noble magician

Ender was a little surprised. It turned out that his son had already noticed it, and he kept silent about it.Ender felt a little distressed. After all, he was still a child, and he didn't know what kind of mood he felt when he first learned about it.

"Listen, Lance, you're young and don't understand a lot of things. It's not a last name that would shame you, you just have to remember that for now."

"What do you want me to do? Don't you have a surname all your life?" Lance asked softly in a trance. What's the difference between a surname that can never be made public and no one?

Ender hugged the boy's thin body, and rubbed his head with a pair of big hands. Lance's silver hair shook because of his movements.

"I can't answer this question. Now, I just hope you live well."

Baron Thoranes' invitation was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, and after a few ripples, the lives of Lance and his son returned to calm.

Lance accepted a new mission. Because of the long distance, he might not be able to return for a while, so he took his luggage and set off.

And Ander, after greeting Lance, packed up his bags and set off for a long trip.

Dozens of days later, Ander came to Maiman City, the seat of the West family.Here he was born, here he grew up, here he was honored, and here he was disgraced.

As one of the highest nobles, the West family's mansion can be called magnificent and majestic. Ender looked at the solemn and solemn gate with mixed feelings in his heart.

Ander met the butler of the West family through a message.

Butler Ponchard has served the West family for most of his life. This old man who is calm in everything he encounters is now so excited that he shed tears.

He took out a clean handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said, "Young master, you...you are back."

I haven't seen you for more than ten years, and Mr. Housekeeper has aged a lot.Butler Ponchard called him by the old title in a moment of excitement, but it was no longer appropriate now.Now, Ander's elder brother, Jogovist, is the duke.

Ender had mixed feelings, and in the end he just smiled.

"Please don't call me Young Master anymore, call me Ender, Mr. Ponchard, long time no see. Duke West... is it convenient for him now?"

"Mr. West is dealing with official business, and I'm afraid I won't be able to spare time now. I'll get someone to prepare it first. You can take a comfortable bath and change into comfortable clothes..." Seeing that the once decent young master is now dressed Dilapidated, the old butler was so sad that he was on the verge of tears.

"No, then I'll wait for him here."

The butler couldn't resist Ander's decision, so he had no choice but to let him go, but prepared a lot of delicious food for him to enjoy.

It was already dinner time when Ander met Duke West, and Jogo West invited him to dinner.

Plates and plates of exquisite food were placed on the dining table in an orderly manner. Judging from the portion, it was definitely not enough for two men to finish.The cost of this dinner alone is probably enough for the Ander and his son's food expenses for ten days.

Jogo and Ander sat at the two ends of the gorgeous dining table. Their facial features were quite alike, except that one was majestic and the other was decadent; one was wearing gorgeous noble clothes, and the other was wearing rough and simple civilian clothes.The two brothers just sat at the same table, eating dinner with the same standard movements, without saying a word to each other.

It wasn't until they finished eating that they each put down their knives and forks, and the two of them moved from the dining room to the study room that they started talking.

"I thought we were all in the grave when we met again." Jogo sat down on his usual chair and said.

"I thought so too." Ender's face was solemn. At this time, he was very different from his usual half-drunk appearance who was not sober.

Jogo clasped his middle finger on the table and asked, "So, what is it for now?"

"I adopted a child." Ender rubbed the space between his brows, "He is already 14 years old, I want to send him to the Orchid Academy."

Qiao Ge showed a playful expression, stared at Ander for a long time, and then slowly said: "Is it just for money? I have a younger brother who can't even pay the tuition of his adopted son. If that is the case, why did you adopt him in the first place?" It's funny that a man who can't even take care of himself wants to take care of others."

Jogo's sarcasm made Ender's already unattractive face even more rigid, and the things he had deliberately ignored all these years became clear again because of where he was now.

Ender suppressed his feeling of losing control, and thought about his adopted son, Lance, who had been by his side all these years.

"Yes, it's just for money." He admitted frankly, looking at his outstanding elder brother.Back then, they were also placed in high hopes by the family, but now one of them is in a high position, and the other is in the dust.

The playfulness on Jhogo's face disappeared because of Ender's attitude, and he looked at his brother with a straight face.

"Besides bringing disgrace to the family, you have not made any contribution, Ender. It is because of people like you that the family's reputation has been stained. What face is there to ask for money now?"

"I didn't want to take the money for nothing, you can ask me for anything you want!" Ender said word by word, his eyes began to turn slightly red due to emotions such as shame and anger, but he was trying his best to restrain his emotions. mood.

"Do you think you still have any value?" Qiao Ge's lips showed a sneering smile, "If you were back then, you would at least have a handsome face, which can be used to deceive little girls, get married and have children to continue Bloodline, this can be regarded as doing your part for the family. Even if it's just for this, the family will support you.

"But look at you now, ruined and old. Which noble lady would marry you blindly? Even this is useless. Tell me, what's the use of you? Want gold coins? Yes, take it Trade for what you're worth, and tell me what your worth is, Ender."

After hearing these words, Ender jumped up from his chair, his whole face flushed red.From the past to the present, he has been so worthless in their eyes.At this time, Jhogo only picked out his pain and said it without showing any mercy. Ender almost rushed forward to give him a punch.

But seeing the sarcasm at the corner of Jogo's mouth, he endured it again.He finally tried his best to do his father's duty to fight for Lance's tuition, and he already knew that he would be humiliated when he came here, wasn't he prepared?You can't just get out of control like this, you have to think about tuition fees... tuition fees...

"I learned a craft." Ender sat down again, "I can forge weapons and make armor."

Speaking of this, Ender couldn't help but feel regretful.

Over the years, he has been immersed in his own pain all the year round, and he has nothing to do every day.Having fallen from the clouds, he despises the craftsmanship of making things, as long as he gets started, he will be reminded of his failure.However, if he had worked hard, maybe he wouldn't have to beg for gold coins with this superior brother now.

"Oh, so you can still do some blacksmith work?" Qiao Gelang laughed loudly, "There are so many blacksmiths in Maiman City, as long as I say a word, I don't know how many people will come together, you are more skilled than them , or is it more powerful?"

Ender didn't make a sound, but put something on the table instead.It was a pair of gloves, made of wolf fur, and looked like nothing special.

Jogo's eyes moved from the pair of gauntlets to Ender's face, and then he picked up the gloves and put them on. Then he activated the magic power in his body, and a flame lingering with pure magic power appeared in his palm. With the appearance of flames, Jogo's pupils shrank suddenly.

The higher the level of magician, the more sensitive to magic power. As a member of the elders, Jogo has already become a master magician.And from the flame magic he used just now, he has already felt the role of the gloves, they provide [-]% magic power bonus for his magic.

"I made this for fun when I was bored." Ender said, "You may not be short of blacksmiths, but you won't refuse an enchanter, right? If you use good materials to make it, the effect will be better, I'm sure It can achieve a bonus of more than [-]%.

Jhogo took off his gloves, a real smile finally appearing on his face.Jogo leaned back in his chair and said lazily, "This is not enough for Ender, you should at least make something with a [-]% magic power increase."

Ender's expression changed, and he blurted out, "Have other enchanters done it?"

Jhogo shook his head, and his movement eased Ender's nervous expression.

"You should be a little confident. Maybe we should do something more practical, such as enchanting to reduce mana consumption. If you meet my requirements..." Duke of West, Jorge, looked deeply at Ender. With a glance, "I will restore your surname in the name of the patriarch of the West family."

Ender was silent for a while and said, "I didn't come here for this."

"Oh, it's just to raise enough gold coins to pay for my son's tuition, right? Come on Ender, if you want to, you can sell this craft to others. But I won't praise you for it. What Sturt was supposed to do, although you were temporarily deprived of that last name."

Duke West stood up, and he walked to the window and looked out.

"Father...will also be happy about this, why don't you go to worship him?"

What answered him was an eternity of silence. Duke West smiled slightly, and stopped persuading his stubborn brother. He turned around and asked, "Then, what's the child's name?"

Although he looked calm, he had actually experienced emotional ups and downs. Ender rubbed his brows wearily, and replied, "His name is Lance."

"No surname?"

"No."

"Why would you think of adopting a child?" Jogo focused his inquiring eyes on Ender. "I don't think a drunk who complains about himself would have the leisure to raise a child. Whose child is that?"

"It's my child, brother." Ender said seriously, meeting Jhogo's gaze.

This long-lost address made Qiao Ge slightly startled: "I see, bring him here, I want to meet."