Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 1070 Reflection from the Sun

Mikhail couldn't help but laugh, pointing to the empty sofa whose cover had been removed, and said, "Sit down and tell me slowly, I'd like to know too."

Don't worry, the sofa is quite clean.

These are all the original furniture from the apartment; they're just a bit ordinary, but still quite clean and comfortable.

Euphemia sat down nimbly. This was the kind of thing they used at home, so why would she care?
Although Mikhail is shrewd and capable, he has limited social circles... and occasionally he makes seemingly polite but actually silly remarks.

After all, he hadn't had much contact with ordinary people.

Aside from a few high-ranking family members, it's really difficult for most people in Emilia City to maintain a relationship with him.

It's not about the difference in family background.

Rather, his intellectual superiority alone would make others feel ashamed, and his talent was also exceptional.

Children of Mikhail's age can interact with him during their innocent and carefree period, but their feelings will inevitably change after they pass the awakening stage and begin to strive for the future.

Most of the people who can have normal conversations with Mikhail are five or six years older than him. Although they know he is smart and capable, they are not yet capable of overpowering him.

However, having almost reached adulthood, they inevitably became somewhat shrewd in their dealings with others, and naturally wouldn't extend friendship to Mikhail, who was bound to leave sooner or later and whose identity was somewhat questionable.

Therefore, at most they would cross paths in the Laurel Classroom, have familiar conversations and trade skillfully, and then go their separate ways.

In the end, Mikhail's best friend was still his first friend, Antirochus.

Penelope is the same.

Logically speaking, her bossy personality should have allowed her to gather friends and roar through Laurel Street... and that was indeed the case before she awakened.

However, she unexpectedly awakened to be a mage.

The courses for mages and knights are practically unrelated.

Children are actually very good at forgetting.

After distancing themselves from her, they will naturally find a new leader based on their profession.

Of course, if Penelope is unwilling to accept this, with her skills and strength, she can always take back the title of 'leader'.

But Penelope probably figured something out and naturally faded out of her old circle of friends.

In the end, Euphemia was still her closest friend.

As for Antilokos and Euphemia, it was actually difficult for them to let their guard down in this city... Although they had connections and relatives, in the end, it was the Alexandra family that deserved their true feelings.

Perhaps this is fate.

We were destined to meet but not to stay together. It was just a chance encounter. After we parted ways, we were left with only a trace in our memories.

Euphemia stretched and swayed from side to side... After feeling Antirochus's cold gaze, she dared not cause any more trouble and said with a smile, "Bishop Garrett chose to return to the Great Earth God Temple to be a guardian for the benefit of his family!"
As a result, he had just returned to the main temple when he discovered that there was another Garrett, whose talent was even greater than his, who had advanced to level 16.

"What's the big deal?" Antirochus scoffed irritably. "The experience and power that time brings are not so easy to catch up with."

“But, having only one resource makes a difference.” Even after so long, Euphemia still felt a surge of joy. “Bishop Garrett didn’t agree to abandon his family’s legacy in Emilia City, or even to have you, his son who could potentially help him, for no reason.”

In order to bring him back, his family promised to give him a special mineral crystal, which was said to be extremely rare, and currently the only one available.

If the Botany Department of the Earth Church is constantly researching and creating new types of plants, then the Mineralogy Department seems to be constantly sensing and absorbing new minerals.

The minerals absorb not the ore itself, but an energy crystal within the vein that condenses the essence of the ore... at the very least, it is crystallized over ten thousand years.

The rarer and more precious the energy minerals, the more important they are for their growth... and thus, a huge gap in strength will appear.

The decline of the mineral faction is also because those powerful figures took away almost all the best resources.

Then, the new generation can only wait and suffer.

Level 16 mages don't necessarily have eternal youth or endless lifespans.

If they're unlucky, they might be on their last legs when they hear about an energy mine that could help them advance further... That stuff is their only chance to prolong their lives.

Although the Mineral School reached the pinnacle and could obtain the Fruit of Life from the Church to prolong their lives... all methods of extending lifespan have resistance.

Therefore, in the Earth Church, those with the qualifications of the plant-based sect would never spend their days in the mineral-based sect.

Although the plant faction may lose its future due to factional infighting, ... you can tell from the current proportion of the Earth Church's high-ranking officials which side is easier to navigate.

Therefore, for Bishop Garrett, what he lost was not just an opportunity for evolution, but also thousands of years of life... after all, it was something that even a level 16 would fight over.

Mikhail couldn't help but smile happily, and he couldn't help but ask, "Was it a deliberate lie over there? Or did something happen?"

“It’s not that I’m lying to him,” Euphemia said gleefully. “After hearing the news that he was setting off to return to the church, several Garretts over there accepted the mission sent by the Earth Church to Scroll Mountain.”

Unexpectedly, they had to set off before Garrett even returned.

The journey back to the Great Temple from the Kingdom of Emilia Highlands was not short and not very safe; Bishop Garrett could not possibly leave alone.

Such a powerful guard team couldn't be allowed to be taken away for nothing... There were plenty of people in Emilia City who wanted to go to the main temple with him!
Moreover, there was a large amount of goods. Although the Earth Church was relatively wealthy, it wasn't to the point where it had storage tools for even low-level resources... but the lower the level of the resource, the more space it required.

After all, you can't just take away a few dozen gold coins when you make a delivery.

Bishop Garrett traveled with dozens of carriages.

This journey will certainly not be peaceful.

Then, what should have been a one-year journey turned into two years for him.

Euphemia chuckled nervously twice before saying, "Then, those Garretts gave the agreed-upon reward to one of their wives, instructing her to give it to Bishop Garrett later."

Mikhail blinked, his expression enigmatic, and said, "That newly promoted level 16 is..."

“Someone else’s own son…hahahahaha~” Euphemia burst into laughter. “If he had arrived a little earlier, maybe that lady could have held back.”

But, well, who told him to not get back in time!

“This is a bit…” Mikhail asked incredulously, “Is the Garrett family really this casual?”

Generally speaking, such important transactions require sufficient collateral.

Even those of the same clan cannot be left out.

But since Garrett dared to do this, he must have been certain that the punishment wouldn't be too severe, or that there was some intermediary who helped to share the burden of the punishment.

Are you kidding?

Normally, shouldn't punishments fall on those who benefit from the status quo?

This is common sense!
No matter how many times it changes hands in the middle, whoever uses it must provide compensation... If they can't, they'll have to pay with their lives.

Bishop Garrett... has he gone mad?

“That’s different~” Euphemia said mysteriously, “The reason why no one thought this would go wrong is because!”

That lady was actually Bishop Garrett's mother!

"what?"

"What?"

The two men who had been leisurely watching Euphemia's antics were now genuinely startled.

"Didn't expect that, did you?" Euphemia waved her hand triumphantly. "When I first saw it, I thought I was blind!"
It turned out to be true.

Bishop Garrett's mother was a very powerful woman.

But his father was actually quite moderate.

Euphemia raised her eyebrows suggestively: "You know what I mean~"
It's like how those great nobles would arrange for their ordinary, unambitious sons to marry girls from fallen families who possessed exceptional talent.

This is nothing unusual; it's a kind of complementarity.

"They have each achieved their own success: one has a talented descendant, and the other has been able to establish himself in the church and even climb the ranks."

But these truly strong individuals in the church live long and are still young!

Bishop Garrett's father had passed away early, but his mother was still a stunningly beautiful woman.

She is powerful enough to look down on the man.

Since it was originally a union based on mutual interests, the two sides naturally separated.

Of course, her initial choice of a new lover was not from the Garrett family.

However, as time went by, those past experiences were gradually forgotten, and she no longer refused men from the Garrett family who pursued her.

Not to mention, this Garrett is a true powerhouse!

Anyway, they're not from the same branch as Bishop Garrett.

It wasn't really a big deal, and everyone kept quiet, so no one brought up such a trivial matter.

But who could have imagined that people's hearts could be so biased!
Between her eldest son, whom she hadn't seen for centuries, and her youngest son, who had always grown up by her side, this mother chose her youngest son without hesitation.

“Oh…oh! Hiss…” Mikhail turned to look at Antirochus. “Is this a reflection from the sun?”

Bishop Garrett wanted to use blood ties to control Antirochus, but he was slapped hard by the very blood relatives he trusted.

The Sun God System has always been known for its formidable reputation.

The reason why Bishop Garrett dared to offend the Sunwalker was simply because he was his biological father!
He didn't intend to hurt Antiochus; he just wanted him to be closer to his family. What's wrong with that?
Blood ties, hehe~
This has serious implications.

“Really, not bad…” Antirochus pondered Euphemia’s words with great interest, his eyes shining as if they were glowing.

(End of this chapter)