Chapter 561: Chapter 369: Within Five Days
“I am aware of the situation within the city.”
In the empty hall, Neustadt sat lazily in the black, luxurious City Lord’s chair, casually waving his hand at Faber standing in front of him.
Faber stood respectfully, glanced up at him briefly, hesitated, then lowered his head and continued to emphasize,
“Lord Neustadt, recently, the number of wizard control incidents caused by the research of witchcraft has multiplied several tis over, causing significant damage…”
“I will convey your suggestion to them,” Neustadt replied indifferently, cutting off Faber.
‘Of course, just conveying…’ Neustadt slightly raised his brows, looking at the earnest Faber in front of him, but he couldn’t muster any enthusiasm.
Had it been before, he might have personally conducted an on-site investigation in the city.
If he had verified that Faber’s information was true and useful, he might have even taken the initiative to help.
However, now… Neustadt simply continued indifferently,
“If there’s nothing else, you may leave.”
Just a few uncontrollable wizards.
“Very well, Lord Neustadt.”
Faber looked up at Neustadt once more, nodded silently after a pause, and then turned to leave.
Behind him, Neustadt quietly watched his departing figure, his eyes as calm as an ancient well.
…
May 12th in the Yanan Calendar, early morning.
It had been five days since the purchase of the Coldthorn Flower.
Colin ca to the study and was reading today’s Supre Council bulletin and the city’s newspapers.
“Wizard Research Managent Regulations… A new decree issued by the Supre Council?” Colin raised his eyebrows as he picked up the bulletin.
Ever since the stalemate in the frontline battles, the bulletins from the Supre Council had mainly been about trivial matters, sotis they weren’t even issued.
He hadn’t expected such a significant bulletin today… Though he hadn’t yet read the details, any decree was undoubtedly important to the whole society.
Colin glanced again at the other newspapers on the desk, and, sure enough, half of the headlines were related to this new decree issued by the Supre Council.
From the looks of the titles, the Supre Council seed to want to bring all wizard research under control.
‘That won’t be an easy feat,’ Colin thought first.
In the Wizard World, privacy is much more sensitive compared to his previous world; many places like auction houses, the Transmission General Bureau, still haven’t implented real-na systems.
Now, to bring the even more private wizard research under managent, the difficulty of that could be imagined.
However, there were no such things as human rights in the Wizard World, and a societal structure maintained through coercion, in so respect, was particularly stable.
If the Supre Council wanted to enforce sothing, as long as they were determined, there was nothing they couldn’t do.
Colin shook his head, picked up the bulletin, and began to read carefully.
“Effective imdiately, wizards in Neustadt who conduct research must voluntarily report…”
After a mont, having read the Supre Council’s bulletin and several related newspapers, he had co to an understanding.
Although the Supre Council had issued a research managent regulation, the regulation itself wasn’t strict; it rely required basic reporting of information.
At the sa ti, for the knowledge research that was reported, wizards could apply for so Magic Stones or knowledge subsidies after passing so reviews and signing usage contracts, if they wished.
Moreover, this managent regulation mainly targeted wizards below the Third Rank; those above weren’t required to comply.
And for School Wizards, they did not need to report to the Supre Council but to their respective Schools, which would then possibly report to the Supre Council collectively—Colin guessed, but it wasn’t specified in the bulletin.
As for Wandering Wizards, they were required to report to the Law Enforcent Team.
If a Wandering Wizard refused to comply and was discovered, the penalties could be as light as a fine or as severe as expulsion from Neustadt, and they might even face imprisonnt.
The punishnts for School Wizards were to be determined by their respective Schools.
And one more thing, arguably the most important—determining the location of the research.
From now on, if wizards wanted to conduct knowledge research, it must be done at a designated research location.
Research conducted in other places would be considered illegal.
Although it was a specific location, this place could also be one’s own ho or another experintal site, but an application to the School or Law Enforcent Team was needed in advance.
If the previous requirent to report the basic information about the research—essentially just the Ability Level, things like First Rank or Second Rank, along with an estimated danger level—are just minor regulations,
then this rule about determining the research location is what genuinely ensures that the Council can bring witchcraft research under so control without causing too much dissent among wizards.
Colin put down the newspaper and deeply furrowed his brows.
This new decree, to so extent, had made his research more inconvenient
… He also didn’t know what information the Supre Council had obtained to make such a decision.
Colin sighed softly.
Unlike other wizards, many tis, even if he wasn’t researching witchcraft, he needed to go to the True Knowledge Society’s laboratory to practice witchcraft.
Ordinary wizards didn’t need such extensive practice, and if people knew, it would be easy to spot abnormalities, not to ntion that he had now advanced to the Second Rank.
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