my magic industry

Chapter 6 Contract
Sitting in a luxurious carriage with a huge sum of forty jinlund, Xia Lin felt quite complacent.

Not only because his plan was implemented smoothly, but also because the various knowledge he learned in his previous life was recognized by the world for the first time. Of course, he believed that in the future, there would be more and more recognition like this.

But now he still has a problem to solve, that is to go to the army station in the north to terminate his sergeant contract.

"Coachman, please take me to the Northern Army Garrison in the Central District!"

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

The coachman's respectful answer came from outside the carriage. Xia Lin was a friend of Greg's family, which meant that their servants should treat Xia Lin like a respected guest, and it would not be troublesome to change the route temporarily.

In the carriage, Xia Lin took out one Jinlunte from the linen bag and admired the casting pattern on it for a while, then took out fourteen more and put them carefully in the pocket of the mage's robe, and put the rest of Jinlunte away. It's in the safest sleeve pocket all over his body.

When he stepped on the potholed stone road in the city again, Xia Lin was full of emotion.

When he was drawing up Plan A, he never expected that the plan would go so smoothly. Now in front of him is the northern military garrison that has troubled him for several days, an ordinary two-story building that looks like a hotel.

Xia Lin stood outside the residence for a while, then walked through the gate without hesitation and walked into the residence. The first floor of the residence was shaped like a tavern, filled with tables and chairs.

Inside is a counter. Behind the counter sits a man with a sullen face. His long and narrow shoehorn face has a pair of eyes with heavy bags under the eyes. The hooked nose under the eyes makes his temperament even deeper.

"Who?"

When Xia Lin entered, the man seemed to be looking at the account books or files. He raised his head vigilantly when he heard Xia Lin's footsteps, and shot Xia Lin sharply.

"I'm Charlene Karl, a sergeant student at the Royal Academy of Magic in the Imperial Capital. I'm here to terminate my contract as a sergeant student with the Northern Army."

Even Xia Lin, who has been tempered by the society, felt a little heavy in his heart when facing this man's gaze. He faintly felt that this man should have killed many people, but none of this had anything to do with him, so he calmed down and said.

"..."

"Rescind the contract? It's really rare."

Watching Xia Lin and being silent for a moment, the man murmured, his eyes returned to the parchment book on the counter, he hesitated for a moment and then closed the book, took a crutch from the counter with his right hand, and stood up with difficulty Facing the wooden frame behind you.

After rummaging around on the wooden shelf, the man took out a wooden box, he limped back to his original position, opened the wooden box, rummaged inside, and finally took out a piece of parchment along the The counter top was pushed towards Xia Lin:

"This is your cadet contract, just take it, tear it up or burn it, and no one will come to trouble you for it."

Taking his cadet contract and walking out of the northern military garrison and stepping into the sunshine again, Xia Lin felt as if he had loosened a shackle, and even the sunset in the sky was full of hope.

Without hesitation, he tore up the piece of parchment worth fifteen gold lunettes, burned the pile of paper scraps to ashes with a flaming arrow, and then walked towards the academy.

Although he didn't yell, the smile on the corner of his mouth and the increasingly brisk footsteps showed that he was obviously in a good mood now.

"From now on, I will be the first-ring mage and honorary knight Charlene Karl!"

Xia Lin said to herself silently.

……

After buying some cheap black bread for dinner, he returned to the dormitory building and climbed up the creaking narrow wooden stairs in the dark. Xia Lin suddenly remembered the key that his friend had given him.

He opened the door of his room, first found candles and flints in the dark, and finally lit the candles after knocking hard for a long time, and then went to Harper's dormitory to see what other useful things his friends had left behind.

After some searching, Xia Lin found that Harper had thrown away a lot of things.

Three or four sheets of clean parchment, half a bottle of ink, and two blunt dip pens. Presumably Harper felt that he could still use these things, so he would hand over the keys to himself.

Although these things have lost most of their effects to Xia Lin now, the sincere affection of the young people contained in them makes an old fritter like Xia Lin unavoidably moved.

Xia Lin decided to make a plan for Harper's "redemption" right now.

After handing over the 25 gold lunds to cancel the contract, Xia Lin still had [-] gold lunds on hand.

Considering that the various studies on magic that he will carry out in the future may be difficult for one person to complete, he decided to lend Harper fifteen gold lents, and then hire him as his assistant at a daily salary of five silver Maar.

A first-ring mage who has mastered the writing scroll can probably earn three to four silver coins a day, and Xia Lin thinks that the daily salary of five silver coins for Harper should be a reasonable remuneration.

As for the remaining ten gold lunts, Xia Lin plans to buy a house in the North District for the family to move here, and then leave some money for them as living expenses.

It cost about four to five guilds, and the money left over from buying the house was the start-up capital for his next project.

Thinking of the hard-working parents who raised the three siblings in this life, the elder brother who always took care of himself and his younger sister, and the younger sister who was as distressed as a skinny monkey, Xia Lin smiled.

He no longer has the opportunity to repay his family and friends in his previous life, so he can only cherish his current family and friends even more.

The next day, Xia Lin came to the Central District to look for Harper's home after eating the leftover black bread last night.

Although he has never been a guest at Harper's house, he knows that the name of the tailor shop opened by Harper's house is "Cole Tailor Shop", and the location seems to be near the market in the Central District.

However, Harper's tailor shop was obviously not as famous as Greg's Chamber of Commerce. He asked a circle of passers-by, but no one knew where the tailor shop was.

Just when he was standing outside the market and was regretting why he didn't ask about the location of Harper's house, an aunt who sold vegetables at the edge of the market came up and spoke hesitantly:
"My lord mage, are you looking for Harper Cole?"

"That's right, I'm Harper's classmate, and I came to him for something today."

Hearing Auntie's words, Xia Lin was shocked immediately. Unexpectedly, there were people who knew Harper in this market.

But it's also true to think about it. In the empire, every child whose mage talent is detected by the mage guild will cause a sensation in the local area.

Thinking about it, if I just asked directly where the child who was detected to have the talent of a mage three years ago lived, I might have found the way already.

"Then Master Mage, please come with me! I am the neighbor of Harper's child!"

The aunt saw that Xia Lin didn't seem to have the high airs she imagined that the mage was so high, she was secretly relieved, wiped her hands with her apron and greeted warmly.

Xia Lin followed the enthusiastic aunt through the winding alleys, and it didn't take long to see the wooden sign of Cole's tailor shop on a path no more than three meters wide.

(End of this chapter)