Chapter 16

Through the black veil, Colin could still see a red glow forming on the female wizard’s face.

At this time, he also noticed that the female wizard’s blonde hair had turned completely white!

Moreover, strands of frost aura were condensed.

She couldn’t control her arcane energy anymore!

No wonder she needed help.

“Of course, it’s my honor!”

Since it was the woman who suggested it, Colin would not be unreasonable.

Moreover, he also understood that the reason why she chose him was not that she suddenly took a fancy to him, but because he was the highest-ranking noble on the team.

That’s right, class discrimination.

It was so natural in this world.

Even if Knight Bliss was powerful, he could kill Colin with one hand.

Though as long as he did not officially receive the title of nobility or become the heir to the title, in the eyes of the real nobles, he would only be looked as second-class. He would not be treated as their equal.

There was a sentence that could describe the knight’s awkward situation very well:

In the eyes of the commoners, they were nobles, but in the eyes of the nobles, they were commoners.

Therefore, the female mage who came from a noble background would rather choose Colin than let the more familiar and trusted Bliss get close to her.

Of course, it could also be because Bliss needed to lead the team and could not be distracted.

As Colin’s thoughts ran wild, he got off the horse and rode on the female mage’s warhorse.

There was no soft jade or warm fragrance, only bone-chilling coldness.

In an instant, the little wildfire that rose in Colin’s heart was completely extinguished.

The female mage somewhat stiffly shrank into Colin’s embrace, as if she was looking for warmth and support.

Bliss gave Colin a deep glance with a slightly warning look, then turned around to reorganize the team and prepare to set off.

“I’m sorry, Knight Colin. I’ve been using magic too frequently these past few days, and I’m a little exhausted. That’s why I need to trouble you…”

“Don’t say that. You’re doing this to help us get out of danger. Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of you.”

The team set off again.

As they advanced at a high speed, the horse’s back was very bumpy.

The female mage’s body was weak and weak, and she almost completely relied on Colin’s embrace to not fall down.

“Are you okay?” Colin felt the female mage in his arms tremble slightly, so he leaned close to her ear and asked, “Do you need me to slow down?”

“It’s alright, there’s no need.” The female mage gritted her teeth and said, “We have to leave this place as soon as possible.”

“Alright.”

The journey was bumpy, and the two of them stuck close together, so there was inevitably some friction.

Then, Colin awkwardly discovered that the blood in his entire body was actually converging toward a certain part.

It seemed that vampires also had that male urge.

When he was free, he had to write it down.

Fortunately, Colin could now freely control the flow of his own blood, so he took the initiative to disperse the blood in a certain part of his body again to avoid causing embarrassment.

“What’s your name?” In order to distract his attention, Colin asked.

The female mage hesitated for a moment, but still answered, “Vera.”

She did not say her surname.

Colin raised his eyebrows. “Flower of Truth?”

“You know Elvish?” Vera sounded surprised.

“Of course. It’s a necessary skill for a noble,” Colin said.

In fact, the butler, Eamon, was trying to improve the pedigree of the Angele family. He was trying to force some cultural knowledge into Colin’s mind.

However, Colin only learned a little bit, and he was just a half-baked wizard.

“Ainu coimas cuivie, Laurelin Leuca Miule.” Another string of Elvish words came out of Vera’s mouth.

Elves were the first race to learn how to use arcane energy. Many spells had to be changed in the Elvish language, so this was the language that wizards had to learn.

“Huh?” Colin was confused.

“Hehe…” Vera was in a good mood after catching Colin’s embarrassment.

“Arrogant woman!”

“What?” Vera’s slender eyebrows suddenly furrowed. “Which language did you just speak?”

“Guess.” Colin smiled proudly.

Of course, he wouldn’t tell her that he just spoke Chinese.

“It’s a bit like Kunya,” Vera guessed, but then she shook her head. “That’s impossible.”

Kunya was the special language of the High Elves, but it had long disappeared from the world like the High Elves.

The current elf race and naga race were actually the descendants of the former High Elves.

Therefore, whether it was to follow the footsteps of their ancestors or to explore the ancient arcane books that no one understood, Kunya had always been the focus of the research of these two races and mages.

Unfortunately, the research results of thousands of years had only pieced together the pronunciation of dozens of words.

Therefore, Vera felt that Colin, who could not even speak Elvish fluently, had no chance of speaking Kunya.

Although, his pronunciation just now was actually very close to being correct.

“What language is Kunya?” It was the first time that Colin had heard this noun.

Vera thought to herself, as expected.

“It used to be the language of the High Elves, but it has long been lost.”

“Oh,” Colin replied casually, and then asked curiously, “How did the High Elves disappear? Did your Mage Council find anything in their research?”

“No.” Vera shook her head. “It’s too long ago, and the only ancient book that could possibly record what happened back then was written in Kunya…”

Colin rolled his eyes, seriously doubting the ability of these mages to decipher the language.

“But…” Vera wanted to say something but stopped herself.

“But what?”

“But, the Mage Council has some guesses.”

“Tell me about it.”

“The dragons and High Elves disappeared about five thousand years ago, and the God of Light, the God of War, the Goddess of Fate, the God of Storm… and other gods all began to spread their faith in the world at about the same time.

“So, there might be a connection between the two…”

“You dare to make assumptions about the God of Light!” Colin interrupted brazenly.

He had to do this.

Although he felt that Vera’s guess was reasonable and that he did not have much respect for the so-called gods, as a knight, he had to stand his ground.

This was his “persona”.

Otherwise, he would be ostracized by the entire noble class.

Vera obviously felt that she was a bit stupid to discuss such a problem with a fanatical knight.

She sighed as if she had lost interest in talking.

Colin also stopped talking, pretending to be offended.

As time passed, Colin found that the body in his arms was gradually warming up.

Obviously, the female wizard was gradually recovering from the loss of control of her arcane energy.

However, in this way, the physical friction between the two became more flirtatious.

Colin had to work harder to control his blood so it would not flow to an inappropriate place.

Even so, wisps of a faint rose fragrance continued to enter his nose, stirring his restless heart.

Finally, when the sky gradually darkened and the team stopped to rest, Colin felt relieved and left the horse.

At the same time, he felt a little reluctant to leave.

“Thank you for today, Knight Colin.”

“You’re welcome.” Colin bowed, and just after walking a few steps, he turned back and asked, “By the way, what did you mean by that Elvish language you spoke today?”

Vera hesitated for a moment. “I believe in truth, not lies.”

“Understood.” Colin nodded with a smile and turned to leave.

Vera lied.

Colin just happened to know the last word of the elvish word.

Though, Colin didn’t expose Vera because he knew that she lied to protect his feelings.

The last Elvish word did not mean a lie, rather, god.

So, Vera’s Elvish words should really mean

Believe in the truth, not god.