City of Sin: Second ceremony

When the new spring comes, Little Richard is also beginning to be naive. The hunting knife in his waist was finally no longer a decoration. He also started to follow the hunters in the village into the mountains to hunt. Although he did not go too deep into the forest, he would not stand in the front line when facing Demon Beast. Packing his prey, but at least it shows that he is already a hunter. Blacksmith Bobby is very happy again, because the hunting knife of Richard was made by him for several nights, using a few pieces of precious steel. Every time Little Richard uses it to kill an Demon Beast, Bobby will be happy for a long time.

Hunting is always dangerous. There are many unknown Demon Beast hidden in the long coastal mountain vein, and occasionally there will be a lost Demon Beast in the deep mountain to Rutherland Village. Little Richard met a gray devil wolf. This is a real Level 2 Demon Beast, and even the village head should deal with it seriously. When encountering the magic wolf, there are only two village hunters around Little Richard. It was a difficult battle, and all three of them suffered serious injuries, but in the end they dragged the body of the demon wolf back to the village. What made the villagers praise is that in the whole desperate fight, Little Richard was extremely calm and calm, and the response was correct, even the best hunter could not do better. And if it were n’t for Little Richard to cut off the tendons of the magic wolf ’s hind paw, it might be another result.

Anyway, Little Richard encountered a lot of dangers this year, and he always calmed down and responded well. Even in a dangerous situation, he never flinched.

At the age of nine, Richard learned courage. This year seems to be the easiest year, because the children in the mountains never lack courage. But the courage that my mother taught Richard is different. Richard did it. Since then, my mother no longer calls him Little Richard, but my Richard.

"My Richard is already a real man!" Every time I see Richard, Elaine will always smile like this.

But one day, Richard answered with a chest: "Real men still need wisdom!"

Elaine was taken aback, looked at Richard seriously, and asked: "Tell Mom, who told you this."

"Written in the book!"

"Which book?" Elaine asked patiently. Not to mention Mage, but the knowledge of Magic Acolyte is also very rich. So Richard has learned several languages ​​with Elaine, and there is even a very difficult and obscure ancient language. Reading is no longer a problem for Richard. He even read several introductory books on magic in the boring and boring winter, but Elaine ca n’t remember which book has such a sentence.

"That's the book in the attic, there are a lot of interesting things in it. The first time I knew that the world is so big." Richard said excitedly.

"Is that the book?" Elaine remembered something, and then smiled again: "That book is very interesting. My Richard, a real man certainly cannot lack wisdom, but perseverance, strength and courage are It ’s even more rare. My Richard is so smart, I wo n’t be lacking in wisdom when I grow up. So my mother needs to develop these personalities first, understand? "

"There is still happiness!" Richard rushed to say.

Elaine smiled and touched the head of Richard and said, "Yes, there is happiness! Has my Richard been happy in recent years?"

Little Richard shook his head and said sullenly: "Not always happy. Beirut has bullied me, and I hate breadfruit. Also, Mom, what kind of person is Dad?"

Elaine's face changed instantly, and then said softly: "Your father is a real man ..."

Richard immediately went on to say: "I know! He is also the worst villain! The mother hates the most!"

Elaine smiled. Richard asked such questions several times a year, and she has always answered this way. Now Richard can be memorized. However, Richard is a smart child. He can feel the deep hatred of Elaine when referring to his father. Over time, Richard also hates this father.

Because there are many times, Richard wakes up in the middle of the night and will hear her mother crying softly.

The child's logic is very simple, his mother loves him the most, and he loves him the most. What mother hates is what he hates. Every once in a while, Richard will ask his father about his situation. On the one hand, he is curious, because as long as he grows up, his mother will tell him more about his father. On the other hand, Richard wanted to know more about his father, so that he would avenge his mother when he grew up. As for how to take revenge, he is still a child now, of course he has no clue, but this matter has been remembered in heart.

However, this time, Elaine did not tell Richard more about his father, but only said that the time she spent with Richard father was very short, and she only knew so much.

"One day in the future, you will know your dad very well." Somehow, Elaine suddenly said such a sentence. As soon as this sentence was spoken, her complexion changed, as if she had something in her heart. Elaine doesn't know why he said this sentence.

Richard keenly felt that her mother ’s mood had suddenly deteriorated, so she quietly uttered her tongue and said, "I ’m going to read," and ran to the back room. There is the study room of Elaine, and next to it is the laboratory where Potion is deployed. There are not many books in the study. They are all based on magic, knowledge of Potion entry and the history, geography and scenery of the mainland, which is very commensurate with the identity of Elaine Magic Acolyte. Richard likes to study here at night. There is a magic lamp in the study. The light is not bright. Fill it with Elaine and Mana once, you can let the magic lamp light up for one night. Because the oil is very expensive, the only person who can turn on the lights for a long time at night is the Elaine except the village head, the blacksmith and the most powerful hunters.

In this humble but warm little room, Richard spent his childhood quietly.

In those thick books, he saw another world, a world that is wider, more complex, higher and more magnificent than Rutherland. Little Richard has been quietly thinking that when he grows into the best hunter in the village, he will bring his mother, leave Rutherland Village, and see the world outside the mountain.

Elaine was sitting alone in the living room, and the sound of flipping books came from his ears. Little Richard is studying hard again, he has mastered the basic magic knowledge very solid, but has not really learned magic. Elaine even banned him from practicing Meditation. On the mainland, if you want to become a good Mage, you generally have to start with the initial Meditation from the age of four or five, so that you can accumulate enough Spiritual Power at the age of ten to start magic learning and Mana cultivation. But Little Richard didn't think there was anything wrong with it, because he didn't understand anything, but also because he thought his mother was right.

Elaine sits quietly, just because he said a word tonight, the door of memory opens quietly, and many dusty pasts emerge one by one, and they ca n’t be pressed.

My head started to hurt a little, Elaine rubbed forehead gently, and sighed slightly imperceptibly. Her eyes fell on the calendar on the table, and suddenly saw a striking mark. In ten more days, it is Richard's tenth birthday. Ten years old is the boundary from boys to teenagers, and thirteen or fourteen years old can barely be considered an adult.

Unconsciously, has ten years passed?

Elaine stared at the jumping light in the magic lamp. The brass lamp body shone brightly, reflecting her face. She is not beautiful, she can only be said to be a beautiful woman, but in Rutherland Village, she is one of the best beauties. Ten years have passed, but the years have failed to leave any traces on her face. If it is not the style of clothes that has approached the middle-aged woman, almost no one will remember her age. If someone who has never met meets, they will definitely feel that Elaine is just in its early twenties.

The face reflected on the brass lampshade is actually very strange to Elaine, and is too ordinary, because when she was born, it was not such a face. A long time ago, she never even thought that she would live such a simple, simple and difficult life, and it would be ten years. But watching Richard grow up day by day, she feels so fulfilling deep inside.

Elaine walked into the study, looked at the Richard holding a thick Demon Beast illustrated book, and smiled and said, "My Richard will soon be ten years old. My mother prepared a special Ceremony to celebrate the growth of my Richard. "

"Yeah! Will there be a gift?" Richard jumped up, only to show that he was still a boy.

"Yes, it will be a gift that will follow you all your life. But you have a good rest these days, you know? It's too late now, it's time to go to bed."