Chapter 258 Haina's Griffin
When Haina heard that she could get a pure-blooded white-feathered griffin, she immediately became excited.
The griffin's previous resentment of waiting for a long time also disappeared instantly.
——What? So the reason you delayed shipping the goods was to prepare better goods for me.
If that's the case, why don't you tell me earlier? How would I know if you don't tell me?
"It's a pity," Haina sighed, "I can't bring the griffin back with me this time.
"It would be so honorable if we could bring back a griffin—especially a white one. Even the overseer in our village doesn't have a griffin."
For the small village where she was born, even being an inspector was a respectable job. And even they knew that those who rode griffins were more powerful than those who rode horses, and those who rode white griffins were more powerful than those who rode brown griffins.
Eagle Point Village certainly has supervisors. However, there's no supervisory office here. The nearest supervisory office is located in Bagpipe Town in Muwan County. The village only has one supervisor and one priest.
A small place like this simply couldn't afford to keep griffins. Even a mass-produced griffin, with a lifespan of thirty years, would require five pounds of fresh meat daily. The Supervisory Bureau's responsibilities were numerous, and the one in Bagpipe Town alone had over forty members. If each of them had a griffin, the daily meat consumption alone would be staggering.
But according to the rules, the Overseer must be equipped with a griffin. This is not only a matter of respectability, but also a symbol of authority.
So their choice was to only equip the highest-level inspectors with seven or eight griffins, and then equip them with a dozen horses - following the example of the Star Antimony and Iris People, using mounted police instead of griffins.
On Glass Island, even newly graduated Overseers could obtain their own griffins after six months to a year of work. Those at the second level of power might only be able to ride horses in Muwan County.
"And the old inspector in our village doesn't even have a horse."
Haina vividly described the situation: "He doesn't even work at the Supervisory Bureau. He lives in a wooden house by the lake. He usually sits at the door and fishes all day long. If we need to find him, we send someone to the wooden house to call him.
"Then the old man would slowly pack up his fishing rod and come over. Sometimes it was too late, so he would just come back tomorrow."
After all, it doesn’t take long to stroll from the east end of the village to the west end.
After all, it was just a small village with a population of less than a thousand. And more than half of them were middle-aged and elderly, having lived here for decades—their parents and grandparents had also lived here. They were so familiar with each other that there were rarely any serious incidents requiring oversight.
The permanent population of the Royal Law University alone…including students, lecturers, residents, and vendors—easily exceeded fifty thousand. It was hard to say for the third through sixth departments, but the first and second departments, the two departments for ordinary people, admitted several times the population of Eagle Cape Village in just one year.
Inspectors working in such places are basically so old that there is no hope of promotion.
“…But I feel like the old man should be very happy.”
Aiwass was somewhat envious: "I hope that after I retire, I can also have the opportunity to go fishing every day."
I don't know if I'll still have that kind of free time after I save the world...
"I think the old man is too mild."
Haina is obviously more energetic.
Her eyes seemed to gleam. "In a place like that, it feels like life has frozen. I just want to stay in Avalon, encounter some big cases, and then become famous! The cases I encounter here in a month, I wouldn't encounter in a year in Muwan County.
"I've been dealing with all sorts of nasty cases lately. Last week alone, I handled three homicide cases... but unfortunately, they're all the kind of cases that can't be interviewed; they need to be kept confidential. Otherwise, I could have brought back a few more newspapers.
"But the director also said, and the seniors in the Supervisory Bureau also said, that Glass Island isn't usually that chaotic, and it's only recently that things have suddenly started to get chaotic. I think it might be the fault of that traitorous minister. Or maybe there are other spies who have infiltrated."
"I guess so."
Aiwass casually replied, "That's not necessarily the case. Perhaps some extraordinary being is causing trouble."
"It is indeed possible..."
Haina groaned and slumped weakly onto the table. The two lumps of fat squeezed into pancakes caught Aiwas's attention for a moment.
"It's so annoying," Haina wailed. "This is my last long vacation. I feel happy, but also miserable...ah, so miserable..."
"Indeed. Starting next year, you'll only have three days of annual leave. That's how it is for all inspectors."
Aiwass added with a smile, "And there's a high probability that we'll have to work overtime during the Chinese New Year, so we'll have to work until before or after the New Year."
"What?! Don't do that kind of thing—"
Haina whimpered weakly, her voice barely audible. "Damn it! Doesn't that mean I won't be able to show off once I've bred a griffin? I'll probably be too exhausted by then. If it's only three days, I'll probably just collapse at home and sleep for three days..."
"Master, you're just joking."
Lily, who was sitting quietly sipping tea, held the cup in her hand and sighed at Aiwas's bad taste. "Senior, you won't be able to stay in the Supervisory Bureau until next year. When you get promoted again, you will be transferred to the Arbitration Office."
Although Lily was a bit older than Haena, she and Aiwass were both freshmen, so Haena, who had just graduated, was still considered her senior.
What she said was true - now Haina has reached the third level. When she is promoted again, she will be promoted to "Arbitrator".
How can it be possible for an arbitrator to work in the Supervisory Bureau?
"What! I'm about to get promoted. I'll probably be promoted by the middle or end of this month... My teacher has already taught me how to change my job to an Arbitrator!"
Haina's eyes lit up, and she stood up from the table in surprise: "How long will the Arbitration Court be closed for the New Year?"
"About two weeks," Aiwass said casually. "Sometimes three weeks."
"Great—"
"But don't be too happy, Senior. Miss Ligeia will probably give you special training, which will take up most of your vacation time."
Aiwass took a sip of tea and a bite of cake. "At least for the first few years, you won't have to think about this kind of thing."
“…That’s bad.”
Haina fell down again limply.
She lay there for a while, then couldn't help but stand up again: "Why the first few years? Can we relax after a few years?"
“Because after a few years you get used to it.”
Lily imitated Aiwass's smile and made a light remark with a smile.
Looking at Haina who was knocked down again by Lily, Aiwass just smiled.
What he really meant was that in a few years, the world would be in chaos. When Tian Si started making dumplings, she would naturally have no chance to take a vacation.
Now Haina feels that her life is very busy, but she will probably miss her current working life where she doesn’t have to think about or worry about anything.
For ordinary extraordinary people, it is undoubtedly an honor to be personally guided by the Great Arbitrator.
But Haena just wanted to live a good life. To put it another way, she wanted to be famous and become a big shot.
However, she had no strong desire for money or power, nor was she particularly interested in the path of authority. She studied hard simply because the profession of Overseer offered the most stable income and the highest social status among civilians.
"Let me make it clear," Aiwass said after a moment's thought, "Even if a white griffin were transferred to you, it would at most be a young or even a juvenile with brown and white feathers. You'll have to train it yourself. I can't give you those pure white, ownerless griffins."
Those large griffins that are pure white and glow like jade are all their predecessors.
Not to mention Aiwas and Haina.
Even the Great Guardian George would probably have to bow his head respectfully and greet these white griffins when he saw them.
A considerable number of them had watched George and even Meg grow up - when they were still in college, these griffins had already been squatting on the Griffin Bridge at the entrance of the Temple of Silver and Tin, enjoying the scenery.
In all the wars that Avalon has participated in over the past few hundred years, these white griffins have turned the tide in the most dangerous and critical battlefields.
Haena wasn't even part of the military system—her profession was an inspector, not a light cavalryman, and she hadn't received any lance or air force training. The fact that she was assigned a pureblood griffin was partly due to Meg, but more importantly, it was because she was exceptional enough.
Although Haina was born into a completely common family, her talent allowed her to at least reach the fourth energy level. If she hadn't been blocked by the promotion ceremony, she could even reach the fifth energy level.
Then she would no longer be a commoner—but a future big shot.
That is the fifth level of the path to authority!
And she has a good relationship with both Aiwass and Isabel... so she doesn't need to be the second generation. She herself is the future "first generation", and the Griffin Minister must also pay attention to Haina.
"How about this."
Aiwass thought for a moment and decided to give Haina the green light: "Your griffin will definitely be ready before we return from vacation. In other words, it will actually be a month from now. How about I ask someone to make some adjustments - you take the griffin away first, and then let them complete the process?"
"Hey, is this okay?"
Haina's eyes suddenly widened.
But she soon became uneasy about this: "Is this against the rules?... Transferring a griffin from the ranch, wouldn't it take a long time to go through the process?"
"What do you think process means? The griffins being transported back and forth between locations?"
Aiwass smiled and said, "You go through the formalities, but the griffin doesn't. Once the final paperwork is completed, the adult griffin will fly over with the child. It will be here in less than half an hour."
"...Then why did it take so long?"
"That's a matter for the civil servants."
Aiwass shrugged. "It's settled then—I'll help you with the paperwork and get your griffin. When did you buy the ticket?"
"But my ticket is for tonight... I've packed my things and handed in my note. Are you and Mr. Sherlock coming too?"
Haina spoke up, and asked with some hesitation: "When did you buy your tickets? How about I go and return the ticket and go with you?"
"No, we don't buy tickets."
Aiwass chuckled. "We'll go directly there on the griffin. Your griffin will also be sent to you... If nothing goes wrong, it should arrive tomorrow night. You should go back and see your family first."
"Are you returning to the Palace of Silver and Tin tonight, Master?"
Lily asked.
"I've already said goodbye to Yulia and Isabel. I'll be back before the end of the month and the New Year."
Aiwass replied, "I'm staying here tonight... I just happen to have something to tell Sherlock. Please go back and pack my things for me and bring them over tomorrow."
"Okay." Lily replied.
What he wanted to say to Sherlock was simple.
Isn’t Shylock confused about the future of his wisdom?
Essentially, he felt the Mage profession had a "blind future." It wasn't as strong as his Path of Authority, and Avalon didn't have the legacy of the Wisdom Path's advanced professions. Sherlock wasn't keen on advancing the Mage profession directly to the fourth level.
And Aiwass had previously planned to provide Sherlock with a rare job change in the path of wisdom.
Now is the time to solve this problem.
——Meg’s experiment proved that even if the version has not been released yet and the profession has not been unlocked in theory, it is still possible to change jobs as long as the job change ceremony is correct.
Just like the Arbitrator... Sherlock's job transfer and advancement ceremony must also be prepared at least half a month in advance.
Update completed! The monthly ticket target was set too low!!!
How come the ten-day goal of 10,000 votes has already reached 60% in less than half a day? Am I really that strong? (Shocked)
I thought I was just a novice cat, but it turns out I'm a strong cat...
Thanks to the three leaders who fed me!
Thanks to the leader of Stuka Ruifeng for feeding!
(End of this chapter)
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