Chapter 188: The Destitute Noble
Blonde hair, red hat, aristocratic clothing, this young man's attire and face are very similar to Rufus, the wizard with memory-shaping magic who showed his prowess in the great magic show in the original time and space.
Kira remembered it very clearly. This memory shape could be said to be the strongest shape magic known. If Gray didn't have the aura of the protagonist, he would not have been able to win in the Great Magic Fighting Competition.
At this moment, Kira thought a lot.
The Devil's Heart, apart from the president and vice president, the strongest fighting force is the Seven Familiars of Purgatory. These seven people all use lost magic. Coincidentally, Rufus' memory shape is also a kind of lost magic.
"Is it because of that magic that the Devil's Heart is targeting him, or... is he now a member of the Devil's Heart?"
The so-called lost magic is the magic created by our predecessors, written in books, and left to future generations, rather than the magic awakened by the wizards themselves. Therefore, every lost magic is extremely precious and difficult to learn.
Suppose that Rufus was a new talent cultivated by Devil's Heart, but their guild was defeated by Fairy Tail at Tenrou Island. As a result, this new generation who did not participate in the war due to insufficient combat power dispersed and later joined Saberbite Tiger. This can also explain why he was able to learn the magic of memory shape.
Kira began to make bold guesses and silently wrote a 100,000-word light novel like "As soon as I got the Lost Magic, the Guild was gone."
After making his guess, Kira turned his gaze toward the crowd again, only to find that the Magic Boy's street performance had just ended and Ultear had long since disappeared.
"Boss Kira, the performance is over, shall we go? Don't we still have to find an academy?" Ika urged Kira, pulling on his cloak, his tone somewhat dissatisfied.
Kira ignored the little fanboy's words and instead pulled him towards Rufus who was packing up and about to leave: "Let's go over and take a look!"
This situation made Ika anxious and he quickly chased after him: "Boss, are you thinking of changing your little brother? No! I have to stop him!"
"Sister Kana is right. If you follow Teacher Kira for a long time, your whole person will become abnormal. Fortunately, I don't have such symptoms."
Akas shook her head and sighed. She pulled out a bottle of juice from her waist, which was covered by her cloak, and took two gulps like Kana drinking wine, then followed.
Kuwan, who was walking at the end, complained silently: "You are the same. You even learned how to drink juice from Kana. You are hopeless! As expected, a man should stick to himself and speak with his fists! There is no way out if you imitate others!"
Kira walked up to the blond boy and asked, "Boy, you are a wizard, right? Do you accept commissions?"
The blond boy paused and turned to look at Kira with surprise. Obviously, he didn't expect that someone would entrust a poor boy like him who performed on the roadside.
"I will accept... May I ask what kind of commission it is?" The boy who was about to accept it suddenly changed the subject and asked Kira, "I will judge whether I can accept it based on the content of the commission. If it is beyond my ability, please forgive me for being unable to do anything!"
The boy said this sincerely and politely, and there was nothing wrong with his answer, but Kira could tell at a glance that he had little experience.
When Kira was young, he followed an adventure team and had a wandering experience performing magic to make a living.
At that time, if someone asked him to do something, he would not ask whether he could do it or not, but would directly show his magic to the other party. Of course, it was the kind of magic that looked very powerful but actually had no power, so that the other party could use their imagination to make up the story. In short, the purpose was to scare people.
If people are not scared, then I am just practicing magic. I didn't hear any commission! What are you doing here? You have to pay to watch the show...
If you are scared, then you just take it, no matter whether you can do it or not. When you really cannot complete it, you just put the blame on all the possible factors, such as bad condition, too strong opponent, not enough money... If it really doesn't work, then you can just not take the money.
Anyway, you are the one who asked me for this commission, I didn't rush to do it. If you can't complete the commission, it's because you don't know people well. I just accepted the commission to make money. Is there any problem? No!
However, Kira is a very responsible person and has enough strength, so he completes every commission very well, and even tries his best to make up for the losses caused accidentally in the process.
"If you don't mind, would you like to come to the store over there and discuss the matters related to the commission?"
The boy looked at the roadside shop Kira pointed to, nodded and said, "Of course!"
Several people sat down in the store and ordered a few cups of black tea. Kira then began to ask questions: "My name is Kira, little wizard, what's your name?"
He tried his best to act politely, with a gentle, harmless smile on his face, just like the older brother next door.
The boy replied, "My name is Rufus."
Kira nodded silently. It was indeed this person. He continued to test: "I see that you are so young, why are you performing on the street?"
Rufus looked a little lonely, as if he regarded Kira as a rare person to confide in, and replied: "To be honest, some time ago, my family's business was not doing well and went bankrupt, so I ended up living on the streets."
Kira remained expressionless, listening to him tell his story quietly, secretly complaining in his heart: Good fellow, you really are a rich young master? No wonder you look so innocent! No! I, Boss Kira, have to teach you what it means to be evil!
"That's a shame! Alas... The economy has been bad recently. I have a friend who was born into a wealthy family, but her family went bankrupt not long ago. Now she is worried about not being able to pay the rent every day. Fortunately, she is a wizard and currently has a stable job in the Magic Guild..."
The atmosphere suddenly became a little dull, and Rufus seemed a little moved.
Feeling that he had said enough, Kira went straight to the point: "Speaking of which, I just saw your magic, it's very unique. If you have nowhere to go, I can recommend you to join a good magic guild. With your ability, it won't be a problem to solve the problem of food and clothing. By the way, I wonder what kind of magic you use?"
The three Ika kids sat aside and watched the conversation between Kira and Rufus silently. They first praised him, then showed empathy, and finally offered a helping hand. After these three moves, they could feel that the young and inexperienced Rufus's favorability towards Kira increased sharply.
"Joining a magic guild? Really?"
Everyone present could sense that, although Rufus was very restrained, the expression on his face and the tone of his voice still revealed the joy and excitement in his heart.
Kira was very satisfied with Rufus' attitude, nodded and smiled: "Of course! I believe you can become an excellent wizard in the future!"
“Oh… I see…”
In fact, Rufus is not as naive as he appears.
He understood early on that issuing commissions was just an excuse to talk to him. Who who wanted to issue a task wouldn't go back to the Magic Guild instead of looking for a kid like him who performed on the street?
"Looking at his attire, he is obviously a wizard. He is here at this time, and he is accompanied by three children. He must be here to enroll in Demisol Magic Academy."
At this time, Kira was wearing a magic robe and a magic hat, and the words "I am a wizard" were just short of being written on his face. Rufus had been wandering for many years, so he still had some vision and brains.
There are kind people in the magic world, but they are a minority. Rufus has been wandering for many years and has seen countless people. Nine out of ten of them have bad intentions towards the weak, and the remaining one is indifferent to what he sees and hears, which is equivalent to helping the evil. That's why he made up some nonsense like "bankrupt young master".
And this man named Kira, Rufus initially judged, was trying to recruit him for the magic guild he belonged to!
He heard that many members of magic guilds fought fiercely among themselves, and would even fight to the point of bleeding for a mission! This person was most likely trying to recruit a few more thugs for his faction!
Rufus silently observed Kira, and in his mind he had already imagined a lot of indescribable "guild infighting".
'This Kira must have noticed my talent and thought that I have a great talent for magic and am young and easy to deceive, so he wanted to recruit me for his magic guild! Although I really want to work, I can't be too eager and must be reserved! I must act like I am very excited! And I must continue to maintain my inexperienced personality! Stay calm, Rufus! This self-righteous adult is the easiest to deceive! '
Thinking of this, Rufus cleared his throat strategically and said, "The magic I use is called Elemental Modeling, which is a magic that can use multiple elements such as fire, wind, earth, thunder, and water to create a shape."
Rufus looked faintly proud, and he had every reason to be proud.
Although the modeling of each element is not strong, it is not an easy task to master the modeling of multiple elements at the same time, not to mention that he is only 11 years old this year.
Unfortunately, magic is most afraid of being too proficient in one thing and too little in another. It is difficult for magicians to realize this until they are really at a disadvantage. If Rufus is allowed to continue to grow like this, his future achievements will be limited.
At this moment, Kira had only one question in his mind: Could it be that this little kid hasn't learned the memory shaping magic yet?
