As the only son of Duke Vance, lost his mother soon after he was born; and in that political battle, 's father, the leader of the Duke's Guards, also gave his life protecting the Duke.
In order to repay his kindness, Duke Vance adopted as his own daughter and trained her to become the best sniper in the Moniyan Empire.
on the other hand, as the only heir to the Vance family who people held high hopes for, possessed neither the talent for magic nor combat. Duke Vance was extremely disappointed in him. He rarely paid any attention to . Instead, he turned to marrying allies to consolidate his power and cultivate new heirs, a series of actions that was tantamount to giving up on completely.
But the innocent did not understand the complex ways of adults, and he enjoyed a carefree childhood to the fullest.
's personality was a bit eccentric. He preferred to do things on his own that he was interested in rather than play with others, but was an exception. saw that almost everyone was avoiding , and she appeared worried all day long. always stayed by 's side, trying his hardest to make her happy.
Being together day after day, the relationship between the two deepened. also noticed that although had a serious disposition and rarely smiled, she was actually a very gentle person, especially toward him. She was always extremely tolerant and forgiving.
But even so, was still desperate for his father's love. He would always ask about how he could get his father to like him, but never had the heart to tell him that the cold-blooded Duke Vance had long since cast him aside.
One day the excited little found and said to her, "! I can do magic!"
was very surprised. If this was true, then Duke Vance might have a change of heart. She said to , "Really? Show me now!"
straightened his bow tie proudly and stood in front of . He took out a hat, tapped the hat gently with a "magic wand", and dozens of small birds flew out of it. then searched down into the hat with his hand, and incredibly, pulled out a cute little white rabbit. Then he put down the hat, walked over to , and took out a dazzling red rose from behind her ear. smiled, accepted 's rose, and said: "This is incredible!"
Despite all this, the sharp-eyed had realized that these were just tricks was doing. It wasn't real magic.
"What do you think? If my dad found out I can do magic, would he start to like me?" asked with excitement. He was very satisfied with his performance.
"Definitely, but your magic is still not fully developed. You should practice some more." couldn't bear to hurt , and didn't want him to be reprimanded by Duke Vance, so this was all she could say.
also felt that what said made sense, and he happily went back holding the rabbit.
After that, often dragged other people over to watch his "magic" performances together. Everyone saw that his magic was just tricks, but they didn't say anything. They were just humoring little to make him feel happy.
But the news that little could do "magic" was spread around by some malicious people. One rainy and windy night, Duke Vance's political opponents sent someone to take away.
Little 's tricks were of no use in a real fight. He cried, wanting to escape, but was gagged with a piece of cotton cloth. He was blindfolded, his hands and feet were tied up, and he was locked in a dark dungeon.
's kidnappers made a hostage and wanted to negotiate terms with Duke Vance. What they didn't expect was for Duke Vance to refuse them right away. To him, was nothing more than a pawn that could be sacrificed at any time. But was not willing to give up on . For the first time, she violated the Duke's orders and broke into the dungeon where was being held by herself.
In the darkness, heard the sound of a sniper rifle and 's cry: "Don't worry! ! I'll save you no matter what!"
struggled to pull his blindfold down, and saw standing firmly in front of the cell door, accurately shooting every enemy who tried to approach. But even so, the enemies still managed to wound one after the other. deeply regretted pretending to know magic and causing all this trouble. He was even more afraid of being the one who could cause the death of the only relative who cared about him.
At this moment, a dark arrow struck from nowhere, blinding 's left eye. Seeing this, cried and wanted to come to 's side, but his bound hands and feet rendered him powerless.
In the darkness, felt a force gushing out of his body. At this moment, a raging fire burned off the ropes on his body. got up and ran towards 's side. With just a swing of the hand, he managed to burn all the approaching enemies to ashes. So contrary to expectations, really did have a gift for magic. This ability awakened at a moment of crisis, and the power was huge.
Eventually, the two siblings worked together to break out of the encirclement.
took all the way north to the northern port of Castle Grandrock and boarded a big ship to the Magic Academy.
", aren't we going home?" was surprised by 's action.
"Do you like that home?" did not answer his question.
lowered his head, thought for a long time, and said, "I like my sister more."
smiled and rubbed 's head, "Then we won't go home. The Magic Academy is a sacred place for all magicians in the world. You will live a very happy life there."
"Will you come with me?"
"We will always be together."
, having arrived at the Magic Academy, woke up and found that was missing, and only a note was left behind:
Live well and wait for me to come and pick you up.
returned to Castle Grandrock and reported the whole incident to Duke Vance. She tried to bear the blame as best she could, but to her surprise, Duke Vance didn't punish her.
He told to step down, and then he hired some other aides.
"The plan has changed. Our next plan will revolve around ..."
