Chapter 115 I love you
Perhaps it was because the Magicians Guild’s certification exam had been pushed back by a month, so after the Primary Grade and Second Grade exams with the most people finished in the past two days, the Magicians Guild announced that the Third Grade to Fifth Grade exams would be compressed into two days.
Other than the Third Grade exam that would be finished today at the exam site, the remaining Fourth Grade and Fifth Grade exams could be taken at any time.
Xu Yi and Still arrived at the Sheldon Inn early in the morning and came together with the researchers.
The magicians of the research facility went from Third to Seventh Grade, so there were one Seventh Grade Magician, three Sixth Grade Magicians, and eight Fifth Grade Magicians.
These researchers were participating in the high grade magician exam with Xu Yi.
The remaining thirty seven researchers were all Third and Fourth Grade Magicians and they were participating in the low grade magicians exam with Still.
But when these forty nine researchers with Xu Yi and Still came together, they attracted quite a bit of attention.
It was because the fifty one of them were all wearing the same magic robes and on the chest of the magic robe, they had the same half wing badge. One look could tell that these magicians came from the same organization.
Although Anvilmar City had been filled with magicians who came for the certification exam, this was the first time that this many magicians had appeared with the same uniform.
When this group walked out the door of the Sheldon Inn, it attracted the attention of everyone outside the inn. 𝙗𝙚𝒅𝒏𝒐𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝙘𝒐𝒎
The people who didn’t recognize the mark on their chests tried to guess what it symbolized.
“Hey, look, those magicians should be from the same place, right? Look at them, could it be that they’re from some cult?”
“Cult your ass! When has our Lampuri Kingdom ever had cults? Moreover, a cult that is filled with magicians? I think that you should go see a doctor to check if there is something wrong with your brain! If I had to guess, they should be under the same Great Magician because there would only be this many magicians under a Great Magician.”
At this time, the people who recognized the badge looked at the people from before with looks of disdain and began teaching them.
“Two inexperienced fellows, you don’t even know wh at the badge on their chest means? Let me tell you, that isn’t any Great Magician’s symbol and it isn’t some damn cult, it’s the symbol of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. Do you know about the Frestech Chamber of Commerce? It’s the one that sells those strange household magic machines. Let me tell you, I bought a Magic Bread Maker a bit back and it’s so easy to use…..”
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After recognizing the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s symbol, the crowd around them was even more shocked.
Although there were many companies that had some magicians, a company that could take out all these magicians at once like the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was rarely seen.
Just in terms of magicians hired, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s fifty one magicians including Xu Yi and Still to everyone was enough to consider them a first class company of the Lampuri Kingdom.
Moreover, some people with discerning eyes saw the magic robe they were wearing and they found that although they were wearing the same robes, the materials were all high grade and it was made from fine craftsmanship. One look could tell that it should have been made by a famous tailor.
Not mentioning anything else, just these magic robes alone weren’t cheap.
It could be seen that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was really something, just the cost of making a magic robe like this for each one of the magicians under them wasn’t cheap.
Not to mention that they had just walked out of the Sheldon Inn, it could be seen that the magicians had been living there during this time.
Thinking of the high price of the Sheldon Inn, everyone guessed correctly that the magicians didn’t pay the cost themselves, rather it was the Frestech Chamber of Commerce that paid for them.
If it was like this, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s treatment of these magicians was really a bit too good.
Moreover, that wasn’t everything. These magicians waited at the entrance of the Sheldon Inn for a bit before ten carriages with white horses drove up and stopped in front of them.
Seeing those magicians enter the horse carriages, the crowd was even more shocked.
Not mentioning how the horse was completely white without any impurities, just based on how magnificent the horse carriages were and the fine design that was drawn on the side, people recognized that these ten carriages had to be the most expensive “Duke Level” carriages of the Fersen Carriage Company.
It cost fifty gold coins a day just to rent a “Duke Level” carriage and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce rented ten at once!
After calculating that just these ten carriages cost five hundred gold coins, everyone looked at them with incomparable admiration. They watched as the horse carriages sped off towards the Magicians Guild’s exam site outside the city.
“Ha, ha, look, those people must be dying from their envy!” In the first carriage, Akali was laughing as she pointed at the people watching from the street, looking quite excited.
Bella on the side was even more excited than her. She looked up at the fine drawing on the roof of the carriage and then she rubbed the real leather seats under her butt before opening a compartment under the seats to reveal several bottles of red wine. She couldn’t help gasping, “God, this is the most luxurious carriage I’ve ever ridden in my life! Sir chairman, I love you to death!”
Claire on the side looked at her, “Hey, Bella, be careful, Still is here. If you say things like this in front of her, be careful when Still gets mad.”
Still revealed a faint smile, “What do I have to be angry about? Don’t I understand Bella? She likes to speak nonsense once she gets too excited.”
Bella looked over at Still and asked with a grin, “Still, what if I’m not speaking nonsense and I’ve really fallen in love with sir chairman?”
Still gave a shrug, “You can love who you want, I don’t care. It’s fine as long as Xu Yi doesn’t love you.”
“Humph, how do you know sir chairman doesn’t love me?” Bella looked at Xu Yi in an unwilling to give up manner, “Sir chairman, I am giving you my confession. I love you, do you love me?”
Xu Yi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry as he shook his head, “Alright, stop playing. We’ll be at the exam site soon, you guys aren’t nervous?”
“What is there to be nervous about?” Bella sat back down with a frustrated look, “Compared to being rejected by sir chairman, what is failing the test? Ai, sir chairman, when will your heart change. If you ever don’t want Still anymore, remember that I will always be waiting for you.”
Xu Yi rolled his eyes before saying, “Alright, if it wasn’t for advertising, I wouldn’t rent such expensive carriages. Before we arrive at the exam site, you might as well enjoy it. I won’t waste money like this in the future.”
Bella giggled before digging around in the secret compartment. But because she was about to take the exam, she couldn’t drink, so she could only have a few small sips.
“Chairman, the advertisement you mentioned just now…..Then letting us live in the Sheldon Inn, giving us these robes, and renting these luxurious horse carriages was all for that? Claire asked with a curious look.
“Not all of it. Letting you stay at the Sheldon Inn was to let you rest well during this time and let you be in better condition when it comes to the exam.” Xu Yi replied, “As for the magic robes, it’s half and half. Look, with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce badge on, it is very good advertisement. But normally you could take off those badges and you can still wear it, isn’t that right?”
“Un, these clothes are very beautiful and the material is also very good, I like it very much.” Akali looked over the robe she was wearing, looking very satisfied, “Sir chairman, you mean that you’re giving us these clothes?”
“Of course, what would I keep them for?”
Hearing Xu Yi’s response, Akali, Claire, and Bella cheered as they gave each other high fives.
They had asked for the price of these magic robes, each one was no less than ten gold coins.
This to a magician with a normal background was a robe that was so expensive that they wouldn’t be willing to buy.
Now that Xu Yi had said that he was giving these magic robes to them, they were definitely very happy.
Claire couldn’t help looking at Xu Yi, “Sir chairman, you really are a good person. If you don’t like Bella, you can also choose me. Even if you like Still at the same time, I don’t mind.”
Still rolled her eyes at her, “Claire, you’re also causing trouble like Bella?”
Claire laughed, “I am being honest. Sir chairman is so young, handsome, rich, and generous, who wouldn’t like him? Aren’t I right, Akali?”
Akali’s reaction was a bit stiff. She looked at Xu Yi in a daze for a bit as her smile gradually disappeared, causing her expression to look a bit stiff.
Seeing this reaction from her, Claire and Bella who had been laughing calmed down and looked at Akali in surprise with Still.
Bella with her open personality wanted to say something, but Claire pulled her back and stopped her from talking.
The small actions of the two made the atmosphere in the carriage even more awkward.
Still’s eyes passed over Akali and Xu Yi’s faces which had the same strange expressions.
She wanted to question them, but thinking about it, she could only swallow her questions.
The noisy carriage instantly fell into a deathly silence, as they could only hear the sounds of the horse hooves and carriage wheels running over the dirt road.
Chapter 116? Eren’s resentment
It was a good thing that the Magicians Guild’s exam site wasn’t that far away from Anvilmar City, so the awkward atmosphere didn’t last long.
When the ten horse carriages stopped outside the exam site, the magicians wearing the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s magic robes jumped out of the horse carriages. All magicians waiting at the exam site for the exam to start looked over.
As magicians, naturally they were more well informed compared to average people. Just yesterday, the ?Anvilmar Times? reported that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had prepared all their magicians to participate in the certification exam. Seeing the situation now, the magicians at the exam site were surprised, but they quickly reacted.
But seeing the ten luxurious horse carriages and the magic robes that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s magicians were wearing, most magicians couldn’t help revealing looks of admiration.
Seeing the gazes of the surrounding magicians, Xu Yi revealed a satisfied smile.
Although he had spent quite a bit of money for advertisement this time, as long as it was effective enough, it was worth it.
Xu Yi gathered everyone and gave them a few words of encouragement. When he was going to wish them luck on passing the exam, there was a sinister voice that came from the side.
“Ai, I was wondering who had so much money that they didn’t know where to use it, but it was chairman Xu. No wonder, no wonder…..This kind of overkill thing, it is something that only you can do.”
Everyone turned and Xu Yi looked at the person walking out of the crowd. He said with a smile, “So it’s mister Eren. What? Are you here to participate in the Fifth Grade exam?”
Anke Eren’s expression turned stiff and after a while, he stuttered out, “No, I’m participating in the Fourth Grade exam.”
Xu Yi couldn’t help finding this funny. Although this fellow had strangely become hostile to him last year and definitely was holding a grudge since he was injured by him, he was still just a child that had just reached maturity since he had answered the question so honestly.
Of course, Xu Yi wouldn’t pretend that he didn’t say what he said because he was young. He deliberately revealed a surprised expression as he said, “Oh? I thought that you were confident last year and were certain that you would pass the Fourth Grade exam, but I never thought that you would fail. That really is a pity.”
Anke Eren’s face turned white and blue and after his expression changed several times, he glared at Xu Yi, “Let me tell you, don’t be so arrogant in front of me! Are you not worried that I’ll make it so you can’t pass this year!”
Xu Yi spread his hands and said with a faint smile, “Young master Eren, you said the same thing last year, but it didn’t happen. As for this year…..I’m sorry, I’m participating in the Seventh Grade exam. The Fourth Grade exam that you are taking doesn’t seem to be at the same exam site as me, so even if you want to stop me like last year, I’m afraid you won’t have the chance?”
Hearing Xu Yi’s words, the surrounding magicians understood the general situation.
But everyone was a bit surprised. Properly speaking Xu Yi and Anke Eren’s identities didn’t go together at all.
Why was it that there was such a large conflict between them last year? Anke Eren’s current expression even looked like he wanted to eat Xu Yi alive?
Of course, what was known was that for the conflict between them, the one who suffered was definitely Anke Eren.
Thinking of how Anke Eren was the only son of the Magicians Guild’s president Palmes Eren, everyone looked at Xu Yi with even stranger gazes.
Even if the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was very famous right now, based on their statuses, Xu Yi as the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s chairman was far from being able to compare to the Magicians Guild’s president Palmes Eren. Not to mention that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had almost no fame in Anvilmar City last year.
So after Xu Yi clashed with Anke Eren, how did he safely get through Palmes Eren’s anger?
Hearing Xu Yi’s words, Anke Eren tightly clenched his fists in rage.
After he was injured by Xu Yi last year, he thought that his father would definitely take revenge for him. Who would have known that his father would never take action and when he protested to him, his father had taught him a lesson.
He knew at that time that Xu Yi was not as simple as he seemed, so he could only helplessly give up his idea of taking revenge on Xu Yi.
But suddenly seeing Xu Yi here today, he couldn’t resist jumping at him.
Even though he couldn’t move against Xu Yi because of his father’s warnings last night, he could still get some small revenge with taunting words.
Who would have known that he was even less of Xu Yi’s match when it came to words.
Hearing what Xu Yi said, he actually couldn’t say anything back at all.
That was because what Xu Yi said was completely right. Xu Yi was taking the Seventh Grade exam and he was only taking the Fourth Grade exam.
The high grade and low grade magician exams were separated, so he didn’t even have a chance to treat Xu Yi as his enemy like he did last year.
Thinking of this, Anke Eren noticed an astonishing fact. He pointed at Xu Yi and called out in surprise, “You just said…..you’re taking the Seventh Grade exam? You must be lying! You barely passed the Fifth Grade exam last year, so how could you have the strength to participate in the Seventh Grade exam this year? That is impossible!”
Hearing Anke Eren’s question, the surrounding magicians looked at Xu Yi in shock.
At this time, there were many magicians who remembered that Xu Yi had become a Fifth Grade Magician last year at his first certification exam. Back then, it had created quite a large stir in the magician circle of the Lampuri Kingdom.
But he was clearly a Fifth Grade Magician last year, he actually dared to take the Seventh Grade exam this year?
If he wasn’t overestimating himself, being able to go from the Fifth Grade to the Seventh Grade in just a year, wasn’t this speed just too terrifying?
Xu Yi didn’t really care about his strength, so even though he knew it was a good chance to show off, he just casually gave Anke Eren a smile before saying, “This question is not something you need to care about. Alright, the exam is about to begin, I’m not gonna chat with you anymore.”
Xu Yi turned and ignored Anke Eren after saying this, as he began to give words of encouragement to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce researchers before their exam.
Anke Eren wanted to taunt Xu Yi with a few more words, but seeing that Xu Yi was surrounded by those magicians with the same robes, he seemed to have thought of something. His eyes fell onto the badge on the chest of the magicians and his lips curled, as he revealed a satisfied and cruel smile.
After waiting at the exam site for a bit, the staff of the Magicians Guild finally announced the exam was beginning. The magicians at the exam site were divided into two and they walked to their respective exam sites.
Xu Yi waved his hand to the low level magicians and then raised his fist to Still before revealing an encouraging smile. Then he walked with the twelve high level magicians to another exam site.
When he entered the exam site, he found that there were even less people here than when he participated in the Fifth Grade exam last year.
But this was also normal since the higher the grade of a magician, the harder it was to progress.
There were around ten thousand magicians in the Lampuri Kingdom currently and there were no more than five hundred people who had passed the Fourth Grade exam. The magicians who felt they were strong enough to participate in the Fifth Grade exam each year were less than half.
As for people like Xu Yi with Fifth Grade or higher magic power, it was less than five hundred people. But because it was hard to become stronger and there were few magicians who thought they were strong enough to advance, so there were even less people here.
Actually the twelve high grade magicians of the magic research facility weren’t certain that they were strong enough to advance, so the reason why they came to participate this time was mainly because the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had provided transportation, lodging, and subsidies.
Otherwise, there would be less than five of them who came here with the idea of testing their strength.
Xu Yi looked over the exam site and found that including him, there were less than fifty people that had come for this high grade magician exam.
It was no wonder the Magicians Guild had put the exam for high grade magicians together.
For just these few people, Xu Yi even felt that it was a waste for five Great Magicians to be here at the same time.
Thinking of the Great Magicians, Xu YI looked up and saw the five Great Magicians who were residing over the exam site.
Great Magician Camilla was sitting on the second seat from the left. Seeing Xu Yi look over, he gave a nod to Xu Yi in response.
Sitting to his left was Great Magician Eisenkel. Compared to Great Magician Camilla, he was much more friendly to Xu Yi, but he was also much more restrained compared to when the two of them were discussing business, only revealing a warm smile.
After all, he was here as an examiner, it wasn’t good for him to be too close to Xu Yi.
The two Great Magicians on the right were people Xu Yi had never met before and the Great Magician in the middle was someone that Xu Yi recognized. It was the Magicians Guild’s president Palmes Eren that he had met last year.
When Xu Yi looked at him, he was also looking at Xu Yi.
When their gazes met, Palmes Eren slightly narrowed his eyes and gave a slight nod.
Xu Yi revealed a faint smile in return as he wondered if he knew about Anke Eren provoking him earlier.
If he knew that his son was still this stupid, the president definitely wouldn’t be feeling good.