I fly with a sword in the magic academy

Chapter 34
"Little sister, please don't cry. I'm not a bad person. Although I don't have any money, there are some things that should be enough to cover this meal." Shi Daohan took off a jade pendant from his belt.

This is a piece of ordinary jade, but it has been carved into the shape of a unicorn riding on the clouds. It is very exquisite, and there are also traces of poetry and Daohan engraved inside. Wearing it on the body can help people calm down and calm down.

"This piece of jade is too exquisite. It must be very expensive. I can't accept it." The old man shook his head: "Everyone has difficulties. I believe you are just embarrassed for a moment. You can just pay for it when you pass by in the future."

Shi Daohan secretly lamented that the old man's life was already very tight, but he was still so friendly to others, which made her even more embarrassed.

"Just accept it. This jade pendant is nothing to me. It's not worth much money."

"It's too expensive, I really can't accept it."

The old man's hands were covered with calluses and he pushed the jade pendant back.

Seeing his refusal, Shi Daohan stopped insisting and said: "Since you refuse to accept it, then I will stay here to help you work and use my wages to make up for the food."

She didn't have a good place to go now. Seeing how simple and kind the old man was, she decided to stay temporarily and help the old man run the tavern.

"We can't even eat anymore..." The five or six-year-old girl looked down at her toes, her eyes red, and she muttered in a low voice.

Hearing what she said, Shi Daohan felt sour in his heart. He knelt down and touched the little girl's head with pity: "I won't cause you any trouble. On the contrary, I will improve your current life and let you eat well." Eat well, put on new clothes, trust my sister, okay?"

After that, she looked at the old man again and said: "Old man, I am homeless now and have no other place to go out. Just keep me. I won't cause you any trouble."

"Sister, don't you have a home?"

The tears on the little girl's face have not yet dried up. She raised her little head and showed a look of sympathy on her immature little face.

"I have a home, but because of some things, I can't go back for the time being." Shi Daohan couldn't explain his situation too clearly, otherwise he might implicate the old and the young.

Finally, the old man agreed to let Shi Daohan stay temporarily and packed up a separate room for her in the already small inner room.

The old man saw that Shi Daohan's clothes did not look like a child from a poor family, and thought that she might have just had a quarrel with her family and ran away from home in a fit of anger. She would leave after her anger subsided.

At night, Shi Daohan came to the roof of the tavern and looked thoughtfully into the distance.

The heavy snow is still falling, and it is completely white. Every household in the town has a kerosene lamp hanging in front of its door. The warm sun-like light falls on the snow, giving people a sense of warmth.

Shi Daohan had never seen such an environment in Eastern China before, and she couldn't help but be fascinated for a while. It wasn't until the next morning when the old man's voice came that she came back to her senses.

"Child, why did you run to the roof? Be careful, don't fall."

The little girl walked out of the room with sleepy eyes. When she saw Shi Daohan sitting on the roof, her eyes couldn't help but widen: "Sister, what are you doing on the roof?"

"The environment here is beautiful and artistic. I was fascinated by it immediately."

Shi Daohan smiled gently, held his hair, and swept away the white snow on his head and clothes.

After washing, the old man called her to eat. Four or five breads made of wheat flour and a small plate of dried salted fish were their breakfast. It was very simple, because their living conditions were really very tight.

"Child, aren't you cold?" the old man asked with concern.

Although Shi Daohan's clothes were luxurious, they were not warm. The old man could not imagine how she could endure the cold and sit on the roof all night.

Shi Daohan just smiled gently and said: "Old man, you don't have to worry, this kind of climate and environment will not have any impact on me."

"Grandpa, will those bad guys come again today?"

The little girl suddenly spoke, with a look of fear and worry in her eyes.

"They have already robbed our castle, why are they still unwilling to let us go?"

"It's okay, grandpa won't let them hurt you." The old man touched her head.

Shi Daohan sat next to him and said nothing, finishing the simple breakfast in silence.

"I'm going out for a walk." Shi Daohan stood up and walked outside.

The old man nodded and warned: "Be careful and don't go too far."

This town is not big, with only more than 100 households, facing the sea on three sides. Through various understandings, Shi Daohan learned that the old man in the tavern was named Robert. He was not a native resident of the town. He was there more than 50 years ago. Immigrant.

A sensible and beautiful little girl named Alice. Her parents passed away three years ago, leaving only the old man to depend on her.

Shi Daohan came to the seaside, and the cold wind slashed across her cheeks and skin like a knife. However, as a monk, this cold climate had little impact on her and could be ignored completely.

Due to climate changes, a thick layer of ice and rock has formed on the sea surface, which is more than five or six meters thick.

Most of the residents in the town make a living by fishing, but now the sea is frozen and the harbor is closed. This has made many people's lives difficult and they have to go hunting in the mountains.

Shi Daohan broke through the thick ice on the sea and used his magic power to form a large net, catching many big fish, shrimps and crabs at once.

"It should be enough to last for a while."

Shi Daohan returned home with a full load. He exchanged the seafood he caught for some money and food with the big family in the town, and returned to the tavern near noon.

At this time, many people gathered around the tavern. When Shi Daohan heard Alice's helpless cry, his heart suddenly thumped and he rushed over quickly.

Among the crowd, the old man's gray hair was disheveled, his weather-beaten face was stained with blood, and he was slumped on the ground helplessly.

The little girl Alice cried helplessly and wiped the blood from the old man's face with her sleeves.

"You bad guys! You robbed our home. Now my grandfather and I have no food to eat, and you still refuse to let us go!"

A middle-aged man with a scar on his face and a fierce expression kicked Alice to the ground: "Why are you talking to us?!" "You can just come to me if you have anything to do, why do you want to do this to a child?" Do it!" The old man protected Alice behind him and glared at the middle-aged man: "What exactly do you want?"

"We came here to drink and eat meat, but you old man told us that there was no more wine, no meat, and nothing. Then why should you open this shabby tavern? Just close it!"

"You come here every day to eat for free. We can't even eat anymore. How can we give you anything to eat!" Alice hated these people and cried helplessly behind the old man.

Many people in the onlookers couldn't stand it anymore, but no one dared to step forward to stop him. They could only persuade the old man nicely: "Robert, you should close this tavern and leave with your granddaughter. Here it is."

"Yes, there is an alchemist in his family. How can ordinary people like us afford to offend him?"

"If you can't offend her, why can't you hide away? It's better to take your granddaughter and leave."

"Do you have the right to speak?!" The middle-aged man with a scar on his face glanced at the people around him fiercely, and the voices suddenly stopped. No one dared to say anything more for fear of Will make you angry.

In the distance, Shi Daohan felt anger surging in his heart, but he did not take action immediately. The other party's family seemed to have a good background.

She won't stay in this town for too long. Sooner or later, she will leave and return to Horagaka College. Taking action now can indeed relieve her hatred, and she is fully capable of protecting herself and is not afraid of the other family's revenge. .

But after she leaves, the family behind the other party will definitely intensify their oppression of the young and old.

"When I come back tomorrow, if you haven't prepared food and wine, I will break your legs!"

After the middle-aged man with a scar on his face said such cruel words, he walked away. Those who were watching all tried to persuade the old man to leave the town as soon as possible. In the meantime, the crying and whimpering of the little girl Alice was mixed in.

It wasn't until a long time passed that the crowd gradually dispersed. The little girl's big eyes were red, and her thin body helped the old man into the tavern.

Seeing such a kind old man in his dying years and a well-behaved and sensible little girl Alice being bullied in this way, Shi Daohan stared at the figure disappearing at the end of the street, his eyes extremely cold.

She stood outside for a long time before dragging a net of fish, shrimps, crabs and rice noodles into the tavern.

Alice was wiping the wounds on the old man's face with a hot towel. She was extremely distressed and couldn't help but cry while wiping them carefully.

There were bruised and broken fingerprints on the old man's wrinkled face.

"big sister!"

Seeing Shi Daohan's return, Alice burst into tears in grievance.

"Good boy, don't cry. Grandpa is fine." The old man comforted her softly and wiped her tears with his calloused hands.

"Child, these fish..." The old man noticed a large net of sea fish, shrimps and crabs behind Shi Daohan and the rice noodles in her hand, with a look of surprise on his face.

"I caught these all by myself when I went out to sea. On the way back, I exchanged some of them for some rice and noodles with the wealthy families in the town."

Shi Daohan put these things down, then took out a small jade bottle from the storage ring, poured the medicinal solution into his hand, and carefully applied it on the wounds on the old man's face. In just a moment, all the wounds were healed. And not a single scar was left.

"Child, you just ate one of our meals, there is no need for this."

The old man knew that this potion was definitely not ordinary, and its price must be very expensive. He really didn't know how to thank Shi Daohan.

"A meal is indeed nothing, but your kindness and friendship are worth more than a thousand pieces of gold. My way of life is very simple. If others are good to me, I will be good to others. If others want to harm me, then I will do the same." There will be no mercy at all.”

Having said this, Shi Daohan knelt down and helped the little girl Alice wipe away the tears on her face, and said in a gentle tone: "With my sister here, I won't let anyone bully you anymore."

"Sister." Alice's eyes turned red again, and tears burst out of her eyes unsatisfactorily.

"Don't be afraid. With my sister here, no one can hurt you." Shi Daohan touched Alice's head lovingly. It was really annoying for such a cute and sensible little girl to be bullied like this.

"Child. Don't mess around." The old man had already guessed that Shi Daohan was not an ordinary person, but he didn't want to involve her. He said: "There are alchemists in the Norman family. They work for the empire. We, the common people, are not the ones to mess with. of."

At this point, the old man sighed: "It is said that the older people get, the more nostalgic they become. I have lived in this town for most of my life, and I have an inseparable affection for the mountains and sea here. I really don't want to leave.

But I just figured it out. Alice is still young now. I can no longer let her be harmed by those beasts. I will take her out of the town tomorrow and live somewhere else. "

"Grandpa..." When the old man said this, two more lines of tears suddenly appeared on Alice's face.

"Don't worry, I will resolve these matters as soon as possible. Please tell me first what kind of background this Norman family has."

"Kid, don't mess around. We will pack up and leave here tomorrow and never come back. You just ate our meal. There is no need to offend the Norman family because of us."

"You don't have to worry about me. If you can't afford to offend them openly, I can also deal with them behind the scenes without putting myself in danger."

Finally, under Shi Daohan's constant questioning, the old man finally told something.

The Norman family is the leading family in this town. It is said that three or four members of their family are alchemists.

Alchemists, like magicians, are very mysterious beings who possess powers that ordinary people cannot imagine. They are not seen at all on ordinary days. Therefore, people in the town are very afraid of the Norman family and have to hide from them even if they see them on the road. Follow them.

Shi Daohan felt that the old man still had something to say. As far as she knew, the old man had a very good family background and had an old castle in a small town. He was considered a wealthy family. Why did he end up in such a poor state now? ?
There was also a pair of children under his knees, why they died suddenly, the old man did not tell these things.

"Old man, can't you still trust me?"

Shi Daohan spoke like this.

"Alice, go and warm the towel with hot water." The old man pushed the little girl away, sighed softly, and said: "Child, I know you are not an ordinary person, you are not afraid of the cold, and now the sea is frozen , but you can still catch sea fish, shrimps and crabs, and you are probably one of the two types of alchemists or magicians, right? But I still advise you not to provoke the Norman family, we cannot afford to offend them."

The old man continued to talk. His two children were actually magicians. A few years ago, they were valued by the Lothua Magic Academy and invited to enroll. They were considered a big family in this small town and no one dared to offend them easily. , even the Norman family wants to make friends with them.

(End of this chapter)