Chapter 649
Anton did not know if he wanted to believe what the young man nad Kirk had said regarding the boatswain and what supposedly happened to his friend, but he knew that circumstances like these did happen a lot.
“We do know that probably nothing will happen to you since you look like a young, rich master, but why gamble with your life when you can use it to treat us?” The one called Abdul said. Then the young man laughed.
“Do I really look like a pampered young master?” Anton said, and the four young n laughed at his depressed tone.
“You do look like one, but it’s sothing to be celebrated. Anyone here would exchange their situation with you in a heartbeat,” the other guy, called sono, said.
Their food then ca, and for the next several minutes, they all busied themselves eating. All of them, including Anton, looked like starving animals while devouring the food that kept coming. Anton knew that his appetite had grown because of the others’ extre enthusiasm in making sure that not a single tiny bit of food was left on the table.
After around thirty minutes of nonstop eating, the five young n decided to stop the waiter from bringing in more food, and would only continue to do so after an hour. That ant that everyone planned to stay and continue eating, and Anton was fine with that. He knew that the young n were milking him for all his worth, but then again, it was only food, and he liked eating with them.
While they were all resting their stomach, Anton proceeded to ask more questions.
“If I looked like a rich, pampered young man, basically looking defenseless, why did no one try to take advantage of ?”
“New Drennor is not a lawless kingdom! You probably walked using the main streets, and it's morning. If you try to do the sa thing during the night, then soone will surely accost you. Besides, you walked and stood full of confidence, as if no one would dare touch you. That ant that you’re capable of defending yourself, or you’re one of those we’ve heard about in stories. Like a prince in disguise protected by soone powerful hidden in the shadows,” Omar said.
The four young n’s eyes glowed. Anton assud that their imagination was working overti.
Anton decided to be truthful since there was no sense in hiding his power.
“I’m not a prince in disguise, and no one is protecting
from the shadows. I’m one of the youngest Supre Wizards from Ormunda. I’m only eighteen years old, but my family and I escaped from the Undead Coalition in Rendindura and traveled here to the Gale Continent. I’m currently among the many wizards fighting the undead in the Western Gate of the kingdom. I decided to take a vacation for so ti.”
At first, Anton thought the four young n would suddenly beco fearful or extrely respectful, but Kirk and sono beca extrely excited instead. Omar turned fearful, which was the expression Anton had expected in all of them, and Abdul just looked disbelieving.
“Can you teach
magic?! Or at least test
if I’m capable of learning magic? The test in one of the magic schools here is very expensive, and even after saving for five years, I still only managed to save half of the fee,” Kirk asked, and sono was nodding vigorously, which ant that he had the sa desire as his friend.
Abdul and Omar remained subdued.
“Why would I do that for you?”
“Oh, co on, please? Since you’re on vacation, we’ll do our best to make sure you experience the best thing New Drennor could offer!” Kirk said, his voice trembling with enthusiasm.
Anton shrugged and retrieved the magic rank detection stone that he had purchased before from his inventory. He then gave the stone to Kirk and instructed the young man to hold it for a few minutes.
Kirk held the stone for a couple of minutes, and then it glowed. Anton then told Kirk to pass the stone to his friends, so they could also hold the stone. After a while, Anton retrieved the magic rank detection stone and stored it.
“All of you have the talent to beco mages. All of your talents are the sa, which is average,” Anton simply said.
Kirk shouted excitedly while sono burst into tears. Omar still looked fearful, and Abdul still looked disbelieving.
“Are you really a wizard?” Abdul asked.
Anton simply summoned a Fire Ball on top of his hands and, after a few seconds, dismissed it.
“Now, regarding the charge for
testing all of you, it’ll be a hundred gold coins each,” Anton said.
The four young n then gaped at Anton. He could not help himself anymore and suddenly burst out laughing.
“You should have seen your faces!”
“It’s not funny, Anton! For a mont, I thought that if we don’t pay you, you’ll burn all of us,” Kirk said, his voice trembling, and Anton could see that all four n were sweating.
“Sorry for scaring you. Let’s celebrate and continue eating!” Anton said.
One of them called the waiter back, and Anton asked him to bring food to them again. Soon, the waiter returned with food, and they all started eating again. Anton was surprised when he heard Kirk tell the waiter to switch the alcohol to fruit juice, and based on his friends’ expressions, they all agreed with him.
When sono saw Anton’s expression, the young man told Anton that they should not beco drunk today. After a couple of hours of nonstop eating, they finally rested again.
“Why were you loitering in the harbor anyway?” Anton asked.
“It’s our day off in our jobs since it’s a Sunday. We went here, hoping to get part-ti jobs as porters, then we saw you,” Kirk said.
“How do you know each other?” Anton asked.
“We live close to each other and we’ve been friends since we were children,” Abdul replied.
“What are your jobs?”
“I help around in one of the sleazier taverns here,” sono said.
“I help around in a cobbler workshop,” Kirk said.
The other two said that they help around on a fishing boat. Kirk then clarified that they did not have enough coins to beco apprentices, so they were just basically servants. Part-ti servants at that, so they earn very little coins, and most of those earnings went to their families to feed their siblings.
“Are you all planning to beco wizards? It would be extrely difficult for you all based on your situation, unless you find a patron or sothing. I’m guessing that enrolling in one of the magic schools is out for all of you, since when I enrolled my sister, I had to pay an enormous amount of wealth, and she’s one of the most talented wizards that school where we enrolled her had encountered. If you plan to continue working while studying as a wizard, it will also be very difficult since to be a wizard, you will need a lot of ti morizing spells, and you will not be able to do that while working,” Anton said.
The four young n beca subdued, thinking about their situation. In the anti, Anton suddenly thought of the fact that their house did not have wizards. He thought, what if he beca their patron and, in return, they would be loyal to their family? That would an that once they beca powerful, their house would have four wizards. With his resources, it was easy enough to groom these four young n to beco powerful wizards.
Right now, the Rose Manor was only protected by the guards they hired, but if Anton managed to earn these young n's loyalties, they would be part of the family, and the manor would have four wizards to protect it.
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