Mage? Spell Engineer!

"But you only have the right to make suggestions, not decision-making."

"Of course, I understand."

Through his eloquent speech, Necker successfully won himself a position as "Economic Advisor to the Magic Guild", and he firmly believed that this was just a gap year for the Kingdom's Finance Minister: "You will find that the investment is worth it. When the palace carriage stops for me again and invites me to become the Minister of Finance, you and all the mages will receive my most loyal reward."

Kano ignored Necker's promise: "Okay, what are you going to do next?"

The Archmage realized that it was necessary to restrict the former minister's personal freedom to avoid inappropriate behavior while being detained.

Necker asked the waiter to serve him a glass of white wine. He had made enough money for the royal family, and it was time to enjoy it for himself. He took a sip and said:

"Write! I must explain my economic and financial theories and maintain my popularity among the people. If I am unfortunately imprisoned one day, it would be more terrible for everyone to forget about me than to lose my freedom to move for a while. "

"Only in one aspect, you are a brave and fearless person." Kano commented, and asked the minister to leave the restaurant to avoid completely ruining the meal.

Necker was placed in a hospital designated by the guild and enjoyed an independent "ward". The trajectory of Necker was surprisingly similar to that of his "apprentice" Valan. The guild promised to provide him with newspapers, pen and paper for writing, and to allow his wife to visit him once a week.

The duration of the protection was left to his own discretion, leaving it to Necker himself to judge whether his Majesty's anger had subsided.

"Your Majesty and the wise Prime Minister will understand that there is no one in that position but me, and no one can do it better."

After sending Brother Confidence away, Kano shook his head: "To be honest, I'm starting to regret it now. If there is any problem, we can only let this 'alchemist' dissolve in a strong acid alchemy solvent. I think Basti Fortress also Can’t lock him up.”

Rorschach stood up to say goodbye and left the restaurant of the Star Torch Tower.

The Seine River flows continuously, and in the early summer season, the entire city of Valois becomes hot. The currency value had been stabilized by the New Deal, and the people of Valois were dealt a heavy blow. Some of them were brave enough to take action, but they only demolished or burned down a few bank doors. After a lot of spitting and the return of physical currency, everything seems to be back to where it was before.

After all, everyone has to continue living. After all, the people below are used to being exploited. As long as they can still afford bread, whether they will leave one big silver coin or three or two copper plates to future generations is a matter that they have no time to think about or sigh. .

But to talk about the remaining impact, the operators of small restaurants and small shops have really suffered unacceptable losses. They have lost their former glory. Many shops have put up transfer signs, but no one cares about them. In the end, they simply Closing the shop and packing up to pay off their debts, these people don't even have the courage to ask the bank for an explanation, so they can only live their lives sighing.

The days in the Holy Kingdom are getting hotter and harder every day. More and more people are realizing that the "sun" above their heads is burning them. Especially thanks to the "Report", there are more private and public curses. stand up.

In the past, only young people talked about "dangerous topics" in teahouses. Now everyone is saying that when the security team patrols encounter them, they just stop in a symbolic way, take some tea money from the boss and leave.

It was in this atmosphere that the boom in opening factories half a year ago cooled down, but this did not include the trading companies affiliated with the Magic Guild.

"Clang!" The glass bottle of sparkling wine collided with the hull of the boat, and a graceful small boat was pushed into the water from the shore, causing waves. The crowd applauded enthusiastically, and it was Pascal who broke the bottle, while Rorschach clapped along with the crowd behind him.

The sails of the small boat were still arranged for safety reasons, but they were not unfolded. There was no paddle wheel on its hull. It was equipped with a rear-mounted propeller and a steam engine improved by the Alchemy Department.

Rorschach also contributed to the miniaturization, so he also participated in the launching ceremony, and Pascal represented the Archmage of Kano.

Since the disappearance of Granol, all the "aristocratic factions" immediately turned around, and the former obstructionists became strong advocates for the technical decentralization of the Magic Tower and the Alchemy Department.

After Pascal stepped back, he immediately blended into the crowd. He quickly took off the mage's robe that he had been thinking about for several years and rolled it up, so that he could get a moment of peace.

"So how many parties have you attended?" Rorschach saw that Pascal's dark circles were enough to apply for national treasure status.

"It started last week. The opening ceremony of Fanxing Bank was followed by the receptions of various trading companies. Kano asked me to go. At first, I thought that eating and drinking was a good thing. I was so naive!"

Now Pascal has become a person who never leaves the concentrated version of the energy potion. He opened a bottle and drank it in one gulp before continuing: "The club's gatherings have become more frequent, and we often discuss them late into the night. Paulina wants me to help organize the files, dear junior brother." , you haven’t been able to see anyone these days, you are really desperate!”

"You don't just have one junior brother." Luo Xia took half a step back: "Senior brother, you know that I also have a mission."

"Okay, okay" Pascal sighed, and was dragged to the reception by the organizer of the launching ceremony again.

The boat puffed out black smoke and sailed to the far end of the Seine River amidst people's cheers, breaking through the river and the sunset.

There were several Alchemy Department boats at the launching ceremony, but they were powered by the [Wind Making] magic circle. The mage stood at the stern of the boat to steer the ship and input magic power into the magic circle. He roughly pushed away the river water at the stern of the boat at a speed comparable to A speedboat in the original world of Rorschach.

After a while, it overtook the steam engine x propeller test boat, leaving a trail of cool water splashes.

Rorschach felt the breeze blowing on his face and wondered why steam engine power was needed when such a thing was available!

The boat soared all the way out of the city, and the guards at the water checkpoint successfully rushed through the gate without even reacting. The magic speedboat finally slowed down on the verge of spitting out Rorschach and stopped in a wilderness.

"Brother Rorschach!" He was greeted by Snow, the boss of the Alchemy Department. Master Snow was now very proud. Since the Archmage Kano completely took control of the magic guild and implemented his policy of decentralizing technology, the Alchemy Department has become a hot topic. , massive resources are gathered here, and news about it is frequently published in "Elemental Pravda".

Now no mage dares to express his contempt for the members of the Alchemy Department. It is better to say that many "noble factions" have begun to fawn over Snow. Rorschach does not know whether such a change is good or bad for the Alchemy Department.

"Give me a bottle of purple potion." Rorschach urgently needed the energy potion to cheer him up and remove the seasickness debuff.

Sure enough, Snow had the purple potion with him. He handed it to the visitor and led Rorschach step by step into the wilderness. This was land that belonged to Tower of Stars and had not been cleared for fields or turned into pasture or hunting ground.

In American TV dramas, the evil forces seem to like to kill people in the wilderness. If the character is popular, maybe the screenwriter will arrange for me to kill Rorschach. Looking around the entire wilderness surrounded by hills, the wild grass is bathed in the sunset, and with the evening wind swing.

"Do you know why Master Kano asked you to come here to find me?" Snow and Rorschach said side by side, looking at the wasteland.