Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 11

Chapter 11 The Witch Mother and the Ring

By that time, Professor Old’s appearance had changed a lot.

Originally he looked gentle and refined, but now Professor Old looked like a very stubborn and mean old man, his face was black, and he seemed to carry a strong smell of death.

Locke left here quickly.

Over the past six months, the number of students working for Professor Olde who died has increased, so many students in the academy already know that there is something wrong with him.

But the problem is, no matter what happened, no matter how many people died, no matter how many letters these powerful children wrote to their families, Professor Old was never punished by the college, and even his behavior was never banned.

This made many children of powerful people start to feel scared, and they were forced to start taking history classes seriously, and no longer dared to fail the courses as easily as before.

Olde, who was chatting with the students, looked up at Locke, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.

“A third-level wizard talent! That kid is really lucky.”

‘It’s good to be young.’

Olde turned and looked intently at these young men of the Norman Kingdom. He smiled, as if a dying man were looking at his hope for life, or as if a ghost at the bottom of a river were staring at passersby, staring at these pale-faced students. “I heard your family refused to continue providing your tuition.”

“If it worked for me…”

…

Locke met the Augustine family in a three-story Victorian-style house in the manor area next to Aurelian College.

First is the original owner’s father, Count Augustine.

He was wearing soft-soled leather shoes and a red woolen sweater. He looked dusty and pale, with a bit of white gauze showing under his collar. It looked like he had been seriously injured.

Next to him stood his nominal elder brother, Gloria Augustine, the heir to the Earldom of Augustine.

According to memory, the original owner and Gloria were brothers with the same father and mother, but the original owner’s mother had died of plague and malaria ten years ago.

Count Augustine married Sienna Brown, the daughter of a minor noble family and the original owner’s stepmother.

But Sienna Brown only gave birth to a daughter, her half-sister.

At this moment, she was holding her sister’s hand and smiling at herself, with a hint of strangeness and fear in her smile.

Before the original owner left the family, his relationship with her was not very good. Sienna Brown even made trouble many times because Count Augustine had to spend a lot of money every year to let the original owner go to Aurelian College.

But at this moment, unlike before, Sienna Brown knew that the Augustine family could stay here only because of Locke in front of her, so she was not as confident as before.

Sienna Brown urged her daughter. “Your second brother is here, hurry up and call him brother, quickly…”

Locke nodded slightly at the 7-year-old sister.

At the same time, he looked at his father and brother.

Gloria looked at Locke and said, “Locke, you’ve grown taller and more mature.”

“I still remember how you looked when you left the family. It’s great that we are finally reunited.”

Locke could feel that this brother, who had the same father and mother, was close to him, or the original owner. After seeing him, he sighed sincerely, simply because he saw that he, or the original owner, was living a good life.

Count Augustine coughed and said, “Locke, this time it’s all thanks to you. I didn’t expect you to get the position of outstanding graduate.”

“It was a pleasant surprise.”

“You are worthy of being my son.”

“Hello, father and brothers.” Locke raised his eyebrows and tried his best to blend in. Because there were wizards in this world, he did not want to reveal his identity as a time traveler.

I don’t want to become the experimental material of senior wizards.

Locke looked at Count Augustine and said, “Father, do you also know about the quota for outstanding graduates?”

Count Augustine glanced around and asked Sienna Brown to take her daughter out of the room, leaving only Gloria and Locke.

Although Sienna Brown was a little unwilling, she did not dare to disobey her husband’s orders, so she could only take her daughter and leave the room silently.

Count Augustine said, “There are no outsiders in this room. Now it’s just you two brothers and me.”

Count Augustine looked at Locke and said, “I’ve heard before that outstanding graduates of the Aurelian College are given special status even by the king and the pope.”

“After I arrived at your academy, your dean also told me something in a veiled way. After all, you will be leaving Corfu in two years and heading for the greater world.”

Count Augustine nodded to Locke and said, “Locke, you did a good job.”

“If our family wants to rise again, our hope lies in you.”

“Because of you, your brother and I are now able to receive the protection of the academy, and in the future, we may even have the opportunity to take back our territory.”

“It’s just that we can’t help you go to the wizarding world…”

Locke looked at Count Augustine and was a little surprised, because even if Dean Tungus told his father something, it was unlikely that he would tell him directly about wizards and magic.

Locke said, “Father, I will be leaving in one and a half years, not two years.”

“If all goes well.”

As long as he becomes a third-class wizard apprentice before that, his progress in learning the Vine Hand is not slow, so this is not a big problem.

Locke said: “But father, how do you know…the wizard…”

Count Augustine lowered his head and said, “There are some groundless rumors among the aristocratic circles.”

“Besides, your mother is a witch. I heard her hear some things about the wizarding world.”

Gloria looked at Count Augustine in shock. “Father, what are you talking about? You never told me this before.”

Count Augustine shook his head and said, “Originally, I planned not to tell anyone.”

“But now, Locke is going to that world. So I want you to know the truth.”

“Your mother is not from Corfu, but a witch from the outside world. She was seriously injured and drifted to our Corfu continent.”

“I saved her.”

“She told me that she was being hunted by the enemy, the Black Sun Tower, so she fled to our world for refuge.”

“Your mother didn’t die of the plague ten years ago. Instead, she decided to leave Corfu and go to her own world ten years ago.”

“That is, the wizarding world.”

Count Augustine said, “Actually, you two have a younger sister, but she was taken away by your mother.”

“She said at the time that you two had no wizarding talent, but your sister had very high wizarding talent. And sons belong to their fathers, and daughters belong to their mothers, so she took your sister away.”

“I’ll leave you in the mortal world to inherit the title and territory.”

Count Augustine smiled bitterly, looked at Locke and said, “Now you are also going to that world, so I know I can’t help but talk about this matter.”

“Children have the right to find their mothers. Locke, this is a token she left behind.”

Count Augustine placed a black iron ring in Locke’s palm. “If you want to find your mother, take this, and perhaps you will find her.”

“Locke, this is your power. It’s up to you.”

“Your brother, Goria, and I don’t have the qualifications to enter that world. Our world is on the continent of Corfu, but since you have the opportunity now, make the most of it.”

Locke saw that there was a seal on the face of the iron ring. The seal was a green oak leaf, and on the inside of the ring was written a sentence: “My mother taught me to gaze at the dewdrops, and my father guided me through the storm!”

Locke recovered from the shock of this incident, and he suddenly thought that the compatibility of the wood element should be the same as the original owner’s own compatibility, and his main element particle was the dark element.

It now seems that his high compatibility with the wood element should be inherited from his mother.

Locke asked Count Augustine, “Did father and mother use their real names in Corfu?”

Count Augustin shook his head regretfully. “I have never doubted your mother’s love for me.”

“But she didn’t dare use her real name to avoid her enemies. She was also afraid that if I knew her real name, it would cause trouble for me. So, she only left this token.”

Count Augustine said, “Before she left, she held you two in her arms for a very long time. She was reluctant to leave you.”

“But she told me that the wizarding world is even more cruel than ours. It is cruel to let untalented children enter that world. She would rather you stay in the mortal world and live a mediocre life.”

(End of this chapter)