William and Scarly are friends who have played together since childhood, which is commonly known as childhood sweethearts. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

William's Robesy family is also a powerful family in the entire Federation, and Scarly, who has played with him since he was a child and is not his servant or relative, will naturally not be just a common person.

In fact, the status of the Miltrov family is a little higher than that of the Robes. In contrast to the Robertsky family, which only emerged in the last hundred years, the legend of Miltrov is a behemoth that existed from shortly after the establishment of the Federation. Even now, when the aristocracy has been completely abolished, they still retain their middle names, which symbolize status, and this is one of the proofs.

The Miltrov family holds as many as 12 seats directly in the Federal Parliament, and together with the many forces with which Miltrov has an exchange of interests, is influenced or threatened by it, or is simply a vassal of it, it is able to control it directly or indirectly by various means, when necessary, occupies nearly a quarter of the seats in the Parliament.

The Robesy family was one of Miltrov's vassals.

In such a colossal family, Scarly T. Miltrov is the only woman of the younger generation in the direct lineage. She has not shown enough ability, nor has she shown enough ambition, she is only 14 years old now, let alone a woman, and now that the current head of the family is old, she is sent to the academy city to "study", away from the core of the family power, and at the same time away from the core of the strife, and it is also a matter of course.

Whether this action was aimed at eliminating her as a potential adversary, or protecting her, or both, perhaps no one can say. After all, who exactly arranged all this, no one can say clearly.

However, the real reason will never have any effect, and what will have an effect is only the person's own perception and opinion of the matter and its cause. Although in the Federation, in theory, ten years old can be regarded as adulthood, but because the children of large families have received good protection and preferential treatment, they mature relatively later.

In any case, the fourteen-year-old Scarly understood her being sent to College City for further study:

"They hate me and want to get rid of me. ”

Miss Scarly's response to this is:

"I don't need you!"

To this end, the first thing she has to do is to break away from the family's financial support, which can be considered to be temporarily achieved with William's uncomplaining funding, secondly, to get rid of the family's supervision, operationally, to cause the missing person notice that Brunei saw earlier to appear on the taskboard "running away from home", and finally, to completely break with the family.

And to persuade the loyal butler to leave, according to her, the requirement was to be able to guarantee her personal safety. Specifically, it is necessary to have a few guards who can be seen so that the housekeeper can leave with peace of mind.

This was Scarly's explanation of Brunei's reason for "needing him to be a guard" that night, and of course, what she herself said was naturally much more complicated, and her words were not so straightforward. After Brunei finished summarizing, he couldn't help but feel that he was indeed greatly affected by the system, and this kind of caustic evaluation was not something he would have done in the past.

To be honest, it was a big challenge for Brunei to understand to this extent, because in his opinion, Scalli's thinking logic was a bit strange, his thinking and planning for the future were unimaginable, his perception of the situation was full of assumptions and self-righteousness, and the criteria for judging things were also difficult for Brunei to understand.

Moreover, in the end, the condition of the butler's so-called "eye-catching guard" should be only a formal difficulty, but when she said it, she looked serious, as if she could really persuade the butler to get out of the way by finding a few strangers to be guards—or a stranger like Brunei who was at the same level as herself as a mage apprentice.

At the end of the day, though, it's normal. It is common knowledge in the empire that nobles and commoners are two completely different people. There is no aristocracy in the Federation, but in its place is a plutocratic group, which is essentially about the same, if you use a systematic phrase, "all are the exploiting class". Nor does Brunei intend to understand the minds of these people.

The outcome of this exchange has two points for Brunei.

First, it was he who led Scarly to explain the fundamental purpose of this. It proves that the clear indication given by the system at that time when the verification fails is indeed completely opposite to the real result. This means that the system was informed of the true result at that time, and that the system wanted to imply the true result of Brunei in this way.

Later, the system itself admitted that, at least, the second half of the verification results given by the system may have been falsified by the system, and its purpose was to meet some of the needs of the system itself, and it had nothing to do with Brunei.

The second point is that he found an opportunity in Scarly's narrative to take himself to the next level.

It didn't occur to Brunei until this moment that the purpose of the system hinting at his true result was to make Brunei aware of the existence of this opportunity when he was looking for another reason for Scully to apologize for William. Judging by the results, Brunei will not ignore such an opportunity, even if he knows that it is a choice that the system deliberately induces him to make.

In most similar novel settings, the system is omniscient and omnipotent, so what are you guarding against me? Let go of useless vigilance, we will already unify the world. 】

Brunei was thinking of this, and the system responded to him like this.

Brunei looked at the other two, and Scarly had explained to William what had happened last night, that is, that she was going to invite Brunei to be a guard. Brunei didn't quite understand why this sentence had taken so long to explain, but judging from the results, the effect was outstanding.

"I see. Then teacher, are you going to be a guard for Scarlett?" The evidence is that William, who was still shouting to the heavens and the earth before, eager to dig an endless sea area between Brunei and Scarlett, suddenly wanted to send Brunei to Scarlett's side with a serious face, "Teacher, you are so strong, it must be no problem to be Scarlett's bodyguard." ”

The corners of Brunei's mouth twitched, but the part exposed on the outside of the mask did not fluctuate, and he looked as calm as ever: "William...... I'm a mage apprentice - the Imperial line, and I don't have a mage attendant. ”

Brunei turned his face to Scarly and continued to say very seriously, "I think it's also necessary for you to know that the mental power I can use is only about 10 standard units, specifically, the level of exhaustion from using a second-level spell. I am completely incapable of the duties of a squire, and likewise, I am not able to satisfy the needs of your butler. ”

"Are you, refused?" Scarly nodded thoughtfully, not seeming to ask any further. This was to be expected for Brunei, just as he had said this to Scully in front of William, and it was within his plans.

William opened his mouth, thought carefully for a long time, and then opened his mouth and said, "Scarlett, I think that if you must find a guard who can be recognized by Uncle Ford, within our personal ability, the teacher should be the best choice." ”

The corners of Brunei's mouth lifted. After two or three days of contact, he felt that he knew William well. A person as innocent as William is rare for him to grow up in a supposedly simple mountain village.

William's perception of Brunei would not have thought that Brunei was incapable of the role, and then, as he wishfully believed that the outcome would be "good for both sides", he would have tried his best to make it happen, as it is now.

And Scarly, as a good friend who grew up with William, although it seems that her attitude towards William is sometimes too cold, judging from the fact that she wanted to apologize to Brunei for William's mistakes before, and her "financial independence" is basically maintained by William, their relationship should still be quite good, and she should still be affected by William's advice to some extent.

"But—" Scully looked at William with a stark look of hesitation.

The clues given in Brunei's words are already very clear, even William, or rather, because it is William, he will definitely give the advice that Bruneith wants.

William thought seriously and said, "Yes. What the teacher said is also right, in fact, the teacher also tried his best to defeat me that day, and his real strength should probably be at the middle and upper level of a first-turn mage. Impressive for our age, but from the point of view of the guards, it was barely enough to convince Uncle Ford. ”

[It sounds like a mage is the standard for applying to be a guard.] It's pathetic. 】

There's nothing pitiful about that, although Brunei himself has now defeated a battle-obsessed mage like William, but in the end, the value of a mage is not limited to duels, or rather, it has nothing to do with duels. A mage is still a person who is very different from a mage's apprentice, and in the Empire, just becoming a mage means never having to worry about starving to death - the standard of the guard is a mage, which is a luxury that was completely unimaginable in the past for Brunei.

But it's better that way.

William continued to think as he said, "However, let's think from another angle, the teacher is now just an imperial mage without a mage attendant, and he already has such strength. So—"

Brunei couldn't help but want to smile, and pressed his hand to his mouth, only to remember that his face was hidden under the mask, and even if he smiled unbridledly, no one would be able to see it: "So, what if I had a magic squire? In Academy City, it would be difficult to find someone who could become a mage acolyte without a magic emblem, not to mention that with my current state of affairs and status, it was impossible to find someone willing to become my mage acolyte. ”

[However, with the help of the two of them, the situation would be completely different.] I see, that's what you think. Well, that's a good plan. It is worthy of a little Brunei with an intelligence of up to 90. The words spoken by the system seemed to be complimenting, but the tone was as mocking as ever, with malice that could not be understood exactly.

“...... Say what it is. Brunei subconsciously pursed his lips. He will realize that this opportunity should be completely expected by the system, and it is precisely the system that induces him step by step, so that Brunei will listen to Miss Miltrov explain the cause and effect, and he can make such an arrangement, but the system is now saying "I see"?

...... However, now Brunei feels that he can already understand the mentality of the system to some extent. He toyed William and Scarly between applause, and in just a few words made them volunteer to serve Brunei's purpose, and this feeling, this feeling of being in control, made Brunei want to stop. system, right?

[Not really.] The difference between us is much bigger than you think. 】

In a flash of light, Brunei thought a lot, and the system said a few words, but William had just taken a breath and continued his previous words: "So, what if we make the teacher a mage?"

"What?" Brunei was stunned for a moment.

Scarly's eyes lit up and she nodded happily, "Yes, as long as you find a way to make this masked man a mage, it should be enough to deal with that old guy in Ford!"

“...... Become a mage?" Brunei didn't know why, as if he suddenly came to his senses.

[Hehe, I didn't expect to get more than you planned, didn't it? Isn't that good news? Hehe, Brunei, you should be a little happier? Hehe, hey, hey, hey......]