478 I Want to Make a Fortune Without Doing Anything Too 3 in 1 (1/2)

Since Roland was approachable and easy to talk to, Marilyn was quite ”haughty” in front of him and treated him as a tool that provided help for her.

But of course, she did not dare to be too outrageous.

Catgirls were all good at sizing up the situation and taking advantage of other people.

But Andonara was different.

The queen was quite experienced in managing female servants and slaves. Also, more importantly, she was a Legendary Great Swordsman.

From her identity, to her stance, to her strength, she crushed the catgirl in every aspect.

The catgirl did not dare to resist, and she could not run away either.

Her speed, which she had always been proud of, was absolutely useless in front of Andonara, a Hero.

Therefore, the catgirl had no choice except to accept her commands obediently.

The moment Roland returned to his manor, Andonara dragged him into the room, and hot food was served.

The place felt like home now.

Earlier, when he came home alone, the stone building was cold and lifeless.

Roland didn't really mind. After all, he could barely notice anything else once he was devoted to magic experiments. His life was busy, and time always flew quickly.

However, it was truly comfortable and cheerful that he was welcomed every time he came home.

He tasted the delicious and succulent sauced meat. He knew that the food was made by Andonara after the first bite.

Andonara ate the same meat graciously next to him.

Drinking a mouthful of the fruit wine, Roland asked, ”It's been a while since you came here. What do you think of this place?”

”It's not bad.”

Andonara spoke casually. ”Although the weather is dry and not very kind to a woman's skin, this place is my paradise because you're here.”

Roland heaved a sigh. To be honest, he felt that he had just been flirted with.

On the other hand, Andonara would say similar things multiple times a day. After he listened to her too many times, Roland always had the feeling that he would be exalted to the sky in the next moment.

He never realized that he was so great and important!

”What I wanted to ask you is whether or not anyone came to you for trouble,” Roland said with a smile.

Beautiful girls were a rare resource in every world, and their beauty could turn out to be their burden on many occasions.

Andonara shook her head. ”No, the people here are all quite nice.”

Roland was greatly reassured.

Actually, Andonara hid some of the truth, as she had indeed run into some minor trouble when she got those maids a while back.

However, the trouble wasn't really trouble for a Legendary Great Swordsman.

The two Legendary Mages weren't fully convinced, but seeing that she wasn't hostile, they simply backed off.

Since then, Roland's manor had been monitored by them. But Roland was too concentrated on magic knowledge to notice that the manor was being watched.

The surveillance wasn't canceled until a couple of days earlier. The Red Magic Tower had probably acquired intelligence on Andonara's identity and confirmed that she was indeed Roland's woman.

Because Andonara was here, about half of the time that Roland used to spend on studying magic was cut off.

After all, Andonara was fond of pleasing Roland.

When she saw that Roland was happy, she would be happy herself.

While Roland was physically happy, she was spiritually happy.

Although he lost a few working hours every day, Roland's magic studies and his grades weren't greatly affected. After all, one's efficiency in working and studying could be significantly increased when one was in a joyful mood.

For example, there were certain couples who were all smart students. They did not spend any more time studying than other people did, but their grades were always much higher than their classmates'.

It was exactly because they were more likely to motivate each other as lovers.

After another two months, Roland optimized the teleportation magic array again.

The maximal distance of teleportation was increased by around twenty percent, and the magic materials cost was reduced by ten percent.

During the optimization, he understood lots of other theories while he did the actual work, especially theories regarding Enchantment.

Some of the fundamental theories of magic arrays could be applied to Enchantment too.

On this day, when the school was over and he was about to return to his manor, Freud stopped him.

”Roland, we will take part in the annual academic meeting in the Monochrome Magic Tower three days from now,” said Freud. ”The Council of Elders has decided that you will come along.”

Roland's eyes glittered after he heard that. ”The Monochrome Magic Tower that specializes in spatial magic?”

Freud's heart palpitated when he saw the excitement and earnestness on Roland's face, but he did not reveal his concerns outwardly. Instead, he simply said, ”That's exactly the Monochrome Magic Tower I mean. You prepare yourself, because there will be minor contests between the students by then.”

After a brief shock, Roland immediately realized what was going on. He replied, ”Okay, I'll be prepared!”

Roland understood these sorts of things too well.

It happened in every family when their relatives visited them during the Spring Festival or other festivals.

”Dear god, my child's grades are really worrying me. He was so careless that he didn't get a full score on his essay. He almost lost the first place in his school to someone else because of that.”

”Hehe. My child has passed the test and is now a Grade Eight Pianist.”

”Your children are both so awesome. My child can't compare to them at all. He doesn't go to school at all but keeps playing games and yelling. I really think he's done.”

”That won't do. You need to get a job for him. He will be rotten if he stays at home all the time.”

”I've tried to. I managed to get him a job at a friend's company, but he was unwilling to take the job because the pay was no more than one-tenth of what he could earn from streaming per month.”

”How much money does your child make in a month through streaming?”

”Not very much. He only earns slightly more than fifty thousand yuan.”

Then, the atmosphere would turn cold.

Roland had too many similar experiences, but the good thing was that he had always been the excellent kid that other parents told their children to learn after.

Even Schuck had to be crushed by him on these occasions even though he was handsome.

After all, no parents advocated early love, so Schuck could not defend himself with the one thing that he was better at than Roland.

Because he knew it too well, Roland wasn't surprised at all.

After he returned to the manor, Roland shared the arrangement with Andonara.

Andonara immediately heaved a sigh. ”I wish I could go with you as your servant.”

After a brief daze, Roland clapped his hands. ”That does seem viable, but it means you'd have to put on a slave collar. I don't think you'd like that.”

”That's nothing bad. It will be an interesting game.” Andonara approached Roland and wiggled in his arms, slightly parting her red lips. ”You can even ask me to call you Daddy if you like.”

Roland subconsciously felt a chill.

On the other hand, Freud came to Alfred the Great Elder.

”Roland seems very interested in the Monochrome Magic Tower. You know that the people at the Monochrome Magic Tower have no boundaries whatsoever. They won't hesitate to do anything in order to draw the talents to them.” Freud moved a chair opposite the Great Elder and sat down, before he continued, ”Are you not afraid that the Monochrome Magic Tower will try to poach Roland during the academic meeting?”

The Great Elder put down his quill and said with a smile, ”Of course I'm afraid of that, but the odds of that are very slim. Intelligence regarding Roland has been delivered to me frequently. Based on our judgment, he is a man who appreciates loyalty and who has his own boundaries. If we don't give the slightest trust to him, there will be few people in this world that we can trust.”

”You really think so highly of him?”

”I trust the intelligence that I've read.” Alfred continued, ”Even if he were faking his personality, he wouldn't gain much by betraying the Red Magic Tower. The Monochrome Magic Tower is better than us in terms of spatial magic, but not by very much. Roland is too smart to neglect that. If he has been faking his personality all this time, it's all the less likely that he will betray us. A great schemer won't betray anyone unless the rewards are great enough.”

Freud thought for a moment and realized that the Great Elder had a point.

”Right, what's with the Legendary Great Swordsman?” Alfred frowned and asked, ”Isn't Roland a Golden Son from an alternate dimension? How could he have gotten himself a Legendary Great Swordsman? That's something that even the Red Magic Tower can't achieve.”

The Great Elder said with an envious look on his face, ”She is also a queen!”

”A queen!?” Freud exclaimed in shock. ”Why did the queen elope with him?”

”There's more to it. The royal family of Hollevin did not put their names on the wanted list at all. Even the queen's title hasn't been stripped as of yet.”

Freud couldn't help but let out a hiss. ”What exactly happened? I'm very curious.”

”I was going to tell this at the regular meeting tomorrow. I've acquired the intelligence about the Legendary queen. Since you want to hear it, I can tell it to you first.”

Alfred told him all the information concerning Andonara.

Most of the intelligence was correct, except that the incident where Andonara drank her ancestor's blood and activated the Hero bloodline wasn't mentioned.

The intelligence simply said ”Queen Andonara finally activated the Hero's power in her body” and that was it.

”What a lucky boy.”

Freud heaved a sigh. His body had grown old, but his heart wasn't old yet. Besides, as a Mage, he had a hundred ways to rejuvenate himself.

That woman was a queen and a Legendary Swordsman. Her identity was too appealing. Besides, she was also a super pretty lady. Why had he never run into any women like her?

Of course, that was only a thought in Freud's head. He wasn't planning anything evil.

A Legendary Swordsman wasn't someone that he could piss off.

Time passed by quickly, and soon, it was already the third day.

An enormous magic boat had landed in the square at the middle district of the Red Magic Tower.

The boat had been crafted with the technologies of the Red Magic Tower.

It was 65 meters long, 23 meters wide, and 15 meters tall. Made of mystic black wood, it was extremely solid.

While this boat was utter crap compared to Mordenkainen's floating city, it was nevertheless a fancy vehicle in Roland's eyes at this moment.

The magic arrays on the boat, in particular, contained more knowledge than what Roland was aware of.

But he wasn't too bothered. He simply circled around the boat and took a photo of all the magic arrays. Then, he kept moving around the boat and scrutinizing it. Whenever he could understand something, he would go on from there, and if it got too confusing, he would move on to the next part.

When he learned something new, he would wave his arms and legs crazily as if he were insane.

But nobody laughed at him.

All the mentors were aware of Roland's expertise. They knew that Roland could understand lots of things, and that he was only waving his arms and legs because he learned something.

For those who were inept, their mind would be disturbed the moment they drew close to the magic arrays without looking at the magic arrays at all.

Nobody except the mentors and Roland could approach the magic arrays on the boat and examine them devotedly.

At the same time, Betta was holding the rails on the boat and exclaiming nonstop while he hopped and jumped. He seemed even crazier than Roland.

Andonara stood aside and looked at Roland with a smile.

She was wearing glamorous clothes and holding a longsword, but there was a wooden magic lock on her neck, which was a symbol of slavery.

However, nobody at the square dared to treat her like a regular slave.

The mentors who led the team had all been informed of Andonara's identity. Looking at her attire which was graceful but appeared to have been sullied, they found her thrilling and provocative.

They all cried to themselves that the students nowadays really knew how to play.

The students had even less courage to look at Andonara.

They admired strong individuals even more than regular people did.

Roland suppressed the Meteorite Class when he first came to school. After a semester, Roland had grown even stronger, and the students were too awed by him to put up any resistance against him.

They had learned that Andonara was Roland's woman, so they would rather keep a distance from her. Also, some of the students knew that Andonara was also a great fighter besides being beautiful.

Seeing that Roland and Betta were both reading the magic arrays, the mentors did not give the order to take off immediately. They simply waited at the square.

They waited from morning to noon, but Roland and Betta were still examining the magic arrays.

The mentors chit-chatted with each other, and the other eight students simply stood there with their servants.

When evening came, Roland finally came back to himself.

He left the magic arrays, and Andonara immediately fed the Red Sand Fruits that she had prepared in advance into Roland's mouth gently.

One of the students said jealously, ”If I had a maid like her, I would have to eat Red Sand Fruits every day too.”

All the mentors put on sympathetic smiles.

Very soon, Betta returned from the magic arrays. He had learned a lot too.

They apologized to the mentors first and then to the other students.

Alfred asked with a smile, ”Roland, Betta, what have you learned?”

”I've found a node formation on the body of this magic boat that can adjust the frequency of the magic power outputted by a magic array. I can increase or lower the magic power the way I want.”

That particular node formation could be compared to an adjustable inductor on a circuit board.

Alfred looked at Betta again. ”What about you?”

”I've learned how to switch a magic array on and off.” Betta chuckled. ”I'm not as smart as Brother Roland.”

But Alfred was already satisfied. ”Not bad, not bad. Both of you have learned a lot. The whole day of waiting was totally worth it.”

He looked at the other eight students, who were all from the Meteorite Class, and shook his head. ”How can the gap between him and you be so huge?”

The eight students faintly heard what the Great Elder said. They were all frustrated.

Before Roland and Betta came, they had been the superstars of tomorrow that everybody thought highly of.

But after Roland and Betta came, they became unimportant side characters.

Then, everybody boarded the magic boat.

The magic boat was activated and flew westward.

This place wasn't too far away from the Monochrome Magic Tower, and the magic boat wasn't flying very fast. Its speed was merely around seventy kilometers per hour.

Although the magic boat was very large in size, its balance was well-kept during the flight.

Every student was given an independent room. Naturally, Roland and Andonara got one too.

At first, Andonara intended to help Roland take care of his physical needs, but seeing that Roland was sitting still, she knew that he must be considering magic questions.

Therefore, she didn't do anything and simply fell asleep in her clothes.

On the other hand, Roland had connected himself to the forum.

He posted the graph of the teleportation magic array, with the note that the teleportation magic array wasn't a magic trick that had never appeared before, because Mordenkainen was capable of that in the legends. He had merely found this trick that had been lost for a long time, and it was pointless to offer it to the Goddess of Magic.

After making the thread, Roland read other players' posts and learned their tips and experience.

He also read about the interesting incidents that other players ran into in the game.

Some of the players even posted advice about how to please rich ladies.

Three hours later, Roland found that a friend had sent a message to him on the forum.

O'Neal: ”Roland, I can understand the teleportation magic array you sent, but I couldn't use it. It's so weird.”

Huh?

Roland immediately replied, ”Is it because your level isn't high enough?”

O'Neal: ”I'm level seven. That shouldn't be a problem.”

Roland: ”Then what exactly is the problem?”