Because two hours later, Aunt Susan and Tom's family came to visit.
Looking at the two charred bodies, they were all grieved, but after Roland gave each family five gold coins as compensation, the families of the two victims all smiled happily.
It seemed to have turned into a funeral.
Roland watched quietly without any change in his expression. He didn't say anything or make any comments.
Only the kitten wiped her tears now and then.
She was the only one who really cried.
Roland temporarily suspended the research on Lesser Benediction, but it wasn't because he had given up. He felt that Lesser Benediction was too dangerous and that he needed to conduct more detailed academic research in a safer environment that wouldn't involve other people.
Roland returned to Motasos with Long-Distance Teleportation and went to the city hall to check on the recent political situation in Motasos.
This city belonged to Stephanie. Although the First Princess probably wouldn't mind no matter what I did to it, in any case, whether it was from the perspective of a friend or from the perspective of my own interests, a city with stable public security and a healthy financial situation would be beneficial for me to build my floating space base with peace of mind.
At this moment, a lot of people in Motasos knew Roland, but few had actually seen him.
So, Roland went to the city hall with Stephanie's butler.
With the butler's introduction, he showed his face. After most people in the city hall recognized him, Roland quickly checked the recent internal affairs report and picked out a few obvious mistakes. Then he said with a smile, "Although I'm the acting lord, and I don't know when the First Princess will remove me from this position, I still don't want to see anyone embezzling taxes while I'm in office."
A few of the staff members were shivering.
Several officials and about thirty employees in the city hall looked at him, not daring to say anything.
A Mage's words carried a lot of weight, especially when he was in the right.
"I know that some people are definitely dissatisfied with me. After all, I'm a young man who came out of nowhere, and it's hard for me to convince the public. But it doesn't matter. If you think that you can overthrow me with your abilities and connections, you can try. "
Looking at Roland's vague smile, the officials and employees in the city hall couldn't say anything but smile awkwardly.
"Of course, I'm not an unreasonable person. I've seen your salary, and it's indeed a little low. So, corruption has become your way of supporting your family. If I cut off your path of corruption, your living environment will worsen, so I've decided to give you a raise. It's not much, just double your original salary. "
Hearing this, all the employees in the city hall widened their eyes.
When the First Princess was a little over 10 years old, Motasos became her territory.
That was when the City Hall employees followed her and worked for her.
It had been about 15 years now, and in these 15 years, they hadn't received a raise even once.
Of course, the price of goods did not rise much either.
But now, Roland raised their salaries as soon as he arrived.
Therefore, the internal affairs personnel were more or less surprised, but more than that, they were ecstatic.
Seeing them happy, Roland was even happier.
He was doing this for the sake of a high salary! Of course, he never believed that a high salary could prevent the internal affairs officials and staff from being corrupted.
His deeper purpose was just to have an excuse, so that if someone was too corrupt in the future, he would have a reason and an excuse to take action, and no one would say that he was mean and ungrateful.
After making his presence known in the office of internal affairs, Roland returned to the mayor's residence and entered the underground cavern.
A few solar systems had already completed their evolution, turning into a few white spheres.
Roland crushed them into square bricks and stored them in the system Backpack.
In this way, not only were the magic bricks made of better quality, but they were also automatic and didn't require him to do any hard work, so he had plenty of time to do other things, such as magic experiments.
In the underground cavern, he created several more solar systems for evolution. Then, he teleported to the capital of Fareins, and after spending two days with Andonara, he teleported back to the Red Magic Tower.
Roland had just returned to his manor, when two magic apprentices suddenly jumped out before he entered.
They stood in front of Roland, and one of them said, "Mr. Roland, please go to the Council of Elders immediately."
Roland asked in confusion, "You look very nervous. What happened?"
The other young magic apprentice replied, "The Great Elder and the other mentors came back from outside this morning. They're not in good condition. I'm told that it has a lot to do with you."
Roland froze for a moment. He remembered that Great Elder Alfred had said that the matter of the First Princess's ex-husband and the black-winged creature should be left to them, and that he should stay out of it. Did something happen because of this?
After thanking the two magic apprentices, Roland quickly walked to the Council of Elders.
When Roland arrived at the door, a dozen elders or mentors were arguing inside.
Roland's appearance at the door immediately attracted everyone's attention.
The Council of Elders fell silent too.
The Great Elder waved at Roland and said, "Come here, child!"
Under the gaze of a dozen old but powerful Mages, Roland walked into the Council of Elders and stood next to the Great Elder.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the Council of Elders was rather gloomy. Everybody stared at Roland subtly, and some of them were even extremely curious.
Roland discovered that the Great Elder's face was very pale.
"Great Elder, what can I do for you?"
Roland took the initiative to speak, slightly breaking the gloomy atmosphere in the Council of Elders.
The Great Elder coughed again. This time, his voice was heavier and weaker than the last time.
"Yesterday, we found the First Princess's ex-husband and even locked onto his phylactery with Truth Seeking." Perhaps due to his injuries, the Great Elder seemed to be in great pain, as if he was desperately enduring the pain. "But just as we were about to find him, that black, four-winged angel appeared. We were no match for him. Although we managed to escape, Master Raquel will forever remain in that place, and we were all gravely injured."
Roland was quite surprised. He didn't expect that this would be the result of several Legendary Mages attacking at the same time.
How strong was the black, four-winged angel exactly?
Looking at Roland's surprise, the Great Elder smiled and continued, "Although we escaped, the black angel didn't have it easy either. He was heavily wounded too. The First Princess's ex-husband, on the other hand, was locked onto by our Truth Seeking. He can't escape. After all, it was us who cast Truth Seeking! His phylactery has to stay in that place until the effect of our spell is gone in a hundred days. "
"Great Elder, what do you need me to do?" asked Roland.
"You're a Golden Son and can't die. The heavily wounded black angel wouldn't dare to stay there anymore. Summon your companions and kill the First Princess's ex-husband. An evil lich is not qualified to stay in this world. "
Roland already had the epic quest to kill the First Princess's ex-husband. Now that the Great Elder had taken the initiative, it was exactly what Roland wanted. Bringing this up was exactly what Roland wanted.
"Also …" The Great Elder pondered for a moment and said, "In that place, the black angel was wounded by us and lost a lot of blood. The blood of high-level creatures won't rot and disappear easily. It can also intimidate low-level creatures. So, a lot of his blood must still be there. Retrieve it. The more, the better. Do you understand? "
Roland nodded.
"Here's the location."
The Great Elder sent a set of coordinates to Roland with his mental power.
Then, Roland left.
After Roland left, the Great Elder took a deep breath and closed his eyes to rest. The meeting hall was filled with noise again.
Very soon, a middle-aged mentor walked in and said, "Roland has been teleported away. We can continue our discussion about him."
The Great Elder opened his eyes.
"Like I said, it's not worth it." A certain bald mentor who was close to a Legend shouted angrily, "Roland is just a Master Mage. Do we have to be so nice to him? Raquel died to help the little guy. Speaking of which, he's a Golden Son. What's the big deal if he dies once or twice? He should take care of his own business. There's no need for us to help him. "
The bald mentor's words resonated with many people.
They all nodded in agreement.
But at this moment, the Great Elder asked back, "Cook, it's not fun to talk like that. I remember that you pissed off a lot of big shots when you were young, but because of your talent in magic, the Red Magic Tower helped you solve your problems. Otherwise, how could you be sitting here as an elder? "
Bald Cook blushed and said angrily, "I'm me, and Roland is Roland. How can we be the same? I'm a Legend! "
The Great Elder chuckled. "You weren't even an Elite when you were Roland's age. How dare you say that you're better than Roland!"
"Alfred, don't point out my shortcomings. I'm not happy to hear you say that." The bald mage rolled up the cuffs of his robe, revealing two very muscular arms. "Come, let's do it according to the old rules of our conference hall. Real men duel. Whoever loses will have to suffer a day of 'Gender Conversion Magic'."
Hearing that, the dozen old Mages nearby immediately grew excited.
They quickly got up, separated the table in front of them into a dozen pieces, and then pushed them, forming a square-shaped space with great tacit understanding, surrounding Bald Cook and the Great Elder.
Then, they discussed excitedly on the side.
"Wow, the stakes are rather high this time. Gender Transformation Magic. Cook is getting too cocky."
"I think he's only so arrogant because he's confident. He's probably learning boxing from a Legendary Warrior."
"I've never seen a female version of the Great Elder. After the gender transformation, the Great Elder will appear in a younger form. The Great Elder seemed very handsome when he was young. He must be very beautiful when he turns into a young woman."
"He is very handsome." An old man blushed. "If it's a female version of the Great Elder, I think I can do it!"
Shoot!
The few Legendary Mages quickly dispersed and looked at the old Mage who had a weird blush on his face just now in fear.
What a pervert!
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