"Cinderella?"
Lane was stunned for a moment.
"Because the Cinderella in the story planted a branch in front of her mother's grave and the branch grew into a big tree, which attracted the birds. So Daisy also brought a branch on the way back."
Darrie said with a smile: "But Daisy couldn't find her mother's grave, so she simply planted the branch in the yard."
"Uh..."
Lane looked at the bare branch and the corner of his mouth twitched.
This definitely won't survive, right?
"I was thinking of buying a sapling when I have time and secretly replace this branch."
"It won't be of much use to replace it. Winter is coming soon. When the sapling can't survive, Daisy will only be more sad."
Lane shook his head: "Let's just keep this branch planted here. After a long time, Daisy will naturally realize that it won't grow into a big tree."
"Like this..."
Darrie slightly lowered her eyelids. Actually, she still very much wanted Daisy to see the branch she planted grow into a big tree, so that Daisy could always keep that innocent and beautiful heart.
Seeing Darrie's reaction, Lane thought for a moment and cast a healing spell on that branch.
The green light ball was quickly absorbed by the branch, but other than that, the branch didn't have any other movements.
"All I can do is this. Whether it can survive or not depends on itself."
Lane sighed. The branch was already like this. Even with the healing spell, the possibility of it taking root and sprouting was less than one-tenth.
But Darrie's face brightened and she slightly bowed to Lane: "Thank you, Mr. Lane."
"There's no need to thank me. By the way, Darrie, I have something to do and need to go out later. I guess I'll be back soon. I'll leave dinner to you. Remember to prepare a portion for me."
Lane waved his hand, then mounted the horse and said to Darrie.
Darrie nodded: "No problem. I'll do my best. Mr. Lane, have a safe trip."
After explaining the matters, Lane turned the horse and galloped towards the mansion of the Odice family.
The mansions of the Yaxi family and the Odice family in Atel were quite far apart. Lane galloped on the horse for almost half an hour. This time was enough for Lane to make a round trip from the mansion to Orcutt Academy.
From afar, Lane saw the luxurious mansion of the Odice family and the two attendants already waiting at the entrance.
Noticing Lane's black hair and black eyes, an attendant immediately stepped forward and said respectfully:
"Is it Mr. Lane? My lord has been waiting for you for a long time. Please follow me."
Lane nodded, dismounted, and another attendant immediately came forward to lead the horse away.
The thin horse didn't sense any threat from that attendant, so it didn't struggle and obediently followed the attendant.
Lane followed the attendant who greeted him into the mansion.
Although he hated Lane very much, anyway, he was the captain of the Dark Corrosion Knight Regiment. The most basic courtesy, Demo still had to give.
After entering the mansion, Lane looked around inside the mansion. He neither saw Demo nor Ivette.
"Mr. Lane, my lord is waiting for you at the swordsmanship arena now. Do you need me to prepare something for you?"
At this time, the attendant said.
Lane shook his head: "Just take me to the swordsmanship arena directly."
Hearing this, the attendant was stunned for a moment, but didn't ask any questions and directly led Lane towards the backyard of the mansion.
Entering the backyard of the Odice family's mansion, the view suddenly opened up. Lane then discovered that the entire backyard of the Odice family had been transformed into an open-air swordsmanship arena.
It had to be said that they were truly a knight family. The entire swordsmanship arena had all kinds of training facilities and was even more luxurious than the main mansion.
At this time, Demo, wearing silver-white armor all over his body with only his head exposed, held a knight's long sword and stood motionless on the swordsmanship arena like a sculpture.
Ivette stood aside, obviously placed in the spectator area. When she saw Lane, she nodded towards him.
Stepping on the hard and thick floor tiles of the swordsmanship arena, Lane walked step by step to the opposite side of Demo.
Demo slowly raised his eyes and said coldly:
"Fighting against me, you don't even wear a set of armor. You're still wearing that inconvenient butler suit?"
Hearing this, Lane smiled faintly and raised his hand to straighten the collar of the butler suit: "This suit is much more convenient to wear than armor."
"Humph!"
Demo still snorted coldly and raised the long sword in his hand: "Draw your sword!"
Seeing this, Lane also unfastened the long sword wrapped in the scabbard from his waist and assumed a stance facing Demo.
Looking at Lane's dark scabbard, Demo frowned and then shouted angrily:
"You don't even draw your sword. Are you looking down on me?!"
"Well, not really. Believe me. If you knew what was wrapped in the scabbard, you wouldn't want me to draw the sword either."
Lane replied calmly.
Demo raised his eyebrows sharply: "You..."
However, in the next moment, Lane held the long sword and suddenly charged forward!
Lane was still in a hurry to return to the mansion and had no time to exchange trash talk with Demo.
In the blink of an eye, Lane rushed in front of Demo and swung the long sword towards him!
Although Lane's long sword was still wrapped in the scabbard, Demo didn't dare to underestimate it at all and hurriedly raised his sword to parry.
However, just as the two swords were about to meet, suddenly, a layer of fierce flames attached to Lane's long sword!
Ivette, who was watching from the side, suddenly had her eyes light up. This was the sword skill of a Magic Swordsman!
"Clang -"
"Boom!!"
The long sword with flames struck Demo's sword and the flames burst out suddenly, creating a huge blaze between the two. A surging heat wave spread out centered on the two!
Feeling the heat wave coming towards her, Ivette became even more excited!
Is this the power that a Magic Swordsman erupts in actual combat!
Demo's burly body flew backward in the explosion's smoke and dust, leaving two long black marks on the ground with his feet and finally managed to stand still with difficulty.
After standing firm, Demo panted heavily and lowered his head. Seeing that his armor had already become somewhat red and hot, and there were even fine cracks on the knight's long sword in his hand.
Shouldn't the first round be a mutual test? What do you mean by using your big move right away?! At this time, a wind element formed by magic blew up, scattering all the smoke and dust on the swordsmanship arena. Lane holding the long sword slowly walked out from it, unscathed!
When seeing Lane's appearance, Demo was completely stunned.
What kind of monster was this?
Even if there was a gap between him and Lane, it shouldn't be such a big gap!
-- I lost.
Although they only fought one round, Demo already understood that he had lost.
Perhaps from the beginning, he had underestimated this man who was so young but had become the captain of the Dark Corrosion Knight Regiment.