31 Mulberry Forest 1 (2/2)
Aureus passed Reine a retainer sigil and told her to make her way to Everdawn's castle study when the tribes have settled down. Tipping his head in acknowledgment of the other tribe leaders, Aureus mounted and rode out of the clearing.
Edward waved to the leaders before making his way out of the clearing too.
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Later in the evening, Edward made his way to a workshop that has been dedicated for him to improve cores after his dinner. As he whistled a nursery tune to himself, he marveled at the patience of Aureus. He wondered idly about the rumor that the Crown Prince Leo was at least Aureus's equal if not better. Edward laughed to himself as he tried to imagine just what sort of body could give an accurate judgment of such matters.
As Edward looked through the accumulated cores and started mapping out how he could increase the level of the cores, he mused that he was lucky to have met Aureus after transmigration and the compatibility as working partners seemed to be a good sync.
Red and Green light intermingled in the work area as Edward transmuted the various cores.
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A week flew by as Reine made her way unaccompanied towards Everdawn's castle as the sun was in mid climb to the top.
She flashed her retainer's sigil at the various checkpoints which resulted in arched brows and straighter postures from the guards.
As Reine knocked and entered the study, Aureus stood up and greeted her with a wide smile.
”Welcome, spirit spider tribe leader Reine. I hope the austereness of my work area does not offend you.”
Reine bowed in return, ”Among the spirit beasts, might makes right. Trappings of wealth count very little amongst our kind.”
Aureus and Reine chatted on various matters inclusive of the conclusion of the treaty signing as well as expectations between the spirit beast tribes and Everdawn. As the discussions winded down, Aureus mentioned that there was a more interesting position available than being his retainer while still being able to be an ambassador for the spirit beast tribes.
One of Reine's eyebrow raised but she kept her peace and waited for Aureus to qualify.
”How would you feel about contracting with a promising mage of ours?”
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UPDATED CHAPTER RELEASE SCHEDULE
To my Dear Readers,
I will be changing from daily updates to 3 times a week. Please scroll to the bottom for the TLDR version.
One of the main reasons why I have elected a daily update schedule from Mon-Fri was to fulfill the requirements for being featured in the front page.
I believe that has changed.
Due to circumstances, I will be pursuing two professional qualifications simultaneously from Mar 2019 onwards. Currently, I am unable to gauge the full level of difficulty required in such an endeavor hence I am unable to plan accordingly in terms of effort expenditure. Towards that end, I have decided that keeping a consistent schedule is paramount for me hence the change to three times a week update. This does not mean I will write less daily, it means I will publish less chapters a week in preparation for the upcoming months.
With regards to the second and third paragraph, I have been given a chance to be featured on the Webnovel front page once already (shout-out). Going by which novels have been featured again, there is a high likelihood that I will not be featured again.
Finally, I am very glad and honored that a number of readers have chosen to add my book to their libraries and (hopefully) continue reading my work. It really keeps me going. For all my readers, thank you for putting my book into your libraries. I will endeavor to maintain the writing level that brought you to put it there in the first place.
TLDR: Apologies to all my readers for the change in chapter publishing schedule. I will endeavor to keep to my new publishing schedule :)
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