At that moment, Wayne felt an extremely uncomfortable feeling deep in his heart.
It's like a lone boat floating alone on the capsized sea, surrounded by dangers and nowhere to escape.
The weak emotion is fleeting, making it difficult to tell whether it is an illusion or not. The strange sensation dissipated before Wayne could grasp the source of the discomfort.
He was stunned and didn't say anything.
Although it is just a simple game, Roy and Vivian's shouting actually created a thrilling and tense atmosphere. Chris seemed to have even reduced his mental age to the same level as the two brothers and sisters, and was enjoying themselves in the equally matched battle.
Happy playing time is always short. By the time Wayne and the others bid farewell to this place, it was almost dusk.
"Thank you for your thoughtful hospitality today. Maybe we will come to visit Roy and the others in a few days." Before bidding farewell, Wayne said to Marquis O'Neill.
"Welcome!"
His true attitude could not be seen from the smiling face of Marquis O'Neill.
After declining Marquis O'Neill's invitation to dinner, Wayne gave playing cards as gifts to the two siblings.
The three of them left the Marquis Mansion with gifts from the O'Neill family and got on their own carriage.
"Although Roy and Vivian are not smart, their stupidity is not particularly serious. As long as they are patient, they can still communicate well." Chris said a little unhappily after stretching. : "But Marquis O'Neill doesn't seem to care much about his children."
"Probably just regard them as necessary tools for family inheritance."
As soon as they returned to Marquis O'Neill, the joy in Roy and Vivian's expressions completely disappeared.
Instead, there was the usual numbness, just like the day I first met them.
Wayne sat across from Chris and Tasia, thinking carefully about what he had seen and heard throughout the day.
"Whether it's Marquis O'Neill or the butler, his welcoming attitude towards us is only based on family interests... He doesn't care whether Roy has really made friends, he only cares whether the Winche family can do it for us. He provides a boost.”
Obviously, he was not willing to be excluded from the core circle of the royal capital.
This is different from what Wayne had heard before - the rumor that Marquis O'Neill took the initiative to withdraw from the circle of powerful people because he felt sorry for his children.
So, since the desire to pursue fame and fortune is so strong, why did you deliberately act indifferent to fame and fortune before?
Is it because...there are some things that you don't want others to notice?
"Tsk, family inheritance..." Chris frowned, "I really don't understand whether the so-called [family] in the eyes of those nobles includes the closest family members around them."
"There are many people like him in this world." Wayne paused. "Perhaps, there are very few people like my father and mother."
Family glory is the bright gem that everyone is eager to pursue in this era.
The big shots wiped it clean and wore it in the most conspicuous place on their chests. They would never forget to show its brightness wherever they went - as if only in this way could they prove that their existence had some special meaning.
Chris couldn't help but snorted in disgust: "What a rigid and boring concept."
Beside her Tasia listened quietly without saying a word.
The carriage started and the carriage was quiet for a while.
Wayne originally wanted to ask Tasia if she had found any clues about dark magic, but Chris kept her eyes on him so closely that he had not yet found a chance to communicate with Tasia alone.
However, just when Wayne was struggling with how to bring up the topic, Tasia took the initiative to speak.
"When we were playing games together before, I took the opportunity to check on Roy and Vivian's physical condition."
Chris was just stunned for a moment, and was immediately attracted by her words.
"how is it going?"
Chris also has high hopes for Tasia's magical light magic.
With some inexplicable uneasiness, Wayne looked at her calm and gentle face as always.
"Anyway... it's a bit strange." Tasia thought for a moment and then said vaguely: "Their bodies are very healthy. I didn't sense any external influence."
That is to say, the so-called 'curse' is not caused by dark magic?
Wayne mused.
"Isn't that better?" Chris asked confused, "Why does it feel weird?"
"Because this [healthy] response is the biggest abnormality in itself." Tasia pondered. "The special ability of light magic is healing. Even for illnesses that exceed the upper limit, it can at least have a certain soothing effect on the mental level."
"However, when I tried to transfer light magic into the two of them, no consumption occurred in the process - this is almost impossible. I couldn't even detect damage to Vivian's vocal cords."
After listening to Tasia's explanation, an idea suddenly emerged from the bottom of Wayne's heart.
"...Could it be because you are not really speechless in the first place?"
When Tasia and Chris heard this, they both looked at him in surprise.
"Actually, I'm thinking that the current state of Roy and Vivian is not completely born like this, but has been affected by many subsequent experiences." Wayne recalled the extremely different situation between the two brothers and sisters in front of their father, and in front of himself and others. Big performance.
"If you think about it carefully, does that numb and stupid state have a sense of self-protection? Especially when they have to face situations they don't like, closing themselves off may be the only thing they can do. .”
This is just a guess, but there are many clues that remind him of this.
This obvious clue cannot be easily ignored.
"Well." Looking at the two people who were deep in thought in front of him, Wayne finally breathed a sigh of relief. "All in all, it seems to be a little better than I expected."
Although I once again lost the opportunity to study dark magic, this at least shows that the conditions of the two children can indeed be treated and improved through normal psychological intervention methods.
Maybe if you use this matter as a bargaining chip, you can ask Marquis O'Neill to solve some minor troubles that are not so convenient for you? For those guys whose minds are full of interest exchange, this kind of words is the most common communication rhetoric they are accustomed to.
But... there is no need to let Chris and Tasia know these small details.
It was night, and Wayne fell into sleep with a touch of exhaustion.
But in the dark night, a seed that has been dormant for a long time is quietly sprouting.
