Volume 1, The Wizarding World Chapter 70, Another Question
The behavior of the Wizard Academy has a bad influence, which has brought great obstacles to the three monasteries on the Navia Peninsula to recruit new members. The monasteries are not willing to use force, but the awakened ones are destined to be unable to go too far away from the monasteries.
, they were unwilling, and the monastery would not allow it.
Therefore, once a wealthy family decides to go against the monastic order and send their children to a prosperous city, there is nothing they can do.
In the next few days, he visited many families in succession, but the results were not satisfactory. Finally, he remembered that Catherine's children were only twelve or thirteen years old, and he might try his luck.
When I saw Willy again, his energy and demeanor had changed a lot, and his temperament had also changed a lot. I think Willy had nothing to worry about during this period.
"Haha, Master Hyde, how are you doing lately?" Willy looked very enthusiastic.
"It didn't go so well!" Ian said, shaking his head as he thought about what he had experienced in the past few days. He only waited for Willy to casually ask what was going on and then immediately stated his intention.
Sure enough, Willy looked concerned and asked, "What's wrong? Did it still happen a few days ago?" He always thought that something big had happened to the Hyde family, so he sent someone to Lai City to inquire about the news the next day, but he still didn't get any feedback.
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When Ian heard Willy mention this matter, he immediately remembered that he still owed others a favor and it was not easy to do this. So he decided to ask the other party's wishes first, and if Willy was not willing, he would let it go.
"It has something to do with this matter. It's not convenient for me to tell you the details." He pondered for a while and said, "You know that I am a wizard of the Hyderian Monastery. I was implicated in the last incident, so
This time I was sent out to recruit wizard apprentices, but the progress was not smooth."
Willy nodded. He knew that Ian Hyde was the wizard of Norton Hill, but he didn't know which wizard group there was. He only found out this time after Ian explained.
In fact, he has been worried since he learned the identity of wizard Ian. The reason is that the wizard group and the Holy See are extraordinary forces. Will his partnership with the wizards of the monastery affect the company's business?
Although Ian Hyde has a secular noble status, he is still worried that Ian will use his status as a shareholder to make the company do certain taboo things.
And after hearing Ian's intention, his heart skipped a beat, and something came to his mind.
But he remained calm on the surface, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Maybe it's because of the wizard academy. I also know about this. When Kohler and Addison were seven years old, a wizard came to our door and wanted to take them to the wizard academy.
Study, but I refused because I was worried that they would suffer at a young age."
"Later... Frankly speaking, this incident caused us parents to distrust the Wizarding Alliance as a whole, so we were unwilling to hand over our children to them. Fortunately, the other party did not forcibly abduct them, otherwise we really don't know what to do.
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Willy smiled bitterly, and then said sadly: "Young Master Hyde won't have any ideas about me, we are old friends."
Gui's old friend has obviously only known each other for a few months, and all we have is a connection of interests.
However, Ian did admit his feelings about the last escape, so he shook his head and said: "I originally had this plan, but since you said so, I can't force it."
He pondered for a while and said to Willy: "But I have a request and I hope you can help me."
Willie was overjoyed to see Ian letting him go so easily, and quickly said: "Please tell me, I will help if I can."
"It's not difficult. Please spread the word in your social circle and say that our Hydrian Monastery is recruiting wizard apprentices. There are only ten places. There are families who want to become wizards and come to the Scythe Bearer Church to see me as soon as possible.
.In addition, if the apprentices do not become wizards after five years, I promise to send the remaining apprentices home one by one according to their wishes."
"That's all?" Willy asked doubtfully.
Ian nodded. Although things have not been going smoothly, he did not intend to do anything more. Even if a wizard is not popular with others, he should be noble in himself. Otherwise, why would he risk his life to devote himself to monasticism?
meeting?
After hearing this, Willy thought for a while and said: "Master Hyde, tell me, are you telling the truth? If the apprentice does not become a wizard, will you really allow us to bring the person back?"
He directly filtered out Ian's words about sending them back. As long as the monastery agreed to let them take them back when the time came, that would be fine.
When Ian looked at him, he was quite moved.
He nodded: "Of course, but Willy, for the sake of helping me, I will give you a piece of free advice: Becoming a wizard is indeed life-threatening, and what I promise is only those apprentices who can survive.
Put away your thoughts, if you just want to take advantage."
"As for the others, tell them that although wizards are dangerous, the power they represent more than makes up for it. Just like when you do business, isn't it that the greater the risk, the higher the reward?"
After speaking, Ian said to Willy who was lost in thought: "Think carefully about your children and don't make decisions easily."
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In the days after leaving Willie's mansion, Ian never set foot in Carlos Parish again. After all, he had done everything he needed to do, and the rest was just left to ferment as time went on.
But this does not mean that he can be idle. In addition to the apprentices who have not yet been found, how to take care of those apprentices in the church is also a problem.
According to Wallen's report, they did not have much money and could barely sustain themselves for about ten days, but they obviously stayed for more than ten days.
In addition to finding the remaining apprentices, we must also consider literate those apprentices - this is the top priority, and the second is to supplement nutrition to avoid failing with the instructor Kapas.
Counting the days, he had been in Appleton for more than half a month, and his expenditure in these fifteen days was more than in the previous two years. You must know that last year he had a large expenditure of 40 pounds.
But his expenditure in Avon Town that day was 35 gold coins, which was almost 52 pounds and a little more. Later, around Appleton, he spent another 30 gold coins one after another. The children Roger brought back did not spend any money.
But there are always food expenses.
In fifteen days, they found a total of nineteen school-age children, of which only four girls and two boys had wizard qualifications. The rest were all selected according to knight standards. Although the quality was extremely low, he could manage
Not so much.
The nineteen children are all growing up. In addition, Ian ordered them to supplement their nutrition. They eat meat constantly every day and go out to buy food. The food expenses are naturally high, almost one pound a day. So,
Ian's already poor wallet was even worse and soon bottomed out.
"Master, don't you have some property in Appleton? Can you withdraw it first?" Warren asked.
Ian was not willing to ask Willy to withdraw his dividends in advance because he was able to obtain the 10% equity solely because of his aristocratic status, and Willy hoped to rely on his status as a noble and wizard to fight against the Carlos Church.
But in fact, he does not have this ability. If he is too involved with Willy, it will be difficult for him to deal with him once the other party comes to his door. Now Jasmine cannot protect herself and cannot rely on her.
But there was no need for him to tell Valen these things. He just nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go find Willy in two days. You don't have to worry about money. Basic training can start, and don't stop literacy. This is the first priority."
Task."
Warren naturally understood the importance and solemnly replied: "Yes!"
After the evening prayers, Ian returned to his room to continue digesting the witchcraft statistics. Not long after, he was woken up by a knock on the door, which made him feel a little unhappy.
When Warren opened the door, Ian's displeasure dissipated and he asked, "What happened?"
Warren scratched the back of his head and said with confusion: "It's Principal Nancy, she came to the door."
"Isn't it curfew now? Why is this old lady here?" While he was wondering, a shadow passed through his mind, making his heart sink.
(No, this idiot Valen must have been discovered, too bad!)
Ian was hesitant about whether to go to see Nancy. If she came for Whittier, it would be fine, but if not, it would be troublesome. It would definitely be a big deal to allow her to come during curfew time.
He thought about it for a long time and finally decided to meet him, hoping that the other party would not embarrass him.
(As expected, you can’t talk behind someone’s back!)
The old woman was wearing a sapphire blue cloak, and her stooped body cast a long shadow under the illumination of the oil lamp in the corridor. Such a dim scene gave people reason to suspect that there was a vicious witch hidden under the cloak.
When Ian saw that she had not entered the church, he knew that the other party was not a Scythe Bearer believer, so he stepped forward and asked: "Principal, here I come."
When Nancy heard the sound, she quickly lifted her hood and said urgently: "Master Hyde, please save my children!"
(Not this?)
But when Ian heard that she called "Master Hyde" instead of "Mr. Catherine", he knew that his identity had been exposed, so he said angrily: "Tell me clearly, what is going on?"