Fulilian: Becomes a disciple of Celia at the beginning

"The child's mother told me that they needed to raise a large sum of money to go to the [temple] and hire professional monks to help. I felt sorry for her, so..."

"So you gave her all the money you had and didn't keep any for yourself?"

The girl smiled sheepishly. Although she didn't say it directly, she undoubtedly meant it.

"6".

Gut sighed. There were so many things to complain about that he didn't know where to start.

"Have you never thought about how you're going to live these few days after donating all your money?"

"Of course I've thought about it. I'm not stupid." The girl pouts and defends herself.

"I had already reached an agreement with that mother before I decided to donate all the gold coins I had."

"She is responsible for all my food and lodging these days."

"This way, I can help them to the greatest extent possible, while also being able to break away from my family and experience firsthand the real lives of the common people in the Holy City."

"And I really did help them. These two gold coins just made up the difference. The mother excitedly asked me to wait there. After she took her child to the [Church] to have the monks heal him, she would return and take me home."

"He also said that he would make me some special food from the Holy City tonight."

Gut:.

"Did they keep you waiting?"

"Yes." The girl sighed, "I waited there for a whole day and night, but the mother didn't show up. Sir, do you think she might have lost her way?"

"Locals lost in local 'jobs'?"

"Don't laugh at the challenge, I admit it's a bit interesting."

Gut's blunt words shattered the girl's innocence. After all, the girl's IQ was not a problem, and she reacted after being pointed out.

"You mean to say they were pretending to deceive passersby?"

"Otherwise, while you were waiting, they would have probably already fled to other cities."

Gut spread his hands. "And as far as I know, most of the monks in the Holy Temple will not take the initiative to accept payment when treating civilians."

"How much you give depends entirely on the patient's ability and willingness. Even if you're really short on money, a sincere thank you is enough."

"Oh, right." Gut suddenly thought of something and continued to add.

"To be honest, the monks don't treat all their patients like this."

"When treating noble lords, the monks would still take the initiative to charge a high consultation fee."

"It is said that the bishop in the Holy Church, Mr. Haita, is quite ruthless."

"Every time I go to the Royal Capital to treat the nobles, the consultation fee is at least several gold coins."

"All right, sir! Please stop talking!"

The girl stroked her face with her hand. It was obvious that her family had paid this "high" medical fee before, and perhaps more than once.

This has led to the girl forming a stereotype that the monks in the [Holy Temple] charge very expensive consultation fees.

It turns out that the monks' consultation fees are expensive only when they are treating nobles.

The girl felt a little depressed when she realized that she had been deceived by the mother and son.

He silently started cooking the delicious food in front of him, turning his grief and anger into appetite.

"What are your plans for the future? Will you stay in the Holy City for a while, or go home?"

"Do you need me to call you a carriage to go home?"

Looking at the pitiful appearance of the girl, Gut decided to be a good person and not let the child live on the streets again.

"Thank you for your kindness and care. I will never forget your kindness."

The girl did not directly answer Gut's question, but first took out a family emblem engraved with her name from her pocket and handed it to Gut.

"This is my [token], please accept it."

"When you arrive in the Royal Capital, you can use this to contact the Xiuen Family for any needs or troubles you may have."

After expressing her gratitude, the girl continued to answer Gut's questions.

"As for my future plans, I plan to stay with my relatives in the Holy City."

"It's a pity. If this happens, I'll probably only be able to see my brother once before I'm sent back home."

"Ah~, I really don't want to go to that boring place."

After hearing that the girl had relatives in the Holy City to rely on, Gut felt relieved.

Eighty percent of the relatives of aristocrats are also aristocrats.

But Gutt couldn't understand one thing. "Since you have a place to stay in the Holy City, why didn't you go there when you were living on the streets and starving?"

"Um"

"Because... when I had this idea, I was so hungry that I couldn't even walk."

Gut:.

"6."

"There's a reason your family won't let you go out."

The girl touched her head embarrassedly and did not make any excuses.

"Since your brother is going to participate in the [Magician Examination], then you should just come to the [Continental Magic Association] and wait for him these few days."

"After your brother finishes his assessment, just reunite with him directly."

"Eh? Is that okay?" the noble girl said nervously. "But I heard that the great magician, Celie, has a bad temper."

"At the Oisaster Examination Hall in the Northern Kingdoms. It's said that there was an older magician candidate who was so frightened after being interviewed by her that he was completely dazed and even needed help to leave the house."

Gut:.

"Why do you believe this rumor? It will alienate the character's personality."

"That student's disappointment was due to personal reasons. Teacher Celia is quite good."

While defending his teacher, Gut lamented the development of the aristocratic intelligence network.

This rumor originally came from his own mouth, but now it has crossed the countries and reached their ears.

This shows how much these nobles in the [Royal Capital] value their teachers.

"Wait a moment, sir." The noble girl finally realized what you meant by "Teacher Celia"? Aren't you supposed to be a monk in the "Holy Temple"?

"I've never admitted that."

Gut spread his hands and said, "If you want to be a monk, you have to remain single for life."

"But I have a sweetheart, and I don't get tired of being with her every day. I can't wait to break through the barriers with her and get along with her at a negative distance."

"I can't be a monk if I'm like this."

What Gut called "negative distance" made the girl blush and she continued to ask for confirmation with a blushing face.

"So, you really are the disciple of the great magician Celie?"

"Of course," Gutt replied affirmatively. "The magician you mentioned earlier, the one who was so frightened that he was trembling, I was the one who helped him out."

"So you are Celia's current senior disciple, the magician Gut-san?"

Hearing that the girl could call out his name accurately, Gut looked at her meaningfully and said.

"It seems that the nobles are very concerned about me and my teacher. The degree of attention they pay to me is even higher than I thought."

"Hehe." The girl stuck out her pink tongue, her eyebrows curved, trying to get away with it cutely.

Gut naturally knew that these things were not what the girl meant, so he did not continue to embarrass her and changed the topic to chat about some family matters.

Since she had revealed her noble identity, the girl no longer hid it. During the conversation, she formally introduced her full name [Sora-Xiun] and some interesting stories about her family to Gut and the others.

However, Sora's brother seemed to have a special place in her heart. When she described everyday things, she would unconsciously deviate from the original narrative trajectory and shift the focus to her brother.

Even for fear that Gut and the other man would have difficulty understanding, the girl specifically introduced her brother and some past events between the siblings.

Sora's brother is named [Hafka-Shun], a young magician who is quite famous in the [Royal Capital]. He is good at Andrel-style barrier magic created based on the principle of irreversibility.

The brother and sister are half-siblings. Unfortunately, their parents were attacked by monsters during a trip and all died when the two were still very young.

Fortunately, although their father was also the heir to the family, he was not the eldest son. Moreover, the previous patriarch, their grandfather, was still alive.

To prevent the young siblings from being ostracized by the family due to their parents' death, the old patriarch sent them to live in the ancestral home in the countryside. He also assigned several trusted teachers to set up a school in the countryside to educate the siblings. When they grew up, they would return to the family to inherit their father's legacy.

Perhaps because they had lived together since childhood, the girl was very attached to her brother, so much so that after being separated for a long time this time, she thought of secretly running away from home and reuniting with her brother Hafka in the [Holy City].

After listening to the girl's narration, Gut's mouth twitched twice.

What kind of background story is this? There really isn't something wrong between these two siblings, right?

"Wow!"

Zen, the junior fellow student on the side, obviously did not have the dirty thoughts that Gut had. He just murmured an envious sigh in a low voice.

As a child whose parents passed away early, Zayn fantasized in his heart that it would be great if he also had a brother or sister like this to accompany him.

Gut noticed his junior's soft sigh and looked over at the child.

I unexpectedly discovered that he was only "devoting himself" to the rice soup in front of him, and had not touched the sumptuous seafood rice with special ingredients added.

Gut originally thought that the socially anxious little boy was embarrassed to put the food into his bowl, so he took the initiative to pick up the rice spoon, first filled a bowl for himself, and then naturally looked at him and asked Zen if he wanted to have some too.

"what?!"

This time, when faced with his senior brother's kindness, Zayn obviously hesitated for a long time.

But in the end, he gritted his teeth and nodded, saying with difficulty, "Just a little bit is fine."

Gut thought this was just shyness on the part of his junior fellow apprentice, and wanted to give him a big bowl full of food.

But looking at his eyes, he felt that something was not quite right. In the end, Gut obeyed his junior's request and only filled a small amount.

"Thank you."

A trace of relief flashed in Zane's eyes. After sincerely thanking Gut, he swallowed silently.

Then his eyes became firm, and he faced the small portion of seafood rice in front of him with a fearless attitude. He scooped up a spoonful of seafood and swallowed it directly.