It's early autumn in Nanau in November, and it's just a bit chilly. On the Lepo River, there's a lot of mist every morning.
This vast misty scenery always reminded Colin of the scene on Blackstone Island. Withdrawing his gaze, he walked back to the room from the balcony on the second floor.
"Good morning, Master." Renee was waiting at the door as usual.
"Good morning." Colin smiled. Renee paused and continued: "Mr. Hawthorne came to visit and is waiting outside the door."
"Hawthorn?" Colin was a little surprised.
"The girl last night was Mr. Hawthorne's daughter." Renee seemed to notice Colin's doubts and explained.
"That's it." Colin nodded suddenly and said,
"Arrived a little late."
"In fact, Mr. Hawthorne should have arrived very early, but he didn't knock on the door until dawn." Renee added.
"The Female CEO's Almighty Soldier" When she went to open the door this morning, she saw that Hawthorn's shoulders and hair were wet with mist. There was no doubt that he had been standing outside for a long time.
"Are you afraid of disturbing us?"
"should be."
"Yes." Colin nodded noncommittally. He was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the girl who delivered the newspaper yesterday would be Hawthorn's daughter... After rescuing the girl and the knight and returning to the villa yesterday, he ordered Lei
Ni went to briefly inquire about the other party’s specific situation.
As for me, I was taking advantage of the darkness and couldn't wait to conduct a coercive test with the materials delivered to my door.
It has to be said that the only drawback of this batch of experimental materials delivered to your door is that there are no wizards. In addition, ordinary people, junior knights, intermediate knights, and senior knights are all available.
After a night of testing, he benefited a lot. Because of this, he stayed busy until about four o'clock in the morning before returning to the bedroom to meditate. The two Wen Qian he rescued had long been abandoned.
I also forgot about the information I heard from Renee. Now that I think about it carefully, the knight was obviously responsible for protecting the girl last night... This has highlighted the special status of the girl.
Colin smiled and didn't think much about it. As a first-level wizard, what he said last night was
"Fighting" is more like going out and picking up a courier delivered to your door.
"Let Hawthorn come directly." Colin thought for a moment and ordered. If it were normal, he would have met Hawthorne after breakfast as planned.
However, Hawthorn has been waiting outside for half the night after all. He is also a little curious about what happened last night, so he might as well see Hawthorn first.
"Okay." Renee nodded in agreement, turned around and walked downstairs. A few minutes later, Renee took Hawthorne outside the study.
Hawthorn stood in front of the study door and straightened his collar, his haggard expression slightly calmer. When Renee opened the door this morning, he had actually confirmed from Renee that his daughter was fine, so
My worries have been put aside for the time being.
Come here now, more because I want to express my gratitude to Colin. Hawthorne took a deep breath, opened the door and walked into the study.
The warm sun in the early autumn morning shone in through the glass window. Behind the elegant dark brown desk, a handsome elf-like young man was sitting on a large leather chair, watching him calmly.
The warm yellow sunlight fell on his body, as if creating a vivid oil painting. Hawthorne was slightly absent-minded.
Logically speaking, this was not the first time he had seen Colin, and he was already prepared, so he shouldn't be so rude.
And no matter how outstanding Colin's appearance is, he is still just a handsome boy. Except for some men with special quirks, he is a middle-aged man and should not be affected.
However, from Hawthorn's point of view, the feeling of coming to see Colin this time was completely different from the last time.
This is a feeling that is difficult to describe. Even Hawthorn felt that it was not caused by Colin's handsome appearance.
It was more like... some kind of mysterious charm suddenly appeared. He just felt that seeing Colin in front of him at this moment was like meeting the godfather from his hometown who was in awe from the bottom of his heart when he was a young boy.
I didn’t even dare to look up!
"Sir Nader." Hawthorne was stunned for a long time before finally reacting. He paused and tried to eliminate the inexplicable feelings in his heart and continued: "Thank you for your helping hand yesterday evening. Otherwise, I simply can't imagine it. Wen Qian's despair after losing her baby." Although Hawthorn tried hard to overcome the inexplicable feelings in his heart.
But he didn't realize that his words had unconsciously become more respectful, and some of his originally restrained emotions became more explicit.
"Easy to do." Colin smiled. He was not surprised at all by Hawthorne's current performance. This was another wonderful use of coercion that he discovered yesterday.
When the level of coercion is low, the target who is under pressure can be filled with awe and an inexplicable sense of intimacy.
According to the description of the experimental material last night, it is like facing the person you respect most. Of course, this is just one of the wonderful uses discovered last night.
'Hmm... maybe this coercion can also be called a knight's halo.' Colin suddenly thought of it inexplicably.
Although this is not necessarily something that is necessarily brought about by advancing to a first-level knight, in any case, it is always something that is produced in the process of advancing to a knight.
So there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with calling it this way.
"Sir Nader." Hawthorn paused, then suddenly took out a kraft paper bag and continued: "This is the property certificate of the villa you are currently living in."
"Although I know this is not worth mentioning to you, I still want to give it to you in return." After speaking, Hawthorn hesitated for a moment, then suddenly continued: "In addition, there are this--"
"This is the token of the Lanti School in Meredith City." He took out a black coin from his body and handed it to Colin without changing his expression.
This token fell into his hands due to some chance. Hawthorn understood what an opportunity this was.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, he understands better that his children may not necessarily have wizard talents. And those with wizard talents may not necessarily be able to successfully join the wizard school with the help of tokens.
Of course, none of this affects the value of the token. But now that Colin has saved his most precious daughter, he is willing to give this precious token to Colin.
After all, apart from the token, he couldn't think of anything else that could catch Colin's eyes.
"Oh." Colin became interested. He remembered that Hawthorne had told him before that there would be an auction of tokens of the Wizarding School at that merchant gathering...it seemed to be called the Lanti School.
Seemingly sensing Colin's curiosity, Hawthorne took the lead in explaining: "Due to some coincidence, this token has now fallen into my hands." Colin nodded slightly, and he could guess what was behind Hawthorne's words.
, it must be a bloody storm.
"Are you willing to give it to me?" He smiled and continued to ask. Hawthorn nodded heavily and said solemnly: "Yes!"
"Every grudge must be repaid. This is the creed that I have adhered to since I was an ordinary civilian." Colin thought for a moment, then reached out and took the black coin.
Although the school token is useless to him now, it is somewhat worth buying some magic stones.
Overall, it was better than nothing. As for the possible crises behind it, he didn't care. The Lanti School was not a university school, and those competing for it obviously wouldn't be too powerful.
At least, it will not be more powerful than him, a formal member of the Xisheng School. The fact that Hawthorn was able to obtain a token from it just proves this point.
Holding the coin in his hand, Colin used magic power to test it a little. A faint light suddenly appeared on the coin.
He put the coin away with his backhand and thought to himself: 'It is indeed a token of the Lanti School. But the requirements are a bit harsh... not only must he be under sixteen years old and have never practiced meditation, but his qualifications must be second-class or above.
'Hawthorn was relieved when he saw Colin accepting the token. He continued to add: "The people who attacked Wenxi last night were people from the Nat Chamber of Commerce, but the reason for the attack was not because of the token, but because of business matters.
conflict."
"So sir, you can rest assured that no one knows that I have obtained this token of the Lanti School." Colin raised his eyebrows, but this was something he did not expect.
He originally thought that besides thanking him, Hawthorn also wanted to get rid of a hot potato.
But he didn't mind, so he didn't mention it. But now it seems that this is not the case. Hawthorn really gave himself the precious token that he finally got.
Rubbing the coins in his hand, Colin thought for a while and asked: "What is the specific conflict between the Nat Chamber of Commerce and you?" Hawthorne was startled. He didn't expect Colin to ask this. Could it be that he wanted to...
"Don't think too much, I just want to know about the Nat Chamber of Commerce." Colin added, with no other meaning in his tone.
He did have the intention of helping Hawthorne, but he had to understand the situation first before making a decision.
Hawthorne calmed down his thoughts and organized the speech: "The Nate Chamber of Commerce is the same as the Thorne Chamber of Commerce that I run. Their main business is real estate. It's just that their main area of activity in the past was on the east bank of the Lepo River, while I am the Lepo River.
The west bank of the Po River, and some suburbs of Nanau."
"Before, our two chambers of commerce reached a consensus with each other, so we usually do not interfere with each other. But a few days ago, the Nat Chamber of Commerce found three great knights from nowhere, and then began an unreasonable and brutal expansion.
.”
"As people on the west bank of the Lepo River next door, we are naturally the first to bear the brunt... The conflict just broke out." Hawthorne looked bitter... The three knights were not like this in the first place.
He also took the initiative to cut off a lot of meat and chose to give in. Although the shopping mall is a battlefield, it is also a world. He has behaved like this. According to the rules, the Nate Chamber of Commerce should stop in moderation.
Especially when he announced that he was willing to transfer most of the properties on the West Bank to the Nat Chamber of Commerce at a low price. If he took a step back, even if he was unwilling to stop, he would at least stop playing dirty tricks.
However, the Nat Chamber of Commerce is just the opposite. It seems that because of the appearance of the three great knights, their methods have not only become very ruthless, but also do not follow any rules.
"I know." Are they just three knights? Colin nodded and was about to speak out. But when he saw the coins in his hand, he suddenly had a new idea.
On the other side, Hawthorn looked at him carefully. Seeing that he was silent, his eyes were slightly disappointed, and he continued: "Thank you very much, Lord Nader, I won't disturb you anymore."
"Wait, go call Wen Qian over." Colin suddenly raised his head and said, black coins flying on the fingertips of his right hand.
"Yes..." Hawthorne was obviously stunned for a moment before he quickly got up and went out. Not long after, there was a knock on the study door again.
"Please come in." Colin said calmly. A quiet girl carefully opened the door and entered. After taking one look at him, she immediately lowered her head.
Colin looked calm, looked at Wen Qian who came in and said slowly: "Come here, put your hand on the crystal." After saying that, he continued to Hawthorne who was behind the door: "You come in too."
"Okay...Okay." Hawthorn smiled awkwardly and walked in. When he was going down the stairs, he weighed for a long time and finally chose to let Wenxi enter the study alone.
However, after Wen Qian actually went in alone, he felt a little regretful. He knew nothing about Colin.
But his experience as a businessman made him always willing to think of the worst. Wen Qian walked up to Colin obediently, stretched out her palm and placed it on the transparent crystal ball.
However, she seemed a little nervous, and her outstretched white palms were obviously trembling slightly.
"Relax." Colin said softly. With the knight's halo, his words seemed to have some kind of magic.
Wen Qian felt that her heart suddenly calmed down. She closed her eyes subconsciously and felt it seriously.
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A dense mist gradually floated in the transparent crystal ball.
"Yes, a qualification above second-class." After careful observation, Colin smiled and said. Then he suddenly handed the black coin from his body to Hawthorn.
"Put the token away. Your daughter has the talent of a wizard and meets the conditions for the token."
"This..." Although he had some expectations in his mind, Hawthorn was still a little unbelievable. Colin didn't think so much. He just felt that a token of the Lanti School was not too precious.
It is better to do something that he is more happy to do. Saving Wen Qian last night was just a simple effort in his opinion.
He was already happy with the experimental materials delivered to his door. There was no need to get another token.
After all, he didn't lack these, but he felt like he owed a favor after taking them. It would be better to return them to the original owner and contribute to the growth of the wizard community.
"That's right." Colin suddenly thought of something again and said, "The Nat Chamber of Commerce is unscrupulous in its actions. I think the owner of Villa No. 6 next door should have been killed."
"They should be sanctioned to pass such information to the relevant supervision departments of Nanau... Well, in the name of my wizard." This was not something he said casually.
While testing the Knight's Halo last night, he unexpectedly learned that Villa No. 6 was already a dead place. The person living in it seemed to be a wealthy businessman from outside.
He, his housekeeper, maid, and mistress had all been tortured to death. Those knights from the Nat Chamber of Commerce were not good people.
"...Yes!" Hawthorn replied quickly, with excitement on his face. With Colin's words, the Nate Chamber of Commerce has undoubtedly been declared dead!