Scene 14 Brother and Sister III
When the wheels of the carriage ran over the gap between the stone slabs and the stone slabs, they vibrated slightly and made an uninterrupted rutting sound. The carriage shook slightly, but it was quiet for a while.
Princess Griffin seemed to understand Brando's question, and her silver-gray eyes showed a trace of doubt, "Magic? Mr. Brando, Haruze hasn't started practicing magic yet, I plan to make him mature Thinking about it again, not to mention that Haruze is a member of the royal family... Actually, I don't intend to let him get too close to wizards."
This is a tradition in the Warnd world. Nobles often make their children practice magic, but there are few similar situations in the royal family. Magic is related to mysterious and unknown power, and as the heir to the throne, he should stay as far away from unpredictable dangers as possible. Even in those big aristocratic families, the eldest son was rarely born as a wizard. Even Princess Griffin herself, Li Woods was just her teacher of occultism, wizard etiquette, and history.
"Is that so..." Brando stared at the gap between Haruze's thumb and index finger. The two sides of the magic triangle area were smooth and almost transparent. This was an expression of at least one magic reaction; Once brought into the wind, the ring forms a stable law. In Brando's memory, there is only one spell that can cause such a change, and that is black magic.
"Is there any problem, Mr. Brando?" Princess Griffin frowned and glanced at her younger brother. Haruze lowered his head in fear and put his hands between his knees.
But Brando said flatly: "No, I just feel that His Highness's hands are more like a wizard than a swordsman. Ordinary noble children have already started to practice swordsmanship when they are his age?" He said While talking, he saw His Royal Highness Haruze raised his head and glanced at him in surprise; Brando saw that Princess Griffin was not paying attention, and blinked at the little prince—the former quickly lowered his head in fright , as if afraid of being noticed by his sister.
The princess didn't pay attention to this, she felt a little blushing. Haruze did start practicing swordsmanship very early. The question is how dare she say that her younger brother is an ineffective guy, not to mention practicing swordsmanship. Even the courage to hold a sword is lacking.
"Haruze...Because I haven't had much time to take care of him since I left the capital..." Finally she sighed, still taking all the responsibility on herself.
"Sister..." Haruze said weakly.
"Shut up," Princess Griffin suddenly said sternly: "There are also your own reasons for this, you should review it carefully." Brando couldn't help but look a little funny at the pair of siblings, he thought maybe the younger The prince's cowardly side is also due to the eldest princess, because compared to ordinary sisters, Princess Griffin is too strong.
Haruze gets reprimanded by his sister. Sure enough, he obediently buried his head and stopped talking, like a shivering little animal curled up.
But Brando asked knowingly: "There are Sir Overwell and Lord Marcarro, aren't they?
If I remember correctly, the adults are all well-known swordsmen in the Kingdom. "
He suddenly noticed that Roman was feeding a white cat with a biscuit, and the white cat was sitting on her lap. He didn't even notice when this little thing appeared. All she saw was raising her head and looking at him with narrowed golden eyes. Antitina, who was on the side, noticed her lord's gaze. She turned her head and reached out to stroke the cat's head curiously.
Brando saw the cat squinting his eyes comfortably. Just turned around. Her Royal Highness obviously also noticed this scene, but she didn't realize the purpose of Brando's question, but replied: "They all taught Haruze. But Haruze's talent in swordsmanship..." The half-elf girl showed a look of disappointment and a little helplessness. …,
From a more distant era, nobles have to lead their people to fight against the invasion of monsters. The strength of the noble itself means whether he has the ability to protect those who are attached to them. Although the era of peace began to prolong as the boundaries of civilization expanded further, and the symbolic significance of noble swordsmanship is far greater than its actual significance, but as the heir to the throne, if he is a waste, it will more or less affect him. The majesty in the eyes of courtiers.
"Swordsmanship talent is only one aspect of the problem. Normal people enter the golden age of learning from the age of twelve, and it may not be too early to make a judgment. But for a qualified swordsman, the first thing to have is the courage to defeat oneself." Brando looked at Haruze and said slowly. He didn't know whether this His Highness the Prince had any extraordinary talent, but he understood that it was for this His Highness the Prince. The crux of the problem is probably not talent at all.
And in guts.
Princess Griffin looked at him in surprise. Her Royal Highness certainly heard Brando's implication, "Mr. Brando, what do you mean?"
She was a little desperate. Overwell once taught Haruze sword skills for a period of time. Although the wolf sir was patient, he couldn't make Haruze have the courage to face his own sword.
Brando nodded. This is also his original idea. In his vision, a kingdom like Eruin will eventually move towards a regime similar to the aristocratic council of the Cruz around the Second Epoch. It seems that Her Royal Highness is also aware of this. But before that, Eruin was the king who finally completed this change, at least he didn't want to see a cowardly person who was at the mercy of others.
What's more, if those players on the forum read correctly, Haruzeri should become an outstanding king.
"Your Highness, do you also want me to be Prince Haruze's teacher?" He thought for a while and asked, "But I don't have much experience, so I can't guarantee that I can teach His Highness anything."
Brando was not humble, just a vaccination. Before him, Overwell and Leigh Woods had served as the teacher of His Royal Highness the little prince, and he thought that he was not much better than these outstanding figures of this era except in the foresight of the future and the inside story. , even far worse.
On the other hand, he really doesn't have much experience. However, he is more inclined to use this little prince as an experiment, the worst result will not bring any negative impact, but if it succeeds, the reward will be too great.
What's more, if you have a good relationship with the future King Majesty, you can get a higher prestige whether it is with Haruze or Her Royal Highness. Brando knows how much this Her Majesty the Princess cares about his younger brother.
Princess Griffin's thoughts are completely different from Brando's. The inheritance of the Sword Saint Darus is enough for Brando to become the teacher of His Highness the Prince. She knew that there was a huge network behind it, not to mention that Brando himself was also outstanding in swordsmanship and knowledgeable.
She took a light breath. Sure enough, his affection for Brando deepened, and he finally suppressed the surprise in his heart, and immediately said to his brother beside him, "Haruze, call the teacher quickly."
But Haruze raised his head, looked at Brando with some fear, turned his head and muttered: "Sister..." He was obviously still worried about Brando's revealing of his secret before.
Princess Griffin didn't expect her brother's inner world at all. She frowned like a stern mother and said without veto: "Haruzer. Mr. Brando is the son of the Sword Saint Darus. Descendant, his swordsmanship is even inferior to that of Mr. Buga, not to mention that Mr. Brando is very knowledgeable, and even Mr. Lewoods and Mr. Garlock have praised him. As your teacher, what do you have to be dissatisfied with?" …,
Haruze was taken aback by her harsher tone. The little prince reluctantly bowed his head to Brando, and called out in a low voice, "Teacher." The voice was as weak and soft as a lamb, making Brando dumbfounded. He could clearly see that although His Royal Highness was very respectful. Just don’t say it’s me right now, even a pig under the persecution of Her Royal Highness Haruze can obediently call it a teacher.
Fortunately, he was not in a hurry, Haruze was just a weak child after all. If he can't even handle a child in his two lifetimes, then it's better to go home and grow sweet potatoes as soon as possible
What's more, His Royal Highness still has something in his hands.
Thinking of this, Brando couldn't help but shook his head with a smile.
And then the two exchanged swords according to the etiquette of Warnd World. Of course, this was just a ceremony. The process was that Haruze first untied his sword and handed it to Brando. Then Brando turned the sword around and gave it to His Royal Highness the prince. In the classical era, this process symbolized the gift of knowledge and the sword from the teacher to the students, but nowadays this ceremony has become a ceremonial form.
After completing this formal etiquette, Brando became a teacher and student to Prince Haruze. In fact, Brando, as a player, has heard of the existence of this etiquette. But he didn't know the details. Generally speaking, teachers, professors and students have a certain period of observation, and the ceremony will be officially held after they are satisfied. Carrying out this ceremony was actually a little scheme against him.
in Warnd. Once the name of teacher and student is established, it is not so easy to cancel it.
But fortunately, Brando doesn't really care about this. On the other hand, if Princess Griffin knew that her Mr. Knight in front of her only wanted to use her younger brother as an experiment, she would probably stab him to death in the carriage with a sword in anger.
It's a pity that both of them had their own little calculations, and they didn't realize the other party's 'conspiracy' for a while.
The carriage soon arrived at its destination - the gate of a manor courtyard in the Pasha Road area. Because the rebuilding work of the Great Sanctuary in Andover is far from being completed, Priest Wood has been staying here temporarily for a while. Both Princess Griffin and Brando heard that this place should have belonged to the Sifah family's estate in Ambesel, but neither of them was a small-minded person, so they didn't care much about it.
The carriage stopped at the gate of the courtyard. It was obvious that Wood had already prepared to welcome Her Royal Highness, and soon a servant opened the way for them to lead everyone into the courtyard. After getting out of the car, Antitina hurriedly pulled Roman to the front, and Her Royal Highness also took a step ahead, leaving only Brando and Prince Haruzer at the back.
This is actually a tradition. Her Royal Highness understands that as a teacher, Brando must have something to say to his new students. But what she appreciates is that the staff lady under Brando is also so shrewd and capable, and she even reacted one step earlier than her.
The etiquette of these upper-class nobles, you must know that ordinary people don't know much about it, even in half of the noble families, few people pay attention to it.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at Antitina twice more.
On the other hand, Brando did have something to say to Haruze. But when he got out of the car, he saw Prince Haruze walking alone at least two or three meters away from him, as if he was a scourge. However, His Royal Highness the little prince still understands the basic etiquette, and he dare not go beyond it, walking side by side with him.
Brando looked at His Royal Highness who was walking with his head down with some amusement, of course he knew what the other party was afraid of: "His Royal Highness Haruze."…,
Startled, Haruze looked up at him. "W-how... teacher..."
"She doesn't know, Her Royal Highness?" Brando asked.
Haruze's face turned pale: "Old, teacher...I..."
"Who taught you?" Brando asked, of course he was talking about the little prince's practice of black magic. He didn't bring it up before the princess, firstly because he wanted to keep a handle, and secondly because he didn't want the matter to become serious.
It is of course a matter of course in Madara that the prince of a country practice black magic. But in Aruin, the kingdom under the rule of the Temple of Fire, that is a big deal. Brando's first thought was conspiracy, but other possibilities were not ruled out.
First, he needs to get an answer from Haruze.
But Haruze shook his head vigorously: "No, no one taught me..."
That certainly doesn't sound like the truth. But Brando was puzzled to see that the little prince's face was blushing, and he didn't look like he was lying. He was slightly startled, wondering if it was really what he expected?
He asked curiously: "What is going on, Haruze, now I am your teacher, you must answer my questions truthfully. I can promise not to tell your sister."
This sentence obviously worked wonders for Haruze. The young man raised his head and gave Brando a weak look, as if he was a little suspicious, but finally summoned up his courage and asked, "Really?"
"I made a promise, even Her Royal Highness believes me, do you believe me?" Brando replied with some shamelessness. He couldn't help but want to scratch his face, he felt that his words made him blush a little, but it was just coaxing children anyway, so he just pretended he didn't hear it.
Haruze thought about it, and nodded honestly: "Actually... I don't know why, teacher."
"Huh?" Brando was taken aback for a moment, the question was almost as if he hadn't answered it. But he could hear the clue, and hurriedly asked: "You don't know why and what's going on?"
"It's just... I don't know if that's magic..."
"Did you secretly go to the royal library?" Brando asked immediately.
Haruze was slightly taken aback, looked at him with some fear, and nodded. Sure enough, Brando understood for a while, and asked again: "Have you read the book inside?"
Nod again.
"You imitated what was inside?"
"Well..." replied carefully.
"several times?"
"Only once...you must never tell sister Su, Lord Earl." Haruze hurriedly begged in a low voice. In his opinion, Brando was already similar to a monster, and he couldn't imagine how the Earl guessed all this.
He just accidentally entered those forbidden places before leaving the capital, and that was the only time. And he thought no one knew about it.
He couldn't help looking at Brando with some fear.
Brando also looked at his new student, and he was already convinced that something on the forum might be true.
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