After a while, the teacher still hadn't arrived.
Lin Ke stood in front, with the First Lady and his mother beside him on either side.
Both of them had donned their most luxurious attire.
The First Lady was wearing a long dress of gold and crimson, adorned with various golden and silver jewelry, and a large white jade gemstone hanging from her necklace.
She looked noble and magnificent.
Lin Ke's mother, meanwhile, wore a simple combination of pale green and crimson, with no jewelry since she didn't have much dowry, yet she appeared pure and fresh.
Behind them stood their respective personal maids, although their status was faintly lower than John, Billy, and Knicks.
After all, these two personal maids weren't original, the First Lady's went missing somewhere, and his own mother had never had one.
Soon after, Lin Ke also had the guards form two rows as a welcoming ceremony.
"Uncle Billy, the teacher is called Ove, right? The [] Teacher Mr. Ove."
Lin Ke turned his head to confirm once again.
Billy bowed and answered, "Yes, young master."
Once Lin Ke confirmed, he turned back and quietly watched in that direction.
The teacher, for some reason, took so long to cover a few hundred meters.
But just as he was thinking about this, Ove's figure appeared.
An elderly man wearing a light-purple high-collared robe was walking towards them.
The old man had white hair and beard, and held a magic staff made entirely of white metal in his right hand, with a small, suspended purple crystal at the top.
Each step the old man took was light, but as he stepped forward, a faint electric glow appeared around him, making him move extremely fast.
A hundred meters in a single step!
Lin Ke was slightly surprised and slightly excited.
Preparing himself, he made a gesture toward those behind him.
Seeing this, Billy immediately understood, turned around, and clapped his hands towards the guards.
The guards immediately stomped their feet, the sound somewhat uneven, but still shouted out:
"Warmly welcome Lord Ove..."
But before they could finish shouting, Ove's figure "whooshed" into the castle, leaving behind a trail of purple electric light.
Everyone was stunned.
"Little one, I'm waiting for you in Garoce's study." At that moment, an elderly yet gentle voice, slightly flustered, rang out.
This was Ove!
"Could it be that we're not prepared enough?" Lin Ke frowned, feeling a bit difficult to please! Was he dissatisfied with their lack of grandiosity?
The First Lady was also perplexed, "I've heard from Garoce that his friend is a powerful yet gentle and polite gentleman, but..."
Garoce was Lin Ke's father, Viscount Azanen.
"Young master, Lord Ove's temperament is somewhat... unusual, why not go up and see?"
Butler Billy quietly suggested, seeming as the only one who was familiar with Ove, possibly having had contact while previously following Garoce.
"Hmm, that's the only option then…"
Lin Ke, who nodded in response, suddenly froze, but swiftly returned to normal.
He waved to John and Knicks, "Let's go! We'll meet Teacher Ove together."
As for the First Lady and his own mother, they naturally returned on their own.
...
While walking along the path, Lin Ke suddenly blinked.
[Task: The socially anxious Ove has arrived! What are you waiting for, become his true disciple, and keep him at Azaenn Castle for at least five months!]
[Reward: Fragment of the lost Divine Artifact]
Task!
This is a task!
The information inside was so much that Lin Ke almost exploded with a shout of "excitable!"
So this Teacher Ove has social anxiety!
No wonder he suddenly landed after flying normally, no wonder it took him ten or twenty minutes to walk just a few hundred meters, no wonder he directly went to wait for him in his father's study...
Such a powerful person could be socially anxious?
Moreover, becoming his true disciple and retaining him here for five months seems quite challenging...
Although the reward is tempting, it's just a fragment, who knows if it's useful.
Don't be like Penguin or Pigsty, businesses that give only fragments, needing endless effort to complete them.
Lin Ke walked while pondering, his brows slightly furrowed.
Behind him, John and Knicks walked quietly, thinking Lin Ke was angry, given that the well-prepared welcoming ceremony didn't seem to catch Ove's attention.
John looked at the low-pressure Lin Ke and leaned over Knicks' furry large ear, whispering, "Later we need to help the young master teach that Ove a lesson!"
In his eyes, regardless of profession or strength, only his young master was the most important person in the whole world!
To make the young master happy, he wouldn't hesitate to deal with Ove anyway!
The childish and loyal John thought so.
"Ah!"
Knicks was startled when John suddenly spoke near his big ear.
Immersed in memory, he recalled the human adult who came to enlighten him in his tribe years ago, who also had a peculiar temperament, insisting on calling several aunts to accompany him to eat some "big carrots," quite strange.
And just now, knowing that rabbits' ears are naturally sensitive, John's sudden voice in a quiet environment naturally startled Knicks.
And Lin Ke.
"What's the matter?"
Lin Ke turned his head, somewhat puzzled.
"Young master, did that old man provoke you? I'll help you prank him later!" John said, looking fierce but cute.
Lin Ke was taken aback, and then amused: "No, I was just thinking about that Teacher Ove... he really gives an indescribable feeling. Anyway, you better not act rashly, or there'll be consequences!" Lin Ke warned.
John is still young and prone to mischief.
Usually fine, but crucial moments can't afford any mishaps.
"Okay..."
Knowing he misunderstood, John scratched his head.
"Yes, John, Knicks, you two try not to talk later, just stand there and don't move, understood?"
Lin Ke recalled he still had two little followers who needed to be cautious, lest Ove gets scared away.
The reward is, after all, a fragment of a Divine Artifact!
"Understood, like a statue, right?"
John instinctively put a finger in his mouth to suck, as he did when interested or thoughtful.
"Statue? Yes."
This was what Lin Ke came up with to amuse his own mother, who always used his playful nature as an excuse to play such children's games.
"What statue?" Knicks was confused.
John felt a bit smug: "This is a secret between the young master and me."
"A secret, my foot." Lin Ke said begrudgingly and then explained to Knicks, "It's a little game, just don't move later."
For the socially anxious, three people standing opposite versus one person with two statues makes a huge difference.
Socially anxious people dread engaging in social interactions with strangers.
"Alright, let's go in."
Talking all the way, they had reached the top level.
This place was solely Garoce's, and in the future would belong to Lin Ke.
Ove's behavior this time was indeed somewhat impolite, but this also indirectly showed that Ove and Garoce had a very good relationship.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Ke knocked on the door.
"Knock knock knock."
ps: Knock knock knock!
Open up! Show your ticket! (՞•Ꙫ•՞)ﾉ