Chapter 68: Dignity
"Moreover, this identity is only nominal. In fact, you are directly under me and do not need to actually perform the duties of a guest official of the family.
For example, carrying out some tasks assigned by the family, protecting the family when foreign enemies attack, etc. "
“But on the other hand, if you have any new research results, you need to share them with me first.
And I will pay you additional compensation based on the value of these results."
“…”
Listening to Avis' invitation, Albins thought quickly in his mind.
Although he still had doubts about Avis's true purpose, he was somewhat convinced by this explanation.
There's no way. Once it comes to fortune tellers, many things don't make sense.
Judging from a rational point of view, Avis' invitation is actually very beneficial to their current situation.
The annual tuition at Pamir is 60,000 imperial gold coins. The brother and sister, who come from an ordinary mercenary family, do not have enough money to pay even a fraction of the tuition.
Originally, the two had planned to sign a contract with the college in exchange for free admission.
But now, Anvis's conditions are obviously more favorable.
Although tuition fees were waived, the free quota of materials for various advanced magic experiments for each student was only enough for basic courses.
If you want to go further privately, you will need to spend extra money to purchase the necessary experimental materials.
But even for a small, short-term conventional magic experiment, the material cost is easily hundreds of gold coins, not to mention those long-term and special experiments that are like bottomless pits.
Magic and miracles are never free.
"...Can you give me some time to think about it?"
After a brief silence, Albins spoke cautiously.
"Of course, we are friends, aren't we?"
Seeing his reaction, Anvis smiled and gracefully made a "please go ahead" gesture.
Then he looked at the two of them and spoke calmly.
"In fact, I can more or less guess what you are worried about. If it were somewhere else, you two would be right to be cautious, but here, there is actually no need to be too nervous."
Having said that, Avis paused for a moment, looked at Albins with a serious expression, and then looked at Hillier with an unnatural expression, taking in the expressions of the two at the moment.
Then, he opened his mouth slowly and said something that shocked the two of them.
"In Pamir, all the new students who are admitted with non-aristocratic backgrounds are special."
………
As the journey continued, the atmosphere between the three of them became somewhat awkward. Even the lively Hillier fell silent at this moment, her eyes wandering around, and no one knew what she was thinking.
Realizing that this "chance encounter" was no longer suitable to continue, Avis exchanged identity marks with the two and then made an excuse to say goodbye.
"Hilary, Albins, I'm leaving now. If you don't mind, I recommend that you go to the Olivendi Chamber of Commerce to buy the items you need."
As he spoke, Avis took out the black space ring and handed it to Hillary with a smile.
"When you check out, just give this ring to the person in charge and you will get a half-price discount."
"this……"
Hillier was stunned, looking at Avis, then glancing at Albins with a hesitant expression.
"Please don't refuse, it's just a kindness from a friend."
Avis smiled warmly and kept extending his hand to hand over the ring.
The gentle smile was reflected in her fruit green eyes, making the girl's cheeks turn red again.
"Ah... um... okay..."
Hillary reached out to take the ring, and when they passed their hands, their fingertips accidentally brushed against each other, and the girl trembled all over as if she had been electrocuted.
Albins took a deep breath, turned his head slightly, and pretended not to notice his nympho sister's embarrassing look.
"Well, Hillier, Albinus, goodbye—"
"Goodbye, Avis—"
After saying goodbye to each other, Albins couldn't help feeling a little frustrated as he looked at Anvis's receding back.
This feeling appeared for the first time since he and his sister accidentally entered the ruins and resolutely chose to use the only tube of silver liquid with unknown effects as a test product.
"What should we do? Should we accept Avis' proposal?"
Hillary hesitated for a moment and asked her brother in a low voice.
"We... don't really have a choice."
Albins was silent for a moment, but finally began to explain.
“Although I don’t know what the prophet of the Olivendi family predicted, but since Avis specifically asked me to do so, I’m afraid that my future self will be truly extraordinary.
Now, we have learned about the prophecy, if we still choose to refuse. Think about it from another perspective, sister, if you were Avis, what would you do? "
"Oh, well... maybe... respect your friend's choice... right?"
Hillier was stunned and spoke uncertainly. But as she spoke, her voice gradually became smaller and her tone became more hesitant.
"Sister, you should have guessed something, right? What are the consequences if we don't agree?"
Albinus sighed.
“As for the so-called consideration time, it is only to preserve some dignity for both of us.” . ….….Avis was not worried about whether his behavior would change the future fate of Albins.
Such a genius will never be buried due to some changes in the external environment.
On the contrary, with the funding from Anvis, many of his achievements in his previous life would probably be published earlier.
Even if we take a step back and assume that Albinus really becomes a stay-at-home and stops doing magic research because he has money, Avis still won't lose out.
According to the normal course of history, Albinus would not stand on the side of the four major families, but would belong to the Continental Magic Council, one of the enemies behind the scenes.
Moreover, more than one research breakthrough that enabled the construct to pose a threat to high-level professionals and directly shook the absolute deterrent power of ninth-order strongmen were all his work.
Without those key breakthroughs, it is unclear whether the constructs pose a threat to high-level professionals.
And what did Anvis pay?
Just a few insignificant gold coins and resources——
After parting with the two, Anvis stopped the special effect of his bloodline passively attracting the surrounding light elements, and directly boarded the floating saucer back to the mission hall.
Following the example of other seniors, after taking on a task of collecting unlimited credits for thirty gold coins, he also took on a task of collecting dark stone hearts for eighty credits.
Afterwards, Avis took out the materials on the spot and submitted the task, and the credits in his ID card were no longer zero.
After everything was done, Anvis returned to his residence.
The college’s secondary residence is an independent two-story building. It does not cover a large area, but the environment is very elegant.
Classical wooden shutters, the light green tile sloping roof with skylights, and a few clusters of light blue roses dotted in the magic garden, everything is welcoming the arrival of the new owner.
Thanks to Tianxiazhishi and Chilanshi for the reward——
Thanks to Jinglan and Hechusiguixu for their monthly tickets——
(End of this chapter)
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