Looking at the catgirl who was making sarcastic remarks, Roland glared at her helplessly. Then, he went to the garden and gave the servants a vacation, asking them to leave the manor and take a walk.
If anything bad happened, they wouldn't be implicated.
Roland wanted to ask the catgirl to leave, but the catgirl simply hid on the wall of the manor and stared at Roland covetously. She shouted, "Master, I'd like to see how you get ten gold coins out of nowhere. I'll be careful. Please don't drive me away, okay?"
Cats were curious animals, and so were catgirls.
Roland thought for a moment and said, "Then stay away from me and don't come any closer."
The catgirl nodded quickly on the wall.
The catgirl wouldn't have been interested in regular magic experiments, but this was money.
But this was money. If he could get ten gold coins just by using magic, then his master would not be short of money in the future. Would he be able to occasionally ask for some gold coins from his master?
She was really curious.
Because of that, the catgirl, who had always been active, held back her instinct to wander outside and chose to wait with Roland in silence.
After Lesser Benediction was cast, Roland vaguely sensed that it was working.
But he couldn't tell exactly how it worked with his mental power.
He waited in silence.
Time went by.
Five minutes passed.
Ten minutes passed.
Half an hour passed … The catgirl was already yawning on the wall.
When she was about to fall asleep, her ears suddenly twitched, and she immediately raised her head and looked at the door.
A magic apprentice was knocking on the door with a box.
After a brief shock, the catgirl jumped down from the high wall agilely and opened the door for the magic apprentice.
Roland walked to him too.
Upon seeing Roland, the magic apprentice slightly bowed and said, "Mr. Roland, this is a reward from the Council of Elders. It's a reward for your contribution of the blue fireball spell model, as well as for your guidance and restraint of the students."
"Thank you."
The ordinary-looking magic student bowed once more and turned to leave.
Roland opened the box slowly.
At some point, the catgirl had run to Roland's side.
There were gold coins and several parchments in the box.
"Wow, it's really ten gold coins," Marilyn the catgirl exclaimed.
Roland's focus was different from hers.
He put the box on the ground, squatted down, and took out a few spell models from it. They were all level-3 spells, but they were not evocation spells. They were Mental Devastation of the Illusion Department, Anti-Evil Barrier of the Defense Department, and Skeleton Archer Summon of the Soul Department.
Then, he held the gold coin in his hand.
These ten gold coins were still emitting rather weak mana waves.
He confirmed that it was his Benediction.
Moreover, the magic power was still rapidly evaporating, and after ten seconds, it could no longer be felt.
These ten gold coins were indeed the result of Benediction.
So, if Lesser Benediction didn't work, the reward would only be three spell models?
Mm!
Interesting.
It seemed that the random "cause" of Lesser Benediction wasn't completely negative.
Together with the "water" that the catgirl had just brought back, the odds of Lesser Benediction triggering a negative event weren't as high as he thought!
Of course, only two experiments had been conducted, and the data was still too little.
He had to do a few more experiments.
Roland returned to the garden and put the box in his system Backpack.
Then, he cast Lesser Benediction again.
He closed his hands, and a white ball of light slightly bounced in the middle.
What kind of wish should he make?
While Roland was considering, Marilyn, who had been watching, looked at Roland and then at the ball of light in his hand. Then, her eyes glittered, and she shouted, "I want ten gold coins too."
Roland was quite shocked, and the ball of light in his hand disappeared with a pop.
The spell was activated.
So, other people could make wishes with this spell too?
Roland noted down the feature.
Then, he immediately frowned and looked at the catgirl solemnly, before he said, "Prophecy is too mysterious, and it's hard to predict how it works. Now that you've made a wish, just stay at home. I'll keep you safe."
"I don't want to."
With that, the catgirl ran away.
Quick Steps and Stealth, she disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.
Caught off guard, Roland couldn't catch the catgirl even though he had realized what was going on.
Rushing towards the enemy and running away were two completely different concepts for a Thief.
Attacks required targets, and their movements could be easily predicted. So, Rogues who showed up were mostly at a disadvantage in a battle.
But for stealth classes, running away meant more choices and initiative. They could run in all directions, and they could run faster and stealthily.
So, it was very difficult to catch a Rogues who were determined to run away. It was also why Rogues had the lowest mortality rate.
Seeing that the catgirl disappeared, Roland subconsciously flashed in that direction.
He flashed to the manor in the blink of an eye, but the kitten was nowhere to be seen.
He couldn't find her even after he spread out the net of mental power. She must've left this place.
"This little girl has made great progress."
Not to mention its offensive ability, just its ability to escape was already a little exaggerated for Roland.
"I hope nothing bad happens to her."
Roland was slightly worried about the kitten's safety, but he wasn't too worried.
With such an escape ability, even he couldn't catch up to her. The negative process caused by Lesser Benediction couldn't hurt the catgirl.
Roland returned to the manor and continued waiting.
He could sense that his Lesser Benediction was working, but he couldn't determine the direction and range of its effect.
Also, he couldn't use a new Lesser Benediction until the previous wish was fulfilled or the spell didn't fail.
About half an hour later, Roland sensed that his Lesser Benediction had been completed.
"I hope Marilyn isn't hurt." Roland heaved a sigh.
He waited for the catgirl to come back so that he could see how his Lesser Benediction would fulfill his wish.
After a while, he heard wheels rolling on the road outside of the manor. It was getting closer and closer and became more and more obvious.
Roland walked to the manor and saw that the catgirl was walking at the front. Her head was lowered, and she was holding something tightly in both hands.
Behind the catgirl was a flat carriage. Around the carriage were three servants and a young Mage.
Roland knew the Mage. He was his classmate from the Ruby Class.
His name was Kanye West.
The carriage stopped before the manor. Roland keenly noticed that the atmosphere of the team wasn't right.
He walked over, and his pupils constricted.
Two bodies were lying on the flat carriage. Their bodies were mostly burnt, but judging from their faces that weren't completely burnt, it was easy to tell that they were both servants who worked in Roland's manor.
One of them was Susan, and the other was Tom, the gardener.
The names Susan and Tom were common names among commoners.
In any village, or in any street, there are a dozen or so people called Susan or Tom among the hundreds of people.
Roland's expression was rather awful. "What's going on?"
The catgirl lowered her head even more, not daring to look at Roland at all.
Kanye, the Mage, walked forward and bowed deeply, before he said bitterly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Roland. I was doing magic experiments at home. Then, your two servants and this cat lady passed by the wall outside of my manor. However, none of us expected that the fire magic experiment would fail. The powerful fire magic broke through two layers of stone walls and blew up the outer wall of my manor. At the same time, unfortunately, it hit the two servants. As for your cat lady, because she is a professional, she has very strong reflexes. She jumped away at the critical moment and escaped the disaster. "
Roland turned around and looked at the catgirl. "Is that so?"
The catgirl looked up, her eyes filled with tears. After nodding timidly, she raised her hands horizontally and spread them out.
There were five gold coins in each of her hands.
"The gold coins in the catgirl's hands represent my sincerest apology, Mr. Roland." Kanye was rather uneasy. "I know that gold coins are nothing compared to lives, but this is my last deposit for this month."
Roland stared at Kanye in the eyes. A moment later, he moved his eyes away and heaved a helpless sigh at the two bodies on the carriage.
He knew that Kanye was probably telling the truth. He didn't intend to kill the two servants.
It was unnecessary.
In the Red Magic Tower and other countries, the lives of civilians were worthless.
Even if they were killed by accident, dozens of silver coins would be the fair price.
There was no need to pay ten gold coins at all.
Roland knew very well that Kanye was scared that he would vent his anger on him. So, he offered his wealth and even apologized to Roland just to appease his fury.
Kanye wasn't the murderer of the two servants.
Roland and Marilyn were.
Roland managed to put on a smile. "Mr. Kanye, I'm very grateful that you sent them back. Now, please go back. This has nothing to do with you. Don't feel too stressed. "
Seeing that Roland wasn't angry, Kanye was relieved. He bowed and left.
After Kanye and his men left, Roland created three Hands of Magic and dragged the carriage back to the manor.
After closing the door, the catgirl lowered her head and carefully placed the ten gold coins in front of Roland with both hands.
His tail, which used to be raised up high, was now drooping down to the ground.
"Using the lives of two acquaintances in exchange for ten gold coins, aren't you happy?"
Staring at the catgirl in the eyes, Roland asked casually.
The catgirl shook her head hard. Tears flowed out of her eyes bit by bit.
Although the catgirl was always wandering outside, she was actually close to some of the servants in the manor. Susan was one of them.
Taking the ten gold coins from the catgirl, Roland said, "Don't be so reckless in the future. Go and invite Susan and Tom's family here. We need to talk to them about compensation. "
The catgirl wiped her eyes and left the manor.
Roland, on the other hand, took a deep breath. He had to stop the experiment on Lesser Benediction for now.
The negative effects were much greater than he had imagined.
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