After the slave owners went bankrupt, they all wanted to keep me as a mistress.

"If I haven't forgotten anything during practice tomorrow morning, then I can prepare to leave."

Vera thought to herself.

Mirror Lake Forest isn't very large, but it's a bit far from here. Even if a peak Gold-rank mage were to travel at full speed using flight spells, it would take nearly three hours.

However, mages usually don't fly at full speed. On the one hand, they might not be able to react quickly enough in case of an emergency, and on the other hand, they need to use more magic to maintain flight and the magic shield around them when flying at high speed.

When two spells are cast simultaneously, the consumption of magic power will increase exponentially.

Moreover, in this state, it is difficult to retaliate immediately when attacked. Often, one needs to control magic power and reduce flight speed before being able to cast attack spells.

Therefore, magicians usually fly at 30%, 50%, or 70% of their maximum speed.

She planned to fly there at about 60-70% of her speed, which would take about four or five hours and keep her energy consumption within a manageable range, since she also had recovery potions given to her by her master.

"Perfect timing. Tomorrow I'll be out of my master's sight, and he'll probably miss me even more since he won't be able to see me."

Vera's lips curved slightly, and her pointed ears twitched up gently.

"A lewd human like the master, who can't see someone's breasts for a day and can't continue to rape them with his imagination, must feel unbearably lonely."

The thought of her master being lonely tomorrow, only able to imagine her groaning in her mind, made Vera's smile even more pronounced.

hum.

Thinking it over carefully, now that it's been confirmed that the master had no interest in the forbidden book and only bought her for her body, there's no reason for me to continue using the Dark Potion, right?

Even if the owner is a fool with a mind full of lewd thoughts, if the owner drugged the owner every night, the owner would not be able to not notice.

The master will definitely confiscate the Dark Elixir then, right?

Therefore, in order to prevent the dark potion from falling into the clutches of its master, she had no choice but to take on the heavy responsibility of using it!

During this period when dark potions cannot be used—

Vera felt it was time for the owner to take the initiative!

It's strange that a noble and pure elf like her would always take the initiative to seek out her master, isn't it?

A brief separation will make the owner miss her even more!

When her lewd master, who hasn't seen her all day, sees her return, he won't be able to resist carrying her on his shoulders and throwing her onto the bed, where she will then put her thighs on his shoulders... That's what a master should do to her!

Although I don't want it to be like this, the master is the master after all. The slave has no way to resist what the master wants to do to the slave, so this is something I can't do anything about. As a slave, I am destined to be subjected to despicable things by my master!

Outside the training ground, Luna and her friends' chatter could be heard from afar.

"Sister Luna, Master's contract is so lenient! Besides being a good maid, I can even refuse Master's other orders!"

Vera stiffened for a moment, then quickly walked to the other side of the training field as if nothing had happened, humming softly, "A noble elf like me would never disobey my master's orders. After all, we elves are just so elegant and so trustworthy."

At that moment, Luna's cheerful yet proud voice drifted into the training field from the other side.

"Because our owner is a good person, meow! Our owner is the best owner in the world, meow! Our owner will never ask us to do anything we don't like, meow! Everything we do is voluntary, meow!"

"Oh right, meow! Master gave us two thousand gold coins! Let's share them, meow! Luna is the fairest, meow! So let Luna share them!"

"Little sister, you take 100 gold coins, Luna takes 100 gold coins, meow. Second sister, you take 100 gold coins, Luna takes another 100 gold coins, meow! Third sister, you also take 100 gold coins, Luna only takes 100 gold coins, meow..."

Chapter Fifty-Eight: I'll lend you a teleportation invitation; you'll have to return it to me later...

“I suddenly have a brilliant idea, Tongzi. What do you think if I opened an academy for slaves to attend classes, or built an amusement park for slaves to play in, wouldn’t that also be considered an investment in slaves?”

That night, Mu Qiu lay in bed, asking the system questions.

[System funds cannot be used for extravagance. If the host wants to build facilities such as academies or amusement parks, the scale of the facility will be proportional to the number of slaves you have held for more than a month.]

The current host holds zero slaves and is unable to make any construction-related investments in them.

"Is it necessary to hold the stock for more than a month?"

Mu Qiu frowned slightly.

Moreover, the scale of the facilities is directly proportional to the number of slaves. In other words, if he wants to invest a large amount of system funds in this area, such as opening academies, amusement parks, etc. for slaves, he needs to first purchase tens of thousands of slaves and bring them back to the manor...

The problem is that, apart from the great nobles who actually own territories, the vast majority of ordinary nobles are not allowed to have a large number of private soldiers; the number of private soldiers must match their rank.

Especially in the highly centralized country of the Aurian Empire.

The lords of many fortified towns and large cities are appointed directly by the Empire.

If he only had a hundred or so slaves around him, that would be fine; no one would care.

But if he had thousands of slaves, and invested in weapons and armor for them, and maintained this for more than a month... the Empire might take notice of him and investigate whether his title allowed him to command such a number of private soldiers.

He was not a true nobleman; his identity could not withstand scrutiny.

Mu Qiu hoped to quietly lose 10 million in system funds without attracting the attention of the Empire.

Is ten million gold coins a lot?

Of course there are many!

However, according to Mu Qiu's understanding, if a seventh-tier legendary adventurer were to risk their life to go to a high-level dungeon, earning ten million gold coins would not be difficult.

Ten million gold coins is an astronomical figure for those below the legendary level, but compared to a legendary professional, it is obviously much more significant.

"It seems that this route is not feasible."

Mu Qiu rejected the plan in his heart with some regret.

To achieve the goal of losing ten million gold coins without attracting the attention of the Empire, taking the elite route is the most suitable method.

If in the future he has many slaves of legendary level or above around him, and he himself has reached the seventh-tier legendary level, but still hasn't lost all the system funds, then he might as well try this method.

At that time, he will no longer care about the Empire's opinion of him.

"But a mere ten million gold coins wouldn't be enough for me to train several legendary-level characters, would it?"

Mu Qiu thought to himself.

Since he couldn't open an academy, he quickly came up with another way to spend money to train slaves.

That means hiring a professional mentor!

Go and hire those professional instructors of level seven or above to teach the slaves!

He had been in this world for over a month and knew that although there was only one rank difference between a seventh-tier legendary professional and a sixth-tier mithril professional, the gap between them was like heaven and earth. Hiring a sixth-tier professional was just a small amount of money for him.

However, if you hire a legendary or epic-level professional of rank 7 or above, you can easily squander all 10 million gold coins!

He hadn't done this before because it was easy to invite trouble. After all, his wealth didn't match his ability. What if he hired someone of bad character who wanted to rob him?

It's different now.

With Lily, his contracted angel, around, Mu Qiu wasn't worried about encountering this situation.

He had just asked Lily about her strength.

She said that angels like them are all at least at the ninth level, and apart from the Star Council and the Truth Association, almost no one can reach that level.

As for how high the ninth rank and above is, Lily didn't say, and he didn't ask either.

Knowing that even a ninth-tier professional was no match for Lily, Mu Qiu felt relieved.

If Lily hadn't refused to teach or charge him a penny, he would have hired her as Vera's career mentor.

Although Lily was ultimately a member of the Earth Mother Goddess and could not be relied upon entirely, Mu Qiu dared not rely on Lily to buy slaves on a large scale, fearing that the Empire would not notice him... When a vast empire and himself were placed on opposite ends of a scale, it was hard to say who the Earth Mother Goddess would choose.

However, if it were just a professional of level seven or above with him, the Earth Mother would definitely side with him, and Lily would do her best to protect him.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Mu Qiu decided to hire a professional mentor for Vera.

Although Adele's risk of betrayal has decreased from extremely high to relatively high, it is still too high, showing that her heart is very strong.

The risk of Vera's betrayal, on the other hand, is almost zero.

"System, I want to hire a career mentor of level seven or above in a big city. Do you have any ideas?"

Mu Qiu asked in his heart.

Just then, the intelligent guidance voice sounded at the opportune moment.

【Oh my! You want to hire a career mentor of level seven or higher? Is this your first time hiring a tutor?】

【whether】

Mu Qiu raised an eyebrow, not expecting this intelligent guide to pop up again.

"Of course, this is the first time I've hired a professional mentor."

【Then I guess you've probably never met a class mentor of rank seven or higher. How about this, I'll lend you a teleportation invitation. You can teleport to any large town with class mentors of rank seven or higher, and you'll be directly teleported to the vicinity of the highest-ranking class mentor in the city.】

"borrow?"

Mu Qiu expressed his doubts.

"Do you expect me to return one of these things to you?"

[Oh, don't worry about that, host. These items are lent to you free of charge until you return to Earth. You'll only need to return them when you're ready to go back.]

"That's good."

Mu Qiu was delighted.

So that's how lending works?

He can repay the debt when he returns to Earth and becomes invincible. What is there to worry about then?

For him now, isn't that just getting something for free?

Not bad, this system is very generous, giving him a free teleportation invitation.

Even he didn't know which city the world's strongest mage mentor was in.

"Let's go check out the library in Radiant City tomorrow."

Mu Qiu covered himself with the blanket and turned off the magic lamp.

There was only one dilapidated bookstore in Blackrock Town, and apart from basic common sense, he knew far too little about the world.

There's at least one medium-sized library in Radiant City. I'll take Luna and the others to see it tomorrow and ask the staff there which famous legendary mages they know.

Chapter 59 There must be books on the bookshelf, and there must be cats on the cat tree!

The following day at noon, at the center of Radiant City.

The blazing sunlight shone on the magnificent stone walls of the library. Luna squinted, put her small hand to her forehead, and looked up at the incredibly impressive building in her eyes.

"Wow, what a huge library, meow!"

Upon entering the library, Luna exclaimed in surprise.

"Meow—! What a huge cat tree, meow!"

She excitedly tugged at Mu Qiu's sleeve, pointed at the dense bookshelves with her other finger, her tail wagging rapidly involuntarily, and her eyes sparkling with eager anticipation.

"Master, Master, can Luna go play? There are so many things on the shelf that shouldn't be there, meow! That's clearly a place for me to climb, meow!"

Mu Qiu's lips twitched slightly.

You mean there shouldn't be books on the bookshelf, but cats?

As expected of this tabby orange cat, which is known as the "elder of cats," it's useless at everything except for its signature hissing and causing trouble!

"No, you can play in the library at home as you please, but not in the outside. Besides, we're here on business today. Your sister Adele has to stay at the manor to look after the house, and Vera has also taken a day off. Whether we can find the book I want depends on you!"

Mu Qiu patted Luna on the shoulder, then casually ruffled the fluffy little heads of the other cat-eared girls beside him, giving them encouraging looks.

Upon hearing this, the other catgirls immediately perked up, and several of them who hadn't had their heads touched came over and obediently rubbed their heads against Mu Qiu's palm.

Only Luna pouted unhappily.

"She's clearly Adele's younger sister... how did she become the older sister? Luna is the eldest sister, meow!"

The youngest catgirl looked up and asked in a clear voice, "Master, what kind of book are you looking for?"