Forced to become a delicate companion of a paranoid lord

The animal mark that the trainer burned on Thrall with a branding iron was a pattern with text on it. After the burn healed, there would be a red raised scar on the wound, but Xie Wei had never seen it on the adult Thrall.

To be precise, he had never seen this kind of insulting brand, but he had seen old scars at the location of the brand that looked like they had been punctured and scratched by something, leaving them bumpy.

Sal has many scars on his body, and he is keen to let Xie Wei touch his scars, but in Xie Wei's impression, when Sal asked him to touch the scars on his back, he seemed to intentionally or unintentionally avoid several places.

He didn't think anything was wrong at the time, but now looking at the hideous red marks on Sal's back and knowing the origins of these scars, the heartache and self-blame overwhelmed Xie Wei like a tide, making him a little breathless.

On the day that Sal secretly spit out the banned potion, Xie Wei went to visit a nearby pharmacist. When he came back the next day, Sal had several burns on his body.

Xie Wei often wondered why he hadn't noticed that Sal had vomited the potion. If he had been there that day, he could have helped Sal cover it up, but why did he choose to leave Sal on that day?

He stayed by Thrall's side but couldn't save him, nor could he help him avoid most of the damage. He watched Thrall grow up, and watched new scars pile up on his old wounds...

During the years following the Colosseum convoy, Xie Wei also fell into self-doubt. He felt that everything he did was redundant and meaningless, because just like Dagambie said, he could not change anything.

He was unable to crack Thrall's slave contract, nor could he create a banned drug reliever with sufficient efficacy.

But those were all previous thoughts.

He waved his wand to cast defensive magic, then urged the vines to attack the magician on the opposite side. After using the vines to move his position, he used the flowers and leaves as sharp blades to form a rain of arrows.

Skillfully performing one magic spell after another, Xie Wei looked at the person opposite him through the messy magic elements. At this moment, he seemed to understand what his secret trial was.

His secret trial was not to save Thrall, nor to meet his parents, nor to try to change the past.

Rather, it was the growth process and time of five years from 967 to 972 that his mother fought for him.

Because it was a private agreement that violated the law of time, Dagambie could not explain it to him one by one.

I could only say I didn't know, but I couldn't help but reveal some information to him.

Allowing him to piece together, bit by bit, the true meaning of the secret realm trial.

When in Bellagio, three-year-old Iriel once came to see Shevi with a thick notebook. On the inner cover of the notebook was written "Illustrated Guide of All Things in the Lar Continent."

This [Atlas of All Things in the Lar Continent] not only records the coordinates of some ancient ruins in the Far North, but also mentions the keys to secret realms that only a few Paraso people know.

Regarding the ruins key that opens the door to the secret realm of Dagambie, there is even a detailed guide on how to find the key.

As long as you can get the blueprint scroll marking the location of the Dagambi ruins from the Parasos, you can use this cheating method to obtain the key to the Dagambi secret door as quickly as possible.

Florence didn't know whether her eldest son would enter the Dagambie ruins to get the key to the secret realm in the future, but she was sure that if Iriel got the key to the secret realm, he would definitely give the key to Shevi to play with.

Xie Wei, who got the key to the secret realm, could exchange it from Dagambie to make up for the time he missed out on getting to know the world because he was trapped in the tower, the process of growing up freely and unrestrained, and the brief love from his father and mother...

After dodging the opponent's ruthless attack in a somewhat embarrassing manner, Xie Wei still had the mood to think that this attack mode was much more severe than that of his brother Iriel.

Surrounded by magical attacks from all directions, Xie Wei's magic power was seriously overdrawn, and the magic that changed his appearance gradually became ineffective.

The iconic platinum-colored long hair of the imperial family was exposed in the bright moonlight. Facing the overwhelming battle situation, there was not a trace of timidity on the beautiful face that Florence was familiar with. Golden light flowed in the amber eyes. The young magician was still constantly replenishing his magic, and had no intention of giving up turning the tide.

Dagumbi hid in a bird's nest, squeezed among the fluffy young birds to watch the mother and son fighting fiercely in an open area far away from Sunset City.

He was originally unsure whether Xie Wei could recognize Florence, who was disguised as an elderly magician. But now, seeing Xie Wei trying his best to use all the offensive magic he had learned in the past few years, he knew in his heart that the child recognized Florence and he also figured out some things.

The shield condensed by defensive magic shattered into countless starlights that fell to the ground. Xie Wei looked up at the old magician who was standing on the thick vines, pointing the tip of the magic wand at his forehead and coldly announced, "You lose."

He blinked and tears fell down his cheeks.

In the flying dust, sand and stones blinded his eyes.

Florence, who seemed like a ruthless examiner a minute ago, looked at the little magician sitting in the pit and crying. Her eyes were panicked and she took out a handful of candies from her pocket and handed them to Xie Wei in a panic.

Instead of telling Xie Wei "Boys can't cry", she asked him.

"Would you like some candy?"

Xie Wei rubbed his eyes with one hand and took the candy with the other.

"eat."

Then I ate four pieces in one go!

On the second day of the Red Moon, the Colosseum's convoy rested in the camp for half a day, then rushed to the nearest post station in the afternoon, stayed there for one night, and entered Sunset City in the evening of April 972, 4.

After Xie Wei followed the convoy into the city, he first went to the Badby Hotel where he had stayed before and rented a room. After washing and changing clothes, he was about to go to the Colosseum to feed Sal a semi-finished soothing agent when someone knocked on the door of the room.

Unlike Elias, Florence did not get close to Shevi on the way to Sunset City.

Even more distant than when he was in Bellagio.

The cage containing Sal was at the center of the convoy, while the carriage carrying Florence was at the end.

Xie Wei followed Sal's animal cage, occasionally turning around to try to talk to her, but most of the time she just listened to Xie Wei and didn't respond much.

Florence, like the other travelers following the Colosseum caravan, called Shevey "Mr. She," and Shevey called her "Ms. Florence."

Therefore, when Xie Wei opened the door and saw Florence, his face was calm and composed, but his heart was filled with unstoppable joy.

Florence asked him to follow her outside the city, so he followed obediently, and then there was a four-hour long magic battle.

It was expected that Xie Wei lost to Florence in this magic battle. Florence said that Xie Wei lost, but after taking him out of the pit and helping Xie Wei clean his dirty head, face and clothes, she said something to him.

"Just barely qualified, don't slack off."

After the battle, Florence removed the barrier and restored the site that was destroyed by magic. She then quickly set up the tent and called Xie Wei, who was drowsy due to overdrawn magic power, into the tent.

Lying in the soft bedding, Xie Wei tried hard to stay awake, but his consciousness was still blurry.

Half asleep, half awake, she heard Florence speaking in his ear.

"You should go back, our little rose."