356 Heros Home (2/2)

Roland slightly bowed at him. Since the man was Andonara's senior, he had to show the necessary respect.

”Hello, Mr. Roland.” Cage looked at Roland with an extremely odd expression, as if there were a lot of things that he wanted to say. But eventually, he simply smiled and said, ”Nice to meet you.”

At this point, the boy jumped and complained, ”You haven't introduced me yet!”

Andonara patted the boy's head and said, ”This is my cousin, Kaido Reed.”

Roland smiled at the boy and said, ”Hello, young Reed.”

”You're wearing a magic robe. Are you a Mage?” Kaido looked at Roland in admiration and asked innocently, ”Can you teach me magic?”

”Of course, if you want to learn,” replied Roland.

Cage shook his head and said, ”Sir, just ignore him. He can't learn magic. Or rather, nobody in my family can learn elemental magic.”

”Why?” Roland was slightly confused. He could tell that both Cage and Kaido harbored enough magic power for them to cast simple level-two spells.

”It seems to be a result of our bloodline,” said Cage with a smile.

”The Hero bloodline?” Roland subconsciously asked back.

Cage, however, frowned and looked at Andonara, as if he were blaming her.

Naturally, Roland noticed his look. He said, ”It was not Andonara who told me, but someone else.”

Cage asked further, ”Who was it?”

”Antis.”

Cage was silent for a while. He naturally knew who Antis was.

He was a noble too and had spent time in the capital now and then. He had met Antis often when Antis was little.

Antis was related to the royal family and had grown up together with Andonara. Cage had thought that they would become a couple, but surprisingly, Andonara showed absolutely no interest in Antis at all.

At this point, Vivian and the other magic apprentices got out of their carriages. Realizing that they were all from noble families, Cage greeted them with a smile. ”Welcome to my humble abode. Please come in.”

Then, he cleared the way and invited the guests to come inside.

A middle-aged butler came out and directed everybody into the house.

The moment they entered the house, they saw an enormous painting on the wall in the hall.

In the painting, a warrior, holding a fiery blue sword and a shield that had a phoenix background, was stepping on a gigantic red demon and was about to kill it.

All the guests were drawn to the painting.

Seeing that, Cage secretly chuckled in satisfaction.

Relaxed now that she had come home, Andonara looked around and asked, ”Has my father been around recently?”

”He took a merchant group to Urganda.” Cage asked the guests to take a seat and said, ”That was three months ago.”

”You sit here. I'll prepare dinner for you.” Andonara went upstairs and soon returned in regular clothes with two maids. She looked like a caring wife in her new outfit. She asked, ”Roland, what do you want to eat?”

”Anything!”

”Anything” was definitely the most difficult food to make. Andonara rolled her eyes at Roland and went to the kitchen with the maids.

Roland, on the other hand, introduced the magic apprentices to Cage.

Hearing that they were traveling magic apprentices, Cage spoke with reminiscences of the past. ”I worked as a mercenary for years when I was young. I still dream about it often even to this day.”

”I didn't know you were a mercenary too,” Vivian said in surprise. ”Andonara used to be a mercenary. She must've learned after you.”

Cage scratched his beard in satisfaction and said, ”I taught her how to use a sword, but she is probably stronger now.”

Since he saw Cage in the beginning, Roland had vaguely guessed that Andonara was taught by him.

Andonara had mentioned that her father was a small noble and a merchant who traveled all the time. Whenever he left for business, he would entrust the young Andonara to his big brother in Reed Village.

So, Reed Village was Andonara's second home.

Cage chit-chatted with them warmly for a while. When the butler came down, he asked the butler to take the magic apprentices to the guest rooms that had been cleaned up. Then, he crooked his finger at Roland.

Roland followed him to the balcony on the third floor.

Looking at the low, shabby cottages far away, Cage asked slowly, ”What's with you and Anna? Why is she hanging around with you when she's a queen?”