Chapter 43 It's Difficult
Tormond asked Dagon to move a stool and sit beside him. He first reached out and carefully enchanted Dagon's newly obtained pure gold beard ring today, took a deep breath, and then said.
"You also know that I followed Lord Egg for many years and was his weapon master and guard captain until I was hit by the black dragon's acid erosion. I had to come back to recuperate. Fifteen years later, I heard the news of Lord Egg's sacrifice, and at the same time you were sent to Jian Gucheng. Everyone knows that you are the adopted son of Lord Egg. Your mother saved Lord Egg and could not raise you, so she was adopted by the grateful Lord Egg."
Dagon nodded. These were also what he knew about his life experience. Half of them were publicly admitted by the Neil family, and half were reported from the Neil family's castle.
"Since you are already an adult, I can tell you some opinions. We Jiangu people value family, inheritance, and think from the perspective of others, and I will be equally curious." Tormond said: "Dagon, what I will talk about next is mainly my guesses and inferences, which may not be facts, but going to Semilius will help uncover the truth."
Dagon scratched his head, star helmet licked his eyes, and they all pricked up their ears and listened carefully.
"The Jiangu people can only rely on themselves whether they are in the Secret Namilius or in the Maze of Impermanence. I am guarding Lord Eiger day and night. I have never seen anyone who has important life-saving grace to him or has great help to him in the Maze of Impermanence. When I was injured and left, I do not know whether Lord Eiger met a very important newcomer, and I cannot rule out this situation, but I know Lord Eiger has a sweetheart."
"That was a mysterious female human, tall, sharp-eyed and brave in fighting. She was good at using bows and arrows, and could use spells to launch burning or explosive flame arrows. She and Lord Eiger were very close and often talked to each other, and I'm sure they had a good impression of each other."
Dagon widened his eyes and said, "Are you suggesting that it is my biological mother?"
"I just think you may have something to do with that woman." Tormond waved his hand hard and said, "Don't interrupt! My thoughts are messed up!"
When a man and a woman in the Jiangu tribe get married, the man has to shave his beard and hand it over to the woman, leaving only the thigh with the beard ring. The woman wants to glue the beard and will accept - and must accept - the blessing of God Aoli, and he has a beard from then on. Because of this tradition, it is basically impossible for a man in the Jiangu tribe to be favored by women of other races, so Lord Eiger seems a bit magical to have a close friend of a human woman.
"Lord Eiger is the only male in his generation of Neil family. He must consider his heirs. I have advised him many times, but he seems not in a hurry. He is very clear that his child will become the heirs of the Lord of Jian Gucheng, so he must be extremely cautious about adopting his son."
"Dagon, if when you are sent back, Eiger directly named Dagon Neil, or just gave you a name and did not mention your surname, then you are the first heir to the Lord of Jian's ancient city. The surname he gave you is Olison, which shows that he does not know who your parents are, so he excludes you from the inheritance sequence. But based on my understanding of him, I am afraid that there is another meaning."
Tormond took a breath and continued, "Iger is not smart but very thoughtful. If he wants to adopt the child and does not want to give inheritance rights, it directly means who your parents are and keep your biological father's surname. Even if you don't know your biological father, then you can use your biological mother's surname or name, not only Olison. In other words, everyone knows that Iger adopts you for favors, but doesn't know whose favors it is, which does not conform to Iger's personality."
"It is probably even harder to tell if he can make such an abnormal decision. I personally guess that he may have a child without marriage, and you are Lord Eiger's biological flesh and blood. Since he is not married, God Aoli has no blessings, so you can only call him Aolison for the time being."
Dagon felt a little dizzy, but he quickly caught the main idea: "Dad, are you saying that I may be the heir to Jian Gucheng?"
"It's possible, but it's very difficult to prove him." Tormond looked at the door of the house, listened, and then said: "Lord Eiger died in the last monster frenzy. He ordered the city to be closed, but the other guards who followed him stayed in the Gai Demon City, because the monster frenzy was not over at that time, and the duties of the Jiangu people were not over, so they were not allowed to leave. The letter and the lockdown will be carried out after you send it back. The news inside and outside Jiangu City was cut off and I could not contact Eiger's guards. If you can go to Semilius, you will have the opportunity to find the people from that year and ask clearly what was going on."
"Eiger's guards are all my comrades and good friends. If you can find them, I will ask them to take care of you, especially before the next monster frenzy, so you won't feel too uncomfortable even if you go to Semilius. If you are really Eiger's son, then I may see you become the Lord of the Killing Ancient City. Isn't that great?"
The idea of "I can become a lord" hit Dagon's heavenly spirit cap and almost rushed him to the sky. Fortunately, the Jiangu people's chassis is low and stable enough, so he can finally be down-to-earth. "If I want to become a lord, it means that Antoine's leader is the leader, and the same is true for Lord Ganlaoda. It also means that Levanko has lost the right to inherit, and Jiangu City will inevitably be in turmoil, and all this only needs to be based on I am Eiger's son?"
Tormond nodded and said, "It was originally difficult, but Lord Antoine officially returned Neil's surname to you, clearing the biggest obstacle. His sending you to Seon Namilis is equivalent to admitting in disguise that you have the right to inherit."
"I still can't believe that this possibility will be possible. If things can be done...I..." Dagon hesitated for a while, and then said, "If I want to become a lord, I have to live a good life. But I can't do what Antoine couldn't do automatically. Dad, what does Minamilius teach?"
"In name, it is to cultivate qualified heirs so that all races can coordinate with each other, integrate their strength and improve their combat effectiveness when facing monsters." Tormond said: "I can teach you martial arts, how to use mana, and teach you a little, but managing cities and commanding the army depends on the Mian Namilis. I hope you can learn those things in Mian Namilis. Even if you are not Eiger's son in the end and have not become a lord, your knowledge can also help Jian Gucheng and Jian Gu people."
Dagon nodded and said, "Since you think Seonamilis is an opportunity, I'm willing to go."
"But don't show your hope to go to Seonamilis, and don't tell anyone about the guess I just said." Tormond said: "A guess is a guess after all, and there is no evidence to support it. Don't be excited, or think you will definitely be like this. You can simply think of a question: If you are really the son of Lord Eiger and may have the right to inherit, will Antoine and Garauda, who have the channels for external news, not know? They still give you Neil's surname, and except for wanting you to go to Seonamilis instead of their eldest son, you will not consider the issue of inheritance at all? Maybe they had known the real situation and knew that you were not Eiger's son."
"Well... it's a bit confused, but I seem to understand." Dagon calmed down and thought for a moment, then laughed, picked up the whisper and said, "Look, Dagon Olison Neil, both Olison and Neil, I am quite foresighted. Otherwise, let's not talk about Lord Egg, but mainly talk about this secret Namilius?"
Tormond dared not say that he knew very well about Minamilis. He had never studied there, but had been entrusted to go to the Minamilis Elite Academy for missions many times. Sometimes he asked the masters there to identify items or solve puzzles, sometimes he went to query materials, and sometimes he specially sent blessings and condolences to the Jiangu people who went to school there.
The Elite Academy, full name is the Elf Talent Academy, was originally a place where the elves cultivate their own talents. Since the elves have a long lifespan, they can live to 2,500 years old on average, or even five times that of dwarves, this academy provides long-term and large-span teaching. For other races, elves are wasting valuable knowledge, and everyone has to fight against the invasion of monsters on the ground. So various races discussed and asked the elves to set up "crash classes" to open for everyone to learn.
Different races have different learning speeds, different courses of expertise, and very different interests. In order to measure the general level of learners, the elves set up an examination class that only needs to be memorized: elves' general knowledge. All students must learn the elves' history and culture, and use the grades of this course to decide whether they can learn the subsequent knowledge, or even whether they can graduate.
The elves were surprised to find that the students taught in this way had a stronger affection for the elves. When they returned, their power would become closer to the elves. Therefore, the elves increased their attention to the elite academy, took out more faculty, and cultivated more elites under the premise of being "friendly to the elves".
"The first obstacle there is the elf language, which is a phonetic text composed of many circles and dots. Because it is a pronunciation, in the long history of the elf, the part of the elf has split and merged into its own habits, and migration causes changes in the accent, resulting in many branches of the elf language. Especially in general lessons, you need to master a large number of ancient elf languages. You must know that the ancient elf history of the elf was a node of five thousand years and a stage of twenty thousand years." Tormond became serious and said, "From tomorrow, I will teach you elf language."
Dagon's face turned green immediately, as if he suddenly became a plant on the ground and gained the ability to photosynthesis. "Is it difficult to learn the elves' words?"
Chapter completed!