I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

After Roland saw the projected map on the table, he thought to himself, 'So, they're letting me pick my territory first. Is that why Catherine specially prepared a fief-granting ceremony for me?'

At this moment, Lilith walked over, her face full of suspicion, and asked, "What are you two looking at? Have you chosen yet?"

"Uh..."

Roland coughed and glared at Lilith, saying, "What's the rush? I've only been in here for two minutes. Picking a territory isn't like picking cabbage. Miss Kira, could you explain it again?"

Roland used the word 'again'.

Miss Kira hadn't even had a chance to explain anything to him before he started touching her.

Kira cleared her throat, looking unnatural. She explained in great detail.

In terms of titles and fiefs, the wizarding world is a bit different from the secular world.

In the wizarding world, unless a family is particularly powerful, even if a lord has many children, if the children are not promising, they are not qualified to inherit the territory.

In addition, all titles and fiefs nominally belong to the White Queen. The council manages these titles and fiefs on behalf of the White Queen, so the inheritance of titles and fiefs needs to be approved by the council.

The most important symbol of a title is the property of the territory. For example, the word 'baron' literally translates to 'a noble with a castle'.

After listening, Roland thought to himself, 'Haha, I get it! The White Queen is the strongest old monster in our great sect, and the council is the sect leader, managing the various caves. The fiefs and titles are the caves! A baron refers to a wizard who has a cave!'

To make it easier to grant Roland a wizarding territory, Catherine organized a fief-granting operation this time. She obtained three baronies from various places, representing three territories.

These three baronial titles are currently held by Catherine.

In the Eastern Territory, granting wizarding territories requires approval from the council. Now the council has agreed to Catherine granting away a title, so Roland has a choice of three.

Kira also mentioned to Roland in passing that Catherine currently holds a bunch of titles, the most noble of which is the Earl of Royal Power. This is the title the White Queen gave to Catherine.

The Earl of Royal Power can manage all matters within the court and can make decisions on behalf of the emperor when the emperor is absent.

Hearing this, Roland thought to himself, 'Ha! I understand now, so Catherine is equivalent to a small sect leader! And the old ancestor of our great sect is my mother-in-law! Haha, I'm such a good gold digger!'

After listening to Kira for a while, Roland felt a bit annoyed.

His mother-in-law really didn't like him.

Firstly, this fief-granting was only happening because Roland had made three contributions in the Skin Town, Forbidden Area, and Crystal Princess's illness incidents, and the White Queen had finally relented. That hateful mother-in-law. If it had been Prince Charles who had made the contribution in Skin Town, he would have been rewarded immediately.

But when it came to Roland, he had to make three contributions before his mother-in-law relented.

Roland actually had four choices. Because there was also a choice given by Kayla, which corresponded to the Skin Town incident.

Among the remaining three fiefs, one was obtained by Catherine from the White Chess School through connections, corresponding to the Forbidden Area incident.

One was Catherine's original baronial territory—which also corresponded to the 'scapegoat' incident.

When Roland acted as Catherine's scapegoat, Catherine made a promise. Originally, Catherine intended to use this fief to send Roland away.

But now... Roland had made so many contributions on behalf of his senior. If he said he would leave after taking the territory, his senior would tear him apart.

The last territory was a bit special, and it was related to the Crystal Princess's illness.

That territory, called 'Straw Town,' was the smallest and least valuable of the four, even a place that no one else wanted.

Because it was a place of sealing. It was jointly sealed by Mentor Usak and the tower master of the Crab Eye Elephant Tower.

Originally, this place had been eyed by the tower master of the Crab Eye Elephant Tower, who planned to give it to one of his sons.

That son was 'Barnett,' who had already been killed by Roland.

The Crab Eye Elephant Tower was no longer interested in this place, so, by a twist of fate, it fell to Roland.

At this moment, the Book of Aleh on Roland's waist shook.

Roland took it out and looked at it.

[Throughout your journey, you have seen a total of 4 opportunities to choose a 'cave dwelling'. Now, these 4 cave dwellings have become intertwined with your destiny.]

[At this crossroads of fate, you decide]

[A. "Oh, this fief was obtained by Lady Catherine from the White Chess School through Sir Joan's channel."]

[Completion Reward: Poison Baron + 1, Handsome Neighbor + 1, Good Brothers for Life + 1, Obsessed with Potion Alchemy + 1, Potion Alchemy Level + 1, Future of a Great Potion Alchemist + 1, Richest Man in the Eastern Territory + 1, Catherine's Disappointment + 1, Catherine's Favor Permanently - 50]

[B. "Ah, this fief is very special and has special significance to the Alexandra family. The first dean of the Black Abyss was once the first lord here, and this territory is next to Lady Catherine's earldom."]

[Completion Reward: Black Abyss Baron + 1, Cold as Ice Neighbor + 1, Passionate and Fiery Bed + 1, Catherine's Excitement + N, "Should I find you another bed servant?" + 1, Flame Crest All Attributes + 1]

[C. "Roland, it doesn't look like any of them are good. Why don't you just not choose, and we'll both go play with Kayla."]

[Completion Reward: Fairy Spirit Baron + 1, Trade Market + 1, Sizzling Neighbor + 1, Succubus Neighbor + 2, Intense Bed + 1, Roland's withered corpse + 1, Catherine's Disappointment + 1, Lady Heraka's Disappointment + 1, Shadow Crest All Attributes + 1]

[D. "Big sister, please shut up and stop screwing me over!"]

[Completion Reward: Horror Baron + 1; What kind of weird neighbors are these + ?; The seal must not be touched + 1; Divine Operation + 1; Lady Heraka's Attention + 1, Dead Roland + 1, King of Hell Title + 1; Level of a certain forbidden magic + 1]

After seeing the fourth option, Roland was completely dumbfounded.

This D seemed to be Straw Town, which was simply a place of certain death!

Even if he pulled off some divine operation there, he would still die without a doubt.

If he didn't do a good job after going there, he would definitely die. But if he did a good job... Lady Heraka would take him away to work for her in the River Styx!

That C was also a坑爹货! This option was to go the 'Kayla route', and then be轮Xed by Lilith, Kayla, and another succubus, die once first, and then live again, only getting a little pleasure from his little head, without gaining anything else.

Roland made up his mind that C and D were absolutely not to be chosen.

As for A, Roland's expression was a little strange. A seemed to be the 'Joan route'. After taking this route, he seemed to become obsessed with potion alchemy and neglect cultivation. In the future, he would become a super-rich potion alchemist, but it seemed that there was no future on the Great Path.

And Catherine would be disappointed because Roland stopped making progress on the Great Path, and the two's fate lines would cross.

As for option B, it was the senior's line... It seemed that the senior's line was the cultivation line.

Roland's eyes suddenly lit up, what did that mean? If he hung out with his senior, would his senior find him a bed servant?

At this moment, Roland suddenly saw that options A and B in the book were inexplicably lit up.

Roland rubbed his eyes, very surprised, he hadn't done anything just now.

Suddenly he realized something, and suddenly looked up, and saw that Lilith had been whispering to Kira for a long time!

Lilith: "Hey, which territory is this territory?"

Kira: "Oh, this fief was obtained by Lady Catherine from the White Chess School through Sir Joan's channel."

Lilith: "Ah, ah, what about this one?"

Kira: "Ah, this fief is very special and has special significance to the Alexandra family. The first dean of the Black Abyss was once the first lord here, and this territory is next to Lady Catherine's earldom."

Lilith looked up at Roland: "Roland, it doesn't look like any of them are good. Why don't you just not choose, and we'll both go play with Kayla."

Roland couldn't hold it anymore, and shouted in collapse: "Big sister! Please shut up and stop screwing me over!"

Suddenly, Roland was stunned for a long time, and he looked blankly at the Book of Aleh, and found that all four options ABCD had been selected by him!

Roland was not well at all.

He grabbed Lilith's shoulders and shook her violently: "What did you do, how did a few words from you mess up my fate line? I'm going to kill you!"

Lilith was a little flustered, and she said: "I, I don't know what you're talking about."

Kira on the side suddenly had a very strange expression on her face.

Sometimes, wizards can feel their future destiny, so after hearing Roland's words, she didn't think Roland was suddenly going crazy. But believed that he might have foreseen something.

She grabbed Lilith's shoulders and said with shining eyes: "Angel, have you been to any strange places recently? For example, a very strange place that looks like the Black Abyss, but everything is upside down."

Kira didn't know that Angel was Lilith, but she suspected that 'Angel' had recently encountered some incredible guy.

That thing was very strange, it was very good at asking riddles, and it was also very good at solving riddles. And once someone answered the question it asked correctly, the answer would come true!

The old Black Abyss of the past relied on it to decipher mysteries and contain mysterious objects.

During the Forbidden Land incident, Miss had tried to lure it out once to help the Council's rescue team enter the Forbidden Land and explore the desert.

Lilith's face became even more flustered after hearing Kira's question. She said, "N-no, I haven't entered any 'Inverted Black Abyss'."

Kira's eyes suddenly flashed: "How do you know that place? Did you encounter the Serpent Beauty there?"

Lilith waved her hands hastily: "No, no, no! I haven't encountered it!"

Roland knew what was going on as soon as he heard this.

Lilith had recently gone to play with the Serpent Beauty, giving herself a bunch of buffs. And this was the reason why Lilith disrupted his own fate.

Roland immediately exposed Lilith's identity and, together with Kira, interrogated her.

"Okay... It's all Usak's fault. He left me a bunch of homework exercises that I didn't quite know how to do, so I had the Serpent Beauty help me with some of it."

Lilith fiddled with her fingers and said timidly to Roland, "I was thinking that I'd have to go back to the prison to check in in a few days, and the Araka wizards recently created a 'Fate Shackles' thing, planning to use it to imprison me. So I asked the Serpent Beauty for a 'Key of Chaos'. It might be this thing that affected your fate."

Roland was almost angered to death when he heard this. He grabbed Lilith by the collar and said, "Where is that Key of Chaos?!"

Lilith took out an ordinary-looking key: "Here."

Roland took it and studied it with Kira for a long time, but couldn't figure it out: "How do you use this thing? I mean, the fate of the fiefdom has been messed up by you just now, how do I get it back?"

Lilith rolled her eyes. She took the key and said, "This is the Key of Chaos. It can disrupt the order of fate, but it can't restore fate to order. But, I can just help you choose a new territory."

As she spoke, Lilith inserted the key into the map and said, "Let's go with this one. It's right next to Kaila's territory, so we can be neighbors in the future."

Roland stared blankly at the map and discovered that it was 'Straw Town'.

This is option D! The option to go to Straw Town and become a servant of Mother Helaka!

Roland wasn't feeling well at all.

The Book of Aleya suddenly shook twice. Roland realized in a daze that all four options had been scrambled into one.

The content was as follows:

【You have chosen...?】

【Completion Rewards:】

1. Various neighbors and various strange neighbors + ???

2. "Should I find you another sleeping attendant?", Strange quilt + 1

3. Potion Alchemy level + 1, Fire Emblem all attributes + 1, Shadow Emblem all attributes + 1;

4. Mysterious operation + 1;

5. Shrivelled Roland + 1;

6. Living Yama title + 1;

7. Catherine's 666 to you + 1, Mother Helaka's 666 to you + 1;

Roland sat down on the chair with a thud and covered his face, sitting there for a long time.

Lilith and Kira looked at each other, not knowing what Roland had foreseen with his magic book.

After a moment, Roland stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go to the investiture."

That 'Shrivelled Roland' could refer to Roland himself—dead, wouldn't he become a shrivelled Roland?

But it could also be that 'clone' of himself after he advanced to become a formal wizard—having one more clone, wouldn't that be having one more shrivelled Roland?

It all depends on how he operates.

If he operates well, Mother Helaka will even shout a 666.

The three of them went out, and Lilith leaned over again: "You're working under your fiancée, tell her to arrange me to Kira's side, so we can be neighbors in the future."

Roland told her to get lost.

Damn it! It was supposed to be a simple matter, but you had to make it so difficult for me. I'm already being nice by not killing you, and you still want me to help you?

Roland was about to be angered to death. He was originally thinking of being neighbors with his senior sister and living a shameless life.

Without a doubt, option B was the easiest and simplest route among all the options.

But now, it's turned into this.

But since all four options have been merged, what kind of neighbors will he have in the future?

Judging from the prophecy, there will be many normal neighbors, and there will also be many strange neighbors.

Lilith's skin is very thick, and she insisted that Roland help her talk to Boss Catherine.

Roland looked at Kira, who was looking at her nose and minding her own business, and said to Lilith, "I'm not familiar with Catherine. We've only met three times, and I can't say anything."

Kira revealed a very strange expression, and Lilith was full of disappointment.

As a result, he had just finished saying that he was not familiar with the female boss, and then, during this investiture ceremony, he very carelessly flirted with the female boss.