Fulilian: Becomes a disciple of Celia at the beginning

The store manager smiled with relief, put away his own magic power, and respectfully returned the staff to Gut.

After that, in order to wait for Master Ronnie to optimize the staff, the master and disciple stayed in the city of [Holy City] for more than half a month.

The brother and sister Hafka and the girl Sora took the opportunity to return to their family during this period.

When the brother and sister returned from the Royal Capital, their elder brother, Hafka, had already arranged for them to travel together, and he also brought back several carts of jewelry and a large pile of land deeds and leases.

As for why Gut, an outsider, knew all this?

That's because on the night the brother and sister returned to the Holy City, Gut received an invitation to a family dinner from Hafka.

After arriving at the dinner party at the house they rented, the brother and sister took the initiative to take Gut to the courtyard to see the gains they had made from their return to the family.

Brother Hafka pointed to the treasures that filled several large carriages and said that in order to thank his senior brother for saving his sister from the hands of the villains, he was willing to let Gut take any carriage as a token of his gratitude.

Although he was shocked by Hafka's generosity and was speechless at the time, Gut finally did not accept it. Instead, he asked the brother and sister about their plans for the future.

From Hafka, Gut learned that the brother and sister planned to stay with Lady Celia in the future, and even settled in Oissast, an important stronghold of the Continental Magic Association in the northern countries.

Due to the information asymmetry, Gut found it difficult to understand the choices made by the brother and sister.

Being able to let go of the past so readily and start a new life in a strange city is not a choice that the children of the nobility would make.

Gut originally thought that members of the nobility like Hafka would learn skills from their teacher and then leave first, returning to their homeland to enjoy the wealth and glory brought by their nobility status.

But he never thought that he would take the initiative to establish a deeper connection with his teacher and [Oissast].

And from Hafka's words, it seemed that he did not want to return to his homeland anymore.

It's just like his junior brother Lyon who was stripped of his noble status and expelled from the Imperial Capital.

"What about the treasures you brought back?" Gut pointed to several carriages piled up in the courtyard of the brother and sister's house.

"It's not very realistic to transport these things all the way from the Holy City to Oissast."

"That's right." The brother and sister looked at each other, and then Hafka said to Gut.

"Brother, I invited you here, not only to express my gratitude, but also for these reasons."

"Aside from the carriage we promised to give you, Senior Brother, we are willing to donate the rest to Teacher Celia free of charge to support the operations of the [Continental Magic Association Headquarters] in the Holy City."

Faced with the sudden kindness shown by the brother and sister, Gut became silent.

"Giving these to teachers would be a good investment."

"What about you? You have to make a living in Oissast. Don't you want to leave some for yourselves?"

"I've already left it." The girl Sora answered playfully, and took out a large stack of papers from the cabinet beside her, waving them in her hand a few times.

"And we still have these, a few land deeds and shop leases. I'm not sure how much income it can generate, but according to my brother, it's enough for the two of us to live on."

"That's it."

Gut kept chewing over the girl's words "My brother said it's enough for the two of us to live on" in his mind, and then recalled Hafka's attitude of cutting off ties with the past and living in a new place, and suddenly realized something.

While his sister Sora was cleaning up the deeds, Gut walked up to his junior brother and whispered in his ear.

"Hafka, there's something going on between you and your sister..."

"Brother, my sister and I are the same as you and your teacher."

After receiving a positive response from Hafka, Gut paused and nodded, "I understand."

"I will inform Teacher Celia of your donation intentions and will give you a reply later."

The next morning, when Gut brought breakfast to the teacher, he told her about this.

However, the result was a little beyond Gut's expectations. The elf agreed immediately without any hesitation or thought.

He also arranged for Gut to notify the staff of the Association after dinner to negotiate with the Hafka brothers and sisters. After verifying the donation amount, they would directly deposit it into the Association's operating funds.

The elf who was chewing the sandwich probably noticed the doubt on his disciple's face, so he took the initiative to talk about the matter.

"You're wondering why I accepted it so readily, right?"

"That's right, Master." Gutt affirmed, "I thought that with your strong personality, you wouldn't easily accept donations from your disciples."

"Could it be that the [Continental Magic Association] has had some problems with its recent operating funds?"

"You think too much."

The elf pouted unhappily and explained.

"I can accept it without any worries simply because the donation means nothing to me."

"Even if Hafka and his family encounter misfortunes after arriving in Oissast, or if something happens that makes him want to withdraw the donation, I can return it to him locally without any burden."

“Because it can be returned at any time, there is no need to worry about accepting it.”

"Tsk-"

Gu Te nodded and couldn't help but sigh, "The teacher is really an incredible rich woman."

"Huh~huh~"

After receiving praise from his disciples, the elf hummed with pride, but did not forget to encourage his disciples.

"With your talent, as long as you are willing to work hard, you will have a lot of assets."

"Really?"

Gut hesitated slightly and silently placed his hands on the elf's shoulders and neck.

"what are you doing?"

Ignoring the teacher's questions, Gut's dexterous hands began to move, wandering over the elf's white shoulders and neck.

After a while, Celie placed her hands on the table, feeling so comfortable being touched that she was speechless.

"Teacher, I don't want to work hard anymore."

“What is going on now is my struggle.”

A few days later, good news came from the dwarf craftsman Master Ronnie.

The targeted upgrades to the staff itself, as well as the personalized modifications based on the Gut battle scenes, have been completed.

The moment he got his hands on the staff, Gut felt firsthand the dramatic changes that had taken place in it.

If it was just a standard equipment that everyone could use before, now it has completely become the "Gut shape", whether it is swinging and slashing, or casting magic, there is a wonderful sense of fit.

After expressing their gratitude to Master Ronnie again, the master and his disciples had arrived at the day to bid farewell to the Holy City.

On the day of departure, acquaintances and staff of the Association went to the city gate to see them off.

Whether it was the bishop of the Holy City, Haita, or the middle-aged brave uncle Xinmeier, they all stood in the crowd of people who were seeing them off. Even the coachman who drove the group out of the [Holy City] was the coachman who often took Gut and the elves to and from the [Association].

In fact, according to the previously agreed plan, Xin Meir will also join everyone again.

After all, after learning about the deciphered [Back to the Future Magic], the brave man could not wait to go to the Chino Gorge near the [Northern Plateau] to find the Goddess Monument and carve the deciphered magic characters on it for the future Frillian.

However, a few days before his departure, he was urgently summoned by His Majesty the King, who said that a powerful demon in the trading city of Barum near the coastline had attacked the fishermen going out to sea.

According to the local members of the Knights who had fought against him, the great demon practiced magic related to controlling water sources. In order to prevent the situation from getting worse, His Majesty the King had no choice but to ask the brave man to take action again.

Perhaps the [Demons] have also been eyeing this opportunity of handover between the old and new kings. In recent days, the frequency of attacks launched in various places has been several times higher than before.

Therefore, as the existing system was unable to cope with it, they had to frequently request the brave warrior to use this trump card to suppress it.

Gut understood the responsibility that Xinmeier had to bear, so he no longer invited the brave uncle, but embarked on a new journey with his teacher and fellow apprentices.

The group crossed mountains and valleys, passed through forests and canyons, and finally returned to the [Xuvia Mountains].

Unlike the late summer and early autumn when we came here, it is now winter.

Winter in the [Shevian Mountains] is the most dangerous season.

Two different air currents from the northern and central countries collide here, mixed with the humid air brought by the sea breeze from the upper side, and converge between these mountains.

This also results in strong winds and occasional large-scale rain and snowfall in the [Huovia Mountains].

Large-scale rain and snowfall will greatly affect the journey, and if accompanied by strong winds, it will form a natural barrier that is difficult for ordinary adventurers to break through.

And that's exactly what happened.

In the violent snowstorm, human vision will be reduced to an extremely weak level. If one loses his way, the adventurer will quickly lose body temperature and sleep forever in this mountain range.

Just as in the battle between humans and the Demon King's army, it was not the enemy but the northern winter that caused the greatest casualties.

However, facing the season when snowflakes were gradually falling, Celiai did not choose to let everyone stay in the [County of Gulanat] under the mountains and slowly wait for the end of the snow season. Instead, she took advantage of the fact that the snowfall was still relatively light in early winter and led everyone to adventure across the [Xuvia Mountains].

After all, according to the rules of previous years, the snow season in the mountains will gradually subside until the summer of the following year.

As for Rao Yi, he is an elf with a long lifespan and does not intend to waste half a year here.

Fortunately, Teacher Celia is quite reliable.

Not only did she never lose her way thanks to her extremely wide-range magical perception, she even took Sora, a girl with weaker physical fitness, into consideration, using [Fireworks Magic] to constantly surround her and everyone else, constantly dispelling the coldness in the surrounding environment.

Shortly after the sun set, the group successfully arrived at a shelter in the mountains. They lit a bonfire, set up a cooking pot, and began to restore their strength and replenish their energy.

Leaning against the window inside the house, Gut drank the hot broth in the bowl and listened to his fellow apprentices chatting and joking around the campfire. It seemed that even the whimpering of the wind and snow outside the window had become much quieter.

Under the guidance of teacher Celia, this winter journey across the [Xuvia Mountains] does not seem to be an adventure.

Just as Gut was distracted, the chatting in the room seemed to suddenly quiet down in an instant.

I quickly perked up and looked towards the campfire. Fortunately, there was no trouble. Instead, the teacher who led everyone forward during the day was now asleep by the warm campfire.

At this moment, there seemed to be a bright crystal hanging on the corner of the elf's mouth, which was extremely obvious under the flickering firelight.

After noticing that the teacher had fallen asleep, the disciples silently stopped their discussion.

It was a pity that before Gut could get the elf into bed, the girl who was traveling with him had already done it all, made the bed for Celie, and carried her in.

Seeing the teacher fall asleep, everyone also made their beds, planning to rest early and prepare their physical strength for tomorrow's mountain climbing.

However, Ross, the last magician who passed the teacher's assessment, did not take any action. Instead, he summoned his magic wand and leaned against the door of the wooden house.

"Ross, what are you doing?"

Gut asked his junior fellow student in confusion.

"Vigil."

Perhaps it was because they were still unfamiliar with each other, or perhaps Ross simply had a rather aloof personality, this new junior brother never spoke much.

"Is that so?" After understanding his thoughts, Gut took off a ring from his ring finger, shook it in front of his junior brother, and said.