"Abner, do you know what 'magic' is?"

Young Abner sat on the edge of the bed, looking at his grandfather, who was still obsessed with 'magic' even though he was already lying in a hospital bed.

Is 'magic' really that interesting?

Abner really didn't want his brain to be dominated by 'formulas' and 'knowledge', just like his grandfather - the precocious Abner had already seen the 'essence' of his grandfather, but in fact his brain was dominated by 'magic', and he didn't have any ideas of his own!

The closer he got to death, the more his grandfather was obsessed with the word 'magic'.

The grandfather who used to smile kindly at himself is gone, and now the 'this' lying on the bed is nothing more than a 'puppet'.

The old man did not receive an answer from his grandson, and he was not embarrassed in the slightest, as if he was going to ask himself from the beginning: "'Magic' is a path to truth, an 'art', and a 'power'......"

"Grandfather, you should have a good rest now!" Abner interrupted his grandfather impatiently, "instead of explaining these things to me!"

The cloudy eyes rolled, the old man lying on the bed looked sideways slightly, looked at his grandson calmly, and said with a smile: "Abner, you are the heir of the 'Bauhinia' family, you must come into contact with 'magic' in the future, whether you want to or not, as long as you want to inherit 'Bauhinia', then you must 'inherit' our knowledge." ”

Abner pursed his lips with a look of displeasure, "Grandfather, can't I be like everyone else?our family has enough wealth, and our family is strong enough - and why do I have to inherit Bauhinia?"

"Ebner...... You are a genius. ”

The old man lying on the bed took a deep breath and sighed: "You are different from me, and your father, you are a genius! Of course, your father will inherit 'Bauhinia', but after you are thirty-three years old, your father will pass on 'Bauhinia' to you, because you are different from us...... You are a genius, a genius who can complete the 'legacy'!"

Listening to his grandfather's words, Abner felt a wave of irritability in his heart for no reason, "'inheritance', 'inheritance', 'Bauhinia', 'Bauhinia' - are these things really so important?!"

He couldn't control himself and let out a low growl at the old man on the bed.

But after this low roar, Abner reacted, his eyes were a little flustered, his mouth was open, panicked, "I'm sorry, grandfather...... I ......"

“...... There is no need to apologize. ”

The old man sighed and said, "It's our fault, you're still young, we're pushing too hard, Abner, it's our fault, you don't have to apologize." ”

"If you can, though...... I hope you know a little bit more about magic. ”

The old man struggled to his feet, and Abner, who had never taken care of anyone, hurriedly helped his grandfather put on the pillow.

The old man seemed to be a little more energetic after sitting up, and he raised his hand to the bookshelf, "Abner, go and help me get the copy of The Mage's Revelation on the third floor of the second bookshelf." ”

Ebner obediently walked over and took the book to his grandfather.

"I remember, this book, you read it when you were five years old. The old man's withered hands rubbed on the cover, and not only the book but also the memories of the past were reflected in his eyes.

Abner climbed into his chair again and sat there obediently and silently, listening to his grandfather.

"This book was written by an ancestor of our 'Bauhinia' family more than 600 years ago, and the 'original' has long been lost, and this one of the few 'copies' is also hundreds of years old. ”

The old man squinted his eyes, as if he saw his own childhood, his son's childhood, and his grandson's childhood, and the first book they read was this one.

When they became literate, the first book they got was this one!

"There are no obscure words and sentences, not even a single spell spell, and the straightforward introduction of 'mage' and 'magic' is diametrically opposed to the image of a mage that ordinary people come into contact with. At that time, our ancestor wanted to pass on this book so that more beginners could correctly understand the existence of 'mage' and 'magic'. ”

Speaking of this, the old man couldn't help but shake his head and said with a smile: "Of course, it has been resisted by many people, and even our ancestor's friend has more or less expressed the same attitude towards it-don't try to let this book go out! Our naïve ancestor also tried to let this book go out under the pretext of 'being stolen', but unfortunately, it was like a pebble thrown into the sea, and nothing happened except for 'ripples'." Otherwise, the 'original' would not have been lost from our hands. ”

"You're a genius, and it only took you a year to read this book thoroughly and understand what 'mage' and 'magic' are, so you gave me this book again......"

When he talked about this, a flash of loneliness flashed in the old man's eyes, but he threw away this 'useless' emotion in the next moment, because 'Bauhinia' already had a near-perfect heir, and he didn't need to worry about it anymore.

"Now, I'm going to give you this book again......" The old man handed the book "The Enlightenment of the Mage" to Abner, and the ignorant Abner also took the book that was not heavy.

"When you have a child in the future, you will give him or her the same book as I did, like your father. ”

The old man's fingers slipped limply from the book, and then he turned his head to look out the window at the sun's rays.

"Go and call your father in......"

After a moment of silence, Abner, who was holding the book, looked up blankly and heard the old man who was 'unwilling' to face him whisper: "I still have some things to tell him, and it's time to tell him some of our family's 'secrets', I can't take those things into the grave, or ...... I'm ashamed of my ancestors. ”

The young and ignorant Abner pursed his lips and nodded in response, "Okay, grandfather, I'll go." ”

Squeak –

Albert struggled to pull open the heavy door and let his father walk in alone.

He stood outside the door with his back to the door, holding the book, waiting.

He didn't know why, why their family was different from everyone else, why the old people in their family had such a short lifespan, as a mage...... My grandfather was only seventy-two years old......

"...... Abner," the woman with a blurred face whispered in her ear, bringing Abner back to her senses.

"Abner!"

The door behind him was pulled open, and both Abner and his mother looked over.

His father, who also had a blurred face and only remembered that he looked serious at the time, sighed and said in a low voice, "Come in, your grandfather......"

Abner remembers that his grandfather died, on that very day...... Then, he woke up from a dream!

The old man lying on the bed opened his eyes in a daze, and what greeted him was a familiar darkness.

The night had not gone away, but the old man had never fallen asleep again, and he could not sleep with his eyes open, which had become as cloudy as his grandfather's.

'Why you?!why you?!'

He still remembers the hideous appearance of his father standing beside his father's bed before he died, and his father clutching his arm.

At that time, he did not answer anything, silent, just silent, and his father slowly became peaceful, and like his grandfather, he chose 'death'!

Moonlight poured through the uncurtained glass windows onto the bookshelves.

The glass jar on the bedside table trembled slightly, and the old man looked at the third floor of the second bookshelf, where the Revelation of the Mage still lay quietly after all these years.

"How do I know......"

Abner Elfaro, whispering to himself.