noble magician

A few days later, the Orchid Academy in Scorching Wind City began a two-month vacation.The boarding students poured out of the school gate like a tide, like wild horses running wild, in groups of three or four, discussing with each other where to relax.After a whole semester of heavy study, they couldn't wait.

The dormitory in the aristocratic area of ​​Lan College.

Lei Zhe took off his dark blue college uniform and threw it aside.

"My God! I'm really fed up with this color. I've been facing this color for several months. Can't those old antiques in the academy design a few more patterns?" He complained while changing his clothes.

"Lei Zhe, have you notified your father about going to my house?" Roy crossed his arms and leaned against the wall in a casual posture. A strand of blond hair playfully fell to his lips, and he put his hand down.

"Of course not." Lei Zhe said as a matter of course, and at the same time picked up a piece of clothing and put it on himself, his growing body had the unique smell of a teenager.

"Let's just say it..." Roy was a little speechless. Wouldn't Lei Zhe's father blame him for this?

"If I tell him, I won't even think about going anywhere, and I will definitely be caught by the person he sent to pick me up!" Lei Zhe showed a hint of slyness on his handsome face, and turned his head and said to Roy, "Wait After a while, I will sneak out from the back window, and I will hand over the luggage to you to take out, and I will wait for you outside."

Roy: "..."

Space bags are very rare items, but they only have the space of a normal backpack.Even for the most extravagant family, it is impossible for one person to carry a dozen or twenty space bags, and large luggage still has to be carried manually.

Lei Zhe deliberately sent away the servant who came to help clean up, probably for this reason?

The people who came to pick up Lei Zhe were waiting downstairs in the dormitory. Roy began to sympathize with them. These people might not wait until dark for their young master to come downstairs.Not only that, but they might also bear the wrath of Teacher Xi Zuo'an.

Roy mixed Lei Zhe's luggage into his own, and had people move them into the carriage together, while Lei Zhe himself got into Roy's carriage outside the academy "as planned".

The people who came to pick Roy home included two expert mages and a driver in charge of driving the carriage, but none of them had seen Master Lei Zhe of the Xizuan family, and naturally no one recognized him.And Roy only said that they were classmates, and sent them away. As for the servant who was serving Roy in the academy, he shut up under his signal.

However, the journey this time was not smooth.

"Master Roy, I heard that the bridge on the Sona River was blocked yesterday, and the carriage could not pass."

As soon as Lei Zhe got into the carriage, the coachman delivered a bad news.Although it is still more than a day away from the river, this bridge is the only way to go back, otherwise it will take a detour for more than half a month.

"What's going on? Aren't you all fine when you came here?"

"Yes, it is said that a small problem was overlooked when the bridge was built, so that the life of the bridge was greatly shortened. Some people fell into the river, but fortunately no one was killed. Should we take a detour, or Think of another way?"

There is no magic that can make people fly. Perhaps a master-level mage can use spells to create an ice bridge, but they can't do it, and there is an insurmountable barrier between expert-level and master-level magicians. gap.

"It's too far to go around... Isn't there a temporary bridge?" Roy asked after thinking about it.

Although the comfort of his own carriage was excellent, taking a detour in the carriage for half a month was generally not a pleasant thing. When he returned home, the academy was about to start.

"There is a bridge being built, but it can only be passed by people, not by horse-drawn carriages."

"Where's the boat?"

"There are small boats, I'm afraid the bigger ones..."

Lei Zhe, who was sitting on the side, interjected, "Isn't that enough? When we get there, we will cross the bridge with our luggage, and the coachman will stay behind and drive the carriage back. We will hire a carriage after we get to the other side."

Roy was about to say something, but he preempted him: "Then let's do this, let's go."

The coachman urged the horse forward, and the two teenagers were sitting in the car chatting. At this time, Roy's bamboo tube for sending letters lit up, and he took out the letter and read it, saying, "There is no need to hire a car when we reach the other side, someone is coming to pick us up. "

"Really." Lei Zhe didn't care.But what he never expected was that the person who came to pick him up was actually Lance who he had seen in Duver Woods.

Lance changed out of his old clothes and wore a blue and white mage robe. The new outfit gave him a whole new look, with a little less coldness and a little more extravagance.

Lei Zhe recognized him at a glance, his silver hair was a little longer than when he was in the Duffer Woods last time, and it was softly attached to the side of his face.

"Why are you?" He blurted out, then turned his head abruptly, as if unwilling to pay attention to him.

Lance also didn't expect to see the nobleman in the Duver Woods again in this form, he said with a smile: "I didn't expect to meet again so soon."

Roy also recognized the boy in front of him. He was no less surprised than Lei Zhe, but he suddenly thought of the letter he had received.

"Are you the adopted son of my Uncle Ander?" He asked, taking two steps forward.

Lance nodded: "I received a message from Duke West, asking me to wait for you here."

For the transfer of letters between magicians, in addition to leaving miniature teleportation arrays with each other, letters can also be transferred through the temple, but a certain fee must be paid.The temple keeps the communication methods of all magicians, and unless the person is not registered, they can be delivered.

"This is such a coincidence... Then, let me introduce you officially. This is my friend Lei Zhexi Zuoan..." Although there are doubts about Lance's identity, there is no time to worry about it now.Roy, who also just met Lance, volunteered to act as an introducer, and the three barely knew each other.

The reason why Lance appeared here was the same thing.

Mike had been waiting at Lance's home for many days, and had already delayed a lot of time. They came to this bridge not long after they left Scorching Wind City.

When crossing the bridge, they suddenly felt that the bridge body began to shake abnormally, and the horses became restless. From behind them, there were also abnormal sounds like breaking stones and people's terrified cries.

Realizing that something was wrong, the coachman whipped the horse severely, and the horse drove the cart forward vigorously. Almost at the same time as the carriage left the bridge deck, the bridge collapsed.

Although they escaped unharmed, some unfortunately fell into the water. Fortunately, there were people with good water skills to rescue them, and their lives were safe at last.The panic-stricken Lance and the others continued on their way, but this incident reached the ears of Duke West of Mayman City.

Through the bamboo tube, the people in Meiman City soon knew what happened on the Sona River.There was no need to report this to the ever-changing Duke of West. The Duke has countless bridges and small bridges, and accidents happen here and there occasionally, so it is impossible to report them all.But this bridge is the only way for the Duke's son Roy to go home. The situation is different. Duke West knew the news immediately.

Duke West first asked why Ender's son, Lance, hadn't arrived yet, and ordered his staff to contact him.After knowing Lance's location, he simply said, "Let them go back and pick up Roy."

There was no need to do this at all, you could hire a carriage directly in the local area, or ask for help from the nearby Magician Temple, but the Duke has spoken, no matter what the reason is, no one will ask more questions.

So Lance and the others had no choice but to turn back and wait for the arrival of Roy and his party on the other side of the Sona River.

When a bridge is there intact, many people may not feel that it is nothing, but when the bridge is broken, people will immediately realize its indispensability.Some people are worried, some people are happy, and the happiest are the innkeepers on both sides of the strait.During the period when the broken bridge incident occurred, their business doubled several times than usual.

The temporary bridge was just built today. Seeing that it was getting late, many people planned to rest overnight at the hotel on the other side of the river, before heading on their way the next day.Lance and the others were no exception, and they had the foresight to book a room early in one of the best hotels.You must know that the nearest hotels in this area, no matter which one is overcrowded, it is estimated that many people will not be able to find a place to stay.

"Not a single room?" a female voice asked lazily.

"Yes miss, shall I go to another house to look for it?"

"No, it's here. Instead of going to live in those shabby places, I might as well go back to the other side and sleep in the carriage! Go, find a way to get them to vacate a room, I just want a good room." The girl ignored the predicament in front of her , ordering his servants indifferently.She glanced out of the corner of her eye, but caught a glimpse of a familiar figure, and her eyes lit up involuntarily.

"Lei Zhe—"

As soon as Lei Zhe heard the voice, he quickly took the key from Mike and hurried to the second floor.But he was still a step too slow...

"Lei Zhe, dear!" The girl had already arrived in front of him, her big eyes were full of smiles, "Why are you here?" She was about to pounce on him and hug him!

It was as if Lei Zhe had met a catastrophe. Anyone could see that his body was stiff because of his full alertness.Seeing that the girl was about to pounce on her, he immediately jumped several steps up the stairs behind him. He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he felt that the distance was safe.

"Evelyn! You are a lady, how can you do this!"

Lei Zhe severely reprimanded Evelyn's behavior, but the terrified expression on his face really made one feel... This person was clearly terrified to say such words to bluff.

Lance looked at the embarrassed Lei Zhe with curiosity on his face, but he didn't expect him to have such a side.

Roy clenched his right hand into a fist and put it on his lips, covering the smile at the corner of his mouth. He turned his head to the side and coughed softly, with a gloating expression on his face.