"But I didn't do anything?"
"You didn't do anything, but didn't you notice what I just did?"
"you!……"
When Nan Qianxia heard this, she was suddenly speechless.
Just now, because she was discussing the plot with Jiang Chuan, she habitually stopped Jiang Chuan's actions a few times with her hands. After all, she was used to Jiang Chuan's dirty hands touching her body...
But I still can't get used to it. If I'm not careful, this guy will become like this, and then I have to do it myself...
There was no way to change the facts, so Nan Qianxia could only puff out her cheeks and glare at him resentfully.
Being distracted by her gaze, Jiang Chuan temporarily paused the game, then looked down at her and raised his hand to gently press on her head.
"Since there are no hidden elements behind this, you better shut up for a while, and help me deal with the little trouble you just caused."
Although he is not a man of destiny, Jiang Chuan also has a stick, like the Ruyi Jingu Bang, which can be enlarged or reduced, extended and retracted freely, and has endless uses.
In the following time, Jiang Chuan continued to play games, but his concentration level was greatly reduced. He often stopped halfway through fighting the BOSS, or pressed the buttons randomly and used the wrong skills. It took him half an hour to finally defeat the first form of the Black Wind King.
Nan Qianxia's petite figure disappeared from the chair at some point and appeared under the seat, kneeling on the ground with her little head buried in...
So, after an unknown amount of time, she finally returned to his arms tiredly, watched Jiang Chuan playing games, and gradually fell asleep in a daze.
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After Nan Qianxia fell asleep, Jiang Chuan spent some more time defeating the final boss of the first level, the black bear monster, before saving the game and exiting.
After carrying the sleeping Nan Qianxia to the bed and covering her with a quilt, Jiang Chuan quietly left the room.
The game is really fun, but if you are not paying attention you will forget the time. Jiang Chuan went to the window and looked out. The sun was already overhead. Just playing the first chapter of the game took him a whole morning in Nan Qianxia's room.
Just now, Jiang Chuan heard from Nan Qianxia that this game has six chapters and the total game time is more than fifty hours. He realized that he couldn't be more anxious. After all, although he now has a lot of free time than before, there are still many things that he needs to take care of.
After gathering with the girls at the dining table and having lunch again, Jiang Chuan took a look at the "duty roster" he had posted on the kitchen wall and discovered that the "duty student" tonight was Ando Haruyuki.
The latter was a little agitated when she saw Jiang Chuan walking the dog last night, so tonight was a good chance for her to release some of that agitation.
But before that, Jiang Chuan still had important things to do.
The story mode of the second stage has finally come to the finale. As long as you complete this last chapter, you will get a large number of points as rewards and can charge towards the second guardian servant.
Chapter 257 Missing Wife and Daughter
【Welcome back to story mode】
[Phase 2: Final Chapter - Collapse, has begun]
[After a period of intimacy, the woman finally becomes pregnant with your child. After discovering this fact, you are both nervous and happy. ]
[According to the mage code that Teacher Santiago told us, intermarriage between mages is allowed to a certain extent, but the offspring born from mages to each other are destined to become mages from birth. It's just that you are not very worried about the future of this child.]
[Although the world is so dangerous and cruel, you two will always be there to protect this child from the wind and rain. Not to mention, you two... are both geniuses.]
[Yes, since the woman started learning magic, she has shown a talent for magic that is no less than yours. In fact, in certain types of magic, her speed of understanding is even faster than when you first started. This has aroused a bit of fighting spirit in you, and you have worked harder and harder to study magic. Although she is your wife, you don't want to be surpassed by her.]
[In the next few months, you were called up twice, and used powerful holy magic to block two waves of despair that were larger than expected. At the same time, you obtained the title of holy magician and were named by the Holy Land of Magicians, the String Tower. They told you that from now on, your name is Twenty-Four.]
[As for why it is a number and what this number means, you don’t know, but from this day on, your life has undergone earth-shaking changes]
[Because of your performance in turning the tide against the tide of despair, you were recruited by the String Tower in the capital, and even allowed to bring your pregnant wife, who is also a mage, to the capital. After discussing with your wife, you finally accepted the capital's recruitment and became a court mage. You were rewarded with a mansion and a promotion and title.]
[Your life is getting brighter and brighter, and everything seems to be moving in a good direction...]
[However, fate always seems to like playing pranks on you. When life is just getting on track, unexpected changes will occur. You have already had a premonition, but you didn't expect that you can't escape it in the end.]
[Your wife's belly is getting bigger day by day. Just when she is about to give birth, a huge wave of despair suddenly hits the northern part of the capital. As the new court mage and the much-anticipated rising star of the String Tower, you are ordered to lead a group of senior mages to stop this disaster at such a critical juncture, but you miss the day when your wife gives birth.]
[When you successfully stopped the tide of despair and prepared to return to your residence in the capital, you suddenly received a message that your wife who was far away in the capital suddenly disappeared for unknown reasons...]
[What happened? You rushed back to the capital as soon as possible and you must investigate immediately.]
"..."
After reading this long string of information carefully, I found that this summary contained much more information than the previous ones.
But the stories omitted during this period can already be written into a refreshing novel...
It seems that within this year, the protagonist's innate talent for magic finally blossomed and was therefore valued. Fortunately, he brought his pregnant wife to live in the capital. In a blink of an eye, he turned from an unknown small town wizard into a prominent man who owned property in the capital, and even became a leader of the new generation of young wizards.
So the misfortune really happened to this wife?
Although I already had some guesses in my mind, I still had to witness with my own eyes what exactly happened.
When he opened his eyes again, Jiang Chuan sat up and looked around, and found that the scene around him was no longer the familiar bedroom in the wizard's tower, but a bumpy carriage.
The interior of the carriage looks very exquisite. Perhaps this is because the protagonist's current identity is no longer the same as before. To go further, he is a hero who has just led a team to stop another disaster of the tide of despair.
And how can the triumphant return of a hero be without cheers?
Jiang Chuan felt that the noise outside the carriage was getting louder, so he stood up and slightly lifted a corner of the carriage curtain...
Then the crowds on both sides of the road suddenly burst into a terrifying roar.
"It's the twenty-fourth master! It's him!"
"Thank you, Mr. Twenty-Four, for saving us all!"
"Twenty-four people, please take another look at us!!"
Jiang Chuan was startled by the waves of enthusiastic cheers. He quickly lowered the curtain and sat back in his seat.
At the same time, a voice was heard from the front of the carriage.
"Sir, please be patient. After we pass this section of the avenue, we will enter the inner city and you will have a lot of peace and quiet."
When Jiang Chuan heard this, he couldn't help but frowned slightly.
The person who spoke should have been the coachman who was driving the car, but his words showed no respect for the ordinary people who were cheering on the streets.
You are just a groom, not a nobleman.
Although this is in story mode and the thoughts of a groom are insignificant, Jiang Chuan's current goal is to find out what happened in the capital and where his wife who is about to give birth has gone.
The next sentence the groom muttered to himself answered Jiang Chuan's question.
"A bunch of filthy, damned bugs... Every time I go into town I have to pass through this disgusting stinking ditch, it really makes me sick."
It seems that even among ordinary people, some people will feel superior to others and look down on and discriminate against others simply because of the different places they live. This is no different from his world.
After continuing to bump along in the carriage for a while, it wasn't long before the cheers from both sides of the road gradually weakened until they disappeared. Although the carriage was still moving, the bumps on the road had lessened a lot.
Jiang Chuan stood up again, walked to the window and opened the curtains. The street scene he saw was completely different from before. There were no people cheering on both sides of the road. There were only passers-by who occasionally stopped and cast indifferent glances in their direction.
The streets have become clean and tidy, and the buildings have changed from dilapidated stone houses and thatched houses to buildings of varying heights. Pedestrians on the street are wearing neat and exquisite clothes, and you can even see various cafes, restaurants and other shops open for business.
There's really a world of difference between them.
A little shocked by this all-too-real contrast, Jiang Chuan now realized that this seemed to be the real "capital", and the area he just passed through was probably a gathering place established by refugees who were displaced by the tide of despair and had nowhere else to go and gathered outside the capital to survive.
It's no wonder why the carriage of the protagonist who stopped the tide of despair, returning triumphantly to the city, received completely different treatments when passing through these two areas.
Most of the people in this capital city have never witnessed the so-called "Tide of Despair" and have no idea of what such a disaster means. In other words, they have taken it for granted that a wizard like the protagonist has prevented such a disaster from happening outside the capital city, and naturally they have no gratitude.
"Hey, look, that's the carriage of the new court mage Twenty-four."
"Eh? It's quite impressive."
"I heard that he was the youngest court mage since the establishment of the String Tower. He made several contributions and became a famous figure in the entire capital in a blink of an eye. But I heard that he was originally just an orphan from a small border town. When he was desperate and about to starve to death, he was taken in by the Mage Tower in their town. Later, he rose to prominence."
"Damn, what a lucky guy!"
"But didn't you hear? This guy's wife, who was said to be pregnant, suddenly disappeared two days ago in the new house that His Majesty had bestowed upon their family!"
"Huh? Is there such a thing?"
"From my perspective, this guy's good luck is probably coming to an end..."
“Then I’ll be much more balanced.”
……
The carriage slowly stopped in front of a house.
"Sir, here we are."
"Oh, okay, thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard, it's not hard. It's my honor to serve you, sir. And that..."
The driver paused for a moment with some hesitation when he said this.
"I'm very sorry about your wife's situation. If you need any help, please come to me."
Hearing this, Jiang Chuan knew that this person was just being polite, but he didn't say anything and just nodded.
"Okay, thank you."
"Then I'll take my leave."
After getting off the carriage and saying goodbye to the coachman, Jiang Chuan could see clearly that the other person was a middle-aged man with blond hair and blue eyes. He looked like a local who grew up in this capital city. Although he was a coachman, he still had an irresistible sense of superiority.
Without caring about these trivial matters anymore, Jiang Chuan turned around and found himself standing in front of the door of a large house that looked very bright.
The location of this house is really good. It is worthy of being a house awarded by His Majesty himself. And judging from the size, it should be about the same size as Jiang Chuan's farm space villa which has been expanded many times.
He looked up and saw a few pieces of clothes hanging on the balcony of the room on the second floor.
The person disappeared, but the clothes hung out to dry were not taken down. A woman who devoted herself to housework would not make such a mistake, so either she did not leave of her own will, or... something happened to her and she didn't care about such a small matter at all.
Finally arriving here, Jiang Chuan obtained a lot of information and had a preliminary understanding of the current situation of the capital and the protagonist's family. However, he still had no idea about the goal of this chapter - the reason for the disappearance of the protagonist's wife.
Without further hesitation, Jiang Chuan took out a key that looked like the key to this room from his pocket, inserted it into the keyhole, and the door opened.
Pushing the door open, the decoration in the room was completely incomparable to the previous wizard tower. It was completely a noble residence, with various copper and marble furniture and ceramic decorations, crystal chandeliers shining with golden light, and various unfamiliar portraits on the walls, which dazzled Jiang Chuan.
But when you walk into the room, you will find that the gorgeousness is accompanied by a hint of life, which is even somewhat out of tune with the gorgeousness of the house. For example, there are decorative porcelain vases or gold bowls of different sizes filled with garlic sprouts and shallots grown in soil by the window, and there is a metal photo frame under the table that looks expensive.
The impression left by Jiang Chuan in the previous chapters is similar. After becoming pregnant and moving into a big house in the capital with the protagonist, the woman is still the simple and housekeeping country girl.
What was the reason that made her suddenly disappear?
While looking for clues everywhere, Jiang Chuan slowly sat down in front of the gilded coffee table in the living room.
Although he is not in a hurry now, that is because he is just an outsider who comes in to read the story. On the day when all this really happens, Jiang Chuan cannot even imagine how anxious and panicked Twenty-Four, the protagonist, must be.
But precisely because he has been reading all the way from the first chapter to the present, he can empathize with him. Having experienced life and death separations time and again, although Twenty-Four is now famous in the capital, he is still the little boy who is afraid of being alone.
What took his wife away?
How can I complete the story mode of this chapter?
Although Jiang Chuan is not in a hurry, not passing the level means he cannot quit. He does not have time to waste here, so he still has to find out the truth.
Looking around the gorgeous living room again, Jiang Chuan felt that there were probably no clues here that could advance the plot, so he had to go upstairs to the bedroom to look for them.
Going up the stairs, the rooms on the second floor of the mansion are also very spacious. There are many rooms, but Jiang Chuan can easily tell which one is the couple's master bedroom. After all, only one room's door is open.
Walking into the bedroom, the interior is still extremely luxurious, with a neat big bed and a small baby cradle...
Jiang Chuan looked around and still didn't find anything unusual.
His brows gradually wrinkled.
Normal, too normal.
In other words, it was so normal that it was a little abnormal. A woman who lived here disappeared out of thin air, but there was nothing unusual in the room?
To put it another way, who discovered that the protagonist's wife had disappeared? Who investigated? The wife of a court wizard disappeared without a trace, and the story was just passed on to the protagonist in the north of the capital?
There were doubts about this matter from the beginning, and one could even say that...
While he was still thinking, the system prompt appeared again in front of him.
[You realize that the truth may have been covered up by someone with ulterior motives, but as a genius wizard, you have reached an unprecedented level of comprehension of the spell book. There is a spell that no one has understood for hundreds of years, but now you have completely mastered it.]
[Do you want to use the Saint-level spell: Mirage? ]
"..."
Looking at the options that suddenly appeared in front of him, Jiang Chuan knew that this was Twenty-Four's final course of action. He would use his own power to personally explore the truth of it all. After all, his wife and child disappeared at the same time, but the capital and the Mage Tower seemed so indifferent.
Apart from this, he had no other choice.
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