Chapter 51: Truly Lucky to Be Your Retainer |
Jonas and Liliana walked along the corridor.
Liliana never expected that in this small territory, there would be a young girl with such a high talent for swordsmanship willing to follow Jonas.
Moreover, with the Eyes of Desire, she would never be mistaken.
Olivia would be loyal to Jonas for her entire life.
However, the recent scene left Liliana feeling somewhat uncomfortable inside.
She said with a hint of jealousy in her voice,
“Young Master Jonas, you even have such a beautiful follower?”
Jonas turned back and smiled as he said, “Chairwoman, are you feeling uneasy in your heart?”
“No... um!”
Liliana couldn’t help but shrink her neck.
The purple crystal glowed faintly, causing her body to instantly go limp.
The next moment, her eyes suddenly widened.
“You... you, um!! What is this?”
Jonas supported Liliana’s body; her plump and soft body was exceptionally comfortable to hold.
“Chairwoman, it’s normal for mages to have some strange things! Actually, I’ve always been paying attention to you~”
“Um!!!!!!!”
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When the two arrived at Charis’s garden, Liliana’s face turned rosy.
Her steps became a little unsteady as she held onto a bench and sat down.
She looked resentfully at Jonas who walked into the garden.
The collar was raised very high, and the skin underneath was already flushed red.
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Meanwhile, in the garden of Thunderkeep, Charis pursed her lips.
She looked troubled as she glanced at the spellbook, her small feet clad in purple stockings swinging back and forth in the air.
The fair skin between the skirt and stockings was particularly eye-catching.
“So annoying, so annoying…”
“Is there a magic that can make it bigger?”
“Does Young Master Jonas only like big ones?”
She muttered to herself, her small face growing even more distressed as she looked at the space in front of her.
“Ah ah… damn it! Why is everyone’s so so big?”
Originally, seeing Olivia already made her feel a bit inferior, but now seeing Liliana made her feel even worse.
At that moment, Jonas appeared behind her.
He rubbed his head and said, “What are you thinking about?”
The sudden touch made Charis’s head shrink involuntarily.
“Hmm? Hmm!”
Then she said excitedly,
“Young Master Jonas! Nothing… I’m not thinking about anything.”
Jonas directly took out two magic rings.
These were obtained from the two mages he killed in Tars City.
He handed them to Charis in front of him and said,
“A gift for you.”
“Huh?”
Charis immediately took the rings, joyfully looking at them.
This was a gift from the young master for her!
Jonas said, “Can you unlock them?”
“Give me some time to study them. But I’ll probably need some magic crystals.”
Charis said with some difficulty.
She knew magic crystals were very rare.
Jonas smiled and then took out a large bag of magic crystals, handing it to Charis.
“This much, is it enough?”
Seeing so many magic crystals, Charis’s eyes immediately widened.
“This this this… too many, too many.”
“The extra ones are for your proper cultivation.”
“Ah? Magic crystals are so rare and precious. How can I, the young master, accept them?”
Jonas repeated the same words he had said to Olivia before, which forced Charis to accept the magic crystals.
Her little eyes shone brightly as she swore to work hard in cultivation from now on.
Jonas said, “Tars City has already been taken. Do you want to go back and see it?”
Mentioning this, Charis’s excited expression suddenly darkened.
That place held her darkest past.
Compared to now, that place was like hell.
She originally wanted to say she wouldn’t go back, but after thinking it over, her close friends and sister were there.
She was lucky to have met Young Master Jonas, but what about her sister and friends?
Could they have already been sold and trapped in some “hell”?
If she hadn’t met Young Master Jonas back then, she probably would have been destroyed in that filthy place behind the tavern...
Sigh...
She now had strength and seemed ready to go back to save them.
“Master, I... I will go back. But but…”
That place still left a lot of shadows in her mind, and she couldn’t help but be afraid.
Jonas patted her head. With the Eyes of Desire, he clearly knew what Charis wanted.
“Don’t worry, I’ll accompany you back.”
“Hmm? Really? Young Master Jonas! Th-that… Young Master Jonas, you’re so busy, will you really accompany me back?”
“Mm!”
“Great! Young Master Jonas is the best.”
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After settling Charis, Jonas took Liliana to familiarize herself with Thunderkeep. At the same time, he prepared to let her take over the management of Thunderkeep’s public finances, including tax collection, public fund custody, and expenditure.
He intended to make her the new treasurer of Thunderkeep.
While getting familiar with Thunderkeep, Liliana still felt a bit complicated inside: “Magic crystals, don’t you keep some for yourself?”
Clearly, she was the one who needed them most, yet most were given to her retainers.
She had never seen a leader like this before.
Jonas smiled and said, “I never treat my retainers unfairly.
You all are my future.
And you, Liliana?
Develop well here. One day, I will make you the ruler of the Beck family.
Believe me, that day won’t be far away.”
“Never treat me unfairly?
Young Master Jonas, I’m truly lucky to be your retainer.”
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