Chapter 68: Dignity

"And this identity is only nominal. In fact, you are directly under me and do not need to really perform the duties of a guest of the family.

For example, you need to perform some tasks arranged by the family, defend the family when foreign enemies attack, etc."

"But in contrast, when you obtain any new research results, you need to share them with me first.

And I will pay you extra compensation based on the value of these results."

"..."

Listening to Avis' invitation, Albins thought quickly in his heart.

Although he still had doubts about Avis's true purpose, he believed this explanation in his heart.

There is no way. Once it comes to the prophet, many things don't make sense.

From a rational point of view, Avis's invitation is actually very beneficial to their current situation.

The annual tuition fee of Pamir is 60,000 imperial gold coins. The two siblings from an ordinary mercenary family don't even have enough money to pay the tuition.

Originally, the two had planned to sign a contract with the academy in exchange for free admission.

But now, Avis's conditions are obviously more favorable.

Although tuition is waived, the free quota for each student for the materials of various advanced magic experiments is only enough for the basic courses.

If you want to go further in private, you need to pay extra money to buy the required experimental materials.

But even a small short-term conventional magic experiment costs hundreds of gold coins, not to mention those long-term experiments and special experiments that are like bottomless pits.

Magic and miracles are never free.

"... Can you give me some time to think about it?"

After a slight silence, Albins spoke cautiously.

"Of course, we are friends, aren't we?"

Seeing his reaction, Avis smiled and made a "please" gesture gracefully.

Then, he looked at the two of them and spoke calmly.

"In fact, I can guess your concerns to some extent. If it were somewhere else, your caution would be very correct, but here, there is no need to be too nervous."

At this point, Avis paused for a moment, looked at Albins with a serious expression, and then looked at Hillier with a somewhat unnatural expression, taking in the expressions of the two at this moment.

Then, he slowly opened his mouth and said something that shocked the two.

"In Pamir, there is no freshman who can enter school with a non-noble background who is not special."

………

The atmosphere between the three people became a little awkward on the way forward. Even Hillier, who was originally lively, fell silent at this moment, her eyes wandering around, and I don't know what she was thinking.

Realizing that this "chance encounter" was no longer suitable to continue, Avis exchanged identity marks with the two, and then made an excuse to say goodbye.

"Hilary, Albins, I'll take my leave first. If you don't mind, I recommend you go to the Olivendi Chamber of Commerce to buy the items you need."

As he said that, Avis took out the black space ring and handed it to Hillary with a smile.

"When you check out, just give this ring to the person in charge and you can get a half-price discount."

"This..."

Hilary was stunned, looked at Avis, and glanced at Albins, with a hesitant expression.

"Please don't refuse, this is just a friend's kindness."

Avis smiled warmly and kept the posture of extending his hand to hand over the ring.

The gentle smile was reflected in the fruit green eyes, making the girl's cheeks red again.

"Ah...that...OK..."

Hilary reached out to take the ring. At the moment of handing over, the fingertips of the two accidentally touched each other, and the girl trembled as if she was electrocuted.

Albins took a deep breath, turned his head slightly, pretending not to see the embarrassing look of the nympho sister.

"Well, Hillier, Albins, goodbye--"

"Goodbye, Avis--"

After saying goodbye to each other, Albins couldn't help but feel a little frustrated as he looked at Avis's back.

This feeling was the first time he had appeared since he and his sister mistakenly entered the ruins and resolutely chose to use the only tube of silver liquid with unknown effects as a test product.

"What should I do? Should I agree to Avis's proposal?"

Hillier hesitated and asked her brother in a low voice.

"We...actually have no choice."

Albins was silent for a while, but still explained.

"Although I don't know what the prophet of the Olivendi family predicted, I'm afraid that my future self will be really extraordinary if Avis can speak up on purpose.

And now, we have learned about the prophecy, if we still choose to refuse. Think about it from another perspective, sister, if you were Avis, what would you do?"

"Oh, this...maybe...respect your friend's choice...right?"

Hillier was stunned and said uncertainly. But as she spoke, her voice gradually became smaller and her tone became more hesitant.

"Sister, you should have guessed some of the consequences if we don't agree?"

Albins sighed lightly.

"As for the so-called consideration time, it's just to keep a decent look for both of us."

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….….

Anvis was not worried about whether his behavior would change Albins' future destiny.

Such a genius would never be buried due to some changes in the external environment.

On the contrary, with the funding from Avis, I am afraid that many of his achievements in his previous life will be published earlier.

Even if we take a step back and say that Albins really becomes a nerd because he has money and no longer engages in magic research, Avis will not lose out.

According to the normal historical trend, Albins will not stand in the camp of the four major families, but will belong to the Continental Magic Council, one of the enemies behind the scenes.

Moreover, more than one research breakthrough that causes the construct to threaten high-level professionals and directly shakes the absolute deterrence of the ninth-level strongman is his work.

Without those key breakthroughs, it is hard to say whether the construct poses a threat to high-level professionals.

And what did Avis pay?

Just a little bit of insignificant gold coins and resources-

After parting with the two, Avis stopped the special effect of the bloodline passively attracting the surrounding light elements, and directly took the floating saucer back to the mission hall.

Like other seniors, after hanging up a task of collecting unlimited credits for thirty gold coins, he casually took on a task of collecting dark stone hearts for eighty credits.

Afterwards, Avis took out the materials on the spot and submitted the task. The credits in the identity card were no longer zero.

After everything was done, Avis returned to his residence.

The secondary residence of the academy is an independent two-story building. The area is not very large, but the environment is very elegant.

Classic wooden shutters, light blue tile sloping roof with skylights, and a few clusters of light blue roses dotted in the magic garden, everything is welcoming the arrival of the new owner.

Thanks to Tianxiazhishi and Chilanshi for the reward Gu——

Thanks to Jinglan and Hechusiguixu for the monthly ticket Gu——