Chapter 141

The disciple of the legendary magician Gandalf, the youngest Bachelor of magic in the mainland Magic Union of Roland, the eldest son of an important official of the Imperial military, and the legal heir of the Roland family of the Wu Xun family (though neglected, at least now the count has not officially announced the abolition of him) are on top of these dazzling titles, Now there's a more awe inspiring aura to add: the first council member of Imperial College of magic. And from the position point of view, or the most important one!

If there is no accident, although he does not have the power to direct orders, if there is any conflict between the imperial official and the Magic Union, or there is any official order document, his words can almost play a decisive role from the standpoint of Dewey.

One vote for sure, or one vote for veto!

Once the magic academy is established, it will completely change the tradition that the power of magicians on the mainland has been monopolized by the magic trade union for thousands of years, carry forward the magic culture, and enhance the number of the whole group of magicians (although the improvement of the quality is still a question), but only this point is enough to push young master Dewey to a top position.

"I just want to know why you told me the news now." Dewey looked at the silent father: "I know, before today, you were going to wait until after the summer festival to tell me the news, right? Oh, no, no, let me guess. Maybe you didn't want to tell me personally that such a big news would be announced by the Emperor himself at the summer ceremony. That's enough to make a sensation. Am I right? My lord father

"It's true." Count Raymond nodded. Looking at his son deeply, he saw the indifference in his son's eyes. This indifference, in fact, was detected in his son's eyes when he returned triumphantly. This time, his son returned to the imperial capital from the Lorraine plain. This indifference has been carefully hidden in the depths of his eyes, and at this moment, it is finally revealed again!

Count Raymond sighed: "I won't answer you this question. My son, before that, we need to have a good frank talk! True honesty

"As you wish." Dewey shrugged his shoulders and laughed with a three-point sneer.

Count Raymond appropriately "ignored" the taunt in Dewey's tone. He looked at Dewey with a dignified face, and then suddenly came up with such a sentence: "you are my son, this is an unchangeable fact. No one can change: you, a member of the Rowling family

"... yes." Dewey was silent for a moment and nodded.

"The establishment of the Academy of magic involves the ownership of such a huge force in the future, such a major event. What you need to understand is that it's not just you who've been pushed to the top, but also the whole Rowling family. And myself! " Count Raymond's tone was very serious: "yes, as the Emperor himself or the chairman of the magic trade union, you are recognized as the most suitable candidate to buffer the contradiction between the two sides, because your identity as a magician and as a noble's son seems to represent the common interests of both sides, and you are the most suitable intermediary. Smart politicians don't try to exacerbate conflicts because it's too dangerous. In the absence of sufficient assurance before, will not bear huge losses and insurance opponents turn over! Now, his majesty and the chairman of the magic trade union all hold this idea. In this case, we all need you as a person. You can appropriately ease our contradictions and create a delicate balance point in the conflict. In this way, we can achieve the goal of peace. Your position. It will not waver in the short term. It's a good thing for you. But... "

Dewey was so clever that he understood his father's meaning at once. Before count Raymond could finish, he sighed, "but it's a very bad thing for the Rowlings, don't you mean?"

"That's right!" Count Raymond's face was gloomy: "because of your existence, the family has been dragged to a very dangerous situation!"

Dewey was silent.

"You are my son. No matter what, you are a member of the Rowling family! Now you should remember what I said to you the day you came back, right here, in this room? "

After listening to his father's question, Dewey immediately replied, "I remember when you said to me," from today on, you have returned to the imperial capital. Your every move represents the Rowling family. ". I still remember that you were kind to me that day, which I have never enjoyed in my 14 years of life. "

At the end of the speech, duvet gave his father a deep look, which was not sharp, but made count Raymond turn his face slightly, as if to avoid his son's eyes.

After pondering for a while, the count sighed: "that's the reason! The Rowling family is loyal to the royal family. In any case, the Rowling family is the Wuxun family guarding the royal family of Roland. The glory of our family, all the power and the foundation of the whole family are closely dependent on the thornflower flag of the Roland empire! And now, you are a marginal figure in our family... Indeed, your presence is recognized by his majesty and the chairman of the Magic Union. But this kind of approval, is helpless, is has to for it! So, you were acquiesced. But... Under such circumstances, do you think the emperor will continue to believe me as before? Will you still believe in the Rowling family as before? "

Dewey didn't think too much about this problem, and he soon shook his head.

The answer, obviously, is no!

If the Rowling family has such a guy with a deep mark of "enemy camp", then as the emperor of the Empire, the old man who is headstrong and likes to win great achievements will surely have a little suspicion and even disgust with the Rowling family.

What do leaders want? What we want is the absolute loyalty of our subordinates to ourselves, absolute and unreserved loyalty! Such subordinates are what most leaders like. Such subordinates will be trusted by most leaders!

But now, the Rowling family has a guy of its own. Although it is a "double-sided character" by default, it has made the emperor have a little doubt about the loyalty of the Rowling family.

Even if the emperor trusted count Raymond again, but now count Raymond actually raised such a son who "tilted" to the hostile forces, it was enough to make the emperor have a certain aversion to count Raymond.

Your own son has become a member of the magic guild. Do you want to continue to get unreserved trust from me?

Perhaps, only a leader of the level of a great man can have that kind of tolerant mind. It's a pity that the current emperor Augustine VI doesn't seem to be such a person!

"And what you don't know... Your majesty, his health has not been as good as before in the past two years. Sometimes he has become very irritable and withdrawn. In recent years, no one dares to annoy him." There was a trace of anxiety in count Raymond's brow: "and more unfortunately. You must have read so many historical books, and you should know that before each emperor died, he consciously suppressed some powerful figures in the military. On the one hand, it was a deterrent. On the one hand, it is also a common practice for emperors to prevent their death, when their ministers are strong and their masters are weak, and when they are in power, they overhead the new emperor. Unfortunately, after this incident, our Rowling family has been treated differently by his majesty. Who will the emperor choose when he wants to suppress an important military official to demonstrate

Dewey replied in a deep voice, "it should be us."

"Yes, it's not." Count Raymond grinned bitterly: "according to the present situation, to be exact. You will be courted or promoted by your majesty... And the whole Rowling family will be suppressed. You are a member of the school of magic. The emperor does not dare to annoy you. He is worried that you, a double faced figure, will completely fall to the Magic Union. So you may get some benefits, but the Rowling family will suffer some losses. This is the origin of political affairs. This is not my concern. After all. As long as you're a member of the Academy for one day. Then the emperor will not go too far. After all, it depends on your face. I'm worried about the long run! "

Dewey understands. Father was right to worry.

The image of the Rowling family has always been the core noble family closely united around the royal family, the Wuxun family trusted by the royal family, and one of the pillars of the Empire... But all these are based on a fine tradition: hundreds of years of loyalty to the royal family.

But now, Dewey, a "semi traitor", and on such an important issue, is enough to give a big discount to the image of the Rowling family's absolute loyalty and become a stain.

"In fact, the emperor doesn't have to do anything else, just wait for the end of the Magic Academy... After all, you can't do it forever, just wait for you to leave this position, then the Rowling family is really in trouble. It doesn't even need the emperor to deliberately suppress us, as long as the royal family hates us and no longer trusts us... Without the royal family's trust, the decline of the Rowling family is not far away! " Count Raymond said with a wry smile, "that's what worries me the most."

Dewey looked at his father: "since you have thought so clearly, then you must have thought of countermeasures?"

"Yes." Count Raymond's face was very ugly: "there is only one way to win the royal family's re trust... Or the emperor's" re trust ", that is, to do meritorious service! Let the royal family appreciate us and trust us again! But now the mainland is peaceful and there is no war. It's impossible for the Wuxun family like us to make war achievements. So, if you want to make contributions, there is only one way... "

"... support." Dewey sighed again.

He's got it.

What is the greatest credit to an emperor? What courtiers like best?

The greatest credit is Yongli! My favorite minister is the one who supports him as Emperor!

"For the present emperor, the old man, I have no hope. My greatest hope lies in the prince. As long as we successfully support a prince to ascend the throne and win the fight for the throne, we will win the gratitude and trust of the new emperor! This great achievement is the guarantee for the long-term development of the Rowling family in the future! " Count Raymond looked at his son with deep eyes.

Dewey didn't know that this was his first sigh today, but he still looked at his father helplessly: "Yongli. It's really the best way at present. Although it's a big gamble, if you win the gamble, the profits will be huge... I just don't know which prince you bet on? "

"The great prince."

After listening to his father's answer, although Dewey had already guessed it, he couldn't help feeling a little dejected.

The big prince should be the person who sent someone to assassinate the prince Chen last night.

But it seems that he and Prince Chen went together again last night.

So it seems. As if he was really "wrong". At this moment, Dewey suddenly felt guilty. It seems that his existence really brings a lot of troubles to the Rowling family.

If there is no self existence, then the Rowling family will not be caught in the middle of the establishment of the magic academy. If it wasn't for their own existence, the Rowling family would not be in the business of supporting a new emperor

So, I'm really a disaster to the Rowling family.

It is our own existence that makes the family trapped in this embarrassing situation.

"Father. In your opinion, in the fight for the right, does the big prince have more advantages than the Chen prince? I spent a night with Prince Chen last night. I think this man... "Du Wei hasn't finished. Count Raymond has interrupted him: "Prince Chen is young and intelligent, his intelligence is admirable, he is friendly, and he has a good heart. Young but already very atmosphere! I know all that. Unfortunately, if he was born ten years earlier, I would bet on him. It's a pity... He's too young! "

Count Raymond shook his head: "the eldest prince is the son of your Majesty in his twenties. He is fifty years old, one year older than me. Before the birth of Prince Chen, his majesty always cultivated him as an heir! Prince Chen is just emerging in recent years, but the big prince has been deeply rooted in the Empire and has been carefully arranged for decades. He is far more powerful and influential than Prince Dichen in all aspects. Now in the Empire, many important ministers of my age are close friends or old acquaintances who grew up together with the eldest prince in those years, and even many of them have made good friends since they were young! Prince Chen is too young! Even in the northwest war more than 20 years ago, the eldest prince had participated in the preparation of the war, and even went to the front parallax in person. In the Imperial military, his influence was far deeper than that of Prince Chen. Especially for the emperor, we have to control the guards! The great prince's efforts in the past 30 years are not in vain. Although Prince Chen got the palace magician and inner court secret guard. But from the overall strength, it's too much worse. "

Dewey stopped talking. Although he appreciates Prince Chen very much. But he believed in his father's vision, an imperial minister who had been in politics for half his life. It must be a hundred times better than a little knowledge of the situation.

Dewey thought for a moment, then looked at his father. His eyes were calm: "father, I think I understand what you mean."

"Just understand." Count Raymond sighed: "the day you come back, I'll let alpha tell you not to go out and walk... Alas, you didn't listen. In fact, I should have said this to you personally, but... "Speaking of this, count Raymond's eyes flowed a very complicated light.

Dewey looked at his father, although his eyes are calm, but this calm, but more people feel uneasy.

After a long time, Dewey whispered, "father, can I ask you a question? I hope you can tell me the true answer to this question. No matter what the answer is, I am willing to accept it! "

"... you ask." Count Raymond's voice seemed bitter.

"On my way to the imperial capital." Dewey's voice was steady, as if he was talking about other people's affairs: "those who assassinated me..."

Before Dewey could finish, count Raymond's eyes flashed a resolution: "don't ask, I sent it."

Dewey had already guessed the answer, but now he was surprised to find that there was no anger or resentment in his heart. Looking at his father, the count, Dewey suddenly felt that there was only an empty feeling in his heart, even this empty feeling. So that he can not inspire a trace of resentment!

He didn't even ask "why.".

Hum... Do you still need to ask?

When he came back that day, the count had already given a vague answer.

What count Raymond said at the time was, "because of this robe on you!"

This robe, the robe of the master of magic! Because you become a magician! Your arrival will drag the family into a fierce whirlpool! Therefore, in order to avoid the difficult position that will be brought, for the sake of the family's safety, we can only sacrifice this son! As long as there is no Dewey, the Rowling family will not be caught between the royal family and the Magic Union!

Compared with the future of the whole family, what is a son?

Looking at his eldest son, his face was almost as calm as death. Count Raymond suddenly felt a tremor in his heart... The young man in front of him, with calm eyes, was his own son!

Knowing that his father was going to kill him, he was so calm?

Hate? Or, hate to the extreme, already numb?

"Dewey." Count Raymond suddenly gathered all his strength and said in a loud voice, "there are two things I have not deceived you... The first one is. I did prevent you from calling you back to the imperial capital, and even tried to delay. Unfortunately, I still couldn't resist the pressure from the royal family and the Magic Union! The second thing is... I told you that I really wanted to protect you when I banished you to the Lorraine plain. You are my son, even if I thought you were mediocre and incompetent at the beginning, I hope you can live a safe and prosperous life in your hometown! These words. I didn't cheat you

For a long time, as if a century had passed, Dewey slowly raised his head and looked at his father's face.

At this moment, it seems that Wu Xun, a hero who has been dominating the imperial political arena for many years, and a giant of the Imperial military, is really old.

All of a sudden, Dewey laughed. His smile was so calm. Then he looked at his father and said in a calm voice, "well, father, let me tell you something, too. The day I came back, I told you: I don't hate you. This sentence, now, still has not changed. I... Don't hate you. "

With that, Dewey bowed to his father. Then he turned and pushed the door to leave the study. Just as he stepped out of the study door. Suddenly he stopped again, and he didn't look back. But with his back to count Raymond, his voice came slowly: "there's another thing, I think you'll know soon, but I'd better remind you first. Prince Chen... He has a magic treasure in his hand, which seems to be able to summon a powerful earth magic creature. That's what I learned last night. "

This made count Raymond's face slightly change!

With these words, Dewey left his father's study without looking back.

Leaving the gloomy courtyard of count Raymond's study, Dewey felt that his chest was blocked by something. When he breathed, he felt heavy in his chest. He walked slowly in count's house and looked up at the sky.

"This life is really lonely as snow... Haha, but it's a pity that it's summer now. If you want to see snow, I'm afraid you have to go to the frozen forest."

At this moment, Dewey suddenly missed everything in the frozen forest!

At least in the place where there are killing Warcraft everywhere, it seems that it is the most fulfilling and happiest day I have spent since I came to this world.

No matter Gandalf, the old magician, or Hussein, or Dardanelle of the Liszt family, or the men of the snow wolf mercenary regiment who are adventurous all day long... The harsh exercise there, the adventure life there, the ice and snow there, camping in the snow forest, drinking hard wine to drive away the cold, riding the Warcraft running... At least there, But there are so many life and death companions that I trust around me!!

Although the imperial capital is prosperous, it is not my hometown!

Perhaps human nature, with a trace of escape. When Dewey was lonely at the moment, he walked aimlessly. When he looked up, he suddenly found that he had come to the inner house of the count's house unconsciously.

A tall girl in a maid's dress was coming up to her. She was the maid of the countess's mother. When she saw Dewey from a distance, she bent down. Then when Dewey came up to her, she raised her head and laughed in a low voice: "madam is asking me to find you. I heard you didn't come back last night. Madame, but she didn't sleep all night

Dewey smiles and walks in.

The countess was born into a noble family. It is said that when she was young and unmarried, like many girls from noble families, she received aristocratic education from childhood. She was gifted in flowers and painting. After marriage, she had a good relationship with the countess. Count Raymond, who doted on his wife, opened a garden in his inner house to satisfy his wife's hobby of playing with all kinds of strange flowers.

When Dewey came into the yard, he saw his mother standing beside a bunch of flowers. The old countess, still as beautiful as ever, was standing beside the blooming roses in a light purple robe. But already let that beautiful flowers have lost some luster.

The countess was quietly looking at the flowers in front of her, but she seemed to be in a trance.

Dewey walked over and said with a smile, "mother, are you enjoying the flowers? Or the idea of painting in mind? The summer flowers are so gorgeous, why don't you record their gorgeous on the drawing board. When winter comes, it's more interesting to watch it. "

The countess looked back at her son with a trace of worry on her beautiful face: "Dewey. You came here. I heard that you were called by your father when you came back... He was very unhappy last night. Did he punish you just now? "

Dewey shook his head, just smiling quietly.

The countess sighed, walked away from the flowers and came to her son. Then she put her arms around Dewey's shoulder and said in a soft voice, "your father has been in a bad mood recently... I know that the burden of the family has been on his shoulders for decades. I seldom ask him, but after all, I am in the imperial capital, and I can hear some news on weekdays. It seems that my family has encountered some troubles recently... "

Then the beautiful countess looked at her son quietly, and raised her hand gently, as if waving a trace of dust on Dewey's forehead. "Where were you last night?" he frowned. It's dirty on the floor. "

Dewey certainly won't say that he had a fight with a powerful necromancer last night and almost died. He just said with a smile: "nothing. It's just a bit of mischief with a friend. "

"Well, you finally have friends. I'm relieved, too. " The countess gave a gentle smile and stroked Dewey's face. Dewey felt his mother's fingers warm and delicate. She could not help feeling soft. Then she heard the countess whisper to herself, "you are my son and my first son. Although some words are unfair to Gabriel... During the three years of your father's expedition, you were the only one in my family to accompany me. In fact, in my heart, I always love you more. "

Dewey was silent, just looking at his mother“ Dewey, can I ask you something? " The countess sighed softly. The sigh, like a kind of bitterness, came into duvet's ears, which made people feel soft for the sadness in this beautiful woman's heart“ Say it, mother Dewey smile: "any of your wishes, to me, is the will of the supreme god!"“ Shh... "As soon as the countess's face changed, she quickly put out her soft hand and covered duvet's mouth. Her beautiful eyes were full of gentle reproaches:" you're not too young. You can't say such blasphemous words. Do you understand? " Oh... I almost forgot that my mother is a devout believer. Du Wei sighed in his heart. His mother was still kneeling in the temple and praying for him all night. After a pause, the countess looked at her son with a request in her voice: "Dewey, in fact, I know that you are not what others say. You are my son. I love you and know you very well. You are a very smart person, your ability is absolutely unimaginable! And your father... I don't know why, but your father and son are always at odds. I know that. But now... Your father works hard and frowns every day. I'm very worried... Dewey, your brother is only eight years old, a young child. Only you can share your father's worries. After all, you're talking about my blood and the blood of the Rowling family. I just ask you, don't hate your father for so many years, if you can... Can you help him more... "At last, the countess's voice was already with soft supplication, and her kind eyes were full of expectant eyes. Looking at the mother in front of him, Dewey suddenly remembered that when she was young, she came to her bedroom barefoot in a nightgown, singing beautiful melodious songs, and accompanying her to sleep“ Mother... "Du Wei took a deep breath and said slowly:" for you, I am willing to do anything, even challenge the gods! Don't worry, with me, the glory of the Rowling family will never fall! " The boy stood in front of his mother. His voice seemed calm, but he was very determined! The beautiful countess was smiling. She looked at her son with relief in her eyes. However, gentle and kind, she did not know what kind of heaviness and pain she was carrying with her son, whom she loved most. And in such a heavy pain, this seemingly simple promise, but in fact, represents a nearly devout oath! In the summer sky, Dewey feels like an abyss!