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Have you ever seen East Manor?

It was the largest, oldest and most magical manor in the Eastern Province.In a sense, it is not only a manor, but also a collection of the most top mage talents in the mainland, including dozens of magic workshops, planting, excavation and breeding bases for various rare magic materials, and cultivation of the East family. And the magic school attached to its mages, as well as the treasure house of knowledge that contains a vast collection of books from the age of the gods to the present. The magical holy land of the entire continent is like a paradise for mages in a country within a country. East Manor It is such a place.

Dalton was born there.

Although he is only an illegitimate son of a collateral line, his bloodline and his surname are destined to be a mage in the future.

An excellent mage.

Dalton once believed so firmly.

After all, you see, he is the smartest and outstanding child of this generation. He can memorize those long and boring magic theories faster than others, and he can understand the complex and abstract magic operation principles faster than others. When other children still need to calculate the variables of casting with their fingers, his mental arithmetic speed is faster than that of a skilled adult mage.

Everything tells him that he must be an excellent and powerful mage.

No, not an excellent and powerful mage, but an excellent and powerful [person].

Except for what he ended up lacking, a vital bit of talent.

Even a little bit, a little bit, is a talent that can allow him to be treated as a [human] in the magically constructed Sen Leng Manor.

Clicking into Dalton's memory, all Lucien saw was grayish-white turbid mist.

The fog silently filled the whole world, and Lucien was face to face with Dalton when he was a cub, and he felt nostalgic for the familiar face.

At that time, Dalton seldom smiled, but also? He was not so gloomy and unpleasant, but he was very good at observing his words and doing things? Also? It was very appropriate, and no one could say anything wrong with him.Lucien doesn't know how to describe that state. His childhood playmate is like a dispensable item. It is decorated there unobtrusively and unobtrusive. When you see it, it will make you think "Forget it and keep it." Right" - that state.

Little Dalton, who was between a child and a teenager, sat obediently on a chair, with his legs together, his hands on his knees, his back straight and a very standard sitting posture.

He seems to have cried, his eyes are red and swollen, and his heart is like water, there is no extra emotion in his eyes, only the long eyelashes are wet with water, as if he blinks, he can hear The sound of water drops falling to the ground.

Lucien was standing in front of him, but he couldn't see it either, looking at the void through him, talking hoarsely to himself, stubbornly asking unanswered questions to the foggy void.

"Do you have to be talented?"

Dalton has wondered about this question since he was very young, perhaps before he was branded as untalented.

If he has talent, even if he has only a little bit of talent, as a member of the system that revolves around talent, his problems will eventually be submerged in the tide of the mainstream of the times, at most disturb his thoughts occasionally in his spare time, and Don't think too much about it at all.

But he doesn't have any talent at all.

Such children occasionally appear in noble families, especially illegitimate children like Lucien and Doton, whose mothers are born in a humble background.

In some aristocratic families, untalented children can still have the opportunity to study art and literature and take other routes to get ahead. How lucky? Can they be like Lucien? In the Sturt family, lack of talent means inferior? The illegitimate child will also be questioned about the purity of his bloodline. It is the last kindness of the family to be able to leave a surname for Dalton.

It can be said that little Dalton fell from heaven to hell overnight.

And those guys who didn't even have a fraction of his grades just stepped on him like they were stepping on a stone, walking past without even looking.

No contempt, no ridicule? No pity, no one showed any emotion towards him to this former top student——When he was judged to have no talent, Dalton, the [person], died in East Manor. no longer exists.

So the question that germinated since childhood grew and thrived in Dalton's heart, entangled him like a necrosis, and he couldn't get rid of it.

Why do you have to be talented?

Officials can do magic? Doesn’t it mean that they can manage the city well? Shouldn’t it be political and people’s livelihood that is more important?Will a businessman who knows martial arts definitely be able to make money?And why are those important positions in the family who have nothing to do with magic sitting on people who are only commendable for their magical talents?

Obviously I can think of a better solution, let me be me? Can do better than those, those stupid idiots.

A thousand times better, ten thousand times better.

and so……

why?Dalton couldn't figure it out.

Indeed, he took the opportunity to be Lucien's companion, hugged the thigh of an elder in the family and stayed in the family, advised him to make him happy, and helped him control Mansui's business and develop the chamber of commerce. bigger.

He tried, he swore he tried like hell.

That person's status in the family is constantly improving, but Dalton is familiar with the eyes those people look at him. He is still just a convenient and replaceable tool, so cheap that when Lucien wanted to leave him, he only spent ten gold coins After going through a formality, he left easily and no one kept him.

Doton couldn't figure out why, just because he didn't have talent, everything in his family was valued at only ten gold coins in the end.

He has no way to discuss this matter with anyone. As a victim of the talent-based social system, he is surrounded by vested interests in this social system-if Lawrence has no talent, how can the butler's son be qualified to talk to the young masters? Walking into a class, if William wasn't talented, the child of a merchant would at best be a small businessman with a decent family fortune, and there would be no chance of touching power.

Even Dalton was the only untalented official in the county government. He knew that when Lucien presented the promotion papers approved by the Imperial Capital, more people were shocked that he was able to get the official promotion than Lawrence, the former butler. That promotion letter.

Even if he has fully demonstrated his ability, every official in the financial department and even the entire county government is convinced by him, and no matter how much he tosses about him, he dare not have the slightest complaint.

Because Lawrence is a gifted person, it is understandable for gifted people to achieve class leaps in any form.

Even if it has nothing to do with talent.

This is very unreasonable, but Dalton doesn't know who to reason with.

And the only lord who seems to understand his situation, who is as untalented as him...

Lucien: "..."

"How should I say this..."

He scratched his cheek, rarely showing a little expression of not knowing what to say.

"Even if I? Can really answer your question, talent? It won't come out of nowhere."

Although Dalton couldn't hear Lucien's answer, to be honest, Dalton guessed it? It was almost this kind of answer.

That's why he couldn't talk to Lucien about this matter, how do you want him to talk about his thoughts with a guy who doesn't bother with this matter at all, and frankly uses his weakness as a weapon? Lucien Eun would only find him strange, but could not empathize with him.

Lucien had figured it out as early as the day he crossed over. Since the value system of this world is like this, almost all the middle and upper classes in society are vested interests in this system, and there is no possibility of revolution within a few generations of stable class solidification, then Instead of thinking about what will be lost because of this unchangeable weakness, why not? Think about how to use this to gain more benefits and advantages.

It's useless to be entangled like Doton, and talent won't grow by itself because of his entanglement.

Lucien sighed deeply. After reading Dalton's biography, he pushed forward the urgency of purchasing psychological counseling materials. These one or two are full of childhood shadows, and now the pressure of work is so great, so they should plan ahead and prepare in advance. , if he really develops depression and mania in the future, who will work for him.

He was a little worried, so worried that he couldn't lie down comfortably and listen to the minstrel singing a ditty, so he sat up with a sigh, looked at his schedule, and set aside some precious rest time to talk to his capable subordinates Let's talk.

Please allow him to diss the level of rubbish medical care in this world with his real name again. Magic has developed to the point where he can engage in soul possession and mind manipulation. Why can't he explore more in the field of psychotherapy, which made him look for a reliable psychiatrist? less than.

Ugh……

Lucien sighed for a long time, and asked the bard to change the story? Then he sang, but he hasn’t called them over for almost a week, what’s the matter? He has to save fifty thousand and one hundred thousand manuscripts, seven Eight short stories that could be acted out? Right.

The writers under him don’t say they’re dragging their manuscripts, and they’re still waiting for new stories outside? How about rehearsing on stage, Velvet? As long as the spring hunting season can be lively for a few months, new plays can be staged at the market. , to increase the coverage of popularization of the law, and after this period of time, the common people will go back to their homes.

[-]. Going to the countryside is Lucien's plan for next year. He has too few people to use now, so he has to recruit enough coolies to work for him before he can go to the priest Elena to talk about "Let the light shine on the countryside" philanthropy?

Well, since there will be a new play at the market, it should be okay to advertise his recruiting plan...

Among the adventurers? There are many potential talents that can be tapped, and they are used to wandering around the world, and they don't have any thoughts of returning to their roots. If they are given enough, they will definitely be willing to settle down in Velvet.

Lucien thought so, so he asked the bards to insert hard broadcasts in his works to ensure that the news that the county government is sincerely recruiting talents and paying well will reach the ears of every adventurer before the end of the spring hunting season.

The bard had a stern face that had been devastated by the bleak winds and rains of life, and he no longer had the fighting spirit that pointed at Lucien to make a speech.

"Okay, okay, you're right."

The author has something to say: Dalton: Why the fuck

Lucien: Why, just do it

So Lucien is the leader (bu)

From. Meimei who is also working overtime today