The Mythical Path of a Princess from a Destroyed Kingdom

"Following this goddess, we'll definitely be able to eat our fill. As for the rest, we'll have to work hard ourselves. After all, she said that she's a new goddess herself and needs our help."

The arrival of the believers was a joyous occasion, and the second piece of good news came five days later: Maginus's job postings finally received a response.

At first, she was studying how to use divinity when a strange life force stood in front of the castle, which she immediately discovered.

Maginus peered out the window and saw a handsome young man, not only himself, but also a small, special life form placed in his inner pocket.

Judging from its extremely active vitality, it should be a species with characteristics between fire elemental creatures and spirit-like creatures.

Maginus gradually developed her killing instincts and hunting abilities. By observing the fluctuations in magic and life force, she could more or less discern what a creature was. Ordinary shapeshifting spells were no longer able to fool her.

The butler soon came up to report: "Your Majesty, a sorcerer wishes to see you. According to him, he is a mid-level sorcerer."

"Invite him in."

The handsome but somewhat disheveled young man was taken aback to learn that he was allowed to meet Maginus directly, as he had originally thought that he would need to make an appointment.

He quickly straightened the wrinkles in his clothes and, lacking any magic tricks skills, entered the castle. The closer the butler led him to the study, the greater the heavy pressure he felt.

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This isn't a show of force, Ron. This is the natural intimidation emanating from a higher being, similar to the might of a dragon!

Just as he thought about it, the creature in the boy's arms nervously explained in his mind, while it jumped out of the inner bag, sat on the boy's shoulder, and stared fearfully at the door, as if looking at some kind of monstrous flood.

The butler who was leading the way opened the door and turned around in surprise. What he saw was a small red fairy with red hair, red clothes, and red eyes, the ends of her hair flowing like waves of flame.

"Please come in, sir and madam. May I ask your names?"

Despite Maginus's best efforts to show goodwill, the two remained motionless at the doorway, like ordinary people under the influence of a dragon's might.

She shook her head, raised her hand and lightly snapped her fingers, and the boy was directly brought to the seat by the life force.

Only then did he realize what was happening, and he lowered his head to avoid looking directly at Maginos:

“Nice to meet you, Your Majesty. My name is Ronfield, a fairy sorcerer, and this is Manda, the fire fairy with whom I have a pact.”

Maginos found information about fairy sorcerers in her mind. Simply put, this profession is a combination of sorcerer and evil sorcerer. Fairy sorcerers usually form a contract with a fairy at the beginning.

The two are not master and servant, but companions, equals, helping and growing together through each other's magic.

Phil...

Maginos raised her hand in response, recalling a few noble names she recognized:

"Hello, Mr. Phil and Ms. Manda. You've traveled a long way to Windhaven, presumably hoping to join the Netherlands. Would you be willing to tell me about your troubles?"

She didn't think that a bard's job offer would be enough to make a well-off mid-level professional like her willing to spend time coming here and building a nation from scratch with her.

Mid-level professionals from other countries who come to Nesery will inevitably have their own problems and troubles, which Maginus could have foreseen.

The gentle voice couldn't lessen the oppressive force; Ronfell was suffocating under its weight. Seeing this, the fire sprite flew from his shoulder to Maginus, glanced up at her, and then immediately looked down again.

"Let me speak. Could you please ask him to leave temporarily?"

Ron went to the reception room, where Maginus learned the whole story from a fire sprite named Manda.

Ron's experience was very similar to hers. His warlock family was destroyed by a high-ranking professional, and he was the only one who escaped. He wanted revenge but had no power and didn't know what to do.

When I was feeling lost, I heard that Maginus was building a nation, so I suddenly decided to come and join Nesery.

Chapter 498 A School That Teaches Everything

Ronfield could no longer stay where he was, and Maginus, having provoked so many countries, certainly wouldn't care about provoking another high-level spellcaster and his forces.

"That's why we came to you. Could you please take us in?"

Maginus didn't respond immediately, but curiously reached out and tapped Manda's head:

"The contract between the two parties should be able to be terminated, so why not find someone else to sign the contract?"

"..."

The fiery girl remained silent, her rapidly beating heart revealing her turbulent emotions. Before the fairy could come up with a good excuse, Queen Maginos smiled and changed the subject:

"Don't worry, I've already offended quite a few people anyway. As my subjects, you and Mr. Phil will have to be more diligent and dutiful. In exchange, I will protect you until you've fully matured."

"Really!? Thank you!"

The fairy flapped its fiery wings and flew up, giving a solemn thank you.

Maginus was quite pleased to confirm that Ronfield had a part-time mage position, as this would at least allow him to train some mage apprentices.

"What? I'm going to be a teacher?"

Manda flew down excitedly to tell Ron the good news. He was relieved to learn that he had been accepted, but also surprised by his position.

"What, you don't want to? To be precise, it's not a teacher, but the head instructor of basic magic tricks. It's a new position I created. Although it's the head instructor, you'll actually only have some mages who have just graduated from their apprenticeships under your command."

Maginus's voice came from upstairs. Ron raised his hand in a salute: "No, of course I'm willing, but I thought I was going to the battlefield."

“Spellcasters are a precious resource everywhere. I have very few mid-level spellcasters here, so of course I can’t send you to your death.”

“Talk to Gordon about salary and benefits. If you’re not interested in money, I can pay you for your knowledge.”

Hearing this, Ron looked up in surprise: "You have knowledge of magic?"

"Of course, I also have knowledge of time-stopping magic, but it's very expensive."

Maginus didn't eat the spellcasters for nothing. Knowledge is wealth in any era, but on the continent of Noir, some precious knowledge can even be used as money.

"Hey! It's good enough that I'm here."

Manda was a little jealous, feeling that Ron should focus on developing the power of the fairy sorcerer, becoming stronger by pursuing his own bloodline and memories, and experiencing the power of the fire elemental plane with her.

"Acquiring more knowledge is also..."

"My advice is not to go for the mage path; it's not good to be greedy."

Maginus's voice came again. As a high-ranking official, she could be considered Ron's senior in terms of professional standing:

"I also have knowledge about warlocks and priests, so you don't need to worry about teaching mage apprentices. All they need to do is learn one or two tricks or spells."

"I understand... Thank you again for your help, Your Majesty."

Having found his goal and a way to become stronger, Ronfield's empty heart calmed down. He gently rubbed Manda's cheek and left the castle with her.

"The team is already quite large, and hopefully more people will join us in the future."

Watching the two leave, Maginus had no intention of caring where they would stay, and kept spinning her ballpoint pen in her hand.

The first person to arrive was someone like Ron, which was pretty lucky. Maginus wasn't going to take in anyone who was too chaotic or too evil; she had no desire to be in a superior-subordinate relationship with such a person.

"so hard……"

In a small academy called the Kingdom Academy, built entirely by Queen Magnis Imperius, the newly appointed Ronfield lay in his office chair and couldn't help but sigh.

Currently, he is the only official "teacher" in the school. Teachers like General Joseph and pastors of the Church of the God of Knowledge only come to teach the students occasionally, and Ron is responsible for most of the teaching.

Currently, there are only about thirty children in the school: twenty-five aristocratic students and six commoner students, and the number of students is constantly increasing.

Putting aside the class issues among the students, Ron, as a nobleman and a mid-level spellcaster, had to first teach those with spellcasting talent about magic.

After teaching him the spells, he still had to grab his weapon and engage in battle with others.

It's worth mentioning that although they are called students, there are actually only a dozen or so young people here, and the rest are all older than Ron.

He was more like a powerful instructor than a teacher.

He originally thought being a teacher would be an easy job. Close combat was fine, but when it came to teaching magic, Ron would sometimes get really angry and lament that he was hopeless.

Some students are really something else. Not to mention the amount of materials for ritual spells, since their intelligence isn't up to par, they can't calculate accurately. Ron thought he'd let them just put them in by feel, but their estimations were inaccurate as well.

Even with such good talent, Ron really went to great lengths to teach these guys magic tricks.

Most importantly, they are not "apprentices" that can be discarded and replaced, but "students" that must be taught.

"Mr. Ron, may I come in?"

A young and calm girl's voice rang out. Ron slapped his face to adjust his expression and smiled as he let the girl in from outside: "Please come in, is there anything I can help you with, Miss Betty?"

There are troublesome students, and there are also students who make his life easier. Betty in front of him is the one he is most satisfied with.

If nothing unexpected happens, she might even surpass my achievements in the future.

This girl was able to memorize all the steps after only seeing the ritual spell once. The weight of the materials and the drawing of the array were almost identical to his, demonstrating her exceptional intelligence.

Moreover, she was also special in terms of her identity. She was a child under King Maginus, who was specially sent here to lay the foundation for her magic.

Betty looked at the teacher in front of her, took out her notebook, and started discussing her extracurricular lessons with Ron.

She's already way ahead of everyone else. She'll probably only need another five or six days to learn magic tricks, and in a little over a month she'll probably learn her first spell and become a mage.

People are really very different.

Ron sighed. Manda, who had been sleeping in the inner pocket of his clothes, had just woken up and slowly crawled out to greet Betty. Seeing that they were talking about ritual magic, she immediately joined in.

"Thank you, I'll be going now, see you tomorrow."

Betty bowed to Ron to thank him, then turned and left with her notebook in her arms. As soon as she left the academy, many eyes were on her.

Chapter 499 "The Embroidered Uniform Guard"

Walking down the street, many people cast strange glances at Betty, some with pity and others with disgust.

She ignored them, coldly entered the castle, nodded to the maids and butlers who bowed to her, returned to her room, put away her books, and sat at her desk, staring blankly at the wall.

She wasn't thinking about anything; she was just spacing out. The other children saved by the goddess were the same; they would sometimes fall into this dazed state.

They always reminisced about the hardships of the past, feeling that their current life was unreal. Betty looked down at her beautiful long dress, and in a daze, she got up and went to the mirror.

The mirror reflected a girl with long blue hair and sea-blue eyes. What was most striking was the extremely gruesome burn scar on her cheek.

Raising her hand to touch the burns, Betty's eyes twitched slightly. She took off her clothes, revealing whip marks, burns, and scalds.

After taking a shower and changing her clothes in the bathroom, she turned around and went to the statue of Maginot, where she knelt down and prayed silently, giving thanks for everything Maginot had given her.

Unlike Ron and Mia Mira, she didn't have any deep-seated hatred from outsiders; her hatred stemmed entirely from within her family.

Her father was poisoned to death by her mother, and the despicable woman and her lover seized the property and treated her like a slave.

After becoming pregnant, the woman's temper became increasingly volatile, and she intensified her abuse of her biological daughter, Betty.

The wound on Betty's cheek was caused by her almost pressing herself into the stove, while the adulterer did nothing more.

Just before she was beaten to death and was about to starve to death, she was taken to the slums as a little beggar while wearing tattered clothes. There she came into contact with the Goddess of the Dead and got a small portion of food from the gangsters, which saved her from dying of hunger.

From then on, she came to the "church" every day for meals. Listening to the vague doctrines of "revenge," Betty's despairing heart was stirred again, and thoughts of malice and hope arose.

It would be so much better if those two guys died together.

After having this thought, she pleaded with the goddess for help for the first time, and Maginus, sensing her powerful will and strong faith, quickly responded to her.

After confirming that Betty was highly intelligent but lacked a guide, the "Great Goddess of Death" offered her advice instead of directly granting her power.

A month later, Mia and the others arrived in the city where Betty lived.

The burning stove suffocated a sleeping couple at that moment. Their daughter disappeared with all her belongings, leaving only a house with the corpses standing there, which would probably be occupied by someone else soon.

"Lord Majnus, my lord..."

Similar to Maginus in the past, Betty, whose emotions were not very strong due to her painful past and precocious mind, murmured Maginus's name, and a strong and pure power of faith surged from her body.

Maginus, sitting at the desk, opened his eyes and felt the faith emanating from the girls.

Perhaps seeing herself in them, her gaze softened even more.

Maginus only feels pity as long as the shadow similar to himself is not seen in the offspring of his enemy.

"I hope that under my protection, you can truly be completely healed."

Maginus spoke from the heart, radiating psychic energy to soothe the emptiness in their hearts.

If asked who was the most tragic, Maginos felt that all the girls had very tragic pasts, and there was no such thing as the most tragic.

But if you were to ask who has the most ordinary past and the most optimistic present, it would undoubtedly be Melu.

She was abandoned by her parents from the very beginning, but everyone she encountered afterward was a good person.

Young Melu was first adopted by an old beggar who lived to the ripe old age of seventy and passed away peacefully. When Melu was five or six years old, she followed the group of children in the slums and managed to avoid starvation thanks to her charm.

Then they successfully met Maginos and fulfilled their wish of having enough to eat and wear.

"Happiness" is a subjective thing, but at least for Melu, she felt happy.

It was probably because of her past happiness and "easily satisfied" nature that Melu's inner violence was only revealed after she killed someone not long ago.

If things had been even more tragic in the past, the girl might now be a cunning and manipulative serial killer, or she might already be dead.