New Investment—Kilan Howard, Who Believed Only in the "Talent Growth Theory"
The sudden appearance of a wizard left all three of them stunned.
Seeing the expressions on their faces, the wizard spoke.
"The Rust Wizard School is a school I founded. You may call me Theodore."
"Then you came here to...?"
Horton was also somewhat puzzled.
"It's like this. I was away some time ago, and it turned out that one of the wizards under my command privately charged you some kind of service fee. This time, I've come to apologize.
"Likewise, I heard that Wizard Ian of your school actually ranked twenty-fifth in this assessment. I've come to offer my congratulations as well."
Theodore spoke apologetically.
Horton suddenly understood.
Ian, on the other hand, was rather surprised. He had not expected that merely a ranking could bring about such an effect.
As expected of the territory of Elemental Mysteries.
Then Theodore took out two more storage rings and handed them to the two of them. Ian glanced inside and saw ten thousand Magic Stones.
That was already quite a considerable sum.
Including Horton's share, there were likely more than twenty thousand Magic Stones altogether. Even for a Rank One wizard, that was enough to make him bleed.
"Of course, this is merely a small token of my sincerity. And such an outstanding school as yours ought to participate in the management of Graystone Street..."
The wizard went on to say a great deal more.
In the end, he had the wizard behind him apologize to the two of them before leaving.
Watching their departing figures, Ian could not help but sigh. He realized he might have underestimated the weight of this identity.
By then, a great number of wizards had already poured out from the school entrance.
Before long,