I'm a mage, what's wrong with loving farming?

Chapter 3. My Island
The scorching sun was shining, accompanied by the blowing sea breeze, and the atmosphere inside the entire small pier was quite depressing.

A fat man was standing in the sun, sweating profusely, watching a carriage approaching in the distance, pulled by two fiery horses and followed by four tall knights.

He saw the carriage slow down and hurried to meet it.

But before he could get close to the carriage, a knight in leather armor drew his sword to stop him, saying coldly, "Don't get close!"

The bright sword reflected the sunlight, and it was obviously a magical weapon.

'This thing costs more than an island, right?'

Bartos, the former Lord of Hanjiao Island, was shocked. He immediately stopped and looked pitifully at the figure who walked out of the carriage slowly.

The other residents here also stared at the noble carriage. Seeing the gems all over the carriage sparkling in the sun, deep fear flashed in their numb eyes and they lowered their heads respectfully.

The current lord, Cloya, holding his staff in his hand and wearing a dark blue wizard robe, walked out of the carriage with a calm expression and at a leisurely pace.

He raised his eyes and glanced around - there were low stone houses all around, and a few small boats anchored on the sea farther away. The people around him were all very thin, and their clothes were tattered.

Just from the mental state, I can tell that my territory is probably very poor...

'It's a long and arduous journey.'

His expression did not change as he looked at the fat man who was shivering not far in front of the carriage.

Other people are pale and skinny, but you are so fat?

Kloya's eyes suddenly showed some amusement, which made the fat man tremble even more violently - he strongly suspected that this new wizard wanted to kill him.

In such torment, he heard Cloya's voice: "Report on the situation of Hanjiao Island."

Bartos was relieved and reported quickly: "Dear Master, there are 135 households in Hanhai Reef, with a total of 284 people.

There is a first-level magic ore, white iron ore, on the island, which can produce two magic gold coins in tax revenue every year."

"The population is so small?" Croa frowned.

Seeing Croa frown, Bartos said quickly: "My lord, this is not my fault..."

He hurriedly explained, "A year ago, a baron forcibly took some people away. There should have been more than 700 people!"

"Take away five hundred people at once?" Croix didn't ask this guy why he didn't stop him. Although baron is the lowest title, he is also a noble.

It was far from something that a small lord like him could stop easily. If the other party wanted it, he would have to offer it respectfully.

He asked the baron's name so that he could capture his people and get them back when he got a higher level.

But it turned out that this guy didn't know it.

Croix was immediately speechless. He didn't even know her name...

Bartos saw Cloya's dissatisfaction with him and knelt down on the spot: "If you are willing to trust me, my lord, I am willing to serve you as my master and continue to help you manage Hanjiao Island! I will never make any mistakes!"

"Haha, you should have served me as your master."

Faced with his surrender, Croa did not agree, nor did he explicitly refuse. He just said, "Let's go to the island first, Robert, and you can take him with you."

Butler Rob immediately understood: "Yes!"

When we say "he is with me", in fact he is monitoring and watching me.

Although Croa is the lord of this place now, who knows if the former lord has any extra thoughts or is hiding anything? Even if he wants to leave, Croa will not allow it.

At least before he thoroughly understands the situation on the Reef Island, Bartos will not have any personal freedom - as an honorable wizard, Kloya certainly has such power.

You can be gentle in front of your own people, but it is better not to be gentle to strangers, so as to prevent them from having some inappropriate thoughts and ideas.

Hierarchy and order are what he must maintain before he gains control of the power to suppress everything. This is also the original order of this world.

……

Bartos quickly led Croix and his party aboard the ship.

Fortunately, the boat was big enough so it could remain stable even with a carriage and a few horses on board.

After about seven or eight minutes of sailing, the outline of an island appeared in front of them. With the help of the first-level spell Eagle Eye, Kloya could see the general appearance of his territory.

This is an oval-shaped island with extremely lush vegetation. The terrain is also quite flat, with only a small hill that can be considered a hill at most. A castle is located on the hill.

Overlooking the entire island.

After taking a general look at it, Cloya thought it was okay.

At least it is not a deserted island. The fact that there are so many vegetations means that there must be enough fresh water resources, and there may even be undiscovered magic veins.

The ship soon docked.

The first to disembark were four knights, fully armed and holding swords, followed by the butler Robert and Bartos, and finally Cloea and the carriage.

Waiting on the shore at this time were all the residents of the island.

They were just like the people at the dock, most of them were shirtless and had dark skin, and it was obvious that they lived by the sea.

They look a little better than the people at the dock.

But no one knew how long they had been waiting, and they were all sweating profusely.

"Is it because the island has more abundant resources?"

He did not pay much attention to it, but just glanced at it, and headed towards the lord's castle on the island, led by Bartos and four knights.

After walking through the crowd, he casually waved his hand to signal them to disperse. They should just go back to work. They couldn't just stop doing their work just to welcome him.

That's really missing the forest for the trees.

The distance was not long, but Kloya deliberately slowed down his pace. He scanned the surroundings, trying to find some unexpected gains - such as undiscovered magic plants.

But there was absolutely no gain.

He was a little discouraged, but only a little, and his attention was soon attracted by the tall trees around him.

The most common thing on this island is tall coconut trees. The coconuts hanging on the trees look big and white.

Hmm? White coconut?

Isn't it white only when it is peeled?

I always feel like it looks familiar, as if I have seen it in some book, but I just can't remember what it is.

This reminded him of the freshly squeezed coconut juice he had drunk before, and he was tempted for a moment. After all, even a mage would feel thirsty if exposed to the wind and sun for so long!

But the strange thing is that the coconuts on the trees are all neatly arranged, with no signs of having been picked.

Coconuts can quench thirst and satisfy hunger, so why does no one pick them?

He was a little confused, and then he figured out why.

Everything in the territory belongs to the lord. Without the lord's permission, no one can pick even the fruits on the trees - it's okay for short ones, but if you climb up such a tall coconut tree, will you get caught?

After thinking about this, he shook his head and continued walking along the road while enjoying the scenery, leisurely as if he was on vacation.

Bartos saw that Cloya was interested in the things around him, so he quickly came to flatter her, saying how he had protected the coconut trees and transplanted the best coconut trees on the island here, just to give Cloya the best coconuts...

At first, Cloya was interested in listening to him, but as he listened more and more strangely, she ordered him to shut up without any hesitation.

I don't know what happened, but after I asked him to shut up, his expression became even more respectful. It's a pity that there was no tail behind him, otherwise it would have been shaking into pieces.

that's it,
It took Kloya half an hour to reach his castle - a stone castle built on a hill. It looked crude from a modern perspective, but it stood out in comparison with the stone houses.

The three-story castle actually feels tall and majestic.

Croya's attention was immediately attracted, but what attracted him was not the castle, but a strange-looking animal at the entrance of the castle.

It was a monster that looked like a big rat, but its expression was extremely Buddhist, and it was slowly chewing on plants with its mouth.

A message immediately popped up in my mind——

[Found a monster suitable for the Star Spirit Imprinting Technique: Kabamon. Please activate the Star Spirit Imprinting Technique to view the monster's star spirit body for spell imprinting. ]

(End of this chapter)