Ever since his victory in the duel with the Black Iron Mage, the name Donald Melliner has been widely known to the upper echelons of the Northern County for the past few days.

Although Donald himself is very low-key, he can't stand the fact that the Red Maple Baron wants to raise the prestige of his "future son-in-law", so he secretly spread the news of the bet. Although everyone in the entire North County is not aware of it now, at least some businessmen, nobles, mages and other professionals have heard of it.

At the time of Donald's genius summoner's fame, Snow Mage and Sodo, who were the antagonists of the story, including Lord Gerry's family, became the despised side and almost became the laughing stock of Northshire.

It is said that Master Suo Duo was severely lectured by his lord's father, who was angry when he got the news from the outside afterwards, and could not get out of bed for several days.

The various forces in the North County have also begun to learn from Donald, a young mage apprentice who was unknown before, but is now famous.

As soon as our gifted apprentice returned home, he threw himself into the manor that was being built, knowing nothing about the outside world.

In the Lord's Mansion of Boulder City, Viscount Macbeth looked at the new information sent by his subordinates, and couldn't help but recall the scene back then.

More than forty years ago, when he was just coming of age, he set a trap with his own hands and seized the knightly domain of the Merlinna family, which won his father's appreciation. When he inherited the title, he gave it to the son of his attendant steward Gerry.

And then he kept forgetting about that knight family, leaving only a young child and a servant, what kind of threat to his huge family power? Even if that remnant grows up and is ready to inherit the knighthood of the family, he can easily use his hands and feet during the knight assessment, so that the other party will lose his proud status and completely become a commoner.

But the little bug that he thought was no threat at the time has now grown enough to attract attention.

"Interesting! Becoming a mage's apprentice, is it old Melina's ploy?

Macbeth thought that old Mellina had hidden his son's mage talent because he was afraid that he would be harmed at a young age, and it was not revealed until the rite of passage was approaching. If Donald knew what he was thinking, he would have thought it would be funny. If his father, who was in this body, could have thought like that, he would not have been calculated to drain the last bit of property back then.

However, although this mage apprentice is a threat, Macbeth, who is nearly sixty years old, has long since lost the irritability of his youth, and always tries to eradicate all hostile existences. Now he knows how to think more about the long term and the big picture.

Although ordinary mages are protected by mage clubs and royal mage associations in various places, it is still very easy and easy for them to secretly kill a low-level mage who has offended a nobleman. Not to mention a mage's apprentice.

However, it is different for a rare summoner class that is less than a few years old. Although summoners' personal combat ability is lower than that of ordinary mages, the otherworldly creatures summoned by the summoning spells they master are not ordinarily powerful. Moreover, for the Terran countries, summoners have always been a much-needed special talent in the army. On the battlefield, the role of a junior summoner is worth a hundred elite soldiers, and it is not difficult to destroy the enemy's thousand-man troops if it is used well. This strength has surpassed the role that most mid-level mages can play.

If this summoner with great potential is moved, not to mention the attitude of those "angry youth" mages in various places and royal capitals, just Messer and their King Majesty of Celt can't let him do what he does!

"Do you think you can turn over in this way? The Merlinna family has declined, let him continue! As a threat to my Macbeth family, I can't let him grow up!"

After thinking about it, Macbeth leaned over the table and wrote a short message, then handed it to the servant below and said:

"Go get this to the meeting, they'll know what to do! Tell Blake, be careful not to leave a flaw!"

The servant took the letter and bowed out of the study. In a short time, the letter circulated several times in the city, and it had reached a secret building under a residential building in the civilian area.

This underground hall was built to be so discreet that it could accommodate hundreds of people.

The people inside were all dressed in black, with expressionless faces. The letter was finally delivered to a young man in black who sat at the top of the table, a slender and muscular man who was enjoying the finest wine of Sert in one hand, and who looked less like the leader of the underground organization hidden deep in the shadows, but more like a noble knight.

"The old man's mission, a mage apprentice?"

The man then tore up the letter, and said in a mocking tone:

"He really looks down on us, and Messer's apprentice dares to touch us, it seems that he is ready to treat us as outcasts, do you really think I don't know my place in his heart?"

"Chief, what are we going to do?"

A tall man in black asked.

The handsome face of the young man smiled:

"Naturally, it's next, anyway, I've been an old man's lackey for so long, and it's not bad for a few days, when I reach the silver level, I will have the ability to take my brothers out of his control, and when the world is so big, why can't I be happy?"

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The construction of the manor, according to Donald's own plan, if the infrastructure of the first small manor was to be built only by manpower, would have taken at least three months. But he could not afford to wait so long, for spring was coming soon, and three months were too long, and if he did not make it in time for the last wave of ploughing before the end of summer, he would have to wait until the following spring to sow seeds.

This is also because the Kingdom of Celt is located in the north of the continent, the climate is relatively cold, similar to the cold zone in the previous life, most of the land to grow food crops can only be harvested once a year, unlike some warm areas in the south of the continent, some crops with a short life cycle can even reach the extent of four crops and five crops a year.

However, the land of the Kingdom of Celt is fertile, and there are many undeveloped virgin lands, and the average annual yield is not much worse than that of the warmer regions, and the quality of the mature crops is much higher than that of the more productive crops in the south.

This situation is somewhat similar to the Northeast region in Donald's previous life, which makes Donald very confident that he can make his manor a good life, but he has to build the manor first.

His original plan was to prepare the building materials himself, and then rely on the power of the Book of Truth to complete the construction of the manor in an instant at the cost of a portion of his energy. This saves more than half of the energy consumption, which reduces costs by up to 80 percent.

Therefore, it was imperative to buy large quantities of materials such as wood and stone, which had been entrusted to his most faithful steward, Kode. As soon as the materials arrived, the facility could be completed in a few months.

With thousands of Kinsor at his disposal, and for many years he has been called a butler, but has not really done anything, Kode is now full of excitement.

Sharing the worries of the master, building and protecting the master's family business, this is what a real aristocratic steward needs to do.

And Donald himself finished today's cultivation and was now preparing to go out to the tavern in the town.