My Magic Age

Perhaps because he wanted to leave a good impression on Ryan and Fanny, perhaps because he was tired from the journey, or perhaps because he wanted to leave some space for private chat between me and my family, Ying Li returned to Tracy's room with Helena and Becky shortly after dinner and went back to his room to rest early.

Katrina and I stood in front of the window of the writing desk in the attic, scraped off the ice on the glass window with a wooden ruler, pointed to the villa courtyard next door and said to Katrina: "This is the house of Sister Guoguo. Su and Annie have lived here for more than ten years. After Annie graduated, she followed her mentor to Qiyan Province. She is a magic swordsman who has awakened the talent of fire magic. As for Su, after she comprehended the "holy prayer", she first studied in the Temple of Etia for a while, but many things happened later..."

"I know..." Katrina put her face against the window, looking at the empty house in the dark under the night sky, blinking her ruby-like eyes, and smiling slightly with her lips pursed.

"Later, Ying Li brought Su to the imperial capital to learn the sacred prayers from Lord Sora. Now the status of the temple is not as good as before... You see, Su used to read books under that lemon tree, and occasionally I would go and chat with her. Look! This is my life. Every morning when I get up and open the window, I can see Sister Guoguo's house." I sighed softly, but didn't say anything more.

"Why sigh when everything is fine? Didn't you tell me confidently a few days ago that you would take the barbarian slaves and orc warriors to the wild swamp to find the mysterious ancient ruins?" Katarina opened her arms and hugged me tightly from behind.

"Sister Katarina, the bath water is ready!" Cindy's voice came from downstairs.

"I'll be there soon!" Catalina walked quickly to the door of the attic, answered downstairs, then took out a few underwear and nightgowns from her magic waist bag, smiled charmingly, winked at me and said, "Do you mind if I go to visit your bathroom first?"

Catalina's flirting look is always so charming.

Although I know clearly that I should at least be a little restrained at home, I still can't help but boldly counterattack Catalina's teasing words. I said, "Do you want me to accompany you to 'visit'?"

Catalina's eyes conveyed: 'Come if you have the courage! ', and when he saw me take out the linen pajamas from the magic waist bag, he immediately gave up, so he changed the subject and said to me: "By the way, didn't you say you buried a few potatoes in the charcoal fire in the fireplace? Don't forget to take them out, otherwise they might turn into charcoal."

"...Okay, I'll go check our midnight snack. I haven't eaten this for a long time." I said to Katrina. Of course, these words were just talk. At this time, Fanny, Nancy, and Ryan must not have slept yet. I didn't have the courage to do such a ridiculous thing as mixed bathing under Fanny's nose.

I went downstairs with Katrina, and sure enough, I saw Cindy wearing a cotton pajamas, standing in the bathroom with her mouth full. The bathroom had just been cleaned.

After Cindy and Nancy came to the family, half of Tracy's work was assigned to Cindy. In addition, Tracy was notoriously lazy, so most of the work was taken over by the hardworking Cindy. In terms of housework, Cindy inherited many of Nancy's advantages. Now Cindy is no longer the bean sprout she was three years ago. Her originally thin face gradually gained a little baby fat. Maybe it was because she had just finished work, her face was like a big red apple.

I was about to go up and chat with Cindy, and Tracy came out of the bathroom door with a head of wet hair and saw me.

"Ji Jia, what are you doing here? Do you want to peek at me taking a bath?" Tracy said to me without any hesitation. This sentence choked me and I didn't know what to say. Life in the market made Tracy transform into a very fierce girl. Tracy's current appearance reminded me of the fierce Dali sister next door. I thought: Maybe all girls in the North will become like this after they grow up!

I was about to retort, but Catalina took the opportunity to come out from behind, with a charming smile, and said to Tracy: "Do you mind if I come in?"

Tracy's eyes widened, looking at Catalina's slender figure, fair skin, charming eyes and fiery red hair after she took off the Asian dragon light leather armor, and shook her head blankly.

Catalina turned her head and glanced at me, and said to me: "Ji Jia, why are you still standing here?"

Cindy leaned against the door frame, covering her mouth and laughing.

Tracy waved her fist at me proudly through Catalina, and then pulled Catalina into the bathroom. Through the light in the corridor, I could still see Nancy busy in the kitchen. She was wearing an apron, and a series of coherent movements quickly stuffed a pile of plates into the shelf of the cupboard.

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The fruit wood in the fireplace turned into a pile of hoarfrost-like ashes. I dug a few round sweet potatoes out of the carbon ash, brushed off the black ash on the outer shell of the sweet potatoes, and put them in my pocket. Sweet potatoes are very similar to potatoes in some ways, but the taste is very different. If you eat too much, the toxins contained in the sweet potatoes will make your mouth numb, your tongue stiff, your speech unclear, and your mouth will drool uncontrollably.

The toxins contained in the sweet potatoes themselves are not the main reason why people don't eat the imperial capital. No one wants to eat it. The main reason is that the sweet potatoes are defined as slaves' food by the powerful people of the empire. The nobles believe that sweet potatoes are only eaten by slaves and vagrants.

El City is a small border town in the northernmost province of Sloyt in the Green Empire. The influence of the nobles cannot cover all the territories of the empire.

Every winter, a large number of refugees gather in the city. These refugees come from some towns and villages outside the city of El. There are also orcs coming down from the plateau in the small town, so merchants are often seen selling cheap potatoes in the market.

In the past, the barbarians only captured men in small towns and villages, so when winter comes every year, only men take food and luggage to hide in the city for a winter, and women and the elderly will still live at home.

But in recent years, the barbarians from the Storm Giant Bear Tribe in the northernmost part of the ice and snow tundra have occupied the land of the Celtic tribe on the ice and snow tundra. These new barbarians crossed the Galloping Horse River and came to the North. They not only plundered human slaves, but also ate women and the elderly as food.

The barbarians' actions not only increased the hatred of the northerners towards the barbarians, but also drove a large number of women and old people from villages and towns into the city of El. It was not easy for these people to survive the whole winter in the city of El. They needed to find a cheap place to live and fill their stomachs every day, so ground potatoes were also a good choice for these refugees.

Ryant and Fanny did not eat ground potatoes. Occasionally, I would buy a few in the market and throw them into the fireplace when I thought of life on the Pai Plateau. Sometimes Tracy would come over to taste them, but that was only one or two bites, and they had to be dipped in the ketchup I seasoned by myself. But Cindy didn't mind eating ground potatoes, and occasionally Nancy would come over to taste them.

At that time, Cindy told me that when I was in the town of Mas, many families would eat ground potatoes for a period of time in the early spring when there was a shortage of food every year.

Ryant sat on a wooden chair in front of the fireplace. He had been staring at me since I walked to the fireplace. I handed him a black potato, and Ryant waved his hand in disgust, motioning me to take it away.

"Doesn't the law that magician nobles have to abide by tell you not to eat potatoes?" Ryant's eyebrows twisted into a knot, as if he was stabbed all over his body, and he said to me with an uncomfortable expression on his face.

"No!" I threw the wooden stick into the charcoal ash in the fireplace and said to Ryan concisely.

Ryant has always seemed helpless about my liking to eat potatoes, but there is nothing he can do.

"I heard from that kid named Noah that you are very rich?" Then he leaned over and asked me in a low voice.

I untied the purse from my waist, opened the mouth of the purse, exposed the magic crystal inside, and stuffed it into his arms. I said to Ryant: "Probably, if you are talking about this thing, I do have some very stable sources of income. I also have a not-so-large territory in the Jero plane, which is called Trom by the locals."

There are about dozens of magic crystals in the purse. For me now, these magic crystals obviously don't mean anything, but for Ryant, it is a wealth that takes a lifetime to accumulate. Ryant took out a magic crystal from the purse and looked at it carefully under the light.

I said to Ryant: "If you and Fanny are willing, I can help you buy a large manor in El City, don't worry about the cost."

Although the housing prices in El City are far less expensive than those in the imperial capital, a noble luxury manor in El City costs at least thousands of magic crystals.

"Lian Te and I live well here. We have decades of old neighbors around here. Is it necessary to live in such a big house?" Fanny came out of the bedroom with her arms folded, wearing a nightgown made of magic spider silk cloth. Perhaps she didn't know until now that the nightgown given to her by Alia was worth more than a dozen magic crystals.

I was speechless by Fanny's question, but according to Fanny's character, she didn't intend to let me go. She sat on the sofa opposite to Lian Te and asked me with squinted eyes: "Or do you think he doesn't have enough wives to let him have a big house to receive those beautiful homeless young women?"

"Hehe, I'm not as bad as you said!" Lian Te tried to defend himself.

"Are you sure you haven't done anything?" Fanny squinted her eyes and asked Lian Te back.

"This... still has." Lian Te was at a loss for words, couldn't help but touch his nose, and admitted embarrassedly.

Fanny glared at Ryan with a half-smile and said, "Then shut up!"

"Fanny!"

I sat down on the blanket in front of Fanny's sofa, hugged Fanny's calves, rested my face on her knees, and looked up at her, just like when we were little. Fanny would tell me and Tracy some little stories, and many times, Tracy would run away in disgust.

I remember the first time I hugged Fanny's legs like this, Fanny couldn't help but hold back tears, hold my face with both hands, and kiss me on the forehead.

Fanny's voice became much softer, and she said to me gently: "Ji Jia, you have become an adult after participating in the coming-of-age ceremony, why are you still like a child."

Fanny touched the short hair on the top of my head, sighed softly, and said to Ryan: "Ryan, our Ji Jia has grown up!"

"Yes, he was only this tall when he first came to our house." Liant was also immersed in the memories of the past and said famously with gestures with his hands. "In the blink of an eye, he has become a top magic student in the Royal Academy of Magic. Speaking of which, even in Sloit Province there are not many magicians who can win this honor!"

After a while, Liant leaned over, pointed to the upstairs and whispered to me: "Is she really the princess of the Angel Boulder royal family? I mean... the supreme commander of the South Wind Army, James The prince’s daughter married you?”

I nodded.

After hesitating for a moment, he asked me again: "Did you really steal the future princess from the hands of Prince Wales, the most promising general in our empire in the future?"

I nodded again.

Liant couldn't help but cough violently one after another, and it took a long time to calm down.

Therefore, Liant looked a little complicated and smiled bitterly at me and said: "I originally thought that when you came back from the imperial capital, you would definitely bring us a little surprise, but I didn't expect that this surprise would be so big, it would actually be a bit more than what Fanny and I had. Tolerance range.”

Fanny interrupted and asked me: "Prince James approved of this marriage?"

I nodded and said honestly: "After James returned from the battle in the Kenda plane, he specially treated Yingli and I to a meal for this purpose."

Liant and Fanny looked at each other, and I saw an 'incredible' expression in their eyes.

I took out the precious 'Crystal Dagger of Deep Cold' from my pocket and placed it on the coffee table.

Suddenly, the temperature in the entire living room dropped a few degrees. Fine ice particles condensed from the air and slowly fell around the dagger. He said to Liante and Fanny: "This is a gift from Prince James and Mrs. Mandal." A wedding gift to me.”

Although Liant and Fanny didn't know the value of this epic magic weapon, they also knew that it must be priceless. Liant hesitated for a moment, and finally gave up the idea of ​​touching the epic magic weapon.

"Originally Liant and I thought that you would marry Catalina after graduation." Fanny said to me.

"I didn't think so. I thought that a lady from a big noble family would like you and be willing to marry you. Then you would join that noble family and work for that wealthy family. But I didn't expect that wealthy noble family would be the Angel Boulder family. ! "Liante added next to him.

Liant asked me: "So what are your plans next?"

I said to him: "Next I want to visit the teachers at the El City War College, and then go see my friends at the Junior Magic College, and then attend Tracy's wedding. After that, maybe Organize a falcon team to hunt barbarians outside the city of El."