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Chapter 24: I Seem to Still Have a Salary?

“The magical lineage within the Hedley Empire has actually been disrupted, and the branches of magic are not limited to just these three professions.”

As he spoke, Ryan wrote several terms on the blackboard.

“In fact, magic branches are extremely diverse: some can manipulate mana to alter form, others can even summon familiars to fight as Summoners, there are Cursemasters who injure foes unseen through various spells, Aegis Mages who grant protective buffs, and Illusionists skilled in creating mirages to confuse opponents…”

As Ryan’s lecture on magic settled into its stride, the little girls snapped back to attention and began listening intently.

“At the same time, by combining magic with other abilities, new branches can emerge, such as Spellblades who merge swordsmanship with magic…”

When she heard Ryan mention Spellblades, the knight girl who had paid little attention to the lesson suddenly looked up, obviously piqued with interest.

“Each nation and race also has its own special magic branches; for us humans, the special branch is that of the Priest, among the Elves there are many special branches, the most representative being the Druid, the Beastkin have the Shaman, and among the Demonkind there is a branch called the Necromancer…”

“We have a Shaman in our tribe!”

Hearing Ryan bring this up, the Beastkin girl excitedly raised her hand, revealing two adorable little fangs.

Ryan turned around and nodded with a smile.

“The Shaman represents wisdom in the Beastkin tribe and holds a pivotal position in the entire tribe… What is your name?”

“Teacher Ryan, my name is Neemitua, but you can just call me Tuya!”

The Beastkin girl uttered a name that sounded rather cumbersome compared to human names.

Ryan nodded and then turned to write the four characters of Neemitua in the Beastkin language on the blackboard.

“Neemitua, when translated from Beastkin it means ‘female hero’; Tuya, you have a very good name!”

“Hehe…”

At these words, Tuya chuckled.

The other noble girls were not averse to a foreign language either, and many silently memorized that piece of Beastkin speech.

That included the knight girl as well.

By the end of the lesson, Ryan had indeed only covered theoretical knowledge; after all, magical theory was too profound to compress into a single session, and even if he had wanted to teach practical magic, there simply wasn’t time.

He had spent more than half the class just explaining the branches of magical professions.

At the end of the class, many of the noble little girls looked at Ryan with shining eyes.

In that short session, Ryan’s image as a powerful, erudite, yet gentle figure took hold in their hearts.

They wished that Teacher Ryan could keep giving lessons in the future.

They dismissed thoughts of Professor Rowan, saying they really didn’t know her.

Meanwhile, Rowan herself was still holding her notebook and following Ryan to ask questions, completely oblivious to any sense that her own status and position were about to be supplanted.

Nanali was also startled by her classmates’ predatory gazes and scrambled to Ryan’s side as soon as the bell rang, tugging at his pant leg.

Ryan, who was laboriously explaining to Rowan why the Aegis Mage was called an Aegis Mage, looked down and asked, “Nanali, what is it?”

“It’s time to eat lunch.”

Nanali said coolly, indicating that she was hungry.

Ryan realized that it was indeed time for lunch and prepared to leave the classroom with Nanali.

“I’ll come too!”

Rowan, still clutching her notebook, trailed after Ryan like a tagalong, clearly with more questions to ask.

Just then, a clear, youthful voice sounded from behind:

“Teacher Ryan.”

Ryan instinctively turned his head, and Nanali’s heart tightened.

When he saw it was the knight girl he had noticed earlier, she was still holding that massive longsword.

The longsword, enormous compared to her small frame, was held in her hand as if it were made of paper.

Ryan couldn’t help asking, “Student, do you have a question?”

“Yes.”

The knight girl nodded and then asked, “What salary did the Axi family give you?”

Hearing this, Nanali immediately looked up at Ryan, since matters of salary should have been arranged by her father, and she really had no idea.

Ryan, however, was stunned.

Salary?

Right, I seem to be entitled to a salary.

“Teacher Ryan, let me introduce myself: I am Yvette Odysseus, daughter of the Marquis family Odysseus; although I don’t know how high a salary the Axi family offered to keep you, if you are willing to come to our Odysseus family we are prepared to pay three times what the Axi family does and will meet any other reasonable requests of yours as long as they are not excessive.”

Yvette met Ryan’s gaze with her light green eyes and spoke each word deliberately:

“And three times is merely the highest salary I could propose, not my father’s limit; I am sure that once my father meets you, he will be willing to offer you even more.”

She was, after all, the daughter of a Marquis.

Perhaps due to her upbringing, the scheming and tactics Yvette displayed in just a few sentences were far beyond what an 8-9 year-old girl would normally possess.

Unfortunately, Yvette was still a bit inexperienced.

If Rowan was the preeminent mage in Art City, then given Ryan’s magical prowess, which would certainly afford him a place even within the royal palace, his willingness to stay with the Axi family was definitely not for the money.

Ryan really had never cared about money.

Young girls, after all, were most endearing when they were innocent and pure…

Ryan even felt that Rowan was more innocent and pure than these little girls.

So this was the heiress of the Odysseus family?

Yvette’s demeanor had surprised Ryan; he had originally assumed she would be much like the Baikasi family’s heiress.

However, Nanali had been caught off guard; she nervously gripped Ryan’s pant leg and said:

“Your guard knight offended Ryan just yesterday, and today you already want to recruit Ryan to your Odysseus family?”

Upon hearing this, the Odysseus family guard knight who had come to escort his Milady suddenly shivered.

How could this possibly involve me?

I clearly would rather stay eight hundred leagues away from you, so how am I being singled out over that incident?

Hearing this, Yvette glanced at her guard knight and then returned her gaze to Ryan.

Then, with Ryan looking slightly astonished, Yvette bowed her petite frame in apology and said:

“I apologize that my guard knight offended you; it was due to lax management and is also my fault. If you are willing to come to our Odysseus family, we can transfer this knight to your command, so you may deal with him as you see fit.”

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