Jenny Perot, a fourth-level rune master from Wangdu, was staying in her room, sorting out her few belongings.
Most of them are tools used to draw runes or depict magic circles, such as corrosion-resistant smear sticks, carving knives mixed with fine gold powder, wedge-shaped scrapers, and various types of pens. Other than that, they have been carefully collected over the years books and notes.
When leaving the mentor's mage's tower, these were the only things she was allowed to take away, and there were only two changes of clothes besides that.
But Jenny Perrault still carefully arranged them, and then put these pitiful personal items on the desk, cupboard and bedside shelf, and then she sat in the chair in the center of the room, Quietly looking around at this wooden hut that can be described as simple.
As the highest-ranking professional in the hundred-person team, she received special care: a separate house. Although this is just a simple wooden house, which is completely incomparable to the mentor's mage's tower, Jenny knows that this is already one of the few good houses in this camp. This time there are only official craftsmen and another mage in the team Only a husband is eligible to live in an independent house, and her house is the largest of all the houses, which has made her extremely satisfied.
After all, even if she lived in the mentor's mage's tower, she just slept on the floor in the utility room. Except for the walls around her being made of stone, that place is really no better than this place.
No, it's better here, at least this wooden house is her own, and she doesn't have to worry about being called by her mentor to test potions and magic circles.
Jenny looked at everything in front of her quietly, then looked down at her hands, thinking about the days to come.
She is very aware of her embarrassing position. She is the highest-ranked professional in the team, but in fact her real extraordinary level is just a mage apprentice. Rune master is a kind of handicraft, except for the ability to cast spells and sense magic. , There is no essential difference from those carpenters and stonemasons. In fact, according to the habits of mages, the second-level Arcanist in the team should be the person with the highest status, so it is obvious that she, a mid-level professional, is just making up the number.
At the same time, she was also very clear that the legendary duke seven hundred years ago could see this at a glance.
So such an embarrassing person has to be received seriously according to the rules and provided with an independent residence. How long can this situation last
It probably lasted until the duke felt that he had given the king enough face, or until anyone in the territory raised objections to this matter.
And at that time, the only thing that can guarantee her the qualifications to gain a foothold in this land is her skill.
After all, this is a camp under construction. There are a lot of things that need to be established. Whether it is making magic equipment or processing runes, it needs manpower. And that Mrs. Hetty can't do everything by herself, so I am a rune master. Well, if you do well enough, you may even get the approval of that lady. Jenny doesn't dare to expect too much, she is satisfied to gain a foothold in this place.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door, interrupting Jenny's thoughts.
She looked in the direction of the door in surprise and nervousness, guessing who would be looking for her at this time, but she did not stop because of this, but immediately got up to open the door: no matter who is outside the door, it is best to Do not offend.
The door opened, and the person standing at the door made her breathe a little slower.
A tall figure with short brown hair and deep eyes is the owner of this land, the Duke Gawain Cecil who was resurrected from seven hundred years ago. Beside this tall figure, It was the elegant and beautiful Ms. Hetty in a long red dress.
The lord and the manager came in person, which made Jenny at a loss for a while. She couldn't help but think of her wild thoughts just now, and became very worried: Does the lord now think that the treatment given to him is too good?
While Jenny was slightly stunned, Gao Wen was sizing up the girl in front of him, and couldn't help but take a second look: This rune master from Wangdu looked less than twenty years old, tall but thin, There is a feeling of sickness. She has long silver-white hair, but the long hair looks a little dry and messy due to neglect. The hair hangs from both sides on her cheek, on the left side of her cheek, Where the hair couldn't cover it, there was a large ugly scar. That scar was the reason why Gao Wen couldn't help but take a second look.
They have completely affected the girl's originally pretty face. They not only covered the left third of the face, but also spread down the neck. Due to the cover of the clothes, Gawain didn't know that the area seemed to be scalded. Exactly how big the same scar was, but he guessed it must have come from some rather horrific accident.
Soon, he realized that it was inappropriate to stare at a girl like this, so he withdrew his gaze: "Why, don't you invite us in?"
Jenny seemed to wake up at this moment, she moved away a little helplessly, and whispered nervously and cautiously: "Duke... Your Excellency Duke, do you come in person... Do you have any orders for coming in person?"
"Just to take a look," Gawain led Hetty into the wooden house, and took a casual look: the house is not big, and the bedroom and living room are completely connected together, and what's inside can be seen at a glance, he Seeing that this place is basically the simple furniture made by the carpenters in the territory, and there are not many traces of personal belongings at all, it is judged that this Jenny Perrault is living quite well in the capital as she guessed. Depressed, "How is it? I have been acclimatized in the camp for two days, are you satisfied with life here?"
Jenny didn't know what the lord and the manager came to her hut in person, and she couldn't take the initiative to ask, so she could only bite the bullet and answer Gao Wen's question: "Very... very satisfied, to be honest, I have Better than I imagined."
While talking, she moved two chairs to give the lord and the steward a place to sit down, while she herself could only stand beside: there are only two chairs in total.
"Imagine?" Gawain looked at Jenny curiously, "What did you imagine?"
Jenny felt stunned when she heard this, but she had to answer: "At first... I thought it would be more difficult here. I heard that the camp has only been built for more than a month, and there is not enough manpower. , I didn't expect that so many houses have been built here, and there is a dock that can receive supplies from Tanzan Town... "
"It's because everyone is working so hard," Gao Wen laughed. "And to be honest, it's not fast. I've seen the speed of building a town in a month."
That was quietly added in the mind of Gao Wen, who has cement on the earth.
Jenny was taken aback by Gao Wen's casual remark, but she understood it in her own way: "Ah, you are talking about the Gondor Empire seven hundred years ago, right?"
"Almost the same meaning," Gao Wen said casually, and looked at the simple hut, "Well, the camp can only provide such living conditions now, but don't worry, the brick kiln factory has already started to be built, and when there are enough Brick and tile, I will let the people on the territory live in brick and tile houses as soon as possible."
Jenny: "... huh?"
She had been waiting for Gao Wen to bring up the issue of "too high salary" from the beginning, but after waiting for a long time, the topic became more and more biased. Now it is even the opposite. Was this ancient man planning the camp according to the standards of the Gondor Empire back then, but then he thought that Gawain Cecil also pioneered from scratch and built the Kingdom of Ansu with his predecessors? The old man has a lot of experience in this area, so he shouldn't make random analysis...
Miss Runemaster, who was at a loss, began to analyze indiscriminately.
Gao Wen didn't know what this rune master named Jenny was thinking about. He just said a few casual words to open up the atmosphere. Seeing that the atmosphere could not be opened, he simply changed the subject: "We are here today, mainly I just want to know about your resettlement situation, find out what needs you guests who come from afar have, and get to know yourself by the way."
"Understand... me?" Jenny pointed to herself in surprise, "Which area do you mean?"
Hetty pulled out a piece of paper and pushed it in front of the other party: "Let me make it clear, we read your information, you are a fourth-level rune master, but your mage level... is an apprentice?"
Jenny's heart twitched suddenly.
Sure enough, what should come has come.
The fourth-level rune master level will not bring glory to herself, but the apprentice-level mage level is the truth, and this disparity in level does not mean talent, it will only make people associate her with "freaks" Together.
Even worse: an apprentice mage was stuffed into the team as a mid-level professional, what would the founding grand guild from seven hundred years ago think? According to the thinking of ordinary nobles, he will definitely regard this as a kind of deception and insult, and it is possible to get angry for this, but he will not lose his temper with the king, so the only object of his venting is his own "lie". itself".
The rune master from the capital bowed his head deeply, and pleaded guilty in the most humble and terrified tone: "I'm sorry, my lord, and Ms. Hetty, I have no intention of deceiving you, and I am willing to accept punishment for it..."
But Gao Wen suddenly interrupted her: "How did you do it?"
Jenny was trying to organize her words so that she could extinguish the "noble anger" she imagined, but she didn't expect Gao Wen to ask such a nonsensical question instead of getting angry, and he was stunned for a while.
Gao Wen thought that the other party didn't hear clearly, so he repeated his question again: "How did you complete the basic exercises of the rune teacher as an apprentice? Can you sense the magic power of multiple runes at the same time? Can you understand the magic of runes?" Do you want to perform 'magic tuning'?"
Rune masters are indeed "craftsmen", and their labor is no different from that of masons in the eyes of professional mages, but Gao Wen is very clear that there are still differences, and they are very different:
Rune masters don't just draw the magic circle according to the drawings, they must also be able to actively modify and adjust the position of the runes, and they must also be able to conduct tuning tests on those runes that are not sure, and to do this, They must master the skills of sensing multiple runes and performing "magic tuning" on the adjusted runes.
This is something that can only be mastered by a first-level mage! 8)