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With money, the second thing priests do is to buy a house.

God knows that he has had enough of the precarious days of fleeing for thousands of miles. Even though the Earl of Marin's mansion is so gorgeous and comfortable now, he always feels awkward. After all, the sense of belonging as an oriental in his previous life is at work, even if he may set off again soon. Somewhere else, but having a house feels like having a home.

With his status, he is not qualified to buy a house in the aristocratic area of ​​the imperial capital for the time being, but with the guarantee of Earl Marin, it will be different. The other party has always wanted to get closer to him, and this relationship is not in vain.

As soon as Yannick went to talk to Earl Marin, the latter readily agreed, and according to Yannick's request, he quickly asked the housekeeper to find a house for him, which was spacious and beautiful, with complete decoration and furniture. The previous owner was a An official who worked in other places, because the time was too long, the house in the imperial capital was not taken care of, so he simply planned to sell it.

The exterior of the house is painted in light blue, with a pointed roof and transparent glass windows, just like the other buildings Yanick saw before, but there are two gardens in the front and back of the house, which are full of roses, and those roses climb along the pillars It grows so that it looks like graceful flower scars on the pillars.

The whole house is surrounded by two flowery gardens, more like a glazed flower house. Although large pieces of glazed windows are inlaid on the house, which enhances the aesthetic function, if the owner wants, he can hire a magician to give these The windows are added with magic, so that the inside can clearly see the outside, but the outside cannot see the inside.

This is simply the ideal home in Yannick's mind.

So even though the owner of the house asked for [-] gold coins, Yannick did not bargain with him, but agreed readily - in the imperial capital, this kind of location is located in an aristocratic area, safe and secure, close to the commercial area, but not at all. Noisy houses are hard to come by, if you hesitate for a while, they may be bought by others, there are not many rich people in the imperial capital!

The house is not small, with about twenty rooms. Apart from the most important master room, the room reserved for Baker, and a few rooms for future housekeepers and servants, there are still many rooms left. With few people, the house is too deserted, so Yannick also invited D'Antonio and Aphra to come and live together.

Although Aphra and the others still have some money now, they are more inclined to spend the money on magic cultivation. Those magic scrolls and book materials are not cheap at all.Yannick's invitation moved them very much. To them, Yannick was a companion who shared weal and woe. Their relationship was equal, but the Earl's House was different. They had to face those noble ladies every day. I felt very uncomfortable, so as soon as Yannick said it, they agreed happily.

Of course, in order to show their affection, Afra and Dantonio also jointly bought a set of expensive white plush carpet as a moving gift. This above, that kind of feeling is incomparable to wearing shoes.

As for the butler and servants, Yannick asked Chris’s butler to help him—in this regard, he didn’t want to get involved too much with Earl Marin. Eyes and ears, if the other party is interested, it is not difficult to place one or two of our own people.

In the interaction between the earl and Yannick, the former tends to think from the perspective of the interests of a politician and nobleman, so it is impossible for Yannick to trust her father like she trusts Sofia.

Chris's butler, Tico, acted very quickly, and helped him find everyone in less than three days. Yannick's new butler was Adam, who turned out to be the butler of a certain earl's mansion in the imperial capital. The earl was exiled because of a crime. The Earl's Mansion also followed suit. The butler had nowhere to go and almost lived on the street. He was moved to tears by Yannick's willingness to hire him, and he almost didn't swear an oath to show his loyalty. Yannick observed carefully and felt that the butler should Not bad, so I stayed.

The servants were bought by Adam in the slave trading market. The human world in Olin still has a strong remnant color of slavery. Perhaps the nobles felt that the slaves they bought would be more loyal than the free people. Basically, all noble mansions Except for the housekeeper, many of the servants in the village are slaves, and many of them are slaves who have served a nobleman for generations. The fate of themselves and the whole family is in the hands of the master, so naturally they must be diligent and loyal. .

Nearly a week later, everything was settled, looking at the beautiful new home, the priest felt indescribably satisfied.It is said that a house is just needed, and once you have it, you should work hard in the direction of improving your own strength.

As Yannick's guard, Beck naturally wanted to live here, and Yannick also reserved a room for him, and the sisters who followed Baker to the imperial capital, Mary and Jane, lived in a house on the other side of the business district.Baker looked like a rough guy, but he was actually very measured. He didn't propose to the priest to let the sisters move in. The sisters' house was not big, but it was safe enough for him to visit frequently.

Compared with their previous life, the three brothers and sisters are already very satisfied. They all know that all this is thanks to the priest. Without Yannick, they might have died in La Serena long ago. Even becoming a member of the undead, gratitude makes people contented and happy, and it can also make people restrain greed.

Oh, of course, there is also the little black cat, which was brought back by Yannick, and now has a separate room, and a sufficient cat climbing frame, for cats, this is simply a paradise life, But it's a pity that our dear Lord Ansel Kapeln is not a real cat, so he doesn't comment on this kind of life, and even expresses his disdain for this house where everyone is satisfied.

Look, how many people can live in such a small house?There are more than twenty rooms, just a few people can be filled, right?What about the spiral marble and dragon pattern wood escalator?What about the majestic appearance?What happened to Qiangwei, whose eyes were full of girls chirping?

This was the conclusion Her Excellency Kapeln had come to after a round of fussing around the house.

Fortunately, no one could understand what it was thinking. Everyone would only think that the priest's cat was very cute. Seeing the waving of its little paws, it would surely catch many mice in the future!

As soon as Yannick and the others moved away, the Earl's Mansion immediately became quieter—in fact, there were many people including the butler, the servant, and the two masters. If Earl Marin knew his daughter's thoughts, he would probably be overwhelmed with anger.

Sophia was impatient to stay in the mansion all day long to get in touch with the group of delicate noble ladies, and ran to Yannick's house every three days, and Yannick simply asked Adam's housekeeper to tidy up a guest room for her, and asked her to come You can rest, anyway, there is still a vacant room, Sophia is very happy, and can't wait to stay here every day, oh yes - in the name of teaching Baker swordsmanship.

Under Sophia's teaching, Beck's swordsmanship has become very good. In order to repay the priest and fulfill his promise, Beck practiced very hard. From morning to night, he did not relax because of the comfortable environment. Yannick told He, when they were about to go to the Principality of Ceylon, Baker devoted all his attention to it.Driven by him, Sophia's swordsmanship has also made great progress. Recently, she is trying to add some simple magic to swordsmanship.

In the fighting system of Olin Continent, sword and magic have always been separated. That is to say, the level of a swordsman is purely based on his mastery of martial arts. At the level of a sword master, the speed may be so fast that the naked eye It is almost indistinguishable, and this is only done by breaking through the limit of personal physical ability, and has nothing to do with magic.

However, not everyone can practice to the level of Juggernaut. Even if they reach the level of Juggernaut, maybe a high-level mage or a high-level priest will use large-scale offensive magic, and it is not certain who will win.

Therefore, this limitation has made the status of swordsmen inherently lower than professions such as mages and priests for a long time.

Sophia's idea of ​​combining magic and sword is not the first time. Before her, many wise and far-sighted swordsmen had this idea.

However, those who choose to be swordsmen are generally those with no or poor magical talent.This kind of forced choice and the limitation of talent made those people unable to develop a systematic and in-depth practical method to prove the correctness of this theory even if they had this kind of idea. Can only stop in front of this big rock, helpless.

But Sophia has different advantages compared to them. Although her magic talent is not too outstanding, it is not bad. If she had chosen the path of mage, as long as she concentrates on studying, her future achievements may be good. Reach the Grand Mage.

This is enough, apply this talent to swordsmanship, combine sword and magic, so that swordsmanship can have more powerful power, so that swordsman is no longer a foil for mages or priests, Sophia told Yannick this idea After that, he immediately got his strong support.

If he is just a native priest now, he may not see the greatness of Sophia's idea, or he may hold that he is a priest, so he doesn't want swordsmen to have a narrow concept of rising to the top.

But Yannick is not. As a visitor from another world, he is very aware of the value of this idea. Even if this idea has just sprouted, there is no prototype. If Sophia's idea can really be realized, then from now on, the magic system of this world This will change, and even the world pattern will change accordingly.

Perhaps history is destined to let Sophia Marin remain famous in history.

Her whimsical idea was criticized by her father, but she gained valuable support from the silver-haired priest. Excited, Sofia decided to find a theory in the books that could support her idea, and began to take the first step in practice.

"Where are you going to find related books?" Yannick asked casually when she heard her plan.

"Royal Library!" It is almost unnecessary to think about it. The entire imperial capital has the largest and richest collection of books, and as Sophia, there is no obstacle that cannot be entered.

"Honey, I have a better suggestion." The silver-haired priest smiled meaningfully, "Prince Felton's mansion may be a better place for you."

With Chris's obsession with books, he dared to bet that there might be more books there than the Royal Library.

Sophia's eyes widened, and then she shook her head violently: "No, no, I'm not going!"

"Why?" Yannick was very surprised.

There's a horrible Chris there!Sophia couldn't tell because that guy looked at her like he was looking at those undead, so she didn't ask for trouble!

At this time, the housekeeper Adam came in to report.

"Master, the butler of His Excellency Chris would like to ask to see you."

"Please come in."

The butler, Tico, is already familiar with this place. Since the priest moved here, he often sent various gifts under the order of the master, but every time the silver-haired priest opened the gift box and saw the contents, his face was black. , which made Tico couldn't help crying in his heart, my master, would you like to send something reliable!Send a man flowers and gems, can you make him happy!

But it’s no wonder Chris, after all, there is no book that teaches men how to pursue men, and in addition, His Excellency Chris successfully overwhelmed the priest according to the scriptures, so he would naturally feel that what the book said made sense, so he followed a path to blacken.

Fortunately, today he finally brought a gift that should meet the priest's wishes, and Tico even walked a lot more briskly.

"Dear Butler Tico, have you had dinner yet, do you want to have dinner together?" Yannick invited.

"Thank you for your kindness, I have already used it." Tico replied politely.

Because there is a withdrawn and unsociable master who immerses himself in magic research all day long and travels far away from time to time, Tico has worked hard for decades, and has upgraded the Earl's Mansion, oh no, it has now been upgraded to the Prince's Mansion. Be organized.The nobles might look down on Chris, but they praised his butler. More than one family wanted to hire Tico, but he refused them all, so people lamented that a loyal and capable butler stayed in a place where there was no one. What a pity to be around a master with a promising future.

Of course, they won’t say that now. Maybe more people think that Tico is far-sighted, so they will insist on staying with Chris. Now he has followed the trend, from the earl’s butler to the prince’s butler.

"Your Excellency has gone out. He asked me to come here every day to greet you and ask you what you need. Prince Felton's Mansion is willing to provide you with everything at any time."

Yannick raised his eyebrows, "When he came over two days ago, I didn't seem to have heard him mention that he was going out."

Since returning to the imperial capital, Chris seemed to be busier than before. Except for the occasional appearance in Yannick's new house after attending the banquet that day, he basically disappeared.

As for the housekeeper, Tico, who is often ordered by his master to invite priests to visit or stay for a few days, I'm sorry, Yannick has no interest in packing himself up and delivering him to the door. He still hasn't forgotten the black history at the banquet!

Tico understood and offered the gift he brought first: "Your Excellency, this is a gift that Lord Chris asked me to send."

here we go again!Yannick stroked his forehead and sighed, "What is it this time, a rose or a rose?"

"No, maybe you will like it." Tico smiled slightly.

The shape of the elongated box looked completely different from the past. When the box was opened and the layers of silk wrapped outside were uncovered, the silver-haired priest showed undisguised surprise on his face.

"This is……?"

"Your Excellency Chris said that he would give you a staff."

"Yes, he said so, but..." But the red magic crystal that Chris gave him, which was originally intended to be embedded on the top of the staff, had been consumed when he fought with the two elves, so he later If you can't give the magic crystal to Chris, the matter of making the staff will be over.

However, what I hold in my hand now is a magic staff with exquisite texture and dragon pattern wood as the body.

On the top of the staff, there is a shining yellow magic crystal inlaid!

The quality of magic crystals is yellow, red, purple, green, and white. Yellow is the best, but yellow is hard to find, and even top auctions may not have a few.

"Yellow magic crystal..."

As soon as he got the wand, Yannick could immediately feel a surging and abundant magic power pouring into his body through the contact of the palm. It was peaceful, mellow and stable, which was a strange experience that he had never had before.

There is no doubt that with this staff, his magic power can be increased several times.

Tico said: "You press the magic crystal and twist it down."

Yannick did as he said, and saw that the magic crystal that was firmly embedded in the staff was twisted and turned, and suddenly a gap was opened, and the staff was split into two, with the magic crystal as the hilt, turning Become a dagger!

Seeing the surprised face on the priest's face, Tico puffed up his chest, his face not concealing his pride: "Your Excellency Chris said that the enemies you encounter in the future may not be solved with magic alone. This short sword may come in handy."

"Yes, this is very useful!" Yannick immediately knew the value of this staff, and he took a deep breath: "I should really thank him!"

"When His Excellency Chris comes back, I believe he will be happy to hear your thanks." The loyal housekeeper never forgets to work for the welfare of his master.

"Where did Chris go?" Yannick asked.

"City of Saint Mar." Chris had explained to Tico that the priest would tell the truth about everything he wanted to ask, and there was no need to hide it. "Your Excellency has recently developed a magic potion against the Black Death. You want to test the effect, and you don't hesitate to risk yourself to go to the front line. How admirable is this kind of self-sacrificing spirit to save lives and heal the wounded!"

After the butler finished speaking, he took out his handkerchief and lowered his head to wipe away the tears that didn't exist.

The priest was a little speechless, "I think he has a research addiction again, and he wants to find patients for experiments?"

Tico was heartbroken: "Priest Hill, how could you misunderstand the master so much! Even if everyone in the imperial capital doesn't understand him, you can't help but understand him! His intentions for you are so obvious that even the goddess of the moon I see, but you have been turning a blind eye to it, ever since His Excellency Chris was named Prince, the Emperor does not know how many noble ladies want to have a night with Your Excellency!"

The priest waved his hand weakly: "Okay, Tico, I don't need to perform operas here!"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I lost my feelings for a moment, it was too much." The butler accepted the opinion humbly. "It will be improved next time."

"I have one thing to ask you. Sophia wants to study the relationship between swordsmanship and magic. Can you let her go to the Prince's Mansion to find books?"

"Of course." The butler bowed, "Your Excellency Chris said that you are the other owner of the Prince's Mansion, and Tico is willing to serve you at any time."

Yannick pretended not to hear the sentence in the middle, and smiled slightly: "Then Sofia will be left to you."

In their few words or two, Sophia had no time to intervene, and her fate was decided. "Actually, ahem, I think I can go to the Royal Library, and it's the same there."

"Chris is gone, what are you afraid of?" The priest was very strange.

She was also afraid of the butler's eyes as if he was looking at his master's rival in love!Sophia wailed silently.

There is no news from the Holy See. It is said that for the sake of the undead, in addition to the priests from all over the country, the Papal Kingdom also needs to send priests to go out frequently. The Black Death can only be cured by light healing. Under this background, the Holy See’s The prestige has risen to a higher level. Some small duchies have to act according to the face of the Holy See. The balance between the nobles between the priests and the mages is tilted towards the former again. The Holy See is busy competing with the mages to gain prestige points. In a secondary position, Yannick got the news from Bishop Lahe, and his companion estimated that it would take another week to arrive in the imperial capital.

There is no urgent matter at hand, Yanick is happy to be at leisure, he is not in a hurry to continue socializing in the imperial capital, except for buying necessary magic materials, he basically never goes out, stays at home practicing magic all day long, and studies how to Make the most of that staff.

Vampires, on the other hand, prefer to call themselves vampires. Even though they have not become the leader of Olin Continent because their numbers are far smaller than humans, it cannot be denied that this is a powerful race. Exterminating the family, on the contrary, made the blood race more fond of hunting priests, taking pleasure in sucking the blood of priests dry.

It is said that there are some newborn descendants in the blood race, who were forcibly embraced by the priest captives. Once they become vampires, their loyalty will no longer belong to the Holy See.

This is undoubtedly not tolerated by the Holy See.

Facing such a powerful enemy, Yannick didn't think he was lucky at all. The stronger his ability, the higher the chance of completing the task.

Especially, this time when Chris is no longer traveling together, to be honest, at least the safety factor will be higher where there is a black mage. Anyway, they have cultivated a tacit understanding in the battle, but this time it is only myself , but also to bring a Baker and a group of friends whose situation is unknown, Yannick felt that the future was bleak.

However, just as the silver-haired priest was trying to move towards a higher level of magic, that long-lost, weird dream began to invade his life again.