Chapter 11 The Witch Mother and the Ring
At that time, Professor Alder's appearance had changed a lot.
Originally, he looked gentle and gentle, but now Professor Alder looks like a very stubborn and mean old man, with a dark complexion and a strong smell of death.
Locke left here quickly.
In the past six months, due to the increasing number of deaths of students working for Professor Alder, many students in the college knew that something was wrong with him.
The problem is that no matter what happened, no matter how many people died, no matter how many letters these powerful children wrote to their families, Professor Alder was not punished by the college, and his behavior was never even banned.
This has made many wealthy and powerful children become frightened, and they are forced to start taking history classes seriously, and no longer dare to fail the class casually like before.
Alder, who was chatting with the students, raised his head and looked at Locke, with a flash of complicated emotions in his eyes.
『The third-level wizard talent, that kid is really lucky. 』
It’s good to be young. 』
Alder turned his head and looked seriously. These powerful children from the Norman Kingdom smiled, as if the dying old man was looking at the hope of his life, just like the water ghost at the bottom of the river staring at passers-by, staring at these pale students. "I heard that your family refused and will continue to provide you with tuition fees."
"If you work for me..."
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Locke met members of the Augustinian family in a small three-story Victorian-style house in the manor area next to Aurelian College.
The first is the original owner’s father, Count Augustine.
He was wearing soft-soled leather shoes and a red woolen sweater. He looked dusty, with no blood on his face. There was a bit of white gauze exposed under the skirt, which looked like he had been seriously injured.
Beside him stood his nominal eldest brother, Gloria Augustine, who was also the heir to the former Earl of Augustine.
According to memory, the original owner and Gloria were brothers from the same father and mother, but the original owner's mother had died of plague and malaria ten years ago.
Count Augustine married another daughter of a minor noble family, the stepmother of the original owner, Sienna Brown.
But Sienna Brown only gave birth to one daughter, her half-sister.
At this time, she was holding this sister's hand and smiling to herself, with some strangeness and fear in her smile.
Before the original owner left the family, the relationship with her was not very good. Sienna Brown even had many troubles because Count Augustine spent a lot of money every year to let the original owner attend Aurelian College.
But at this moment, no more than before, Sienna Brown knew that the Augustine family's ability to stay here now depended entirely on Locke in front of her, so her confidence was not enough.
Sienna Brown urged her daughter. "Your second brother is here, call brother, hurry up..."
Locke nodded slightly to the 7-year-old sister.
At the same time, he looked at his father and brother.
Gloria looked at Locke and said, "Locke, you have grown taller and grown up."
"I still remember the way you looked when you left the family. It's great, we are finally reunited. "
Locke could feel that his half-brother was close to him, or the original owner. After seeing him, he sincerely sighed, just because he saw that he, or the original owner, was living a good life.
Count Augustine coughed and said: "Locke, thanks to you this time. I didn't expect you to get the place for outstanding graduates."
"This is an unexpected surprise."
"As expected of my son."
"Father, hello, brother." Locke raised his brows and tried his best to blend in, because there were wizards in this world, so he didn't want to reveal the identity of the traveler.
I don’t want to become an experimental material for high-level wizards.
Locke looked at Count Augustine and said, "Father, do you also know about the quota for outstanding graduates?"
Count Augustine looked around and asked Sienna Brown to take her daughter out of the room, leaving only Gloria and Locke.
Although Sienna Brown was a little unwilling, she did not dare to disobey her husband's order, so she could only take her daughter and leave the room silently.
Count Augustine said: "There are no outsiders in this room. It’s just you two brothers and me now."
Count Augustine looked at Locke and said: "I have vaguely heard before that outstanding graduates of Aurelian College will be given face by even the king and the pope. Special status. "
"After I came to your college, your dean also told me something vaguely. After all, you will leave Corfu in two years and go to the larger world."
Count Augustine nodded to Locke: "Locke, you have done a good job."
"If our family wants to rise again, our hope lies in you."
"Because of your relationship, your brother and I can now be protected by the academy, and in the future, we may have the opportunity to take back the territory."
"It's just that we can't help you with going to the wizarding world..."
Locke looked at Count Augustine, a little surprised, because even if Dean Tunguska told his father something, it was unlikely that he would tell him directly about wizards and magic.
Locke said: "Father, not in two years, but in one and a half years, I will set off."
"If everything goes well."
As long as he becomes a third-class wizard apprentice before that, but his progress in learning the Vine Hand is not slow, so this is not a big problem.
· Locke said: "It's just father, how do you know... about wizards..."
· Count Augustine lowered his head and said: "There are some spooky rumors in the aristocratic circle."
· "And, your mother is a witch. I heard her hear about some things in the wizarding world."
· Gloria looked at Count Augustin in shock. "Father, what are you talking about? You have never told me this." Count Augustine shook his head and said: "Originally, I was going to tell no one."
"But now, Locke is going to that world. So I want you to know the truth."
"Your mother is not from the Corfu continent, but a witch from the outside world. She was seriously injured and drifted to our Corfu continent."
"I rescued her."
"She told me that she was being pursued by the enemy [Tower of the Black Sun], so she fled to our world for refuge."
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"Your mother did not die of the plague ten years ago, but she decided to leave the mainland of Corfu and go to her own world ten years ago."
"That is, the wizarding world."
Count Augustine said: "Actually, you two had a sister, but your mother took her away."
“She said at that time, you two do not have wizard qualifications, but your sister has very high wizard qualifications. And the son belongs to the father and the daughter belongs to the mother, so she took your sister away.”
"Leave you in the mortal world and inherit the title and territory."
Count Augustine smiled bitterly, looked at Locke and said: "Now you are going to that world, so I know, I have to say This matter."
"Children have the right to find their mother. Locke, this is the token she left behind."
Count Augustine placed a black iron ring in Locke's palm. "If you want to find your mother, take it and you might be able to find it."
"Locke, this is your right, it's up to you."
"Your brother Gloria and I don't have the qualifications to enter that world. Our world is on the continent of Corfu, but since you have the opportunity now, take advantage of it."
Locke saw that there was a seal on the surface of this iron ring. The pattern of the seal was an emerald green oak leaf, and there was a sentence written on the inside of the ring - [My mother taught me to gaze at the dew, and my father guided me through the storm! 】
Locke recovered from the shock of this incident. He suddenly thought that the wood element compatibility should be the original owner's own compatibility, and his main element particle is the dark element.
It now seems that his high wood element compatibility should be inherited from his mother.
Locke asked Count Augustine, "Did your father and mother use their real names on the mainland of Corfu?"
Count Augustine shook his head regretfully. "I have never doubted your mother's love for me."
"But in order to avoid her enemies, she did not dare to use her real name, and she was also afraid that if I knew her real name, it would cause trouble for me. So, she only left this token."
Count Augustine said: "Before leaving, She has been holding you two for a long, long time, and she is very reluctant to let you go. "
"But she told me that the wizarding world is more cruel than our world, and it is cruel to let children without talents enter that world. She would rather you live a mediocre life in the mortal world."