Knights and Magic Wand
Chapter 412 - 412 195 Ines's Plea for Help_3

412: Chapter 195 Ines’s Plea for Help_3 412: Chapter 195 Ines’s Plea for Help_3 Perhaps it was because these children had started journeying with the taxation, Leon somehow felt as if he was unwittingly learning from the Osman in collecting a blood tax.

He shook his head, thinking that it wasn’t right to think so negatively.

Blood tax was about tearing families apart, dragging people off to slavery.

He wasn’t enslaving these children.

Selecting them for schooling was something many would seek out even if they had to light a lantern to find it, and moreover, he didn’t even prevent their relatives from visiting occasionally.

In different words, it should be called selecting and cultivating the children of good families for a future foundation.

Leon nodded, that sounded much better.

If in the future, among those in the Avalon academy there were smart, capable, and well-performing individuals, maybe some could even be chosen to join the knight order.

Hmm?…

Loyal Legacy Academy?

Leon couldn’t help but chuckle to himself.

…

The livestock cattle and sheep were herded to the grasslands surrounding the estate.

Grains and supplies were delivered to the storage of Avalon Fortress in carts, sorted and properly stored.

The Kantadar Gold Coins collected from the towns were accounted for and then placed under the management of the knight order’s “Public Treasury,” overseen by Azeryan and Elena.

As for those energetic little rascals, they were settled into the collective dormitories near the academy in the Lower City District, supervised by the “school workers” recruited from Avalon’s pioneer workforce, to rest and await the start of school.

Upon returning to the main castle, Leon was just about to enjoy a nice bath with Olivia to soothe the fatigue of the journey, but he saw Kovis approaching hastily.

“My lord, a messenger from Princess Ines has brought an urgent message…

The messenger did not disclose the matter, but insisted that it be opened personally by you, so I did not dare to open it,” Kovis presented the letter.

“It’s alright, from now on if Azeryan and I are not around and you encounter an urgent message, you have my permission to deal with it fully.

Don’t let it delay something important,” Leon said as he took the letter, eyeing the seal with the hawk emblem, curious.

Wasn’t it said that there’s no rush for a decision?

But now that he had established his own Avalon Knights, it was inconvenient to join that princess’s knight order anyway.

Quickly tearing it open, Leon scanned the contents, only to find it was not what he had thought.

He looked at Kovis and asked, “How long has it been since Princess Ines’s messenger left?”

“He left the same day.

The messenger said, counting from the day of delivery, the princess will wait in the mentioned town of Kantadar for no more than four days, and today is the second day,” Kovis replied.

Upon hearing this, Leon quickly changed his course towards the meeting room.

He had Kovis spread out the map on the big table, searching the southwest of Avalon for the landmarks near the town’s location.

Finding the approximate location of “Luthanshire,” Leon felt slightly relieved.

The journey wasn’t particularly far, and it seemed that the Orland forces had already conquered the path along the way.

If one rode fast day and night, they would arrive within two days, leaving ample time.

However…..

Having confirmed the location, Leon sat down in the chair, deep in thought.

Should he help with this issue or not?

Indeed, one wouldn’t find another who could move in and out of a spirit-like ground as easily as he did across the entire Orland Kingdom, no, perhaps even the entire Western Continent.

But to go in and help search, especially for the son of the Eastern Border Duke who had slighted him at the banquet before?

…Haha, it seems.

He wasn’t so petty-minded as to care about the well-being of that arrogant person who’d looked down on him with his nose in the air.

After secretly reveling for a while, Leon propped up his cheek, dropping the smug expression and began to seriously reweigh the situation.

…

While he wasn’t interested in Orad’s safety, if he could make Princess Ines owe him a big favor, that would be a profitable deal.

Since he had now established his own knight order and was not planning on joining the other party’s, it would be a good opportunity to inquire if she could arrange some Moonfall Silver and Melted Mountain Gold from the Alchemy Guild in the Capital as compensation; that would indeed save him a lot of money and time.

Of course, entering an unknown spirit-like territory and the potential dangers within had to be considered.

Who knew if it would be a situation similar to the previous one in Nightmare Forest.

Leon thought for a moment, stood up, and decided to consult Lola first.

He had initially planned, upon his return, to practice flying techniques with Death Claw and then immediately set off riding a Griffin to scout the situation in Holy Land City to the east.

Now, his plans uncertain and possibly delayed due to unforeseen events, he just hoped Lola wouldn’t be mad at him…