Chapter 167: A Trivial Matter
Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance
“Haha, Mafa rlin, you couldn’t fit in Thousand Sails City so you ran to Oddrock City? I heard about your dad dying at sea and the Flashing Gold chamber of comrce going bankrupt, leaving you all alone... You are truly pitiful...” The young mage in his twenties kept talking, spraying saliva everywhere.
The problem was that Lin Yun truly didn’t know him, which made him feel rather angry.
‘I don’t know you, why are you coming over here to run your tongue?’
Lin Yun took a step back to avoid the saliva attack while giving Solomon a doubtful glance.
“He is Harrison Burns, the son of Kerry Burns...” Seeing Lin Yun’s confused look, Solomon knew that this young Great Mage still had issues with his mories.
In fact, this was a public secret in Thousand Sails City. Almost everyone knew that Locke rlin’s son had been growing at a frightening pace this past year, but his mory seed to have sharply declined... He would often look at people and ask who they were...
“Who is Kerry Burns?”
“...” Solomon twitched. He had clearly underestimated the degree of forgetfulness of this young Great Mage. Thus, the number one High Mage of Thousand Sails City had no choice but to remind him, “The leader of the Blue Moon, one of the seven chambers of comrce of Thousand Sails City. Like your father, he was involved in the alchemy business. When the Flashing Gold chamber of comrce grew bigger and gained a monopoly over the alchemy business, he diverted the core of his Blue Moon chamber of comrce to Oddrock City. Try to rember...”
Solomon’s impatience could already be seen from his last words. He was a peak High Mage, the master of the Sage Tower, wasn’t it too much to ask him to explain these trivial matters?
“Eh...” Lin Yun knew that it was a bit annoying, so he could only scratch his head at Solomon’s comnt as he searched through Mafa rlin’s mories.
In fact, that Kerry Burns was truly unfortunate...
Originally, the Burns family had been operating the alchemy business in Thousand Sails City for hundreds of years. But in Kerry Burns’ generation, Locke rlin had appeared. In twenty years, the Flashing Gold chamber of comrce rose up from nothing into a colossus that pressuring every other chamber of comrce. The Blue Moon chamber of comrce’s market was slowly eroded away day after day, up until it completely broke away from the alchemy market, being reduced to a stepping stone for the Flashing Gold chamber of comrce.
As for this Harrison...
He was the eldest son of that Leader Kerry. He showed so good magical talent as a child and beca a Mage in a dozen years. He then left to study at Okland Magic School for three years. He was already a 9th Rank Mage when he returned to Thousand Sails City.
Considering his age, he had been considered excellent among the younger generation, far above Mafa rlin and Mason Monchi. At the ti, many people compared him to Ryan Monchi.
But unfortunately, Harrison was far from being as good as Ryan...
Ryan ca from the Monchi Family, one of the major forces of Thousand Sails City. Even after the rise of the Flashing Gold chamber of comrce, the latter didn’t constitute a threat to the Monchi Family’s status.
But Harrison was different. He ca from the Blue Moon chamber of comrce. At that ti, the Blue Moon chamber of comrce had already been pressured by the Flashing Gold chamber of comrce, and if not for Locke rlin refusing to ruthlessly exterminate them, the Blue Moon chamber of comrce would have already had to declare bankruptcy.
When Harrison ca back, he had beco a 9th Rank Mage and was naturally proud and arrogant. Seeing the Blue Moon chamber of comrce in such a pitiful state instantly made him angry. He directly looked for an excuse to teach a lesson to Mafa rlin.
One was a 9th Rank Mage and the other was a 9th Rank Magic Apprentice. The outco need not be ntioned.
In short, Mafa rlin returned covered with cuts and bruises and complained to Locke rlin.
This Leader of the Flashing Gold chamber of comrce used all his power to sweep everything like a wind scattering dead leaves and spent the next month driving the pitiful Blue Moon chamber of comrce into a desperate state.
Just as the chamber of comrce was about to go bankrupt, Kerry Burns was no longer able to sit still so he took Harrison to the rlin father and son and made the 9th Rank Mage, Harrison, bow his head to a 9th Rank Magic Apprentice and apologize.
Only then did Locke rlin let the Blue Moon chamber of comrce off. But at the sa ti, he told Kerry Burns that he didn’t want to see Harrison in Thousand Sails City again.
It was because of this that Kerry Burns transferred the business of the Blue Moon chamber of comrce to Oddrock City while Harrison beca a mber of the Ash Tower, leading to him becoming a Great Mage in less than two years.
“I rember who you are now...” Seeing Lin Yun’s frown, Harrison felt elated.
That year, it was because of this Mafa rlin that he’d had to apologize and his father’s Blue Moon chamber of comrce had been forced out of Thousand Sails City.
The Blue Moon had developed well in Oddrock City, and he had also beco a Great Mage of the Ash Tower. He had gradually forgotten about everything that had happened in Thousand Sails City.
But he didn’t expect to et Mafa rlin here today.
This was a dramatic reunion. The humiliation caused by Locke rlin back then would be repaid a hundred tis to his son.
Harrison sized up Mafa rlin.
He was wearing a brand new black robe, and besides the handiwork being pretty good, it didn’t have many mana fluctuations. Moreover, he seed to be empty-handed, not even having a magic staff. It seed to him that the rumors about the Flashing Gold chamber of comrce going bankrupt after Locke rlin’s shipwreck were indeed true.
Otherwise, how could Locke rlin’s son fall to this point?
After all, when the father was still alive, he opened an alchemy shop in the expensive Victorious Return street just to make it easier for his son to learn magic.
Looking at him now...
Harrison couldn’t help sighing. The arrogant young master of the Flashing Gold chamber of comrce had actually fallen to that degree.
“Well well, Mafa rlin, what are you doing in the Ash Tower?” Harrison’s voice carried a thick feeling of superiority. Soone unrelated might think that Harrison was the master of the Ash Tower.
“Only a trivial matter.” Lin Yun naturally wouldn’t let Harrison know that his “trivial matter” was actually to participate in the Magic Hand’s gathering.
But Harrison interpreted that ambiguous attitude in a different way...
“Eh...” Harrison’s voice dragged on for a long ti, as if he feared that others wouldn’t know that he had already understood.
But of course, he only thought he understood...
He thought that Mafa had co to Oddrock City this ti because he’d heard the news that the Ash Tower was recruiting and wanted to try his luck.
This was quite normal.
The Ash Tower was one of the two major mages forces in the eastern part of the kingdom. It would recruit many Magic Apprentices and low-rank Mages trying their chances every year. Everyone knew that by joining the Ash Tower, their status would greatly increase. They would also have a chance to be taught personally by a Great Mage and co into contact with the deepest magic knowledge.
The various generous benefits that were typically offered were things that Magic Apprentices and low ranked Mages never even dreamt of.
Harrison couldn’t help sneering. If he had co before, he might have had a chance to get in.
But he couldn’t even dream of it this ti.
The one standing before Mafa now was the one in charge of recruiting low-rank Mages and Magic Apprentices.
“Well, Mafa rlin, joining the Ash Tower isn’t easy...”
“Ah?” Lin Yun froze. ‘When did I say that I wanted to join the Ash Tower?’
“What do you an, “Ah?” My words aren’t to be trifled with. Do you know how many low-rank Mages try to join the Ash Tower every year? Do you know how many succeed? It’s not just
talking big. The treatnt offered by the Ash Tower is the best in the eastern part of the kingdom.”
“...” Lin Yun couldn’t help turning to look at Solomon when he heard that.
‘Fucker...’
Solomon suddenly felt like cursing when he heard that person. ‘This bastard of the Burns Family. I just wanted to watch the play, but you had to offend
as if it’s nothing? What do you an by best treatnt in the eastern part of the kingdom, do you think I don’t know the ins and outs of the Ash Tower?’
Unfortunately, Harrison simply didn’t know that he had just drawn the ire of a peak High Mage...
Harrison’s thoughts were very simple. He was daringly bragging about the Ash Tower to annoy Mafa. The better the Ash Tower looked, the more humiliated Mafa rlin would feel, and when he refused him, Mafa would be devastated.
“I tell you, the Ash Tower’s Mages get a Life Potion every year, don’t you know about the Life Potion? Having a Life Potion is like giving you a second chance at life when you are injured. Moreover, you have one opportunity to enter the Ash Tower’s library every year. You can find the deepest magic knowledge of the whole region there. It is a temple of knowledge that all mages yearn for, do you understand now? With the opportunity to visit the Ash Tower’s library, you would be able to beco a Great Mage in three years...”
Lin Yun didn’t say anything, but Solomon was trying his best not to explode.
‘Fuck, little bastard of the Burns, are your eyes in your ass? Can’t you recognize who is standing before you? That’s the boss of the Gilded Rose, the quantity of alchemy items produced each month is way more important than what you will ever get to see in your entire life!’
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