Still, It Had to Be Salary-Driven

Alester was high in the sky at that moment.

After receiving the news from Little Crow, Alester had planned to take a carriage to the Spirit Tower. But she unexpectedly discovered a huge advantage of her child—Leviathan could actually fly right after being born!

Its load-bearing capacity was not very high, but it was quite fast!

So on this trip, Alester could not bring anyone else... She could only leave Selene and Honey Badger here for the time being. She herself reverted to her original form, took the Night Demon, and mounted Leviathan, preparing to head to the Spirit Tower to demand the person back.

Alice's meaning was very clear—the other party had already planned to leave, but someone was unwilling to release her. So they had taken the initiative to invite Alester over for a chat, intending to bring Pope Iver out to apply some pressure.

Even Alester herself had not expected that the bait she had casually cast out would be taken so quickly.

She had never really expected Christina to do anything for her, nor had she truly placed all her hopes on Christina and expected her to help dig up talent.

Iver had originally come from a personnel background, so he knew what this line of work required—being cold-hearted, ruthless, and scheming. Alester naturally knew that, given Christina's naïveté, merely avoiding being deceived would already be a good result.

The main reason Alester had recommended that Christina study necromancy was because she genuinely had a great talent for it.

Of course, Alester also knew... Christina's level on the Equilibrium Path was definitely artificially low. As a commoner alchemist, without a sponsor's backing, it was extremely difficult for an alchemist to even pass the Promotion Ritual.

But conversely, if she truly had talent, she would have found