Artifact

A boy bound by ropes was hanging upside down on the balcony of the top floor of the ancient castle. A white napkin was stuffed in his mouth.

Most of the people in the ancient castle gathered on the lawn in front of the balcony, staring dumbfounded.

With a cigar in his mouth, Raymon sat in the recliner in his room, looking very calm. His line of sight was parallel to the upside-down boy's eyes.

Because he rushed into Raymon's room with a weapon and refused to apologize to Raymon, Seth was tied up and hung here.

At first, he made angry whimpering sounds, but as Seth hung upside down for longer, his severely congested face became terrifying, and his eyes changed from anger to pleading.

Everyone in the ancient castle knew Raymon's temper, so no one dared to make comments below.

This strange situation did not end until Seth, who was hanging upside down, could no longer stand the humiliation. After Raymon asked him for the third time if he would apologize, he was finally let down.

Looking at Seth, who knelt down trembling all over, Raymon calmly warned him that as a nobleman and a well-educated person, he should not persist in his mistakes after making a mistake. At least before he has the ability, such behavior is wrong.

With a little red face confronting Raymon, who was teaching him like a child, Seth started sobbing softly after apologizing.

Raymon, who sat back in the recliner, continued to smoke his homemade cigar. Aubrey, who had been poking her head in and out of the door, walked carefully into the room with her legs together. After bringing Raymon fruit and fragrant tea, she hurried out.

Ignoring Seth's crying because of humiliation, Raymon waited quietly until he stopped crying before throwing a new napkin on the table for Seth to wipe his tears. Then he asked Seth the reason for coming here.

Seth, who was aggressive at first but had his sharpness extinguished by Raymon, honestly answered Raymon's questions with choking sobs.

It turned out that Wenlan Mao, who returned from the ancient castle last night, cried a lot when she returned. She cursed Raymon's ruthlessness and indifference in her room.

Thinking that his sister was bullied by Raymon, Seth came to the ancient castle in anger to settle accounts with Raymon.

However, Seth, who arrived at the ancient castle early in the morning, was blocked by the black mane bear in the corridor of the top floor because of anger. Seth had to wait until noon to be allowed up by the black mane bear, which led to Seth rushing into Raymon's room in anger.

Seeing that this boy, who was somewhat cowardly in his impression, actually had such blood for his sister Wenlan Mao, Raymon's face remained expressionless, but his view of Seth actually changed somewhat.

Frowning, Raymon hesitated how to speak. But hurried footsteps came from outside the door, followed by Wenlan Mao with an ugly expression coming into view.

Seth, who was still sobbing on the ground, immediately burst into tears when he saw his sister.

Seeing Seth pounce into his sister's arms and howl there, Raymon's situation became embarrassing.

Although Raymon was only three years older than Seth, this scene looked like he was bullying a child no matter how he looked at it...

Because of Wenlan Mao's arrival, Seth's grievances accumulated out of fear completely erupted. Wenlan Mao did not know whether she felt sorry for her brother's experience or was seeking Raymon's sympathy. The dazzling Wenlan Mao actually cried with her brother Seth in Raymon's room.

Seeing this scene, Raymon knew it was impossible to persuade them. He simply closed his eyes and took a nap in the rocking chair.

After a long time, the crying in the room gradually disappeared. Under Wenlan Mao's comfort, Seth slowly stopped howling. Then she sent him away.

Raymon, who had been listening with his eyes closed all the time, opened his eyes only after Seth's footsteps disappeared. Looking at Wenlan Mao, who was gnashing her teeth in front of him, Raymon squinted his eyes.

With tears at the corners of her eyes, the annoyed Wenlan Mao threw the small box in her pocket directly onto Raymon's bed. Lowering her voice, she pointed at Raymon and roared: "This is what I promised you! I didn't expect you to be so cold-blooded. My brother is only twelve years old!"

Reaching out to pick up the small box on the bed, Raymon asked indiffer ently with a cold smile: "Is age a reason to make mistakes?"

Staring wide-eyed in disbelief, Wenlan Mao's expression froze on her face. Her creamy chest heaved violently. Wenlan Mao was stunned for a long time but still gave up arguing with Raymon.

With humiliation on her face, Wenlan Mao told Raymon that the thing in the box was the artifact. After briefly introducing the situation of this artifact, Wenlan Mao said dejectedly that her brother, the acting city lord Hai Wensen, had already forbidden Wenlan Mao and her brother to visit because of the city lord An Misa's poor health.

Ignoring Wenlan Mao's expectant eyes, Raymon took out the thing in the small box. Then he waved his hand indifferently and told Wenlan Mao that after confirming the powerful effect of this artifact, he would reconsider the agreement issue. Then he drove the mad Wenlan Mao away.

"Cooperation? Agreement? Without equal strength, it can only fall to this point. The principle of wizards is ruthless."

Silently summarizing the code of conduct for wizards in his heart, Raymon held a palm-sized, finger-thick cylindrical object in his hand.

It was somewhat heavy, probably made of metal. As Raymon silently recited the controlling spell, the thinnest end of the artifact, like a gun barrel, radiated.

The delighted Raymon maintained the activated state of this artifact and commanded the chip, "Analyze!"

"Task established, start analysis..."

Red dots immediately appeared in Raymon's eyes. Under the chip's monitoring, the data like waterfalls appeared in his sight.

After waiting silently for a long time, the chip still failed to analyze this artifact due to insufficient data.

However, in the chip's analysis of this artifact, the magic power value contained in it was successfully quantified, roughly about 40 points.

Raymon, who had been mentally prepared for the chip's failure to fully analyze this artifact, was not too disappointed. This artifact should be able to exert great power.

With only two uses of the artifact left, according to the chip's quantified conclusion, the magic contained in the successfully activated artifact should require 20 points of magic power to cast. Correspondingly, the minimum spiritual power should be over 10 points.

In this way, the power of this artifact should be comparable to the magic of formal wizards.

Satisfied with putting the artifact into his pocket, Raymon frowned. Now he needed to consider how to fulfill Wenlan Mao's requirements...