After Lester finished speaking to Catherine, he thought of something else and said, "Well, Count Lorraine. I still have some things to discuss with you."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers, and a chair not far away slid over quietly and automatically, sliding right behind Lorraine.
Seeing the surprised expressions on everyone's faces, Lester first smiled. Then he pointed to the chair and said: "Sit down, you sit down first. Because it is indeed a bit troublesome to explain this matter. Ha, by the way. Come again.
How about a cup of black tea?”
Then with a wave of his hand, another water glass next to him was filled with steaming tea and flew to Lorraine again.
Leo saw him nearby and couldn't help but widen his big black eyes.
He found that the magician was different from what Catherine had said before. He didn't seem to be able to turn himself into a pumpkin and then throw it into the pot to make a big pot of fragrant Leo brand potato and pumpkin soup. So he became bolder and bit into it.
Holding his white and fat little hands, he quietly poked his head out from behind everyone, looking at the teapot curiously. His bright black eyes kept turning, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Lorraine smelled the strong fragrance of tea, and then sighed: "This magic is really easy to use."
Lester smiled and said: "It's nothing. In fact, the biggest contributor to this is you. It was your words at the beginning that made me know the importance of balance. In the past, although in theory,
It makes sense, but it is still too persistent. I always think about improving my magic power, but ignore the specific application... I didn't expect that after calming down, my ability will actually improve."
Seeing that everyone was confused, he realized that by telling them this, he was talking to a bull, so he smiled bitterly and shook his head.
He looked at Lorraine holding the cup of black tea and said, "Drink it quickly. This comes from the far east and is worth a lot of money."
Lorraine looked at the cup of tea, and for some reason suddenly remembered the glass of red wine he had when he was deceived into doing the experiment. He shuddered and said hurriedly: "Sir, if you have anything bad to do, just say it.
Bar."
Lester laughed twice and said: "That's right. There is no problem with Vera's admission. Her tuition can also be exempted. And I will try my best to get a scholarship for her..."
Lorraine sighed and said, "Just say but. I can stand it~!"
Old Lester blushed slightly and said: "But Your Excellency, there are some problems with your admission. Although you have not passed the exam, but with my special recommendation, there is no problem in entering the academy. But as a noble,
Although you paid for it yourself, you can only be a commissioned trainee of the imperial military, so the tuition fee is a little higher."
As he spoke, he stretched out his fingers and measured a distance the size of a hair.
Lorraine thought for a while. In order to avoid joining the army and being used as cannon fodder, he was already prepared to be slaughtered. After calming down, he said: "Then how much is this little bit?"
Lester said softly: "It's only ten thousand gold coins."
"Ahem..." Lorraine was suddenly burned by the black tea. He patted his chest hard, barely swallowed the hot tea, and then shouted loudly: "Ten thousand gold coins?"
Lester smiled and said: "Ten thousand gold coins per semester."
"Ten thousand per...per semester? It's even harsher than the fees charged by those destructive universities over there. Why don't you just go and grab it~!" Lorraine immediately changed her face.
Lester smiled bitterly and said: "I can't help it. The academy has such regulations to prevent people from fooling around here to avoid military service."
Lorraine stood up suddenly and said: "This is taking advantage of the situation, this is naked exploitation~! Vera, let's go. Hundreds of thousands of gold coins in a few years are worth more than my life. Young Master, I might as well serve in the military.
Where is the cannon fodder~! Vera, don’t pull me, don’t pull me..."
As he spoke, he stood up, stamped his feet vigorously, and looked like he was about to leave angrily, shaking his sleeves repeatedly.
Vera blinked her innocent eyes and whispered curiously: "I didn't pull you..."
Lester coughed lightly and said, "Listen to what I have to say. Luo Linna has already paid the tuition for the first semester with the money you earned from your scripts. This money is non-refundable."
Lorraine choked, then quickly turned around and sat down, saying: "You should have told me earlier. You see, if this misunderstanding breaks out, it will hurt the relationship between us."
Lester looked at the innocent smile on his face that looked like an insurance salesman, and couldn't help but curse in his heart: Feelings? Bah. You money-grubbing bastard, you probably only have feelings for money.
But he didn't say anything, and kept sneering secretly. The tuition fee was enough. But the book fee, material fee, uniform fee, equipment fee, accommodation fee, food fee... each of them was expensive. All of them added up, to
Sometimes, there are plenty of opportunities for you, a money-grubbing guy, to get your feelings seriously hurt.
He reached out and picked up two pamphlets from a cabinet nearby, then handed them to Lorraine and Vera respectively, saying: "This is the student handbook for your enrollment. Take it and don't lose it."
Lorraine picked up the manual, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but wonder: "Huh? Why is my manual different from Vera's? Hers is so thin, but mine is so thick?"
Lester smiled and corrected him softly: "You are wrong. Vera's is indeed only that thin. But yours is thicker than that. See clearly. The second half of your manual is what you will learn this semester.
A list of must-read books.”
Lorraine opened the manual, rubbed her fingers, and the pages turned quickly. It took a full minute for the catalog to be completed.
Seeing this, Lorraine immediately foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground.
After a long time, he got up tremblingly from the ground, pointed at Lester's nose, and cursed: "Old guy, we don't bring people to play tricks like this. Let alone a book, it is such a thick catalog. Read it carefully.
It will take a day to finish. Do you think I don’t understand, young master? This is completely the deceptive method used by unscrupulous businessmen to run training classes. After collecting the money, you will find a way to drive people away."
Lester spread his hands and said innocently: "There is nothing we can do about it. The Imperial Military Command is not a fool. If you can think of ways to avoid military service, they have already thought of it. They put pressure on the academy, and there is nothing we can do."
He looked at Lorraine seriously and said: "Only if you prove to us and the military headquarters that you are indeed outstanding, can you be temporarily exempted from conscription and stay to continue studying. Otherwise, they will find out that you are really fooling around.
If you don't study hard and come here just to avoid military service, the consequences will be miserable.
The military command department will not be polite to this kind of guys who desert military service. Their usual method is to transfer them directly to the cold northern front and send them to the death squads."
He paused and then continued with a hint of sarcasm: "Otherwise, you think that a noble like you can get the rank of major in the empire by just hanging out in the academy for a few years and then doing nothing as soon as he graduates.
.Then the imperial military ranks are too worthless, right? Will an empire with so many idiot officers still exist for a thousand years?"
Lorraine was speechless for a moment. If the victim was not him, he would be quite appreciative of the vicious scum who could design such a bastard system.
With those two stuck, second-rate nobles who want to fool around can't get in. And you have to study so many books in one semester. If you can survive it, even a pig will evolve into a Tyrannosaurus rex.
Seeing that he had no objections, Lester smiled proudly, clapped his hands, and said relaxedly: "Okay. There is nothing else to do. As long as you take this, you can go pay and receive things. About the academy
The rules and regulations are also explained in detail. If you don’t know anything, you can ask me directly, or ask Petora.”
At this time, Catherine finished signing the documents and came over. "No need to bother. As a senior and a senior, I have the obligation and responsibility to take good care of them."
She picked up Lorraine's handbook, flipped through it, and then said: "Don't worry about accommodation and food. Just stay at my place..."
Lorraine was stunned for a moment and said: "Living at your place? This doesn't seem to be a good idea..."
Before he could finish his words, Catherine glanced at him from the corner of her eye and said coldly: "What? You don't even want to listen to my words. Do you want to join the death squad?"
Lorraine was suddenly speechless.
Catherine continued: "I will deduct the rent and food expenses from the two hundred and one thousand gold coins you deposited with me."
Lorraine looked at her and protested weakly: "I never thought about keeping the gold coins with you..."
Anger flashed in Catherine's eyes.
She picked up his collar, pressed her beautiful nose against Lorraine's nose, and shouted in a rough voice: "Who do you want to deposit your money with?"
Do you want to join the death squad?"
When Lorraine saw her beautiful and moving gray eyes like an elf, her heart dropped and she didn't know what to say.
Catherine then let go of him, gently stretched his newly wrinkled collar, and said softly: "That's right. As someone else's private property, you should have this awareness."
'I am not your private property.'
Lorraine smiled bitterly and wanted to refute, but she knew that if she said it, she would be scolded by Tianyin, "Do you want to join the death squad?", so she kept her mouth shut knowingly.
At the same time, she also knew that the two hundred thousand gold coins she had earned so hard had turned into a wisp of clouds on the horizon with her light words of "save it." No matter how much she waved her hands, it would not move.
Back.
At this time, I heard Catherine say: "The problem of accommodation and food has been solved. As for the other things..."
She thought about it for a while, bit her fingers, which were as slender and tender as spring onions, and said, "Just follow me."
After saying that, he bowed slightly to Lester and said, "Now that the matter has been dealt with, I will take my leave."
Lester looked at them, with a faint smile on his lips, and then said: "That's fine, you can go out. Just leave the rest to me."
Everyone looked at each other, saluted in unison, then turned and walked towards the door.