Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 777 Armies Awakened
Bowen never regretted the days he spent fighting for Ezra.

Even setting aside the feelings built up over the years, to put it bluntly... as an ordinary scholar who wasn't particularly talented and whose mind was at best fairly intelligent but not photorealistic or able to apply knowledge to new situations, he would never have had access to so much knowledge if he hadn't followed Ezra.

Scroll Mountain is said to be a paradise for scholars, but those without money or power are always a step or two behind... and they get used to it eventually.

He was able to see secrets that even many great scholars might not be able to see simply because he followed Ezra.

Ezra was not wary of foreign scholars. He took a liking to Bowen and felt that Bowen was indeed sincerely following him, so he did not hesitate to share all his qualifications with Bowen.

Royal family members all have their own scholars following them, but a collateral member like Ezra would certainly only be able to get scholarly prospects from outside.

Scholars with distinguished lineages, especially those from noble families, have so many direct descendants that there aren't enough to go around!
Ezra should be thankful that he was old enough, otherwise he wouldn't even have a clean identity like Bowen, who was from a knightly family.

But members of the royal family at that time actually had the right to be picky, so they often disapproved of the people the royal family assigned to them and eventually found someone more to their liking... especially children whose parents still had some power.

Then, those who have nothing and can only be arranged by the royal family are also prone to psychological disappointment.

In theory, scholars appointed by the royal family would follow their chosen masters for eternity... but this is simply impossible when there are more scholars.

In the end, you only belong to the other party in name; everything else is up to you to work hard for.

However, he still lived a better life than those scholars outside who could only afford to study in the Scroll Hall.

After all, in the early stages, scholars can accumulate enough upgrade resources by relying on the publicly accessible Royal Library.

Once you get past the most awkward early stages, when even casting a light spell is difficult, scholars who already have basic mana are actually quite popular.

Although they won't get any stable jobs because of their immigration status, they can earn money with their brains as long as they go out, so it's not much different.

In reality, the ones who truly suffer in the end are those foolish members of the royal family... The scholars who form contracts with the royal family under its majesty, even if they have some ulterior motives, will absolutely only wish them well.

Those sourced from outside are the ones that are most likely to cause problems.

However, as long as the Northern royal family remains this powerful, it is unlikely that anything too serious will happen to them.

So, at most, they hold a lot of assets, but they just can't make much money.

Bowen was truly glad that he had chosen to accept Ezra's invitation immediately.

Although he couldn't touch someone of princely rank, there were still people among the princes' descendants who wanted to invite Bowen.

But Bowen genuinely felt that such an invitation, which seemed like a compromise, was meaningless in the face of Ezra's sincere eyes.

Even though he did indeed have an incredibly exciting life because he chose this prince who would inevitably have to go out and make a living on his own.

However, when faced with the current situation, Bowen, who was already armed with all sorts of mysterious knowledge, naturally wouldn't make the wrong choice due to greed.

He can use not all divine artifacts, but he absolutely cannot use the divine artifacts of magical gods.

Although the magic gods have different personalities, they all possess a unique arrogance.

If I can't use magic and don't like magic... why should I appear in front of them?

Their divine artifacts, therefore, would not consider the possibility of non-magic users.

Only mages.

Scholars and priests, or other legal professionals, are not taken seriously.

Especially these ancient magical gods, in their eyes, mages are all powerful beings whose spiritual strength is enough to rival that of gods.

His magical weapon is so powerful that even a nobody like Bowen would have his brain blown if he used it.

Bowen glanced at Arms: "Young Master Arms, there's no need to be so cautious. Just make it clear that using this artifact could really kill me, and your father will behave."

Don't choose to hold back negative information because of past shadows.

Armies paused for a moment, then nodded with a wry smile: "Yes, I understand."

I will be more careful in the future.

Ezra looked around in confusion, then finally grasped the key point: "Ah! Does this thing hurt you that much?"
You were just restrained... Are you alright?
Should we check it again?

He completely missed the point of what Bowen and Armies were saying.

In Bowen's view, Armies had a kind of obedient child mentality, only reporting good news and not bad.

However, it's not that he can't understand it.

After all, what good would it do to tell a father like Ezra about the troubles he encountered in the palace?

Ezra's only option was to raise his fist and beat all those who were bad to Armies.

But Armies still has to study there!

But even Almes, who knew how hard his parents struggled to make ends meet, couldn't bring himself to spend his family's money to smooth things over for those annoying little things.

His parents would surely take out the last copper coin from their pockets for him.

But Armies wasn't the kind of heartless child. He could never allow his parents and sister to live in such dire straits just so he could have a better life.

The Ezra family was certainly not short of money, after all, the Countess was a shrewd manager. Although Ezra invested too much in military affairs and occasionally lost his temper and spent large sums of money, he would never reach into the pockets of his family members.

However, all of this is on the premise that you don't have to buy the expensive resources that mages use.

Not everyone can live like the Lord of Qingfeng Territory next door!
Even becoming a monk requires a long learning process.

Magical artifacts are, of course, expensive, and the initial investment required to learn how to make one could bankrupt an earl.

If it were that easy, why wouldn't the nobles keep a few mages for themselves?

No one will do a business that loses money.

Bowen always felt that Armies' attitude stemmed from his sense of helplessness in the face of life's hardships... good children always suffer a little bit.

But what can he do?

He couldn't even remind Ezra of this.

After all, there's nothing they can do to help.

Over time, Armies will stop even talking about things he could tell his parents.

But ever since Armies’ identity was revealed, Bowen has sensed that something is wrong.

Armes was a god reincarnated!
Why is he being so obedient?
Even the most humble god will unconsciously be a little proud in the mortal world... except for people like Miss Pearl who have lost their minds and can't remember anything.

He might cover up some bad things because he is kind-hearted and understanding, but he would never hide his dissatisfaction.

At the very least, I would explain it to my parents.

However, when faced with his 'simple' father, Ezra, Armes still chose to hide some things that might cause misunderstandings.

How could someone who was genuinely loved and trusted by Ezra not feel his bottom line, which was pushed to the lowest level?

So, Almes probably had a parent before, who was quite good to him, but wouldn't listen to a single sincere piece of advice.

Almes certainly didn't think Ezra was that kind of person.

But he was just used to it.

There were too many things to do lately, and Bowen himself was also struggling to suppress the artifact fragment that had become somewhat agitated due to its entry into the outer realms, so he really didn't have the time to deal with these issues.

Until now.

The opportunity is just right, thanks to that kind Ancient God Kalinsan.

“I’m fine!” He gave Ezra a gentle nudge. “Go and talk things out with Armes.”

Ezra asked, somewhat puzzled, "What's there to say?"

He looked at Armies: "Since this thing is harmful to Bowen, then he shouldn't use it!"

If you can use it, keep it for yourself; otherwise, exchange it for something else.

The eyes of the neighboring Qingfeng Territory are right there!

You can ask him if he wants to use this to replace some high-level resources.

"Resources are more useful to you, aren't they, Armies?"

Armies smiled wistfully: "Yes, I'll go find Katarina."

Without Bowen's reminder, Armies would have really gotten into big trouble because of this.

Even he himself did not expect that, despite having sealed all his feelings for Zeus into that Soul Stone, a shadow still remained on Armes.

Of course, this was only a very small amount, and it would likely dissipate completely over time... if he didn't want to completely separate himself from Hermes.

Almes and Hermes must be completely separated so that Hermes can leave without any regrets and without leaving a trace.

The absolutely enclosed space he found allowed no gaps whatsoever.

However, perhaps when Almes was still human, this shadow was not obvious, and might not even be one-thousandth the thickness of the threads of the Thousand-Thread Spider Vine.

However, if he successfully ascends to the throne, that will become the biggest hidden danger.

Either Hermes pulls him in, or he releases Hermes.

In that case, wouldn't Zeus reappear?

Apollo and his companions were able to work freely in Toril because Mount Olympia had no owner's presence and completely restricted access... Outsiders had no access except for the original inhabitants like them.

Even if the gods of order have many ulterior motives, they certainly wouldn't dare to tamper with anything concerning the fundamental laws of Heaven Mountain.

After all, they would never allow anything to endanger their lives.

Moreover, judging from Asmodeus's performance, Paradise Mountain is likely to be quite busy in the near future.

(End of this chapter)