"Why?!" Joffrey stood up.

"With the student qualifications of the Noble Academy, it will not be too strong. Regner rolled his eyes, but said in a somewhat playful manner, "Since there are two academies, why can't we let one of them produce gold and the other produce talent?

"......" Annelot's face was slightly strange, she never thought that Regner would come up with such an almost ...... A near-shameless solution. I don't have anything on my side, and the money is all up to you? At least Anne Lott can't think of a way to do it. As for what he said about "self-sufficiency", it was simply shameless!

Even though Anne Lot had lost a lot of her memory, she remembered that there was some kind of rivalry between the two houses themselves. But now Regner has put the question of asking a competitor for money on the table. If this man didn't have a very thick skin, how could he come up with such a method?

"That's not going to happen!" Joffrey waved his hand in annoyance, "If an academy charges a lot of money, and an academy has a huge subsidy, only a fool will enter an academy with a high fee!"

"Not necessarily. Regner waved his hand and laughed like a profiteer: "This is Your Royal Highness, the eldest prince, you don't understand the consumption psychology of the local tyrants! Sometimes those local tyrants, they don't care about the quality of things, as long as that kind of thing is expensive enough, and can form a certain popular fashion of the upper class nobles, then these local tyrants are very happy to be the wronged boss." As long as it makes them stand out, they don't care about money!"

"Hmph, how do I know if you're right?" Naturally, Joffrey wouldn't be moved by Regner's words.

"Then think about it from another angle. Regner rolled his eyes and continued: "As Anne said, the Commoner Academy also has its own threshold, that is, if you don't have qualifications, then even high-ranking nobles will not accept it. So, it's not like the nobles can get in if they want to. But what if they also want a magician's sign? At this time, the Noble Academy will be happy to serve you wholeheartedly!"

"This guy has the potential to be a profiteer. Anne Lot couldn't help but think to herself as she looked at Regner's face.

"Even if the Noble Academy can make money, why only let one academy pay for nothing?" Joffrey couldn't help but secretly scolded Regner, although his brain was not very bright, but he had an unexpected set of cheating. Even he had to admit that Regner's rhetoric just now made perfect sense.

"Because empires need two things at the same time. Regner replied with a confident smile, "Money, and mage." Since His Majesty Ralveen has spent so much money to build two magic academies, it is only natural that we should give him both of the things he needs at the same time. Is this a good thing for the Empire, or is there any reason for you, Your Royal Highness Prince Joffrey, that you don't want to help the Empire produce mages?"

"......" Joffrey gritted his teeth, but Regner's last words sealed his way out.

Yes, it's not that he doesn't want to help the empire produce mages, but he doesn't want the academy under Anne Lot to produce mages. Because Ralvin didn't say it explicitly, the establishment of the two magic academies itself was intended to make them compete with each other. As a result, now that Regner has made it so that not only are the top students recruited by Annelot's academy, but the money he has managed to collect will also be divided into half of Annelot?

"Alright. Mel yawned and waved his hand, "I think Regner has some point." Then this matter is settled!"

"Master Mel!" Joffrey was a little anxious when he heard this.

"Your Royal Highness, don't worry, I haven't finished yet. Mel made a downward gesture to Joffrey, "But it would be a little too unfair to make the Noble Academy pay just unilaterally." ”

"Master Mel, what do you think should be done?" asked Regner with a shrug of his shoulders and a nonchalant look, knowing that Mel would definitely not cheat Annelot.

"First of all, when this college was built, because of the limited funds, it was built later, and one college was bigger and the other college was small. Since His Royal Highness Joffrey wants to run a noble college, then he will leave the big college to him to take care of. Mel said.

"I'm okay with that. Anne Lott was very happy about this, anyway, the academy had been built, the facilities were similar, the size was not a problem at all, and the civilian students she recruited would not care too much about the living environment if they really wanted to learn magic.

"Secondly. Mel thought for a moment and then said, "Half of the research results of the Civilian Magic Academy will be shared with the Noble Magic Academy for free. ”

"Half?" Regner was startled, if it was half as much, would this deal be a loss?

"I wonder who specifies what to share?" asked Annelot.

"It's up to ......" Mel looked at Annelot, and then at Joffrey, who was about to speak, and finally felt that leaving this matter to either of them would only make the other suffer greatly. So the little old man said helplessly: "I'll leave it to me." ”

"Okay......" Joffrey gritted his teeth, and finally didn't choose to say anything. If it was to be assigned to Anne Lot, he wouldn't do anything. Because he was also a mage, Joffrey was well aware of how important the quality of magical research was. To put it mildly, Annelot's achievement in restoring the magic cannon is enough to be worthy of the research results of any alchemist in the court mage guild's life.

There is also a distinction between worthless trash and priceless treasures. What's the use of Anne Lot's rubbish if he throws him with garbage all over his face? Although he knows that Mel is a little biased towards Annelot, it is still within his range of acceptance for him to designate to share the results. Nor did he expect to be given the designated right to share the fruits of his work, because then Anne Lot would not do it.

On the other side, Regner saw that Anne Lott did not say anything, so he chose to acquiesce.

"Third. Mel continued, "I think we all understand that the financial woes of the Civilian Academy of Magic should only be temporary. So, when the Commoner Academy of Magic has the ability to be self-sufficient, I hope that the Civilian Academy of Magic will be able to pay back the debts it owed in the previous years to the Noble Academy of Magic. We...... How about a period of ten years? That's enough time for a group of young people with certain qualifications to grow into mages in their own right, right? As for how they will repay their academy when the time comes, Annie, it's up to you to figure out how to do it. ”

"Yes. Anne Lot nodded again. Ten years is a long time, and it is unknown whether she will sit in the position of dean by then. Anne Lott didn't bother to think about it so long-term, anyway, someone in front of her gave her money to spend for nothing, don't be in vain!

"Then that's all there is to it. Mel nodded, "I wonder if you two have any other opinions?"

"Only one point. Joffrey added, "I hope that the money owed can be measured in a unit of stable value like the Magic Crystal, and ten years is too long, and I don't want the hundreds of thousands of gold coins I owe to depreciate by two or three percent after ten years." ”

Contrary to Annelot's way of thinking, Joffrey was determined to hold on to the position of Dean of the School of Magic. Because he also hopes to use this institution to compete with his younger brother for the throne (which is why he wants the Academy of Magic to admit noble students - he wants to be linked to more powerful forces). Ten years may seem like a long time, but judging from Ralvin's current physical condition, it is very likely that he will stay in the position of king for ten years. So Joffrey won't give up the slightest opportunity to fight for benefits, even if it's ten years from now.

"No problem. Anne Lot agreed.

"That's good. Mel was relieved to see that both of them had finally gotten the price he was satisfied with. Anne Lot, of course, didn't need to say much, if it weren't for that nasty daddy, Mel would love her as his own daughter. And on the other side, there was also a fat king standing behind Joffrey, who was okay to scold on weekdays, but it was not a good thing to obviously give him small shoes.

So Mel glanced at Regner, who had solved the problem, with some gratitude, and then said, "If that's the case, then it's decided." Your Highness Joffrey, you are in charge of the large college to the west of Merlindel, and you are in charge of the small college to the east, Anne. ”

"In order to distinguish between them, Joffrey felt it was important for us to have a clear name for the two colleges. Joffrey then suggested. His meaning is very clear, at least these two colleges should also be divided into superior names in name.

Mel and Annelot exchanged glances, and then Mel said, "Well, Your Highness Joffrey, your Western Academy is the First School of Magic of the Hawke Empire, and Anne's Eastern School of Magic is the First School of Magic of the Hawke Empire." How's that going?"

"Yes. "Joffrey is not polite to the others, because he is not polite, otherwise who knows if there will be some kind of moth out of that faceless guy of Regner?

"Well, that's all for today's discussion. Mel nodded: "You two can go back first, I know that the academy will open in two or three months, and there must be a lot of things to be busy." ”

Joffrey took his leave. Joffrey didn't bother when he got what he wanted, and just left.

Anne Lot, on the other hand, walked out and stood in the doorway, and she wanted to leave, but for the sake of Regner's great help today, she still thought it would be better to wait for him.

"Come in, Annie. Regner beckoned happily, feeling that since Anne Lotken was staying and waiting for him, it meant that the Frost Maiden was really trying to accept him again. How could this not make him happy?

"Okay boy, what's the matter, just ask!, old man, I have an alchemy experiment to be conducted in the afternoon!" Mel jumped into his chair and took a sip of tea.

"The kid is here today mainly to ask you about someone. When it was his turn to get down to business, Regner also changed his serious look.

"Oh, I didn't expect you to be the head of military intelligence to ask me about someone, let's hear it!" Mel seemed a little careless on the surface, but he was a little uneasy inside, and he took another sip of tea, and even the hand holding the teacup trembled slightly.

"Willis, Willis Rollin. Regner stared at Mel's face before spitting out the name.