The day when I was forcibly bound by an NPC

The mage raised his chin in dissatisfaction: "Say it again, come here, slave. I have something for you."

He raised his palm to reveal the pendant wrapped around his finger.

Jiang Zhaonian was a little embarrassed, he apologized slightly: "I'm sorry, Tevez..."

Tevez suddenly walked towards him, grabbed Jiang Zhaonian's wrist and pulled him behind him.

Tevez frowned, stared at the mage without turning his head, and said to Jiang Zhaonian, "Did you hear that, he just treats you as a slave, but I really want to be your friend."

"Hey, friend?" The mage said disdainfully, "The elf who stole 71 predecessors is close to a person, just want to be friends with him?"

"That's all in the past." The elf didn't expect, or maybe should have expected, that the mage would mention that in front of Jiang Zhaonian. He gritted his teeth, looked sincere, and turned to Jiang Zhaonian, "Since you said For this sake, we were also planning a confession, so I'll just say it, yes, I like you. But this time I mean it!"

"The sincerity that has been given to more than 70 people, I think your sincerity is not very valuable." The mage said, walking towards the two, "If your love is to let 71 predecessors enter the grave one after another, then this time, no matter what , don’t try to trick my slave from me.”

"I didn't kill them, they just betrayed the oath they made with me—" Teves shouted to the mage, then turned his head and explained to Jiang Zhaonian hastily, "But no matter what you choose in the future, I promise , that will never happen.”

The mage walked slowly and stood in front of the two people, and stretched out his hand to Jiang Zhaonian who was behind Tivis: "No matter how sweet your words are, there are 71 people who have lost their predecessors, so they are not worthy of trust."

He slightly extended his other hand, the palm was loosened, and the magic amulet was hanging in the air, shaking slightly: "I'll come, I'll put it on for you."

Jiang Zhaonian moved his feet, and just as he took a step, Tivis pushed away the mage's arm and grabbed Jiang Zhaonian's arm.

He glared at the mage: "Having said so much, what good are you? You are just using him."

Tevez looked at Jiang Zhaonian, his chest heaving: "Don't believe him, he's always defiant, every kind of obstruction is nothing more than possession of slaves. And my sincerity to you, these days, don't you see it at all?" Can't you?"

The mage's expression turned cold.

"What you said reminded me. He is my slave, and I am his master. Isn't it only natural that I come to ask you, a shameful thief, for the lost slave?"

Jiang Zhaonian was caught between the two, being pulled back and forth, embarrassed and helpless.

He looked at Tivis hesitantly: "I think I still..."

Tivis stubbornly grabbed his hand and interrupted him: "Stay here, and I can let you be the master of the Dark Mountain with me."

The mage snorted coldly.

"Listen, are you talking in human language? What is it called, 'The Man Married to Dashan'?" He put away all his playful expressions, narrowed his eyes, and called out Jiang Zhaonian's name for the first time: "Follow me back , Jiang Zhaonian. I agree with you as an apprentice, but you are not allowed to see this person in the future."

Tivis looked at Jiang Zhaonian stubbornly: "...I like you, come with me, okay?"

Jiang Zhaonian said awkwardly: "I'm sorry... I only regarded you as a friend before."

When the mage heard what Tevez said, he smiled triumphantly, but the smile stopped halfway.He thought of Jiang Zhaonian's mysterious whereabouts behind his back these days, maybe it was to meet this guy privately... The mage suppressed that smile, and his heart was shaken.Of course, the expression on his face was still very determined.

Facing Tevez, he showed a winner's smile: "Unfortunately, he likes me."

Jiang Zhaonian:? ?

The small eyes are full of great confusion.

Jiang Zhaonian felt that he could no longer keep up with the pace of these two people.

But facing the mage, he still felt guilty for a while. After all, he had promised him several times that he would treat the elves, but he was caught on the spot... So he forcefully broke away Tivis's hand: "I'm sorry Tivis , I have to go back."

The mage showed a smug expression towards Tivis, grabbed Jiang Zhaonian's hand and spread it out, and casually threw the pendant into his palm.His tone sounded much worse than at the beginning: "Put it on yourself."

Turn around and leave.

Jiang Zhaonian put the rope around his neck, turned around and gave Tivis an awkward but polite smile, waved his hands, and trotted to catch up with the mage's back.

Tevez stayed where he was, trembling with anger.

He doesn't care about Jiang Zhaonian's affection for the mage, even he loves Jiang Zhaonian who loves the mage deeply, but this doesn't mean that he can still keep calm when the mage comes to show off his power in front of him.

Tevez slowly squeezed out a sneer.

Don't be complacent, your winter is coming to an end, and my spring is just beginning.

It's still a long time, who will Jiang Zhaonian's love belong to in the end, it can't be said now.

……

The mage dragged Jiang Zhaonian back to the small courtyard without a word.

Jiang Zhaonian felt anxious: "I'm sorry, I'm not..."

"Hush, be quiet. I'm going to check you now to see if you got any dirt on him. Before the check is over, you'd better not talk to me." The mage said strangely, "Anyway, I You don’t listen to me, and I don’t want to listen to you.”

"Hmm." Jiang Zhaonian had no choice but to cover his mouth, making a "X" in front of his fingers.

The mage held some instrument emotionally in his movements, and measured it beside Jiang Zhaonian.

He recorded several sets of values, and soon realized that something was not right.

"Zhili Gulu ah wow," the mage said a series of incantations, "follow me and say it."

Only then did Jiang Zhaonian let go of his mouth, trying to imitate the Master's voice just now: "Hey, hey, hey...what are you talking about?"

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr."

"Ji Li Gu Lu ah wow." Jiang Zhaonian repeated it, and after waiting for a while, he opened his eyes and asked in a low voice: "That, is it magic? Did I read it right? Is it effective?"

The mage frowned and pondered, as if immersed in some kind of confusion.

"Quiet, don't get excited, you are still too early to learn."

He put down the data, recorded the values ​​several times beside Jiang Zhaonian, and finally confirmed one thing.

Jiang Zhaonian was indeed not polluted by that unknown force, but... Jiang Zhaonian had a very strange phenomenon.

When other people come to this world, their power, even their existence itself, will be continuously assimilated by this world.

Perhaps a more appropriate description should be called "digestion", which is eventually digested as a part of this world.

Sometimes this effect happens quickly, sometimes slowly, but even beings like him and elves are affected by this effect all the time.

On Jiang Zhaonian's body, however, this effect was minimal.

He seems to be an insulator, that kind of power cannot penetrate into his body.

But beside him, there was another situation that had never been seen before.

The mage tried to release some more magic power.

Those magical powers with the breath of ice and snow were originally incompatible with the unknown powers that existed in this land, but when they arrived at Jiang Zhaonian's side at the same time, they touched and merged with each other.

The mage was a little taken aback, which was absolutely unusual.

The speed of his heart beating felt happier, but for a while, the mage couldn't think of any clues.All he knew was that Jiang Zhaonian might be the opportunity he had been waiting for for a long time to break out of the current lonely situation.

The mage didn't think about what to do, but he was very grateful at the moment, he had just snatched Jiang Zhaonian back from the elf's hand.

"I have something to tell you," the mage said, "I decided not to wait any longer. I want to accept you as my apprentice."

"Eh???" Jiang Zhaonian's eyes widened unexpectedly.

The mage rubbed his forehead: "Winter is over, don't go back to the village, stay here."

"Uh..." If it was before, Jiang Zhaonian might have agreed without hesitation, but after all, he has planned for a long time these days, what kind of life he will live after leaving the mage.

"What was your reaction, did you really like that guy?" The mage frowned.

"This is not."

"Then I advise you to stay with me. If you don't want to be forcibly captured by him to marry, it's like being forcibly captured by me as a slave."

"Huh?" Jiang Zhaonian opened his eyes wide in surprise.

"Hmph, what kind of eyes do you have? After being a slave to me, I will put people back whole. I was captured by him, but I couldn't leave even if I wanted to. Think about the 71 dead predecessor."

Jiang Zhaonian really showed a scared expression: "What's going on here?"

But the mage put down the instrument, left the studio, poured two cups of tea and placed them in front of the sofa in the living room.

"Sit down, since I have accepted you as an apprentice, I should tell you some things. But..." The mage took out a paper contract from somewhere, "First sign the apprenticeship contract."

The author has something to say: the first chapter is updated, and the second update time is uncertain