Chapter 43: A Birthday Present
Speaking of which, although the Magic Guild is nominally for every magician, Lin Qian doesn't seem to have made any substantial contributions other than turning it into a commercial organization. As a result, Lin Qian thought of establishing a purely academic magic research organization for all people who love magic to continue to study and discuss.
The slow development of magic for thousands of years is partly due to the development of closed families, but also due to the lack of academic organization. Although the Academy of Magic has made up for this deficiency to a certain extent, those students who have graduated from the Academy of Magic have no place to continue their studies once they enter the society, and can only explore on their own. Lin Qian remembered that Dean Green had complained that some students who were supposed to graduate had stayed in the academy and tried to find a way to continue their studies.
In Lin Qian's original world, there were graduate students and doctoral students after graduating from university, and there were also institutions such as the Academy of Sciences that specialized in the study of various knowledge. Magic should also be like this in order to have greater development, Lin Qian thought of establishing a higher magic academy for outstanding graduates of the magic academy to enter and study, and at the same time, this higher academy is also a center for magic exchanges and discussions, hiring some excellent magicians as teachers, and inviting top magicians to share their experiences from time to time.
Once this idea was formed, Lin Qian couldn't sit still, so he quickly took out a pen, wrote down all the matters one by one, and then handed them over to the people below to discuss.
"But then, magic has no secrecy to speak of, and isn't it possible for everyone to learn it?" Elena was clearly worried about the consequences of doing so.
Lin Qian knew what she was thinking, and explained with a smile: "Elena, the fact that everyone knows magic will not make this world more chaotic, on the contrary, it will promote the development of this world even more. As long as you do a good job of governance, set good rules, and treat magicians and ordinary people equally, this world will only be more stable. ”
Treating magicians and ordinary people equally? This idea alone is shocking enough, not to mention that Lin Qian has more ideas for this move.
As a person with a vested interest in magic, a magician will not give up his interests easily. It is precisely because they have magic that ordinary people want to learn but can't learn that they are superior, and if magic becomes worthless, then what profit do they have?
Don't forget, Lin Qian also has the Magic Guild, and those who want to rely on their existing magic and want to have food and clothing for the rest of their lives are obviously not good: as more and more magicians join the guild, the rewards for each mission will definitely continue to decrease, and he must continue to improve in order to widen the gap between other magicians in order to win more advanced tasks to support his family. This kind of competition mechanism is the driving force for the continuous progress of magicians, and those magicians who are in the mature stage may not be satisfied with the status quo for the rest of their lives, and will continue to explore more advanced magic, and maybe they can find high-level magic similar to those in the three magic books.
A simple idea may be able to push the gears of the entire magic world forward, and Lin Qian's YY ability is also quite strong. However, the idea is risky, especially for Elena's royal family, and it is likely to shake their rule.
"You just need to keep pulling some of the existing talents into the royal magician group and continue to grow your strength, the whole world is improving, why are you royal magicians still stagnating?" Lin Qian explained to Elena.
"But I'm still a little worried. "After all, Elena is carrying the inheritance of several generations, and obviously does not want to destroy it in her own hands.
"Then don't you worry about your brother Lin and me, as long as my magic guild always supports you royally, is there anyone who is not afraid of a bounty order on his head?" Lin Qian gave Elena another reassurance.
According to Lin Qian's vision, sooner or later, the Magic Guild will become a force that rivals or even surpasses the royal family, and as long as this force remains loyal to the royal family, then the overall rule of the royal family will be even more stable than before.
Sending away Elena, who was still confused, Lin Qian also fell into thought. Is this the "brilliance" he wants, and this is the result of his five-year reprieve?
The two-day preparation time passed in a blink of an eye, and Prince William's birthday arrived.
The royal family is an extremely good-looking force, so the people invited are all high-status figures. Wealthy merchants such as Grande, despite their endless wealth, could not be included in the façade of the royal palace. Magicians of the likes of Idle Clouds and Wild Cranes, despite their superior magical abilities, are not qualified to enter the palace at will. Compared with the establishment of the guild before Lin Qian, the person who came on the prince's birthday was really a "high-class person".
Most of the people at the banquet were officials from various ministries, and the rest were mostly from the magic family. There are also four or five cities around the Azure City, and each city has also invited several magic families, all of which are forces that have been inherited for more than a hundred years, and their heritage is much deeper than that of the royal family.
William still looked cold, and he didn't dare to smile when he stood next to the princess, even if he saw his sister Elena greeting him, he only responded slightly, like a lonely knight.
Rich and noble families treat their children and always think that he can be more mature, so William's dress is also extraordinarily gentlemanly, but the size is a little smaller. But William didn't want to be watched like this, he just wanted to play carefree forever, and preferably never grow up. His thirst for power began as nothing more than an idea imposed by his mother, but now he knew that it was with supreme power that he could be completely freed, even if it was his mother.
This banquet was arranged by Princess Ante, who did not invite the maiden family of the Nanyang tribe, and seemed to just want to have a quiet birthday party.
"Elena is getting prettier as she grows!" Although Elena had no intention of talking to her, she still politely complimented her, not knowing what it meant.
"Princess, you're in the prime of your youth, too!" replied with a sarcastic replie, not knowing how much critical damage this sentence had caused to the princess.
Sure enough, Princess Ante's face stiffened and she ignored her no more.
This kind of secret confrontation scene will definitely not be seen by outsiders, and the characters who enter the banquet are all in order of rank, and Elena is the first, she gives a magic ring to William, which provokes a burst of excitement from the little prince.
Magical relics can be made into a variety of decorations, making them easy to carry and use. The effect of this ring is to release a defensive circle comparable to ninth-level magic in an emergency, and it is known from the fact that it is made entirely of amethyst.
Elena was followed by the patriarchs of the two magical families of the Blue City: Charles and Wales. Although the recent events have made the two families a little uncomfortable, they still ignore each other's identities on this occasion.
Wales sent a pen holder carved from jewelry, made entirely of jade, which has been artistically processed to become a precious object that is both ornamental and practical, and seems to be expensive.
Charles followed with both hands and saluted a staff made of all-body crystal, the beauty of which dazzled the little prince for a while, and when he understood the beauty of this staff, the little prince's eyes lit up a little when he looked at Charles. Princess Ante also seemed to be satisfied, she was bent on letting her son learn more magic, and now that she had this staff, she might increase his interest a little.
After all, it was the staff that his son bought for a few hundred gold coins not long ago, and Charles couldn't help but think of his eldest son who had just died a few days ago. This can be regarded as a wish of his son before he died, and after sending it out, Charles sat on the arranged seat and seemed a little stunned.
In addition to Elena's magic holy relic, these two treasures should also be in the forefront of all gifts, in Lin Qian's words, they are all sky-high treasures of several million pieces, and if they are given to a prince who has no real power, they can be regarded as worthy of him.
Lin Qian was inexplicably placed behind Charles, which is really a bit ridiculous, he has a higher status than the patriarchs of the two families, I don't know what Princess Ante's intentions are.
As soon as this recent teenager appeared, he attracted the attention of Wales and Charles, and even many of the people in the back queue wanted to catch a glimpse of him.
Princess Ante deliberately looked at the gift packaging that Lin Qian brought, and she seemed to believe that Lin Qian couldn't get any valuable gifts.
Lin Qian directly ignored Princess Ante's eyes, and arched his hand towards Prince William: "Your Royal Highness, the guild in Xia has just been established, and I really can't get anything good, so I have to give one more." This is a staff made of amethyst, this is a robe with a variety of magic arrays, I don't know if the prince likes it or not. ”
Lin Qian opened the package, which immediately caused a burst of exclamation, and then there was a silence.
It's all made of amethyst, and it's a staff, which is something that no amount of gold can buy. This robe is also inlaid with several pieces of amethyst? And it is a robe with a variety of magic arrays? I am afraid that no one can take such a big hand.
Some people are surprised, some people are embarrassed, and Charles on the side can't hold his face. He only gave a magic staff, and it was only made of crystals, and Lin Qian's gift was more than a grade higher in terms of quality and quantity. What's more, the gap between the gifts given by the two one after the other is really bigger.
It's not as simple as not knowing, and it's more than just being scared. William excitedly took the staff, and directly threw the previous staff to his subordinates to hold, and even wanted to change into the shining robe now. And Princess Ante glanced at Charles more directly, and the meaning was self-evident.
The most taboo thing about giving gifts is to give the same gift, especially when the gap between the two gifts is particularly large, William's eyes when he looked at Lin Qian were simply adoring, and he immediately put all the previous unhappiness behind. He even thought that if he called him brother like Elena, he would get a better gift.
Although the gifts given by the next people on the scene were very ordinary, after all, there were no same gifts, and there was no such embarrassing scene, and the patriarchs of their families were all discussed, and tried not to give duplicate gifts.
During the whole process, Charles's eyes were like ashes, and he looked at Lin Qian with a hint of hatred, which Lin Qian did not expect, and he also thought that he could improve the relationship and deal with the Welsh family, a sowing discord.