Chapter 444 - I, Roland, Wire Money (2/2)
If she was still a caged bird in the royal court, she would have to wake up before dawn, and although the services of the king would be done by female officers, she, as queen, would have to be there to watch.
Every day, she would follow the king to the council chamber and then sit next to him like a mascot.
And feel the salacious, contemptuous, scrutinizing gazes of some ministers.
At night, she had to bathe the king, and the king had always been cold to her. She became queen to have the most powerful person in Hollevin protect her, to make her feel secure.
Unexpectedly, the longer she spent in the royal household, the more insecure she became.
Except for a very few women who were mentally strong and independent, most women relied on external objects for their security.
Some relies on money, others on power.
And more women depended on men, and Andonara was in that majority.
At first, Andonara had her heart set on the king, but after three or four years she realized that she had made the wrong choice and that the king didn’t care about her at all, and didn’t even usually bother to talk to her.
Although Andonara was very strong, she was, essentially, just a small woman.
Her heart grew cold.
And then she met Roland.
Unlike the king, Roland was busy with many things throughout the day, but staying by his side, Andonara felt happy.
Because she knew that, unlike the king, Roland was the kind of man who would not abandon her.
He wouldn’t give her away as some kind of political bargaining chip.
Nor would he stare at her from time to time and consider gains and losses.
There was no strict security here, nor was there any supreme power, but staying here, staying by Roland’s side, even if it was just eating and drinking, Andonara would be just as happy.
After breakfast, Andonara saw several Golden Sons waiting outside the manor.
There were men and women. These people had come to see Andonara to change their professions to Great Swordsman.
Andonara waved at them and said, “Come back this afternoon, I have to get to the Magic Tower first.”
The group let out depressed sighs.
A male player said teasingly, “She’s definitely going to find Roland.”
Andonara laughed at this male player and left right away.
This male player looked like he was mesmerized, and it took him a while to come to his senses.
The surrounding players looked at him and squinted and smiled, especially the female Warrior players, who smiled even more teasingly.
This male player straightened his neck and said angrily, “What are you laughing at, what’s wrong with me liking village girls!”
The crowd then laughed aloud.
Andonara came to the third-floor lab of the Magic Tower, where Roland had been staying recently. She had no idea what he was doing.
Pus.h.i.+ng the door in, she saw Roland standing in front of a table, seemingly admiring something.
She quietly walked over and tried to blindfold him, but ended up only halfway there before she heard Roland say without turning back, “Stop hiding and come here.”
Andonara wasn’t a Thief, and besides, even if Roland was unconscious, there would be a faint circle of mental energy around his figure, and he would still be able to perceive someone slowly approaching.
Laughing softly, Andonara walked over to Roland’s side. She found a blue longsword on the table in front of the two of them.
With a Warrior’s keen intuition, Andonara knew immediately that it was a pretty good weapon.
Although it was not as good as the Hero’s sword (Phoenix Sword) at home, it was still quite decent.
“What’s this?”
Andonara’s eyes shone brightly as she looked at Roland.
“This is for you,” Roland said with a smile. “I know you’re not too keen on using the Phoenix Sword.”
Andonara had always felt that she had robbed her uncle of the Hero’s sword, and in her mind, her uncle’s family were the rightful descendants of the Reed family and her side was only a side branch. She was supposedly not qualified to take the heirloom.
“Really?”
Andonara immediately picked up the sword.
It felt comfortable in her hand and though it didn’t have the feeling that it was linked to her bloodline as the Phoenix Sword did, it had a smoothness that was quite handy.
With a casual swing, the sword sliced through the air without actually producing any sound.
“This is no ordinary enchanted sword!” Andonara closed her eyes and felt it. She could now use simple flame magic as well, her mental strength had improved, and she could feel things she hadn’t noticed before.
“It’s a magic sword,” Roland explained. “A rather special weapon.”
Andonara said rather excitedly, “How about I try it?”
Roland took two steps back and gestured for her to proceed.
With a casual swing, Andonara’s blue sword aura directly cut a few wooden dummies in the distance in two.
“It’s really good, it boosts my magic and sword aura’s power.” Andonara was quite happy. Even if it wasn’t as good as the Hero’s sword, as long as it was a gift from Roland, it was priceless in her heart.
Roland walked over to Andonara’s side, pointed at the blue blade of the magic sword, and said, “This sword, like the Phoenix Sword, can repair itself.”
The Phoenix Sword was a sword made from the blood of a phoenix, and the basic ability of the fire phoenix was to be reborn in fire, so it inherently had auto-repair properties.
The automatic repair of the Phoenix Sword, however, had limitations, and only in the hands of Reed’s family did it work.
Roland’s magic sword, on the other hand, was the result of pure craftsmans.h.i.+p and had no user restrictions.
“I like it very much,” said Andonara, hugging Roland and offering kisses happily. “I’ll go back now and return the Hero’s sword to my uncle.”
Roland nodded.
After kissing Roland one more time, Andonara left the lab.
After more than two months, Roland had finally cracked the secret of the auto-repair technique.
Auto-repair was essentially advanced divination magic that had no patterns and using data from mathematical modeling to a.n.a.lyze it simply didn’t work.
One had to use intuition.
It was the kind of magic where you kept making or practicing and constantly failed but never stopped, and then as your mind slowly fell into an empty state one day, your brain just had a eureka moment.
Success!
The third-level or higher divination magic required this kind of arcane and mysterious intuition.
It was very unscientific.
Roland was quite happy to see how much Andonara liked the weapon, but then he showed a dispirited expression.
It cost too much money.
Materials for the sword cost money, and practicing and studying auto-repair techniques required a lot of advanced magic materials, which also cost money.
The magic school still needed money… To build that sword, he used up most of the materials from the Magic Tower, and he teleported to the capital to buy many more materials.
His gold coins went down the drain like water.
There were less than eighty gold coins left in Roland’s Backpack now. Although the sand statue provided an endless stream of gold coins, it took a considerable amount of time. While the gra.s.s grows, the horse starves.
The operation cost for the magic school this month would consume another thirty gold coins.
Training Mages required a lot of money.
He had to make money, but how?
Roland looked at the discarded production materials at the foot of the table and thought for a moment, then suddenly had an idea.
He immediately logged onto the forum and posted it.
Making Magic Equipment for People at a High Price.
Then he mentioned in the post: “Helping people make the finest weapons. Provide the original weapon yourself, best that it’s the finest quality. Provide the magic materials yourself, I only provide labor. The cost is 20 gold coins for every piece of equipment. Providing the following list of enchantments: sharpening, silent Attack, weapon reinforcement, and auto-repair. The following magic materials are required…”
After the post was sent, Roland laughed quite happily.
This method allowed him to make money and practice with the client’s materials and weapons, relieving the drawbacks of needing a large number of magic materials to practice auto-repair—what a great idea to kill two birds with one stone.
Once the post appeared on the forum, it was pushed to the top as a popular post.
All the second-generation rich players were waving their money wildly at him in the forum.