Mage's Secret

Murphy pressed his abdomen and slowly moved to the table step by step.Even though his steps were already very small, every step would still tear the wound, which made Murphy feel for the first time that the long staff of a human mage might still be of some use.

He sat down at the table and saw that Traphael really had no intention of speaking, so he picked up the fork and started eating.The food is still hot and the ingredients are fresh.Probably because he had been hungry for too long, and compared with the food he had eaten in the city before, it was the first time that Murphy felt that the food in the Mage Tower tasted pretty good.

Murphy eats seriously, and his eating is very elegant. In fact, if you ignore his bad personality and only look at his appearance, he does have an irresistible charm.Traphael watched his eating movements, thinking endlessly in his mind, this is probably his only advantage.

He looked at the bandage wrapped around Murphy's abdomen. It was indeed not well wrapped, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, he had no professional training, and Murphy's identity was not suitable to go to a doctor, so he could only make do with it.Murphy's hand holding the fork trembled slightly, but Traphael noticed it keenly.Murphy's face was no longer blue, but his lips were still pale.Compared with Murphy's usual high-spirited appearance, he really looked a little pitiful now.

Seeing his appearance, Traphael felt a complicated feeling in his heart.It wasn't that Traphael felt sympathy for him. He still felt that Murphy had asked for it. He had warned him before and rescued him from the desperate situation in time.The suffering Murphy is suffering now is due to his wrongful actions of going his own way, and he should bear the consequences for the mistakes he made.

Traphael's feeling at this time should be closer to helplessness - he still remembers that Murphy said that the temple would launch a harassing "holy war" against the demon world every few years, so the demon world must not have nothing against the paladins Know.And judging from the frequency of "jihads" and Murphy's age, Murphy should have experienced "jihads".That being the case, he should have some understanding of the strength and combat methods of the paladins. How could he rashly launch an attack without doing a good job of defense, making himself even more dangerous in a place that was already at a disadvantage in the Ozevina Continent? situation.

He was a little curious about what Murphy was thinking.

"Why did you attack in that way last night?" Traphael asked after thinking about it, "Do you have no actual combat experience?"

Hearing his words, Murphy paused his hands, raised his eyes to look at him and said, "Every devil has already experienced hundreds of battles when he is an adult."

Seeing that there was still some doubts in Traphael's expression, Murphy could guess what he was going to ask, and replied directly: "It's just the first time I played against the Paladin yesterday, so let me declare that I did make a mistake in my judgment and underestimated it." The strength of the paladin, but the only mistake I admit is this one."

It was the first time that Traphael felt a little surprised when he heard the devil take the initiative to admit his mistake. He couldn't help but look him up and down, and Murphy frowned when he saw it, before adding: "No, you don't fully understand the opponent's strength. Don’t you think it’s too reckless to act rashly, or in a place like the mainland, which is very dangerous for you?”

Hearing what Trafael said, Murphy thought it was finally time to start, so he put the fork down, leaned on the back of the chair, and assumed a posture of "let the horse come" rather than "listen carefully" , waiting for Traphael to continue.

But to his surprise, Traphael just sighed and said: "You have attracted the attention of the temple now, and I will help you divert their attention, but if you still want to stay on the mainland, You have to be quieter."

Traphael just stopped talking. He knew that for a guy like the devil, talking too much would cause the opponent's resentment and backlash.Compared with the verbal lesson, his current injury should impress him more deeply.After saying this, he stood up and prepared to leave.

Murphy was a little surprised that the reprimands and lengthy lectures that he expected did not happen, which made him a little surprised, and this surprise was shown on his face.

Traphael felt a little uncomfortable with his strange expression, so he asked, "Do you have any doubts about my words?"

"Do you have anything else to say besides these?" Murphy asked.

"Others?" Traphael was a little confused about what the devil was referring to. He stood there thinking for a while, and he really remembered something: "You send the tableware to the kitchen yourself, you should also Show your face in front of other people, otherwise you will be suspicious if you disappear for too long. Don't forget, you are quite a figure among those apprentices."

"That's it?" Murphy was still surprised when he didn't hear what Traphael said as expected.

Trafael was also confused by him: “What are you referring to?”

"Aren't you lecturing or reprimanding me?" Murphy asked directly.

Now the surprised person turned into Traphael: "Do you want to hear me reprimand you?" He really didn't see that Murphy had the potential in this regard.

Amidst Murphy's tangled denials, Traphael couldn't help shaking his head—he might really, never be able to understand the demon's thinking.But fortunately, after he helped Murphy find his brother, the demon would leave, so mutual understanding was not a must.

In the few days after that, the demon really calmed down a lot, and stayed in the mage tower every day, and didn't make a fuss about running around, and didn't even do things like seduce apprentices—maybe It had something to do with his injury, maybe something to do with the rumors between him and Trafael, but he's clearly settled down anyway.

Even Elvis was surprised by his calmness, and then he became very vigilant—for Murphy, Elvis was always not afraid to speculate with the greatest malice.

When everyone was more or less concerned about Murphy's changes, Traphael, who was supposed to pay the most attention to Murphy, seemed to have not noticed his gratifying changes, and was still the same every day. A worried look, even more anxious than before.

The changes of the two have also sparked new discussions among the apprentices, but these are not what the two are currently concerned about.

Traphael was indeed worried about some things. Ever since the paladins took the blood of the demons on their way back to the temple, Traphael hadn't stopped worrying.He even sometimes woke up in the middle of the night from the dream in which the priests of the temple divined his relationship with the devil, and then with the fear that the priests would break into his mage tower in the next moment, he kept his eyes open until dawn.And lack of sleep will make his emotions even more tense.It's like he's stuck in an endless loop, feeling more and more anxious every day.

And Traphael's anxiety was naturally seen by Murphy, but he didn't know what the mage was worried about.This made Murphy feel a little uncomfortable - why did the mage still look nervous even though he had already made a concession.

Finally, a few days later, Murphy broke into Traphael's study with such doubts.

When he came in, Trafael was answering Elvis' academic doubts, and Murphy's movement of entering the door interrupted the conversation between the two.

Elvis was already annoyed by someone interrupting his conversation with the teacher. After finding out that it was Murphy, he was fired up almost immediately: "I think it is the most basic etiquette to knock before entering. !Remember, you are a mage apprentice, not a barbarian!"

Murphy stood at the door and looked at Elvis' angry look, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Sorry, I didn't expect there to be people in the study at this hour."

He said sorry, without any apology in his tone.He walked to the desk, folded his arms and leaned against the desk, lowered his head and asked Traphael: "Have you finished speaking? I have something to ask you."

Trafael understood that it was not convenient for Elvis to hear what he was asking, so he nodded and said, "Wait a minute."

Elvis couldn't help being a little angry when he heard that Murphy spoke to Traphael in such a disrespectful manner, but before he could pour out his anger on Murphy, Traphael cleared his throat The sound attracted attention.

"I've finished the part about advanced magic patterns just now, is there anything I don't understand?" Traphael asked.

"No, no, teacher, I understand everything you said." Elvis replied immediately.

Traphael smiled gently at him, and said: "Very good, then let's stop here for today, you go back and summarize what I have said, about the use of magic power by advanced spells and intermediate spells Shall we continue talking tomorrow?"

"Teacher?" Hearing Traphael's words, Elvis' eyes widened—is the teacher trying to drive him away?Once again, he drove himself away because of Murphy, and it was still in such a rude situation as Murphy!

Seeing his favorite student's blue eyes full of disbelief, as if water would overflow in the next moment, Traphael suddenly felt very guilty, but he still had to stick to his position: "If If there is no problem, go back first."

In the end Elvis didn't cry, which made Trafael feel better.He just gave Murphy a fierce look—unfortunately, this look not only didn't make Murphy flinch, but almost made him laugh—then turned and left the study with an angry expression.

The sharp arc drawn by Elvis' blond hair in the air made Traphael sigh helplessly, watching the study door open and close again, Traphael pinched the center of his brow wearily, and asked without raising his head : "What's the matter with you?"