I'm really not a top magician

Sajo Aika continued, "After all, for a magic workshop of that size, this is the only source of mana they can use. But it's strange that such a powerful figure can't repair his spiritual veins."

"I've paid a heavy price to suppress the impact of this incident, but..." Luna admitted, "If the accident at the workshop continues to escalate, I'll be at my wit's end. However, if you can help, I believe this matter can be resolved."

"That depends on what you're helping me with," said Sajo Aika. "If you want me to deal with the out-of-control situation at Atelier Nelandriel, then you're wasting other people's time. The Law and Politics Department has already lost ten magicians, and I also have to prepare for the Holy Grail War. There's no reason for me to waste my energy helping you with this kind of thing."

When she saw the other party express his feelings, Sajo Aika immediately found a reason to refuse.

Judging from the current facts, the Law and Politics Department has already sacrificed more than a dozen magicians.

Moreover, all of them were in unclear circumstances, either dead or mysteriously disappeared.

In other words, if Sajo Aika agrees to investigate this matter,

With her current strength, she might have just entered the Holy Lake area, or she might have encountered some kind of accident and died unknown.

Even if it involves an excuse like the Holy Grail War, Aika Sajo will find a way to quit this matter.

But to Luna, what Shajo Aige said sounded more like a negotiation tactic in which both parties were testing each other and asking for spoils.

Regarding what she just said, Luna praised Sajo Aika even more.

Use the current tense situation to put pressure on yourself.

He even used the excuse of "preparing for the Holy Grail War" to increase his bargaining chips.

In order to gain greater benefits.

Before this, Luna thought that Aika Sajo was a fanatic who devoted herself wholeheartedly to the ways of magic. In fact, many people in the Clock Tower were like this, so she always had the upper hand in negotiations.

But now it seems that Sajo Aika's performance, whether in terms of analysis of the current situation or in terms of IQ, is indeed worthy of the title of genius.

Fortunately, Luna had prepared the chips in advance.

Luna said gracefully, "But if things continue to escalate like this, the Nelandriel Workshop will be directly reclaimed by the Codrington family along with the entire land. That land is the most valuable asset to our Nelandriel family."

"I understand how you feel right now," said Sajo Aige. "Of course, I'm willing to help you and negotiate with the Codrington family. For my sake, they should be able to have a few more days of peace."

"I'm deeply grateful for your kindness," Luna said, "but what I really want is for you to lend a hand. Your weather magic is our only hope. Of course, the conditions I offer are far more generous than you might imagine."

Sajo Aika was stunned for a moment. Luna's confident expression made her feel inexplicably uneasy.

But at the same time, after she decided to refuse, she was also very curious.

What kind of conditions could allow this girl, known as the Queen of Gold Coins, to smile with such a blatant and confident smile?

"What do you mean?" asked Aika Sajo.

"You should know that my ancestors, the Nelandriel family, were once members of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table. Therefore, after King Arthur's death, our ancestors preserved all of King Arthur's treasures intact, hoping that one day the king would return to Britain."

Luna recounted the ancient story of her family. "Look, what if I promise to give you King Arthur's holy sword?"

"Excalibur?"

"That's right. It's the sword of the lake that King Arthur drew from the leprechaun." Luna said confidently.

This is a lie!

If Luna were facing someone else now, they might be intimidated by these words, and might even accept Luna's invitation without hesitation.

However, as a traverser,

Aika Sajo knew very well that Artoria gave the holy sword to Bellenwell, who then returned it to the lake fairy.

Even people who have a basic understanding of the myth of King Arthur know this kind of thing.

Isn't it because her family ancestors were once members of the Knights of the Round Table that Luna dares to make such a bold statement?

But lies will eventually be exposed by the truth.

Sajo Aika suddenly wanted to tease the idiot in front of her.

Sajo Aige deliberately sat up straight: "What are you going to do?"

"If you use the Holy Sword as a holy relic, you will definitely be able to summon that king."

"Then what do you want?"

"Your friendship."

Sajo Aika tried hard not to laugh. "The Holy Sword is indeed impressive. Even that King is undoubtedly a top-tier Heroic Spirit. However, it's not as if I don't have other relics that rival it... Besides, the incident at the Nelandril workshop was so serious, and with the Holy Grail War approaching, I don't want my duel with Kenneth-sensei to be affected."

“Of course I won’t just prepare these things.”

"Oh?"

Sha Tiao Aige became even more curious. Could there be other benefits?

"For this incident, I'm going to invite two other top-notch instructors from the Clock Tower to come and help. And..." Luna paused suddenly, looking at Sajo Aika's curious eyes before continuing, "Given the seriousness of this incident, I also understand that asking you to help is a bit desperate, so if you are in the middle of a commission, you can terminate it at any time, and the subsequent reward will not be reduced at all. If you are not satisfied with this reward, you can choose from the treasure vault of the Nelandriel family!"

Luna handed over a document that had been prepared long ago, which clearly listed the various types of remuneration for this commission.

In addition to the holy sword listed first, there are also various other precious magic materials and ceremonial equipment.

This really made Shatiao Aige dumbfounded.

The weight of this list is so great that even other famous nobles would find it difficult to come up with it.

The most important thing is that Luna opened the biggest chip

——No matter what the reason, Aika Sajo can terminate the commission and the remuneration will not be reduced at all.

In other words, if Aika Sajo accepted this commission,

Even if you don't complete the task, you can still get the reward.

Then =

I just have to pretend to be serious about my work and occasionally let my teammates down, then find a few suitable excuses (my teammates are too bad, the situation is too bad, I tried my best but there is nothing I can do),

You can easily go home and even get a generous reward easily.

Isn't this just cheating under the rules?

Since the other party is willing to give it to you for free, you should not refuse it.

As for the degree of danger of this commission, it is nothing in the face of such convenient conditions.

On the one hand, the other two assisting magicians listed in the document are Faraius Polleman and Leif.

Both of them are well-known first-class lecturers in the Clock Tower, and they are also very outstanding people in terms of their abilities.

The former, Fareus, is one of the few young characters currently serving in Clock Tower.

As for the latter, Leif, he will be the demon pillar in the future fgo.

Do you think it’s safe to have these two big guys around?

As for the second aspect, Sajo Aika is planning to reversely hinder the mission,

How could he possibly complete the commission seriously?

In other words, the effort put in is compared to the gains from completing the work conscientiously.

It would be easier for Aika Sajo to just find ways to hinder or even sabotage the operation.

This time, Aika Sajo is the traitor!

and,

Aika Sajo herself has other considerations.

After all, there are less than two weeks until the Holy Grail War begins.

Rumors within the Clock Tower about him going to participate in the Holy Grail War were becoming increasingly intense.

If she took advantage of this opportunity at the Nelandril workshop,

For example, using excuses like intentional injury can easily shirk participation in the Holy Grail War.

By then, no one would dare to say that Sajo Aika didn't dare to participate in the Holy Grail War because she was afraid of Kenneth.

Instead, he died heroically to help the Clock Tower deal with the mess of the Nelandriel family and ensure that the magic was not leaked.

How can it be called cheating when it comes to matters involving intellectuals?

what,

Chinese is truly profound and extensive.

Not only did he resolve the troubles of the Holy Grail War, but he also gained a good reputation.

It's literally killing two birds with one stone.

Thinking of this, Sajo Aige looked at Luna sincerely:

"I have accepted your commission."

Chapter 10 Even if you are a dragon, you have to coil up for me!

After hearing that Aika Sajo accepted it, Luna also nodded with a smile.

Sajo Aige didn't leave immediately, but continued to ask, "Well, isn't it about time you told me?"

"what?"

"This should have been an internal matter of the Spiritual Admonition Department. Why did you come to me?"

This is the biggest problem in Shatiao Aige's mind.

There are twelve Lords in the Clock Tower. They work together with the nobles to manage all the major affairs in the Clock Tower.

With the twelve Lords as the center, the various families are divided into three major factions according to their political positions: aristocracy, neutrality and democracy.

The El-Melloi faction where Aika Sajo belongs, the King Barthemello faction, and the Euripides faction that is in charge of the Spiritual Summoning Department all belong to the aristocratic camp.

The Nalandriel family, which belongs to the Euripides faction of the Necromancer Department, belongs to the same camp as the El-Melloi faction of Aigo Sajo. However, in the power struggle field of the Clock Tower, they did not immediately seek help from their main family, the Euripides faction, but instead turned to the neighboring El-Melloi School for help.

This is a bit like when you encounter trouble, you don’t turn to your boss for help first, but turn to the gang next door. This makes Shatiao Aige puzzled.

Not to mention what the El-Melloi School would think, if the Ulysses School saw such a subordinate, they would definitely suspect that this was Infernal Affairs.

Moreover, Aika Satiao didn't really believe Luna's reason that "she needed her weather magic to help". After all, before this, no one could guarantee that Aika Satiao could definitely accomplish this task.

This isn't a bad thing, though.

Otherwise, Sha Tiao Ai Ge would not have had this opportunity to get a bargain.

Hearing Sajo Aika's question, Luna sighed helplessly, "Even before the incident escalated, the Ulphis family had already reported this matter to the Law and Politics Department."

"You mean the legal and political department?"

"The reason was that they suspected the workshop's existence would violate the rules of secrecy, so they wanted the Legal Affairs Department to investigate," Luna said. "But no one paid much attention to it at the time. Even the Legal Affairs Department didn't pay much attention to it at first. After all, they still owed me a lot of money."

When talking about owing money, Luna's eyebrows raised and she looked proud.

Then her expression darkened again. "But you know what happened later. The workshop got out of control, my father died there, and ordinary people around were also implicated. This series of incidents led to the Legal Affairs Department becoming increasingly active. And with so many of their men dead, they had even more leverage. If I can't resolve this, the workshop will be handed over to Ulrich."

"It's indeed tricky." Sajo Aika nodded, roughly understanding the whole story.

Although Luna did not say it explicitly, Aika Sajo could still see the open and covert struggles between the various forces and families in the Clock Tower.

The Euripides family hopes to obtain the rights to the Nelandriel workshop and the surrounding land (the Holy Lake area).

But it would be disgraceful to openly rob the workshop like this.

So they intervened in the dispute over the workshop by appealing to the Law and Politics Department.

Even Sajo Aika had reason to doubt,

Perhaps the loss of control over the Nelandriel workshop itself was the result of the secret manipulation of the Ulyphis School.

As for why?

Sha Tiao Aige can now think of two aspects.

1: As the younger brother, the Nalandril family has already accumulated money in the past few years, and there is a gap in reputation with the Ulysses family. It is necessary to take this opportunity to give them a good beating.

Second: The Nelandriel family is now financially strong, and all the major families and schools in the Clock Tower owe Nelandriel a large debt. This is a good opportunity to squeeze profits from the Nelandriel family.

Perhaps as Luna herself said,

The current situation is very dangerous for the Nalandril family. As for why they invited Shatiao Aige, it was just a desperate attempt to find a solution.

However, Aika Sajo is not afraid of being involved in the power struggle within the Spiritual Conjuring Department.

Anyway, I'm just here to do some freeloading and then find an opportunity to leave.

As for whether the problem of the Nalandriel family can be solved,