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Since she wants to help Countess Elia regain her lost territory, this No. 2 underground base can be temporarily sealed.

Stephen got up early in the morning to pack up his things and store all kinds of materials in his private space, and then rushed towards Windy City with Countess Elija and a little Lori. Fran's physical changes were intensifying, and when she woke up this morning, Countess Elia felt an electric shock when she touched her. This is a relatively silent and introverted but smart little girl, not a lot of words but not a lot of courage, quick to accept the gradual changes in the body, and has begun to try to control herself, but unfortunately she is too young, and her mental strength is not enough to affect the energy in the body.

At this moment, Stephen is comforting the restless mother and daughter in the carriage.

"None of that. ”

Stephen said as he hurried away, he was really not good at comforting others, so he was a little at a loss and said, "Generally speaking, the more talented a warlock, the greater the reaction when he awakens. Fran's change is not very serious, you must know that when I first woke up, I spent most of my year in a mental hospital because there was no one to guide me. ”

What an awkward chat.

At his words, Countess Elia became even more uneasy, and Miss Fran became a little nervous.

She didn't want to be mentally ill.

Warlocks are different from mages in that they have energy in their bodies, unlike mages who rely more on energy from the outside world. This makes it easy for the warlock to trigger the energy agitation in the body at the beginning of the awakening, and Fran's body has changed from obvious static electricity to a slight current reflection, which means that her talent will soon be completely awakened, and it is estimated that the first awakened spell may be 'Electric Claw'. The little girl's body stores electric energy, although it is currently very weak and not comparable to the electric eel, but after stabilization, the body will be able to mobilize electric energy particles at any time, and many talented warlocks can directly cast energy particles, as if using psionic energy without deliberately preparing spells.

"Okay. Looks like it's time to teach you a little meditation. ”

Stephen took a deep breath and continued, "You're too young now. Before you can learn meditation, I need you to know most of the words and be proficient in reading and writing. ”

The education system in this world is very primitive.

Even the children born in the nobility are relatively poor in terms of knowledge, and many ordinary people can't even write their own names. Although Fran had received a simple education, her literacy skills were limited to a few hundred simple words, and according to the standards of the Arcane Academy, she had to have at least six years of compulsory education before learning meditation, and she could read through the entire lingua franca dictionary, and be proficient in reading and writing and word meaning. At this point, Fran is not up to the mark, and if she learns meditation, she is likely to cause an accident due to a slight mistake. Meditation is not only an exercise of one's own mental strength, but also an attempt to communicate with the energy of the outside world through the spirit, and if you make a mistake, you may hurt your brain.

Windy City is right in front of you.

The old Earl of Sutton led someone to welcome Stephen's arrival, and he didn't know if the Butler Berner had told him about the Golden Creek Manor, anyway, the old Earl's expression looked calm now.

"I'll leave it to you. Stephen whispered in Countess Elia's ear: "Take back what should belong to you, no matter what attitude those people have, don't be afraid, I will support you!"

He hated dealing with the aboriginal aristocracy.

On the contrary, Countess Illya was born to be suitable for such a stage, and soon she became familiar with many nobles, and was able to clearly identify each other's family crests, know each other's family history, and understand which nobles could be used to win over.

On the way to the Council of Nobles.

Many nobles, big and small, came running to say hello, and while comforting Countess Elijah and denouncing Count Keaton's crimes, they cautiously looked at Stephen and guessed his true identity.

Old Earl Sutton has succeeded in taking over power in Windy City, and the cunning old fox has roped in many allies at a small cost. His daughters and nieces played a huge role in this aristocratic transaction, and many of the new young nobles were husbands or lovers of the women of his family. The Earl of Keaton's crimes have been thoroughly punished, and the act of framing and murdering the nobles and seizing the wealth of the other party's territory is enough to crucify him to the pillar of shame in the Northland aristocratic circle, and most nobles have zero tolerance for such things. However, the next distribution of interests is the focus of competition among many noble families.

The Earl of Keaton ruled Windwind for a long time, and his family owned large fiefdoms.

Nowadays, a lot of wealth, both light and covert, is the focus of the nobles' competition for exchange, and there is another existence that cannot be ignored, that is, the Countess Illya, who has the support of Stephen.

How she should be arranged is the crux of the matter.

There were bold nobles who wanted to swallow her share of it privately, but when they thought of the terrible wizard behind her, they didn't even dare to say it. The wealth of the territory belonging to the Norrington family naturally had to be returned in full, but how to compensate this beautiful widow was something that many nobles needed to consider carefully.

If the compensation is too much, they are unwilling, but if the compensation is too little, they are afraid that Stephen will not be happy.

In any case, after the fall of Earl Keaton, the territory and wealth he held must be divided to Countess Illya, but it was not really for her, but secretly it was actually dedicated to the wizard behind her.

A map is spread out on a long table.

A large group of Northland nobles were gathered around, and those who had assisted the old Earl of Sutton sat at the table, and those who were just watching the play stood cautiously on either side.

They missed a good opportunity to rise.

The argument had been going on for two days, but by the time Countess Elijah arrived, there were already several plans for the exact distribution. Now it depends on whether Stephen's appetite is big, and if his appetite is too big, these nobles will probably be a little difficult to handle.

But it's a pity that they think too much, and Stephen doesn't pay attention to the interests that the aboriginal nobles care about.

He left it to Countess Elia, only caring when the associated Mithril Mine would come to his name, and then he could arrange for someone to mine it.

The territory controlled by Rinfeng City is about 6,000 square kilometers, with hundreds of nobles large and small, and a total of twelve who are now qualified to enter the conference room are basically barons or above, and they control at least one town territory. During his lifetime, the Earl of Norrington owned a town, a manor, a castle, and five villages, most of which were in his own hands, and a few were divided among knights and family members, but now they were all wiped out by the Earl of Keaton. These territories are currently blank and will need to be rearranged when they are retrieved. Soon, the old Earl of Sutton took out the compensation plan, and they gave the Countess Elijah as compensation for the wealth of about 10,000 gold coins equivalent to jewels and gold, a village, a mansion, and an iron mine, of which the fief was about 50 square kilometers.

This is an ideal compensation plan for them, as there is a lot of fiefdom that can be redistributed.

At Stephen's suggestion, Countess Elijah abandoned a village in favor of a large plot of land near the silver mines, which quickly gained the approval of the nobles and led to a number of people trying to fight for the village, as a village could be divided into at least three knights.

This time, everyone was satisfied with the cake distribution.

As the biggest winner, the old Earl Sutton gained control of Windwind, while Countess Elijah regained her husband's lost territory and wealth, and expanded her realm to gain control of the family.

Stephen finally got the Mithril Mine he wanted.