Chapter 506 - Come Out If You Think You’re Good (2/2)

But Schuck was not convinced. “You are the de facto controller of Delpon. A million people are under your administration. You’re as powerful as me, but you don’t seem too haughty.”

“I am very haughty,” said Roland.

Schuck raised his head. “Give me an example.” “For example, I’m bold enough to claim on the Internet that I have the experience of administrating a small city.”

Schuck immediately laughed aloud. “You’re truly haughty.” They talked for another hour. Then, they split

up.

Roland returned to the a.s.sociation of Mages, but he saw a person in black robes at the door before he came in.

Judging from the figure, it was probably Stephanie the First Princess.

What was she doing here?

Roland walked to her and asked casually, “First Princess, what are you doing here?”

“I’m here for you.” Stephanie’s face, hidden in the shadow of her hood, was unclear, but her blue eyes were as bright as two glittering sapphires. “I spoke to Alfred a moment ago. He agreed that you could stay by my side and work for me for a while.”

“I’m rather surprised… Aren’t you three forces supposed to check and balance each other?”

“He’s my family no matter how we check and balance each other. There’s no need for him to hinder me in this matter.”

Roland realized that she did have a point.

The big men and the powerful forces were supposed to be open-minded.

But actually, neither Roland nor Stephanie knew that Alfred only wished that they could spend more time together. Stephanie continued, “So, I ask you again, sir. Would you like to be hired by me? My rewards will be satisfactory.”

Roland thought for a moment and asked, “Is there a library in the royal palace?”

Stephanie smiled. “Yes.”

“Do you have the power to let someone visit it?”

Stephanie smiled even more delightedly. “I

do.”

“Then you’ve got yourself a deal.”

Stephanie looked around. There were few pa.s.sersby, and none of them were interested in her or Roland.

Although Stephanie’s clothes looked rather suspicious, there were a lot of people in the a.s.sociation of Mages who had attires that were ten times weirder.

So, n.o.body was surprised at her appearance.

Stephanie asked again, “What else do you want besides access to the library?”

Roland thought for a moment and shook his head. “I think that’s all for now.”

“Very well. Please take Andonara to my manor this afternoon.”

After that, Stephanie turned around and left.

Roland asked at her back, “You don’t want to come in?”

“That’s unnecessary. We’ll meet again when you come with Anna this afternoon. There’s no need to rush.”

Roland shook his head helplessly and opened the door. He found Andonara sitting in the living room.

“Did you hear?” asked Roland.

Andonara nodded and hesitated for a moment. Then she said, “Roland, you don’t need to consider it for my sake. If you don’t think Stephanie’s request is suitable for you, you can simply turn her down.”

Roland knew that Andonara was telling the truth, but it wasn’t easy for Andonara to have a friend. As her man, he should help her with this friends.h.i.+p.

Besides, Stephanie was quick to recognize and correct her mistakes. He didn’t despise her for long.

“This is not just because of you. There’s something that I need to take care of too.”

After all, there was still an epic quest weighing on Roland’s mind.

If he started from Stephanie’s side, he could gain more intelligence and clues. After all, she had a lot of men at her disposal.

It would be much better than investigating on his own.But Andonara didn’t think so. She thought that Roland accepted Stephanie’s job because of her.

She loved Roland very much to begin with, and she was even more moved at this moment.

Hugging Roland, she said with a happy and charming smile, “There are still more than two hours to go before afternoon. Let me give you some pleasure.”

Well… He wanted the magic experiments, but he wanted pleasure too.

That was really a dilemma. It was true that one couldn’t play and study at the same time.

Eventually, Roland turned down Andonara’s enticing suggestion, mainly because he was still exhausted from last night’s fun.

In the afternoon, Roland took a carriage to the First Princess’s manor, only to find that the gate was blocked by some thirty soldiers, who were stopping people from entering or exiting the manor.

A n.o.ble lady was shrieking at the gate, “Stephanie, you had the courage to kill my brother, but you don’t have the courage to come out?”