All-round magician

Chapter 9

During this period, Aphra also sought a variety of methods to see if a miracle could happen. Luckily like Andrew, she suddenly had magic elements or sword energy.However, the sky does not drop pies every day, even if one falls occasionally, so many people may not be able to hit you, and Aphra just happens to be insulated from this kind of good things for nothing. In her previous life, she was often dragged to buy It's a pity that I didn't even win the last consolation prize of 5 yuan.

After comparing the period of the Gods and Demons War with the historical data on the continent of nearly a hundred years, Aphra found that since the Gods and Demons War, the achievements of magic and sword energy cultivation in the Glory Continent have shown a rapid decline, and one generation is not as good as the next, until about 5000 It took a year to stabilize, and the overall level of magic and sword energy will basically remain at this level in the future.Due to the occurrence of several large-scale wars after the Great War of Gods and Demons, many precious historical materials, magicians, and swordsmen disappeared in the long river of history, and Aphra could not find any reason.

A few months passed in a flash, and Afra learned a lot about magic and sword qi from books. She also practiced taekwondo and qigong in private, and her small body became stronger and stronger.

Soon the Poplar Picking Festival is approaching, and the 60th birthday of Marquis Andrew is also coming soon.In the Glorious Continent, all the princes and nobles will celebrate the age of 60. One is to pray for this person, and the other is to reach the age of 60. According to the title and merit, the nobles can enter different levels of elders. The elders are from the Cadias Empire. A major feature is that when the entire House of Lords, two-thirds of the Middle House, and half of the House of Commons jointly vote to pass, even the king can be impeached.According to the usual practice, the upper class nobles enter the upper house, the middle class nobles enter the middle court, and the lower class nobles enter the lower house. There are 5 people in the upper house, 15 people in the middle house, and 30 people in the lower house.It was obvious that Earl Andrew must be in the House of Lords, so that day was bound to be celebrated with great celebration.

There are still 5 days before the Yang Yang Festival, and it finally ushered in the birthday of Marquis Andrew.On this day, nobles and relatives of all sizes in the city of Meau gathered in Rogge’s mansion (Marquis Andrew’s mansion was basically vacant due to years of fighting abroad, so he simply lived with his second son in the end. ), even the uncle Seslia who was in Qicheng and the younger uncle Yisi who was stationed at the border also rushed back from thousands of miles away.

The adults are busy entertaining guests, and Aphra is both happy and depressed. She is happy that Alan and Allie, who haven’t seen each other for a month, are finally home, and the three siblings can be reunited (Allen and Allie are in boarding school) Elementary school, only go home once a month), what is depressing is that they have to entertain the two children of their uncle and uncle.The uncle brought his 11-year-old eldest son Robert back to Mo City, and the younger uncle brought back his 4-year-old eldest daughter Lily.Since the two children are not familiar with Mocheng and the adults are very busy, they are handed over to the three brothers and sisters.

However, these two children are not normal children, at least not like most other children.Robert inherited the money-loving character of his money-hungry father, and he yelled everywhere he went, "It's a waste to use white marble to build walls!" "Oh my God, such a big night pearl is worth 5000 gold, no, more If you take Jonas to the auction, it will probably sell for 6000 gold." "Look, the necklace that lady wears is made of top-quality rubies, this one must at least sell..." and so on.Lily is a slug, crying with snot and tears at every turn.It made Aphra almost couldn't help showing her eldest sister Fan Er, pointing at her nose and yelling, if you cry again, you will die.

In the end, she really couldn't stand the two children, so Aphra threw them to Allen and Allie, and hid behind the rockery in the lotus pond in the backyard alone, picked a lotus leaf to cover her face, and lay on her back to bask in the sun. Stealing half a day's leisure in Fusheng is very pleasant.

The warm sunshine at the end of spring shone softly on people, and Aphra couldn't help Zhou Gong's call, and fell asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Aphra was suddenly awakened by her own name while half asleep and half awake.Listening intently, I found someone whispering in the gazebo in the middle of the lotus pond. The two people seemed to have mentioned their own voices just now.Going around to the hole in the rockery, I found a hidden place closer to the gazebo. Now there was no noise other than the chirping of cicadas, and the voices of the two people were heard clearly.

"Are you sure His Majesty the King has changed his mind?" A deep and hoarse male voice sounded. Judging from the voice, it should be a middle-aged man.

"It's absolutely true, how can I lie about this kind of thing!" Another sharp voice like the crowing of an old hen responded.

"I really don't understand why Your Majesty would choose Aphra over Ellie. After all, Aphra is a well-known waste of magic and martial arts in Cardias. It is impossible to make mistakes in the magic test and sword test. But Ellie is a super genius with an initial magic power of 10."

"Yes, but Your Majesty has his own considerations, so we don't have much to say."

"Then when do you think His Majesty will issue this decree?" It seemed that the middle-aged man respected the "old hen".

"It should take another half a year. The age stipulated by the Holy Light Magic Primary School is 5 years old. After half a year, Aphra will be 5 years old, which is exactly the age to go to school."

Suddenly, a hand stretched out and patted Aphra on the back. She was taken aback, and when she turned around, she saw Ellie's face with a smug and exaggerated smile.

"Scared..."

Aphra quickly covered Ellie's mouth.

Facing Ellie's questioning eyes, Aphra pointed in the direction of the gazebo on the pond, and Ellie became quiet. I don't know if it was because she discovered them or for other reasons, but the two people suddenly stopped talking, one after the other. left the pavilion.

Immediately afterwards, several noble ladies in floor-length skirts appeared. They led a few maids, waved round fans embroidered with exquisite patterns, and stepped into the gazebo arrogantly. Aphra couldn't help cursing: " Peacock!"

"What did you say?" Ellie couldn't hear her because she spoke in a low voice.

"It's nothing, let's go." Shaking his head, he pulled Ellie away from the rockery.

Because there was something on her mind, Aphra went back to her room to rest early, and there were so many people on that day, no one noticed her abnormal state.

Aphra lay down on the bed early, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, and the question kept appearing in her mind: what were these two people talking about before she woke up, and what was it that they hadn't finished talking about?Why did the king target himself?
After thinking about it for a long time, but still unable to figure out what was tricky, Aphra finally decided that she should report this matter to the old Marquis.

The next night, after dinner, Afra went to the study to wait for her grandfather.At about 9 o'clock in the evening, the door of the study room was finally pushed open.

"My dear little Aphra, I heard from Sarah (the maid who took care of the old Marquis's daily life), you have been waiting for me all night, do you miss your grandpa and me if you don't see me for a day?" Pull it up and put it on his lap.

Aphra couldn't help but rolled her eyes again, for the old and disrespectful guy, and then she found sadly that since the old fox returned to Mo City, the number of times she rolled her eyes has increased exponentially, far exceeding the 26 years in her previous life .

He raised his head and looked at Andrew seriously. Andrew saw her serious expression and knew that what she was about to talk about was very important, so he put away his joking expression.

Aphra quickly recounted a conversation she overheard at the pond yesterday.After a moment of silence, Andrew raised his hand and touched her head lovingly,

"Son, it's not a day or two for the king to suspect our family. I just didn't expect him to point the finger at you. I have a general idea of ​​what the king is planning, but it has yet to be confirmed. This matter is not a big deal, don't worry about it." I'm worried. I'll send someone down to check it out, and I'll let you know the results."

Seeing the determined expression of the old Marquis, Aphra also guessed that this matter is not fatal. After all, the king still dare not attack the Rogge family, so even if he moves, he will always have some scruples, and at most he will beat it , just give me a warning.

Let go of the stone in her heart, and with the two brothers and sisters Alan and Ai Li at home, Aphra returned to her nature as a child. Except for sleeping, the three of them were inseparable all day long. The wild child Ai Li was locked up in school for nearly half a year. Like a bird flying out of a cage, playing tricks on this maid and that servant, having a great time every day.

In fact, Alan and Ai Li asked for leave to go home this time, but since it happened to be the Poplar Picking Festival three days later and the school would be on holiday, the two children simply asked for an extra three days off, and did not return to school until the Picking Yang Festival was over.

The Poplar Picking Festival is a very important festival in Glorious Continent, and it is actually very similar to the Chinese Qixi Festival.There is a plant on the Glorious Continent called Twin Poplar. The seedlings of this plant will be divided into two parts and grow upwards after they are pulled out of the soil. When one part grows up, it will bloom a fiery red rose-like flower. Make poplar flowers; the other half does not bloom, but the topmost leaf will grow into a peach heart shape, and that leaf is called a poplar leaf.In addition, the flowering stem will be a little shorter than the stem with peach heart-shaped leaves, as if a young girl is nestling in the arms of a tall and straight man, so twin poplars are also called love trees and male and female trees.

There is also a beautiful legend about the Poplar Picking Festival.It is said that 14000 years ago, there lived a beautiful and kind-hearted girl Avril in a small town at the junction of the Aberian Empire and the Forest of Elves. Avril’s family hated poverty. In order to fill her stomach, she would go to Gather wild vegetables at the edge of the forest.On a misty morning, Avril Lavigne went to the forest to collect wild vegetables again. After picking half a basket of wild vegetables, the sun slowly climbed up from the east hill, and the mist gradually dispersed.Avril suddenly found a man lying face down in the grass next to the path, covered in blood.Avril immediately screamed in fright, but there was no one around to ask for help. Finally, she restrained the fear in her heart, mustered up the courage to walk over to the man's head carefully, and found that it turned out to be a handsome male elf , Stretching out her slender fingers tremblingly, he was still breathing shallowly, this kind girl was moved with pity, and wanted to save him.Because she has been dealing with plants for a long time, Avril still has some preliminary knowledge of pharmacology. She quickly collected several kinds of herbs nearby to stop bleeding, crushed the wound applied to the elf, and then dragged him to a nearby room for late hunters. A temporary hut.The elf was seriously injured, and she was still in a coma after such a toss. Finally, it was getting dark, and Avril had to prepare some food and water for the elf, and then went home under the moonlight.

(End of this chapter)