Chapter 245 (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

In the Administration Hall of Garth City, a low-ranking official took an uneasy breath and encouraged himself to walk into the office with a pile of papers in his hand.

After a while, he came out with a pale face and slightly trembling legs.

“Jack, what’s wrong with you today? Your face is terribly pale! Did the Consul blame you for your bad behavior?” a maid close to him asked curiously.

He shook his head and whispered, “No. But the Consul seems to be in a bad mood today. He frowns all the time, unconsciously sending out a killing intent killing. Standing in front of him, I always worry about whether he will pull out his sword in the next second…”

“Why would he draw his sword? To make sashimi?” the maid asked with a smile.

“I am not as brave as you…” Jack grinned bitterly and shook his head. “Although I know he won’t cut me, I still can’t help but be afraid.”

Seeing his face full of fear, the maid named Rose looked around to make sure there was nobody else around. Then she gently hugged him, put her lips close to his ear and began to sing in a low voice.

Her voice was so light that no one except Jack could hear it. It was soft and quiet like the moonlight, and it helped Jack calm down. His pale face finally relaxed and returned to its normal color again.

After a while, Jack smiled and patted her arms, then pushed her away.

“That’s enough,” he said. “Thank you, I’m fine now.”

“No more singing for you?” Rose asked with a smile. She seemed reluctant to part from him.

“If you go on singing, I will do nothing today but sleep,” Jack smiled and said. “I’m fine now. When I get off duty tonight, I’ll accompany you to the beach for a walk. You can sing as much as you like then.”

Rose laughed and stepped back a couple steps. She picked up the broom she had just put down next to her and waved to him. Then she winked at him, turned around, and walked into the courtyard.

Jack had fully cheered himself up. He clapped his hands on his cheeks, and his eyes were full of fighting spirit again.

“Jack! Come on!” he said to himself. “You have to be successful as soon as possible! Lord Bena is only giving you twenty years! Hurry up!”

Looking at where Rose left, he firmly clenched his fist. He encouraged himself a bit, turned away and left.

…

Inside the Administration Hall, Leon—here, more people called him Ray—couldn’t help but laugh softly.

“The love story of the little mermaid and the young sailor…” he smiled and said to himself. “They are all good people! In pursuit of love, one leaves the sea, turns into a human and reluctantly gets accustomed to human work and life; the other goes to learn accounting. As a student in the entry-level class, he’s done a better job than those in the higher-level classes…”

“Love is really a wonderful power!” He was still young and not much older than Jack in looks. He picked up the cup and drank the tea like an old man, then laughed happily.

After that, he took out a document, gazed at it and frowned.

It was the new recruiting order issued by the Eagle Kingdom with the king’s seal. There was a little bit of magic floating on the seal, showing its undoubted authenticity.

The order roughly said that the current situation of the war had been urgent, and the kingdom was at a critical moment of life or death. The recruitment order was issued to all the races on the continent except Orcs and Semi-Orcs. All powerful adventurers were welcomed to join the army of the Eagle Kingdom and was promised a favorable pay in return. If they were able to repel the Orc troops, their military reputation would increase threefold. The royal family would not be stingy with property and fiefdoms.

That was roughly the content of the recruitment order. Some of the persuading words were ignored by him.

“Has the war been so fierce that it even needs to recruit adventurers?” murmured Leon with a frown. He was very anxious.

After thinking for a long time, he went to the bookcase where he kept his secret files and took out a document. The document was made of soft animal skin. He slowly unfolded it, but there was no text on it except for a magic array. It was a semi-magical prop used to communicate with someone far away. Compared to other simple communication magic, it could provide both sound and image, similar to video communication on earth.

Of course, it was of extraordinarily high value. A legendary magic ceremony was required just to make one set of this array. The animal skin was also extraordinary; it must have come from legendary creatures. Even if it had cost so much to make, it could only support a brief conversation. Afterwards, it would stop working and would need to have its magic replenished. This was the same for semi-magical props.

Of course, there were props that didn’t need to be replenished. For example, inside the Highest Tower of the Commonwealth of Mifata, there was a crystal ball used for communication called the Enlightened; it not only worked much better than the animal skin document, but it also had many different kinds of magic.

However, that was a demigod prop. It had cost Master Le-Peyroux a large sum of money and was even polished with divine light by the Master of Mystery himself. There was only one prop like it in the world.

Leon put his right hand on the magic array, hesitated for a moment, and infused magic into it.

The lines that made up the magic array were lit up one after another, and finally, the whole array was shimmering. Then the animal skin gradually became transparent and turned into the form of a mirror. In the mirror, an old, frail man was reflected instead of Leon’s face.