Boris was immersed in memories, and Lott suddenly pushed open the door of the study happily: "Is this dog good-looking?"
"What dog?" The mage raised his head from the open notes, pretending that he was reading and writing seriously just now.
Lott held up a chubby tan puppy: "That's it. I asked Arnia for it."
"Who is Ania?"
"A widow in Holly Village, the one with an orchard at home. There are many dogs in her house, and one of them gave birth to eight puppies a few days ago. I want to get one."
Burris' expression gradually distorted at a slow speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye. He was very shocked, the Lord of Skeletons is really amazingly adaptable, he has quickly become one with the nearby residents, and even met the young widow.
"What do you... want a dog for?" Burris asked.
"I don't do anything, just look at this kind of dog is very cute. Don't you have a lot of dogs in the yard behind your tower? One more is not too much. And you also have a special golem servant to take care of the animals, I believe They are very serious and professional. There are too many dogs in Ania's family, and this one is not in good health and sick, and it probably won't be able to live in her house."
"Can we feed it?"
"Yes. I kissed it and infused it with a little bit of my strength. It will grow up healthily."
"Okay..." Boris squeezed the space between his brows. This is a dog that has received the power of a demigod. "I believe it will indeed be extremely healthy in the future. It's frighteningly healthy..."
"Give it a name?" Lott stepped forward and handed the puppy to Burris. Burris immediately snapped his fingers and closed all the paper products spread out on the table. Lott was amused by the mage's reaction, and he took the dog back to his arms, keeping it away from the desk.
Burris looked at the puppy: "I can't think of a good name, you decide."
He didn't mean to be perfunctory, it's the truth. There are two cats in his tower, one is a real cat, and the other is a revived corpse cat transformed by magic when he was in his forties. is black. The horses in his stable have no names, only numbers, and the three dogs in the kennel are called wolves, bears, and leopards... The strange thing is that Burris especially likes to name his golems, and each of his golems has a human names, and he even gendered them.
A few days ago, Lott asked him why. Burris said that because living beings have self-awareness, even wild animals know how to live and work, and humans don't have to worry too much. Presumably animals have their own real "names" in their calls, and what humans give them is just a pronunciation. , so that they recognize your call, so there is no need to think of names for animals. But golems are different. Golems have no self-awareness at all. They are not living creatures. They accompany mages every day—especially those mages who are developing secret projects and must fight alone. In some cases, mages can't bring human assistants into the secret laboratory, only golems can provide assistance. If you have to get along with golems every day, you should give the golems some more anthropomorphic qualities, which will benefit It will be the mage himself. You will be hypnotized by yourself, and you will have the feeling of being in the company of a living person.
At that time, Lott was still expressing emotion, saying that he would accompany Burris in person in the future, but Burris refused him politely and fearfully—he could not help at all, but only distracted people.
Lot hugged the dog and thought for a while: "Let's call it Earl Herolf."
"Why 'Count'?"
"I sealed it."
"All right… "
As soon as the mage finished speaking, Count Herolf suddenly barked out of the window. The barking of the puppy was not very deterrent, but it still frightened the metal raven that was about to fly into the window.
Burris secretly marveled at the puppy's keenness when he saw the birds hovering outside the window. This dog is no longer an ordinary dog. It has received power from a demigod, so it has become particularly sensitive to the sudden appearance of magical creations.
Lott appeased Earl Herolf like a competent host, Boris opened the window and let the raven land on the bookshelf. The raven is the messenger of Princess Estee, and Estee also has her own special hobbies in making golems. She deliberately made the metal raven have some habits that only real animals have, so that it can be more perfectly integrated into nature among.
After coming to a stop, the raven began to make Estee's voice: "Teacher, I have something to report to you... Recently, some rumors about you have been spreading around, and some of them are really very..."
Before Burris could answer, Lott preempted the conversation: "It's very hard to keep him late, right?"
"Are you still there?" the princess was surprised. "Ah, no... I mean, I don't think you're still in the tower?"
"Of course I'm still here. Let's not talk about this, Your Royal Highness, you can continue to talk, what are the rumors about Boris? Does it mean that he has an illegitimate child or something?"
Estee was silent for a while, as if she had guessed the reason: "Teacher, have you met Heisong? See you in your current appearance?"
Burris sighed: "Yes. But he doesn't know me as myself."
"I guess so. It must be him," said the princess. "Your appearance has been misunderstood as 'Master Burris' illegitimate son'. Many people say that you harassed a female apprentice when you were in your sixties and blackmailed her with your studies. Let her be with you... Later, after she conceived and gave birth to a child, you left the baby behind and drove the female apprentice out of the tower... This is the most basic and most widely circulated version of the rumor, but it is not the most vicious version... "
"What? Is there a more vicious version?" The Lord of Skeletons took the lead again, "Hurry up! I'm so curious!"
Boris could imagine Estee's expression at this time, and hoped that the frail child would not suffer from migraines. Estee sorted out her emotions and said, "It's like this... Some bards always like to make up dark and bloody stories to attract people's attention. In those poets' stories, although you are unmarried all your life, you often take the girl from the mountain village Catch them back to the tower, they said that you and the girls gave birth to many children, and then you will use those poor mothers and children for experiments... In the end, only one child survived. This child's personality is very cruel and selfish. The humiliation I suffered, I only want to gain your trust and authenticity... "
Burris sneered: "I wish I was so omnipotent. I have to conduct experiments, capture young girls, and let them have many children... It's a pity that human energy is limited."
"There is another version," continued Estee, "that the mage Boris fell in love with a woman when he was young, and then abandoned her in pursuit of magic, and at this time she already had a mage in her womb." The child. The child grew up beside his mother. After his mother died, he went to find his father alone. He finally found the mage tower, but unfortunately he was killed by the magic on the tower gate. After the mage found out, he regretted it. He took Pick up the broken bones and turn the child into a resurrected corpse... so even though the necromancer himself is over eighty years old, his child still looks like a teenager... "
Lord Skeleton shook his head and commented: "This version is not exciting, and it is not malicious."
Burris was not interested in evaluating the level of the screenwriter, and he didn't really want to listen to all the versions. He pressed his brows and asked: "Esti, you contacted me specifically, you must not just tell me a story... Have these rumors affected you? ?”
The instructor knew Princess Estee very well, and his guess was very accurate. "Yes," the princess said, "in the process of spreading rumors, somehow, I was also pulled in... Everyone in Sago knows the alliance between my father and you, so some people think that I am the illegitimate child of that 'mage' 'Already privately appointed for life, and said that my frequent visits to the Master Tower are not for medical treatment or to visit my old benefactor, but for private meetings with that young man... "
"You must suppress this rumor," Burris said. "It won't hurt me, or you as a mage, but it will definitely affect you as a princess."
"That's exactly what I'm worried about. Sorry, Master, maybe I shouldn't bother you with such stupid things, but I can't discuss it with others, I can only tell you..."
"Never mind. Do you have any preliminary thoughts of your own?" Burris asked.
Judging from the tone of her voice, Estee was probably gnashing her teeth: "I can arrest Black Song... He is in Sago right now. He doesn't know me, at least not me as a princess. I can find a few familiar officials in private Contact the temple, send a team of trial knights to control him, find any reason to imprison him for ten days and half a month, and I will specially arrange a prison for him with a strict forbidden magic field... "
Boris shook his head when he heard this: "It's too late for you to catch him. Besides, if you think about it carefully, the rumors caused by the black pine will only spread among adventurers. As for the nobles and ordinary people? The sons aren't interested at all, what they're really interested in is the princess' affairs. It's not the rumors about me that you should be extinguishing, it's about yourself."
Estee said immediately, "You're right! In case Sir Naylor believes this..."
Upon hearing this, Burris interrupted her: "Sir Naylor? Sir Naylor of the Knights of Blackcliffe Castle? Why are you talking about him suddenly? You haven't parted yet? You're still with him? It's unbelievable! "
The princess was obviously a little guilty: "I'm just saying... If he believes the rumors, it will be very troublesome. He is loyal to my father and king, and I can talk to me. He has a big soldier in his hand. I have to guarantee that he will always support me , instead of becoming my enemy..."
Burris said: "Don't quibble. I have lived in my eighties and seen countless young people fall in love. I can tell that you have always liked him. Estee, I said it many years ago, you The relationship with him can only stay between the monarch and his ministers, and you can't even be ordinary friends. Sir Naylor is a rigid follower of Otarot, once he finds out that you are a mage, or even a researcher of necromancy... Do you think he Will you continue to support you? You must alienate him so as to ensure that he remains loyal to you."
"But, mentor..."
"I'm doing it for your own good, think about it for yourself."
Lott poked Burris on the shoulder: "If the child is willing, don't interfere. Only those who truly love each other will not be hindered by faith."
Burris said: "You are right, but in fact there are not so many people who are 'truly' in love in the world. Most people fall in love just to make their lives more comfortable. Under this premise, the Otarot believers It is impossible for a necromancer and a necromancer to tolerate each other."
Unexpectedly, this time, the bone king who loves to digress did not insist on arguing.
"Well, it's also..." He sat on the edge of the table and looked out the window thoughtfully. Earl Herrolf had already fallen asleep in his arms.