Chapter 9: The Griffin's Bloodline and the Illusory Flow Lion

Bimoye and Ursula did not take a carriage but walked directly to the Dolores family's mansion.

Ursula, walking beside Bimoye, asked, "Hey, do you think that guy with the magic hat bet because he saw the reason for Heloha's failure?"

Bimoye did not respond.

Ursula continued, "If that's true, for a kid to see through things so clearly, even we who study and analyze national affairs every day in our large families might not see it so clearly."

Bimoye still did not speak.

Ursula thought for a moment and then said, "But it probably won't be that. He doesn't seem like someone with a significant identity, right? Hey, say something."

Bimoye gave him a cold look, "I notice you've been talking a lot lately."

"Tch! I don't believe you don't care about that person at all."

Bimoye still did not speak, but his eyes showed a slight change.

The Dolores family's mansion was located in the northwest of the city center. As one of the five most important families in the empire, it was close to the royal palace. They passed through several noble-exclusive teleportation channels and arrived at the teleportation array specifically set up for the Dolores family.

A huge triangular bull's head emblem was embedded high on the main gate of the mansion. Behind the grand building, it was like a manor, with a main residence, winery, farm, and pasture. The beautiful scenery and lush orchards were hard to imagine in the most prosperous city of the empire.

Powerful families in the empire would often enclose their residences and manage them themselves. The size of the five major families' mansions was like small villages.

"Hey, Bimoye from the Christine family is here." A dignified, plump woman in the main hall was wiping a very beautiful gemstone with a silk handkerchief.

"Aunt Qiu Lin." Bimoye and Ursula bowed politely.

The woman called Qiu Lin put the gemstone in a box, walked forward, and looked at Bimoye carefully, smiling, "You haven't come to play at our house for a while. Unlike Ursula, who comes here every few days."

"Ah, Aunt Qiu Lin, if you say that, I'll be embarrassed. If you find me annoying, I'll leave."

"You brat, Aunt was just joking, and you take it seriously." Aunt Qiu Lin tapped him and said, "Alright, Vivian and Celte are in the garden. She even brought a幻兽, she likes it so much, you should go see."

They came to the vast garden and finally found Celte and the others.

"Hey, an Illusory Flow Lion!" Ursula was slightly surprised when he saw the幻兽 playing with Vivian not far away.

Celte saw them and shouted, "Hey, come over and see what my sister's幻兽 is like?"

Vivian also waved at them.

Ursula ran over quickly, circling the lion with a pair of snow wings and a single horn on its head, "It's really an Illusory Flow Lion, how is that possible!"

Vivian, sitting between the snow wings of the Illusory Flow Lion, stuck out her tongue at him, "Hmph, why can't I have an Illusory Flow Lion?"

Celte also paid special attention to Ursula's expression and laughed, "It's not just your Alecsia family that can find an Illusory Flow Lion."

"I didn't say that," Ursula said, "But... how did you get it?"

The Illusory Flow Lion, in terms of bloodline, is a distant relative of the griffin.

Bimoye walked over slowly, and Celte punched him, "Hey, can't you come a bit faster? You're always like this."

Vivian happily jumped off the Illusory Flow Lion and held Bimoye's hand, "What do you think of my幻兽?"

"Um." Bimoye just responded.

Celte punched Bimoye again, but this time he dodged. Celte was angry, "Hey! What does 'um' mean? My sister got this beloved幻兽 and the first thing she thought of was to bring it for you to see, and you only say 'um'?"

Bimoye thought for a moment and said, "Very good."

"I'm about to be driven crazy by you!" Celte patted his sister's shoulder and shook his head, "Sister, why do you even think about this wooden-headed guy?"

"Brother, what are you saying!" Vivian's face turned red, a bit disappointed by Bimoye's reaction, but still happily pulled him, "Because I performed well at the Royal Inner School, Queen Athena gave it to me. Do you want to ride it? I'll let you ride."

Athena Ishibuti is the most beautiful queen in the history of the Magic Moon Empire.

Bimoye originally wanted to refuse, but after thinking for a moment, he agreed.

Ursula sighed in relief, "It turns out the queen gave it to her, I thought..."

Celte laughed, "Your expression looks like you're relieved. Breeding and maintaining the bloodline of griffins and their relatives has always been a secret of your Alecsia family. You say you don't care, but you're still worried."

"Whatever." Ursula said, "There are so many wild griffins in the empire. If I had to worry every time I saw one, I'd scare myself to death."

Celte laughed loudly, "I think you're just scaring yourself, ha ha..."

Ursula saw Bimoye and Vivian sitting on the Illusory Flow Lion, flying in the sky, and turned to Celte, "Hey, does your sister know that Bimoye is going to Kulantin?"

Celte immediately made a shushing gesture, "If she knew, it would be a disaster. She would insist on being with Bimoye."

"But you can't hide it forever. Vivian will find out sooner or later."

Celte shook his head and sighed, "Whatever, it's a family matter, I can't control her. As long as she doesn't know for a few days, she'll have to stay at the Royal Inner School this semester."

Ursula sat on the grass, basking in the sunlight, and said, "Your sister is just like those infatuated girls. I don't see what's so good about Bimoye compared to me."

Celte laughed, "True, he's not as good as you, not as rich, not as easy to get along with. But one thing, he's not as much of a playboy as you!"

Ursula grabbed his collar, pretending to be angry, "Who are you calling a playboy? Who?"

"Who else, far away in the sky, right here in front of you." Celte continued to laugh, "You can't deny it, it's known by all the nobles in the empire, even the people in the capital."

"Tch." Ursula let go of his collar and lay on the ground, "I call it enjoyment."

"Shameless, and you call it enjoyment." Celte also lay on the ground, looking at the Illusory Flow Lion flying in the sky, and suddenly said, "Unlike the Royal Inner School, Kulantin not only values academic ability but also practical combat skills. That's what Bimoye likes, so he doesn't want to go to the Royal Inner School."

Kornelia and the others returned to the inn and knocked on the door of the room where Bingzhe originally stayed, but no one came to open it after a long wait.

Vain said, "Maybe he hasn't come back yet?"

At this moment, a waiter walked by, and Yilina asked, "Excuse me, has the person in room 308 come back?"

"Room 308..." The waiter thought for a moment and said, "Oh, he just came by and has already checked out."

"Checked out!" Vain and the others were surprised, "Oh, did he say where he was going?"

The waiter shook his head, "No, sorry."

Back in Kornelia's room, Yilina sat on the bed and said, "Why would he check out? Isn't he a student applying to Kulantin Academy?"

Vain was also disappointed, hanging his head, "It's a rare encounter with someone I respect, and I didn't even get to be friends with him before he left. What a pity."

"Xileste Bingzhe." Yilina repeated his name, "What a strange name, who names someone Bingzhe? And he has black eyes, which is rare."

"And he's a strange person too." Kornelia told them about the arena and the bet.

Vain was shocked, his jaw almost dropping, "1...1...100 gold vouchers!! 100 gold vouchers are 100 magic crystals, which is 10,000 gold coins, which is one million silver coins! He didn't want it, he's crazy?"

Yilina also found it unbelievable, "Uh~~, rich people are different. Ten thousand gold coins are just casually handed out. My father is a government official in Silver Leaf City, and he earns less than 100 gold coins a month. 10,000, oh, my heart can't take it." She clutched her heart and fell on the bed, sighing repeatedly.

"Speaking of which, he is quite capable." The room was silent for a while. After a moment, Kornelia stood up, pulled Yilina and Vain out of the room, and said, "Alright, we've had lunch, Yilina's mercenary rank has been promoted, everyone go back to your rooms and rest. I need to review my lessons. The Kulantin admission exam is very strict, they won't let us in just because I'm a noble daughter, so everyone, work hard!"

Yilina and Vain had no choice but to leave and return to their own rooms.

Under the moonlight, in a desolate grassy hill on the outskirts of the capital, Dibelas, Bingzhe lay quietly on the ground, looking at the moonlight. Soon, a huge black shadow flew over his head and disappeared.

Bingzhe said calmly, "Hey, tonight is the last time I'll let you out. In a few days, I'll be entering Kulantin, so stay quiet in the barrier inside me."

It seemed like he was talking to himself, with no one around, but after a while, the huge black shadow flew back, almost blowing off Bingzhe's hat with the wind it created.

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End of Chapter 9