Dear Broom Knight

Mages don't manage these mines themselves; they usually collaborate with the royal family.

It's a win-win situation, as they get quite a few magic gems and can directly exchange them with the royal family for the kinds they want.

A mage like Lorry, who chooses to inherit his secular territory and diligently build it up, is as rare as a phoenix feather.

And he doesn't have many cultured individuals at his disposal.

That's why so many quasi-scholars initially chose to stay in Lorry's territory.

However, it was completely different from what they imagined.

Lorry Montes, though as wealthy as legend, was also as arrogant and eccentric as legend.

To him, quasi-scholars were no different from other professionals.

Although he provided them with a good living environment and generous salaries, the knights received just as much.

People with high self-esteem always feel they should be special.

Whether they can find something that makes them superior to others or not, they want you to think they are stronger than anyone else.

So, being treated the same as knights galloping around on horseback was the real reason these quasi-scholars began to feel dissatisfied and wanted to leave Lorry's territory.

But they really didn't have the ability to do so.

Also, they couldn't bear to part with the money.

Moreover, there were about a dozen quasi-scholars in the library, and only a few of them felt that Lorry wasn't treating them well enough.

The others could still see their own position clearly: those who weren't even willing to swear allegiance to the territory would inevitably leave sooner or later.

Which lord would value such people?

Even if they had a little knowledge and understood a bit of management.

Besides, Lord Lorry is a mage!

Scholars can only use their intelligence to compensate for their lack of magical talent, which doesn't mean they are smarter than real mages.

Indeed, Lorry never took these scheming fellows seriously.

He knew very well that those who were blinded by these things had no chance of becoming true scholars.

If the 'barrier of knowledge' blocking mages was that high, then the 'sea of the universe' was blocking scholars.

Once the mist rises, they're done for, and no one needs to put in any effort.

He never thought of forcing anyone to serve him; it really wasn't necessary.

Leave if you want, stay if you want.

Just, those who leave should be decisive, and those who stay shouldn't be indecisive.

Unfortunately, his kindness is always taken as weakness to be exploited.

Lorry indifferently asked, "Ruth Cania said he's very poor, what's going on?

I remember he's been actively giving learning classes."

The quasi-scholars who took these paid courses in the library could get a lot of money.

Lorry never cared how they distributed it, but he had heard a little about how Handel had taken many class hours by using his reputation.

"He probably thinks that the reason those in the magic shop can surpass him is because they are constantly surrounded by magical items," Cheska smiled disdainfully, "So, he bought a lot of junk?"

What decent things could they have in their hands!

All are flawed items collected from various places."

Then she suddenly couldn't help but laugh: "The reason Ruth Cania said he's poor is because those things are no different from garbage in her eyes.

She threw them all away, only taking some gold coins and jewelry.

I reckon the value is about the same as the thousand gold coins in that informant's hand.

And that's only because salaries were just paid this month!"

Lorry understood this time: "Ah... garbage in Ruth Cania's eyes?"

Ruth Cania isn't the type to be haughty.

Perhaps because she fought alongside the White Dragon King for thousands of miles and suffered a lot, she would collect anything of value.

Even if she doesn't keep it by her side, it doesn't stop her from putting it in her warehouse.

So, the only thing that Ruth Cania would ignore is probably a limited-time item.

That is to say, at best, it can be used for 10 years, and then it will be completely destroyed.

Ruth Cania isn't like other dragons who can use this junk to deceive people, so she usually doesn't collect this kind of thing.

Well... this is also the result of the White Dragon King Travis having many fights with her.

After all, Ruth Cania has a knight, and a respected King, Your Majesty.

He really couldn't equate himself with a fraud... The key is that the people Ruth Cania sells garbage to are small nobles who can find the King, Your Majesty, to complain to.

Only they have neither the insight nor the awareness.

The White Dragon King really used his battered and bruised body to get Ruth Cania to change the dragon's good habit of 'selling garbage to fools'.

There was no way to bribe Ruth Cania with money.

Taking the money would only prevent Ruth Cania from deceiving this person, but it didn't mean she wouldn't deceive the next.

The White Dragon King could only use his injuries to gain Ruth Cania's reluctance.

Ruth Cania, who had an agreement that her ally would rather be battered and bruised to make with her, finally chose to yield out of reluctance.

When Lorry learned about this, he understood how inseparable the two were.

Ruth Cania is truly willing to risk her life for her Travis.

Therefore, although Lorry occasionally competes with the White Dragon King, he would never make a fuss about Ruth Cania's solemn preparation for pregnancy this time, nor would he let Ruth Cania feel that he doesn't welcome her arrival.

This may be the only chance for his friend to be a mother.

Lorry sighed wistfully before turning to ask, "What about the others? Didn't they participate?"

"No," Cheska pursed her lips, "There are two others who seem to be the type to sell the information they know at any time, but they won't specifically seek out information.

Basically, anyone can buy information from them."

Lorry nodded: "Forget about those, don't worry about them."

Nothing that can be spread from here is shameful, as long as they have a sense of propriety.

Besides, he sometimes needs these people to exist.

For example, with the arrival of the Gale Wolves, he really hopes these people will spread the word quickly.

As a result, he was quite satisfied.

Any territory needs these kinds of people, and as long as they can be used, the lords won't be too concerned.

"Did you send Handel and that informant away?" Lorry asked Cheska.

"I had Tyler take a team to send them," Cheska blinked, "Dropped them off from the Great Cliff."

Lorry looked at her curiously: "Did they offend you?"

Going from the Great Cliff, and with Tyler, his trusted aide, personally escorting them, the border army would have to give him some face and record their information in the Northern Kingdom's Awakening Formation.

That is to say, from now on, these two are unwelcome guests in the Northern Kingdom.

Not to mention Handel's dream of going to Scroll Mountain, that informant, who must have come from the South, also has to go home, right?

But the Icewind Kingdom's only neighboring country is the Northern Kingdom.

No, that's not quite accurate.

It should be said that the only proper roads, whether above ground or underground, are in the Northern Kingdom.

This isn't as simple as sneaking into the Northern Kingdom's border; they also have to pass through the Northern Kingdom and exit from the southern border!

With just the two of them, how is that possible?

Unless that informant finds a way to leave Handel in the Icewind Kingdom, otherwise he has no hope.

Even if he can be invisible.

Of course, they have another way, which is to climb over the steepest, shortest peak on the westernmost side of the Icewind Kingdom, a continuous mountain range whose peaks are above the clouds, and then reach the grassland country separated from the Northern Kingdom by a mountain range and a desert, and then go around a big circle back to the South.

Well, not to mention whether the closed grassland country is willing to let them pass through, just the mountain range above the clouds is not something anyone can walk through.

Basically, the temperature is extremely cold, and any living creature must be above level 14, and there are bound to be powerful white dragons, all of which are extremely terrible difficulties.

From his understanding of Cheska, if she can't kill someone in one hit, she basically won't do things to the extreme.

She is quite influenced by Pat, and she is not as willful as Lorry, and she is used to acting within the rules.

"Baron, do you know what information they passed on?" Cheska asked softly.

Lorry blinked and tilted his head in confusion: "Gale Wolves, Ruth Cania, and the big lake I suddenly dug?"

"They seem to think that you have a... fetish..." Cheska hesitated for a moment, but still said it.

"What? What thing?" Lorry stammered, "Explain it more clearly."

"Someone seems to think that you are more interested in aliens," Cheska pursed her lips and said resolutely.

"What interest..." Lorry struggled unwillingly.

"Ah~ *Wind*!

It's saying that you are more interested in wolves, dragons, and birds than in human women!"

Ruth Cania, who had clearly returned to the Thousand Petal Lotus Hall, landed in front of Lorry on a gust of wind.

She blinked cutely at Lorry: "I just used dragon language magic, you see, it's powerful enough, right~"

"You remembered at this time," Lorry replied flatly.

"You don't seem angry at all?" Ruth Cania curiously approached him, "You've always identified as human, why aren't you angry when you hear this kind of talk?"