I became a mage and was recruited by the lord as his son-in-law

The engagement dinner is tonight, and the people of the territory are still busy on the streets. Although this is a big event for Bennett and Aimee, it seems that nothing has happened to the rest of the world. If it weren't for the servants' whispers, Bennett would have thought it was all just a dream.

Because Aimee had to dress up today, Sera didn't arrange any training for Aimee these days. After breakfast, the two seemed to have nothing to do.

The scenery in autumn is always a bit bleak, and so is the lord's garden. The servants had already removed the dead flowers and plants on one side, and there was still a maple forest on the other side of the courtyard that kept dropping leaves. The servants didn't clean it. The lord's wife said that she liked the way maple leaves fell all over the ground, and it was indeed beautiful. The whole yard was like a large burning flame, and when the breeze blew, the flame swirled and rose.

Aimee also likes this kind of scene. After last night, Aimee no longer pestered Bennett to tell stories. She seemed to have become much quieter all of a sudden, except that her sleeping posture was still wild, and she would snore and grab the quilt in the middle of the night.

Now she was standing in the flames, a red dress holding up her fair cheeks. She kept stepping on the leaves, making a crackling sound, and occasionally picked up a leaf and put it in the palm of her hand to observe it. Bennett couldn't understand her behavior, but when he saw the smile in the corner of her eyes, he didn't plan to do anything unnecessary.

"When I was little, my sister would always come here with me to play hide-and-seek. I liked to wear red and hide in the maple leaves. When I was little, I thought she couldn't find me, but later I realized she was just teasing me."

"The day she got married was the last time we played hide-and-seek. I was the one looking for her, and she was also wearing a red dress and hiding among the maple leaves. I found her right away, but she didn't continue hiding like I usually did. Instead, she knelt on the ground and cried. She said she wanted to hide there forever."

"I didn't know what was going on at the time. It wasn't until the old man kissed my sister at the dinner that I realized I was going to lose her forever. That night, there was only fear in her eyes, but my father and mother were smiling, and everyone was smiling."

Bennett's heart seemed to be weighed down by a stone. He went forward and hugged the girl. The girl smiled at Bennett and continued, "I was also very scared at that time. I was also afraid that my father and mother would marry me to an old man with a smile on their faces. Later one day, my father told me that your future husband had come. I hid under the quilt and dared not come out. It was my mother who pulled me out and asked the servants to clean me up. At that time, I only knew that I was going to marry a man named Bennett."

"When I saw you, I was so happy, but you treated me like a child, and I was a little scared. I didn't get engaged to you, nor did I attend the wedding directly like my sister did. I was really afraid that you would not want me."

Bennett pulled the girl's hand and took the maple leaf from her. The maple leaf was still very soft, half golden yellow and half fiery red.

"Everything is over." Looking at the maple leaves all over the yard, Bennett lamented the cruelty of fate to the girl from the Stark family. The girl's red skirt was linked to the maple leaves on the ground. He was moved and said, "Why don't you hide again and see if I can find you."

"No, after last night, I don't have to hide anymore." Aimee let go of Bennett's hand and said happily, "You can keep that maple leaf as a bookmark. I will never come here again. When we get married and have children, we will build a new manor and never let them hide in the corner and cry again."

"Okay, but I guess we'll be staying in the Mage Tower."

"That seems pretty good."

"Bennett, I haven't seen the place where you grew up as a child."

"Come on, I'll take you to see it."

Holding the girl's hand, Bennett ran her out of the manor.

Arriving at Bennett's house, compared with the lord's manor, the courtyard here is much larger than that of ordinary civilians but is pitifully small, but every corner is filled with the breath of life. The nanny cleaned the room very cleanly, and greeted Bennett happily when she saw him come back, wishing him well on his engagement with Aimee.

Aimee was also a little excited. The crazy girl was back too. She went to the kitchen to chat with the nanny, rolled around in Bennett's bedroom, played a pillow war in the living room, and poured cold water on Bennett in the bathtub in the bathroom (they were both wearing clothes, and those who had bad thoughts went to face the wall). Bennett had never seen Aimee so happy before, and he didn't find it annoying. Instead, he went crazy with her. Finally, he hid in Bennett's small room amid the nanny's roar.

Bennett missed his parents a little at this time. They had been away for a month. They would be away with the caravan for two or three months every year. Bennett was worried at first, but after a few years, he got used to it. It was a pity that they could not attend his engagement party.

Aimee was quiet for a while, took out two books from Bennett's desk, flipped through a few pages, and said to Bennett, "Let's go to where you usually read."

Bennett thought of the waves of fire that rolled towards the main city that night, and wanted to go and see what the place was like now.

"Walk."

The two changed their clothes, and Aimee ran out of the city with Bennett, holding two books.

It was a familiar place again. There were still some remnants of the burnt book, the nearby land was charred and cracked, the old tree was dead, and the fields in the distance had been turned over by farmers, leaving only a stretch of yellow earth. It no longer looked as miserable as that night, and only the scorched earth nearby recorded that a dragon-slaying battle that could only appear in epic stories had taken place here. Only Bennett remembered the wizard's powerful spell that night, which was like that of a god.

Aimee was not affected by the desolate and scorched earth in front of her. Instead, she lay under the burnt dead tree and looked at the clouds opposite.

"So this is what the sky looks like in your eyes."

Bennett also lay down side by side and looked at the clouds in Aimee's eyes.

"Let's come here to study together next year. By then, there will be green grass everywhere, and there will be green wheat fields in the distance, which will definitely be much more beautiful than the flowers and plants in the manor."

Bennett reached out and wiped a handful of dust on Aimee's nose, then said with a smile, "You should go talk to Sera and see if she'll give you a day off."

Aimee looked at Bennett's hands covered in dust and wiped his nose with his arm. The more he rubbed, the more dusty his face became. Soon, it turned into a black face.

Looking at Bennett's clean face, he was ready to teach Bennett a lesson. He walked up to the weak boy who didn't exercise, grabbed the dirt on the ground and splashed it on his face.

Happy times are always short-lived. With the cheers of the people in the city, the skull of the dead dragon was hung in front of the east gate. Bennett and Aimee knew it was time to go back. The two children looked at each other's dark faces, laughed, patted the dirt on their bodies, stood up and walked into the city holding hands.

People were singing and dancing around the bonfire in the square at sunset. The lord was handing out free beer in the square. In the morning, people didn't take Bennett and Aimee's engagement party seriously at all. In the evening, people were singing their love story all over the city over a glass of beer. But when the two passed by the crowd, no one recognized them.