Chapter Fifty-Three: Scarlet Manor

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A light rain was falling, and the clouds obscured the setting sun, making the streets of Hogg a little dark.

The speeding carriage drove through the puddle of water, splashing with water.

On the carriage hung a flaming flower on a white background, which was the family coat of arms of the family of the Earl of Scarlett, the great nobles of Hogel.

The groom remembered the Earl's instructions, and let the carriage turn several alleys in succession, and finally stopped in front of a small cottage.

Not long after the carriage stopped, the door to the villa slowly opened, and Sean straightened his dress, put his hat on, and strode out of the house.

"Hello, honorable Lord Sean Morton, I am taking you to the banquet on the orders of Count Scarlett."

The groom got out of the carriage, put his pedals on the side of the carriage door, and bowed to Sean.

"Hello, you came on time."

Sean nodded, and easily got into the carriage with his pedals.

The interior of the carriage was lavishly decorated, but there was no nouveau riche feel at all, and many aristocrats would hire professionals to build and arrange the carriage to complement their style.

Living in Hogar City for two months, he immersed himself in the sea of alchemy every day, making money while refining himself.

In the past two months, he has gained a lot.

First of all, in terms of money, Hogel City is worthy of being a city with developed commerce, relying on the combination potion formula in his hand, Sean has earned about three hundred gold coins in just sixty days!

Don't look at this speed, it can't be compared with when he was in Ryan City, but at that time, Sean had a large amount of raw materials in his hands, plus the news of the war had just come out, and the price of many auxiliary materials was also very cheap, which made Sean take advantage of the loophole.

However, the current Hogar City is different, because the news of the war has spread on a large scale, and the price of raw materials for various potions has also risen again and again, although the trade in potions is still in short supply, but the high cost undoubtedly limits the possibility of alchemists making a lot of money.

In addition, he also preliminarily completed the material processing before the staff was made, that is, the energy circuit and rune depiction of the mineral-eating beast's bones, as well as cultivating a large number of silver-devouring vine seeds and selecting the best one.

The most important thing is that just a few days ago, his professional level was finally raised from level 8 to level 9, and he really embarked on the path of natural promotion to apprentice level, although Sean does not feel any breakthrough now, he believes that this day will not be far away.

After learning about Sean's professional rank, the nobles of Hogg City immediately became enthusiastic, and these businessmen started with very poisonous eyesight, and soon judged Sean's potential and value from age and other factors, and wanted to befriend him.

In just two months, Sean received hundreds of invitations to banquets and entertainments, which made him feel a little annoyed.

Of course, the necessary socialization was still needed, so Sean only selectively participated in some of the activities of several big nobles and also his partners.

As a professional, he naturally understood where the reason why these nobles were courteous to him came from, if it wasn't for the fact that he was a mage of the alchemy department, if it wasn't for the fact that he had a high chance of advancing to the apprentice level, then he would be nothing.

Many apprentice-level professionals don't even earn a gold coin a day, which is really far worse than Sean, and for these professionals, those big nobles don't give a good look.

So Sean didn't dare to relax his demands on himself at all, even for tonight's unavoidable social event, he was immersed in alchemy for the first few minutes of his participation.

The carriage was moving at a high speed, and because the Crest of the Scarlet family was hung on it, there was no one in Hogg who stopped it.

The pedestrians on the side of the road dodged the galloping carriage, and only dared to curse quietly after the vehicle had gone away, if they were accidentally hit by the carriages of the nobles, there was really no place to reason.

In the Faeron plane, the status of nobles and professionals was far higher than that of commoners, and the laws of most countries gave preferential treatment to nobles, and even the nobility of a small number of countries enjoyed the unacceptable privilege of death redemption.

The death redemption order, directly understood in the literal sense, means that the nobles can use money to redeem their crimes, except for some serious crimes, such as rebellion, selling abroad, even if it is a death penalty, the nobles can spend money to eliminate disasters.

Of course, when exercising this power, the nobles sometimes paid the price of demotion or seizure, but even so, this decree greatly encouraged the arrogance of the nobles, so that they dared to ignore the laws of the kingdom and occasionally do some risky things.

Even in countries where there was no death redemption, nobles and professionals enjoyed a certain degree of immunity and responsibility in the law, depending on their title and rank.

For example, if Sean went to a commoner's house and stole a plate, he could face a fine or even several days in prison if he were a normal person, or some other punishment.

However, if he had done the same thing as an apprentice, he would have been acquitted of the crime by one degree, after returning the stolen goods or making compensation.

This kind of privilege is extremely outrageous, after the various identities are superimposed, many nobles who are professionals will not be bound by the law at all, even if there is a dispute, injuring or even killing a commoner, then at most pay some gold coins as a fine.

In order to prevent this privilege from being abused among the nobility, the rulers established another outrageous law.

That is the right to responsibility.

It is also a special right enjoyed by nobles, and when faced with a case involving themselves, the right to heavy responsibility can make the punishment of the other party more serious, that is, the commonly known crime plus one degree.

A thief stealing the same thing, stealing from a nobleman's house and a commoner's house, will have a different sentence after being caught, and there is no upper limit to the sentence of this kind of aggravation, that is, even if you only steal a piece of soil from someone's yard, you may be directly sentenced to death.

Finally, the right of responsibility and immunity can be offset, and the weight of the right of responsibility is much greater than the right of immunity in the same capacity, which is an important reason for the harmony between the nobility.

There is no way, if you slap a commoner, it will be a matter of losing a few silver coins, but if you slap a nobleman with a similar title to yourself, it is likely to face an inevitable prison sentence.

Feeling the carriage gradually stop, Sean finished meditating.

The host of this dinner is the Earl of Scaret, and it is said that many nobles have been invited, and it seems that this evening will be very lively.