Steadfast Wizard: From Heart-Swapping Rat to Dimensional Demon God

—There was some repetition at the end of the previous chapter. I apologize for the extra chapter; the duplicate part has been corrected, just refresh the page. All promises are meaningless. If similar behavior occurs again, I will consistently stay up all night to add an extra chapter!—

(But I promise, this is the last time. I apologize again.)

"Isn't this getting too involved?"

Hearing Isaac's question, Cheryl smiled slightly.

"Normally that's how it is, but this time it's a bit special. Father will completely remove the second son from the family register."

Upon hearing this, Isaac fell silent.

In the end, it's still the same punishment...

In aristocratic families, marrying into another family is like marrying off a daughter; those with a maternal family and those without are two different things.

Take the second brother, Remington, for example. If he had the Solomon family backing him, even if it was just a branch, he would still have basic rights after marrying into the family. But now that he's gone, he's completely at the mercy of others.

Especially since the other party is royalty!

The Grand Knight is nothing compared to them over there.

This shows that Gaia was determined to punish him.

Although Isaac's relationship with his second brother was so-so, and he hadn't thought much of him for several years, considering him stupid, they were still brothers after all, and blood was thicker than water, so he still felt a little sad.

"He's committed a serious offense this time. Even Caesar can't protect him, after all, Viscount Solomon is still his father." Seeing Isaac's somewhat downcast mood, Cheryl explained helplessly.

Isaac nodded; he understood that.

And all things considered, this is already a lenient treatment for Remington.

So he didn't dwell on it too much.

"By the way, you should find this lab useful, so I'll give it to you. Once the situation at the fortress stabilizes a bit more, I'll move the whole thing to your castle. Perfect timing, it should be ready by the time you return from the capital," Cheryl said, glancing at the lab.

On one hand, I wanted to make up for it more for Isaac, and on the other hand...

She really wouldn't dare use the lab that Isaac had used!

Who knows how many times he's contacted evil gods here?

So they simply packaged the whole thing up and gave it to Isaac, since he'd definitely need it to build a mage tower in the future anyway.

Upon hearing this, Isaac's eyes lit up. Was there really such a good thing?

This saves him the trouble of asking, since the mage tower is quite expensive.

"Thank you very much, sister."

"We're family, no need for such talk." Cheryl shook her head, glanced one last time at the Liu Bei text in Isaac's hand, thought for a moment, and said, "I have something to do, so I'll be leaving now. You... try to control yourself a little."

After she finished speaking, a blue-purple arcane light appeared and carried her away from there.

"..." Isaac shook his head speechlessly, then continued to lie on the sofa, studying the book carefully with the mouse.

After Cheryl left, both Caesar and Gaia came to visit, discussing the same matter. The difference was that Caesar left Isaac 10,000 gold coins, while Gaia gave Isaac a document, a token, and a booklet.

The document states that all revenue generated from the three villages and a small town surrounding Isaac's castle will belong to Isaac, and the existing local administration system will remain unchanged, with direct responsibility to the Solomon Territory.

At the same time, Isaac does not own these territories, but he can build whatever he wants without any restrictions.

Clearly, this was a clause specifically set up to prevent Isaac from using the territory to make deals with evil gods.

The tokens belong to ten Solomon Knights. Although they are only at the level of quasi-knights, they cooperate well and have good talent, so they have a high probability of becoming knights in the future.

It's not that there aren't knights in the legion, it's just that knights are a special case.

Although with the development of the chivalric path, knights today can no longer directly possess noble status as in the past, but they still have a certain historical influence and retain some privileges.

For example, choosing one's own lord.

To be honest, none of the knights in the fortress during this period would choose to follow Isaac. They might be swallowed by the evil god one day. Such an uncertain life is not as reliable as continuing to kill black orcs on the battlefield to accumulate merit.

But actually, Isaac didn't really want it...

Because, not only are ten quasi-knights not as good at fighting as him, but they also eat more than him!

Besides, knights are all reckless and can't help him with his magical research, so it's better to just cash them in!

Unfortunately, my father didn't agree; I suppose he didn't have the money...

Shaking his head, Isaac opened the booklet. It was the Empire's merit exchange manual. In this fortress defense battle, although the risk was high, judging from the result, his contribution was still great, even greater than Cheryl's, who controlled the mage tower. He was undoubtedly number one!

Once the battle merits are tallied, he can redeem them. By the time he arrives in the capital, the settlement should already be complete. He can then redeem anything he wants in the capital, and check what's available along the way.

"Let me see... Holy crap!"

Suddenly, Isaac, who was lying on the sofa, jumped up and stared in shock at the first item on the first page of the booklet in his hand.

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Imperial Decree: Summons the power of the Terran Emperor, capable of instantly killing any higher life form or lower within the Empire! (If a deal with the Outer God fails, the Emperor can repel the Outer God, averting all costs. The Imperial Decree will be revoked upon use.)

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"hiss!!!"

After confirming that he hadn't misread it, Isaac gasped. Those two short sentences revealed an astonishing amount of information!

The emperor of the empire is no less powerful than an Outer God!

As long as you possess the Emperor's Decree, it's like having a valid get-out-of-jail-free card in transactions with Outer Gods!

However, after seeing the string of zeros above the exchange price under the Emperor's Decree, Isaac's burning passion gradually calmed down. Although he didn't know how many merits he could get this time, he figured he probably couldn't afford it.

So just stick to your magic and slowly work your way up; don't try anything too big, or you'll mess things up.

After calming down, Isaac lay back down and flipped through the booklet with great interest, raising his eyebrows from time to time. Although there were many high-end items in the later parts, he had to admit that after experiencing the baptism of the Emperor's Decree, he felt that they were all lacking.

……

The next day, Isaac got up early, took a magic book, and sat quietly in the pumpkin carriage reading it, waiting for his second brother's dowry to be loaded onto the carriage. After saying goodbye to Gaia, Caesar, and Cheryl, the group rode in a long caravan towards the capital.

"Hmm? Isaac, who is he? I've never seen him before?" Remington rode a horse to Isaac's carriage window, looked at the shifty-eyed coachman in the pumpkin carriage, and asked in confusion.

Upon hearing this, Isaac's gaze briefly left the magic book, glanced at the coachman, and replied, "Oh, it's a mouse. My shapeshifting magic has improved a bit; I can turn animals into humans now. Although it still can't speak, its learning ability will be greatly enhanced, which is good for the mouse."

"It's a mouse!" Remington stared wide-eyed at the lifelike mouse. "Wasn't Cinderella's coachman a goose in disguise?"

Isaac looked at Remington with surprise: "Is there a problem? Is magic really such an inconvenient thing?"

After saying that, he continued to read the magic book and closed the car window.