"Can you learn magic just by trading?!!" Even Ignia found it hard to believe.

In fact, after leaving Thelmian, Sean also found it difficult to understand why Lucille agreed to teach him magic, because in the end he did not find any information about the Cain Slate.

As for the claim that he would contact her when he found out something, that was completely nonsense. He didn't even know where she was or how to contact her...

So later on it seemed that I was a complete winner in that transaction and the other party did not gain any benefit at all.

"The process is hard to describe, but in the end he still taught me magic..."

"So..." Ignia wanted to ask, but stopped here.

Outside the window, the sounds of Luke and Esmeralda arguing could be heard.

These two bickering lovers quarrel almost every few days, mostly because of some planning issues in the town... It's really interesting to say that they miss each other when they are not together, but when they meet, they quarrel again.

As for Claude, his story was rather boring. After staying in the small town for more than ten days, he felt bored and wanted to go back to the city to continue running the store. Sean certainly didn't try to keep him, but just told him to go back with the caravan.

The days keep passing...

Sean still hasn't found any clues about his 'mother', nor has he found any traces left by the people who assassinated Baron Weigel at that time, because it snowed last year and many footprints were forgotten in the snowfall incident. Most people only remember that accident.

And such days become even busier in autumn.

That day, Luke and Esmeralda suddenly came to the lobby of his office...

"Sir, the imperial subsidy will arrive in a few days. Should we use the money to prune part of the orchard to protect it during the winter?"

On the other side, Esmeralda said.

"Sir, I think this is the first year and we shouldn't do too much protection. We should just screen out some of the weaker trees. Otherwise, we'll end up spending a lot of money on this every year."

"If that were the case, we would have suffered a great loss today."

"Compared to the future losses, this is bearable..."

The two of them started arguing again.

"Um, Luke. You said this year's Imperial subsidy is coming?!!"

"Yes, sir. It is delivered every year at this time of year."