The New Year passed, and by mid-January, Bokoal also returned to White Deer Town.
Although the friends are gathered together, there is nowhere to go. It's freezing cold, there's white snow everywhere, and there's thick ice on the road. Pedestrians can often be seen falling down. In such weather, even Bockal, who likes to go out the most, stays at home and sleeps in.
February begins to thaw and there is ice water everywhere, and as soon as February 15th arrives, school starts again. Claude is seventeen years old, a third-year junior high school student, and this is also his last year in junior high school. When this semester is over and he graduates, he will be eighteen years old. According to the laws of the kingdom, he has reached adulthood and will be separated from the custody of his parents. He will no longer enjoy the convenience of his father's national status. Instead, he will be registered as a civilian and will officially serve in the kingdom to pay taxes.
On March 18, Erikson's father, Captain Otruny, accepted the commission from a group of conspirators and planners headed by Mr. Morsan, the administrative director of White Deer Town, and sailed out to sea on the Red Sea Shark, an ocean-going fishing vessel, to explore and develop a direct route from Bailu Town to the mainland of Nubisia
In May, Claude was finally promoted to a first-level rune mage. After careful consideration, he decided to follow the instructions in Master Landers' diary and become a first-level rune mage. Say it again. After all, at this stage, the seven basic spells engraved in the inner space of the hexagram by Master Landers are not all alchemical spells, there is also a combat spell and a spiritual spell. It's quite suitable for Claude.
May 27th in the Holy Light Calendar is the Restoration Festival of the Kingdom of Ovelas. This time because it is a Wednesday, there is only one day off. Claude and his three companions spent a day fishing on Lake Beringa on Erikson's fishing boat, but only gained very little.
On June 3, Captain Otruny, who had been at sea for nearly three months, finally returned. It's just that his ocean-going fishing boat, the Red Sea Shark, seemed to have experienced a storm at sea. It was scarred and needed to be repaired in a shipyard. It is estimated that it will take two months to repair. Many residents in the town are speculating where Captain Otruny went and left his beloved fishing boat in this state.
Mr. Morsan held another banquet at home in the evening. The guests were so excited that most of them were drunk. But that night there was a violent quarrel in Mr. Morsan's study, and the guests did not come to an agreement until very late and left one by one.
Claude knew exactly what was going on. Captain Altruni had found a new route that could safely lead to the continent of Nubisia. Logically speaking, Mr. Morsan and the other conspirators and planners should immediately send this news to the Royal Capital and then wait for the reward from the Royal Capital.
But at the same time, another piece of news brought back by Captain Altruni was the main cause of the dispute in the study. Because the maritime routes from the Kingdom of Ovelas to the seven overseas territories of the Nubisian continent are controlled by the combined maritime fleet of the Five Eastern Alliance, headed by the Kingdom of Nasseri, the transport fleet cannot be safe without the escort of warships. arrival.
Under such circumstances, the special products produced by the seven overseas territories of Nubisia Continent have piled up in huge quantities, and the prices are very low, almost as if they are given away for free. If there is a fleet that can reach there and transport these special products back, the profit will be several times higher if they are resold.
The quarrel that occurred in the study was because of this news. If the news of the successful development of this route is sent to the royal capital now, then although the planners in Bailu Town will be able to share the credit, in terms of the benefits obtained , they can only follow and drink some soup and water. But if you conceal the news of the successful development of this route and organize a fleet to go to the mainland of Nubisia to sell the specialties of the overseas direct jurisdiction, then everyone involved will gain unimaginable huge wealth.
In the end, the compromise reached in the study room was to conceal the news of the successful opening of the route until around June next year. While there was still a year left, everyone pooled money to organize a fleet to make two or three trips first, so that everyone involved could taste it first. Let’s talk about the sweetness. After all, once the news of this route spreads, the nobles and big merchants from the royal capital will be able to grab all the cake. They, the local snakes, really can't compete with these powerful dragons crossing the river.
Although Claude was very aware of this matter, he didn't pay much attention to it. His father's money