The scene after the tragic battle was bleak, Mephis still did not know the name of the middle-aged mage who had fought him, and the only valuable thing was the head of the python.

Such a big monster is not so easy to hide in the ground, although the person who really found its body is not, but there are a lot of wanted people about it, every year in addition to the homeless will also lose some repairmen, the people above have to pay attention to it, but unfortunately there are no eggs, the bounty on the Hessian python has been hanging on the wall for several years, and the bounty is increasing every year, and it is still untouched every year.

The hall of the mercenary association is full of people coming and going, the villages living on the edge of the forest need to hire mercenaries around the beginning of winter every year, those who are exploring and looking for excitement and those archaeologists also need mercenaries to be guides and guards, not to mention merchants and families who travel far away, they can't leave the mercenaries, and sometimes they can entrust mercenaries to find them if they lose a cat or dog in the city.

The client and the mercenary sat at the round table and talked in a low voice, or talked to each other, and there were also new mercenaries who registered and applied for the assessment, and there was an endless stream of people talking back and forth, and a few unsociable people were hiding in the corner and were silent, and the staff were doing their duty.

Heviel dragged the huge snake head and walked in slowly, she was covered in blood, and the whole person was full of a tragic temperament, with the weakness that her body exuded from the inside out, others seemed to be able to associate the fierce battle from her, and the harmonious atmosphere was silent because of her appearance, which instantly infected everyone in the hall of the association.

The surrounding mercenaries all looked at the wanted list on the wall, and the task of the fifth place in the bounty was torn down by Hervier and slapped in front of the person in charge.

The person in charge looked at the mission, at Hervey, at the snake's head behind Hervey, then at the mission, then at Hervey, and then at the few staff members who appeared behind Herveel...... The snakehead dragged all the way in, and both the street sweepers and the cleaners of the association cried blindly, okay?

Herveil's first visit to the Mercenary Guild impressed the people here, and the second time she came was to make people remember the dark-haired girl completely.

People whispered about whether Hevier's petite body had barbarian blood flowing through it.

This time the evidence was sufficient, and the python matched the description on the wanted notice, and the association took the gold ticket and handed it to Hervier without saying a word, and asked worriedly.

"Do you want me to call a doctor for you?"

Hevier waved her hand and refused, kicking the snake's head on the ground as she left.

"I'm not hurt, it's all this guy's blood, you can call a veterinarian."

"It must be hopeless."

The person in charge pursed his lips, and his mood was extremely complicated.

The sound was not loud, and the people around heard it, and the mercenaries who approached saw that Heviel was about to leave, hurriedly gave way, so as not to be beaten, and in the look of admiration, Heviel left the association without looking back, and when she returned to the library, she was burping and did not have a penny in her hand.

"You ruined......"

Mephis hid her face with her open magic book, and although she said this, her tone was mostly crying and laughing, and she looked at Hervier with half of her face smiling, and there were many meanings that were not spoken.

"I deserve it."

Hervier muttered a little weakly, and Mephis smiled and spread out one hand to weigh it twice.

"At least leave me some milk powder money to support my family, right?"

"Mistress Mephis-sama is saying strange things again, but it's not my fault to take all the bounty to myself."

"When you apologize, you should show your chest, this is the most basic sincerity, right?"

"Huh?" Σ(っ°Д°; )っ

Mephis was surprised to find that a ridiculous sentence was taken seriously by Hervier, and immediately felt terrible, and hurriedly coughed twice and changed to a serious tone.

"The sincerity of this apology is only between you and me, okay, don't talk about this, I mention this because you have eaten a little wasted, and I feel that there is magic flowing back to me."

The power of the contract between the master and the servant is to allocate magic power more reasonably, and at the moment Mephis's demand for magic power is obviously not high, and Heviel is a big demon eater, so in most cases, Mephis supplies magic to Heviel, but not long ago, Heviel ate too many magic crystals, and he couldn't store too much magic power in his body, so he returned to Mephes along the contract...... However, Mephis almost ate it, and his appearance was full of energy, tired but not sleepy.

"I'm sorry... I didn't have a very good brain when I was lacking demons. ”

"It's okay, I won't move any of the money I gave you, just remind you that you can eat two more meals if this money is used reasonably, you have to learn to manage money, because I won't help you manage your money."

“…… I see, I can eat two more meals! ”

Hevier clapped her hands violently as if she came to her senses, and then hugged her head in remorse, trying to be happy for a while, and she would continue to be hungry in the future.

"Since Lord Mephis understands so, I will hand over all the money to you in the future, and treat it as our joint property!" Anyway, I don't have any other needs for money, as long as I am full, and I won't fall asleep again because of lack of magic before I return to the sky. ”

"I don't like that, you're not a child, you should learn to be self-reliant and work, and then manage your own property."

"It's troublesome, I'm not good at anything other than fighting."

Mephis stepped back to her desk and thought for a moment before speaking.

"I'll introduce you if you don't have a job, you don't have the experience to learn from now on, you're not a child, don't be willful, we can't be together forever, and I can't help you take care of your life forever, and when you return to heaven, you have to adapt to a person's life."

Hevier was stunned for a moment and asked subconsciously.

"Alone? Don't Lord Mephis want to go back? ”

"I owe you my life in the desert, so I swear that I will send you back to my hometown and work hard until the end, and I will pay it off, and the contract between us will end at that time. I love life on earth, I have my purpose, and we have nothing to do with each other at that time, but I sincerely hope that you will be happy. ”

"That's... May I ask, what is the purpose of Lord Mephis? ”

"I need knowledge, I want to grow this library into a holy place of knowledge, knowledge is power, reach the stars beyond the reach of the people of Beloka, there is what I want, you don't need to know what the reason is, because before that we will go our separate ways."

It was rare for Hervier to hear such strict remarks, her head immediately counted for a few seconds, and there was an indescribable sense of entanglement in her heart, since her birth, all the magic guide had to do was to obey orders, and when she got orders, she did not need to think about anything, and gradually Hervier also hated thinking about complicated things.

If you don't have orders to carry out, you don't know how to act, if you don't have someone to rely on, you don't know how to live, and if you don't have someone to talk to, you're at a loss.

Heviel tried to think about the situation of Mephis's departure, and it seemed that there would be a lot of inconvenience, but at that time, when he returned to his hometown to be with his father, he could continue to receive orders.

“……”

Heviel felt a new distress, then gave up thinking and corrected Mephis's mistake after settling down.

"The contract between us can only be severed by death."

There was a rare joy in the orphanage, with plenty of food and enough clothes and fabrics to survive even in winter, and the children cheered happily and happily walked hand in hand in the open space.

Robertson had just healed Phipley of the after-effects of the curse, and he was still old, and he was visibly tired after a round of magic, and this tiredness prompted him to sit by the window and look at the children playing with satisfaction.

Knock knock knock -

Mephis was allowed to enter the room, first to check on Phipley's condition before talking to Roberson about the underground sewers.

"An organization that raises monsters?"

"Yes, alchemy synthesis embryo, magic-catalyzed growth of monsters, but it's not complete, although it has the power of **, but it lacks the ability to control magic, and it's not strong in general."

"I don't know the organization you said, but this monster made people panic in the city back then, and more than a dozen people disappeared every year, and the mercenary group that accepted the task went underground and never came back, and the city guards went to search but found nothing, and then the monster didn't appear again before it was over, and only hung up a bounty to try your luck."

Mephis took out the looted badge and pushed it in front of Roberson, who squinted his eyes and took it to look closely, then shook his head and said he didn't know.

"Speaking of which, there is something I want to discuss with you, you must know all about the storage of the library, it is very deserted in it, I hope it can be lively, let the children come over."

"But those illiterate children, even if they come, they have nothing to do."

"My opinion is, let them come and work in my library, and I'll pay them. The last time I heard you talk about the mountain people, I was deeply moved, and to put it mildly, I think the orphans here are in the same situation, and the environment makes it difficult for them to support themselves with their own hands. ”

A sad look appeared on Roberson's face, and he waited quietly.

"In two or three years, my library will become famous, and for my ideals, it will become a mecca of knowledge and a rich life for my children. As far as the facts are concerned, they are still children, and I don't want to keep them in ruins, so I hope you will think about letting even the youngest child work from now on. ”

"Why?"

"I want to give dignity to the children."

Mephis's fingertips gently caressed his Book of Origins.

"When the children come to work in the library, I will pay them to make them feel that they can work with their hands to get rid of the existing poverty, otherwise the gratuitous relief will only make them subconsciously inferior, and they will see themselves as the most pitiful people in the world, so that they will give up hope and give up on themselves."

"What about education?"

"The books here are read by them, and the words they don't understand can be looked up in the dictionary, I think there are always a few children with strong literacy skills, and it should be no problem to read the dictionary, so that after inviting the tutor can skip this boring and tedious process, and go straight to the point, of course, the children need to respect their personal wishes when choosing what to learn, but I believe that they are more mature and eager to learn than their peers."

Robertson looked at the children outside the window, he realized that he had made a mistake, the orphans who had grown up disappeared one by one, even if they met occasionally, they were engaged in improper occupations, but Robertson never understood what the problem was, and he worked day and night, he had no time to think about this, and now after listening to Mephis's words, Robertson couldn't help but reflect on himself and sighed.

"Your appearance is the greatest luck for the children."

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