Natalie's magical growth record

Chapter 26 Prologue
  Monster is a special species that has no fixed form and no fixed residence. No one can clearly explain where they come from or how they arise. The history books of Olivia Continent only vaguely record that they are special existences formed during a period of abnormal magic power after all the three great sages of [World], [Sky] and [Earth] disappeared a thousand years ago. . Unlike World of Warcraft, they cannot think, have no emotions, and do not know the value of their own existence. They just keep devouring the magic of the world in order to continue to survive.

311 years ago, due to the proliferation of monsters, a months-long wave of monster killings broke out in the Olivia continent. Finally, with the joint efforts of the four great sages who were in power at the time, and the eight sage assistants under them, all the monsters were buried somewhere on the outskirts of Nome City in the Southern District of the Earth...

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"How about it, are you interested? Our Lord Haitang of Water."

In a gorgeously decorated reception room, a blond woman with a braided braid leisurely flipped through the ancient books in her hand, and extended an invitation to the young man opposite her with a curious smile.

"It seems I have no room for rejection, Suzuran-senpai."

The person opposite was an aristocratic young man wearing a white dress shirt and short light flaxen hair. Elvis Maxwell, the Begonia of Water, had a gentle smile that was no less than that of a blond woman, and said calmly Give a response.

"Don't say that. I'm just the person who issued the invitation. The choice of whether to accept the invitation or not is still in your hands."

Faced with the reluctance expressed euphemistically in the young man's words, the blond woman who spoke previously, the leader of the 14th Sage Auxiliary of the Olivia Continent, Alina Kristol of the Wind of the Suzuran, just ticked off lightly. At the corner of his mouth, after saying these words, he elegantly picked up the exquisite tea cup on the table and took a small sip of the warm tea that exuded a light aroma.

"Senior, let me ask a different question. When something so serious happens, do you have any backup plan with your attitude?"

Avis was not in a hurry, and just watched the other party slowly put down the teacup, further testing the benefits he could get from this meeting.

"It's a pity," Alina smiled, still slowly raising her hand to cover the lid of the teacup in front of her, "I didn't prepare any other trump cards."

"Thank you very much, senior, for thinking so highly of me," Avis chuckled twice to comfort himself, then picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea, "But don't you think the burden on my shoulders is a bit heavy? "

"Of course, you can also choose to end this conversation directly and choose to study with Master Yugiri."

Alina pursed her lips, revealed an increasingly gentle and harmless smile, and lowered her voice to persuade.

As soon as he finished speaking, the smile on the face of the young man opposite the smile froze for a moment.

Yes, even for just a few moments, Ives was shaken.

His heart was one step ahead of his thoughts, conveying to the woman opposite him that he did not want to go to the West District of Fire to study for three years with the fire Yugiri who was said to be a militant.

Of course, even if the interval for adjusting her emotions was short, this subtle change was still noticed by Alina, who had been a politician in her early years.

Therefore, Alina also adhered to the principle of seeing through things without telling them. She held her chin in one hand and gently turned the pages of the book in her hand with the other hand. She put on an interested smile and waited patiently for the news that would come sooner or later. Comes with compromise.

Time still passed silently, and the clock on the wall did not know how many times it had ticked...

"Okay, senior, I will accept your request."

Elvis smiled helplessly and took the lead in breaking the silence that permeated the two of them.

"Grateful."

Alina curled her lips again, but unexpectedly did not relax her posture immediately.

"However, senior, shouldn't you also show some sincerity in negotiating? Such unilateral concessions are not like the style of my Maxwell family." Finally, after another brief silence, it was confirmed that this woman was not After planning to make more concessions, Avis could only twitch the corners of his mouth again, squeeze out a stiff smile, and show off his cards.

"It seems so. I'm really sorry. Please forgive me for being rude."

Alina pursed her lips slightly, moved her seat slightly, stood up lightly, and expertly turned this small proud gesture into a reserved smile mixed with obvious apology, but she did not immediately bend down to bow and apologize.

"Senior, there is no need to apologize. The Maxwell family will definitely not embarrass you because of this." Avis suppressed his heart for fear that the leader of the entire team of sage assistants would really implement this apology that was stuck halfway up the mountain. While feeling flustered, he hurriedly smiled and waved his hands, "So, you just need to give a bargaining chip that you think is reasonable."

After confirming that the Water Begonia opposite had returned to its previous calmness, Alina pretended to breathe a sigh of relief, took a sip of the tea in the cup, and stated her condition slowly: "My condition is that of my student. Well. If you are willing to come to Randall this time and choose me, a weak and incompetent leader of sage assistants, as your training instructor, I will give her a try if you poach her when she grows up or if you have other ideas. I won’t interfere.”

"Senior, may I ask a question?" Ives paused. After seeing the blond woman's slight nod of affirmation, he asked further with a smile that was even more polite and reserved than before. , "How can you be sure that this condition is enough to attract me?"

"Then may I ask, Master Shuizhi Haitang, what do your two temptations that day mean?"

The corners of Alina's mouth curved even more obviously, and she nodded calmly.

"That day..." The smile on Avis' face faltered after he was caught. However, the psychological quality he had developed in social circles over the years allowed him to quickly calm down the undue wavering emotions in his heart and return to his polite attitude. Smiling, he stood up quickly, bowed solemnly to the woman in front of him, and apologized, "I was so offended by what happened that day. Please forgive me for my rudeness, senior!"

"I will accept your apology, but..."

Alina smiled lightly, but surprisingly, she did not go on to explain the so-called twist.

"Senior, you just say it's okay."

After confirming that the other party did not intend to continue to ask about the matter, Avis secretly breathed a sigh of relief, sat back in his seat, and looked at the blond woman opposite him again.

"But isn't it too cheap for me, the leader of the Sage Assistants, to sacrifice my precious time to come here to listen to your last apology?" Alina put down the half-cupped teacup and said with sharp eyes, "So , now give me a clear answer. Are you willing to accept my commission with the bargaining chip I provided above, actively assist me in quelling the monster crisis in Randall Town, and allow me to be your mentor for this experience? Not yet? The unofficial sage assistant with official identity certification, and the first candidate for the 36th head of the Maxwell family, Elvis Maxwell."

Ives, who was caught off guard and was poked in two weak spots by the opponent, couldn't help but feel nervous. After all, he finally gave up and sighed secretly in his heart. He regained the proper smile on his face and solemnly took the gift from the blond woman. Entrusting the bottle, he bowed and said, "Then I will ask senior and Miss Arinor to take care of me for a long time to come."

In this way, the conditional negotiation between the two officially ended.

The seemingly young Shui Zhihaitang was one step behind in chess. In fact, in this negotiation, he had already prepared that he would not be able to obtain more benefits. The reason why he continued this negotiation was not only because he was taking a chance, but also because he wanted to learn more about this senior's handling style through this negotiation so that he could get along better with this senior in the future.

And what about the victor, the Lily of the Valley? Not only did she win the negotiation as easily as she expected. Moreover, through this negotiation, she realized more deeply that if the seemingly gentle and approachable Shuizhi Begonia was not allowed to grow up under her eyes, it would definitely threaten her future in the future. In the same way, regardless of whether he would change because of this trip, she would not allow him to influence the future of her precious student.

As for the trump card she mentioned in the negotiation before, in fact, it does not exist.

And the reason why she had to temporarily fabricate such a trump card was just to further induce Shuizhi Begonia to 'be honest'...

　Sorry to keep everyone waiting for so long. I didn’t expect to reach this point again without realizing it...

　　Thank you for the 1 flower and refill of [If you don’t help me, I will explode]

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)