Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 563 Poor Almes
The transparent windows of the northerners are made of a kind of gum, which is warm, cheap and can be found everywhere.

Although crystal windows are used in aristocratic castles, that is only a part of them. The small windows on the back and in the corners are definitely made of gum.

So, the exterior wall of his crystal castle, although expensive, is actually a slow-selling product.

If His Majesty Travis didn't hate waste so much and would never allow these unsold crystal fragments to be discarded...it would be impossible to produce so many.

Almes still has some doubts now. The reason why Archmage Arsalan was so busy researching such a magic circle is because His Majesty the King is too demanding.

This is not too unusual.

After all, the previous Arsalan could just leave when His Majesty Travis was entangled with him, but he had to maintain the magic circle in the King's Palace for the past few years and could not leave.

It is perfectly normal to give some research results in order to keep your ears clean.

Almes only heard it a few times and still felt dizzy.

But after this research result came out, the price of the crystal cover naturally rose.

After all, most of the North has a cold winter.

Even if the knights are strong enough and have a high resistance to cold, there is no need to be so harsh on themselves in normal life.

Besides, who doesn’t have children?
Although the nobles were reluctant to spend too much, they would try their best to use warming arrays to ensure that the temperature of the castle was above ten degrees.

Then increase the temperature in some important rooms.

The bigger the castle, the more crystals it would consume. Nobles who could maintain their homes at this level were considered pretty good... but if they couldn't even do that and could only rely on burning firewood for heating, they would definitely be laughed at.

This amount would almost burn through an ordinary baron's income for half a year.

If you were to be a little more extravagant... for example, like the Montes Castle in the past, where you could allow your servants to move around freely in two layers of thickened clothing, then you would have to double that.

However, Leon, who was born into an adventurer family, didn't care about these things and only did the most basic thing to keep warm... Anyway, his reason made sense, because the people around him were all formal professionals, and the trash had been dumped by Leon to the rich man Lori.

Qingfeng Territory, that place is as warm as spring even outside the castle.

It is clear that the snow lace flowers can bloom by the icy lake, but if you leave that area twenty meters away, you will immediately enter spring.

Those who have not experienced it cannot imagine the feeling.

When Almes first heard of it, he only thought of the burning crystal hill.

What Leon could do, Ezra couldn't.

Leon, that guy, has no money and no reason to be proud... The nobles would not say anything because of his poverty, after all, it was an internal struggle within the royal family.

Things are complicated inside!
Who knows if the guy standing opposite him and chatting and laughing with him one day is someone involved?
The nobles would never do gossip that might get them killed.

But Silla is different!

His life trajectory is so simple that any normal person can calculate part of his wealth.

If that were the case, and they were still saving money on infrastructure such as the warm magic circle, they would definitely be criticized by all the nobles.

Moreover, when they enter the Northern Territory, they have to constantly receive those small and medium-sized nobles!

Saving money here is asking for trouble.

But, it’s really expensive.

Especially since the North is much colder than the capital, the consumption of energy crystals to maintain the temperature at ten degrees would be almost three times as much as before... This was simply adding insult to injury for the Hamilton family, who were already in great difficulty.

Otherwise, Bowen, who has been following Ezra, wouldn't be missing so often... His most important task now is no longer to keep an eye on Ezra and prevent him from causing trouble, but to work hard to revitalize the territory's economy, at least to ensure that the tax revenue from the earldom covers their daily expenses in the territory.

They still have a knight group to support! It's good enough that Ezra's extra income can ensure the normal life of the knight group.

If they still had to support the earldom's expenses, they would be really stretched. But the magic array developed by Master Alsalan this time, after being combined with this crystal outer wall, would reduce the consumption of energy crystals to only one twentieth of the past!

Although the purchase price is enough to keep an ordinary castle warm for five years... but unless you are as unlucky as the Montes family, whose castle is not intended to last for thousands of years!

Almes gently explained the importance of the magic circle to the Countess.

“Hahahahaha!” Ezra, who had been listening attentively, suddenly burst into laughter: “It’s been less than a year! Your Majesty, the king, who half-sold and half-gave this thing to me, must be regretting it!

He hated himself the most for doing a losing business!
what! ”

The Countess withdrew her right hand without changing her expression, and used her other hand to help stuff the sheathed dagger that had just hit Ezra's head into her sleeve.

"Ignore your stupid father!" The Countess warned her son earnestly, "He still hasn't figured it out."

The reason why Countess Hamilton worked so hard to make money was that she knew very well that in the current situation, Bowen had already tried his best to balance the expenses of the territory and the Knights. She couldn't help Ezra much, but at least she could ensure that her Pearl would not be without sufficient resources for knight training.

For a knight above level ten, if he wants to continue to move up relying solely on his family’s resources, that would really be... a waste of money.

Pearl was not the kind of girl who didn't want to share her parents' worries, but her parents and brothers were very determined in this regard.

Therefore, she could only suppress her worries and make herself look carefree... Her parents and brothers took it as their responsibility to raise her well, and she couldn't say that she was worried every day because of how they raised her.

But how could Countess Hamilton not know what her daughter was thinking!

During this period, she has begun to involve Pearl in the management of her caravan. When the little girl understands that there is no father and son in the business world, and that you can be kind but not be merciful when setting prices, she will be able to let Pearl truly become a manager.

This was something she, Ezra, and Almes had already discussed, but they had originally planned to let Pearl join the work when she reached level 14, a level that did not require immersive training.

If it weren't for Ezra...
All the troubles come from him.

Even someone like Almes, who was raised by the royal family and had never known what it meant to have no money to study magic, knew that he had to save money!
Countess Hamilton's clenched fists made a creaking sound... Although Nils, who was always by Almes' side, was always well-informed, he and Bowen had the same personality and would never discuss the family's assets with Almes unless he had no choice.

After all, this is only a temporary predicament and we will get out of it over time.

But Almes, who had been staying in the greenhouse to study magic and never went out, still got to know the news. It must have been the little girls who went in to find him who leaked the news.

The Countess could even imagine what kind of attitude these proud princesses used when talking to her son!

She knew very well that only the daughter of a princess who married into a noble family could break through the king's layers of protection and enter the royal research institute.

Well, when their mother is still alive, the princess's children can enjoy most of the princess's rights in the palace. And with the servants from their father's family who were "secretly" sent into the palace, as well as the secret agents left by their grandmother, who was the queen, these girls can live more freely and comfortably in the palace than some princesses whose family backgrounds are not so good.

The Countess didn't think that they could really enter Almes' laboratory. His Majesty the King had strict control over that kind of place.

But, the big greenhouse certainly can’t stop them from entering!
As a natural mage, the magic garden attached to Almes's laboratory can only grow some precious plants, and most of them have to be kept in the greenhouse and cared for by his apprentices and followers.

How could these people stop those girls... When an accident occurs, they are naturally helpless.

Almes would have to come forward himself, even if it was just to say a few words.

What is all this!

When she thought of her Almes being pointed at and told that his family was so poor that everyone knew it, and the best way was to marry a girl with a rich dowry that could support his whole family... Countess Hamilton wanted to strangle Ezra to death!

She could totally understand why Almes was secretly fanning the flames this time when she came back. She hoped that she would teach Ezra a lesson!
No matter who you are, you have to think this way!
Wait!
She would let Almes leave Hamilton quickly with a smile, and return to the palace happily to continue his training!

Ezra's head snapped around and he looked around.

Why did he feel a chill on his back?
Could it be that the evil god believer in the Adventurer's Tavern just now wanted to cause trouble in the territory?
"My dear, let me tell you... just now in the tavern..." He suddenly leaned close to the Countess and explained everything that had happened recently. "I had expected that someone from the tower would come. After all, if something happened here at Storm, he would definitely come over to add insult to injury. But... why did these newcomers also come?
This isn't even at the level of cleaning up one's own mess like Scroll Mountain did!

He is just a high priest who doesn't know how to live or die."

(End of this chapter)