Mage's Secret

As early as when Traphael lowered his head to think about it, Elvis had the idea that he might be the default, but he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, and he was still unwilling to believe this matter before Traphael personally admitted it. thing.

Traphael's affirmative answer instantly extinguished the little fire in his heart, his face turned pale, and he couldn't help blurting out: "Teacher, how could you be with that kind of person..." He felt that something was wrong when he said it, which reminded him that he had said bad things about Murphy before, and now that he knew that Traphael and Murphy had such a relationship, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, so he carefully looked at Teacher's expression.

His cautious appearance was completely seen by Traphael, and Traphael shook his head to indicate that he didn't care about his words.This kind of action undoubtedly gave Elvis some encouragement, so he plucked up the courage and said: "Teacher, you also saw Murphy's usual appearance, obviously he doesn't pay much attention to you. With all due respect, based on your present Even the city lord will come to curry favor with you, and even the king will not despise you, what kind of beauty you want will not be available, why waste all your energy on such a guy?"

Hearing such a nonsense remark, Traphael was not angry or found it funny, but was a little surprised, so he frowned and asked, "Who told you that?"

He didn't believe that Elvis could come up with such an excuse on his own. He knew the child he had raised with his own hands very well. Elvis was undoubtedly smart, but only in academic terms.He is like a carefree little prince locked in an ivory tower and loved by everyone. He has seen and experienced too little. He is completely blank in terms of emotions and worldly affairs. Not too low.He may not even understand the "relationship" between Traphael and Murphy, and he has no idea what Traphael's current status is, let alone ask such a question.

Sure enough, Elvis, who was asked back, flushed a little, lowered his head and tugged on his robe and whispered, "Yes, I heard everyone say that."

"Everyone?" Traphael narrowed his eyes and rubbed his chin slowly with his fingers. It seems that this rumor is not just a simple statement, there should be a more detailed story hidden behind it.So he looked into Elvis' eyes, slowed down and asked, "Elvis, can you tell me, what exactly did you say?"

Elvis looked a bit embarrassed, he hesitated for a while, and then began to tell this story that was very popular among the apprentices of Yadonis these two days.

It is said that Traphael took a fancy to Murphy's good looks—of course it is possible, as you can understand by looking at the appearance of his favorite student Elvis—that's why he met Murphy. It took only a few minutes for Fee to decide to take him on as an apprentice.Of course, out of respect for Traphael, everyone does not rule out that Murphy has an unparalleled talent, but the ability of the apprentices is not enough to feel such a possibility.

When talking about this, Elvis couldn't help interjecting: "Of course it's because he has a good talent. After all, talent determines everything, right? It's just that those mediocre guys don't want to believe it, so they use what they are willing to accept." There are more despicable ways to judge others, so that I can get such a poor sense of balance."

Trafael understands that among all the people on the entire continent who don't know Murphy's true identity, there may be no one who hates Murphy more than Elvis - although this range is limited to Yadunis, let him say It was enough to admit that Murphy's words were against his will, and all this was to protect himself, which almost moved Traphael.

After saying the words that could almost be called a compliment to Murphy, Elvis himself seemed a little uncomfortable, his expression was quite subtle, as if he had eaten something bad, he paused for a while , began to continue talking.

From the perspective of age, Elvis is too young, and although Murphy is still much younger than Rafael, he is already an adult, and has reached the age where no one will be accused even if he is a lover.

Traphael noticed that what the apprentices said was "not to be blamed" rather than "suitable". Such words made him feel a little uncomfortable. He clasped his hands to his lips and tried not to interrupt. Elvis, continue to listen.

Just as Murphy was able to easily capture the hearts of the apprentices, he also quickly fascinated Traphael. Hearing this, Traphael felt his stomach start to hurt.And Elvis didn't look too good either, he stopped, looked very angry, and said, "Master, how could you fall in love with Murphy just because of his hypocrisy like those superficial people!" After finishing this sentence, he remembered that Traphael had admitted not long ago that he and Murphy did have a teacher-student relationship, so he added rather reluctantly: "You, you must be because of Murphy There are other things that have not been discovered by me or others, so I will treat him differently."

Elvis's expression was almost distorted when he said these words, which made Trafael a little unbearable, so he said: "You don't have to speak for Murphy or defend me, you just need to tell this story in its entirety." Go on." But Elvis obviously misunderstood his words as accusations, and unconsciously showed a little aggrieved expression, so Traphael had to add: "Of course, I understand very well, and I am very moved. to your heart."

This sentence successfully calmed Elvis, he smiled and continued to recall the stories of the apprentices.

In the eyes of the apprentices, Traphael was obsessed with Murphy, but Murphy didn't want to stay for him alone, so he maintained an ambiguous relationship with other apprentices.This displeased Traphael very much, that's why he sternly warned everyone when he saw other people pestering Murphy, and told her so firmly when he and Lunsha almost made some progress, Murphy didn't like it. she.

Traphael sat in the chair with a gloomy expression. He noticed that Lunsha was mentioned in the apprentices' stories, and what he said to Lunza.He didn't believe that Ellensa's character would say this to other people, and he realized now that the apprentices he saw gathered in the corridor when he came out of Ellensa's room that day were eavesdropping on their conversation.

Although the sound insulation effect of the room in Yadunis is not perfect, it is definitely not bad. He remembered that his voice to Lunsha was not loud that day, not to mention Lunsha's angry voice. It should be impossible to hear their conversation outside the room. It seems that someone must have used some kind of spell that can be used to eavesdrop.

His students have mastered such a spell. As a teacher, he should be pleased with the growth of the students, but what he thinks more at this time is that he must be more vigilant—the sound insulation effect in the tower should be strengthened, and at the same time, it may be more difficult. Add magic to prevent eavesdropping at the place where you will discuss with Murphy.

When Traphael came back to his senses, Elvis had finished his narration and was looking at his teacher with a worried expression: "You...are you okay?"

Not very good, Trafael said in his heart, but of course he would not say this, he said: "Sorry, I just lost my mind, the last point, can you say it again?"

Elvis' expression became even more worried. He seemed to think that Traphael asked him to repeat it because he was unwilling to accept the last sentence.But he still said it: "They said that everything you did was to keep others away from Murphy, so as to trap him by your side alone. Although Murphy was reluctant, he didn't have enough strength To resist you, so I have to compromise with you and cling to you."

After hearing the ending, Traphael narrowed his eyes and fell silent.In fact, Elvis' initial hesitation gave him a bad premonition, and he had already made a premonition that the content of the story might not be very friendly.But he still underestimated the imagination of the apprentices, he didn't expect their imagination to be so absurd.

They actually made him into such a miserable and shameless guy, and Murphy became a troubled nobleman in their eyes, which somewhat annoyed Traphael.It seemed that it was time to strengthen the restraint on the apprentices. He thought that the respect he received was enough, but proper awe was still necessary.

Elvis was equally angry with Traphael: "These statements are so ridiculous that they are extremely unsettling. I have reprimanded everyone who I heard talking about this topic, but..."

"But you also have doubts about this matter, so you came to ask me, right?" Traphael asked.

"That's right..." Elvis became frustrated: "I thought it wasn't true, but you admitted it..."

"That's because I didn't know that the rumors were actually like this." Traphael sighed, and said: "It's not true, if it's saying that I'm with Murphy...then...it's true, but It's not that I pursued him unilaterally, but that both of us are interested in each other. The reason why Murphy has such ambiguous interactions with other people is because he and I had a little awkwardness."

It was very difficult for Traphael to say these words, but he had to explain it this way.It is one thing to be misunderstood that he has an affair with Murphy, but it is another thing to be misunderstood that he is unilaterally in love with Murphy.

Although Elvis didn't know much about relationships and hated Murphy, he was still happy to know that his teacher was not at a disadvantage as rumored.

"Ha! I knew that you would not be willing to bow your head to Murphy as they rumored, nor would you be so superficial and only focus on appearance... You must be able to treat me like this, isn't it because of my appearance?" Elvis asked, and then looked at Traphael expectantly, waiting for his response.

His performance made Traphael burst out laughing, and his mood, which was depressed by this rumor before, also improved a lot.

"Of course not because of your appearance," Traphael said with a chuckle, "You are a smart and good boy."

This answer made Elvis show an obviously relieved expression, and Traphael couldn't help asking: "Is this what you care about the most in the whole thing?"

"Of course not!" Elvis immediately denied, "The thing I care about the most is of course your reputation, teacher. In my opinion, there is nothing more important than that!"

"Good boy." Traphael sighed, and when other apprentices were spreading such rumors behind their backs, Elvis' performance undoubtedly made him very pleased.

The conversation came to an end, he looked up at the magic sundial on the wall, and chatted with Elvis for a long time before he knew it.He closed the scroll that Elvis brought, handed it to him and asked, "Do you have any questions?"

Only then did Elvis notice that he took up Traphael's time for a long time today, so he quickly took the scroll, thanked Traphael, and then left.

Traphael was the only one left in the study, and he slowly put away his smile and leaned back in the chair.He recalled what Elvis had just said. Although he was still not in a good mood at this time, he was able to look at the whole thing calmly.It seems that there is still too little consideration, he thought, things still have unexpected changes.

Murphy, Murphy, he said silently in his heart, what a troublesome guy.He suddenly regretted summoning the demon. His "deliberation" at that time now seems to be nothing more than a reckless act after being dazzled by a huge panic.At that time, I was stuck in a bottleneck for only a month, and now I don't know if there is any other way out.But after all, the matter has come to this point, it is useless to regret it, and it is not that he himself has benefited from this matter.

"Don't be too greedy." He said to himself silently, but - what price do I have to pay?He was a little lost in thought, and unconsciously stroked his chest with his right hand. Under the robe, there were all his secrets.

At this moment, the door of the study was pushed open again.