Talent level increased by one, a transcendent Star Wizard

"teacher……"

Leia's eyes welled up with tears, and her face was filled with worry and fear.

Even without knowing the situation, just looking at Xia Jian's expression, one could tell it wasn't a good thing.

Xia Jian squatted down and looked at the little girl in front of him.

"Wait for me at the entrance of the inn where we met before. If I don't return before dark, you must leave Cherlan City alone."

"Teacher, I'll go with you."

Leia gripped Xia Jian's sleeve tightly, her voice trembling with a hint of tears.

"It's okay, you have to believe me."

Without offering much comfort, Xia Jian patted Leia's head.

People have to learn to grow up. 14 years old is not a child. Besides, he went to save people, not to die.

As I said before, if things are unavoidable, just run away and come back to take revenge when you've mastered your skills.

As for nonsense like "surrender without resistance," Xia Jian just let it go in one ear and out the other. If all else fails, he can make sure the Phyllis family leaves quickly.

After observing his surroundings and confirming that no one was watching him, Natsume let Leia leave alone.

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The Lord's Mansion.

Summer secretly hid in the grove of trees across the street.

After observing for a while, Natsume couldn't help but wonder: 'What do you mean? Are you looking down on me?'

The manor didn't seem to be heavily guarded, much like when they attended the banquet, which clearly showed they were underestimating him.

Seeing this, Xia Jian did not rush out, but instead planned to sneak in and find Phyllis first.

Just as Xia Jian was about to climb over the wall into the manor, a carriage slowly drove up to the gate.

Two people stepped down from the carriage: Phyllis, who had already been arrested, and a middle-aged man.

At this moment, Phyllis had a fawning smile on her face, and she didn't look like a person who was imprisoned at all. Instead, she was acting like a lackey, fawning over the middle-aged man.

Upon closer inspection, the middle-aged man bears a striking resemblance to the portrait in Heber's room, clearly indicating that he is Jocelyn, the lord of this place.

"Damn it! Did Phyllis betray me?!"

Xia Jian's expression was gloomy and uncertain.

Before arriving, he was terrified that the family would be tortured, so he rushed to the city lord's mansion.

But now it seems that Phyllis has probably really sided with the lord's manor.

However, Xia Jian had some questions in his mind, feeling that something was not quite right.

If Phyllis were to join the city lord's mansion, there would be no need to leave a letter; wouldn't it be better to simply lead people to guard the old city?

Or perhaps, as he thinks, he looks down on himself?

Watching the two people walk into the lord's manor, Xia Jian secretly sneaked into the manor from another direction.

Avoiding the servants and guards along the way, Xia Jian soon arrived near Shibel's room.

Regardless of Phyllis's current situation, it's definitely the right thing to do to capture Lady Hiber. Then there's no need to worry about the lord playing tricks on him.

Thinking of this, Xia Jian looked around to make sure no one was there, and then lightly jumped onto the second-floor windowsill.

There seemed to be no one in the room. Seeing this, Xia Jian decided to wait a while and make his own plans if Shibel didn't return.

While waiting, Xia Jian didn't sit idle; he started searching through Xi Bei'er's room.

Don't get me wrong, he's not a pervert, he just wanted to see if Sibel had collected anything related to wizards recently.

Just then, there were light footsteps at the door.

Xia Jian's spirits lifted, and he quickly hid behind the door.

A few breaths later, the door was opened from the outside, and Xia Jian seized the opportunity to cover the mouth of the person who came in.

Just as Xia Jian was about to confirm if it was Xi Bei'er, he looked down and saw a blinding white expanse that completely dazzled his eyes.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the bound man used an elbow strike to force Natsumi back.

At this moment, Xia Jian reacted and held his sword to Xi Bei'er's neck.

But seeing the towel lying on the floor and Shiber's body completely naked, Natsumi didn't know what to say for a moment.

You can't exactly say it's very white and smooth, can you?

"Have you seen enough?"

Hiber's face hardened with murderous intent as she asked in an icy tone.

"I didn't do it on purpose. If you hadn't stolen my wizard's notebook, we might be friends now."

Summer used her foot to hook the towel off the ground and then casually draped it over Sibelle.

"Speak, what do you want now?"

"I'm wrapping myself in a towel," said Hibern in a cold voice.

"What do you mean 'I want to do what'? Didn't you send me? Why are you unhappy now that I'm here?"

Seeing this, Xia Jian shrugged and continued in a cynical tone, "I believe our lord would be happy to exchange you for the Phyllis family."

Hiber rolled her eyes at Xia Jian and said irritably, "I didn't come to you so you could peek. Judging from your expression, you haven't gone to see Phyllis yet, have you?"

Xia Jian frowned slightly, but before he could ask anything, footsteps sounded again outside the door.

Upon hearing the footsteps, Natsume immediately tensed up.

Just as he was about to close the door, Shibel suddenly pushed aside Natsumi's longsword with her hand, leaned on Natsumi's shoulder, and even used her toes to hook the door open.

As the door opened, the middle-aged man that Xia Jian had seen at the entrance of the lord's mansion appeared before the two of them.

The sight of Xia Jian and Xi Beier leaning together in a very ambiguous manner stunned Lord Jocelyn, who was standing at the door.

Upon seeing that the other party was Xibei'er's father, Xia Jian immediately gripped his longsword, ready to attack.

After all, this lord is a high-ranking knight, and the consequences of being careless would likely be dire.

Just then, Shibel gripped Natsumi's hand holding the longsword tightly, a sweet smile on her face: "Father, this is the Limit Knight Natsumi I told you about, and of course, your future son-in-law."

"So you're the Ultimate Rider, huh? Good! Not bad! A handsome young man indeed!"

Upon hearing this, Jocelyn burst into laughter and kept praising Xia Jian.

Although Xia Jian was somewhat confused and didn't understand what had happened or what the Extreme Knight was, he still observed Jocelyn warily.

If Shiber senses anything amiss, she won't be leaving here alive today!

"I won't disturb your enjoyment any longer."

Seeing that Xia Jian remained silent, Jocelyn glanced at the two of them and wisely decided to leave.

But Jocelyn suddenly stopped halfway through her journey.

This immediately made Xia Jian tense. He thought to himself that this family seemed to have something wrong with their brains. Were they trying to lull him into a false sense of security and then launch a sneak attack?

"Don't be so reckless when you're young; it's bad for your health."

Jocelyn glanced at the longswords behind the two men and said with a meaningful smile.

Without waiting for the two to explain, Jocelyn laughed and left the hallway outside the bedroom, leaving Xia Jian and Xi Beier staring at each other.

"Still not enough?"

Noticing that Natsume's eyes kept lingering on her face and chest, Sybil said coldly with a blank expression, completely unlike her previous sweet demeanor.

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