Since the victory in the duel with the Dark Iron Mage, the name Donald Melina has been widely known to the upper echelons of Northshire these days.
Although Donald himself is very low-key, he couldn't stand the red maple baron who wanted to raise his reputation for his "future son-in-law", so he secretly spread the matter of the test bet. Although no one knows about the entire North County, at least some businessmen, big and small nobles, and mages and other professionals have heard about it.
When Donald's genius summoner became famous, the Snow Mage and Sodo, who were the villains of the story, including Lord Gerry's family, became a party that was looked down upon, and almost became the laughing stock of North County.
It is said that the Lord Suoduo, who was furious when he got news from outside, gave him a severe lesson, and couldn't get out of bed for several days.
The various forces in North County have also begun to apprentice Donald, a young mage apprentice who was unknown before but now has a great reputation.
After our talented apprentice returned home, he immediately threw himself into the construction of the manor that was about to be built, ignorant of everything in the outside world.
In the main mansion of Boulder City, Viscount Macbeth looked at the new information sent by his subordinates, and couldn't help but recall the scene back then.
Forty years ago, when he was just an adult, he set a trap with his own hands and seized the knight territory of the Melina family, which was appreciated by his father. After he inherited the title, he gave it to the son of Gerry, his entourage butler.
Then he kept forgetting that knight family, leaving only one child and one servant, what kind of threat to his huge family power? Even if the remnant grows up and is ready to inherit the title of knight of the family, he can easily act during the knight assessment, so that the other party loses his proud identity and completely becomes a commoner.
But the little bug that he thought was no threat back then has now grown enough to attract attention.
"Interesting! To become a mage apprentice, is it Old Melina's plan? It's really hidden!"
Macbeth thought that it was the old Melina who hid his son's mage talent for fear of being harmed when he was young, and it was not revealed until the coming of age ceremony. It would be funny if Donald knew what he was thinking. If the father of his body could think like that, he would not have been calculated to drain the last bit of property back then.
However, although this mage apprentice is a threat, Macbeth, who is nearly sixty years old, has long lost the irritability of his youth, and always tries his best to eradicate all hostile existences. Now he knows better from a long-term and big-picture perspective.
Although ordinary mages are sheltered by local mages clubs and royal mages associations, it is still very easy for them to kill a low-level mages who have offended nobles in secret. Not to mention a mage apprentice.
However, it is different if it is replaced by the rare summoner profession that is only a few hundred years old. Although the personal combat ability of summoners is lower than that of ordinary mages, the otherworldly creatures summoned by the summoning spells they master are not generally powerful. And for the Terran countries, summoners have always been the special talents urgently needed in the army. On the battlefield, the role of a junior summoner is worth hundreds of elite soldiers, and it is not difficult to destroy the enemy's army of thousands if you use it well. This kind of strength has exceeded the role that most middle-level mages can play.
If you move this great potential Summoner, not to mention the attitude of the "angry youth" mages in various places and capitals, just talking about Messer and the King of their Celts can't let him do anything. for!
"Do you think you can turn over like this? The Melina family has fallen, so let him continue! As a threat to my Macbeth family, he cannot be allowed to grow up!"
After thinking about it, Macbeth leaned over the table and wrote a short message, then handed it to the servant below and said:
"Go get this to the meeting, they'll know how to do it! Tell Black, be careful not to leave a hole!"
The servant took the letter and bowed out of the study. In a short while, the letter has been circulated in the city several times, and it has been spread to a secret building underground in a residential area in a civilian area.
This underground hall was built extremely secretly, enough to accommodate hundreds of people gathering here.
The people inside were all dressed in black with expressionless faces. The letter was finally delivered to a young man in black, who was sitting in the first place. Unlike other men in black, this slender and vigorous figure was drinking the finest wine from Celtic in one hand. He is the leader of an underground organization hidden in the dark, more like a noble knight.
"The task of the old man, a mage apprentice?"
The man then tore up the letter and said in a mocking tone:
"I really look down on us, and Messer's apprentice dares to touch it. It seems that he is going to treat us as abandoned sons. Do you really think I don't know my place in his heart?"
"Boss, what should we do?"
A tall man in black asked below.
The handsome face of the young man smiled and said:
"Naturally it's the next step. Anyway, I've been the old man's lackey for so long, and it's not bad for a few days. When I reach the silver rank, I will be able to take my brothers out of his control. The world is so big, where can I not? Happy and happy?"
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The construction of the manor, according to Donald's own plan, would take at least three months to build the infrastructure of the first small manor only by manpower. But he couldn't wait so long, because the spring would soon pass, and three months was too long. If the last wave of tillage before the end of summer was not in time, the planting would not be able to be planted until the following spring.
This is also because the Celtic Kingdom is located in the northern part of the continent, and the climate is relatively cold. Similar to the cold zone in the previous life, most of the land can only grow food crops once a year, unlike some warm areas in the southern part of the continent, some life cycles Short crops can even reach four and five crops a year.
But the Celtic kingdom was fertile and had many undeveloped virgin lands. The average annual yield was not much worse than those in the warmer, more mature regions, and the quality of the mature crops was much higher than those of the more prolific southern crops.
This situation is somewhat similar to the northeastern region of Donald's previous life, which makes Donald very confident that his manor can live a bumper harvest, but he has to build the manor first.
His original plan was to prepare the building materials by himself, and then rely on the ability of the Book of Truth and pay part of the energy to complete the construction of the manor in an instant. This can save most of the energy consumption, thereby reducing the cost by as much as 80%.
Therefore, it is imperative to buy a large number of materials such as wood, stone, etc. These have been handed over to his most loyal butler, Ke De. Once the materials are in hand, the facility can be completed in a matter of months.
With thousands of Kingsols at his disposal, Cod, who has been called the housekeeper for many years, but has never really done anything, is now full of excitement and energy.
Sharing the master's worries, building and protecting the master's family business, this is what a real noble housekeeper needs to do.
After Donald himself finished his practice today, he is now preparing to go out to the tavern in town.