Because two hours later, Aunt Susan and Tom's family came.
Looking at the two charred corpses, their expressions were very sad, but after Roland gave each family five gold coins as compensation, the families of the two deceased people all smiled quite happily.
It seems to have turned into joy and mourning.
Roland watched quietly from the side, without any ups and downs in his expression, without speaking or making any comments.
Only the little kitten wipes away her tears from time to time.
She was the only one who actually cried.
Roland temporarily suspended his research on the small wish-making technique, but of course this did not mean giving up. Rather, he felt that the small wish-making technique was too dangerous, and he needed to conduct more detailed academic research in a safer environment that would not implicate others.
Using remote teleportation, Roland returned to the city of Motassos. He first went to the city hall to check on the recent government affairs in the city of Motassos.
This city belongs to Stephanie. Although the eldest princess should not mind too much no matter what Roland does to it, but in any case, whether from the perspective of friends or from the perspective of self-interest, A city with stable public security and healthy finances would help Roland build his own floating layer base with peace of mind.
Now many people in Mortasos City know about Roland, but only a few people have actually seen him.
So Roland went to the city hall and took Stefani's butler with him.
Through the butler's introduction, he showed his face and made himself known to most people in the city hall. Roland quickly checked the recent internal affairs report, picked out a few obvious mistakes, and then said with a smile: "Although I am the acting lord. , I don’t know when the princess will remove this position, but during my tenure, I still don’t want to see anyone embezzling taxes.”
Several staff members were trembling.
Several officials and about 30 employees in the city hall looked at him, afraid to speak.
A magician's words still carry a lot of weight, especially when they are reasonable.
"I know some people are definitely dissatisfied with me. After all, I am airborne and I am young and it is difficult to convince others. But it doesn't matter. You think you have the ability and background. If you can bring me down, just give it a try."
Seeing Roland's half-smiling expression, the officials and employees of the city hall could only smile awkwardly and agree.
"Of course I'm not that unkind person. I've seen your wages, and they are indeed a bit low, so corruption has become a way for you to support your family. If I cut off your way of corruption, your living environment will deteriorate, so I have decided to give you a salary increase, not much, double the original salary."
Upon hearing this, all the employees in the city hall widened their eyes.
When the eldest princess was in her early 10s, the city of Mortasos became her territory.
That's when City Hall employees followed her around and did things for her.
It has been about 15 years now, and in these 15 years, they have not had a salary increase.
Of course, prices haven’t increased much.
But now that Roland has come, their wages have been raised.
Therefore, the internal affairs staff were more or less surprised, but mostly ecstatic.
Seeing them happy made Roland even happier.
He did this to keep himself honest with a high salary! Of course, he never believed that high salaries would make internal affairs officials and staff completely non-corrupt.
The deeper purpose is just to have an excuse. If someone goes too far in corruption in the future, he will have a reason and excuse to take action, so that outsiders will not say that he is mean and unkind.
After gaining a sense of presence in the Interior Department, Roland returned to the City Prince's Mansion and entered the underground cave.
Several solar systems have evolved and turned into several white spheres.
Roland shaped them into square bricks and put them into the system space backpack.
Using this method, the magic cubes produced are not only of better quality, but also fully automatic without having to work hard on his own, giving him enough time to do other things, such as conducting magic experiments.
In the underground cave, he created several more solar systems for evolution, and then teleported to the King of France. After getting tired of Andonara for two days, he teleported to the red magic tower again.
Roland had just returned to his manor and before he even entered, two magic apprentices suddenly appeared next to him.
They stood in front of Roland, and one of them said: "Your Excellency Roland, please go to the Council of Elders immediately."
Roland asked in confusion: "Seeing that you are very nervous, what happened?"
Another young magic apprentice replied: "The great elder and several other mentors came back from outside this morning. Their condition is not very good. I heard that this matter has a lot to do with you."
Roland was stunned for a moment. He remembered that the Great Elder Alford had said that the matter regarding the eldest princess's ex-husband and the black winged creature should be left to them and that he should leave it alone. Could it be that something happened because of this matter?
After thanking the two magic apprentices, Roland quickly came to the elders' meeting hall.
When Roland arrived at the door, there was a quarrel inside, with more than a dozen elders or mentors arguing.
Roland appeared at the door and immediately attracted all their attention.
The meeting hall also fell silent.
The great elder waved to Roland and said at the same time: "Come here quickly, kid!"
Under the gaze of a dozen old but very powerful magicians, Roland walked into the meeting hall and stood next to the great elder.
At this time, the atmosphere in the elders' meeting hall was very dull. Everyone looked at Roland with a subtle look, and some people even looked at him with extreme curiosity.
Roland discovered that the great elder's face was very pale.
"Great Elder, what do you want from me?"
Roland took the initiative to speak, slightly breaking up the dull atmosphere in the meeting hall.
The Great Elder coughed again, this time his voice was heavier and weaker than the last time.
"Yesterday we found the eldest princess's ex-husband, and even locked his phylactery using the Mantra Object Retrieval Technique." Perhaps due to the injury, the elder's expression looked uncomfortable, as if he was desperately holding back the pain: "But just when we went to find him, the black four-winged angel appeared. The few of us were no match for him. Although we escaped, Master Raquel stayed in that place forever, and we were all seriously injured. .”
Roland was surprised. He did not expect that several legendary mages would attack at the same time, and this would be the result.
How strong is that black four-winged angel
Seeing Roland's surprised look, the First Elder smiled slightly and continued: "Although we escaped, the black angel was not doing well either. He was also seriously injured. And the eldest princess's ex-husband was locked by our Mantra Object Searching Technique. He can't escape, after all, it's the mantra seeking object spell released by us old guys! Its phylactery must stay in that place, and it cannot be moved until the effect of our spell disappears in 100 days."
"Great Elder, what do you need me to do?" Roland asked.
"You are the son of gold and will not die. The black angel should not dare to stay there after being seriously injured. Call your companions to kill the eldest princess's ex-husband. An evil lich is not qualified to stay there. this world."
Roland originally had the epic mission of killing the eldest princess's ex-husband, and now that the eldest elder took the initiative to bring it up, it just happened to be what Roland wanted.
"In addition..." The great elder pondered for a moment, and then said: "In that place, the black angel was injured by us and lost a lot of blood. The blood of high-level creatures will not corrupt and disappear casually, and it can also It scares low-level creatures. So there should be a lot of his blood left in place. You take it back. The more the better, do you understand?"
Roland nodded.
"The location is here."
The great elder used his mental power to 'pass' a spatial coordinate to Roland.
Then Roland left.
After Roland left, the great elder took a deep breath, closed his eyes and rested, and the quarrel started again in the meeting hall.
After a while, a middle-aged mentor walked in and said, "Roland has teleported away. We can continue to discuss his matters."
The great elder opened his eyes.
"I still say the same thing, it's not worth it." A certain bald mentor whose strength was close to a legend stood up and shouted unhappily: "Roland is just a master mage, do we need to be so nice to him? Lark I died just to help that little guy solve his worries. After all, he is the son of gold, so what if he dies once or twice? He should handle his own affairs by himself, there is no need for us to help him."
The words of the bald instructor resonated with several people.
They all nodded in agreement.
But at this time, the great elder asked: "Cook, it's meaningless for you to talk like this. I remember that you offended many big shots when you were young, but because you have good magic talent, our Red Magic Tower also helps you You have solved your worries, otherwise you would be able to sit here and become one of the elders?"
The bald old Cook's face was slightly red, and he said unhappily: "I am me, and Roland is Roland, can they be confused? I am a legend!"
He is actually a pseudo-legend.
The Great Elder laughed: "You were not even an elite at Roland's age, yet you dared to say that you were better than Roland!"
"Elford, I'm not happy when you talk like that." The bald mage rolled up the sleeves of his mage's robe, revealing two very muscular arms: "Come on, according to the old rules of our meeting hall, It’s a duel between real men, and whoever loses will have to endure the ‘gender transformation magic’ for a day.”
Hearing this, the dozen or so old mages nearby became excited immediately.
They stood up quickly, separated the table in front of them into more than a dozen sections, and then pushed it forward, forming a square venue with great tacit understanding, surrounding the bald Cook and the great elder.
Then they discussed excitedly on the sidelines.
"Wow, the stakes are a bit high this time. Gender transformation magic, Cook is so inflated."
"I think he is so arrogant because of his confidence. He probably learned boxing from a legendary warrior."
"I have never seen a female version of the Grand Elder. After the gender change, he will appear in a younger form. The Grand Elder seems to be very handsome when he is young. After transforming into a young female form, he must be very beautiful."
"He is very handsome." An old man said with a slight blush on his face: "If he is the female version of the Great Elder, I think I can do it!"
Damn it!
Several legendary old mages around him quickly dispersed and looked at the old mage who had just spoken with a strange blush on his face with horrified eyes.
What a pervert, this guy!