Imperial Crown.

Chapter 263 Can I Still Eat It?

After hearing the news from his servant, Link didn't even sleep much at night. Before dawn the next day, he brought his servant to a building not far from Eagle City.

The area of ​​this building is as large as the Colosseum in Eagle Town. It has a high wall outside and an iron fence gate. There is a square large enough for thousands of people to exercise together. At the end of the square is a four-story stone main building with windows made of crystal clear glass.

On the lintel of the main building is written: "Griffith Comprehensive College".

The construction of this building started a year ago, and construction of several surrounding blocks and thousands of houses also began at the same time.

Only the children of families who purchased these houses are eligible to enter this school, and today is the day when the school begins registration.

Link came here early in the morning just to allow his children to start school earlier.

Actually, as a knight, he had the privilege to send his child directly over, but Link thought that it was just a matter of admission to school, and his family was not without qualifications, so why bother using favors?

But now, he feels a little regretful.

Because there are just too many people!
Civilians and businessmen mixed together, and one could clearly tell from their clothes and accents that there were quite a few outsiders here.

Even the host of the arena, Ingra, was there.

Link was suddenly a little dazed.

What's going on? Isn't it the school registration today, but the gold bars being distributed?

Otherwise, why would there be so many people!

At this moment, Fiona, who was sitting in the lobby on the first floor, felt her scalp tingling as she looked at the surging crowd.

Raven is the honorary principal of Griffith College, while Fiona is the actual person in charge and is also responsible for today's registration.

In order to cater to this occasion, Fiona changed into a formal dress and asked Patty to help her dress up.

Now her long silver-white hair was neatly draped over her shoulders, and glasses as thick as books were perched on her nose - although she no longer needed them after becoming a magician, she still habitually found a pair of plain glasses and put them on.

The eyes hidden behind the glasses are pure with a hint of intelligence, and the thin lips are slightly pursed.

He was wearing a black high-necked wool coat, black slim-fit trousers, and a pair of brown Titian leather boots.

Overall, he really looks like a teacher who teaches and educates people.

She was originally quite confident about her outfit, but when she saw the huge crowds of people outside, a feeling of uneasiness gradually came over her.

This makes it impossible to conceal the youthfulness on her face, and instead gives off a sense of weakness and contrast that appears as if she is trying to pretend to be mature.

But now that she was already here, there was no point in backing out. She could only grit her teeth and wait, hoping that there would be fewer people when the event officially started.

But this was obviously not possible. As the sun gradually rose, there were several more people at the door.

The gate opened and parents waiting to register rushed in, almost filling up half of the playground.

"Let the person in." Fiona swallowed and glanced at the guard next to her.

The guard opened the door and shouted, "Come in one by one, don't make a scene!"

Soon, the first person walked in.

He looked to be in his forties, with a mercenary and flattering smile on his face, his back hunched, and a leather bag in his hand. He walked up to Fiona and said, "Hello, Principal!"

Fiona wanted to tell him that she was just the acting principal, but she couldn't bring herself to say it. She could only point to the chair opposite her and ask, "Did you bring all the information?"

"I brought it, I brought it!" The man sat down and immediately took out a thick stack of documents from his bag: "My son is very outstanding! He used to study at the affiliated school of Asbell College. During his enrollment, he was evaluated as an excellent student every year, and..."

Fiona felt a headache because of his noise. She raised her head and glared at him, and the man immediately shut up.

Looking at the parchment in her hand, Fiona frowned and said, "Your son was born in 1179 and is already 17 years old, but our admission criteria is children under 15 years old. You..."

She wanted to say, "Your son doesn't meet the standards," but that sentence was too cruel to the father who came to line up early in the morning, so she wanted to change to a softer wording.

But the man misunderstood. He held the package in front of him to cover it, and took out a purse from it: "I understand, I understand, this is a small gift from me to you!"

The purse is not small and heavy, and there are at least 30 gold coins in it.

"Take it back." A serious look flashed in Fiona's eyes.

The man thought Fiona was being shy, so he took the purse and stuffed it into her hand: "Don't be polite, it's just some local specialties..."

This is really a disaster.

After several years of experience, Fiona's social phobia has been reduced a lot, but she is still not nervous when talking to people face to face. Seeing that the man was about to put his hand into her arms, she immediately became nervous.

Almost subconsciously, she chanted a few syllables, and magic patterns lit up in front of her.

Then, a stream of water as thick as a wooden barrel gushed out and hit the man's chest. The man was pushed backwards before he could even scream. The water knocked over a chair with a bang, and the glass door was smashed into pieces. It then smashed into the crowd, crushing a group of people and causing a wailing!
Fiona was stunned for a moment, and then she suppressed her embarrassment and pushed up her glasses: "Next."

There was silence.

Even the guards next to them were stunned.

After a long time, someone screamed: "Magician——"

Then he immediately covered his mouth.

The people around us looked at each other, and saw extreme shock in each other's eyes.

That’s a magician, the legendary magician, whom many people have never seen in their lives, but now he appears in front of them alive, and he is the principal of this school!
How good is this school!

With the lesson learned from the man's previous experience, the originally chaotic crowd immediately formed into three neat long queues. Everyone who entered whispered and didn't even dare to look at Fiona, for fear that they would also be blasted out by a spell.

Didn’t you see that unlucky guy being carried out covered in blood?
The line was moving quite slowly and the people in line were quite bored, so two people, one tall and one short, started chatting.

The tall man was a little excited: "I was a little worried that Baron Raven might just be creating a gimmick, but I didn't expect that a magician would become the principal. It seems that the news I heard before is true!"

"It seems that you came here because of that news." The short man said, "You are overthinking. Baron Raven's reputation is more valuable than gold."

Raven's rise was too fast and he lacked available manpower. This was no secret to those who were interested, and this academy was said to be a place specifically for training talents for Baron Raven.

Including the two of them, a considerable number of people present at this time were merchants from all over the Nord Province, and they all came for this purpose.

You know, there are currently only four knights under Baron Raven. If you can graduate from here, enter the Baron's core circle, and be knighted, then the whole family will usher in a leap forward!
Even if not, becoming an official in the Raven Territory in the future would be much better than being a businessman.

"By the way, have you bought the house?" asked the tall man.

"How could I not buy one?" the short man said, "If I don't buy a house, my child won't be eligible for school!"

The tall man laughed and complained a little: "It's just that the price is a bit high. A house costs more than 120 gold coins. The house prices in the upper city of Monen City are not low!"

"120 gold coins is considered high? I spent 157 gold coins when I bought it." The short man said with a mocking tone: "If you ask me, your business should not be very big. I hope the price of the house is higher."

"What do you mean?" The tall man was stunned.

The short man counted on his fingers and said, "We have bought a house, but there are still many people who haven't bought one. Think about it, when our children grow up, when we sell the house, we can not only earn back the tuition, but also make some extra money."

"It's a pity that Baron Raven is still imposing a purchase restriction, where each family can only buy one unit. He really doesn't know how to do business."

"If it were allowed, this would be a huge business opportunity!"

While the two of them were chatting, Fiona accepted another student. Looking at the list in hand, she was a little dazed for a moment.

Master Raven's prediction came true once again.

In fact, Fiona raised questions at the beginning when designing the "buying a house to go to school" plan.

In her opinion, the foreign businessmen attracted by this plan can indeed barely take over the economic trends and employment space of the Raven Territory in the "post-competitive conference era", because when businessmen buy houses, it is inevitable that some of them will open businesses locally.

However, Raven's strategy of limiting each family to one home runs counter to this prospect.

Raven explained at the time that part of this was political considerations. Most, if not all, of the children from merchant families were definitely here to speculate, and their loyalty to Raven in the future could not be completely relied upon.

Therefore, a part of it needs to be transferred to local residents, so that the students who are born and raised here and trained by themselves are the most trustworthy.

At the same time, this also takes into account the economic aspect.

"Investment, consumption and export" are the three driving forces of economic growth.

Raven built houses around the school and Eagle City, and continued to carry out large-scale construction, which was an investment behavior that allowed money to flow into the market and into the hands of everyone in the territory.

As for exports, Raven’s three factories are operating around the clock, and various products are being sold steadily.

What is most lacking nowadays is consumption, especially consumption within the territory, which is growing extremely slowly - relying solely on foreign merchants and nobles will not last long.

That's why Raven has to impose purchase restrictions. Otherwise, if businessmen are allowed to drive up housing prices, a large part of the money in the market will flow into real estate, and consumption will inevitably decrease, thus posing a huge threat and impact on other real economies. Fiona hasn't been able to fully understand Raven's economic considerations, but she has seen through his political considerations.

Even with the purchase restriction policy, one-third of the students she has accepted are still children of businessmen.

If there were no purchase restrictions, I'm afraid local civilians would never have a chance in their lifetime.

At this moment, a cry of surprise was heard. Fiona looked up and saw two cavalrymen in full helmet and armor riding tall horses coming to the outside of the school.

Fiona breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally it's here."

Not only the two cavalrymen came, but behind them there were more than 20 lightly armed infantrymen lined up and began to maintain order outside the door, asking the street vendors to shut up and go away, thus clearing the road that was almost blocked.

The people who were being driven away and taught a lesson did not show much disgust. Instead, they looked at the two cavalrymen on horseback with eyes full of admiration, longing and envy.

Especially the male knight.

He wore a brown-red round-top leather hat on his head and a pair of sunglasses produced by the Second Factory in Xuefeng Town on his face. A gray and white one-shoulder cape was draped over his shoulders, which looked like the wings of an eagle under the sunlight.

The upper body is a half-breastplate made of fine steel with an exquisite and ferocious eagle eye pattern printed on the chest, and a blue cotton uniform inside.

On one side of his waist hung a whip and on the other a steel eagle-feather sword. He wore brown breeches and black barbed boots. The mount under his crotch was completely black and as tall and strong as a monster. It was the "Black Blood Horse" that was famous in the Eagle Territory and was said to have been obtained from the Bloody Highlands.

At the knees of the black-blood colt, a thin-waisted hound with a black background and red spots was sticking out its tongue and staring at everyone viciously.

This kind of dog is called "Son of Hell", commonly known as "Don't Let Go", and is ferocious and fierce.

The crowd was huddled together, whispering to each other.

"Is this the Hawkeye Guard?"

"Look at that hat and breastplate. It can't be wrong."

"Tsk, I thought Baron Raven came up with this simply to seize power from local sheriffs, but I didn't expect it to be so impressive!"

"In the future, I don't ask my child to become a knight, but I'll be satisfied if he can become an Eagle Eye Guard."

"Then you have to work hard, kid. I heard that the monthly salary of an Eagle Eye Guard is 1 silver coins, and as long as you serve for 120 years, you will be allocated a residence!"

Enjoying the admiring gazes of the crowd, the male Hawkeye guard, Eric's son Thor Dyson, straightened his chest even more.

It feels so good to be the center of attention!
Especially since people praised him instead of his identity as "Eric's son".

Of course, whenever this happened, he would deliberately not think about the fact that he was able to become a Hawkeye guard because of Eric's relationship.

In fact, the main purpose of Raven setting up Hawkeye Guards is to maintain public order in various places and deal with some small and medium-sized disputes.

After all, in this era, the lord also has to serve as a judge, and many trivial matters - the east family lost a duck, the west family lost pickles - have to be handled by him personally, which is really troublesome for him.

Of course, this does not prevent the people below from being proud to be Hawkeye Guards.

You know, not everyone can be an Eagle Eye Guard. There are only 10 vacancies in each of the three towns, Eagle Town, Flash Gold Town, and Snow Maple Town, and the stationing location has to be rotated every six months.

Relatively speaking, the fewer the places, the greater the power.

Each Hawkeye guard can command 20 followers, and they have replaced the original duties of the sheriff. They can use force to prevent crime and have the right to arrest any suspicious person first and then question him.

An 18-year-old sheriff, it’s an honor to talk about it!
Thinking of this, Thor's gaze drifted to another eagle-eyed guard, his partner Julia.

At this moment, many people, like him, set their eyes on the eagle-eyed guard.

Her attire was exactly the same as Thor's, with half of her face hidden by sunglasses. Although one could tell she was pretty, she wasn't able to attract much attention.

What really catches people's eye is the considerable figure under her breastplate.

For the sake of protection, the half-breastplate is designed with a convex hemispherical arc surface, and Julia's figure is relatively petite.

But even so, the surging waves still squeezed out of the breastplate, forming a full and upright arc on the blue shirt inside.

It makes people want to peel off the shell and play with it carefully in their hands.

"What are you looking at?" Julia took off her sunglasses, revealing a young and immature face.

She has big eyes and a pretty nose, and when she glares, she doesn't look fierce at all, but rather cute.

She is only 15 after all.

The voice was like the sound of a yellow oriole singing in a valley, but the movements were graceful and decisive. Seeing that no one was afraid of him, he neatly drew out the black leather whip from his waist, shook it, and whipped the man closest to him.

The whip stopped not far from the tip of the man's nose, and then it rolled and exploded with a loud bang.

Snapped! ! !
“Ouch! My face!!” The man covered his nose and stepped back a few steps, pointing at Julia: “You, you——”

"What do you mean by 'I'? Do you think you can just look at the Eagle Eye Guard casually?" Julia stretched out the whip: "This is just a warning to you. If you dare to look at it carelessly again, I will blind your eyes and throw you into jail!"

The man loosened his hand and touched his nose. It didn't hurt, but the fear on his face became more and more intense.

He just felt a burning pain, but was not actually injured. This shows that Julia's martial arts skills are extremely advanced, otherwise it would be impossible for her to control the intensity so well and only use wind pressure without actually hurting him!
Taking another look at the whip in Julia's hand, he swallowed, turned his head away angrily, and said no more.

After this incident, others dared not watch anymore and started to queue up obediently.

"I say, you did a great job!" Thor rode his horse to Julia's side and said flatteringly, "You use the whip so well. Can you teach me when you have time?"

"Don't talk too much while on duty." Julia put on her sunglasses and said, "You are older than me, so you should be more stable."

Thor was not angry after hitting a snag. He just smiled and rode his horse to continue maintaining order.

Thor and Julia's duty came to an end only when the sun set and the church bells rang four times, marking the end of today's registration.

After dismissing his followers, Thor rode alongside Julia and returned to the camp. His eyes kept falling on her chest. He wanted to say something several times, but was forced back by Julia's cold expression.

As they walked, Thor saw a roadside stall. His eyes lit up, he rode over, bought a candied haws, and returned to Julia.

This food was invented by Baron Raven and quickly became popular in the territory. Its sour and sweet taste has always been a favorite of many children.

And it is Julia's favorite food.

"Here, please have some!" Thor handed the candied haws to Julia. Julia hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't resist the temptation and reached out to take it.

The red hawthorns were washed clean and coated with light yellow sugar coating. The sugar shell broke into pieces when bitten. It was sweet at first and then sour. The mixture of sweet and sour made Julia smile happily.

Watching that pink tongue licking away the sugar residue on the lips, Thor's heart beat violently, and he swallowed his saliva and said, "I say, it's Friday night, it's my birthday, I've booked a table at the Wallace Hotel, I wonder if you have time to come over and play with me for a while?"

Julia stopped what she was doing, frowned, and hesitated: "...If I don't go, can I still eat?"

"This..." Thor didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and sighed helplessly: "Eat it."

Julia then began to eat happily.

Back at the Hawkeye Watch station, Thor said goodbye to Julia and returned to his room.

As the minion of the Baron, the Eagle Eye Guard is treated very well. Not only does he have his own private kitchen and exclusive maid, but there is even a small Angel's Glory fixed on the wall in the room.

Don’t underestimate it because it’s small. If this thing is sold, it will be worth 100 gold coins!
"I don't know when I can catch Julia." Thor took off his armor and hat, and came in front of Angel of Glory and winked.

"I say, I'm not bad looking. My father, with his uneven eyes, was able to marry my mother."

"Maybe she's too sensitive and has low self-esteem. Well, I must infect her with my fiery passion!"

Julia was born in an orphanage and was the only female among the orphans who participated in military training and achieved great results.

It is said that her talent in martial arts is so strong that she has been praised by all the instructors. During confrontation training, even Simon can only tie with her if he does not use fighting spirit.

Otherwise, she would not have been appointed as Hawkeye Guard at the age of 15.

"If I could marry her, the child I give birth to would definitely be a good-looking genius!"

After dinner, Thor lay on the bed and began to daydream.

"I say, what should we name our child in the future? If it's a boy..."

Thor gradually fell into a deep sleep while mumbling to himself.
Until a burst of intense dog barking was heard.

Torten sat up and said, "Whose dog is this? Can't you let me sleep!!!"

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(End of this chapter)