Moreover, this is an underground operation, and the workload is huge. Bartomero has not made a decision yet, so it seems that he can only put it aside for the time being.

"Secondly, regarding the rewards and punishments for your participation in this war, I will issue some personnel adjustments based on your level of enthusiasm and specific performance during the battle, so as to avoid situations where certain abilities do not match the positions."

The monarchs' eyes flickered when they heard this. At their position (Lord also served as Dean), there would be basically no job changes, but there was a lot of room for maneuvering of the personnel below. These personnel changes were usually made by the monarchs according to the needs of the faction's development. Of course, this was not the case on the surface. In order to hide the faction of the personnel themselves, it was possible for people from the neutral faction to run to the aristocratic camp and become spies.

Now Barthelmero intends to make arrangements based on real evidence such as "battlefield performance". If it is done fairly and justly, it will be impeccable. The monarchs generally ignore "fairness" and arrange personnel according to their own political needs. However, Barthelmero intends to take the lead in abiding by the rules this time, so they have to follow the rules as well.

"Ahem." At this time, Toosaka Rin spoke to show her presence.

"Mr. Qin Xuan? Regarding the support project for the comprehensive restoration work, we will have to wait until the next topic..."

Barthelmero was surprised. She knew that the Qin family wanted to intervene in the "support" project of the Clock Tower, but they still had to discuss which specific project to support and whose interests would be touched. If they directly interfered with the operation of the Clock Tower's disciplines, the monarchs would definitely have opinions.

"No, no, no. Our support to you is naturally all-round. I personally think that educational resources and teaching staff are also one aspect of support, aren't they?" Toosaka Rin said with a smile.

"Hmm?" What's going on? Barthomello thought, is it to directly insert people in? In the complex and complicated Clock Tower, this is not a good choice.

The monarchs also pricked up their ears secretly.

"To be clear, the part we are willing to support is your modern magic department," Toosaka Rin smiled. She had also noticed that the forces in the Clock Tower were fighting each other fiercely these days. Besides, the Qin family's development policy was to start a new business directly, without relying on the power system of the Clock Tower. Judging from the direction of Qin Xuan's plan, although the Clock Tower has a deep accumulation of these disciplines, unfortunately, except for the modern magic department, they all have directional differences with the Qin family, so they were all abandoned as investment targets.

Modern Magic Department. The monarchs' first reaction was that they had little interest. For the Clock Tower, a place with an imperfect system and only inferior magic apprentices was not worthy of attention. Even the position of the Dean of the School was left vacant for a long time and no one was interested.

Under such circumstances, one can imagine the various infrastructures and teaching conditions of modern magic departments, which are all ranked last.

So Toosaka Rin's words made the Clock Tower people doubt that she was really here for funding and didn't have any extra thoughts?

"In addition, we will not send teachers to assist in teaching," Toosaka Rin ignored everyone's reactions and continued to explain, "In this regard, we have adopted two other plans. First, for those among your staff who have talents but cannot use their strengths for various reasons, we are willing to support them and provide "employment investment". This requires the full cooperation of your modern magic department."

"That's no problem," Barthelmero agreed directly. "Do you need us to draw up a personnel list?"

"Yes, that's fine. I also recommend a candidate who needs to be put on the 'Employment Investment Personnel List'. If he performs well, he can be appointed as the Minister of Modern Magic Science. Of course, if he is not outstanding enough, you can also reappoint him."

"A designated person...who?"

Toosaka Rin read out a name that Barthelmero happened to have some impression of: "Weber Velvet."

"That guy, he's OK, okay."

“…” Kenneth, who was sitting in the lower seat, felt his heart sink.

He knew the path his student had in mind. If nothing unexpected happened, he would not be able to follow it alone. But with Barthelmero's approval, everything would not be a problem. The problem was that the Modern Magic Department...if nothing unexpected happened in the future, it would not become a member of the aristocratic faction, which meant that he would part ways with this student completely.

"Secondly, we can provide 'internship' research project quotas for the graduating class. Let me reveal in advance that the 'Six Sources' family of Atlas Academy will be supporting us. All project funding, quality, and results are guaranteed. This is not just for the modern magic department. Students from all disciplines of the Clock Tower can sign up and be selected based on merit."

The monarchs' eyes lit up. Compared with the first plan that Kenneth was concerned about, this plan attracted more of their attention. The Qin family's apparent strength was not inferior to that of the monarch's family. In addition, with the help of the Atlas Academy, if this was true, the benefits would be very great. This was equivalent to the Chaldea Observatory project in the next world line, and according to Rin Toosaka, there might be more than one project.

"Mr. Qin Xuan, would you like to accept the employment of graduates from previous years..."

"Alas, it's not possible at the moment. The project has certain technical difficulties and the requirements are relatively high. Although there are many graduates who meet the requirements, we prefer to get students with outstanding potential. But don't worry, if the future benefits are good and the demand for labor... ahem, talents increases, we will also consider increasing the introduction of more people."

Obviously, none of Ayuan's technical personnel are in place at this stage, but this does not stop Toosaka Rin from bragging about it.

Chapter 158 Win-Win: I won twice unilaterally

"By the way, when will Shion invite them (Atlas Institute) to come over?"

"Why are you in such a hurry? The stuff (theoretical reaction-separation) has just been moved back and loaded. It's still too early to officially start work."

Three days later, Rin Tousaka finally got rid of the monarchs' hospitality. Even though the academic building was still under reconstruction, these people opened champagne and started a banquet. Oh, it wasn't a celebration. In short, they were anxious to participate in the big pie drawn by Rin Tousaka. Really, they were more active in fighting for fame and fortune than one another. Rin Tousaka had had enough of three consecutive days of socializing and left decisively.

At this time, Toosaka Rin had already reunited with Qin Xuan and started to return home. She still maintained the appearance of Qin Xuan, and Qin Xuan turned into a crow and stood on her shoulder.

"By the way, Rin, you're not involved in that project (Gaia Sphere), right? It's really rare that you start to urge me."

"Well, I just promised them a rosy picture. It won't be good if this project is delayed..." Toosaka Rin whispered.

"Just delay it, there's nothing to be embarrassed about. At most, we can ask them to do the preliminary preparation work. As for the interns' learning? For them, learning is secondary. What is important? Productivity is important. Graduate students are no different from workers." Qin Xuan spoke with the tone of a veteran.

"Eh, but..." Toosaka Rin thought about it and felt like something was wrong. "But if you don't have experience, you still need to learn. After all, only after you learn well can you--"

"So that we can work better!" Qin Xuan said confidently, "Everything is for higher production efficiency."

Those monarchs are planning to send here, they must be top students from the nobility, are they here to study? They are here to go undercover and steal technology, throw them all out to work, don't even think about getting into the core technology layer!

"Forget it, I can't argue with you." Toosaka Rinxin said that everyone was originally a researcher (magician) pursuing the root of the problem, but they were kidnapped by you to work for them. It feels like the future will be ruled by the evil capital magic.

"Also, the 'Void Terminals' have been almost sold out. All (monarch) families have placed orders, and the Clock Tower will probably need them for daily operations. By the way, I always feel that the price you set is too low?"

"Normal price. Don't you know that peripherals and in-app purchases are two different things? The latter often takes up the lion's share."

It seems like a loss, but in fact it is a profit. The monarchs have not yet realized the horror of the platform operator. When they react, they will know that the Modern Magic Department, which received funding from the First Plan, is the one that made a lot of money. Of course, the Qin family is the one that made the most money.

"It feels like these nobles have been deceived by you time and time again. In the future, maybe..." Toosaka Rin held her forehead with her hand. She had never dared to think of such a thing before. She caused a big fuss in London and was regarded as a savior. Now she started to cheat people without hesitation. "Anyway, I have completed the task quota well these days. I have been busy for many days. What have you been busy with these days? You are not very free, right?"

Crow showed a humane "speechless" expression, "You don't think that those things (devices and temples) on the battlefield were destroyed by accident, do you? I moved them away in advance and covered them up. Those (Golden Dawn) puppets must also be destroyed and recycled. The clone body (Aleister) must also be transported away. Finally, the most important thing is to restore the ley lines to normal and redirect the magic power of the Age of Gods to the bottom of the tomb. Otherwise, those rookie magicians will faint halfway through the battle, not to mention cleaning up the battlefield."

The crow used its wings as hands and counted several things seriously on its fingers.

In fact, there is also work such as removing the residual materials of the "habitat" technique throughout the city, but this is strictly speaking assigned to Ellie.

Qin Xuan felt that no other time traveler would handle the aftermath as seriously and responsibly as he did. After reviewing the overall situation, the only impact on London was that the terrain changed a bit, the magic concentration increased a bit, and there were few casualties. The only one that suffered a big loss was the clock tower.

There were no unexpected developments in the middle. It seems that as long as the result is handled well, the process is not important at all. This is very Xingyue. Well, I will follow this pattern in the future.

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Fuyuki City, Qin Mansion.

"I'm back--"

After many days, Qin Xuan and Toosaka Rin, who had regained their original appearance, officially returned home.

The two of them walked into the entrance hall as if they were familiar with the place, and the moment they entered the hall, they heard a strange and noisy female voice, as if announcing their return to everyone in the house.

“……?” Toosaka Rin looked at Qin Xuan.

Qin Xuan: "You can tell at a glance that I would not make that noise. I was with you the whole time and did not bring any other women back with me."

Qin Xuan pointed upwards, to the second floor. The voice came from a red-haired maid girl, who was holding a broom and smiling cheerfully at the two of them:

"Oh ha! Xuan-san, Rin-san! Welcome back!" the red-haired maid, Amber, greeted. "Thank you for your hard work out there!"

"Huh?" Toosaka Rin pointed at Amber. She also recognized her. "Wait! Why are you here? Didn't you say before that you were the exclusive maid of the Toono family? Why are you here——"

Damn, is the law of "every time I go out, there will be a new woman at home" still in effect! ?

"Kuang-Kuang, during the time when the maids (Snow Moon Flower) are not here, I, Kohaku, will be responsible for the housekeeping service of the whole house. By the way, my cooking skills have won unanimous praise from everyone☆☆☆☆☆~!"

"I know your cooking skills are five-star, no need to explain it!" Toosaka Rin complained, but then changed the subject, "Amber, you haven't explained why you changed your job!"

"Oh! Changing jobs is too much of an exaggeration. I'm just here temporarily for a period of time. Um, I'm the acting consultant of the Tono Group in Zongye City. I represent the will of the eldest lady. Maid work is my main job + interest... In fact, when we were leaving, Miss Akiba looked reluctant to leave and almost cried because she didn't want me to leave. How can I bear to really change jobs!"

"..." For some reason, Toosaka Rin always felt that Amber's last few words were fake, "I'll just take it as it is. What does the group consultant want to do here...ah, can it be that?"

"Yes, we are here to discuss the affairs of the Far Eastern Magic Association. Well, I am not the only one here. The eldest lady of the Kuonji Group is also here recently."

Chapter 159 Youzhu, how is the battle situation on Reach?

"The eldest daughter of the Kuonji Group?"

Toosaka Rin sounded familiar and turned to look at Qin Xuan, "Is this the one we know?"

"It's Youzhu," Qin Xuan said, "She basically never mentioned the family property, and she's not the type to show off, so it's normal that you don't know."

"It's hard to imagine. She's a fairytale witch living in the mountains, but her original identity is actually the daughter of a group..."

"I think it's easy to understand. The identity of a witch is inherited from her mother."

"Ah, so that's how it is. So the Group's daughter is derived from her father's inheritance."

"That's right," Qin Xuan and Toosaka Rin said as they walked towards the inner hall, waving to Amber, "Amber, you go ahead and do your work, we'll go in first."

"See you later~"

Looking at the backs of the two, Amber smiled and raised the broom.

"Confiscate the tools used in the crime!" Iruri, who had been lurking behind him from the beginning, instantly snatched the broom away, and then lectured another companion who was also lurking nearby, "Ye Ye! Didn't we agree not to let her touch the broom?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, sister! I, I wasn't paying attention for a moment, and I accidentally..." Ye Ye didn't dare to look directly at Iluli, and it was obvious that she had something to hide.

"Ah, sisters, don't quarrel. Harmony and friendship are so good," the instigator Amber persuaded, "Besides, 'tools of crime' is too much. Cleaning is the maid's duty after all!"

"Really?" Ilyu stared at Kohaku's flawless face expressionlessly. "Have you forgotten the time when you swept the carpet with a broom and it caught fire?"

The three sisters of Setsugekka actually arrived home a little earlier than Toosaka Rin and Qin Xuan. When they came back, they saw Amber using her amazing cleaning skills to sweep the carpet into flames. They almost tied up Amber as an intruder until their identity was confirmed by Prometheus. Then they stopped the tense conflict.

After realizing that Kohaku was able to create fire on the ground 100% of the time using just ordinary sweeping movements and an ordinary broom, the Setsugekka sisters marveled at Kohaku's talent, and then unanimously decided to confiscate all her brooms and forbid her the right to clean the room.

"Why can't people trust each other more? Can you please trust me just once? Last time it was just an accident, an accident!"

Amber continued to argue.

"Not even once more!"

Iluli didn't buy it at all. Besides, she was not a human but a puppet. She pulled Ye Ye and left.

"Ye Ye, tell me carefully, what kind of magic potion did she (Amber) feed you to let her go?"

Ye Ye shrank her neck. She knew her sister could "report to the emperor". If she didn't tell the truth, she would report the matter to Qin Xuan and she might be punished again. "Actually, she said there was a plan that would allow me to climb into father's bed legitimately... I got so excited at the time..."

Iruri: “…”

...I knew it.

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"Huh? Youzhu, are you really here?"

Toosaka Rin saw a young girl sitting on the sofa reading quietly in the inner hall. She subconsciously felt that Amber was not very honest and thought it was a joke. However, Yuzu basically stayed in Misaki City and would not move.

Sitting on the sofa was Kuonji Yuzu, the fairy tale witch and the heir of the first law unknown to the world. She had slender hands and feet, white skin that did not know what sunlight was, and cold black pupils. She had an expression without sadness or joy, and her short hair that fell to her shoulders was black hair without any impurities.

"Xuan, Lin." Youzhu nodded in response.

"Well, what are you reading?" Qin Xuan looked at the book in Youzhu's hand.

Youzhu lifted the book, revealing the cover: "Sepher Yetzirah." (The Book of Creation, a Kabbalah classic from the 10th century AD)

"Kabbalah, why are you paying attention to this recently?"

"Yuzu seems to read strange books all the time," Toosaka Rin shook her head, "and she even shares passages in the group, especially when you're not online. I remember the last time she read some spiritual book by Emanuel Swedenborg..."

Toosaka Rin said as she sat down next to Yuzu.

And Youzhu expressed affirmation.

"You don't come online very often, do you?" Qin Xuan sat opposite.

"Yeah, but I often chat with Qingzi, and she told me."

"Oh...huh?"

Qin Xuan thought that Lin should know that Qingzi was plotting against me all the time, but how could he still communicate with Qingzi peacefully on a regular basis?

In his mind, he imagined a scene where the two of them were acting friendly on the surface, but were actually secretly scheming against each other.

After Qin Xuan and Toosaka Rin exchanged a few words, Youzhu whispered before the topic could go off track:

"Actually, I've been paying attention to the developments in the Western (magic world) recently."

"Oh, something big did happen recently. Was it about the wanted criminal 'Mathers'?"

"Yes, yes, there has been a big commotion in London recently. Even the clock tower was disturbed. People outside are discussing whether it was done by that criminal. However, the name 'Golden Dawn' has become famous this time."

Assuming that Yoo Joo was following the events in London, the two began to conceal the fact that they were the real murderer.

Due to the large scale of the incident, the information could not be blocked, and the Clock Tower and the Templar Church simply jointly announced that the criminals had been dealt with, but did not explain the process of the London incident. The magicians who experienced the entire incident did not happen to see the end of Mathers and others, so they began to make up stories on their own, resulting in various versions of rumors flying around.

The magic forces outside London were very dissatisfied with this, saying that they were not satisfied with the news, and began to "dig deeper" into the story of the Golden Dawn, a magic society. As a result, this became a "hot topic" in the current occult world.

"Hey, has anything happened in London recently?"

A bit out of touch with the topic, Youzhu moved the cover of the book upwards, covering half of her face, and asked.

"..."*2

Why are you all holding your foreheads? Youzhu covered her expression and blinked.

"I really can't expect Yuzu to pay attention to news in the magic world so quickly," Toosaka Rin sighed, "This is an event that can be called a major earthquake recently... So, what Western news did Yuzu just mention that she was paying attention to?"

"It's news that Xuan is collaborating with a Finnish family to sell the costumes to Europe."

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