With the aura of a one-ring mage and a knight, although Xia Lin is a fifteen-year-old boy from the slums, he still has a certain social status, after all, no one dares to snub a mysterious mage.

So he easily followed the enthusiastic guidance of the pedestrians to the Horsetail Avenue, and then found the Greg Chamber of Commerce, which had a pearl bird painted on the wooden sign at the door.

From the outside, the Greg Chamber of Commerce looks like an ordinary two-story shop, and the shelves and booms in the house display fabrics of various materials and colors, and the colorful colors of those fabrics surprise Xia Lin.

It turned out that he also thought about whether to start with the dye industry, after all, he remembered the synthesis method of dyes such as aniline violet, but Xia Lin had no capital, and he had no way to start the raw materials and equipment needed for the synthesis of these dyes, so he gave up this idea.

Now it seems that there are enough types of dyes in this world, and if they cannot be industrialized and mass-produced, I am afraid that the chemical dyes he synthesizes may not be competitive with these natural dyes.

"Hello, is Mage Ellen Greg here? My name is Charlene Carr, and I am his classmate at the Royal Academy of Magic in the Imperial Capital, and I have come to him for some things this time. ”

Xia Lin stepped into the store, and immediately recognized the man who was sorting out the account books behind the table in the back half of the store as the steward, and he stepped forward and tapped the table with his index finger, and asked the man with a gentle smile on his face.

"Charleen Carr?"

The steward, who was still immersed in numbers, looked up a little impatiently, but the moment he saw Xia Lin's outfit, his attitude immediately changed one hundred and eighty degrees, and a warm smile appeared on his face.

In this world, the mage's robe is a symbol of status, even if Xia Lin's face is childish, this steward does not dare to slack off.

Seeing the one-ring mage badge and jazz badge on Xia Lin's chest, he was even more convinced that this was his young master's classmate, and his tone was a little more humble:

"Your Excellency Master Xia Lin, you just happened to come, Young Master Ellen is about to come to the Chamber of Commerce to check the account books, why don't you go upstairs to the reception room and sit for a while, and I will tell him when Young Master Ellen comes."

"Is that so? That's fine! ”

Xia Lin pretended to hesitate for a moment, and then agreed. But I was relieved.

He finally passed the most difficult "doorman" level, and once he passed this level, there was at least a 70% chance that he would be able to meet that Ellen Greg.

And as soon as he sees the main owner, Xia Lin is confident that he will convince him to give him a chance to show the power of Jenny's spinning machine.

Under the guidance of the steward, he sat down in the reception room, and when the manservant on the side asked what drink he wanted, Xia Lin thought for a moment, then asked for a cup of black tea and began to taste it slowly.

Tea is a magical plant that has just been discovered in the south, but tea-related beverages have become popular in the imperial capital.

This so-called black tea is not made by fermenting tea leaves, but is a drink made with brown sugar and spices.

Xia Lin had only heard of this drink from Harper's mouth before, and it was said that a cup would cost fifty copper coins, so he just wanted to try it this time.

Fortunately, although this black tea tastes a little weird, the sugar added to it still makes Xia Lin very satisfied.

While Xia Lin was enjoying black tea, the main owner he was waiting for, Ellen Greig, was sitting in the carriage, frowning and worried about his father's condition.

Ten years ago, his father's health deteriorated after he fell under the curse of the natives on his expedition to the south with His Majesty the Emperor.

A year ago, Viscount Greg could barely suppress the curse by relying on his Silver Knight's strength, but now he has been unconscious for a long time and can only rely on the potions refined by the alchemist to maintain his life.

Ellen thus provoked the pillar of the family early, and began to accept the handling of various affairs of the manor and the chamber of commerce three years ago, fortunately, with the help of the loyal stewards and male servants cultivated by the family, he has done quite well in the past few years.

But after his father's death, he didn't have the confidence to be able to take full control of the Greg Chamber of Commerce.

After all, as a family that has been inherited for nearly two hundred years, the Greg family is not big, but it is not small, in addition to the business controlled by the stewards and male servants, there are many businesses that are managed by the side branches of the family.

And Ellen, who is still young and has no more strength than a first-ring mage, happens to lack the prestige to suppress those side branches. Unless he can show what it takes to lead the Greg Chamber of Commerce to grow.

Thinking about the future of the family, Ellen got out of the carriage and walked into the family's chamber of commerce, only to see the steward of the chamber of commerce, who was in charge of checking the account books, stepped forward as if he had something to tell him.

What can the Chamber of Commerce do? Could it be that there is a problem with the account books?

Ellen's mind was in a hurry, but she listened to the steward and say:

"Young Master, your classmate His Excellency Charlin Carr is waiting for you in the reception room!"

"Classmates? Who is Charlem Carr? ”

Eren looked dazed, as a noble child, he had never crossed paths with civilian students like Xia Lin in the academy.

Even in class, these noble students are separated from the commoners, and he usually doesn't deliberately inquire about the news of the commoners, at most, when the nobles' children are chatting, he has heard of the few civilian students who are more prominent in the spell training class.

"Young Master...... Don't you know him? The boy who was about your age was also wearing a mage robe, and a mage badge and a knight badge with a ring on his chest, he was supposed to be this year's graduate, so I asked him to come in and wait for you! Speaking of which, he really didn't tell his subordinates about his family, and I was negligent! ”

The steward's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly explained.

"This year's graduates? Probably a sergeant! What are those people looking for me for? ”

"Forget it, I'll see you when you're here! We don't know each other, but we're classmates, so go get some pastries. ”

Listening to the steward's words, Eren became a little interested in the civilian sergeant who came to the door, and he waved his hand and walked upstairs.

Eren has no prejudice against commoners, but she has no motives to know commoners, after all, nobles and commoners are not in the same social circle at all.

However, since a sergeant came to the door with a pretentious matter, he did not mind entertaining him once, showing his aristocratic demeanor, and by the way, seeing what the sergeant was looking for himself.

Xia Lin had already drunk half of the black tea at this time, and the rest of the black tea was placed there, so that the waiter would not come to add another cup.

When Ellen walked into the reception room, he was leisurely admiring the decorations and paintings in the reception room.

He was fascinated by a painting of a few men in armor riding horses on a hill, waving a whip at the river and jungle in the distance.

After all, the material of the armor worn by these protagonists seems to be the essence and mythril of the legendary gold lunt that cost dozens or even hundreds of gold lunt for a pound.

These two magical metals can only be used with gold and silver, and their superior strength, stiffness, toughness, and magic guide allow them to craft armor that can even be worn by mages without affecting their spell casting.

For this reason, there has always been a group of fanatical alchemists on the continent, who want to use the power of alchemy to turn ordinary gold and silver into these two metals.

"This is the scene when my father followed His Majesty the Great Emperor to conquer the southern lands ten years ago, and on the screen he was His Majesty's most trusted courtier, and the man in the red cloak was my father."

Ellen didn't know what Charlin was paying attention to, and when he saw that the sergeant, whom he had never met, was very interested in the painting, he explained.

"Really? Did we win this battle? ”

Xia Lin had already heard the door of the reception room open, and he asked with interest, as if he was really interested in the painting.

"Won, but also lost, we crushed the coalition of the native tribes.

But when the enemy was defeated, the natives' witch doctor cast a terrible curse on His Majesty the Emperor.

My father was by His Majesty's side at that time, and he did not hesitate to pounce, but instead of blocking the curse, he shared the power of the curse with His Majesty the Emperor.

My father and His Majesty the Emperor have been afflicted by this curse for all these years, and even the priests of the Templar are powerless about it. ”