Chapter 807 38. No matter what
"This is a reward..."
Annan asked someone to carry the treasure box to the office in disinterest.
Olmedo put down her official duties and went around to the desk to open the treasure box. The light of the magic heart reflected her blond hair brilliantly.
"This is..."
"The heart of magic, placed in the mage tower, can increase the affinity of all mages for magic... I have nothing to do and I will continue to be busy."
Annan is like a busy husband who has just sent home his wages. Just keep going out to work.
“Wait a minute.”
Olmedo stopped Annan and asked the maid Abby to bring the things in.
“Aunt Susan made you some gingerbread cookies.”
Abby, the maid, came in carrying dinner plates. The portions piled into a hill were in line with Aunt Susan's style.
“Why doesn’t Aunt Susan make apple pie?”
“She said that the rainy season is here and you are prone to getting sick outside, and gingerbread can enhance your resistance.”
“ Thank you Aunt Susan for me." Annan took the gingerbread and looked at Olmedo's blond hair, which was no longer as bright as before. "By the way, give yourself a holiday."
"No, I like to be busy. "It feels fulfilling." Olmedo shook his head, "Watching Liberty City getting better day by day with our efforts makes me feel fulfilled."
"If you want me to lighten the burden, trick me into bringing back a deputy city lord."
"I'll try my best..."
I casually told Olmedo about the situation of the Northern Great Wall. The portal disappears.
Annan took out a small portion to eat by himself, and took the rest to the Black Watch station next door.
"Regiment Commander, Mr. Albek, my family made some gingerbread cookies and I will send you some."
If the Empire and Black Watch are willing to treat Annan as a junior, then he should play his role as a junior well.
However, the legion commander became silent, and Albek looked surprised.
"What's wrong with the legion commander?" Annan looked at Archmage Albek.
Master Albek sighed: "His family lives in Yirenshuiwan..."
Annan looked at him and blinked.
"Pleasant Water Bay is in the Green Willow Principality..."
Annan tilted his head in confusion.
“The Principality of Green Willow is next to——”
“They were killed by the Ratmen.” The legion commander interrupted Archmage Albek’s euphemism, “The McKeon clan poured into Green Willow. Duke Liu left after three days, leaving nothing behind."
With mixed emotions of hatred, sigh, and sadness, the legion commander picked up a biscuit.
"I like gingerbread, thank your family for me."
Annan didn't expect the truth to be so cruel, so he was embarrassed to speak again.
But the Archmage Albek guessed something and said with a smile: "Is there anything else?"
"Uh...no..." "Really?"
Facing the half-smiling gaze of Archmage Albek, Annan said cautiously: "I want to ask...that essence of the mountain...do you...just...want it?"
The legion commander looked at it Looking at the plate of gingerbread, and then at the lion's open-mouthed Annan, he laughed angrily and feigned anger: "You took away the first place, and now you don't even let go of the second place reward?"
"I actually want to apologize..." Annan apologized, "I used some disgraceful means...to steal the first place and the magic heart, but I really need it..."
Archmage Albek didn't care, and comforted Annan: "It's not your fault. The rule promulgated by the empire is to win based on the number of mouse ears. We knew this was a loophole but still did nothing. Black Watch lost to Arrogance, we Accept the bet and admit defeat."
Otherwise, how could the empire be the thirteen supreme kings? As long as there are ten... no, five empires with such responsible kings among the thirteen supreme kings, the rat people have long since become a rare race.
"It doesn't matter who the champion of the hunt is."
As soon as the legion commander spoke, his dull whisper echoed in the big room: "Anyone can be the champion. The purpose of the reward is to let Middle-earth know the determination of the empire. . ”
Not even the Empire would have had a better effect - the determination to inspire other forces to resist the invasion. To a certain extent, Annan’s thoughts coincided with those of the empire.
I don’t know whether the legion commander is speaking out or if the empire really plans to do this...
It should be somewhere in between: giving it to other forces, or being used by other forces to use Annan. If you steal the first place, the Imperial Inquisition might break into the bedroom early the next morning and drag you away from the territory on the grounds that "you talked in your sleep last night."
As a small follower of the Empire, the first place was given to Annan, which made it not so difficult for Mount Montreal to accept. After all, neither cement nor newspapers are worth less than the Magic Heart, and Fast Clothes - the Quartermaster and the Purchasing Department like this kind of strong and wear-resistant clothes so much that they finally don't have to give them to them every week. A new set of clothes is provided for the animals of each legion.
"How do you want to compensate?" the legion commander asked with interest.
"You guys shouldn't have any use for the mountain essence. I can give it to you in exchange for 20,000 gold coins."
Annan is sincere. After all, he purchased ten copies of the mountain essence from Wilhelm. It costs 20,000 gold coins.
The legion commander shook his head.
Annan wasn't surprised either, he just thought it was the legion commander who had other purposes.
As a result, the legion commander said: "It's not worth so much, fifteen hundred gold coins, take it if you want."
Annan followed the Albek Archmage to collect the essence of the mountains. Then he returned directly to the station.
After a while, Archmage Albek returned to the big house and reported to the legion commander who was tasting gingerbread piece by piece: "Annan left and left us 20,000 gold coins."
Two. Ten thousand gold coins is barely enough to spend a month on Black Watch. If we had stayed at the Great Wall of the North, we might have been able to save even more.
The creation of the eight imperial guard legions of the empire cost the empire hundreds of years of accumulation and hundreds of millions of gold coins. The monthly maintenance and expenses alone would not be less than 200,000 gold coins.
A smile appeared on the legion commander's fleshy face:
"A nice boy, isn't he? There is no disgusting smell like a nobleman at all."
Archmage Albek nodded. It was hard to dislike a simple boy who looked like a junior.
"Report the money to the quartermaster." The legion commander patted the residue on his hand and pushed the gingerbread to the Albek Archmage: "You want to try it too?"
"I don't like sweets."
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Annan didn't ask about the Skeleton Edge. There are no fools in the big house, especially the Archmage Albek. Although he is only a master, he is incredibly smart. He can guess everything without saying anything to him. No wonder he became the legion commander's adviser... As long as I ask the Skeleton Edge, they will definitely guess that the executive officer has been in contact with me... …That could get him into trouble.
In any case, the Magic Heart should have been installed on the base of the Mage Tower. I wonder how much Magic Affinity can be improved?
Speaking of which, since it is to increase the magic affinity, I wonder if Mr. Victor can be changed from a "squib" to a spell caster?
Annan still remembers when he asked Mr. Victor to play the gatekeeper Filch in "Annan Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". When it was time to introduce the character, he was beaten out by him with a cane...
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