Abel put on the hood of his grey robe and left the magic tower again, ignoring the fat Finkle who came up to greet him. It was getting late. If Abel chatted with Finkle for a while longer, he would probably be late by the time he arrived at room 16.
Walking on the mountain road, Abel felt the malice again. This time, he ignored it. What will come will come.
"Master, I have something to report to you!" Ken, who was wearing a black butler uniform, said to Abel as soon as he entered the door.
"What is it?" Abel asked.
"His Highness Prince Liandre George will be enthroned in three days. He has invited you to attend the enthronement ceremony."
"Decline. Just say I'm in seclusion for research and can't attend!" Abel had entered the magic tower to study. Only the people around him knew about it. Abel didn't want to tell anyone else.
The reason why Abel hid the fact that he was in the magic tower was because he wanted to be a pure wizard apprentice. If people knew he was in the magic tower, those who wanted to get magic weapons through him would disturb his training life.
Abel was too lazy to care about these things because of the conflict with the royal family. He didn't care who the king was. If he had the time, he might as well read some books.
"Master, your military achievements have been recognized by the military. His Highness Prince Liandre George has approved your promotion. From now on, we will call you Lord Baron." Ken's voice was a little excited. As the butler of a heraldic lord and a heraldic baron, his status was much higher. His master was already a baron at such a young age. His future was unimaginable.
"Where's Uncle Marshall?" Abel didn't have any emotional fluctuations. He didn't care much about these titles. The promotion of his status was only to gain the respect of ordinary people. Only the promotion of his strength was the real promotion.
"Lord Marshall's military achievements were not enough for the promotion, so he couldn't promote his title this time." Ken explained.
"How could this be? Shouldn't Uncle Marshall's and my achievements be split equally? " Abel had always left the matter of military exploits to Lord Marshall, and the three Knight Captains were the ones who helped to submit the military exploits. Therefore, Abel did not know the specifics.
"The Lord Marshall has given you most of the merits. He said that this is the only way to guarantee that one of you will be promoted."
"Uncle Marshall!" Abel murmured emotionally. Lord Marshall cared about his title the most in his life. He was excited to be promoted to a Lord, but he gave the opportunity to be promoted to a higher rank to Abel.
"In addition, His Royal Highness Prince Liandre George invites you to go to the aristocratic arbitral tribunal at your convenience to receive the compensation paid to you," Ken added.
"Compensation? Why? "Abel asked curiously.
"Because Prince Middleton George ordered the attack on you. This compensation is to make you give up on pursuing Prince Middleton George. I heard that a big shot is pressuring them." Ken said with some hesitation. In fact, he didn't want to say that a big shot was pressuring them, but considering his master's contacts and connections, this matter might help his master understand the situation better, so he said it anyway.
"A big shot!" Abel thought about Head Commander Hoover, who came and went like a ghost. It was very likely that Head Commander Hoover was the one behind all of this.
The siege by the royal cavalry really made Abel very angry, and the corner of his mouth showed a trace of a sneer. If they weren't in Bakong City, with Abel's temperament, he would have already ridden Bai Yun and dropped a few exploding swords on Prince Middleton George's head.
Since Captain Hoover had stepped in, and they were both masters of the Blacksmith's Guild, Abel would give him face. Of course, Abel didn't think that this matter was over, but he didn't want to pursue it now. He still had to remember the grudge, and as long as there was a chance, he would teach Prince Middleton George an unforgettable lesson.
"It is said that the royal family has sent out news that Prince Middleton George has been enfeoffed to Murray City, with 100 square miles of land, and no title." Ken used the uncertain word again.
But Abel felt that this rumor was probably true, because the royal family couldn't have announced Prince Middleton George's punishment to the public, and wanted Abel to know about it, so they let a butler who had no sources of information in Bakong City know about it.
A noble prince was enfeoffed with a land the size of a Knight's domain for retirement, and no title. This was probably the smallest reward given to a prince in the history of the Duchy.
Murray City. Abel had heard of this city before. It was located at the border between the Duchy of Carmel and the Duchy of Thunder. The Duchy of Thunder often crossed the border, and the situation there was very tense. Sending Prince Middleton George there, the eldest prince Liandre George and the seventh prince must have a lot of enmity between them.
But Prince Middleton George really didn't deserve to be pitied. Abel knew the seventh prince's background. Just the deal with the werewolves was enough to send him to the gallows. If it wasn't for the fact that Abel had gotten so much from the werewolf manor that he didn't even dare to mention it, he could've dragged the seventh prince down to hell.
Although Abel didn't know how much gold coins Prince Middleton George was asked to pay, but since the head of the Knight Hoover stepped in, it shouldn't be small. He would definitely need money for his training in the future, and this kind of wealth with a clear origin was too important for someone like him who had a huge secret.
"About the compensation, I'll arrange the time in two days. When the time comes, I'll let you know to pick me up." As Abel said this, he reached out his hand and patted Black Wind, who was anxiously running around him.
After helping Black Wind cast the mount enhancement spell, Abel returned to the magic tower. He first went to Novice Wizard Sam's place and found that he hadn't come back yet. This meant that Abel had a lot of time tonight. Although the apprentices outside were envious of him in the magic tower, he still had to help Novice Wizard Sam clean up the place every day. He also had to tidy up the lab supplies. Sometimes, he would also ask for help with some other miscellaneous things. After all these things were done, it would be time for him to train.
But the good thing was that Novice Wizard Sam took care of him very well. He rarely asked him to do any miscellaneous things. He only had to clean up the place every day at a fixed time and tidy up the lab after Novice Wizard Sam finished his experiments.
As far as Abel knew, the three official wizard apprentices on the fourth, fifth, and sixth floor were all stuck as rank 5 novice wizards. They were much older than Novice Wizard Sam. In this magic tower, Novice Wizard Sam was the most promising novice wizard to become a rank 6 official wizard.
Therefore, Novice Wizard Sam didn't do many experiments. Most of the time, he was training in order to break through and become an official wizard as soon as possible.
Abel had been in the magic tower for three days, but he had never seen the other three masters. He heard that the three rank 5 novice wizards on the fourth, fifth, and sixth floor spent most of their time in the lab. They were all trying to come up with a result that could be exchanged for a large amount of resources. From that, they could buy expensive medicine in order to break through. For the three of them, breaking through naturally had become an extravagant hope. This also caused the three apprentices who were taking care of them to be very busy. They almost didn't have much time to interact with Abel.
Abel went to the dining hall on the first floor to get his dinner. This dinner was sent to a special entrance of the magic tower by someone. The tower spirit automatically received it and checked that there were no problems. The tower spirit would then send the food to the dining hall. Every member of the magic tower could get their own food from there. Of course, most of the time, the official wizard apprentices would help to get their food.
Today's food was pretty good. White bread with honey, a little honey fruit juice, a portion of smoked fish, and a few pieces of oil pancakes for dessert.
Although these were not very eye-catching foods, they had already far exceeded the standard of living of ordinary nobles. The white bread was because the wheat used to make it was a little special. The production of wheat in this world was very small. Only by using completely shelled wheat flour could you make real white bread.
The honey fruit was a special fruit in Bakong City. It could only be grown on the mountainside of a 1000 meter high mountain. After harvesting and pressing, it could not be kept for more than a day. In order to let the wizards in the magic tower drink the honey fruit, they had to arrange for people to go to the mountainside to pick it up the night before. They had to clean and press it, and then send it to the magic tower early in the morning. This way, the wizards in the magic tower could drink the freshness of the honey fruit juice within a day.
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