The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 489 Exclusive Job
Fortunately, she ordered dishes with easy-to-prepare ingredients that didn't require much seasoning.

Like the Silver Ball Inn, the Daisy Restaurant is extremely stingy with spices, using mostly salt.

However, since Moran ordered dishes that didn't use too many spices, they tasted much better than those at the Silver Flower Hostel.

It wasn't exactly delicious, but it wasn't unpalatable either.

Lina and Jenny enjoyed their meal much more.

“Delicious~”

"The dining hall for the mages is indeed quite different from what we usually eat!"

……

After spending the last two days together, Lilith and the others have grown very fond of these two clever and adorable human girls.

I couldn't help but ask, "How old are you two? Have you taken any talent tests?"

"Lady Lilith, we're seven years old now!" Lina and Jenny said.
"However, we haven't taken the talent test yet. The annual entrance test for the Mage Training School will only be held after the Mage Tower's admissions are over. In a few months, we'll be able to take the test!"

The two little girls spoke of this with great anticipation.

"You're so young, yet you're running around the city as guides. Aren't your families worried?" Sylph asked.

She didn't feel quite at ease looking at it.

Young witches don't leave their witch mothers' protection to go to school until they are thirteen years old!
It's one thing for human children to take a talent test at age seven and then go to a magic school for beginners, but why are children who are older than that already working on the streets?
"Don't worry! The city is very safe, especially for us."

"The Marquis said that children are the future of the country, and anyone who harms a child under the age of ten without cause will be punished severely. When a child leaves the city, the guards will also question them and check the identity of the person accompanying them!" Jenny said.

"The job of a guide is something that His Highness the Duke has only recently offered to us children who haven't yet taken the talent test."

It is said that some mages and scholars in the Magic Empire discovered that during the period before the age of seven, when mental energy is most active, exposure to complex environments, learning different kinds of knowledge, and doing things that require mental effort can help train mental energy. After the mental energy is trained and stabilized, the initial level of mental energy is higher than that of an untrained person.

There are many jobs like this, but my favorite is being a guide, because I get to hear lots of gossip from different places! "Lina said.

"Really?" Sylph quickly added, "I've been staying in one place for the past few years without moving, I had no idea such a thing existed!"

"Actually, I heard from people who have been to the Empire that this discovery was not made by any famous scholar, and no one in the Empire believed it."

I think that the Duke did this to provide us children from ordinary families with an opportunity to earn money and improve our lives, so that we can afford to attend literacy classes... Foreign merchants all say that the children of our Duchy of Lance are the happiest.

If I ever become a mage, I will definitely join the Duke's mage corps to protect the Grand Duke and the Duchy!

Lina said with anticipation.

"I want to become the ruling mage, help the Duke govern the country, and let all the common people live happy lives!" Jenny said.

Seeing Lina and Jenny's smiling faces, Moran and his companions finally had a real sense of the prosperity and stability of the Duchy of Lance.

Only in a place like this can there be children so full of hope for the future.

Moran and his companions didn't have much of an appetite during the meal, but after finishing, they developed a good impression of Lance City and looked forward to their upcoming stay there.

The carriage returned to 21 Apprentice Lane.

Jenny and Lina jumped off the carriage and knocked on the door of the courtyard next to number 21, number 22. A young maid came out and asked, "You're back again?"

“Sister Bemi! The adults have decided to rent your master’s house!” Jenny said.

Moran, Lilith, Vasita, and Sylph also disembarked from the carriage. Lilith handed her the prepared rent.

This place requires tenants to be female sorceresses and they must pay a year's rent upfront.

Bemi bowed to each of the four of them in turn:

"Welcome to room number 21! I will definitely report this good news to my mistress when she returns from the Mage Tower!"

This is the key to number 21. If you need anything, you can come find me at number 22; I'm usually home.

Her master is a novice mage studying at the mage tower.

The magic carriage stopped in the courtyard outside building number 21, which officially became their temporary residence in Lance City.

Lina and Jenny completed the task and left satisfied with their generous commission.

Once the door was closed, the group instantly transformed from mages back into witches, gathered around the dining table, and ate another meal.

“From today onwards, I have lost all interest in any food in Lance City, no, in the Magic Empire, that costs less than one gold coin!” Lilith said.

"Let's eat out less often in the future!" Sylph said. "It's not as cost-effective as ordering {ready-to-eat food cards} in the card shop!"

"No wonder everyone says that the Gourmet Witch is not only popular on the Dragon Island, but also in human countries!"

"I think if we opened a hot pot restaurant here, we could sell a single pot of broth for at least three gold coins!" Vasida said.

"Don't even think about it! Hotpot is too obvious. Once more members join the Dawn Society, it'll be obvious you're a member," Moran said.

This meal was their proper lunch.

After finishing our meal, we went upstairs and each of us chose a room.

A three-story building.

The first floor has a dining room, kitchen, living room, storage room and two servants' rooms.

There are three rooms on the second and third floors.

In addition, there is an attic and a basement.

Moran chose the sunny bedroom on the third floor.

The other two rooms on the third floor were converted into studies.

Lilith, Vasita, and Sylph all lived on the second floor.

With ready-made furniture, you can simply decorate it a little and change the bedding to move in.

After settling into the house, and feeling that it was about time, they headed back to the Oak Tree Hotel to retrieve their "suitcases" and then checked out.

Of course, the more important purpose was to check on Alamir's situation; Lilith also needed to reconnect with Greta.

Once they move away, we probably won't have a chance to see each other for a while.

"Actually, I can go by myself! It's perfectly reasonable for an apprentice to help their mentor carry luggage!" Lilith asked, looking at the carriage that was packed full of people.

"..." Moran asked without changing his expression, "Are you the mentor or am I the mentor?"

She would never admit that she went out because she wanted to join in the fun!
The identity of a high-level mage and mentor is good in every way, but she can't be too down-to-earth. Otherwise, if she deepens her connection with Greta and has her bring them into the Dawn Society, will Lilith still have a chance?