Rand has been very busy for more than a month, but he is not focused on his family's business, but on the social investigation he is currently conducting.

He's now in the home of an unemployed worker named Nick, who is the subject of his survey this week.

The advice given to him by the mysterious gentleman is useful, to stop being confused, no longer wandering, no longer decadent, you can only take the initiative to face it, not run away.

At least a few days after the investigation began, Rand figured out what the contradictions he had previously struggled to extract in words were, the conflict between his origins and his magical education.

It should be said that although the Jimenez family wanted to cultivate an excellent offspring in his training, the old Jimenez did not instill any family responsibilities from Rand's early childhood, nor did he instill some of his attitudes and principles in business to Rand prematurely.

The reason for this may be because Jimenez's own youth was not very good, he recalled his childhood and youth, and found that he was not happy at that time, and tried to train his son Jimenez Jr. earlier, but later found that little Jimenez was too much like himself.

Of course, Rand also has the advantage that his father does not have, that is, his mother has a certain say in his education, unlike his grandmother, who only listens to his grandfather. Rand's maternal grandfather was a high-ranking mage who had entered the Kingdom Wizard Research Institute and later became a Sainz.

Rand's mother was not opposed to her son becoming a man who could leave his mark on the kingdom's magical history like his maternal grandfather, and this disagreement was one of the reasons why the Jimenez family allowed Rand to attend a magic school to be educated as a magician, rather than becoming a merchant prematurely. Old Jimenez also agreed that if the future development of the Jimenez family wanted to be smoother, it would be impossible not to be related to the study of magic guidance. It is also necessary that the future family heir is also a scholar of magic.

It wasn't until Rand graduated from the magic school that he inevitably got in touch with the family business, and with his cleverness, he interned in the family for a few months and learned quickly, but he always felt a sense of misfit, and that was not the life he wanted.

The back is an excuse to take the Arcanist's exam. Then he ran to the Emerald Continent with Huo Qiu.

Anyway, I want to point out that if he wasn't a member of Jimenez, he might have continued his magical path, and with his mother's background, he might have become a Sainz party as well.

The Sainz and Rand's grandfather and father are different, their three views are fundamentally different, and in Jimenez's values, the study of magic is only a tool. He accepts it, and even loves it, all because the study of magic can bring him the opportunity to make money, and although the Sainz party is composed of nobles from the previous kingdom, as well as wealthy merchants and capitalists from various industries, many of them are scholars, and many of them actually have composite identities. For example, there are people who have made a fortune by relying on magic research, and have changed from old aristocrats to big businessmen who have invested in a new industry. At the same time, he may also be a scholar who has made some achievements in the study of magic.

The biggest difference between the Sainsians and the big merchant families like Jimenez is the Demoxis, another well-known party. It's that they think that the development of magic and magic can really change everything, not just tools.

So from the values of the Sainz people will develop the idea that with the development of magic and magic, one day their achievements will solve all problems, including social problems.

And places like the Academy of Magic are places where the Sainz are dense and active, and Rand is exposed to nothing more than magic at the school. Inevitably, it will also be influenced by some views of the Sainzians.

The most orthodox theories and views of the Sainzians are magicalism, but their belief that they can solve all problems does not mean that they are moral, but people in a party have both common and different opinions. There are also some people in the Sainz who think that they can serve others and benefit more people, which is the meaning of the development of magic and the study of magic.

Rand was influenced by this faction of views among the Sainz in school, and after a few days of social research, he finally found the reason for his confusion, and the study of magic was booming, and society was moving forward, but the lower classes did not enjoy the results.

For example, magic lighting is generally used in the streets of St. Quentin, and it is used in the original city of San Quentin, which refers to the inner city that used to belong to the Intramuros and is called the old town until the fourth district that was later expanded; Underground settlers, who were hired cheaply from other heteroplanes, but later lost their jobs for various reasons and were unwilling to return, such as the Black Rock Dwarves, but these Black Rock Dwarves were not as lucky as the second butler of the Rand family, who had bought his father's life for the residency of Asturias and met an owner like Jimenez.

Many of these unemployed and underground immigrants are disabled people, who have been injured in their previous jobs, or have been sick due to high-intensity production, but have no money for medical treatment, and after being fired by their bosses, some do not want to return to their hometowns, and some want to go back but cannot go back, because teleportation also requires money.

These days, Rand is investigating and recording at the same time, and he will have to sort it out when he returns.

Although he had not yet begun to analyze it in detail, he felt a little heavy in his heart, which was undoubtedly contrary to the view that magic can and should serve people, and can benefit more people.

After more than a month of investigation, Rand only knew why he was confused and contradictory, and he also came into contact with the other side of this world, but why, why did the views advocated by so many teachers he respected in the school not come true?

Once again, he was confused, he suddenly missed the mysterious mage, he was certainly wiser than himself, and what he was now exposed to did not seem to be suitable for discussion with the former master, perhaps it would be more appropriate to discuss with this mysterious gentleman.

Come to think of it. He shook his head, put away the paper and pen in his hand, and said to Uncle Nick, who had just been interviewed by him: "That's all for today, thank you for talking to me so much, next time if I need to, I'll look for you again." ”

He pulled out some money from his bosom, five Mithril coins. There were also some silver coins, which were handed to Nick.

Five Mithril coins were a lot of money for the lower classes a few decades ago, and even a store was busy with a year's income, but decades have passed, and the Mithril imported from various heteroplanes has supported the trade on the Azure Continent, and even if bank bills are now increasingly accepted and used, their issuance still needs to have enough Mithril reserves to support it.

However, the influx of Mithril also caused prices to inflate, and the money was now only enough for Jimenez to pay a month's salary to the ordinary employees of his company.

But for Nick's family. It saves a little, but it is enough for them to eat half a year's worth of black bread. Nick is an Asturian and not an underground immigrant, but he was injured and disabled at work, lost a leg and lost his job, but he still has a family to support, including his wife and seven or eight children.

"And these. Rand picked up another pocket. Handed it to Nick's wife, she opened it and saw a fragrant white bread. I couldn't help but be happy, the white bread was much better than the black bread they usually ate, and the children must like it.

Rand stood up and put on his hat, "Mr. Nick, I'll take my leave." ”

"Okay. You're always welcome, Mr. Rand. Nick insisted on sending him out of his low hut on crutches, an illegal building of less than twenty square meters where his family lived without magic lighting because they couldn't afford to pay for it. No one could afford to pay for this slum, so the lighting company had no plans to move there for a long time.

When Rand walked out of Nick's house, it was already dark outside, and the house in the slum was lit with lights, some candles, and some older fluorescent stones.

"My teachers would not believe that today, when the streets of St. Quentin are magically lit, there are people here who are still using fluorescent stones from nearly a hundred years ago to bring light. Rand muttered to himself.

He looked back and could see that Nick's wife was waving at him, for the family, today's Rand investigation was their good fortune, they didn't have to do anything, they answered some of his questions, not only got a bag of white bread, but also some money, which saved enough for them to live for half a year.

All he wanted now was to see the mysterious gentleman again immediately, tell him about his investigation records for more than a month, and then discuss together why the benefits of magic research had not benefited as many people as some of the school's teachers believed.

Unfortunately, he could only be contacted by the mysterious gentleman, and he had no way to find him on his own.

Rand then remembered that he didn't even know Mr. Mystery's name, but he thought that the other party should be reluctant to reveal his identity in front of him, otherwise he could tell himself last time, so he could only call him Mr. Mystery for the time being.

Rand returned to Lady Sarah's house, and the lovely woman prepared a rich dinner waiting for him to enjoy, with roast goose, animal steak, and a little wine.

Rand sat down at the table and cut a cutlet to eat, but after eating the meat, he suddenly stopped his knife and fork.

"What's the matter? Are you tired? What the hell have you been doing lately? Look at you, don't work so hard, isn't it good to spend more time with me?" the woman grumbled softly, as she cut off a piece of meat and put it on her daughter's plate.

"Nothing, I was just thinking about what I saw today. Rand said.

He remembered Nick's family and the object of the previous investigation, Nick was definitely not the worst of them, and the worst Rand did not succeed in the investigation, because after the object was determined under the introduction of others, when he came to the door the next day, the person was already dead, the body was carried away with a white cloth, and the body was sold to the Kingdom Life Research Institute, so that after his death, his wife and children could still get a little money for living expenses.

Life in Lady Sarah's place was certainly a far cry from the life of a young master that he could enjoy, but he just liked to stay here now, and as long as he didn't marry this woman back, his grandfather and father should be able to tolerate his absurdity for a while.

Everything that Lady Sarah has now can be said to have been given to her by him, and it is not extravagant, but it is a little better than ordinary people, and if it is too public, it may break through the limit of the Jimenez family's tolerance for this matter.

But this kind of life is much better than what he saw in the slums.

In the same land, some people live in heaven, some on earth, and others may be in purgatory.

Rand suddenly felt that he had lost his appetite. (To be continued.) )