The female devils I saved came to my door

"Yeah..." Lovna agreed still vaguely.

She's really stupid.

7. Want to be a magician

Lovna's home is outside the city, next to a water-powered mill facing the river. It is a wooden cabin with a fence and a courtyard.

The house is quite spacious, with two floors. The upper floor is a warehouse and the lower floor is occupied by people.There is also a cow in the cowshed behind the house.

There is a smell of hay around the house, which is not unpleasant.

The owner here is Lovna's mother.

She was a red-haired woman who looked a little tired.Once upon a time, she was also a beautiful girl who knew some words and had some education.

But after marrying the prince and having a child, all she got was this house by the river and one or two maids.

Her parents have long since passed away, and her other relatives don't care much about her.Therefore, she could only use her private gold coins to buy a cow and earn some extra income by milking the cow and making dairy products.

Occasionally she would help in the mill and earn some money.

When Charles arrived, he happened to see her cutting freshly made cheese with several maids.

She doesn't seem to have any manners that a prince and concubine should have, she is just an ordinary working woman.

Seeing Ciel arriving with her daughter eating cake, she hurried up to greet him.

Seeing her daughter's injured leg, she felt a little distressed. She quickly brought herbal medicine, held down the twisted little girl, and applied pungent ointment to her legs.

After asking Ciel what was going on, she immediately picked up Lovna and slapped her twice on the butt, reprimanding her for losing the copper coin.

"Forget it...just a few copper coins."

"Mr. Charles, you don't know, these few copper coins are enough to buy a large piece of cheese." The woman was very apologetic and immediately cut out a large piece of smelly milk brick from the chopping board she was busy with. Wrapping it in gauze, he handed it to Charles: "I don't have anything else, so I'll use these to compensate you."

"Oh, no need..." He waved his hand: "I'm not hungry."

But the woman insisted on giving it, so he had no choice but to accept it.

Taking this opportunity, he also took a closer look at Lovna's residence and felt that the house was not much better than the staff dormitory at the church.

He couldn't help but say something more: "Madam, you are a prince and concubine. There is no place in the palace and no place to live in the city? And how can you work by yourself?"

"In the city?" Lovna's mother smiled bitterly after hearing this: "Is it my turn? My husband alone has more than a dozen wives, and there is no room for so many people. There is no extra house for me in the city. Yes, just live here."

Ciel thought about it and felt the same way.

After all, the palace here is so big and the city is small. The old king has many sons, daughters, and grandchildren. It is true that there is no chance for a woman with little status.

Although according to the teachings of the Eternal Church, marriage is sacred and monogamy must be observed unless the wife is infertile.

But in a small and remote country like Ipoli, the church cannot control so much.

How many wives a person can marry depends entirely on his ability.

As for how to support more wives, that's up to chance.

It is not unusual for a princess like Lovna who only has the title of princess but whose actual treatment is similar to that of an illegitimate daughter.

This mother is usually very hard-working. Not only does she have to work to earn money, but she also has to take care of Lovna, who runs around every day.

While she was chatting with Charles, Lovna had already finished the cream cake bought by Charles, and was eyeing the milk bricks her mother had just made. She was about to sneak another piece, but she was discovered by her mother, who carried her and spanked her. A few slaps.

"This child is like this, very greedy and playful..." The mother smiled a little tiredly: "I also heard Lovna say that Teacher Charles always gave her delicious food and was kind to her. , I’m really sorry to trouble you.”

"It's okay." Charles didn't care about this: "Lovna is very good. She never makes trouble for me in class. It's just appropriate to give me a reward. You are also a good mother."

Although this woman is dressed like a village woman, she can be seen to be well-educated and knowledgeable about etiquette. She speaks and acts in a reasonable manner, which is particularly rare.

Moreover, although she beat her daughter, she was different from Sirna's mother.

Sirna's mother always kept a straight face and used a water-soaked pointer to hit her daughter's hands and back.Once blood stains are left, Sirna's hands will tremble uncontrollably and she can't even hold the pen.

And this mother only spanked Lovna's fleshy areas, such as her butt.

She looked serious when she started, but in fact it didn't hurt at all.

So Lovna never takes things to heart.

Like now.Not long after she was spanked, she sneaked over again and tried to eat cheese again.

"Okay, don't peek over there." Charles saw the little girl peeping her head, waved her hand, told her to come over, broke off the piece of cheese her mother gave him, and handed it to He told her: "Take it and eat it, I'll leave first."

It was already getting late, and it was inappropriate to continue chatting with a married woman, so he stood up and left.

His residence is in a country church, only half an hour away from the palace.

Following the tree-lined paths trodden by pedestrians, you will soon reach your destination.

However, it is autumn now and it gets dark a little early.In order to see the night road clearly, he softly recited a simple mantra to attract the light element contained in nature.

Small balls of light slowly emerged from the ground like bubbles in water, getting bigger and bigger, and then jumped around him as if they were alive.

This soft light ball can not only illuminate the night road, but also repel some photophobic mosquitoes.

Relying on the guidance of these lights, Ciel walked briskly on the tree-lined path, not afraid of the bites of forest insects, and arrived at his residence as leisurely as if he was taking a walk.

At the door of the country church, he snapped his fingers to make these light groups dissipate.Then, he fumbled around his waist for a while, took out a bunch of keys, and planned to open the door and go home.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard some noises behind him, like some small animal walking on the grass.

After turning around, he saw the stalker behind him.

"Lovna? ​​Why are you here!?"

The little girl was standing only a few meters away from him, looking up at him.

With the help of the dim moonlight, Charles could see the hazy reflection in her eyes - this child seemed to have seen a miracle, with a face filled with envy.

"Teacher, was it magic you just cast?" she asked excitedly: "Are those glowing bubbles the elves you summoned?"

"Don't worry about this for now...Why did you follow me here?"

Lovna groaned, as if she remembered something.

She slowly took out a piece of cheese that had been crushed from her pocket and handed it to Charles: "Teacher, the cheese you just gave me. I thought about it and thought it would be better to give it back to you, because the teacher already gave it to me today. I bought a cream cake. I planned to return it to you, so I followed you here."

Ciel looked at her dazed look and understood.

After the girl took the cheese from him, she struggled for a while and planned to return the cheese to him.

As a result, after going out, I saw him casting a spell to summon a ball of light. I was fascinated by the sight and followed him in a daze all the way.

"Forget this cheese, you've crushed it, so you don't have to give it back to me... But if you just sneak out of the house, your mother will be worried."

"No, I know the way back." She was very sure, and she never forgot Ciel's spell: "Teacher, you haven't told me yet, are those glowing bubbles just magic? Are you really magic? Master?"

"Yes, that's just the most basic lighting spell." Charles nodded: "I am indeed a magician, but I only know some simple magic. Do you understand? Now, it's time for you to go home."

Luovna still stood there blankly.

She seemed shocked by the teacher's identity as a magician and couldn't move.

Sighing, he knew he would have to make an extra trip tonight.

"Lovna, follow me, I'll take you home..." He rubbed his head: "I have to talk to your mother about how to discipline you. You can't stop running around like this. , what should I do if something happens?"

Only then did Lovna react and nodded to the teacher in agreement.

On the way to take her home, in order to provide lighting, Ciel could only cast the lighting spell again, summoning those light balls that emitted warm light.

Lovna happily ran and jumped around these light balls, and she looked at Ciel with even more admiration.

"Teacher, you are so powerful, why don't you let everyone see how you cast spells? Everyone will be envious of you."

"This is the most basic magic. It's not very powerful, and there's no need to show off." Ciel didn't want to explain more: "These spells are troublesome to learn. I usually don't use magic in many places, so I don't bother to use it."

"The magician is so powerful, why are you always unhappy, teacher?" She asked another strange question.

"I'm not unhappy. Besides, being a magician has nothing to do with being unhappy." He couldn't keep up with Lovna's thinking.

"But teacher, you have never smiled."

"I'm not a fool, I don't laugh for no reason."

"But teacher, you are a magician. Whoever makes you unhappy, you can turn him into a donkey to make yourself happy; whoever bullies you, you can use magic to beat him into the sky; if you have no money, read this sentence The spell, the gold coins are raining down like raindrops... How can you be unhappy?"

"Those are fairy tales. My magic is not that powerful. I can only breathe fire, shine, and make ice. I can't turn people into animals. Making gold is the category of alchemy, not magic, and I can't. meeting."

"Ah." Lovna was stunned again: "Is there anything that a magician can't do?"

"Of course. Everyone has things they can't do. Magic isn't everything."

"Oh." She looked a little disappointed.

"what happened?"

"I originally wanted to ask the teacher to teach me magic," she said a little frustrated: "After learning magic, I can make myself smarter. Moreover, after becoming a magician, I can travel around like the teacher, and I don't have to talk to Just like my mother, she married someone else and worked in the mill."

She also knows that she is not smart.

"Lovna, everyone has difficulties. Traveling everywhere is also dangerous. Before I came to Ipoli, I traveled through many countries and encountered robbers, thieves, and corrupt officials. It was very difficult every time. You have a mother who loves you. , I can eat every day, don’t have to worry about starving to death, and there is no war in my hometown... This is already very good.”

"But I really want to be a magician."

"Learning magic is difficult." Ciel shook his head: "It requires not only talent, but also fate. It is difficult for me to learn some tricks myself, let alone teach others magic."

However, as soon as he said this, he was immediately slapped in the face.

8. Witch

Just as he was walking and chatting with Lovna, a thunderous roar suddenly came from the distance, interrupting their conversation.

The sound seemed to be coming from the city.

"Thunder!" Lovna was startled by the sound.

"...not like thunder."

The sound was more like an explosion than thunder.

But there is no gunpowder in the Arran world yet.Even if an alchemist invented explosives, there would not be such a big noise, let alone a small and remote country like Ipoli.

For some reason, he suddenly had a creepy and ominous premonition.

At the moment when the roar erupted, the stars in the sky seemed to change subtly - as if something bad had happened.

"Lovna, I will take you back later. Let's go to the city first to see what happened."

"Yeah." She didn't have any opinions and basically listened to the teacher.

Carrying the little girl on his back, and relying on the light ball of the illumination technique to guide the way, he ran all the way towards the city.

You can already see how bad the situation is at the city gate: a large group of citizens and guards on duty are shouting and saying weird things like "there's a fire", "the house has fallen down", "there's a monster".

The city is even more chaotic.

Some people were busy carrying buckets to put out the fire, some were clamoring to maintain order, some were crying and making trouble, and some even took advantage of the crowd to steal and cause trouble.

Charles pulled a guard carrying a spear and asked: "What happened?"

"I don't know. At first, there was a fire in the palace. Although the fire there was extinguished, there was water in other places... Anyway, don't bother me, I have something else to do!"

It's just a fire, but what does it mean to have a flood?

Before Charles could understand, he suddenly felt something cool falling on his head. When he looked up, he realized that it was actually hail.

The weather suddenly changed, and fine pieces of ice fell from the sky first. Then, the ice cubes falling from the sky became larger and larger, and after a while, ice cubes the size of a finger fell.

The situation became more and more strange. There was talk of fire, floods in the city, and hail falling from the sky.This made Charles even more confused.

No matter what, we have to hide with Lovna first.

He took off his coat, put it on the little girl's head, and told her to squat in a sheltered place outside the city to avoid the hail and stay away from the crowd.

Although Lovna was not sensible, she was a little scared when she saw so many adults panicking and there were blazing fires in the city, so she nodded repeatedly.

Ciel then tried to sail through the crowds into the city to find out what was going on.

But it is difficult.

The residents of the city were running out of the city, and the guards on duty were useless. Everyone was panicking.What happened, he still had a dark look in his eyes.

Just when he was anxious, the already noisy crowd suddenly burst into crazy screams, "The monster is coming!" "The monster is setting fire" and "The big wave is coming!"