Ellie trembled all over, pressing her head down tightly, her heart stirring up turbulent waves... She certainly understood what the Mage ant.
Able to disregard the major families and powerful organizations representing countries, he must be a Great Sage!
Damn it! It actually is a Great Sage!
What has she done? How dare she speak so boldly?
Wait...
Then Ellie belatedly realized one thing... Although only nominally, the one who granted her permission to call him teacher is actually a Great Sage!
Although this result may be more disappointing for Lind.
But Ellie only felt a thrill surging from the soles of her feet to the top of her head!
If not for catching a glimpse of her brother, who seed to be tilting his head, gazing at the villa, she might have shown a face full of joy!
However, she quickly reined in that excitent, as a cold shower poured down in the void... If she perford better and smarter, would Teacher Belfran value her a bit more?
Yet, she tried to recomnd soone to the Great Sage whom even a Mid-level Magician wouldn’t care about!
Ellie brainstord quickly, pondering how to present an apology to the Earl upon returning, and respectfully said: "I will relay today’s conversation as is to my father.
But, I can swear on Aesces!
From the start, my father, Count Stelter, never considered such excessive matters.
He only hoped to ask for your help to bypass the Mage Accord.
It was I; it was my greed... It’s just as the older sister, reluctant to see the disappointnt in my brother’s eyes.
I will properly reflect on my own ignorance."
Ellie quickly realized why Mr. Belfran warned her... Whether she’s unwilling to let go of her brother or has so interest with Lind, she shouldn’t attempt to exploit Mr. Belfran.
Because of Mr. Belfran’s kindness during this period, she lost her reason and actually behaved in such a transgressive manner!
Moreover, her father likely made the wrong judgnt due to her frivolity, which is why he agreed to let her test the Great Sage Belfran.
Ellie bowed her head deeply and saluted: "Please forgive my foolishness; I definitely won’t commit such mistakes again!"
Hill glanced at her, speaking lightly: "Go~."
For him, everything that could be useful about Ellie was already completed. Even if Ellie from today onward never shows up again, losing a source of information only ans he’d use more Mage’s Eyes.
If this girl remains as emotionally impulsive as she is now, soone will eventually educate her.
After all, she’s not his actual student, so Hill would only guide to a point.
However, Ellie also has a satisfying trait... not shirking responsibility.
They both understand well that the true initiator of this matter is that young master Lind still striking poses, yet Ellie didn’t plan to pass the bla onto him.
Furthermore, she took on Count Stelter’s responsibility very proactively.
As soone capable of discerning genuine from the false, Hill can still feel the girl’s sincerity and earnestness.
He never cares if soone has personal desires; wanting a better future for oneself is human nature.
Hill has always admired those who, at crucial monts, forget personal desires and thoughts, heroically sacrificing with selflessness, but he would never criticize those who choose to preserve themselves.
After all, he couldn’t do it himself.
Therefore, soone like Ellie, whose first choice is surely to protect her own interests, yet when able, lifts up her family and friends, is soone Hill actually appreciates.
In noble society, such a person is already considered a rare good individual!
He doesn’t dislike Count Stelter’s standard military aristocrat deanor either... Perhaps unable to achieve diligent governance and loving the citizens, but at least he adheres rigorously to his duties, despite looking down on common folk, he doesn’t treat people as cattle, instead taking good care of his family and lineage.
In the Fantasy World, such a lord is considered acceptable.
The one he dislikes most, however, is Lind.
Of course, perhaps it’s more because every word this kid says rings alarms at his ear.
The last ti he heard such annoying sounds was... from so old grandmother?
After all, in Toril, despite how annoying those people are, at least they didn’t perform right in front of Hill!
Hill quietly watched Ellie respectfully retreat backwards out of the study, his expression cold.
Now, he only needs to wait.
As for future matters... Count Stelter might beco more cautious, but this mischievous Lind likely won’t disappoint him.
Hill doesn’t believe that the Wise Ones of the Stelter Family can’t see a problem with this brother, but including Ellie, these people seem to tolerate or even glorify Lind’s actions for various reasons.
This might be sibling affection from the sa mother?
Or is it because the parents are relatively loving to one another and kind to their children... even if partial, have provided enough care... thus preventing tearing each other apart unless absolutely necessary?
Hill couldn’t help but recall those four years spent in Perast Castle... If he and Manton were brothers born of the sa mother... Then he shivered abruptly, giving himself a gentle slap: Stop imagining wildly!
Why bother thinking about these impossible things and disgusting myself?
He stood up, preparing to look at that endlessly fascinating experint table... I wonder if every ti Galan failed an experint, he would weave a thread on the table; the words inside were truly splendid and lodious.
Fortunately, Aesces couldn’t understand them, otherwise, these things would have turned to smoke and ashes long ago.
What Hill didn’t care about was weightier than the Basia Mountain for Ellie.
She marched out of the villa with a serious expression, calling the still-waiting Lind by the water back ho at once.
"Sister Ellie?" Lind looked at her expression, feeling lost, "Did you already say it?
Were all rejected... everything refused?"
Ellie pulled him to sit down, knocked on the front window to notify the coachman to depart, and patted his shoulder, saying in a light and joyous voice, "This matter, I will tell you in detail once we’re back at the castle.
However, Mr. Belfran allows to bring you every ti I visit him!
When he has free ti, he’ll teach you a bit offhandedly... Lind, you must cherish this opportunity, understand?
Only Great Sage Belfran dares to openly teach you these things!"
Ellie’s hand gripped Lind’s shoulder tightly, her strength imnse.
Lind gently gasped, just about to speak, when he felt his sister’s nails digging into the muscles of his shoulder.
Even though the clothes he wore to accompany Ellie to the mage’s house were rely a shirt and a thin silk dress jacket, Ellie, normally lacking in strength, managed this much, which truly surprised Lind.
The one capable of driving them, sibling pair, must be a confidant of Count Stelter, even endorsed by Helena, but even so, Ellie demanded his silence?
No extra words allowed... yet the other party had clearly promised willingness to bear a na!
But he knew his sister Ellie well enough to understand her character.
Lind quietly closed his eyes, but beneath his eyelids, his eyes spun rapidly.
"Lind." Looking at the sky outside, Ellie spoke slowly, "Only family finds everything you do adorable.
Sotis, they won’t mind a little thing.
After all, we all know, you’re indeed the one who’s lost the most.
But..." She pressed down on Lind as he tried to struggle, "You need to understand, to outsiders, you’ve gained quite a bit.
It’s not only your ill fate being a second son but also the second son of a military noble!
I know you refuse to accept fate, so many tis, I’ve let you, but this ti, it’s beyond my power to let go, do you understand?"
Her green eyes fixed fiercely on her brother: "This decision, has nothing to do with the Stelter Family, you must rember.
Power and wealth are aningless before strength.
Thus, next ti, you must sincerely thank Great Sage Belfran for his generosity, truly an it!
Although he looks young and handso, yet... he is a sage who’s seen the world’s splendor and endured the mortal world’s vicissitudes!"
Lind blinked and finally grasped the deeper aning behind his sister’s words... Was it because Belfran looked down on him, thinking him lacking in talent and false?
He couldn’t help but purse his thin lips, drawing a sharp line downward at the corner of his mouth... Ha~ People like Belfran probably don’t even know what setbacks are, right?
Just look at that proud deanor!
Despite a seemingly gentle attitude, he wasn’t much different from the arrogant guy from the Ishmael Household!
How could such a person understand the anguish of those who are constantly abandoned!
Unable to help himself, Lind sneered; his parents always professing to love him, yet... father loved him but focused on the elder son.
Mother loved him yet wished to give everything to her daughter!
What about him then?
Bereft of rights, bereft of money, painstakingly enduring physical hardship daily to beco a magical swordsman, yet ultimately unable even to join the army!
The most absurd was, the reason his father relinquished the army and severed his path to a military future was to return ho to care for wife and young children!
Even now, whenever reflecting on the cold mood of the day he heard the news, Lind found himself freezing all over.
In Basia City, who doesn’t know, that from now on, he’s rely soone surviving idly?
During that period, who didn’t regard him with sympathy upon seeing him?
Those days of despair, when realizing the Earl did such a thing not only for his elder son but also for his daughter in the future, transford entirely into blazing anger.
The Stelter Family understood whom this affair hurt, thus treating him better... like Ellie, continually trying to compensate him here and there.
Yet all these compensations pale in comparison to that piece of Mithril in value.
This made Lind feel even worse... No matter how pleasant the words, it was still him being abandoned!
This unspeakable fury made Lind constantly yearn to destroy sothing, however, he couldn’t do anything.
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