My Magic Age

I saw Marquis Edgar again at the gate of the Imperial Capital Magic Academy at noon the next day.

He climbed up to the fourth floor panting with his bulging belly. I don’t know how much effort he took. I only saw the sweat on his cheeks gathered into streams and flowed down. The dark golden noble dress he wore was full of oily sweat. He climbed up with gritted teeth, and the fat on his face trembled along his body.

Marquis Edgar no longer had the arrogant look he saw at Lady Alia’s manor a few days ago. Now his face was covered with a layer of gloom. I wondered what Marquis Edgar had experienced in the past few days, which made him look like a stray dog. The anxiety on his face was on his face, and his small black bean-like eyes were a little cowardly and flustered, observing everywhere.

It seemed that he was very unfamiliar with the floors of the Tower of Pride. When he climbed to the fourth floor, he wandered around for a long time before finding the entrance to the Magic Research Institute.

At this time, I happened to be squatting at the entrance with a magician assistant, talking about the "exhaust fan". Qi Ge's development of an exhaust fan that can smoke has been a hot topic in the institute. The magician assistant asked me enviously: "Did scholar Qi Ge ask you to be in charge of this matter?"

I nodded and said to him bitterly: "It's a pity that I still have no clue. I don't know what happened. Now the mithril rune metal plates on the market seem to have disappeared overnight. I can't buy them even if I want to. I am looking for these rune metal plates everywhere."

He nodded with some envy, as if he thought I got a good job.

After more than a week of fermentation and brewing, the exhaust fans in the magic laboratories of the Magic Academy have been fully recognized by users. Although the principle of this thing is simple, it is a great invention, which has greatly improved the working environment of each laboratory. The history of smoke filling the room and making people unable to open their eyes is a thing of the past, and there is no need for magic scholars to choose air magicians when selecting magic assistants.

The only thing that made Qige very dissatisfied was that when I met with Madam Alia at the Weiyang Lake yesterday, I did not convince Madam Alia about the subsequent cooperation with Qige. In fact, it was not that I did not convince Madam Alia, but that I did not say it at all. The enthusiasm shown by Madam Alia at that time made me panic. When I got on the carriage to return to the Royal Magic Academy, I remembered that Qige had not yet done what I had asked me to do.

When I talked about this with Qige, I could only say that Madam Alia had not given a clear answer.

Qi Ge has passed the previous excitement period and has returned to a very rational level for exhaust fans, but the magic merchants in the trading hall on the first floor have always wanted to get the right to sell these exhaust fans. Every day, there are magic merchants squatting outside the research institute, waiting for Qi Ge to walk out of the magic research institute, so that they can greet her and say a few words appropriately to get Qi Ge's opinion.

Every time at this time, Qi Ge would put on a fierce look and glare at me with gritted teeth, but she didn't know how charming that charming look was. The reason why Qi Ge was dissatisfied with me was simple. Now it is the golden age of the development market of "exhaust fans", but because of the shortage of mithril magic rune plates, exhaust fans cannot be mass-produced, and those gold coins flew away from her fingertips.

I could only draw dozens of rune metal plates by hand in Qige's laboratory every night, and then Takama and his servants assembled them into exquisite exhaust fans, and then moved them to the paint workshop to paint a layer of red paint, so that the mahogany louvered box looked shiny and gorgeous.

Not being able to find a suitable large workshop is our biggest problem at present, so I made an appointment with Lady Alia to meet at her manor in the afternoon, and wanted to make a special trip for this matter.

At this time, I was about to leave the Magic Research Institute and rush to Lady Alia's gorgeous manor in the first block. I didn't expect to see Marquis Edgar at this time. He looked at me with no strange eyes. It seemed that he didn't know that it was me who cast magic with an ice shield to block his pig's hand in Lady Alia's mansion that day.

He looked at me and another magic assistant, nodded flatteringly, and just as he was about to get into the Magic Research Institute, he stopped again in the next second and stood in front of me again like a meat mountain. I looked at him puzzled.

He stood at the door panting, took out a silk handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and showed a smiling face. It was hard to tell that he was a marquis. Then he said, "Two respected magicians, I would like to ask, how can I get to Princess Qige's magic laboratory?"

When the magician assistant beside me heard that I was looking for a Qige scholar, his eyes fell on me involuntarily, and he said: If you want to find a Qige scholar, you should find him.

I was completely sold out by the magician assistant.

The magician assistant gave me a guilty look, then turned and left.

"What do you want to find a Qige scholar for?" I glanced at him, pretending to be in a hurry to leave and very impatient.

He rubbed his hands a little nervously and said to me, "This time I came to find Princess Qige to sell her rune metal plates. I have hoarded a large number of rune metal plates recently, so... I heard that Princess Qige used rune metal plates, so I came here to try my luck!"

I pretended to be surprised and smiled, saying, "Do you have a blank Mithril Rune Metal Plate?"

His face fell, and he wiped the sweat off his face with a handkerchief again. He hesitated for a moment before saying, "Although the goods in my hand are not Mithril Rune Metal Plates, they are also its substitutes."

"Could it be... a Thorium Plate? Is it expensive?" I asked him deliberately.

He narrowed his eyes and showed a fierce look, but he restrained it in an instant. He resisted the urge to tear me to pieces and said to me again, "It's not a Thorium Metal Plate, but a Copper Rune Metal Plate that has been mixed with some fine gold. There are some magical gold patterns on the surface of this plate, which is similar to the effect of the Mithril Rune Metal Plate!"

When I heard Marquis Edgar say this, I immediately understood that Lady Alia had turned the situation around and successfully broke the deadlock. At this time, it was Marquis Edgar who began to worry.

But it seems that Marquis Edgar has a little trouble, but I think it's just a little trouble - he started to find a market for this large number of copper rune metal plates.

The magic contract order he had given to Lady Alia was a complete trap. He was so sure that Lady Alia would not be able to supply the goods, so he did not seriously establish sales channels. When Lady Alia told him that she could provide him with a substitute for the mithril rune metal plate, it was Marquis Edgar who fell into the passive position.

I secretly admired Lady Alia's powerful energy, and she could make Marquis Edgar accept these substitutes for the mithril rune plates obediently.

"Isn't it a blank mithril rune metal plate? That won't work. What Scholar Qi Ge wants me to buy is a blank mithril magic rune plate. As for whether there is a gold pattern, it doesn't matter." I said this to Marquis Edgar.

Marquis Edgar's face became extremely depressed, and he stood there in dejection.

I changed my mind and said to him: "Although your rune board is not what I need, you can go to the logistics department of the institute to have a look."

His eyes suddenly lit up with hope, and he asked me hesitantly: "Then, respected magician, can you take me to the logistics department? If you can, I will give you a little reward."

He took out a yellow gold coin from his sleeve, but in a flash, the pig's hand quickly retracted into his sleeve.

I thought to myself: Even if you don't take the initiative to find me, I will take the initiative to take you to the logistics department!

Bringing Marquis Edgar to the logistics department of the Magic Research Institute, as a guide, I am not going to go in with Marquis Edgar.

Marquis Edgar stuffed the gold coin that had been squeezed out of a layer of greasy sweat into my hand and walked directly into the logistics department.

And I didn't rush to leave, but sat on the corridor railing at the entrance of the logistics department, quietly waiting for Marquis Edgar.

As I expected, it wasn't long before Marquis Edgar came out of the logistics department with a frustrated look on his face. He sighed and groaned, obviously he had not succeeded in convincing the logistics quartermaster. This was completely within my expectations. How could the logistics department of the Magic Research Institute buy such rune metal plates with magic patterns in advance? What they need are pure high-quality blank rune metal plates, because these rune metal plates are used for designing new drawings and experiments.

The red copper rune plates with golden magic patterns in Marquis Edgar's hands are finished products. These rune plates need to be dipped in a magic pen and golden solution to draw magic patterns on them in advance. Of course, the research institute will not purchase such magic rune plates.

I sat on the railing and leisurely threw the gold coin in my hand upwards, "How is it, did you convince the people in the logistics department?"

Marquis Edgar sighed and shook his head with his hands on the railing.

I shrugged and said to him, "Then I can't do anything. Oh, I have something else to do. I'll leave first."

In fact, if I wanted to leave, I would have left long ago. I was waiting here because I had something to say to Edgar.

Marquis Edgar hesitated, but finally couldn't help shouting, "Hey, ... that ... Mr. Magician, please wait!"

I stopped and turned around to hide the smug smile on my face, and said readily, "My name is Jijia."

Marquis Edgar wiped his sweat again and asked me in a flattering tone, "Magician Jijia, do you know other news? Maybe there are other magic scholars in this institute who also want my magic runes, but I can't just barge in the institute like this. If you know, I can..."

I didn't wait for him to finish, and stretched out my hand to put a magic crystal in front of Edgar, looking at him with a smile.

He looked at the magic crystal in my hand and understood my idea at once. This was the reward I asked for for leading the way this time.

Marquis Edgar was extremely entangled, as if his heart was divided into two factions that kept arguing and fighting. Finally, he gritted his teeth and took out a magic crystal of the same size but lighter color from his purse.

I waved to him and walked straight to Yekis's magic laboratory.

Scholar Yekis was still in the laboratory helping me to revise the magic pattern drawings of the enhanced version of the 'fangs of the magic snake'. He looked up and saw me pushing the door and walking in, and asked in surprise: "Didn't you say that you had an appointment with someone to discuss something in the afternoon? Why haven't you left yet?"

At this time, Yekis saw Marquis Edgar who came in after me.

"Who is this...?" Scholar Yekis just glanced at Marquis Edgar and stopped looking at him, and asked me.

I looked at Scholar Yekis and introduced him to Marquis Edgar: "This is Scholar Yekis from the Epigraphy Department of our Institute!"

This time, Marquis Edgar took the lead and bowed deeply to Scholar Yekis, introduced himself to Yekis, and then explained his purpose. He took out a red copper rune plate and placed it on the coffee table. Magic runes were drawn on it with a magic pen. The lines of the entire rune were golden, which looked very delicate.

Unexpectedly, just one night later, Mrs. Alia made a sample of the red copper rune plate and sent it to Marquis Edgar, and let him accept this rune plate.

I pretended to have countless questions, but I couldn't ask Marquis Edgar in person.

Yekis knew that I went to see Mrs. Alia in the afternoon. I went to see Mrs. Alia and added an order for her, which was to customize this peculiar red copper metal plate, but I didn't think I would bring people to his laboratory.

"I heard that you need some mithril rune plates. I wonder if you are interested in this substitute?" Marquis Edgar looked at Scholar Yekis expectantly.

"Of course, I do have some needs, but I hope to buy some mithril rune plates." Scholar Yekis said after a pause.

Edgar couldn't wait to say: "To be honest, not only in the imperial capital, but also in the entire Green Empire, mithril rune plates are extremely out of stock. Otherwise, I wouldn't try every means to get this substitute, but the magic effect of this rune plate is the same as that of the mithril rune plate."

Yekis put on an apologetic look, "This kind of rune plate with magic patterns drawn in advance is not as good as a blank mithril rune plate for me!"

Marquis Edgar looked at me with a pale face and a blank face.

"... But how much does this magic rune plate cost?" Scholar Yekis asked slowly.

I stood beside Edgar and gave Yekis a thumbs up from behind.