Chapter 698 (1/2)
Hornheim estate.
A young red haired man stood in the sun with a confident smile. There was a white round table under the shade of the tree next to him. Next to the table sat a middle-aged man with red hair. Their faces were very similar.
The young man pointed to the figure beside him and said, ”father, this is the puppet figure I have just refined these days. Please evaluate it.”
The middle-aged man put down his tea cup, glanced casually and said faintly: ”The defense of the place where the magic core is filled in the chest is too weak. If it is a combat doll, it will be easily destroyed by the Ranger. If it is a working doll, the treatment of the spherical joint is not perfect, which will lead to the failure of the doll in the working process and slow action efficiency. In addition, you have some defects in the design of the Magic Channel...”
The middle-aged man just glanced and found four or five problems, which made the proud young man freeze there.
This is his proud work. Unexpectedly, it is full of defects in his father's eyes.
The middle-aged man shook his head and said, ”Alphons, my son, you still need to continue to work hard. If you are only at this level, the hornheim family can't give it to you, and your grandfather won't agree.”
Alphons hornheim shook his fist, lowered his head and said, ”yes, father.”
The red haired middle-aged man is the patriarch of the hornheim family and the biological father of Alphons and Edward, Garfield hornheim, a master magician and senior alchemist.
Looking at Alfons who turned away, Garfield sighed gently, and his eyes looking at the sky were a little confused.
If it were Edward, it would be better
Edward's emergence is a miracle, but it is also a mistake. His alchemy talent is so excellent that Garfield once thought that he should really inherit the hornheim family.
But it is precisely because of this excellent that the current situation has been led to.
Edward was forced away by alvons, but he couldn't stop it, because he was a concubine, his mother was just an unidentified maid, and Edward inherited more of his mother's blood, and that blond hair was a symbolic feature.
In this ancient family inherited for thousands of years, blood lineage is highly valued. When selecting a wife, every child of the hornheim family will follow a strict test standard. The woman must have high enough magic talent and pass many tests to obtain the qualification to marry into the hornheim family.
On the one hand, this is to ensure the excellence of the hornheim family blood. On the other hand, it is also because the gods punished their family - the immediate descendants of the hornheim family, and the fertility rate is very low.
That's why Garfield said Edward's birth was a miracle.
The housekeeper with a numb face came over: ”master, the young master is back.”
Garfield frowned slightly: ”I know. He'll be back long ago.”
”No, I'm not talking about master Alphons, it's master Edward. Master Edward came back with his friends.”
”What?”
Garfield frowned slightly. How did Edward come back?
Doesn't he know what consequences his appearance will bring?
”Take me to him.”
”Yes!”
The other side.
”Damn it!”
Alphonse cursed in a low voice, turned his head and looked at the alchemy doll beside him, recited the curse silently, and the flaming fireball burned the doll he had spent a lot of energy to ashes in an instant.
”If it weren't for that guy... If it weren't for him, my father wouldn't be so disappointed!”
Alphonse clenched his fist and remembered Edward's face. Because of his amazing talent since childhood, everyone would compare Edward with Alphonse every time. In front of him, Alphonse's Alchemy level was eclipsed.
If he had not caught the painful foot of his impure blood, expelled him from the family, and even deprived him of the right to use the surname ”hornheim”, I'm afraid his inheritance would be really dangerous.
A servant with a numb face came over: ”master Alphonse.”
”What's up?”
”The young master is back.”
Alphonse was stunned for a moment and said flatly, ”it's impossible!”
”But it's true! The master has passed!”
”Lead the way!”
Alphonse immediately became nervous, his face was extremely gloomy, and his already bad mood became worse.
Damn it
Is it because I know what's going on here, so I came back to compete for inheritance?
No, absolutely not to him, the hornheim family, must not be inherited by him!
At the gate of the manor, Donne, Elia, Angus and Edward were standing there. Garfield had just arrived here and looked at his son he hadn't seen for years. His face was a little stiff.
There are surprises, worries, happiness and sadness
Donne stared at him for a long time, and now he still feels a little strange.
It's not von hornheim, but Garfield hornheim... Is it because the first name has too few words?
”You shouldn't have come back.”
After a long silence, Garfield said faintly, ”you know what Alphonse's attitude towards you is.”