After leaving Hanire's Castle, Austin let out a long sigh of relief, it was too difficult to maintain a calm mind in front of the Earl, he didn't want to stay in it for a minute or a second!
Austin couldn't wait to return to Baron Navia's mansion, inform him of the disbandment of the investigation team, and then offer his resignation.
"You've done a good job, I'm happy with your performance, it's the extra reward I promised. Baron Navia readily granted his request, and took a palm-sized flat cloth bag from the drawer and handed it to him.
In fact, he learned about what happened last night and the Earl's handling of this matter through his own channels early in the morning, because Austin contributed a lot on behalf of the court, which helped him strengthen his prestige among the nobles of Oni City and stabilize the position of the Navia family, so his attitude towards Austin changed a lot.
How many gold coins can be held in such a small bag?Austin secretly despised the Baron of Navia, thinking that he was too stingy. But when he reached the bag and touched the irregularly shaped hard object inside, he immediately retracted what he had just said about the baron, because it contained gems instead of gold coins!
Even if the gems inside were low-grade with a lot of flaws, they would cost more than 50 gold coins, and the bag contained exactly ten of them!, which meant that he was paid more than 500 gold coins!
"Thank you very much for your generosity, is there anything else you would like me to bring to the teacher?" Austin smiled from ear to ear at this point, how respectful he was to the baron. Haha, I finally have money!
"That's what you deserve, I thought the gold coins were too eye-catching, so I exchanged them for gems, anyway, Jersey's experiment needs a lot of gems, and when you want gold, you can sell them to him. As for the words .... You tell him that I still hope he will come back!"
"Yes, I'll bring it as it is. "
Austin bowed again, ready to leave.
But the Count stopped him again: "Wait, you can call Catherine to the Navia Manor, it would be better for her to say this." "
Austen had no problem with this arrangement, because he could hitchhike back! And it was with a beautiful woman! A noble lady like Catherine, in addition to attending classes with the governess, usually lived an extremely leisurely life, and had a lot of leisure time, so after she received the baron's request, she did not need Austen to wait too long, and quickly changed her clothes to go out, and boarded the black carriage with him.
She wore a light blue dress today and a goose yellow scarf, and the whole person looked more playful and cute, which made Austen's eyes suddenly light up, and she couldn't help but admire: "It's so beautiful!"
With such a straightforward compliment, Catherine's face was slightly red when she listened, and people who usually intersected with aristocratic ladies like her praised her very subtlely and tactfully.
When the carriage started slowly, she turned to Austin and asked curiously, "I heard that you fought her? "
"Of course, she's a powerful thief, and she works part-time as a mage. I fought her very hard, but in the end, I was superior and beat her to a serious injury, but when I was about to kill her and eliminate the harm for Oni City, a black-robed man suddenly came out and rescued her, hey, it's a pity. "
Austin unconsciously began to blow and take all the credit on himself, but this may be a common problem for men when facing beautiful women, and they want to show themselves as hard as they can.
"She still has companions? Wow, Oni City is still in danger after that?" Catherine said in surprise, covering her small round mouth with her hand. Of course, she wouldn't believe that Austin was alone in fighting the female thief and injuring her, she knew that there was such a person as Cassano in the investigation team, but she was just happy to see Austin and couldn't bear to demolish him, which ruined his interest.
"Yes, and her companions are very powerful, but the danger in Oni City should be lifted, and the Earl says that they will not continue to be evil, but I don't know how he judged it. At the mention of the earl, Austin couldn't help but shake his head, and couldn't understand where he got his confidence.
"Oh, no wonder my father asked me to ask my uncle to come back. Austen, can't you stay in the Baron's Court? I think you're pretty good, too. "
"Hehe, I'm not that good, I'm just luckier. "
As soon as she heard that she wanted to keep herself, Austin would never agree, and finally left the incomprehensible vortex of Oni City, and escaped from the shadow of the female thief, how could she go back stupidly?
"That's right..."
Catherine looked a little lost, and fell silent. Suddenly, there was silence in the carriage, and Austin scratched her head in embarrassment and closed her mouth in amusement.
Navia's estate soon arrives, and as if she knows Austin will be back, Irena appears in front of the villa to greet them with Lilian. Perhaps because of the good food and accommodation in Navia's manor, the little girl had not seen her for seven or eight days, which made Austen feel taller, and her skin became whiter and tenderer, not inferior to a noble lady like Catherine.
To say that Austen cares about the most these days, it is undoubtedly Irene who is finally reunited, and he excitedly runs out of the car to pick him up, reluctant to let go. And after Catherine got out of the car, she didn't say anything, and followed Lillian directly to meet Master Zecil, leaving Austin and Irena alone time.
After a long time, Austin finally put Erina on the ground, and then took out the small cloth bag containing the precious stones, shook it in front of her eyes, and said:
"My precious sister, guess what's inside, there's a reward for guessing right. "
Erina tilted her cute head for a moment and asked, "What about the wrong guess, is there a punishment?"
"Of course not, how could my brother be willing to punish you. Hehe, I'll give you some hints, my brother has made a lot of money these days in Oni City. "
"Well... I'll touch it... It's a little lump... It's candy, right?"
It's normal for Erina to have this guess, she has never touched a gem at all, and when she thinks that her brother has made money, shouldn't she buy her something delicious?
"I'm sorry, Irena you guessed wrong. Austin shook her head in disappointment, and then said, "But you can open it now, there will definitely be a surprise!"
Irena was also a little disappointed when she heard that it wasn't candy, but she obediently opened the bag and revealed the mystery. In an instant, her eyes were attracted by those colorful gems that reflected strange light, and she couldn't take them away, although she was still young, but a woman's love for gems was in nature! At this moment, this nature was vividly displayed in a ten-year-old girl.
"Are they gems?" said Irene in surprise as she touched this one, and then the other.
"That's right, they're all very valuable gems, and they're earned by my brother, how about it?" Austin puffed out his chest proudly.
"Yes, Irena loves them!" The little girl's eyes were left with these beautiful transparent stones.
"Since Irena likes it so much, brother can use them to make you some jewelry. "
Austen, of course, didn't know how to work with gems and jewelry, but he knew that Lillian would, and he was ready to learn from her.
Gemstone jewelry is not a temptation that women can refuse at all, and Irene immediately put the gem back in the bag, returned it to Austin, and replied with great eagerness: "Brother, you go quickly, come on!
"Well, my brother won't be there yet, but don't worry, I'll go and ask Lillian in the evening to teach me something. "Brother Austin, Irena believes you will learn it soon!" said the little girl for her gemstone jewelry. And under Austin's surprised gaze, she took the initiative to hug him and stood on tiptoe to imprint a kiss on his lips.
After Irene did this, her face flushed, and she said in a voice smaller than a mosquito, "This is my reward for my brother!"
At this time, Lillian, who had just been mentioned, came over, first coughed lightly, breaking the atmosphere of too sweet intimacy between the brother and sister, and then called out to Austin, "You come with me, the master wants to see you." "
"Now, isn't Catherine still gone?" Austin asked.
"It's a good thing, you know when you go. "
Lillian doesn't reveal much either, leaving Austin with some suspense.
Catherine hadn't left yet, and when Austin entered, she was still talking to Jersey about family matters, telling interesting things about the Baron's Palace, and occasionally Jersey would laugh in response.
Seeing him come in, Master Zecil smiled, pointed to an empty stool next to Catherine, and said, "Austin, you're here, sit down first." "
"That's... Teacher, I won't disturb your conversation, will I?" Austin looked at Jersey and Catherine a little crampedly, after all, people were talking about family affairs, and he would feel embarrassed if outsiders said anything.
"Of course not, in fact, we have been talking about you just now. It was Catherine who spoke, and her mood had improved considerably.
"I really read you right, you're naturally fit to fight!
Mage Jersey nodded repeatedly. He had already learned from Catherine about Austin's performance in the battle with the female thief last night. He himself had fought the female thief Love, and he knew very well how difficult she was to deal with, and his apprentice had injured her twice in a row and almost killed her when he was so many ranks!
Because he has been praised many times today, Austin's face has become thicker, and he is relatively familiar with Mr. Zecil, so he calmly accepted this compliment.
"Tell me, how do you want me to reward you?"
In view of Austin's outstanding performance, Jersey decided to give him an additional award.
Do you want to reward me?" Austin subconsciously looked at the magic items on his body and said, "Teacher, I've already been paid?"
"Give you those three things, my original intention was to give you more means of self-defense, so, tell me your wishes, not too outrageous, I can satisfy you. Because of the presence of his niece, Master Jersey was very generous, and Austin was open to making a request.
"Well, let me think about it..."
Austin began to think about what he lacked now, and if he had money, those ten gems were a lot of money, and magic, and he still hadn't fully analyzed the spells he already knew... After thinking about it, he decided to use this rare opportunity to exchange it for a new robe, which he had always felt regretful since the last time it was burned.
"Teacher, can you give me another robe? You see what I'm wearing now, I don't look like a spellcaster, hehe. "
"Do you have any specific requirements, such as what spells are going to be attached to it? I can make one for you myself. "
"Is there a robe that is not afraid of fire?"
Austin made a request based on his actual needs, and he really wanted to have a fireproof robe so that he didn't have to worry about accidentally destroying it.
"Fire Resistance Robe, this is not difficult, it's just that I lack materials now, and you have to wait for a week or so. Zecier secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but if he had the attributes of the fire kang, he would use the hair of the low-level Demon Beast Flame Rat as the main material of the robe, and finally attach a level 1 spell to absorb the damage of the fire element, and the cost would be about 500, which was similar to the value of the feathered hat.
"It's so good that I finally have a robe to wear again!"
Austin has grown accustomed to being a spellcaster, and of course hopes that she can be a spellcaster.