In the end, even though these one thousand books were all from the publicly available books on the first floor, their total selling price was set at a huge sum of fifteen thousand orens, an average of fifteen orens per book.

It seems like a lot, but Wayne also knows that it is already much cheaper than the market price. Margarita must have given up a lot of benefits to get such treatment.

The dozen or so books of secret knowledge that Wayne needed were much more expensive. Fifteen books cost a total of four thousand five hundred orens, with an average price of about three hundred orens per book.

However, Wayne not only did not think that these books were expensive, but he felt that he had gotten a great bargain, a huge bargain.

Because these fifteen books not only include the relevant records about the development of the Trial of Grass that were lost during the Demon Hunter Order period, research and development ideas and a lot of experimental data, but also record the many theories and knowledge of the famous legendary warlock Alzu and his teacher Cosimo Malaspina on genetic modification.

The two of them are the creators of the Demon Hunter and the top developers of all mutation experiments.

Wayne believed that with these books, combined with the formulas of mutation experiments from various schools and the experimental data they recorded, and by forming a team of advanced warlock researchers, he could restore or even improve the mortality rate of the Trial of Grass, so that becoming a demon hunter would no longer be a tragedy.

In addition to this, among these thousands of books of various types, lies Wayne's true purpose for coming to Aretusa College.

Those are the coordinates of the places of magic found by the Warlock Brotherhood all over the world, as well as the coordinates of the space rifts they sealed, well, only those that the Warlock Brotherhood is willing to make public.

These two items of knowledge are of no use to ordinary warlocks or spellcasters, because most of these locations and coordinates are located in remote areas or wilderness, and have neither value nor cause any harm.

But for Wayne, a demon hunter who possesses ancient blood and a system, every coordinate is priceless. Each coordinate represents a new world and represents ability points that can make it stronger.

In order to conceal his purpose of obtaining this information, the large number of books he purchased this time also served as a good cover.

If there are problems with those space cracks and magic places in the future, he will not be regarded as the main suspect, and no one will even suspect him at all.

As for the payment of the book purchase money, Wayne was certainly not stupid enough to pay such an astronomical sum at one time. As a demon hunter known for his poverty, paying such a large sum of money at one time would undoubtedly arouse suspicion and lead to investigation by those with ulterior motives.

Therefore, after discussing with Margarita and others, the money will be paid in 24 installments over two years, with each month paying about 800 orens.

Dear little baby Triss offered to guarantee him and assume all remaining debts after he failed to fulfill the agreement. This was one of the important reasons why this deal was made possible.

Just as Wayne was thinking about when he would find time to explore these space cracks and places of magic, the time to leave had come.

After leaving Aretuza Academy, the three returned to Vizima City.

After giving Triss a meaningful look, Keira returned to her mansion without even looking at Wayne, which made him quite regretful.

I guess there won’t be a chance to continue the wonderful three-way tango we did in the academy in the near future.

At night, when the two were lying in bed hugging each other, Triss suddenly made a request to Wayne.

Yes, that's right, Wayne had been waiting for two years and had thought about it countless times in his heart to lift the curse of King Foltest's daughter, the vampire bird.

"Wayne, you have lived in Vizima for nearly two years. You should have heard about the vampire bird a long time ago."

Triss gathered her red hair that hung down beside her ears and looked at Wayne. Her beautiful face with freckles always gave people the feeling that they wanted to bully her.

She pursed her lips, put her face against Wayne's chest, and said with a heavy tone: "However, this vampire bird has another identity. She is the daughter of the current King of Temeria, His Majesty Foltest, Princess Yadan. This princess died at birth and was buried in the royal cemetery."

“No one would have thought that after lying in the coffin for seven years, she would be resurrected and transformed into a cursed vampire bird.”

"His Majesty Foltest currently has neither a formal wife nor a direct heir. He has deep feelings for his daughter. If someone can remove the curse of the vampire bird and turn his daughter into a normal person, he will definitely be grateful to the king and receive a very generous reward."

"This time, Kayla and I returned to Aretusa College and searched for a lot of relevant information. We have obtained a possible effective method to remove the curse from the former principal, Ms. Tissaia."

Wayne certainly understood what she meant, and was willing to do something for Triss.

In fact, when he first came to Vizima, he was planning to use this incident to gain the king's trust and friendship and change the situation of the witchers.

However, ever since he awakened his ancient blood and was able to travel to other worlds at will, he has become somewhat indifferent to these things.

The world is so big, with unlimited resources and infinite possibilities. There is no need to be obsessed with petty profits and be trapped in a dead end.

He reached out and gently stroked Triss's face, smiling and saying:

"Well, no need to explain so much to me, dear Triss."

"I am confident that I can deal with the vampire bird. Of course, I will not harm her life. Although this monster is physically very strong, it cannot use magic and is not more difficult to deal with than the Deer-Headed Monster."

Hearing Wayne say this, Triss was also very moved. As a sorceress, being trusted by someone and getting unconditional help from him was also a very heartwarming thing for her.

The red-haired beauty couldn't help but move forward and kiss him. The two of them hugged each other and lingered for more than ten minutes. Triss blushed and whispered:

"Keira and I haven't figured out how to deal with this matter yet. We still need to ask His Majesty the King for his opinion."

"However, according to His Majesty's character, as long as we are confident of success, we should be able to resolve this matter within this month."

"My dear, just don't leave Vizima this month and wait for our arrangements."

"When the time comes, as long as this matter is accomplished, His Majesty the King will definitely give you a generous reward."

Ding! [Remove the curse of the vampire bird] Master-level quest, do you want to accept it?

Holding Triss's soft and delicate body and listening to her request, I didn't expect the system to be very humane and immediately gave her a master-level task.

Wayne certainly had no hesitation about this kind of mission and immediately chose to accept it. He also smiled and said to Triss:

"Of course, no problem, dear Triss. I will return to my home tomorrow and wait for your news. I have been away from home for more than four months, and there are some things I need to take care of."

However, the sorceress had already tasted the sweetness of living with Wayne. She leaned over and licked Wayne's chest gently a few times, then said in a coquettish tone, "Why do you want to go back? Why don't you just stay with me? Isn't it good for the two of us to live together? If you want, we can occasionally let Kayla come to my house and the three of us can play together."

"Even if you don't carry out those commissions and don't do the work of a demon hunter, I can still support you."

"As for the money for buying books, don't worry. At worst, I can pay for it for you."

Faced with the red-haired beauty's gentle plea and the temptation of the three-way tango, Wayne almost couldn't help but agree.

Unfortunately, although living off someone is nice, if two people always stay together without a sense of distance, when the passion fades, everything will no longer be as good as it is now.

Besides, he is also a man with ideals. After being reborn, he has gained such talent and such an opportunity. How could he always indulge in the gentleness of life and not fight for it?

He put his fingers into Triss's mouth, teasing her, and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, dear Triss, I will come to your house often to see you."

"Besides, I have my own career, and you don't want to be with a useless man."

………………

The next morning, Wayne returned to his mansion. To his shame, it had been almost five days since he returned to Vizima from Middle-earth, but he only returned home today.

Fortunately, everything was going very well at home after not coming back for a long time. Berengar had not been idle for four months. He kept Wayne's home in order. In addition to training Alex every day, he also successfully reclaimed a large piece of wasteland in the backyard and built a fully functional greenhouse, where he planted some herbs commonly used by demon hunters.

The stables and blacksmith shop were also renovated and repaired, making them look more formal and more functional.

The little guy Alex is obviously working very hard. With the help of nutritious meals and a lot of physical exercise, he has successfully transformed from the skinny little beggar into a quite strong teenager. He can pick up a wooden training sword and perform a set of basic sword skills in a decent manner.

Both of them were very happy to see Wayne after four months' absence. For both Berengar and Alex, it was their dream to live in such a luxurious house, without having to worry about food and clothing and without having to travel around.

And both of them are undoubtedly very grateful to Wayne for helping them realize their dreams.

After a simple greeting, life went on. On the third day when Wayne returned home, when he was rolling the dice as usual, he suddenly realized that his lucky day in August had finally arrived.

It's time to open the treasure chest again.

There are more than six hundred ordinary-level treasure chests and more than twenty expert-level treasure chests stored in the system.

This is the first time that Wayne has opened so many treasure chests at once since he came to this world.

(Thanks to Yujing for the reward, muah!) (End of this chapter)