Because the material I gave was very powerful one day, the speech was very successful and attracted countless attention. The next day, there were countless applicants in my headquarters of the Great Industrial Party, and it instantly became the top organization of the Tower of Clouds... That's obviously impossible!
The development of reality is often the exact opposite of expectations. Even if the advertisements have been flying all over the sky, it may be that the mage is as cautious as ever, or simply that the past notoriety is too impressive. Yesterday afternoon, the number of registrations was still zero.
Instead, there is one more active, unwelcome, additional active supervisor...
"I'll take good care of you!"
Don't get me wrong, this is not a confession, but a righteous roar of the police at the suspect. She decided to bring the culprit to justice at all costs.
As a result, the Great Industrial Party, which has few members, has an extra resident internal inspector. This is a treatment only available to large organizations with more than a thousand people. As the affiliated organization of the Blade of Austrian Law, we cannot refuse the headquarters at all. Resident of dispatched discipline inspectors.
And now the mage organizes the Great Industrial Party... Well, I know it's awkward, um, all the properties under this organization are this shop in the Garden of Thorns, so she checks the accounts every day when she has nothing to do... Then how can it be!
As a qualified businessman whose goal is to pursue profit (it is destined not to be very legal), you should have at least three copies of the ledger, one for people to check when paying taxes, one for yourself, and one for yourself. It's too hard to force it, so I took it out and abandoned the pawn to protect the car.
According to the law of the country of mages, the country of mages can levy one-tenth of the tax for any transaction in the country. This tax is not light, and generally, private transactions will be very careful to avoid tax, and we also do false accounts. It's nice, but…
"What? She compares the inventory with the delivery note of the workshop, and directly checks the quantity that is not in the warehouse, even if it is sold? This is completely inconsistent with the most basic tax regulations!"
"Do you think it's legal to make fake accounts?"
"Of course, are there any businessmen in this world who don't make fake accounts?!"
"... At least the merchants of the royal family don't have to do it."
Heloise thought for a while, but in the end she still couldn't remember the businessman in her long life who did not make false accounts. Finally, she hesitated to tell her memories, at least when she was a princess, The vassal merchants of the royal family seem to be honest.
"That's because they don't have to pay taxes at all! Taxes go into their pockets as a subsidy!"
My roar echoed in the room, no matter which world, state-owned enterprises and official backgrounds are good ways to make money, and the advantages in taxation, financing, credit, etc. are definitely not comparable to independent private enterprises.
But that's not the point...
"There are 12 kinds of commodities that are not on the tax declaration list, and there are at least 400 transactions that are not on the ledger records. In less than a week, more than 50,000 gold coins have been evaded. The fake accounts are flawless. All suspect that he was born in a business family."
Seeing the 52,452 gold coins in the unpaid tax on the form, and the expected fine of more than 20,000, my heart is bleeding, this is all my hard-earned money (big mistake)
"Hmph, are you bragging about your inspection ability?"
This is a world-leading fake accounting technology, but unfortunately, it has still been dismantled. I had known that she would go crazy to check the warehouse and count them one by one for a whole day. I should have turned my face and prevented her from entering the door.
"No, I'm telling the truth. Although your bill is simple, the mathematical skills in it are probably far beyond the level of an ordinary mage. I doubt whether you are a professional counterfeiter. That's why I have to use very Only by following the rules can you find your problem.”
"... That is, not because 'you have a problem, I will check you', but 'because you must have a problem, so I will check it to the end no matter what', you know, you have violated a law enforcement officer The most basic code of conduct - the presumption of innocence!"
Even though the other party was dazed and didn't seem to know these things, although it was not related to me, but seeing the law enforcers here are so rambunctious, the inexplicable displeasure still made me sullen.
"Crack!"
What surprised me was that Shirley directly shredded the tax audit document. After shredding it, it was instantly released. The next moment, the floor was full of shredded paper.
"I don't intend to threaten you, I just want to ask one thing. Please answer me honestly."
"… whats the matter?"
Since I've been busy all day scratching my sore feet, it's certainly not a trivial thing to ask, but it's urgent...
"Why are you still stunned? You don't help me destroy the evidence, and reload the warehouse for me! Also, disrupt the order of loading, remake the ledger, and then give me the reason for being caught, and the fine will be deducted from your wages. ."
Well, first to avoid getting caught with the same painful foot next time, deal with the aftermath first, and ignore Shirley's contemptuous eyes, and then...
"Since you asked so sincerely, I will listen to you."
After hesitating for a long time, Shirley gritted her teeth, and finally, she asked.
"Are you my grandfather?"
"puff!"
The tea in the mouth of bystanders turned into a fountain, and even the dead cat overturned her milk basin. I was even more frightened. What is this
…
Due to the astonishing revelation of a female mage, everyone turned around for a while. It was already ten minutes after the room was cleaned up. During this process, my mind was blank.
"I'm going, is this because I was approached for alimony? Or was I blackmailed? I was suddenly hugged and called my father? I didn't participate in any elections, this plot is wrong, I don't even have a wife, how come a granddaughter jumped out? ."
Shirley Alan, human (at least in appearance), golden rank, specific age unknown, born as a wild mage, specializing in prophecy and rune spells, if you only look at the information, there is no special background, come to this place When he was in the city of wizards, he was already a silver-level mage, and he should be regarded as a typical self-reliant mage.
I don't think a woman like her needs to "recognize a thief as a father" and use this kind of thing to draw relationships. On the contrary, when she asked that, her disgusted expression seemed to say, "How can my relative be this person? ', which is still fresh in my memory.
And soon, her explanation became even more difficult to let go of.
According to her birthplace, she was a Baier, but when she was actually an orphan, she was taught magic by a giant dragon and became an adventurer. Later, she became an adventurer in Baier, and during the time when Oros officially became a mage, A large number of adventure groups were forcibly incorporated, and she finally chose to leave.
"...Bair's official mage seems to have happened more than 20 years ago, so, Ms. Shirley has at least four... ah!"
As expected of my disciple, she is sharp. She immediately found the key points that I also cared about, and said it first, but it seems that Xue Li's actions are also very fast. The kick hits the opponent's ankle, and she is fast, accurate, and ruthless. Look. It was very painful, and it made people wonder if she was also a part-time monk.
After looking at the unfortunate Cohen who was trampling on his toes, covering his feet and screaming, I secretly thanked myself that my mouth was a step slower, and then sighed that this kid is still not sophisticated enough, even if there are doubts about some words, he can't face it. Say it, isn't this killing it
"Even a female mage is also a woman. On the topic of age, I haven't seen that I have never talked to Heloise, Amyra and the others. That's a dead end. By the way, Amyra should still be in three digits. , If the princess of the elf empire is a five-digit number, poof, it's old enough... ah, it hurts! Dead cat, don't catch it! Damn, it's dead! I forgot to turn off the mental link!"
This time it wasn't the slapstick biting in the past. The claws were actually metallized. Heloise didn't show any mercy. She felt a burning pain on her nose and looked in the mirror. The bloodstains on his eight claws, and the dead cat still persevering on his head, made me start to seriously consider how to meet people tomorrow, or, it's time to make a cat skin bib.
"... When I was sensible, I was raised by the three-headed dragon. She taught me everything, but she never told me who I was or whether there were relatives."
Seemingly losing her patience for gossiping, Shirley spoke directly about her past.
"Three-headed dragon? Raising you? It's almost epic. You're lucky."
"Do you actually believe it? I told people later, and they didn't believe it. They said that there are three-headed dragons in the world. They said that I only saw it in a dream. Ewenli clearly exists. In a sense, she It's my mother!"
The name I saw not long ago made me instinctively restrain my disapproval attitude and luck, and the cold air rising from my back made me feel uncomfortable. The premonition called misfortune is always very effective. This time, I am afraid Really in trouble.
"I'm a destiny maker..."
As soon as Xue Li opened her mouth, everyone nearby instinctively took a step backward, and Xue Li, who smiled wryly, shook her head helplessly, and seemed to be used to this kind of treatment. It's not that my bastards are too timid, but this profession. The reputation is a bit scary.
The experience of the astrology tower has verified that the prophecy is completely unreliable. Changing fate will only suffer greater bad luck. It is the basic rule revealed by the god of fate to mortals. Due to fate, this unusually special advanced profession was born.
As a high-level occupation above the gold level, its advanced requirements are basically zero. Well, as long as a mage reaches the peak of silver, you can advance, but the success rate of advancement... There has always been a saying that this advanced occupation is not without requirements. , is that it has selected those who can advance from the beginning. Anyway, it is impossible for those who are not selected to successfully advance, so there is no need to make additional requirements.
This profession is so rare that there are no more than ten in the entire continent, and it is of course regarded as the darling of the god of fate, Katiro.
Destiny Weaver is not a powerful fighting profession and has no help in casting spells, but has two basic abilities. The first is to see through the future and past of an object, while the other is to change the fate it suffers in the future.
But because changing fate will only make it worse, even if fate weavers use their abilities out of good intentions, such as trying to change someone's fate that is about to die, it will only make their death worse, so this profession has another name. - Doom Caller.
In a sense, this profession really depends on who is unlucky, who is pregnant... who is more unlucky.
"Our abilities are not as miraculous as the legends say, and the abilities of prophecy are not as miraculous as in ancient times. Even if I use 'Fate Watch' with all my strength, I can probably see everything that is about to happen to a dead object within a minute. It is a prophecy, it is better to say a prediction. And our ability to 'weave the thread of fate' can only bring about negative consequences, so we generally do not use the ability."
I have also done some research on prophecy and destiny magic (although I have found nothing), and I still know the basic common sense. Stargazers often trip over the stones under their feet. Prediction, but it is recognized that this profession is definitely not to be messed with, and it is definitely not as tasteless as she said. After all, the second 'Mildew God' Ain on the natural disaster list is the most famous destiny weaver in the world.
And after the God of Destiny Katiro used the god-level forbidden spell to turn his divine power into a skynet that covered the entire plane, the thread of destiny should have become a mess, and prophecy spells should not be used. Now, perhaps, we can rest assured.
"... Direct prediction spells can't be used. Maybe we are indeed the darlings of the god of destiny. Now we can actually borrow the power of destiny on the net of divine power. My power is much stronger than before, although predicting living creatures is still It's very difficult, but it's easy to just summon bad luck for it, and it's enough to change the thread of fate anyway."
Well, this time, even I wanted to run away.
"Katiro's gift is the blessing of the God of Fate to us. He can let us go beyond all restrictions and directly ask him for an answer, but only once in a lifetime."
After a pause, her tone was a bit strange, her expression when she looked at me was unnatural, and finally there was more hope in her eyes.
"When I was most confused, I used this gift, 'Where are my relatives', he told me, 'The Tower of Clouds is waiting for the Lord of the Night'. Your Highness Roland, are you my grandfather?"
"No, I'm your father!"
Then everyone was dumbfounded, I just wanted to laugh proudly, but the black unknown suddenly gathered in front of me reminded me of the identity of the person in front of me, it seems that I am playing off
"...Don't take it seriously, it's just a joke, this is a meme! A funny meme! Have you seen Star Wars?! Highly recommended! It's wonderful, I especially like this line."
Well, the desperate bite of a dead cat and three days in a row of being nearly choked to death by cold water, let me know that some jokes are still not allowed.