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

The afternoon sun always has a hint of laziness, especially in winter, when it shines through dense branches, leaving only sparse spots on the snow. A group of reindeer are walking slowly towards the north, stepping on the shadows of branches to find remaining hay in the snow, their thick antlers swaying in the shadows. They are not eating comfortably, and after each bite they have to raise their heads and observe the surroundings for vigilance.

The Razlan territory is located in the north of the continent, but it is not the far north. Every March, a large group of reindeer migrating northwards pass through here. At this time, the ice and snow have not melted yet, and the footprints left by the reindeer also attract wolves to chase them.

But the ones who came to hunt the reindeer today were not wolves, but a slender female knight. She held a long sword in her hand that was almost as tall as a person, and wore close-fitting white light armor with a giant wolf emblem engraved on her chest. Her long golden hair was tied behind her head with a thin rope, and her emerald green eyes exuded a captivating wildness.

She quickly ran to a snow pit, lay down, put on a white hood, and crawled towards the herd of deer. Not far behind her stood a brown-haired man with blue eyes. His white wizard robe blended with the snow. In his hand was a leather book engraved with runes, and the cover of the book was covered with dense scales.

The leader of the herd was much taller than ordinary deer, and its eyes were glowing blue. It seemed to have sensed something. Its ears on both sides trembled, and it suddenly turned its head towards the man, let out a neigh, and ran away with the herd.

The female knight jumped up directly. The herd of deer was right in front of her. She gripped her long sword tightly and jumped onto the back of a deer. She kicked her foot and the deer's back was bent into a right angle in the middle. The female knight also used the force to run towards the head of the herd. Her target was the head deer with glowing eyes, but the deer were too fast and she could not catch up with the head deer that was far ahead. At this time, the antlers of the head deer lit up with magical light, and the deer covered by the light ran even faster.

The runes on the leather book lit up, and a ball of fire condensed around the man. The fireball, which exceeded the speed of sound, created a gust of air and shot towards the deer.

"boom"

The shock wave directly caused the three-meter-tall head deer to roll backwards. The high temperature generated by the explosion ignited its mane, and its huge body kept rolling in the snow. Its antlers were blown off, and the explosion interrupted its spell. The deer behind it also lost their direction, and they bumped around it. The head deer stood up and wanted to reorganize the herd but it was too late.

A long knife broke through the herd of deer and stabbed straight into its back. The mournful neighing woke up the herd again. A reindeer that was slightly shorter than it roared and ran south with the herd.

The female knight drew out her long knife and chopped the deer's neck, ending the deer's suffering. She found a stone and sat on it, panting. The man in the distance also slowly walked over.

"Good cooperation, Aimee."

"Don't come on, you can hunt this wind reindeer by yourself. I look like a clown being made fun of by others when I run forward desperately."

Bennett looked at the blonde girl who was sulking with a knife in her arms and comforted her: "I dare not run wildly in the herd of deer. Even if I can complete the hunt, the wasted time will attract other monsters, and then I will be in danger."

"Tsk, you're just lying to me. The dangerous monsters near the territory have been cleared out by father and your master in the past few years."

"Behind the deer herd there must be wolves. Let's go. Wind wolves are much scarier than wind reindeer."

Aimee knew that the wind wolf was strong, but she was skeptical whether it could threaten Bennett. She pouted and dragged the 3-meter-tall and several-ton reindeer towards the distant city.

"Is the magic of this deer so strong? I didn't see them running very fast just now. This is a gift for Knight Sera."

"This thing accelerates the group. Do you understand what mass acceleration means? As long as the leading heavy-armored knight activates the beast core of this thing, the knights behind him will be accelerated. This thing is a killer on the battlefield. I interrupted the spell of the Wind Reindeer just now, so its spell can take effect for a few more seconds. Even if the lord comes, he won't be able to deal with it."

"Okay, then be careful with your movements. I got this with great difficulty."

"Weren't you just complaining about your ineffectiveness? Now you're changing your words?"

Aimee turned around and glared at Bennett's hateful smiling face, and snorted coldly.

"I'll take care of you tonight."

It has been six years since the Bloody Dinner. Since that night, Aimee no longer asked Bennett to pick her up for training, and Bennett also paid more attention to the training of the mage.

At the age of 11, Bennett broke through and became a truth wizard. The news shocked the whole country. A seedling who was destined to become a Scourge wizard appeared in the North. The Stark family would have two Scourge wizards, while the king would only have one.

Knight Allen even came specially hoping that Bennett could join the royal family, and promised to marry a princess to him, but Bennett refused.

At the age of 14, Aimee also became an extraordinary knight. In the same year, her teacher Sera was given the Dragon's Heart Blood by the lord because of her hard work in the army and became the third Holy Blade Knight of the territory.

The lord gained huge benefits from the dinner six years ago, but he did not use these resources to expand the city. Instead, he used them to expand the army. The number of soldiers increased to 6000, the number of extraordinary knights increased to 500, the number of armed knights increased to 34, and there were 5 holy blade knights.

To be honest, Bennett couldn't understand this behavior, as if something was chasing the lord to expand his armaments. Bennett suspected that this was related to the sudden return of the mage, but when Bennett asked the mage, he kept silent about it. In addition, the mage rarely left the mage tower in recent years, and he was still talking nonsense every day.

However, these did not affect the lives of civilians. The lower-class people in Razlan were lucky. The lord was very lenient with the people. There were not so many strange taxes. As long as people were not lazy, they could live a relatively rich life. Every year, people from other territories would flee to Razlan, but most of them would be caught by the soldiers of their territories and hanged.

An affluent life will inspire people's enthusiasm, and the biggest manifestation of this is their love of excitement. Look, Aimee and Bennett have been surrounded by the crowd.

"Oh my god, it's a monster."

"The one dragging the monster is the lord's daughter. Come and see, the lord's daughter has wiped out the evil monster."

"The lord's daughter is a hero."

"Let's have a bonfire tonight and celebrate together."

"What, there's a party, hooray."

……

The news soon spread to strange places, and Bennett was simply ignored by the crowd. People knew almost nothing about wizards. In their impression, wizards would kidnap children and make them into strange things such as undead and ghouls.

Bennett had long been accustomed to people's partiality. Aimee wanted to change but she was powerless. Only the nobles with knowledge had a comprehensive understanding of mages, but they were afraid of their power and they pushed mages to the opposite side of people.

Aimee didn't enjoy the cheers of the people, but she had a natural compassion for the people. A child in thin clothes came forward and wanted to touch the reindeer. His mother shouted anxiously. Aimee looked at the boy who was beginning to be timid, and directly cut a piece of reindeer meat for the boy. The boy gave the meat to his mother. The poor woman knelt on the ground and thanked Aimee. They were refugees, and perhaps it was the protection of the people around them that prevented them from being captured.