"Welcome, my friend." As soon as Ryan entered the room, he heard an enthusiastic voice, and he followed the voice to see at a glance that Hamfest, the leader of the Magic Guild, was sitting in his chair and greeting him. This was the second time Ryan had seen the Elder, and the last time he had personally bestowed the title of Junior Mage on Ryan.

"Hello! Ryan immediately returned a greeting, although he didn't get up to greet him, but Ryan felt that it was very natural, not to mention that the other party was a magister and the president of the Imperial Capital Magic Guild, even if he was old, Ryan was also forty or fifty years younger than the other party, and if Hamfest stood up, Ryan would be surprised.

"Well, this is Vivien, right? and Barbara?" Hamfest, the president of the Imperial Capital Magic Guild, smiled at the two women beside Ryan and said, "Well, Vivi's safe magic items, this is most likely your masterpiece, and Barbara, I didn't expect you to accept a student." ”

Hamfest's tone seemed very familiar with Ryan's, which not only made Vivien and them feel strange, but even Demos felt inexplicable, he had always been by the president's side, and he had never heard of the president's prior acquaintance with Fabia. But Demos didn't have much time to think about what it meant, when he heard Hamfest say to him, "Demos, Vivien, and Barbara are visiting for the first time, so take them to my collection room No. 2, and ask each of them to choose two of them, even if they are gifts from me." ”

"Yes, you will grow up. Demos bowed respectfully, then looked at Vivien and Barbara, and motioned for them to come with him, but Vivien and Barbara looked at Ryan, apparently at Ryan's orders. Ryan hesitated slightly, he didn't understand the meaning of dealing with this move, but Hamfest seemed to guess Ryan's thoughts, and said, "What we're going to talk about next is about your promotion, which will be very boring for those who are not good at magic, so it would be better for them to choose some gifts that they can use." ”

"Why should I be promoted in the Magic Guild?" Ryan said casually, "Whether or not I get a mage-level title has nothing to do with whether I have the corresponding power." ”

"You don't want to be promoted even if you have such strength, do you have to watch those fools who cheat all over it?" said Hamfest with a smile, "Isn't it? ”

"Ah, so ......," Ryan cried out.

"Yes, I thought you should be a student of one of my friends, but I didn't expect to confirm my idea as soon as we met, no wonder you can do it to this extent. Hamfest said with a smile.

Ryan was silent for a few seconds, then turned to Vivien and Barbara and said, "Go ahead, pick well, the Lord's private collection won't be too bad." But remember to choose the one that suits you, not the most powerful, you know?"

"Hmm!" the two women nodded together, and they followed Dimos out.

When there were only 2 people left in the room, Hamfest gently waved his arm to activate the magic defense enchantment in the study, and then he stood up with a solemn expression and said to Ryan Zhengse: "Okay, now it's just the two of us, you can take off the mask, Ryan." ”

This is the first time that Ryan has been called by an outsider, but he also has a lot of psychological preparation, because Hamfest's sentence just now: "You have such strength and refuse to be promoted, do you have to watch those fools who cheat and be full of them?" is exactly what the elder said when he persuaded himself to be promoted face-to-face, and only the two of them knew this.

Seeing Ryan take off his mask, Hamfest nodded and said, "Don't be restrained, feel free." I didn't expect it, you've only been away for 3 years, and your strength has increased to a daunting point, if you give it another ten years, I'm afraid the second Victor will be born. ”

"You're a compliment, but I'd love to know how you know who I am?" Ryan only said a pleasant greeting, and immediately asked the doubts in his heart.

Hamfest laughed and said, "If you weren't so ostentatious, I wouldn't have seen you, and I wouldn't have been able to know who you are." But you actually unified the entire chaotic Cassano alone, and ran to the imperial capital, so I have the opportunity to see you with my own eyes, of course, if you use makeup in other ways, I may not be able to see it, but you are using the magic mask passed down from Melen's lineage, this thing was the belongings of Shi Jiexi back then, and the president of the Imperial Capital Magic Guild at that time was for her to never marry, so I read the record of this magic item in the private notes he left. ”

After listening to Hamfest's explanation, Ryan could only face it with a wry smile, it can be said that there are only 3 people in this continent who can see through this magic mask, and he actually met one of them in the imperial capital. However, looking at the other party's appearance, it didn't seem to be intended to be against him, so Ryan ended up sitting generously opposite Hamfest.

"Tell me, what the hell is it that you invited me to come?" Ryan asked straight to the point, the biggest doubt in his heart.

"Haha, don't worry, it's just something that's simple, but has to be done by a certain amount of time. Hamfest smiled and said, "According to the information we have received, tonight Faras and Victor will join forces with you and offer generous terms to attract you, the overlord of Cassano, to join them." So there are a few things on my side that have to be done before them, otherwise there will be trouble, big trouble. ”

"No, you're the president of the Imperial Capital Magic Guild, and theoretically, even Victor is under your jurisdiction. Ryan spread his hands and played a scoundrel with Hamfest: "I'm just a little junior magician, what's the trouble?"

"You also know that you are a junior magician, and your current strength may not be your opponent even if there are ten high-level magicians! Strength and reputation do not match, isn't this still a problem?" Hamfest said: "I know what you would say about low-key or something, but please think about me, a talent with at least a high-level magician, our Imperial Capital Magic Guild actually only gives him the title of junior magician, which will make the entire Imperial Capital magic system collapse!"

Ryan wanted to defend a few more words, but Hamfest's last sentence silenced him, indeed, that kind of situation would make the other party as the president very troublesome, plus the Mochizuki City Magic Guild, which has always been against the Imperial Capital Magic Guild, instigated it, and there may be more problems at that time.

"Well, it's just such a small thing, you can just give me an order, why do you have to let me come this afternoon?"

"Ryan, you're the authority, so there are some details that haven't been thought too much about. "If I hadn't guessed," said Hamfest, "that Faraz's visit to you tonight was deliberately leaked, and that they would do whatever it took to woo you, but in fact you had already secretly joined." Well, these are your business, and it's inconvenient for me as an outsider to say anything, but now I've managed to get the Imperial Capital Magic Guild to maintain neutrality between Faras and Catherine, if you miss today, when Faras announces that you have joined them, wouldn't it mean that I want to go to Faras's side when I announce that you have joined them?"

"This ......"

"So you must finish these formalities this afternoon, so that the Imperial Capital Magic Guild can continue to remain neutral. At the same time, don't forget that although you were in the north when you first started the test, the magician who gave you the test was a student of Blair!" Hamfest said: "If I hadn't forcibly promoted you to a junior magician at the beginning, and you were close to Faras and Victor, I'm afraid you would have been branded as Mochizuki City!"

"This ...... I always thought that only the world would have such messy things, but I didn't expect the Magic Guild to ......" Ryan said distressedly, "Can't everyone put their minds on specializing in magic?"

"Don't be naïve! where there are people, there will be strife, even if you become a lich, you will still have this trouble!" Hamfest said coldly: "Besides, you are a student of Victor, and I won't hide many things from you, do you know how the opposition between the two magic guilds of the imperial capital and Mochizuki City came about? It was manipulated by Fernando II back then, so that the magicians will never be able to unite to shake the rule of this empire, because the strength is consumed by endless strife!"

"Alas!" Ryan let out a long sigh, he didn't know how simple his longing for peace was, but there must always be some hope in people's hearts, and they should not be full of lust and tyranny, right?

Hamfest's tone changed, and he continued: "Okay, don't be too discouraged, in fact, we all know what the ruler's purpose is for doing this, haven't you noticed it, although the imperial capital and Mochizuki City have various exchanges every year, whether they are open or secret, there are countless battles, but there is no real big fight at all." Hmph, although we all have a large, almost irreparable difference in our understanding of power, we are all magicians, and there is no need to put power on mutilating our own kind. ”

Hamfest saw that his words hit Ryan a little, so he softened his tone and changed the topic to the latter: "Okay, don't talk about this, in fact, some means are inevitable, the key is to grasp your heart and not be blinded by those illusory things." Let's go, I'll personally do this strength test for you, you are not allowed to hide it anymore, otherwise I will reveal your true identity!"