The magician from the time of peace

When Merris stepped into the gate of the academy, an acquaintance greeted him: "Good morning, Merris, did you just come back today?"

"Good morning, Gary. Teacher Flossa will start class tomorrow, so I'm back." Merris responded with a smile. His face still had some youthful youthfulness, but his facial features, which were as perfect as oil paintings, had already disappeared. It attracted many passers-by to turn back frequently.

Gary waved at Merris: "Come here, I have something to discuss with you."

"What's the matter?" Merris approached. Gary was the eldest son of the Viscount's family. He was several years older than him. They knew each other before entering the academy, and they had a pretty good relationship.

"It's like this, my mentor found me a junior from the branch school, and he insisted on bringing him to Wangcheng. That junior is originally a countryman, so there is nowhere to live in Wangcheng, and now is not the usual time for enrolling , the college's ordinary housing can't vacate, and the old man just threw this matter to me." Gary was indignant: "What's the point of saying 'Aren't you a nobleman, why is it so difficult to find him a place to live in the college? ', my father is just a little Viscount, how can he have any power to have his own residence in the academy!"

The only son of the Duke who had his own residence said, "So... you want him to live in my house?"

Gary sneered: "Hey hey, you're so smart."

"Sure, what kind of person is your junior brother?" Merris asked. He has been synonymous with easy-talking since he was a child.

Gary scratched his head: "To be seen by the dead old man, he is indeed very talented. He is obviously a few years younger than me, and he reads similar books to me. That's fine! Don't look at me like this, I know you I also learned deeply, so I just hate geniuses!"

Merris laughed: "I'm not a genius... Since he can be recognized by you, I welcome him at any time."

"Wait, let me make it clear to you first, lest you blame my brother for cheating on you," Gary said with a strange expression, and lowered his voice: "My junior brother has a very bad personality."

Merris waited for a long time and asked doubtfully, "Is that so?"

"Isn't that enough? After I said a few words to him, I wanted to hit him against the wall!" Gary gritted his teeth: "If I didn't like bullying the weak, I would never let him go back intact."

"Calm down." Merris smiled happily: "It's okay, I get along with several people who are recognized as having a bad temper, and I feel no different from ordinary people."

Gary looked at his face with complicated emotions: It's just to restrain his emotions in front of you, beauty is really the same as talent, it is something that makes people envious and helpless.

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The next day Gary brought his new junior to Merris' house.

This genius with a bad personality has hair and eyes of the same color as Hei Ye. It may be because he has just shaved his hair when he entered the royal city. .

"My God, can you compromise a little bit, put on a show, even if you smile, although you are indeed very talented, not everyone will give way to you because of your talent." Gary Fu With his forehead, he earnestly asked.

The younger brother didn't even raise his head, there were thick dark circles under his black eyes, it could be seen that he had stayed up for several days at night, and he only had the urge to roll his eyes at the earnest words of this new senior brother.

Before he could take any action, Merris opened the door and said, "You two, please come in."

Gary led people into the door and introduced: "Meris, he is the junior I mentioned, called Felix Jones, Felix, he is Brad Pitt Merris DeMarca, we He's usually called Merris."

Merris held out her hand: "Philip, nice to meet you."

Felix didn't move, and rolled out the interrupted white eyes: "Who told you that you can call me Felix?"

Gary: "..."

Ahhhhhhhhhh!Is it too late to shut this guy up now? !If I knew I shouldn't expect anything from Merris' charm, I just let him live in his own room and go home and sleep well!What to do now! !If he offended the Demaka family, how would he gain a foothold in the royal city in the future!

Merris was a little surprised. He withdrew his hand and said sincerely: "I'm sorry, Felix, I offended you. We will be roommates from now on, and I hope we can get along well."

Gary: I broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, he is a very nice person who is easy to talk to.

Felix: "Oh. Which is my room?"

"Please come with me." Merris took his luggage and took him to the room at the end of the corridor: "I heard that you are a quiet person, so I have prepared the deepest room for you. your heart."

Felix took a look: "Well, not bad."

In fact, he had never lived in such an exquisitely decorated room, but he hadn't noticed how valuable those rugs and vase decorations were.

"The kitchen is in the corridor on the left, and the dining room is diagonally opposite the kitchen. If you need it, you can use it to your heart's content. There is a small library on the second floor. Although it cannot contain all the books you need, there are some basic magic books and A high-level book in the fire system."

"Fire? Are you a magician who uses fire?" Felix turned his head and said the longest sentence he had today.

"Well, you and Gary are a mentor, so you must be a magician who is good at using water elements."

"Yes." After Felix finished speaking, he walked into his room: "I'm going to rest."

Faced with this cold eviction order, Merris still responded with a kind smile: "My room is the first room in this corridor. If you have any questions, you can come to me. I hope you have a good rest."

"Well, thanks." Felix finished and closed the door.

"Wow, this guy can actually thank people. I thought he couldn't speak human words at all." Gary popped up.

"Don't say that, he might just be a little shy." Merris said, "Stop standing by his door, let's go."

Gary could only say in his heart: Merris, how can there be such a gentle and kind person like you in the world!

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Merris and Felix's new cohabitation lasted a month, during which they did not speak more than ten sentences.In other words, Merris never met Felix at all.

Merris stood in the hall looking at the newly-hanging paintings on the wall—it was given to him by a friend, and he never lacked for such friends—suddenly the door was opened, and Felix walked out. came in.

Unlike him who was usually silent and indifferent, today he exuded a violent aura that was hard to ignore. Meris was startled, and hurried up, and after a closer look, he was so surprised that he covered his mouth.

Felix's face, which could be called handsome, was bruised and swollen. His left eye was obviously swollen from being punched hard by someone with a fist. There were bruises and dried blood on the corners of his mouth.The clothes were torn several times, covered with dust, and could no longer be worn.

"What's the matter? Did you duel with someone? That should be the end of it. How did it happen?" Merris worried about him sincerely.

Felix was genuinely impatient.

He came back from studying with his mentor, and when he was passing a small road, seven or eight people he had never met surrounded him, saying something like "I see you have been upset for a long time" and "Teach this guy who doesn't know what to do" before attacking him. over him.

Although he used magic to defend and attack, the water element is a very gentle element, which is completely ineffective in attack power. In addition, he needs to chant to use magic. Under the non-stop physical attacks of seven or eight people, almost all magic They were all interrupted. In the end, he could only curl up into a ball with his head in his arms, and use his frail youthful body to accept kicks and beatings from adults.

"Felix, did you hear me? Are your ears not hurt?" The pleasant voice brought back Felix's thoughts, and he pushed the person who was in the way aside: "I'm fine."

"No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it's okay..." Merris frowned worriedly: "There is a spare medicine box in the room, let me help you deal with it."

"No need." Felix refused decisively, and he slowly moved back to his room and closed the door.

Taking off his torn clothes, he took out a box from the top of the bookcase, and the action of standing on tiptoe made his injured place throb, but he didn't even utter a cry of pain other than frowning slightly.

He opened the box, and inside was a neat stack of parchment with magic circles drawn on it. He took out a piece of paper with dazzling patterns, spread it on the table, and read softly cast a spell.

As he chanted, the magic circle emitted a faint light, which then covered his body. Under the shroud of light, his wound healed slowly, the bruise dissipated, and his original face was restored.

Felix stopped singing, and the magic was interrupted immediately. He clicked his tongue: The injury caused by the beating has not fully recovered, but his magic power can no longer keep up. Fortunately, the existing injury will not affect his movements. , he is not going to take them to heart.

He cleaned up the table, sat down, and began to think about the reason why he was picked on today.

After thinking about it, he came up with a fundamental reason - his magic practical ability is too low, and the water elemental magic is too soft and not sharp enough, so he will lose when people find fault.

According to the reason, he quickly found a solution - to develop a more aggressive water magic. Considering his actual combat ability, it should take into account both power and simplicity, as well as a fatal deterrent.

Knowing the reason and solution, Felix immediately got into work, picked up a pen and began to count.

Merris hesitated for a full minute outside the door with the medicine box in hand, and finally knocked on the door.

Even if he passed, he couldn't watch his roommate let such a wound go unnoticed.

After knocking on the door for more than ten seconds, Felix opened the door, and the impatience on his face was about to overflow.

Merris, who had prepared a lot of excuses, looked at Felix's face that was almost the same as usual: "... Where's your injury?"

"It's cured." Felix replied stiffly.

"How come..." Merris immediately reacted: "By the way, you are a magician of the water system. It is true that there is magic that can heal wounds in high-level water magic."

Felix nodded.

"You can use healing magic even before you're an adult, and you can heal all the wounds like that, it's pretty good." Merris boasted, with a happy smile on his face.

I am good at magic, why is he happy?Felix couldn't understand it at all, but out of rigor, he corrected: "My magic power is not enough, and I haven't cured everything."

"Really?" Merris opened his eyes wide. He took a step forward and raised the medicine box in his hand: "Will you allow me to give you a simple treatment?"

His eyes bent into blue crescents: "I was worried that I wouldn't be able to deal with the kind of injuries that spread to the bones. Now that there are only some small wounds left, it's really great."

I'm not seriously injured, so why is he happy? ? ?Felix was too puzzled to stop Merris from entering his room-even though the whole house belonged to him.

When he came to his senses, he was already sitting on the bed, receiving treatment from Merris.

The soft golden hair fell in front of his eyes, and a white hand immediately pushed it behind the ear, revealing the concentrated face of the person in front of him.A very clear and light smell hit the tip of his nose. It was neither a man's sweat nor a woman's body fragrance. If I had to give a metaphor, it was like a deep lake under the moonlight.

"It may hurt a little, you can call it out." Merris whispered, using a cotton swab dipped in medicine to wipe the small crack on Felix's cheek, his movements were light and steady, and someone who was the patient It is very cooperative, even if the irritating potion touches the wound, it will only tremble physiologically without making a sound.

Merris was a little apprehensive: even if he wasn't familiar with him, he could tell that the roommate wasn't extroverted.According to his short life experience of more than ten years, most of this kind of low-born but talented people have extraordinary self-esteem, and when this kind of self-esteem is trampled on the soles of their feet, some people will do some extreme things because of it. The thing is - although he doesn't know what happened to Felix, but this kind of excessive behavior has obviously stepped on the bottom line of many people.

And he doesn't say a word now, is he really hurt... Then should I go out, will staying here affect his mood?Merris was full of sorrow in his heart, he quickly dealt with the last bruise on Felix's arm, and was about to say goodbye.

Felix suddenly said, "What's your name?"

Merris: "..."

Even his smile froze for a moment: "My name is Merris..."

"Oh. Thank you." After Felix finished speaking, he got up one step earlier than Merris, sat down at the desk, picked up a pen, and recalculated as if no one was there.

Merris: "..."

He chuckled slightly, and shook his head: It seems that Gary's junior is not the kind of person who is usually conceited and inferior, and needs others to hold him in the palm of his hand.

"I'll take my leave first." Merris greeted and left without intending to get an answer.

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Five days later, when Merris was sorting out his materials in class, he overheard the chatter of the students around him: "Do you know Brooke? Brook Sedron, the one who only majored in water magic."

"I have a little impression, isn't it tall and handsome?"

"Yes! You know that he and the group of friends he used to play with were attacked today and suffered serious injuries. The medical room said that there was nothing they could do, and they wanted to invite the Great Teacher to come over."

"How could this be, who is so excessive..."

"It seems to be a transfer student who also only studies water magic, probably named Felix. You may have seen him, the one who wears black and puts on a face that someone owes him a hundred gold coins every day."

Merris' ears perked up.

"I met him in the corridor! I was a little scared at the time, so I avoided it... I never thought he was such a terrifying person."

"It's a good thing he didn't do anything to you... I heard that he had spoken badly to Brook before, saying in public that his IQ was not as good as an amoeba... But now he not only scolds people, but also beats people... No, judging by Brook's injuries, he said It’s right to kill.”

"Hope Brook makes a speedy recovery...that thug gets the punishment he deserves."

After packing up the materials, Merris went to check the situation again. He was very popular and soon understood more about what happened: one of Brooke's friends ran out of the alley covered in blood and came to the passing The student asked for help, and when the student entered the alley, what he saw was sharp ice picks sticking out from the wall and the ground. The giant ice pick was covered with blood, and the entire alley was tightly blocked. Brook and him My friends, some were hung on ice picks, some had large or small holes cut into their bodies, and they fell unconscious on the ground. The students did not see the perpetrator's face, but only saw the back of a black robe going away— — This matches what Brooke's friend identified Felix was wearing that day.

It seems that the person who beat Felix like that five days ago was probably Brooke. Merris thought: But is it really Felix who hurt Brooke today?If it was revenge, it would have been too much.

Merris sighed: But he is neither Felix's family nor his friend, so he has no position to offer any suggestions or opinions.It's just... If Felix is ​​really such a vengeful person, he may have to say sorry to Gary-his house can be used by anyone to study in the academy, but he cannot lend it to someone who is open in the academy. Killing people—with such injuries, if they were discovered a few hours later, it would indeed be no different from killing people.

——And if I had to say it, Brook knew him a little better, at least he had greeted him with a smile several times.

When Merris arrived home, Felix was not there, so he had to read in the hall for a few hours before waiting for Felix who was late.

"You're back, where have you been?" Merris asked with a smile.

"Where I go has nothing to do with you" written all over Felix's face, but perhaps remembering that the questioner had treated his wound, he replied briefly: "The library."

"Those who hurt you before, did they bother you again today?" Merris asked.

"Who, didn't you see?" Felix frowned.

Merris' heart sank a little: Is this a direct lie?No, it is also possible that I have never seen it before. Those things were not done by him. You can ask again——

"But today someone stopped me and refused to let me go, so I tried my newly fused magic," probably because Felix talked more when talking about magic, and even had a very shallow smile on his face , "The experiment was a success!"

Merris: "...Have you seen those people before?"

Felix: "I haven't seen it, is it your friend?"

Merris: "...not a friend."

Felix: "Oh."

Merris: "..."

Felix turned sideways: "Let me pass if it's okay." He planned to pass by Meris and go back to his room.

Merris hurriedly stopped: "Please wait a moment! Can I trouble you to tell me what happened to these two things?"

"Why should I tell you?" Felix stopped and asked.

Merris was stunned for a moment. He almost never got rejected when he made a request. The unexpected answer left him momentarily at a loss as to how to react.

"One week's extracurricular practice, you will accompany me to the depths of the emerald forest to pick drip flowers," Felix said, "how about it?"

"I'm fine..." Merris asked suspiciously: "But isn't there an identical accompanying letter of intent on the college's bulletin board? Just peel it off."

"That's what I posted two weeks ago." Felix said impatiently, "Okay, what do you want to ask?"

It was posted two weeks ago, why has no one posted it until now, dripping flowers are obviously a material that is in high demand... Forget it, don't care about these trivial things.

After talking for half an hour, Merris finally understood what happened.

Brook held a grudge after being satirized by Felix in public, and almost everyone in his class was turned off by Felix, so he quickly assembled a team to "teach" Felix.And after his roommate was beaten up, he thought that the fact that he was beaten up was a waste of his time, so he developed new magic overnight, and completely forgot who Brook was in the ocean of magic.This caused poor Brooke to think that Felix was a soft bastard who would not fight back when he was bullied, but only spoke harshly, and once again found trouble with him. As a result... the experiment was a success.

Merris sighed. Although he didn't approve of revenge, if it was self-defense - although it was a bit excessive - it was justified.

"That's it, I'm going back," Felix said.

"Okay... please wait a moment." Merris suddenly asked curiously, "Do you remember my name?"

Felix gave him a strange look: "Your name is Merris. Why can't I remember?"

Merris laughed: "I'm really honored."

"I'm not going to forget my friend's name." Felix dropped this sentence and went to the room without looking back—probably because he felt that too much time was wasted in small talk today.

So I'm already a friend?The corners of Merris' lips curled up slightly: his new roommate—no, already a friend—is such a special and interesting person, an interesting and lovely person.

I hope we can get along well in the days to come, Merris thought, stood up, put on his coat and walked outside: Since we are friends, he should help a little in this trouble.

Extra Story [-] END

extra episode

Felix and Merris return from picking flowers in the forest.

After Merris left, the classmates frantically gathered around and chatted: "How did you know Merris! What's your relationship?!"

Felix: "Friend."

Students: "Why are you friends with him? How do you know him??!"

Felix: "I live at his house."

classmate:"……!!!???

Since then, the number of people who trouble Felix has decreased by two-thirds.

Merris: "&...*￥%...&."

Felix: "(*(&...￥￥#."

Merris: "((*%...HJG."

Gary: "To be able to talk to that Felix calmly, really deserves to be Merris..." Do you want to change your career to taming animals?

one year later.

Felix: "I suddenly think you look pretty."

Merris smiled: "What a coincidence, many people have said that."