Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Out of the academy's finance department, Lollister held a heavy bag of money in his hand. Next, he had to make a trip to the Swordsmanship Society. Executive Vice President Terman was eagerly waiting for the Swordsmanship Society's leader, Lollister, to sign his name so that he could distribute this month's benefits to the members who had been waiting for him. The instructors and assistants of the battle aura instructors were probably no exception.
The swordsmanship club had three gold coins as an allowance, and the battle aura instructors had five gold coins as an allowance. Altogether, the monthly income was 38 gold coins. Lollister was very satisfied with his current life. This was because he had made an estimate based on the prices of goods and housing in Morent City. If a copper coin was equivalent to one yuan in his previous world, then a small silver coin was equivalent to twenty yuan, a large silver coin was equivalent to a hundred yuan, and a gold ford was equivalent to two thousand yuan. His 38 gold coins were worth seventy-six thousand yuan. Adding on his income as a mercenary, it was equivalent to a million yuan a year in his previous world. I'm rich now, Lollister thought proudly.
Lollister was indeed the person with the highest monthly salary in Dawn Academy, mainly because he had two gold instructor badges, which doubled his salary. It was no wonder that the owner of the Red Raven Tavern, Galilando, couldn't help but swear when he heard Lollister's monthly salary. His tavern was doing well, but he only earned around 200 gold coins a year, and that included the commission he got from introducing people to missions. Unlike Lollister, who stayed in the academy comfortably and earned 360 gold coins a year.
The instructors' assistants in Dawn Academy only had one gold coin as an allowance. If they performed well, they would be hired as an intern assistant, with a monthly salary of two gold coins and a three-month apprenticeship. After the apprenticeship, they would be officially hired by the academy. If they were iron instructors, they would earn three gold coins a month. If their battle aura was already at silver rank, they would have to be an iron instructor for a semester. The next semester, they would officially become a silver instructor, with a monthly salary of five gold coins.
The salary of a silver instructor was also divided into four levels. The first three years would be five gold coins, and the next three would be six gold coins. The following three years would be seven gold coins. If they taught in the academy for more than ten years, the monthly salary of a Silver Instructor would be fixed at eight Gold Fords.
Gold instructors of Dawn Academy were paid according to their strength. A 1-star Gold rank with a monthly salary of 10 Gold Merit Coins. Two-star Gold rank, monthly salary 15 gold coins. A 3-star Gold rank like Instructor Kelud had a monthly salary of 20 gold coins. If Instructor Kelud could break through the peak of the Gold Rank and become a Great Swordsman, his monthly salary would be at least 50 Gold Fuds.
Back when Laurist had received the Icardo Badge, he had enjoyed the treatment of a Gold Instructor in the academy. However, the amount of his monthly salary had caused a huge argument in the finance department. Some people said that they should use the salary of a 1-star Gold teacher as the standard. Another person asked Locke, who was originally an Iron teacher in the academy, and now that he had obtained the Icardo Badge and was given the salary of a Gold teacher, should they still give him the salary of an Iron teacher? In the end, the report would be submitted to Dean Levins for a decision. Headmaster Levins said that they would be paid according to the salary of a 2-star gold teacher. In that case, there was no need to pay the salary of a black-iron teacher. Thus, Lollister's monthly salary became 15 gold coins. Then, Lollister received the Gold Battle Qi Instructor badge, doubling his monthly salary.
This was also the reason why Fatty Shi and his friends in the academy liked to take advantage of Lollister. There was no other reason but jealousy. Fatty Shi would always find an excuse to ask Lollister to treat him every time it was the academy's payday. He would even say that he had climbed from a law enforcer to the position of the head of the enforcement department. He had worked hard for nearly ten years, but his monthly salary was only 12 gold coins, not even half of Locke's. How could he bear it? How could he sleep at night if he didn't make Locke bleed?
After leaving the Swordsmanship Club, he went to the office of the Battle Aura Instructors. As the Chief Instructor, Laurist first signed the welfare list handed over by Instructor Anya, allowing the welfare to be distributed. Then, he signed his own name and received five Gold Fortune Coins. Just as he was about to leave, he was stopped by Instructor Marlin.
Instructor Marlin stretched out his hand. "I'll borrow some money. I'll return it to you tomorrow."
"Huh? How much? "
"The more the better. It's best if it's all of it. I'll return it to you tomorrow," said Instructor Marlin.
"Huh?" Lollister took out his money bag and threw it to Instructor Marlin. He was very curious. "Brother Marlin, why do you want to borrow money? And you have to return it tomorrow. What's so urgent? "
Instructor Anfeya, who was beside him, laughed. "We borrowed it too, and we'll return it tomorrow too. Instructor Marlin has to hand in all his salary to Madam every time he receives it. He's been worrying about the money for alcohol. So, he just came up with a good idea to make money. He's going to make use of the time difference and use the borrowed money and his salary to get some private savings for himself. Then, he won't have to worry about alcohol anymore. "
"What good idea? Borrow money today, return it tomorrow, and get a private savings that he won't have to worry about drinking in one night? It's not even a day of being a loan shark! "Lollister thought for a long time but still couldn't figure out what Instructor Marlin's money-making idea was.
"Actually, this idea has something to do with you," Instructor Anfeya said with a smile.
"Something to do with me? What is it? "
"Isn't tomorrow the day of the school's duel? Your opponent is the seventeenth ranked Clearwater School, right? This school isn't that big of a deal, and it's probably just a formality. So, Instructor Marlin is going to put together a hundred gold coins to bet on you winning. Although one large silver coin can only win one small silver coin, a hundred gold coins can still win twenty gold coins. That's enough for Instructor Marlin to drink for a few years, "Instructor Anfeya explained.
Lollister looked at Instructor Marlin and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. After thinking for a long time, you guys came up with such a lousy idea. Who knew if the dean would flip out when you guys really won. "Brother Marlin, you're really daring. You're lending me money to bet on me winning. What if I lose? If you want to drink, I'll treat you. Can we go to the Red Crow Tavern tonight? "
Instructor Marlin laughed and said shamelessly, "If you lose, you'll have to take responsibility. It's better to buy the alcohol yourself. Besides, it's fine if you treat me once or twice, but I won't have the face to do it if you treat me too many times. It's too embarrassing to freeload for alcohol every day. "
"Aren't you afraid that the dean will get mad at you? You're clearly robbing the academy's money, do you know that? "
"For the sake of wine, I'm willing to go all out. Besides, we can say that this is the Dou Qi coaching team's way of expressing their support and encouragement for you. Tomorrow morning, all the instructors and assistants who are free will go over to cheer for you. This way, the academy won't be able to do anything to us."
"Alright, since you've all thought it through, then I have nothing else to say. Don't sleep tonight. Pray that I won't fail tomorrow." Laurist walked toward the door and suddenly remembered something. "Brother Marlin, when President Peterson mentioned the three thousand Gold Fords, you didn't seem too excited. Can you tell me why?"
"Oh, that. I've seen a lot of them in the city defense army. Every time we need cannon fodder, the officers will call for the first one to rush up and reward them with a hundred gold coins. Over time, we've gotten used to it, and no matter how big the reward is, we won't be moved, "Instructor Marlin replied nonchalantly.
"Ugh …" Laurist was speechless.
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Laurist first went to see Young Master Peterson, who was trying his best to lose weight. Under the encouragement of the whip, the fat man successfully lost more than seventy kilograms after nearly fifty days of hard work. However, his current weight was still around three hundred kilograms. After taking the fat young master's pulse, the instructor who was supervising with a whip reported that the training mission was going smoothly. It was just that the young master had gone crazy from wanting to eat meat. Just now, he was a little too close to the young master, and the young master pounced at him and bit his arm. If it wasn't for his quick reflexes and channeling his Dou Qi to protect his arm, he would've lost at least a kilogram of flesh. Then, he had to give the young master a good beating to wake him up.
No wonder the young master was so obedient when he took the pulse. It seemed like he had just been taught a lesson. Laurist pondered for a moment and decided to add a meat dish for the young master's meals. "How about this, from tomorrow onwards, breakfast will remain the same. For lunch, we'll add a boiled chicken that weighs around a kilogram. For dinner, we'll add a steamed fish. You can't put any oil on these two dishes, just add some salt. However, from tomorrow onwards, we'll start the second training program. Since the food is good, we'll have to increase the amount of exercise as well. "
After watching the fat young master do sit-ups on the ground like a dead fish, Laurist felt that it was about time for him to go to the great hall. This afternoon was the time for the first batch of 152 students to awaken their Dou Qi. As the head instructor, he had to show his face.
When he arrived at the great hall, the time was just right. The students who were preparing to awaken their Dou Qi had gathered and lined up. Instructor Marlin invited Laurist onto the stage to motivate the students one last time.
Laurist walked onto the stage and pointed at an enormous pentagram hanging on the wall, saying, "I believe that everyone has become familiar with and memorized this pentagram during this period of time. This is the great circulation of basic battle energy in the bloodline. When you enter the quiet room later, relax your body and focus your mind. Imagine the great circulation of the pentagram in your body. You'll soon be able to sense the energy within your body, which means that you've awakened your Dou Qi. There's no need to be nervous now. You won't fail. Because your bodies have already reached their peak state. I've checked your bodies over the past two days, and I'm full of confidence in you. So, you should relax, be more confident, and awaken your Dou Qi with a smile on your face. "
Laurist's words elicited a burst of low laughter from the students below the stage. Following that, groups of students were led by the instructors and assistants to the temporary quiet rooms. They would stay inside for an hour to two hours and come out after awakening their qi.
Dou Qi awakening was actually very simple and not complicated. However, if one's body wasn't healthy, they wouldn't be able to sense the energy within their body no matter how hard they meditated. After awakening their Dou Qi, the students still had to familiarize themselves with and use their Dou Qi under the guidance of the instructors. They had to let their bodies adapt to the circulation of Dou Qi until they reached the standard of 1-star bronze rank. After that, their Dou Qi would have to rely on their own cultivation to level up.
Laurist went to the other three classes and felt that he had fulfilled his duties as the head instructor. Just as he was about to go home, he saw Butler Bill of the Peterson Family rushing over to say that President Peterson was here and wanted to meet Head Instructor Locke.
Laurist was led around by Butler Bill for a long time, but he was cold and indifferent when he tried to talk to him. He couldn't help but wonder, What's going on? Butler Bill seems to have a strong opinion of me. I wonder if it's because he thinks that we're mistreating the fat young master when we're helping him lose weight. This person doesn't look like much, but he's loyal, which isn't bad.
Laurist didn't expect that Butler Bill had already lost more than twenty gold coins to him. If he hadn't stopped early, he would've lost another ten gold coins this month. Seeing Laurist now was like seeing himself lose more than twenty gold coins. How could he be nice to Laurist? It was already very restrained that he didn't pounce on him and bite him hard.
In the end, Butler Bill brought Lollister to a small thicket by the side of the field. Only then did he discover President Peterson hiding behind the thicket, peeking at the fat young master undergoing physical training under Whip's supervision. Every time the whip cracked, President Peterson would shudder, as if the whip was on him.
Laurist didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I can understand that you don't want your precious son to see you, but why did you want me, the head instructor, to sneak over? I thought you were up to something bad by hiding all the way here.
President Peterson was very satisfied with the results of his fat son's weight loss in the past fifty days. After all, anyone with a discerning eye could see that he had shrunk a little. Moreover, seeing that his son could still run and jump made President Peterson even more ecstatic. At home, his son was famous for being lazy. If he could sit, he wouldn't stand. If he could lie down, he wouldn't sit. After walking for a while, he would be out of breath. He wanted to be stricter, but the First Madam and Second Madam were biased towards him and didn't let him move, leaving him helpless.
Although he was forced to do physical training by the whip in the instructor's hand, it was still better than staying at home and not exercising. Of course, President Peterson also raised an objection to the whip. He thought that the whip was too thick, and that the frequency at which the instructor whipped him was too fast.
Laurist explained with a smile. The whip was thick, so it wouldn't hurt the muscles and bones. It was painful, but it wouldn't bleed. Also, after applying medicine after the training, the scars would disappear the next day. As for the instructor whipping him so fast, it was also because he was too lazy. If he didn't pay attention, he would cut corners. If he didn't train properly, it would be difficult to achieve good results. Therefore, as training instructors, everyone had to harden their hearts.
Laurist said meaningfully, "Pain now is better than pain in the future. We're not only helping the young master lose weight, we're also helping him establish the right outlook on life. When the young master awakens his impetus and returns home, he won't be as lazy as before. "
President Peterson …
After a moment of silence, President Peterson said, "Actually, there's another reason why I'm here today. Bill's steam bath was amazing, and it piqued my curiosity. Therefore, I took some time today to see how my precious son is doing. Now that I've seen my son, I'd like to express my gratitude to Head Instructor Locke and the other instructors for their hard work and painstaking efforts. I believe that Head Instructor Locke will fulfill my wish. "
Buckingham nodded. The duel performance in the morning had made him sweat all over, and his body was very uncomfortable. He also felt a little awkward when he spoke with a lecturing tone just now. Now that President Peterson had brought a ladder over, how could he not step down? "I wonder if I have the honor to invite Mr. President to experience this steam bath?"
President Peterson smiled. "Of course …"
… …
"Phew, how comfortable." President Peterson, who was sitting in the steam bath with a towel wrapped around his lower body, was half-leaning on the wooden counter.
Laurist was pouring cold water on the fiery red cobblestones. White steam rose, and the bathroom was already so hot that it was suffocating.
"Steam once, then go out and rinse. After three steams and three flushes, you'll feel especially refreshed. Steam baths are actually very good for the skin and health of the body, but people can't steam in the bathroom for too long. Usually, ten minutes is the best, "said Laurist. His voice sounded a little dull in the steam bath.
"I'll build one when I get home. It's not a bad idea to have a steam bath party. Everyone will meet naked, hehe." President Peterson suddenly had a whim.
"That's not a good idea, because you don't know if there are any hidden diseases or infectious diseases among the guests. The bathroom at home is the owner's private territory. It's best that outsiders don't enter. If you want to have a steam bath party, you might as well build a high-end steam bath club. With services like back rubs, pedicures, and other services, business should be good, "said Laurist.
"That's right, why didn't I think of that …" President Peterson turned over and sat up, his eyes sparkling as he pondered.
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Before getting on the carriage, President Peterson reached into his pocket and took out three palm-sized pieces of paper. He slapped them on Laurist's hand. "The first one is to thank you for giving me a good business idea. You're the one who came up with this business, so I'm sorry to take it for free. I can only use this to express my gratitude. The second one is to express my gratitude to all the instructors in the teaching staff. The third one is to express my gratitude to Head Tutor Locke. I'll leave my precious son in your hands. "
There were three gold scrolls, each worth a hundred gold coins. As long as they went to the temple of Goddess Serkine, who was in charge of commerce and wealth, they could exchange the scrolls for three hundred gold coins. As expected of the Peterson Family, one of the seven major chambers of commerce in the Trade Federation. They were so generous.
Laurist bowed and half-bowed to express his gratitude. "Thank you, President. Don't worry, we won't let you down."
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