Chapter 41: The Value of Magical Apprentices (Part 1)
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"Nelise, what's wrong with you?" Salin did not scold him. He pulled Nelise up from the steps. Seeing Nelise's snow covered in snow, his anger disappeared.
She also has a teacher and Shika, but Neris is just alone. She is so good at scolding her as her master. No one in the entire Meles continent will care about her anymore.
"I'm hungry."
Salin lowered his voice and asked, "Where are the meat I bought on the road?"
“It’s all eaten up.”
Salin felt a little embarrassed. Nelis had a lot of appetite and liked to eat fresh meat. She couldn't afford it, but now she lives in the princess's mansion, which is difficult to get in and out. Moreover, it is too strange to buy a large amount of fresh meat. A magician and two women, why buy so much meat?
"Go into the house and say." Salin pulled Neris into the room and asked, "What else do you like to eat besides fresh meat?"
"Master, I...I'm very hungry recently, and my stomach has been so empty. If I can't starve, I might be growing."
Grow your body?
Salin carefully recalled the original appearance of Nelise, and it was indeed a little thin. The book said that many monsters would eat in large quantities before they advanced, and the demons should be the same, right? Nelise is probably about to become an adult, so she should find a way to purchase a batch of food and not delay this matter.
Nelise, who is not adult, can attack the headless knight. If she is adult, her combat power is very exciting. Moreover, demons can learn magic, although it is very rare and slightly different from human magic. However, for Nelise, who is known for hand-to-hand combat, even one more ice cone technique can increase its combat power by more than double.
"I asked them to prepare more food, I'll find a way to solve the problem of fresh meat." Salin comforted Neris, who nodded and agreed, not doing any tricks like before.
Neris is about to advance, Sika's weapon has also been repaired, and she has obtained 24 magic formulas. Salin's heart is slightly calmer, and Faren's words seem to ring in his ears.
Earl Su Fangsuo was attacked by his teacher and would probably be really worried in the future. He is a sword saint and cannot be protected in the magic tower all the time. The gap between him and him will become smaller and smaller.
But when he was holding back at the Princess's Mansion, Salin was a little unwilling to give up. Where can I hire an assassin? If I can't kill Su Fangsuo, at least I will make the Earl's Mansion uneasy. I should have asked Aini to help him, and Aini will definitely find a powerful assassin.
Forget it, Su Fangsuo must do it himself. If the assassin accidentally kills him, he will be even more unwilling to accept it.
The snow fell on and off for three days, and the New Year came in a blink of an eye. The similar calendar used by the Qin Empire and Skochenya both originated from the Second Dynasty. Many customs were left over from the age of Goddess Meles.
The princess's mansion was decorated with lights and the atmosphere was warm, and even the yard of Feilun could feel the joyful atmosphere.
After accepting Princess Rex's badge, Salin became familiar with the people around him and also had a more detailed understanding of Princess Mansion. Unlike what he imagined, the mage around Princess Rex has been maintained below 300. The six rooms vacant in the yard have been upgraded to the Great Magician.
These six people have been studying with Feilun, but they are not Feilun's students. After they advanced, they all went out to walk and exercise.
Princess Rex is almost all around him. Once these mages advance, they will leave the Princess Mansion. In ten years, more than 30 great magicians have emerged from the Princess Mansion.
If Kushui County did not encounter any crisis, these great magicians might not come back in their entire lives.
Sarin then admired Princess Rex, but such methods were not available to other nobles. However, he was very curious. The consumption of money was extremely terrifying even if he had cultivated so many great magicians. Even if he had relied on his existing gems, it was hard to say whether it could be enough.
Where did Princess Rex get the money?
Salin had some knowledge of the income of the nobles or royal families. Princess Rex would not have any special care even if she was the only daughter of His Majesty the Emperor. Because she had obtained the fiefdom, all expenses were distributed from the income of the fiefdom.
There are ten to twelve small cities below the county-level city, and the control range will not exceed two hundred miles. The total area is definitely not as good as a principality. Moreover, Princess Rex has not yet been a real adult, and she cannot call all the taxes in the surrounding cities.
Only after she became an adult did these cities truly fall under her jurisdiction. Before that, the officials of these cities were appointed by the House of Commons.
Kushui County is said to have been an almost abandoned ancient city, but now it is prosperous and solemn, with the atmosphere of the capital. Where does this money come from? Even if the princess has a great magician as a teacher, she cannot have so much wealth.
Advanced magicians are indeed rich, and the consumption of building a magic tower is no less than building a city.
There must be something strange about this Kushui County.
"Salin, Salin!" A crisp voice sounded outside the door. Salin opened the window and saw a female mage living opposite standing in the yard, summoning him.
"Nania, what's the matter?"
Nania has flax hair and a petite figure, like a man from the Yunliu Empire. She started and said, "Do you have time to do a favor?"
Salin looked at Feiren's laboratory in embarrassment, and Nanya smiled and said, "Sir, I'm not here recently, so let me tell you. You can use the laboratory, but you can still get the things from the princess."
Salin suddenly realized that Feilun was about to advance and must go to the Magic Tower to practice for a while. In the Magic Tower, not only is it safe, but the recovery speed of mental power and magic strings is also very fast.
"Wait a minute." Salin put on a robe. The robe was brand new and woven with green silk. Although it was not as good as the magic robe given to him by the teacher, it was also a rare thing. The mage in the princess's mansion was really good. Like himself, he could also receive a third-level magic core every day.
This magic core is very small and is not as valuable as that sold in the equipment store outside, but its effects are not much different. The mage's cultivation process is not as good as a battle, so there is no need to use that expensive magic core. But this is not easy. You should know that there are more than 200 mages in the princess's mansion. The consumption of such low-level magic cores every day is thousands of gold coins.
Salin walked out of the room and asked, "Nanya, what do you want me to do?"
Princess Rex had already found out about Salin's origin in Ceylon City and no longer cared about him secretly. Salin also felt much more relaxed and had a relaxed relationship with these mages.
Nania's face turned red, as if it was blowing from the wind. She whispered: "The tailor is too busy. Can you go with me for one afternoon?"
"Tailor?" Salin was a little surprised. He was a mage, so it was difficult to make anything for the princess, and he was even more amateur in cutting.
"It's my brother, the people from the Swordsman Camp are gradually coming back. According to convention, on the sixth day of the New Year, the county's main military parade is here. We have to hurry to make a batch of brocade robes, and the other mages follow the princess to go hunting in the winter. I..."
Only then did Salin remember that because Shika's weapon was solved, she did not ask to participate in the winter hunt. The princess's mansion suddenly became empty yesterday. Nanya may have cared about her brother and did not participate in the winter hunt.
Moreover, Feilun's circle is a bit strange. He doesn't like many people, and they are all concentrated in this yard. Nanya and other mages are probably not very familiar with each other.
"Okay, let's go." Salin thought for a while. Since Feiron was not here, he had nothing to learn, so helping him was nothing. Nania must need his magical assistance to find him.
Nanya smiled, revealing her tiger teeth, and happily took Salin and left Feiron's yard.
After walking out of the yard, Salin discovered that except for the surrounding yard, other places in the Princess's Mansion were cleaned very clean, with only a thin layer of fresh snow on the ground.
After living in the Princess's Mansion for a while, Salin has become accustomed to the luxury of the mansion. Looking at these houses and buildings, there is no longer a stunning feeling. Maybe a person's temperament needs to be cultivated in a certain environment. Now, Salin will not show any surprise expression when he goes to any noble family home.
Salin sighed. When Viscount Gu Ge invited him, the mansion... was really tacky.
Through the numerous courtyards, Salin and Narnia walked side by side. As he passed by a garden, he saw several servants piled up dirt in the ground.
"What are they doing?" Salin asked curiously. Magicians are all studious people, and even if the slaves do things, there will be many reasons.
"Buried bamboo shoots."
"Bamboo?This season?"
"Sarin, you are from Skochenya. I don't know what this Kushui County looks like. It is cold in winter, dry in summer, and well water is bitter. Before the princess came, it was very dilapidated. However, except for the poor grain, the food here is not easy to grow, the products here are quite rich. They buried a kind of ice bamboo shoots, which only grow in winter. The people from the Swordsman Camp have returned. The princess will host the generals. The bamboo shoots are delicious. In order to keep them fresh, they have to be buried with soil. They will only dig them out when they are in the kitchen."
"So particular..." Salin didn't continue. Although he was poor since childhood, he thought that he was a princess, so he naturally could not live with black bread every day. According to his own habits, it was a bit ridiculous.
"What's the point? If you fight, those swordsmen will rush forward. The princess is just a little bit of thought. What we usually eat may not be simpler than this." Nanya explained to Salin.
"War? There seems to be nothing to fight in Kushui County, right?" Salin was careful and asked as if nothing had happened.
"I don't know either, but my brother said that their tailors are rushing to make a batch of armor, which is used on the battlefield, and have temporarily recruited hundreds of magic apprentices. If I weren't very busy, I wouldn't have asked you for help. I would have troubled you too much."
Salin was startled and had to recruit magic apprentices to make armor, and there were still hundreds of them? That is to say, do you want to enchant the armor? Although it is the lowest level enchantment, if all the soldiers wear this kind of armor, their defense will increase several times. The battlefield is not a private fight, and this large-scale weapon and equipment are of great effect.
Is it really going to fight? But the location of Kushui County is not close to the border at all, and is far away from the Duchy of Galoran. There are hundreds of miles of mountains in the middle, and the troops cannot pass through it.
Chapter completed!