"Our world is like an hourglass. People at the bottom always want to find an opportunity to flip to the top, and then fall back and forth."
If you think this sentence was said by a student of a great philosopher in the city of Salyuhi, you are wrong. It was said by a female concubine from Myanmar Province. The sunset was already setting when she said this. He lazily walked into the luxurious suite of Xun Mansion.
The female concubine named Lan Li picked up the hourglass that fell on the ground and sighed. The gilt trays and fruits on the table were scattered all over the floor, and the silver wine flask was naturally not spared, lying safely at the foot of the bed. Lying in the soft blood-red velvet of the bed was a man who was about to wake up after a hangover. Half of the sheets had been dragged to the floor.
"Yeah" the man on the bed snorted, as if he was responding to Lan Li, but in fact it was just because there was a sound in this warm and ambiguous room that disturbed him.
"Haha, Lord Alvin, it's already evening." Lan Li's voice was lazily filled with anger.
Alvin shook his head drowsily on the bed. He didn't have any more gold coins to spend here. A night of ups and downs would cost him a hundred runes, and he could buy several farmhouses outside Salyuhi City.
The fine red wine produced in Joffen was still in his mind and refused to dissipate. Alvin had no choice but to stand up and put on the clothes scattered on the floor.
"Lord Alvin, when will you come again?" Lan Li hugged him from behind, she was still wearing no clothes.
Alvin patted the hand that came around him nonchalantly, indicating that the other person was preventing him from buttoning his coat. He adjusted his collar and cuffs in front of the dressing mirror, and nodded with satisfaction until his clothes were neat.
Lan Li pouted dissatisfiedly and turned away, no longer looking at the bumbling man.
Alvin walked to the clothes rack at the door, looked through his sheepskin satchel, took out a bag of Looneies, took out two five-denomination coins and threw them on the velvet sheets.
Lan Li was sitting in front of the dressing table, watching this series of actions with blank eyes, and then turned back. Alvin didn't take it seriously, curled his lips with a smile, and walked out.
"Come back next time when you get your pocket money." Alvin said behind his back before leaving the house, and closed the door behind him.
Lan Li burst out laughing when she heard this, but she was the only one left in the room, so she couldn't help but sigh secretly.
After coming out of the luxurious suite of Xun Mansion, there was a maid in see-through clothes every ten steps. When she saw Alvin, a regular visitor, she smiled and bowed, but Alvin felt so painful that his body ached. Looney.
However, as the only son of an Earl's Mansion, he still had to behave appropriately. When he walked to the front desk of the luxurious marble lobby of Xun Mansion, he threw the bag of looneys he had prepared on the high jade table and walked out.
"Farewell, Lord Alvin." The foreman at the front desk was naturally familiar with him. He handed a bag of gold coins to the cashier without ordering a single order, sending them off with a smile.
After walking out of Xun Mansion, the city of Salyuhi was already slanted by the setting sun, and half of it was immersed in darkness. From time to time, Orthodox believers in white robes hurried past on the street. Looking at them lowering their heads and whispering, I really didn't know which little noble was going to suffer again.
Alvin looked at the sky. He didn't like going to class at night.
The luxurious and wide Phoenix Street neatly cuts the entire Salyuhi into east and west cities. From the inside to the outside, they are separated by the walls of the palace city, the inner city, and the outer city. Places for nobles to enjoy themselves, such as the Xun Mansion, or markets of all sizes were concentrated in the criss-crossed alleys on the east side of the inner city.
Colleges of higher learning such as Tide, which are dedicated to learning martial arts and magic for noble children, are located on the west side of the inner city. Most of the residences of important officials and nobles in the city are also in this area.
Alvin glanced at the huge magic clock hanging on the inner city wall, cursed secretly, and hurried through Phoenix Street, which was full of cars and horses.
When Alvin ran to Tide College, he took a look at the exquisite mountain-yin stone door arch with a gold-plated royal plaque hanging on it. Countless martial arts and magic elites came out of this academy and became the mainstay of the Yafei Empire.
Most of the students in the college are like Alvin and must have a certain background. They are not the children of ordinary people living in outer cities who can apply. After the descendants of these high-ranking officials and nobles have graduated, the most talented ones can directly enter the Royal Knights or the Palace Mage Corps. Most people with mediocre qualifications can find official positions in various confidential departments. After all, graduating from a rigorous institution like Tide has already met the requirements for most positions.
Alvin glanced at the night stone lamps on both sides of the main avenue of the academy and started running faster. After all, there was no one on the corridor. To the left from the Cross Holy Spring Statue is Tiede's Magic Academy. He was a little out of breath while running all the way, mainly because he was tired from drinking and sex.
When he rushed to the classroom out of breath, several brothers in the back row were already laughing. Naturally, they were the "friends" who had spent time together at the Xun Mansion last night. Fortunately, the lecturer hasn't arrived yet, so everyone is still sitting around chatting.
"You bastards, you should really be thrown into the mines of Fuzi to work as coolies, but no one has come to call me." Alvin gasped and cursed when he saw this group of gangsters.
"Do you blame us?" Kaiba spread his hands and said with a crooked smile, "Why don't you blame your girl Lanli for her good kung fu?"
Lai Wu who was standing by also laughed and said, "The main thing is that we can't wake you up even if we shout. Aren't you as weak as ever? If you were stronger, you would study martial arts with us."
Alvin was angry and hummed, "Then I won't die faster."
While everyone was making noise, the instructor of the offense and defense class came in with a serious face. After he came in, a tall fat man also ducked in from behind the door, trying to get to the back row through the aisles on both sides. However, he was too big and looked like a black pig squeezing in.
"Chen Zhu, stop moving, I saw you." The lecturer struck an instant immobilization spell with his backhand, freezing the naked black pig in place. The students in the classroom heard this and looked at the lecturer's staff. They couldn't help but be amused by Chen Zhu's muscular figure despite his obesity. Of course, Alvin and Kaiba laughed the most.
After everyone had laughed enough, the lecturer lifted Chen Zhu's immobilization spell and glared at the fat black man with disgust, as if he was looking at a black sheep.
Chen Zhu sat down next to Alvin and the others with an unkind expression, and cursed under his breath, "XXX, why didn't anyone wake me up?"
Kaiba and Laiwu couldn't help but laugh out loud again after hearing this. Alvin also found it funny, causing the lecturer to glance sharply at the back row, and several girls in the front row also looked here.
This kind of offensive and defensive class is taken by martial arts students and magic students of the same level, and a martial arts student and a magic student must form a team to complete offensive and defensive exercises for each other.
Usually at this time, Lai Wu would go to practice with Jun Yun who was sitting in the front row. This Miss Jun Yun originally looked down on mediocre martial arts students like Lai Wu, but Lai Wu Kou Chan Lian Hua was also a deadlocker. After a rough fight, I finally agreed to practice with Laiwu once.
During that practice, Miss Junyun finally understood that someone could be so cunning in actual combat. Lai Wu relied on his extremely fast reactions to dodge and move again and again, avoiding all spell attacks. After several rounds, Lai Wu has shortened the distance between him and Juan Yun. After all, Miss Juan Yun is also a leader at this level. , the chanting ultimate flames hit Laiwu's face. Laiwu seemed to have calculated it in his mind. He moved lightly to avoid the flames, followed by a straight punch, which was faster than the original dodge. Jun Yun's throat.
It turned out that this guy had not used the fastest speed to dodge before, and he deceived Juan Yun into a chanting magic that was a fatal blow. Although Laiwu used some basic martial arts skills, he won by relying on reaction and calculation. The lecturer who was teaching that time couldn’t help but praise him.
Miss Juan Yun was very dissatisfied with the loss and felt resentful in her heart. From now on, she always waited for Lai Wu to be taught a lesson in the offensive and defensive class. However, Laiwu did have some skills, and he basically never suffered any loss during the confrontation between the two in class. So Laiwu found his partner in the offensive and defensive class under the envious eyes of everyone. After all, Miss Juan Yun is pretty good-looking.
Chen Zhu also has a girl named Xin Miao as his partner. Alvin and others have always suspected that this girl Xin Miao may not have good eyesight, but they understand that Chen Zhu's verbal skills are not as good as Lai Wu.
Alvin didn't like to interact with strangers, so he took Kaiba with him to force him to stop thinking about the girl from the Magic Court.
Although Kaiba does not have the quick reflexes like Laiwu, he has solid martial arts skills and is good at defense. He specially built a magic shield for Alvin that was as tall as a person, which made Alvin almost vomit blood.
Alvin was the most fond of instant magic. Fireballs, thunder, lightning, and ice were thrown randomly, and they immediately exploded on Kaiba's magic shield. The scene was colorful and beautiful, but the effect was minimal. Kaiba was approaching Alvin little by little with his shield on his back. However, Alvin was used to this situation. He opened the air and pulled away a few positions. Kaiba's previous efforts were in vain. This kind of confrontation has been practiced many times in class, and no one has ever taken advantage.
Originally, the lecturer was quite disdainful of Alvin's "deviant ways". However, most magicians are not good at displacement. Once they are forced close by a martial arts master, they will have no way to escape. Therefore, the offense and defense of Keba and Irvine are often used as examples.
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As for where Erwin's ability came from, it was taught by Professor "Falcon" of the Magic Court. This instructor is the core professor of the Magic Defense class, and his acquaintance with Alvin is also very interesting. At that time, "Falcon" taught students how to build a magic shield to resist the magician's attack in class, and then tested each student's results one by one in class. However, Alvin had just come out of the inner city east area not long ago, and his head was so foggy that he didn't even hear it. When it was time for the instructor's acceptance, he cast himself a rudimentary agility spell and went to show off his humiliation. This is usually done by students in the martial arts academy. Of course, Alvin learned it by mixing with Kaiba and Laiwu.
I have never seen anyone use martial arts skills on themselves in a civil war between two magicians, but the effect was outstanding. Originally, the two sides should build their own magic shields for each other, and then let the other party use magic to break the shield to test the effectiveness. However, rogues like Alvin did not give the other party a chance to cast spells. With this kind of instant magic, the opponent had no time to build a magic shield, so he had to use instant magic to fight.
Due to the agility of martial arts, Alvin's movements are not as good as those of students from the martial arts academy, but his figure is indeed much faster than the average students from the magic academy. Alvin suddenly moved sideways and avoided many of the opponent's instant spells. Then another burst of instant spells came out of his hand to greet the opponent. The opponent had nothing to do with Alvin who was jumping up and down. Most of the instant spells were cast. They were all being dodged, but they didn't dare to raise their hands to cast magic shields, because there were all kinds of instant magic coming from Alvin from every direction.
"Falcon" stopped the test in time before Alvin's instant magic could damage the opponent. The opponent was already sweating profusely and made a mistake due to Alvin's force. The students in the class couldn't help but be speechless. This was originally a lesson about magicians' civil war and building a magic shield, but it was completely meaningless due to Alvin's acrobatic combat.
"Eagle Falcon" has been watching with cold eyes, and feels that this child can be taught. He glared at Alvin fiercely and asked Alvin to go to his office after class. The sharp eyes on his hooked nose made Alvin break into a cold sweat.
Alvin originally thought that "Falcon" would torture him severely, but he never expected that "Falcon" would pull out a dusty "Laws of Space and Time" from somewhere and throw it in front of Alvin, asking him to study it carefully when he went back. , and the progress will be checked after each class in the future. Alvin couldn't help but vomit blood after hearing this.
Looking at the magicians of the same level, Alvin is not the most outstanding, but he is also the most clever and cunning. However, facing this difficult and obscure "Laws of Space and Time", he is at a loss and has been studying for a long time. I also learned a move called "Split the Sky".
After the offensive and defensive class ended, everyone was discussing where to go.
"I'm afraid I have to go home and have a good sleep." Lai Wu looked tired, and it seemed that he had been badly repaired by Juan Yun.
"You should be more careful. Juan Yun is the only daughter of the governor's family. If you don't know her well, be careful. The governor demolishes your ducal palace." Kaiba joked.
"What? I've never touched her?" Lai Wu looked sly.
"Oh, hearing what you mean, do you still want to touch her?" Chen Zhu said goodbye to Miss Xin Miao and came up from behind, "I'm afraid you don't want to feel better."
"Governor Yuanyasu is a popular person in front of His Majesty. He has been the governor of Fuzi Province for so many years, and all the mines in Fuzi are in his hands." Kaiba said with a smile, "I want to give this Governor Yuanyasu The son-in-law can probably queue up from Miyagi Castle to outside the city."
"It's okay. The ladies we Laiwu deceived can also line up from his house to Fuzi Province, haha." Alvin joked.
Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard this.
"Don't tell me, our Lai Wu never loses anything." Chen Zhu looked at Lai Wu and smiled as if he was pointing.
"Go away, go away. I'm going home. I don't care about you bunch of fair-weather friends." Lai Wu said angrily.
"Why are you walking so fast? Go and call your coachman over. I'm afraid he doesn't know the way to Yuankang Governor's Mansion, so I'll talk to him." Alvin teased again, and everyone couldn't help but be amused.
Just as he was about to walk out of the Magic Court, Alvin remembered something. He had to go to "Falcon" today. He said hello to everyone and walked to "Falcon"'s office.
Everyone also knows that Alvin was captured by "Falcon" and sent to make up lessons.
