elf tribe.

Just as the reception room fell into silence again, Murphy walked in with the elves.

Seeing the elves with his own eyes, the enthusiasm in Page's eyes subsided a bit, but he still looked very excited.He stood up directly from the chair and walked towards Elf and Murphy: "Roy! You are really here. I have been looking for you for a long time."

The joy he showed didn't seem fake, but Traphael still stopped him for safety reasons, and didn't let him get too close to the elves.

After Roy saw Page, he didn't have any special reaction.He still had a confused expression on his face. He looked at the human man not far away and asked suspiciously, "You know me?"

The elf's words were like a bucket of ice water pouring from the top of Page's head, his smile froze on his face, and his fingertips began to tingle.After a while, he asked in a trembling voice: "Roy, you don't know me anymore?"

The joy on his face hadn't disappeared yet, and the horror couldn't wait to climb up, which made his whole face look a little distorted.The elf, obviously taken aback by his expression, took a step back and shook his head quickly.

"He fainted in front of my mage tower before, and lost his memory after waking up." Traphael explained from the side.Obviously, he was disappointed that Roy couldn't even remember Page, and now the identity of the elf was still a mystery.

Page looked at the mage in disbelief, and asked, "Then why do you know his name?"

"The only thing he remembers is his name," Trafael said.

The mage's answer made Paige both painful and relieved. His voice was almost choked. He looked at Traphael and said word by word: "Roy, his name was given to him by me."

Afterwards, Page told Trafalle about his acquaintance with Roy.Just like Trafael picked up Roy, Page, who was still young nine years ago, picked up the elf who was also in a coma.That time the elf's amnesia was more thorough, and he couldn't remember anything, including his own name.The mediocre appearance of the elf made Page think that the other party was just a half-elf, so he took him in and named him Roy.They were inseparable for the next nine years. During the most difficult years for Page when Uncle Page launched a rebellion, Roy was always by his side.

Until three months ago, an accident separated the two. During these three months, Paige had been looking for Roy, and finally heard the rumor about the mage taking in the elves in Karen, so he came here.

It's a pity that the elf who didn't know what he had experienced lost his memory again. No matter what Page said to him, he just kept shaking his head.And it was obvious that Roy was afraid of Page.

Naturally, Traphael couldn't just hand over the elves to this human man who was obviously not a kind man, so he asked directly, "Roy, are you willing to leave with Page?"

Under Page's almost burning sight, the elf shook his head without thinking.

"Unfortunately," Traphael stopped Paige, who signaled Murphy to stop, "then according to the agreement, I can't let Roy leave with you."