Merlin took a sip of red wine and said, "I have to admit that Roland did a better job of thinking for mankind than I did. Some people are born to be leaders. They have unparalleled charisma and can always unite the people around them in various ways. Without them, there would be no human beings and sorcerers today."
"But you discovered magic first," Rob said.
The man in the fox mask waved his hand and said, "That's right. But at that time, I just regarded magic as an interesting toy. Well, the kind of thing that you would play with behind the adults' back. In my eyes, magic was not much different from building blocks. After I mastered a few spells, I mainly used them to play pranks on those I didn't like and to see their shocked expressions. It was not until Roland joined me that the situation changed. It was he who turned magic from a toy into a weapon."
"At that time, he was young, smart, energetic and ambitious." Merlin paused and said, "I've heard about your teacher's evaluation of you. Steins said that you were the second Roland. I used to be very curious and thought that I would see his shadow in you. After all, he had been dead for hundreds of years. To be honest, sometimes I miss him a little. But it was not until I met you that I realized that you two are not the same."
"Throughout the history of magic, no one can surpass Senior Roland," Rob said calmly.
"No, you misunderstood me." Merlin shook his head. "I'm not talking about talent. Roland might be the most talented sorcerer I've ever met, but I have to say that your talent is no less than his. The magic network, in Roland's original vision, should only appear five hundred years later. At that time, he only had a hazy idea, but you turned it into reality. Both of you have a kind of insight that transcends the era. In a sense, this is indeed a common point, but the most interesting thing is that the two of you are completely different people."
"Oh?"
"Roland is a natural leader, as if he was born with a great ambition. He dedicated his life to the great cause of the rise of mankind and has countless followers. Your teacher and the guys in the council probably used him as a model to train you, but now it seems that they didn't get what they wanted." The man in the fox mask smiled and said, "You never wanted to be like Roland, did you? If it wasn't for the incident in Setta City, you wouldn't even be willing to return to the public eye. Why, when you were designated as the future guardian of the human race since childhood, you obviously have talent and status comparable to Roland. Why are you willing to give up all of this? Do you really just want to spend the rest of your life quietly in some small corner of the world with that girl from the Bretton family? "
Merlin seemed to be particularly interested in this question. For this reason, he even put down the wine glass in his hand and pricked up his ears.
After a moment of silence, Rob said, "Everyone yearns for a different life. Compared to being a totem that is admired by people, I want to be an ordinary person with flesh and blood, and slowly grow old with the person I love. Even if no one cares about us, it doesn't matter, because with her, I already have the whole world."
"Is this your answer?" The man in the fox mask was amazed. "If someone else said this, I might not believe it. Whether it is the Magic Association or the nobles, all these years have been looking for my whereabouts, because they want to learn the mystery of immortality from me. But when we first met, I promised to do one thing for you. At that time, since you already knew my identity, you could have asked me for this secret, but in the end, you used this request to help that girl in exchange for the whereabouts of Mother Teresa. This is the first time I have seen someone who can resist the temptation of immortality."
"A very respected friend and elder told me that it is because of the existence of death that we can understand the meaning of life. We try our best to live every day, cherish every minute, do our best to love each other, and grow old … If one day, the Grim Reaper takes her away, I don't want to be left alone in this empty world."
Merlin took off the fox mask on his face, revealing the face of a young man. His skin and facial features made him look like he was only twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, but his eyes were like an old man's. "Many people think that immortality is a blessing, but in fact, it's also a curse. You'll watch your lover grow old, and your children's hair turn from black to white, while you can only stay on the other side of time, unable to do anything. This is the cruelest thing in the world, a cage called loneliness."
Nowadays, Luo Bu was rarely surprised, but when he saw Merlin's face under the mask, he was momentarily dazed.
This was because this face was too familiar. Every Magician, no, it should be said that every human in the world could recognize this face. This face was printed on the cover of every magic textbook, and his statue was erected in every magic academy.
"You … Who are you?!"
"No, I've said it before … I'm not him. In fact, this face has always troubled me, so I have to wear a mask. You're the first person besides Claire to see my true face, but there's nothing I can do about it. That guy is so famous, and he's also my younger brother."
Rob was stunned. He never thought that Merlin and Roland, the two people who had the greatest influence on the history of human magic, were actually brothers. Only now did he understand that the name of Saint Roland's Academy of Magic was literally its meaning.
"Since you answered my question, I will also answer the question you want to know the most in return." Merlin grinned. "If I'm not wrong, you now have magic, occult spells, and divine power in your body, right? Let's not talk about the realm first. The growth of magic power can be achieved through the accumulation of time, but recently you have been a little confused. Why does your understanding of the natural order seem to be stuck in a bottleneck? It is difficult to improve. "
Rob nodded. This was indeed the biggest dilemma he had faced recently. It was as if his super talent had suddenly lost its effect. He felt as if he had reached the end of the road of understanding the natural order. This had never happened before, and his progress had slowed down. Other than the endurance of magic power, he had gained almost nothing in the past two months, let alone the fusion of the three powers.
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