They don't want me to work harder

She blinked her big emerald eyes, gently pinched the corners of her skirt with her white fingers, bent her knees slightly, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

"Hahaha, I haven't seen my child for a long time, you don't need to be polite..."

Henry II waved his hand and casually asked about the current situation of other members of the Wolfe family. Then he pointed at Richard and said kindly: "After finally coming back, I won't hold you back. It's better for you two brothers and sisters to have a good time together." Let’s get together~”

After speaking, he and most of the visiting team moved to the nearby meeting hall.

At this moment, the only guests in the hall were Zoe and a tall man wearing leather armor.

The man glanced at the frugal and simple decoration in the main hall, and the confusion and contempt in his eyes flashed across his eyes. On his face, he respectfully saluted Richard, lowered his head and said to Zoe:

"Miss, I'm going to find the teacher..."

Seeing Zoe nodding, he also left the main hall in silence.

Richard asked curiously: "Who is he?"

"The guard of our family was also a student of Teacher Megan."

Richard suddenly understood.

Megan is Connaught's court mage, with peak Silver level strength. She has been responsible for guiding Richard's professional training for ten years.

In this world's five-level power system of black iron, bronze, silver, gold and legend, peak silver may not sound high, but for a Connaught with a population of several hundred thousand, it is already a rare powerhouse.

For gold that goes up even higher, even if one comes out occasionally, the Connaught royal family cannot afford to hire it.

Next, Richard took Zoe to the more private study next door.

On the way, he used his peripheral vision to look at the cousin he had not seen for two years.

He grows up so fast!

In the previous memory, she was still a child running around, but now she is polite and polite, and she really looks like a lady from a famous family.

Just when Richard was sighing...

"Ah, Richard, I miss you so much!"

After entering the door, the girl who had straightened her back with a straight face just now suddenly threw herself into his chest.

"what?"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu[-]uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu[-]uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu don't you know how much I have suffered in the past two years, I have not slept even once, I have all kinds of training every day, and I am not allowed to eat cake after training..."

Zoe rubbed her little face against Richard's clothes, swaying her twin ponytails like ears of wheat in the wind, and let out the complaints she had suppressed for a long time.

Richard was stunned for a while, looking at the girl who looked completely different from before, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

After all, she is still just a 14-year-old little sister, far from a real lady!

There is still room for fun~

By the way, does this child have runny nose?

"Don't laugh, I finally got free!"

When Zoe heard the voice, she suddenly puffed up her pink cheeks with anger, like a little hamster.

Richard quickly explained: "I'm just happy that you are not alienated from me because of the two years of separation. It's great."

"Of course~"

The girl crossed her hips, her lips curled up slightly, and her face turned slightly red.

At this time, Katyusha walked in with tea and snacks.

Zoe raised her slender eyebrows and looked alert: "Why is Katyusha here?"

As a former palace resident, she knew this maid.

"Aunt Caroline retired and now she is my personal maid."

"T-Personal maid?"

Zoe's eyes suddenly widened.

After a while, she lowered her head slightly and murmured to herself with a gloomy face: "So, Cousin Richard has reached the age where he must give birth to offspring for the royal family. Well, it is reasonable to use the maid first to gain experience. …”

puff!

Richard spit out the black tea he just drank and said with a grin: "Who taught you these words? And Katyusha and I are innocent and have a clear conscience!"

"Really?"

The girl's eyes regained their luster, and she glanced at Katyusha, who was expressionless as usual. As if she had received some kind of confirmation, she hugged Richard's arm.

"That's great!"

Uh, I always feel that the good in your eyes is different from what I think...

But Richard's thoughts were immediately interrupted by Zoe's next sentence:

"By the way, Richard, is there any follow-up to the story you told about getting the magic book from the West?"

What about the West...oh, I randomly edited Journey to the West!

Richard remembered that two years ago, in order to comfort the children, he did often adapt and tell stories from his past life.

But after Zoe left, he stopped doing that - he didn't rely on this to make a living, so he might as well spend his time learning magic.

In other words, he was too late!

So at this moment, facing Zoe's wolf-like look after waiting for two years, he was a little unable to resist.

suddenly.

There was a moderate fluctuation of magic power in the distance.

Richard judged that the direction was the training ground and immediately changed the subject: "Your guard seems to be sparring with the teacher. Let's go and have a look!"

"Eh...okay, okay."

Richard couldn't help but drag the girl to the training ground.

This is an open space in front of a hillside, surrounded by a fence, about the size of a playground, with some weapons and wooden figures placed on the edge.

In the middle of the open space, the man just now was kneeling on one knee, breathing heavily, while a middle-aged man wearing a green robe stood in front of him and smiled:

"I've made great progress in terms of technique, but my style is a bit reckless."

Seeing Richard and Zoe arriving, the middle-aged man nodded again: "Your perception is very keen."

"Thank you for your compliment."

"There's no need to be so modest. You're here just in time, Richard. You can spar with him."

"Hey?"

Megan showed a hint of a bad smile: "My student is a little proud after not seeing him for two years. You can just come and sharpen him."

"Teacher, you think too highly of me." There was an inexplicable offending task, and Richard couldn't laugh or cry.

The guard also stood up and frowned slightly: "His Royal Highness, it must be his first time in bronze, right? I'm already at a high level, teacher, you are making things difficult for me."

The implication is that the guard does not think Richard can be his opponent.

That's not being rude.

From black iron to gold, each of these four levels is subdivided into three levels: junior, middle, and high. The so-called peak silver actually refers to the high level silver.

Generally speaking, if the difference between two fighting professionals is only one rank, it is difficult to determine the outcome. If there is a difference of two ranks or even a major level, then there will definitely be level suppression.

Megan shook her head: "You still refuse to accept the claim that you are arrogant. You will know after a fight."

Under the teacher's authority, although both parties were reluctant, they still stood in the center of the training ground.

"Your Highness, I have offended you."

The guard saluted, then picked up a wooden sword from the side and stood it up in front of him.

Richard instantly recognized that this was the starting stance of the standard sergeant swordsmanship from the Roland Empire.

He seems to be a professional swordsman.

He returned the greeting, picked up a cheap wooden staff used for training and waved it.

Along with the magic circle that emerged out of thin air, a three-meter-tall tree man walked out of it.

"Huh? Brother Richard used the summoning technique first?" Zoe asked puzzledly from the sidelines.

Megan explained: "Because of his good talent for long-distance communication, His Highness has started to change his profession to a summoner since last year."

"Amazing……"

In ancient times, there were only two major professions in this world: mages and warriors.

With the development of the times, the two types of professions have been continuously subdivided and evolved into many tributaries, such as thieves, knights or swordsmen under the warrior category, and druids, alchemists or necromancers under the mage category. .

To put it bluntly, Summoner is a secondary discipline under Mage.

This profession has high requirements on people's spiritual attributes, language and affinity with different races, and talents in cross-border communication.

It seemed that because of his status as a time traveler, Richard had a really good talent in this area, so he changed jobs decisively.

Back on the field.

Facing the roaring tall tree man, the male guard did not panic.

He didn't have much experience fighting summoners, but he knew the advantages and disadvantages of this profession - he was good at turning single combat into group fights, but because he relied heavily on summons, he was weaker than ordinary mages.

And the tree man in front of me is notoriously slow...

Ah.

The guard sneered, thinking that the teacher was really talking nonsense. His Royal Highness was obviously the more arrogant one.

Fighting the strong with the weak, how dare you use such a summoned object that cannot protect its master?

No wonder everyone says that the Connaught royal family is on its last legs.

Not only is the palace simple and crude, but even the dignified prince is only at this level. I'm afraid a few random people from the empire won't be able to defeat him, right?

Sure enough, when I get stronger, I still have to go to the empire to find a job. This is just a springboard, there is a future over there!

Maybe someone will come to me to buy information about this prince. Hey, I can make some extra money.

As for now...