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

"Of course, for the friendship between Rose and the giant wolf, let's set off quickly. Although Helen's talent is not as good as Bennett's, it is definitely not worse than the princess. Master Mervyn will definitely be satisfied."

The lord smiled, stood up and took a scroll covered with dense scales from the bookshelf. He unfolded the scroll, picked up a pen, dipped it in ink, and wrote on it in front of the two people: "There is a natural mage apprentice who wants to become my disciple."

"Is it okay for me to report to the mage this way?"

"no problem."

Looking at the somewhat bewildered Grand Duke Rose, the Lord placed a glowing gem on the scroll. The words on it slowly disappeared, and the gem melted into a mirror, revealing the withered face of the wizard. He glanced at Helen next to the Grand Duke Rose, and the mirror shattered, leaving three words on the scroll: "Not interested."

Grand Duke Rose had already reacted by now, his face was a little angry, but he still forced himself to calm down: "At least let the two of them talk face to face, right?"

The lord still had a smile on his face: "Of course, I'll have someone take you there. I dare not climb a wizard's tower without an invitation."

The wizard is the atomic bomb of this world. Even a king dare not break into a wizard's tower, let alone a grand duke.

"Can we meet Master Bennett?"

Grand Duke Rose originally had no hope for this matter, but she was his daughter after all, so he couldn't be too ruthless. Now it was time to get down to business.

"Of course, go get Bennett and Aimee."

The servant next to him turned and left the room.

After a while, Aimee and Bennett came to the study and sat on the left side of the lord.

As soon as the two of them came in, they were attracted by the slender figure with her head lowered. Bennett remembered the scene of Sera flying past him, and a crazy shadow appeared in his eyes again. Aimee was wondering what the meaning of her coming here was.

"My Lord, I wonder why you called me here?"

Bennett's tone was a little aggressive. He really didn't want to see these two people, and he didn't want to understand why the lord wanted to entertain these two people.

The lord didn't care that he didn't call him 'father-in-law'. He knew that Bennett was resentful. He turned his eyes to Aimee, and Aimee also looked up at the lord. She also knew what her father meant.

He placed his hand on Bennett's leg, signaling him to calm down.

The lord also poured him a cup of black tea. Bennett suppressed his anger and was not in the mood to appreciate the patterns on the cup. He picked it up, took a sip and put it down, waiting for the lord's next words.

The lord looked at Aimee again, but this time she shook her head.

The atmosphere was silent for a while. Grand Duke Rose couldn't help it. He turned to look at Helen, who was like a quail, and kicked the girl's calf with his foot.

Helen's body trembled, and a feeling of humiliation surged in her heart. The last time she came, she was still teasing the boy in front of her, saying that she wanted to discuss magic together. But this time, she had to beg him to accept her and complete the family's mission.

Tears dripped down her chin onto her long skirt, but she still didn't have the courage to raise her head.

"I'm here to become Master Bennett's apprentice. I beg you to accept me."

Her voice was trembling and choked with sobs, and there were stains of tea dripping from her white dress. Her pitiful appearance was really heartbreaking.

Aimee put her hand on Bennett's hand, she did not participate in the last war and did not know what happened, her sympathy began to overflow.

Bennett shook his hand away, and without looking at Aimee or Helen, he stood up and left the study.

The atmosphere became even more silent.

"Go see Bennett first."

Aimee nodded and followed Bennett out of the room.

Grand Duke Rose glared at Helen, then turned to the lord and asked, "Can you guarantee this?"

"Don't worry, it's no problem."

The lord poured another cup of black tea for Grand Duke Rose: "Since you are here, stay. The wedding will be held in a few days. Let Helen adapt to the environment."

"Alright."

Outside the room, Aimee catches up with Bennett.

"Bennett, isn't it nice of you to treat a lady like this?"

"You don't know what happened. The Duke of Rose has evil intentions. I really don't know what good this will do."

Bennett pushed the door open roughly, picked up the dragon leather book and planned to go outside to hide first, but Aimee hurriedly stopped him.

"Father's decisions have never been wrong so far, Bennett. You should trust him."

There is nothing wrong with this.

Bennett hesitated.

"And didn't you say that every wizard apprentice is a gift from God? I think you should give Helen a chance."

Bennett rubbed his brows. He believed in the lord, but he did not trust the people of Rose Territory. No one knew what Helen would do.

"That's what I said, but no one knows what's going on with Helen. I can't afford to teach this apprentice, and a wizard chooses his own path."

I never thought that one day he would use this excuse to shirk responsibility.

At this time, the maid brought in dinner. Aimee took the plate and placed it in front of Bennett: "How did Master Mervyn accept you as his apprentice?"

Bennett cut the meat on the plate and answered nonchalantly, "I came to your house on my own."

"So, if Helen comes to you, you will promise to teach her?"

Bennett didn't answer the question. Even if she came to him, he didn't want to agree.

But it was not Helen who came to him, but the lord.

"Bang bang."

"come in."

Looking at Bennett who pushed the door open, the lord smiled. At least Bennett was willing to obey. Apart from being a little young, he had almost no problems.

Without waiting for the lord to speak, Bennett sat down opposite the lord.

The lord didn't care about Bennett's attitude. He poured him a cup of black tea and pushed some snacks in front of him.

"Bennett, you have to accept this apprentice."

"Why? The people in Rose Nation obviously have bad intentions."

The lord smiled after hearing this, took a sip of the black tea in the cup, and said slowly: "Bennett, we actually have no right to refuse the Grand Duke of Rose. You fought with a God-given knight that day. If a God-given knight tried to assassinate you, could you still defeat him?"

"That's impossible, my lord. They will be condemned by all the nobles."

The lord shook his head, put down the teacup, twirled the ring in his hand, and waved to drive the maid out of the room: "Only people of equal strength can call each other nobles."

"But we have teachers here."

"Mervin can't protect us every moment."

The lord's eye sockets were covered by dark shadows under the candlelight, leaving only a pair of animal eyes emitting a faint green light. Bennett felt no discomfort looking at these eyes, for he knew that the owner of these eyes was teaching him.

"What exactly is a noble?"

"Nobility is the interest, Bennett, the interest of the family, the soldiers, the people."

"Is this the only way? I really can't accept this."

"You have to learn to get close to your enemies, Bennett. Before you can't fight back, you might as well treat them like friends."

The lord could only figure out what was said here, and he stood up and left the room.

Picking up the black tea in front of him, Bennett began to taste it in small sips. It was bitter, really bitter. He didn't know how the lord could drink it with such a blank expression.

After leaving the study, Helen, who had been waiting for a long time, was outside. It was already a little chilly at night in the north at the end of August. Coming from the south, Helen was obviously unable to adapt to such a temperature change. She was shivering outside the door in a shoulder-baring dress, and her blue eyes were as empty as the sea.

"Can I be your disciple?"

In a trance, Bennett seemed to see the young man running towards the wizard tower.

"of course can."