Chapter Twelve The First Quarrel

  Dragging his heavy body and pulling the iron axe, Lin Feng barely returned to Karl's home. He felt a wave of numbness all over his body, and even his spirit was somewhat depressed. What he wanted to do now was to lie on the bed and rest comfortably for a while.

  It must be said that although Old Karl is a bit eccentric, he is extremely generous to Lin Feng and Nina. Last night, the old man voluntarily offered to sleep outside and temporarily lent his house to Nina and her son.

  Lao Ke Er's actions were seen by Nina, who kept thanking him with her mouth, but Lin Feng didn't say much and secretly remembered this matter in his heart.

  Last night at midnight, when Lin Feng realized that Nina was already asleep, he found a thick quilt and went out the door to cover it on Old Karl who was sitting on the lawn in a meditative state, before returning to the room again to continue his meditation.

  But he didn't know that in the biting cold wind, the old man wrapped in thick cotton clothes quietly opened his eyes and looked at Lin Feng's small back as he walked into the house, but remained silent for a long time.

  Lin Feng lay on the bed and rested for a while, feeling sore all over his body. He couldn't sleep no matter what, so he let out a sigh and sat up straight to meditate.

  Just a moment after he entered meditation state, Old Karl and Nena finally returned home.

  Old Karl glanced at Lin Feng, who was still sitting on the bed in contemplation, and nodded his head in satisfaction. He smiled at Nina, who was arranging vegetables outside the door: "Nina, that little guy is really diligent!"

  "Sir, my son has been very sensible since he was a child, and it's his good fortune to have you as his teacher." Nina smiled and gathered the vegetables: "But sir, it's almost noon now, shouldn't Lin Feng join us for lunch too?"

  Nina was also very satisfied with Lin Feng's hard work, but the days of eating only one bun per day last year made her feel guilty towards Lin Feng. Now that she could eat three full meals a day, and each meal was very rich, she couldn't help but feel heartache for her own son.

  "It's okay, you go cook first, and I'll call the little guy up when it's cooked."

  Old Karl casually said a sentence, and then began to fiddle with his bottles and jars in the room. He was not only a great magician but also a great alchemist. Since he put on the white robe, most of his energy has been placed on alchemy, so it's not that he didn't have enough talent to advance to level 9 after all these years.

  At this time, Lin Feng had already entered a meditative state and could no longer hear the conversation between the two people outside. He was not only meditating but also absorbing the weak ions in the air to replenish his depleted internal electricity, which he had used half of when dealing with the big man from the tavern, Xisi, and then showed some to Karl afterwards, leaving him almost completely drained.

  Apart from his physical weakness, another reason is the faintness of ions in the air.

  Last night's meditation, he didn't absorb ions together. Today, when he meditated again, he found that his response to the ions in the air was much stronger than before, and the speed of absorbing ions also increased a lot.

  Is this the effect of meditation?

  Although his body was extremely tired, Lin Feng's heart couldn't help but feel a wave of excitement. From Old Karl's words, his spiritual power had already reached the level of a second-level magician. What he lacked most now was control over magic.

  Meditation, apart from rapidly increasing spiritual power, can also enhance one's perception of external magical elements. What excites Lin Feng the most is that Ionization is among them.

  This time, the absorption speed, Lin Feng could clearly feel that it was much faster than usual. When he was controlling the ions entering his body, he suddenly heard a sound like thunder exploding beside his ear:

  "Little guy, finish your meal and then continue practicing."

  As soon as Lin Feng opened his eyes, he found Old Karl sitting beside the dinner table with a smile on his face, seemingly very satisfied with his efforts. The dinner table next to him was already filled with all sorts of steaming dishes, and his mother Nina had just placed the last dish on the table.

  The aroma of the dishes entered his nose, and Lin Feng suddenly felt the hunger in his stomach. After a moment of contemplation, Lin Feng even found that the soreness on his body had eased a lot. Without hesitation, he got out of bed and ran to the dinner table in two or three steps.

  He first gave old Karl a benevolent look and then sat down in the chair.

  Old Karl saw Lin Feng and seemed to be drooling, smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and pointed at the dishes on the table, indicating that he could eat first.

  Lin Feng looked at Old Karl with gratitude, then picked up the knife and fork on the table and started eating by himself. While eating, he also called out to Nina: "Mother, come eat quickly!"

  "Oh, my child, why didn't you wait until your teacher finished eating before you ate!"

  Nina heard Lin Feng's voice and immediately turned her head, but when she saw that Lin Feng had already started eating on his own, she couldn't help but scold him in a sentence, while also casting an apologetic glance at Old Karl.

  She had been the Marquis's personal maid since she was a child and was very particular about the hierarchy system. At this time, seeing Lin Feng not stopping his persuasion and still eating, even though she loved Lin Feng dearly, she couldn't help but feel some dissatisfaction: "Lin Feng, how can you be like this? Put down your utensils and quickly apologize to your teacher!"

  Old Karl suddenly realized that Nina had misunderstood, and hurriedly wanted to explain, but Nina seemed to be in a rage and didn't notice Old Karl's movement. Seeing Lin Feng still hadn't spoken, she sternly added another sentence: "Lin Feng, why are you still eating?!!"

  “……Why?” Lin Feng heard the indignation in Nina's voice, and suddenly felt a bit wronged. Subconsciously, he put down his knife and fork. Perhaps it was because this afternoon was really the most exhausting day for him since he came to this world. At this moment, he didn't want to explain the facts, but instead furrowed his brow: "Mother, don't you think this is hypocritical?"

  Nina looked at Lin Feng with a surprised expression, but immediately became angry: "Hypocrisy? Is this hypocrisy? Lin Feng, how can you not even understand the most basic etiquette!"

  "My mother, please calm down. I'm already very hungry. Must my teacher not touch his utensils and I can never eat?"" Lin Feng had put down his knife and fork and stood up from his chair: "These detestable noble etiquette, must they still be used among our own people?"

  "You're absolutely unreasonable!"

  Nina was furious and flailed her arms, but in her heart she was grateful to Old Karl for taking her and her mother in. In her mind, she could bear with Lin Feng's way of eating, but as for Old Karl's kindness, she felt that she had no ability to repay it, so she could only serve Old Karl wholeheartedly, perhaps only then would her heart feel a little more at ease.

  However, Lin Feng's actions undoubtedly gave her a loud slap in the face, making her feel that the respect she had for Old Karl was like being desecrated!

  Suppressing her anger, Inna took a deep breath and said with her hands on her hips: "Lin Feng, don't you even know the most basic politeness?!!"

  "Oh, all right, all right, you mother and son don't quarrel anymore. Nina, it was I who let the little guy eat first!" Old Karl saw that the situation was not favorable, and finally found an opportunity to mediate."

  "What?"

  Lin Feng ignored Old Karl's words and walked up to Nina: "My mother, you're too concerned with these rules. Otherwise, in the past ten years, you could have taken on the airs of a marchioness and given old butler Hili a look. Even if you didn't have the status of a marchioness, I'm still the son of a marquis. Old Butler Hili wouldn't have dared to give us so many cold looks, let alone restrict us to a small room where we can't even contact anyone, and our food is limited! And you, you always think you're just a maid, without the right to put on airs, not even allowing me to talk to the guards standing at the door! You're too concerned with these damned rules, that's why we've had ten years of miserable life!!"

  ……

  In an instant, Lin Feng's words were like a thunderbolt on a clear day, striking Nina's heart, and she didn't even hear what Old Karl had said earlier. She was stunned for a moment, but then a strong sense of grievance rose from the bottom of her heart. Looking at the determined little face in front of her, Nina suddenly felt as if something in her heart had been touched, and the overwhelming grievance turned into anger in that instant!

  She felt this was the first time in her life she had been so angry!

  "You, get out! You don't have to eat this meal, get out!!"

  At this moment, Nina's anger in her heart finally found an outlet and turned into this sentence, shouting at the thin child in front of her with a burst of rage.