Raymond's pupils shrank slightly. Then, he relaxed completely, exhaled, and strode forward:
"Grete! Little Grete! It's really you who's back!"
He opened his arms five or six steps away. Four steps, three steps, two steps, his eyes fell on the badge on Grete's chest, and he suddenly froze:
In the center of the four-fold ring, a bright silver star shines quietly.
Sixth level magician.
Behind him, the sound of the city guards breathing in came one after another.
There are only a handful of professionals of this level in the entire Heartland City. Especially the spell casters, several lord bishops, and the presiding officer of the Mage Tower. Everyone they see needs to bow and be called "Your Excellency"
Big shot.
Raymond suddenly froze in place. He opened his arms stiffly, but did not move forward any further. For a moment, he quietly lowered his arms and wiped the sweat from his palms on his pants.
"I'm still little Grete!" Gretel couldn't help but said, he rushed up to him and hugged him tightly. His arms tightened hard, creaking, creaking...
"Brother Raymond, you have grown a lot stronger! Are you not far from the knight?"
Raymond finally laughed. Feeling the tightness of his arms and the tight pressure on his ribs, he let out a "hey" and stretched his arms outward to break free:
"You are not strong. You used to be so strong, but you are still so strong now. You have grown taller!"
He raised his hand and gestured. When he left home, Grete was half a head shorter than him, and the top of his hair only reached his chin, but now it reaches the middle of his eyebrows:
"You haven't practiced well in the past few years, have you?"
Gretel lowered his head to avoid his gaze, and like the original boy, he quickly and slightly stuck out his tongue.
Not only did I not practice properly, I actually regressed from level 1 warrior to level 0. Later, the teacher commented, "It's not easy to regress to your level."
If it weren't for the wave of training that went into advancing to the fifth level, Brother Raymond would probably see a useless loser who is not working hard...
"Brother Raymond, can you go home early today?" He simply changed the topic forcefully:
"I want to eat Aunt Eileen's bacon!"
"Okay, okay!" The smile in Raymond's eyes couldn't stop. He stretched out his hand and purred Gretel's hair, half turned around, and raised his hand to his fellow soldiers:
"Little Grete is back. I'll go back first, and you can ask for leave on my behalf!"
"Okay, Captain!"
"Captain, please feel free to go back!"
"When someone asks us, we just say it's the mage who's back! For this reason, even the city lord will grant a leave!"
The soldiers responded with smiles. Gretel turned around and waved to Cerela:
"Serila, let's go!"
The beautiful silver-haired girl is the most eye-catching one in the crowd even if she puts away her long elf ears. Under the eyes of the city guard soldiers, she is followed by a giant deer, running lightly
Come:
"Gretel, are you leaving? I want to see where you used to live!"
"Walk!"
They walked straight forward along the avenue. This was the only road in the entire Heartland City that could accommodate the Silver Moon Deer to walk freely. In this way, the giant deer with a back taller than a human head and long antlers more than four meters wide headed there.
At one stop, the entire street was already taken up.
Along the way, the clearing effect was achieved without much effort. Pedestrians stood under the eaves one after another, and the carriages retreated into the alleys to make way for them.
Just kidding, such a big deer is definitely a high-level monster. If it gets attacked by it, I don’t know how it will die.
And there was someone in front of him leading it slowly!
Those who can control high-level monsters must also be high-level professionals! If you can't offend, you can't offend...
The street was cleared for a while. As Grete walked, he smiled and gave Cerela instructions:
"This is the best commercial street in the city. Of course, it's actually just this commercial street..."
"This store sells all kinds of things from overseas, including tobacco and so on..."
"There is a store here that sells paper, pens and ink. When I went to buy paper, the boss was choking. I saved someone and the boss gave me a big pile of paper..."
"This is the biggest bakery in the city, but I actually think Aunt Maggie's bread is more delicious..."
Serila turned her head around, glanced left and right, and then looked away without interest. Suddenly there was a noise of hoofbeats in front of her, and several horses came running quickly. They rushed to the front and then quickly reined in the reins.
, jumped off the horse:
"Master Mage"
"Nolan Knight! Flynn Knight! I am Gretel! You don't remember me!"
Grete raised a bright smile. The visitor was stunned for a moment, looked up and down, and saw the shadow of the boy from four years ago on Grete's face, and then relaxed at the same time:
"Little Gretel...no, Mage Nordmark? Are you back?"
Those who hurried over were the captain of the city guard, Knight Nolan, and the squadron leader, Knight Flynn. When Gretel left, one of them was at level seven and the other at level five. I heard that there was a suspected high-level monster strutting into the city, and the two of them were responsible for
Where are you, come immediately
Unfortunately, I got sidetracked from the guard reporting at the city gate and did not get the news.
Seeing that they were acquaintances, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief: thank God, there was no need to fight. One on each side, they led the horses and accompanied Grete forward:
"Mage Nordmark, are you back?"
"Is this giant deer your mount? What level is it?"
"How long will you stay here this time? Or will you stay here forever?"
"This lady is..."
While walking, they exchanged greetings. Grete had a smile on his face and answered all their questions. After walking half a street, another horse suddenly rushed up in front of him. The man got off his horse and saluted directly in front of Grete:
"Mage Nordmark! I have been ordered by the City Lord's Mansion to ask Your Excellency the Master to come to the City Lord's Mansion to have a talk!"
The road ahead has been completely cleared, and a straight avenue leads to the city lord's palace. Behind the knight, a four-horse luxury carriage gallops forward, only a few dozen paces slower. Obviously, this is the car sent by the city lord himself.
, made a special trip to pick her up.
Gretel sighed silently.
It's so troublesome. He shouldn't have ridden Appa into the city and alerted so many people at once... If only he had known to sneak in quietly...
Sighing, things still need to be done. Gretel's expression was calm, and he skillfully showed the expression of the deputy director of the emergency department, which was both kind and majestic:
"I am returning home this time to visit relatives and friends, and my return is as fast as an arrow. I appreciate the kindness of the city lord. When I meet my relatives and friends, I will naturally visit you."
After speaking, he turned around and looked at Nolan Knight and Flynn Knight with a bright smile:
"Uncle Nolan, Uncle Flynn, I'm sorry, I'm going to Uncle Karen's house first! See you later! Cerela, let's go!"
After saying that, they turned around at a 90-degree angle, got into the alley, and waved out. A ray of light shot out from the silver-haired girl's hand, and the two- to three-meter-tall giant deer suddenly turned into a miniature deer, jumping behind them, burrowing around all the way.
The alley was narrow and the eaves were low. Gretel didn't mind it at all. He even bought a big paper bag of bread from a bakery he passed by, folded his hands and walked forward quickly. Not long after, he arrived at a low masonry building.
In front of the house, he raised his voice and shouted:
"Uncle Karen! Aunt Eileen! I'm back!"
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