Jenny Perot, a fourth-level rune master from the royal capital, is staying in her room, sorting out her few luggage items.
Most of them are tools used to draw runes or carve magic circles, such as corrosion-resistant smudge sticks, carving knives mixed with fine gold powder, wedge-shaped scrapers and various types of pens, in addition to Outside are the books and notes carefully collected over the years.
When leaving her mentor's mage tower, these were the only things she was allowed to take with her. In addition, she even had only two changes of clothes.
But Jenny Perrault still arranged them carefully, and then placed these pitiful personal items on the desk, cupboard and bedside shelf. After doing this, she sat down Sitting in a chair in the center of the room, he quietly looked around this wooden hut that could be described as simple.
As the highest-level professional in the hundred-person team, she received special care: a separate house. Although this is just a simple wooden house, which is completely incomparable with the mentor's mage tower, Jenny knows that this is one of the few good houses in this camp. This time there are only formal craftsmen and one other mage in the team. Only husbands are eligible to live in independent houses, and her house is the largest of all houses, which makes her extremely satisfied.
After all, even if she lived in her mentor's mage tower, she just slept on the floor in the utility room. Except for the fact that the walls around her were made of stone, that residence was really no better than this one. How good it is.
No, this is better. At least this wooden house is her own, and she doesn’t have to worry about being called by her mentor to test potions and magic circles.
Jenny looked at everything in front of her quietly, then looked down at her hands, thinking about the days ahead.
She is very aware of her awkward position. She is the highest-level professional in the team, but in fact her real extraordinary level is just a mage apprentice. Rune master is a craft job that excludes the ability to cast spells. Apart from the ability to sense magic, there is no essential difference from carpenters and stonemasons. In fact, according to the habits of mages, the second-level arcanist in the team should be the person with the highest status, so it is obvious - she This mid-level professional just makes up the numbers.
At the same time, she also knew very well that the legendary Duke from seven hundred years ago could see this at a glance.
So how long can this situation last for such an embarrassing person who must be received seriously according to the rules and provided with an independent residence?
It probably lasted until the Duke felt that he had given the king enough face, or until anyone in the territory raised objections to this matter.
And when that time comes, the only thing that can guarantee her qualifications in this land is the skills in her hands.
After all, this is a camp under construction. It has many things that need to be established. Whether it is making magic instruments or processing runes, it requires manpower, and Mrs. Hetty cannot do everything by herself. This rune master will be usefulIn the land of martial arts, if you do well enough, you might even get the recognition of that lady - Jenny didn't dare to expect too much, she would be satisfied if she could gain a foothold in this place.
At this moment, a knock on the door suddenly came, interrupting Jenny’s thinking.
She looked in the direction of the door with some surprise and nervousness, guessing who would come to find her at this time, but she did not stop because of this, but immediately got up and opened the door: regardless of the door. It's best not to offend anyone.
The door opened, and the person standing at the door made her breath slow for a moment.
A tall figure with short brown hair and deep eyes is the owner of this land, Duke Gawain Cecil who was resurrected from seven hundred years ago. Next to this tall figure is Ms. Hetty, who is elegant and beautiful in a red dress.
The lord and the steward came in person, which made Jenny at a loss for a moment. She couldn't help but think of her random thoughts just now, and became greatly worried: Could it be that the lord now feels that he has given her Is this package of treatment too good?
While Jenny was slightly stunned, Gawain was sizing up the girl in front of him, and couldn't help but take a second look: this rune master from the royal capital looked to be less than 2 years old. She is ten years old, tall but thin, with a sickly feeling. She has long silver-white hair, which looks dry and messy due to neglect. The hair hangs down on her cheeks from both sides. On the left side of his cheek, where the hair could not cover it, there was a large ugly scar - that scar was the reason why Gawain couldn't help but take a second look.
They have completely affected the girl’s originally pretty appearance. Not only did they cover the left third of her face, but they also spread all the way down her neck. Due to the obstruction of her clothes, her height Wen didn't know how big the burn-like scar was, but he guessed it must have come from some kind of terrible accident.
Soon, he realized that it was inappropriate to stare at a girl like this, so he withdrew his gaze: "Why, don't you invite us in?"
Jenny then As if she had woken up, she moved away somewhat helplessly, and whispered nervously and cautiously: "Duke... Your Excellency, do you have any orders to come in person... to come in person?"
"It's just that... Come and take a look." Gawain took Hetty into the wooden house and took a casual look: the house was not big, and the bedroom and living room were completely connected together. You could tell at a glance what furnishings there were. He saw This place was basically the simple furniture made by the carpenters in the territory. There were not many traces of personal belongings at all. He judged that this Jenny Perrault was living in a very poor life in the royal capital as he had guessed. "How's it going? You've been adapting to the camp for two days. Are you satisfied with the life here?"
Jenny didn't even know what the lord and the steward were doing when they came to her simple hut in person. If you don't take the initiative to ask, you can only bite the bulletFollowing Gawain's question, she answered: "I'm...very satisfied. To be honest, it's better than I thought."
As she spoke, she moved two chairs for the lord and steward. There was room to sit down, but she herself had to stand nearby: there were only two chairs in total.
"Imagine it?" Gawain glanced at Jenny curiously, "What did you imagine?"
Jenny was speechless when she heard this, but she couldn't help it. No answer: "At first... I thought it would be more difficult here. I heard that it has only been more than a month since the construction of this camp, and there is not enough manpower. I didn't expect that such a large area has been built here." There are many houses, and there are docks that can receive materials shipped from Tanzania Town..."
"This is because everyone works very hard," Gao Wen laughed, "and to be honest, this is... It’s not that fast, but I have seen the speed of building a town in a month.”
That was on the earth with cement-Gawain quietly added in his mind.
Jenny was startled by Gawain's casual words, but then she understood it in her own way: "Ah, you are talking about the Gondor Empire seven hundred years ago. Right?”
“It’s almost the same idea,” Gawain said casually, and looked at this simple hut, “Well, the camp can only provide this kind of living conditions now, but don’t worry, the brick kiln factory Construction has already started. Once there are enough bricks and tiles, I will let the people in the territory live in brick and tile houses as soon as possible."
Jenny: "...Huh?"
She had been waiting for Gao Wen to mention the issue of "excessive treatment" from the very beginning. However, after waiting for a long time, the topic went more and more in the wrong direction. Now it was even the complete opposite. She couldn't bear it. I wondered if the ancient man in front of me was planning this camp according to the standards of the Gondor Empire back then, but then I thought - Gawain Cecil also pioneered the land from scratch and built it together with his ancestors. The old man from the Ansu Kingdom has a lot of experience in this area, so he should not analyze it randomly...
The confused rune master began to analyze it randomly by herself.
Gawain didn’t know what the rune master named Jenny was thinking about. He just said a few words casually to open up the atmosphere. Seeing that the atmosphere could not be opened up, he simply changed the topic. : "We came here today mainly to understand your resettlement situation, to understand what other needs you guests who have come from afar have, and to get to know you personally."
"Understand...I ?" Jenny pointed at herself in surprise, "What are you referring to?" Hetty took out a piece of paper and pushed it in front of the other party: "I'll tell you clearly, let's read it. According to your information, you are a level four rune master, but your mage level... is that of an apprentice?"
Jenny's heart suddenly twitched.
Sure enough, what is supposed to come has come.
The fourth level of rune master will not bring you glory, butThe apprentice-level mage level is the truth, and this huge difference in level does not mean talent, it will only make people associate her with a "freak".
Even worse: a mage apprentice was stuffed into the team as a mid-level professional to fill up the ranks. What did the founding guild from seven hundred years ago think? According to the thinking of ordinary nobles, he will definitely regard this as a kind of deception and insult, and it is possible to get angry about it, but he will not lose his temper with the king, so the object of his venting can only be his own "lie" itself".
The rune master from the royal capital lowered his head deeply and apologized in the most humble and frightened tone: "I'm sorry, Your Excellency, Duke, and Ms. Hetty, I had no intention of deceiving you, and I am willing to accept punishment for this... ..."
But Gawain suddenly interrupted her: "How did you do it?"
Jenny was trying to organize her words to extinguish the "nobles" in her imagination. Anger", but he didn't expect that Gawain not only didn't get angry, but instead asked such a meaningless question, and was stunned for a moment.
Gawain thought that the other party did not hear clearly, so he had to repeat his question: "How did you complete the basic exercises of the Rune Master as an apprentice? You can sense the magic power of multiple runes at the same time. Can you perform 'magic tuning' on runes?"
Rune masters are indeed "craftsmen", and their work is no different from that of masons in the eyes of professional mages, but Gawain knows it very well. , there are still differences, and they are very different:
Rune masters not only draw the magic circle according to the drawings, they must also be able to actively modify and adjust the positions of the runes, and they must also be able to control those Uncertain runes are subjected to tuning tests, and to do this, they must master the skills of sensing multiple runes and performing "magic tuning" on the adjusted runes.
This is something that only a first-level mage can master!