bookbashuk Page 342
Page 342
"It's nothing, I just felt a little disoriented when I heard that name. Lady Milut was quite famous before, I never imagined she was your mother, Teacher Yin..."
Suddenly, he remembered what Silver had just said, and he was immediately startled, quickly asking:
"You just said she's already passed away?"
“Yes, when I was very young.” Silvershurst sighed.
"..."
Zerris's breath hitched, and he fell silent.
He had to admit that he was a good-for-nothing, and had been subconsciously ignoring the possibility all along. Even now, he was unwilling to believe it.
"Actually, I used to admire her a lot. She was really very likable..."
For some reason, he subconsciously uttered those words. Perhaps it was because he felt that speaking these words in front of Yin Xiuer could at least make up for his silence back then. Or perhaps he finally realized that it was too late to say these words, and that he was just trying to tell Yin Xiuer about the other half of her genetic inheritance in vain...
“Everyone likes her, including me.” Silver Xiuer smiled again.
“Really? Hmm, I knew that was true…” Zerris said somewhat reluctantly, “Actually, I’m telling the truth. I really admire her. I’ve liked her ever since I first met her.”
Yin Xiuer glanced at Zerris with some surprise, thought for a moment, then bowed and said:
"On behalf of my mother, I thank you for your kindness, Principal Zerris."
"No, that's not the case..."
Zerris felt his eyes getting sore, and he subconsciously adjusted his sunglasses and looked into the distance.
If Mirut knew he was only saying this now, she'd probably give him a good scolding; there's no way she'd thank him...
Yin Xiu tilted her head in confusion, subconsciously looking in the direction Zerris was staring.
Seeing that Silver Hugh was looking into the distance with him, Zerris quickly lifted his sunglasses to wipe his eyes, and then put them back on.
“…Teacher Yin.” Zerris took a deep breath and said slowly, “If you don’t mind, could you tell me about Lady Milute? I’ve missed her terribly ever since she disappeared.”
"Hmm, that's possible." Yin Xiuer glanced at the almost deserted campus, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "But Principal, aren't you going to the Diplomacy Department building?"
"It's ok."
Zerris said something that Silver Hugh found very puzzling:
"The Diplomacy Department building didn't wait for me for twenty years."
……
"...Later, she and Lord Norrigi gave me a lot more homework. Sigh, thinking about it now feels like the sky is falling."
Silver Hugh leaned against the edge of the foosball table, gently cranking the joystick for the little athlete. He watched the miniature soccer ball, accidentally knocked far away and now out of reach, and the Queen's Academy's activity area, now only occupied by a few students. He sighed helplessly and said:
"My mother probably felt that I lacked talent in social situations, so she gave up on teaching me various negotiation skills and instead wanted to train me to be her assistant. As a result, I ended up learning a lot about the care of objects and cramming on the history and stories of various antique collections."
"I see."
Zerris sat at the reception table to the side, nodded slightly, hesitated for a moment, and asked:
"That must be very hard work, right?"
“Now that things have come to this, I can hardly remember how hard it was.” Yin Xiuer shook his head and said with a smile, “Perhaps for a mother, seeing a stupid child like me is even more exhausting.”
“How could that be!” Zerris quickly retorted, but seeing Silver Hugh's slight surprise, he realized what he meant and said somewhat awkwardly:
"What I mean is, Teacher Yin, please don't think that way. Although Lady Milute says that on the surface, she is actually a very gentle and warm-hearted person. She definitely wouldn't think that way... Besides, you are so young and promising, and you are an excellent person yourself!"
Silver Hugh couldn't help but chuckle, then bowed slightly, patted his chest, and said:
"Thank you for your recognition, Principal Zerris."
“Ah, that’s not how it is…” Zerris said breathlessly as he looked at the humble and polite Silver Hur.
"In short, everyone's memory of her may be different, but I think that's what she really looked like."
SilverShull blinked and smiled as he said:
"However, my mother also said when I was very young that she wasn't always so capable. In the beginning, she was just a somewhat clever noblewoman..."
Silver Hugh's words echoed in Zerris's ears. He looked at his unfamiliar daughter and was momentarily dazed.
Compared to Milut's brilliance, Silver Xiuer naturally paled in comparison. But when he thought about how she had grown up alone since she was so young, Zerris felt that Silver Xiuer was a hundred or a thousand times better than him, her father. Beneath that elegant and firm demeanor, he wondered how much effort he had put in that he had never seen. And how many open or hidden grievances had she endured in her life alone?
He couldn't help but reach out and look at his palm.
Now in his fifties, his hair is showing signs of graying. Apart from his negligible magical abilities and the title of headmaster of the Queen's Academy, he seems to have no wealth to offer Silver Shul as compensation.
The Mage Tower has been neglected for a long time, and even the steward of the manor in the capital has retired and returned to his hometown. In recent years, he has been traveling around, and apart from opening up trade between Andora and Yanium, he seems to have gained nothing.
Zerris felt somewhat frustrated.
Yin Xiuer has already achieved enough happiness in her life on her own, so what more can he do for her?
He couldn't help but adjust his sunglasses, as if the sunlight today was too dazzling, and he squeezed his eyes shut.
"...Later, on a night during the Homecoming Festival, my mother, unusually gentle, told me that part of the reason she was so dedicated to this career was out of habit..."
Silver Hugh said as he recalled:
"But it seems that it's mostly because of my father."
“…Huh?” Zerris snapped out of his daze and suddenly froze.
"Isn't that strange?" Silver Hugh couldn't help but chuckle, then explained:
"According to her, she inexplicably fell in love with my father the first time she met him. Later, they traveled for a long time among different tribes by chance. At that time, seeing my father enjoying various festivals among these tribes, she secretly resolved to preserve these precious memories. Unfortunately, they didn't have a second chance to experience such a journey..."
"Varied……"
A thunderbolt struck Zerris's mind. He instinctively stood up, staggered, and leaned on the reception table for support.
Silver Hugh was startled and quickly let go of the miniature soccer ball he was playing with. He approached Zerris and asked:
"Principal? Are you alright?"
"……fine."
Zerris took a deep breath, slowly regaining his senses. After a long while, he pressed his sunglasses firmly, dissolving the tears that kept flowing from his eyes into the purest water magic essence, and said in a hoarse voice:
"I'm a little jealous of your father, to receive such favor from Lord Milut. If he knew that, he would be overjoyed..."
……
Perhaps I'm still too weak, but there's nothing I can do about it.
Zerris ultimately didn't tell Silver that he was the failed father who had been absent from her entire life.
He has nothing now, just like when Mirut confessed to him, so he has to admit that he can only make such a weak decision now.
The only difference between then and now is that he wears sunglasses and no longer needs to pretend to be asleep.
Without those sunglasses, what's left of him? Just a pathetic dignity clung to by a failed middle-aged man.
"Then I'll be going now, Principal Zheris." Silver Xiuer looked at the students who had finished lunch and were returning to school, straightening the faded cuffs of his shirt as he spoke.
"My lover is probably still waiting for me to come home for dinner."
"Okay, okay... Be careful on the road."
Zerris nodded subconsciously, then suddenly seemed to realize something and quickly asked:
"Oh, by the way, Ms. Yin, I wonder if your partner would be interested in teaching at Queen's Academy? You could teach together and keep each other company... Oh, and when are you planning to get married? If you do have a wedding, I can offer my blessings on behalf of the school... no, just on my own behalf..."
"Eh……?"
Yin Xiuer awkwardly rubbed the hem of her clothes and said softly, "No, no, it's not necessary. He's still a student at Queen's Academy... It wouldn't be good if you, the headmaster, saw him like that..."
"Goodbye, Principal!"
She chuckled dryly twice and ran away quickly.
"……student?"
Zerris stood there stunned for a long time before he came to his senses.
Immediately, a grinning face flashed into his mind, and for some reason, he almost immediately thought of this person.
"Damn it, could it really be this kid...?"
Zerris took off his sunglasses, his gaze involuntarily following Silver Hugh's somewhat disheveled escape. He subconsciously squeezed the sunglasses, smashing them to pieces with a snap.
"Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck..."
He frowned deeply, muttering to himself. After spinning around a few times, he finally seemed to have made up his mind, tossing away the shards of his sunglasses with a whoosh, cursing under his breath, and then whispering:
"You dare to harm my daughter? Don't blame me for giving you the entire Diplomacy Department along with half of Queen's College as your dowry!"
Thinking of this, he felt as if he had gotten revenge for no reason and burst into laughter.
Without the cover of sunglasses, he laughed until tears streamed down his face in the bright sunlight.
Chapter 344 Wanting to Build a Production Line in the Mage Territory
[Class: Fourth Ring Mage Warrior (75% Fourth Ring Mage, 50% Level 6 Warrior), 1% Level 3 Alchemist]
Latis was a little confused.
Under the influence of a certain fixed spell, the absorbed magic power will be preferentially converted into the warrior's strength. Therefore, even after consuming twenty dragon crystals, his mage level has not increased much and he is still some distance away from the high-level.
But that wasn't what puzzled him.
"Strange thing..."
Latis threw a series of punches, including a forward swing, a straight back step, a counter-attack, a straight sway, a hook, and a swing. Then he stood still, carefully feeling the surge of blood in his body, and scratched his head.
In his perception, with the enhancement of physical strength, the warrior level had actually reached the legendary level, but his body always felt like there was a veil between them.
It's like reaching the legendary level and something should have changed, but it was stopped at the last minute, giving you a feeling of wanting to shoot but being unable to.
Perhaps it's because I've never specifically trained in warrior abilities, causing various abilities to be scattered throughout my bloodline without functioning, or perhaps it's because I need to truly break through to the legendary level to usher in some kind of change.
In short, it feels like the little guy has grown up and finally feels that there is a thick layer of barriers between him and the world, which is quite disappointing.
Perhaps only after reaching the legendary level can one break through that barrier and have unrestricted contact with this world.
So it was because his penis wasn't big enough? Latis sighed, then grinned. He was quite confident about it, after all, in his previous life it was always coiled around his waist...
"There's another thing."