Magicians never make wishes

Chapter 156 You were once an undercover agent?

After Lehart reported Ronan's situation, he received a decision from the higher-ups that required a meeting to discuss it.

To prevent any unforeseen complications, he asked Ronan not to go out unnecessarily lately.

Ronan could only return to his villa dejectedly.

Lan Bing and Qing Lan ran back to the academy in one breath and finally received Ronan's message.

"Take this, it's the reward from Captain Black Magic."

Ronan took out two fragments of the spirit of the Death Curse from his storage bag.

In reality, when Reihart leads a team of new recruits on missions, he usually splits the mission rewards equally. Even for his own personal missions, he will allocate a certain amount of loot.

But this time, because the incident happened so suddenly, he was busy reporting to his superiors and dealing with Ronan's identity, so he neglected their compensation.

Ronan took out the two fragments of spirits, which he had actually taken from his own. It was purely to make up for his guilt towards the two people. Otherwise, he would have felt really bad if they kept calling him "senior".

"Senior, isn't this a bit much? We weren't even of any help, and then we just ran away."

Lan Bing said hesitantly, glancing unconsciously at Qing Lan.

Qinglan's attitude became even more resolute: "Senior, we cannot accept this reward. We are already ashamed that we couldn't help you, how can we have the face to accept this reward?"

"Take it. It's from the captain. You shouldn't take it if you don't want it."

Ronan used Lehart as a shield, "And aren't you going to look at the reward first? These two items may be small, but according to Captain Black Mage, each one should be worth around 50 magic stones."

Upon hearing this, the two of them gasped in unison.

"senior----"

Before Lan Bing could speak, Qing Lan immediately interjected, "Senior, we absolutely cannot accept such a valuable reward."

Ronan was slightly surprised.

I didn't expect Qinglan to be able to resist temptation; she's quite principled. It seems I underestimated her.

In comparison, Blue Ice seems more realistic.

Just then, a beautiful figure passed by and then turned back to stop.

What are you doing?

Margaret looked at the two fragments of spirit in Ronan's hand.

Because they were unpackaged, the two fragments of the spirit were particularly eye-catching.

"Long time no see, Miss Margaret," Ronan greeted her with a smile.

Although they are neighbors, Margaret has been working at the research institute and her own experiments have been postponed, resulting in little interaction between the two, and they haven't seen each other for a long time.

"With such a precious thing in front of everyone, aren't you afraid that people will have some kind of idea?" Margaret said.

Ronan looked around and found that there were indeed many ill-intentioned gazes fixed on the spirit fragment in his hand.

He was surprised that so many people could recognize the value of the spirit fragment, but since this was the mission hall, he wasn't afraid of anyone trying to steal it.

However, if Lan Bing and Qing Lan accept it, they might actually attract unwanted attention.

Ronan realized his oversight and said, "I will exchange these two rewards for magic stones and give them to you."

He then put away the spirit fragments, intending to sell them to the mission hall's acquisition department in front of the Kai Covetor later.

At that moment, Ronan noticed that Margaret was staring at him with a somewhat confused look in her eyes.

"What's wrong, Miss Margaret?" he asked.

After a long period of contemplation, Margaret asked incredulously, "You—you've been promoted to a higher rank?"

Upon hearing this, Lan Bing and Qing Lan were both taken aback and immediately turned their gazes to Ronan.

"Yes." Ronan nodded, readily admitting it.

He was somewhat surprised, wondering how the other party had figured it out.

Upon hearing Ronan's admission, Margaret looked stunned, as if she were pondering something.

Lan Bing and Qing Lan, who were standing to the side, stared wide-eyed and exchanged a glance.

What happened?

Before doing this mission, Senior Baiye was still an apprentice, right?

How come he got promoted after we ran away?

Shouldn't we have stayed and fought instead of running away?

The two of them had the same thought at the same time: they both felt they had missed out on a fortune.

"Where did you get your class seed?"

After much deliberation, Margaret finally asked this somewhat personal question.

Lan Bing and Qing Lan immediately perked up their ears.

"I got it by chance," Ronan said casually, shrugging.

"You—" Margaret suddenly grabbed his arm and pulled him aside.

Lan Bing instinctively wanted to follow, but was immediately stopped by Qing Lan.

"Dude, can't you be a little more perceptive?" Qinglan rolled her eyes.

Margaret lowered her voice and said, "Did Professor Grecker give it to you? He gave it to you, how dare you use it! Do you even know who Professor Grecker is—"

Margaret paused suddenly, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

Then, changing the subject, he asked, "Bones, flesh, curses, the undead, plague—which path did you choose?"

Ronan shook his head and said, "No, not at all."

"None of that?!" Margaret's eyes were filled with disbelief. "Then you are now—"

"Elemental Mage".

Ronan felt that Margaret's reaction was a bit excessive.

The next second, a red light suddenly flashed in Margaret's right eye, and she said coldly, "Are you a spy?"

"Of course not," Ronan quickly denied.

Unexpectedly, Margaret immediately shared the same idea as the academy's higher-ups.

"So where did you get your rank from?"

Well, we've come full circle back to this question.

Ronan felt that if he didn't explain this issue clearly, the higher-ups would ask him the same question again and again in the future.

"When I was an undercover agent, I was discovered by the enemy leader. He wanted to kill me, but I killed him and got his spoils."

Ronan briefly recounted what had happened.

To everyone's surprise, Margaret's expression grew even colder: "You were also an undercover agent?"

No, is that the key point?

Ronan felt that things were getting worse the more he tried to explain.

"Miss Margaret, I was kidnapped. I was originally going to the Elemental Academy."

Upon hearing this, Margaret's cold expression softened slightly, but she remained wary: "You'd better pray that the academy's higher-ups will believe your story."

After saying that, she turned and left, as if she had become a complete stranger.

No, is it really necessary?

Why do I feel like you're the one in charge of the academy?

Ronan was speechless.

Helpless, he walked back to Lan Bing and Qing Lan, gave them a brief explanation, and then swaggered over to the acquisition center with two fragments of spirit bodies in his arms.

The two spirit fragments were eventually sold for 100 magic stones, which were deposited into the two people's accounts.

That's right, the mission lobby also functions as a bank, providing reliable savings and transfer functions.

Although Lan Bing and Qing Lan refused, they eventually had no choice but to accept the huge sum of money under his firm attitude.

After leaving the mission hall and parting ways with the two, Ronan went to his villa alone.

However, as he walked, he suddenly noticed several figures trailing far behind him.