Victor calmly looked at the bill and gently placed it on the table.
"Leah, what are the sources of income for the territory?"
Hearing Victor's question, Leah tilted her head and squinted at him.
As if she was looking at a fool, she laughed softly, and there seemed to be a hint of sarcasm in her tone.
"As a lord, you don't even know the source of income for your territory?"
Although Victor really didn't know, it didn't stop Leah from laughing at him as a lord who "did not live up to his reputation".
"Listen carefully, our main source of income in the Cravener Territory is the sale of grain and minerals!"
From Leah's explanation, Victor had a general understanding.
Under the name of the Cravener family, there is a territory named "Cravener".
The land is fertile and surrounded by lush forests.
The territory is about a hundred kilometers away from the royal capital, and it only takes one day to get there by horse-drawn carriage.
Because of this, the second most prosperous town in the empire is located here.
Cravener has a very rich mineral vein, which is enough to be mined for more than 50 years even now.
The geographical location is close to the royal capital, the land is fertile, the grain harvest is abundant, and there are mines at home.
It would be hard for the Cravener to be without money.
"But the ore production has decreased recently, and it is not yet the grain harvest season. The grain we sold before was stored in the granary last year."
Leah faced Victor, her tone angry.
"We still have to keep our territory supplied with food. We can't possibly sell it all. The territory's income is very low right now. How dare you spend money like this at this critical moment!"
Victor nodded after hearing this, his face showing no expression and looking very calm.
"Don't you have any remorse at all?"
Leah looked at Victor in disbelief. She knew that her brother was a careless person, but he couldn't be completely ignorant.
Victor thought for a moment, then stroked his chin and responded:
"Go hire a few mages, then buy a store in the most prosperous area of the capital and open a magic item store."
When Leah heard Victor's proposal, she immediately got angry and said in a harsh voice:
"Victor! Didn't you listen to a word of my advice?!"
"Do you think this kind of shop is rare in the capital?!"
"So what if you opened a store? Do you think your reputation is bigger than all the other businesses?"
"Victor, do you know how to do business?"
Leah became more and more excited as she spoke.
She thought about how she had learned to manage the territory since she was a child after her parents died, and had maintained it for more than ten years. Until now, the territory still had enough room to maneuver.
No matter how much Victor squandered his money, she never complained.
And now, Victor, who knows nothing, is actually going to interfere in the family business!
What is he going to do!
As he spoke, he felt more and more aggrieved.
Seeing that he couldn't calm Leah's emotions with words, Victor didn't want to say anything more. He just waved his hand, and dozens of bottles of blue magic potions appeared on the table in front of the two.
Leah was stunned, looking at the blue potion on the table that was as blue as the sea, and her emotion that was about to explode suddenly stopped.
"What's this?"
She blinked.
To this day, no one has ever seen such a magic potion.
Items that restore mana do exist, but they all have one thing in common.
Rare and very expensive.
There are only potions for healing injuries on the market, and their effects are very different from the [Life Potions] used by players.
One is a slow repair similar to taking medicine, and the other is to restore health immediately after taking it.
This is the difference between reality and game props.
To put it bluntly, putting game items into reality is pure bug.
Even a small bottle of magic potion that instantly heals can become a god-level item.
So Victor didn't explain. It was still too hard to believe when he said it.
Seeing is believing.
Victor ordered calmly.
"Go find some wizards and have them cast spells until they are exhausted, then take a bottle and you'll know what to do."
Leah was very suspicious, but she still took all the potions.
"By the way, do you have any helpers??"
Hearing Victor's question, Leah smiled contemptuously: "Oh, our great lord has also learned to sympathize with his servants?"
Victor didn't care about the other party's sarcasm. In fact, the discord between the siblings was also related to Victor's inaction.
So, he just repeated his question.
"Seriously, has your caravan ever hired bodyguards or other helpers?"
Leah snorted.
"No, I don't trust anyone."
In other words, Leah has always been the only one running the business in Cravener County.
"Will there be no danger along the way? Although the territory is not far from the capital, it still takes a whole day to get there."
Leah was surprised that her unreliable brother actually cared about her one day, but she was a little uncomfortable with this kind of care.
She leaned against the table, twirled her hair with a finger, and turned her face away unnaturally.
"Well... no, we have our own trade routes. If we encounter bandits blocking the road, as long as we show our Cravener family crest, they will leave wisely. Usually, nothing will happen."
"At least I haven't encountered any danger from before until now."
After saying that, she did not look at Victor, but took out a bottle of potion and examined it carefully.
Victor nodded, then took off the mage's hand on his right hand.
"Leah, listen carefully. This time we are opening a store in the capital, which is very unusual. This kind of precious item is very likely to be coveted by others. Wearing it will help you deal with some emergencies."
Leah looked at the gloves Victor handed her, put down the medicine bottle, and felt a little conflicted.
"Don't worry, it's just a magician's gadget. It will automatically adapt to the size of your hand."
Leah thought that this was not what she cared about, but she couldn't explain it, so she reached out and took the fingerless gloves, which still had the warmth of Victor's palm on them.
She touched the gem on the glove and suddenly felt a surge of resentment in her heart.
As a businessman, she naturally knew what was on it.
Magic stones, gems that can transmit magic, each one is worth millions...
He actually installed six of them on one glove!
She had some grumblings in her mind, but surprisingly she did not attack Victor.
Leah put on the gloves, and just as Victor said, the gloves automatically adapted to her hand shape.
"Open your palm and point it at me. Use your mind to think about the gem on the glove. Any one of them will do."
She followed the instructions and opened her palm towards Victor.
There was a green gem in the middle, and she thought the color of the gem was beautiful.
"Is this all right?"
A question flashed through my mind, and suddenly, the green gem glowed slightly, and then...
bass!
Like ripples exploding, a magic circle quickly took shape in Leah's palm!
Almost instantly, a violent storm filled the entire study, and the papers were blown with crackling sounds.
The hurricane is growing bigger and bigger above the magic circle!
Victor tapped the desk with his fingers, and a teleportation array quickly took shape in the air.
After the hurricane swelled to a certain extent, it was sucked into the teleportation array.
Suddenly, the storm subsided.
A few seconds later, a startling cracking sound was heard nearby.
Leah was stunned.
"Just now…what was that just now?"
"Second-level magic: [Violent Storm], powerful enough to flatten a mountain."
"Don't be so surprised."
Looking at the dazed Leah, Victor knocked on the desk, and the magic circle in the air dissipated.
How could Leah not be surprised? She was not a magician and had only seen other people cast spells.
And the magic just now was released from his own hands.
She feels dizzy now.
"So... this is what it feels like to cast magic."
She stood there blankly, even forgetting to take her hand away.
Victor refilled the gloves with magic and continued to say to the shocked Leah: "Pay attention. This time I'm not only letting you release it so that you can master the trick, but more importantly, don't accidentally fire it. You've seen the power of this thing."
"Pay attention to the number of times you use it. A gem can only be used once."
"Come back to me when you're done and I'll give you a refill."
Leah knew how precious the item Victor gave her was, it was priceless. At least in her life, she had never seen equipment that allowed ordinary people to use magic.
She was about to say that she would make a fortune if she sold it, but suddenly she remembered Victor's serious attitude and stopped talking.
This is something that can be used to save your life.
Leah hesitated for a moment, then said to Victor awkwardly, "Thank you."
Then he hurried away with the magic potion.
After the door of the study was closed, the crow on Victor's shoulder spoke:
"Don't you feel bad about giving this thing to someone else?"
"It's just a prop. I can make it anytime I want. Besides, I don't really need it."
The Mage's Hand is rarely used, but it is very useful in PVP. As a prop of multiple instant magic, it is used to seize the initiative or perform emergency defense.
These are basically the items that mage players must equip when PK.
He doesn't really need it at the moment.
After hearing what Victor said, Vega didn't say anything more and started to think carefully in his mind.
"I have to find a way to trick him into making one for me as a toy."
...
Early the next morning, Victor finished his breakfast and prepared to go to the academy. Just as he packed his clothes, he saw the servant walk in.
"My Lord, there is a lady outside who claims to be your teaching assistant and says she is here to give you notes and speech manuscripts."
Victor paused in his dressing.
Is Heni here?
He didn't seem to have asked Heni to deliver the things to the door.
However, he still asked the servant to invite the person in.
As a result, I saw two dark circles under Heni's haggard face.
"Why do you look like this? Didn't you get enough rest?"
Heni seemed to be awakened and said to Victor:
"No, professor. I forgot to sleep last night and wrote the manuscript all night."
This reason really made Victor feel powerless to complain.
"After Erica sent the notes, I remember you said to send them to you, so I brought the speech along with it."
Looking at Heni who was somewhat dozing off, Victor really couldn't find any words to scold her and educate her.
Should I say she's a little silly?
He was silent for a while and then asked.
"Have you had breakfast?"
Heni shook her head. She came here early in the morning and hadn't slept or eaten.
Victor waved his hand and told the servant to take her to have breakfast and then arrange a room for her to have a good rest.
Heni said "eh" in panic and was about to say no, but she heard Victor's tone that did not brook refusal.
"Fill your stomach and rest."
Heni suddenly wilted. She didn't dare to resist Victor. She lowered her head, like an eggplant hit by frost, and was taken away by the servants.
As for Victor, he originally wanted to go to the academy in the morning, but when he saw Hernie coming, he changed his mind.
Classes were in the afternoon, so he planned to spend the morning in the study, looking over Erica's homework and his own speech.
Victor was correcting Erica's homework and asked Vega without turning his head.
"What do you think of that kid?"
When asked this, Vega was stunned for a moment. He knew that the person Victor was talking about was Heni.
"What do you mean?"
"Didn't you ask me to recruit believers for you?" Victor stretched lazily, tapping his fingers on the speech on the table, and turned to look at Vega. His squinting eyes revealed alertness and danger.
"This kind of naive person is the best for deceiving people."