Deeply Trusted by Andre III (Seeking Recommendation Votes!)

"What kind of person is His Highness Ron?"

Professor Hicks asked as he walked down Eckley Street alongside Mason.

"Well..." Mason pondered for a moment, choosing his words carefully. "His Highness Ron is... very easygoing. He doesn't have much of an air of authority; he looks just like an ordinary young man, except he is particularly... particularly handsome..."

In truth, Mason's first instinct was to say "beautiful," but he immediately swapped it for a different word.

Professor Hicks was taken aback, not expecting Ron to have such a personality.

"Easygoing and handsome?" Professor Hicks summarized. "Anything else?"

"Anything else..." Mason frowned, racking his brain.

The Elemental Cards His Highness Ron invented were quite interesting; after playing a round at the Barbecue Shop, his hands had been itching to play again for the past two days.

But there was no need to mention that to Professor Hicks.

Elemental Cards were just a small novelty, not worth bringing up specifically at a time like this.

Aside from that, there didn't seem to be anything else worth mentioning.

After all, he hadn't met His Highness Ron many times, so they weren't exactly close.

Yet, subconsciously, he felt as if he had overlooked some important information.

He racked his brain, recalling his few meetings with Ron, until he finally thought back to the first time he saw him. He suddenly realized what he had missed, patted his head, and gave a wry smile. "I can't believe I forgot something so important!"

"Hm? What is it? Is there some important information?" Professor Hicks asked as they walked.

"A mage. His Highness Ron is a mage." As soon as Mason recalled the scene, he became a bit incoherent, only continuing after composing himself. "At the academy, I was so focused on the Nether Orchid that I completely forgot about this."

"A few days ago, before I bought the Nether Orchid at His Highness Ron's flower shop, I actually saw a crowd gathered in front of the shop while walking down the street, so I curiously went over to take a look."

"And that's when I saw His Highness Ron sitting at the entrance, with a Nether Orchid in front of him, condensing a Magic Seed to promote himself to a Tier 1 mage."

"Oh?" Professor Hicks became interested. "And then? What was the scale of the magic tide he triggered?"

The most intuitive way to confirm a mage's talent is to observe the scale of the magic tide they trigger when condensing a Magic Seed.

Someone like Mason, who could only reach Tier 3 based on his own talent, had only caused a single ripple in the Elemental Ocean back then.

But a genius like Professor Hicks, who was already a Tier 6 mage in his forties, had stirred up an elemental wave—and he had done it seven times!

That was why Professor Hicks had been accepted as an exceptional student by the dean of the Imperial City Magic Academy and taught personally.

"An Elemental Ocean Vortex!" Mason swallowed hard, secretly annoyed at himself for forgetting such a thing. "After His Highness Ron promoted to a Tier 1 mage, he triggered a massive Elemental Ocean Vortex. The surrounding water and earth elements were like being pulled into a bottomless black hole; they were completely sucked into the space around his body, forming a massive Elemental Ocean Vortex!"

Upon hearing Mason's words, Professor Hicks stopped in his tracks. He stood frozen, turning his head to look at Mason. "What did you say? An Elemental Ocean Vortex!?"

"Yes." Mason nodded. "An Elemental Ocean Vortex. I had never heard of such a phenomenon before, and at the time, I was so disheartened that I focused all my attention on the Nether Orchid, so I didn't make a special note of it."

"An Elemental Ocean Vortex..." Professor Hicks lowered his head in thought, muttering to himself as he recalled what the dean had once said—

"The magic tide I created? I remember it being a vortex. The surrounding fire elements rushed toward me as if they had found the most delicious feast in existence; I couldn't drive them away even if I tried."

At the time, the dean had said this in a playful tone, so the young Hicks had simply taken it as a joke.

As it turned out, did a magical talent capable of triggering an Elemental Ocean Vortex truly exist in this world?

However, if this were true, then one thing could be clearly explained.

That was why Andre III would entrust such an important resource as the Nether Orchid to the Seventh Prince, Ron!

It was because Ron himself possessed astonishing magical talent!

Although a magic tide is the most reliable way to confirm a person's magical talent, there were many other ways to verify it beforehand.

The Empire clearly knew of Ron's magical talent long ago, which is why they handed the Nether Orchid distribution channel to him to cultivate him!

Was Andre III cultivating an heir?

Perhaps not an heir to the throne, but very likely a successor for roles like the dean of the Imperial City Magic Academy or the Minister of the Imperial Magic Department!

This was a future big shot!

Professor Hicks seemed to have an epiphany, his expression becoming much more serious.

It seemed that he would need to be much more cautious when dealing with His Highness Ron this time.

The other party was acting under the orders of Andre III, taking root in Chaos City—the city with the highest trade volume on the entire continent—to sell Nether Orchids. He was likely deeply trusted by Andre III and had been entrusted with this task to pad his resume.

Professor Hicks took a deep breath, signaled for Mason to continue leading the way, and cautioned, "When we see His Highness Ron later, try to be as respectful as possible. Although he has an easygoing personality and might not mind, we should still be careful."

Mason was stunned, thinking, Is it really necessary to be so formal? At least the two times he had met Ron, the man had treated him like a friend and even brought out Elemental Cards to play with them, showing no airs of a high-ranking noble.

But since the professor had said so, Mason nodded obediently. "I understand, Professor. I will be careful."

A few minutes later, they arrived at the Ruby District on Eckley Street.

Following the direction of Mason's finger, Professor Hicks saw the flower shop from afar—

Ron's Wonderful Flower Shop.

It was a very strange name to ordinary people, but to mages who knew the inside story, the word "wonderful" felt quite fitting.

In fact, for mages like Mason who were stuck at the threshold and struggling to advance, the word "miracle" might have been even more appropriate.

As the two of them reached the entrance of the flower shop, they saw an ordinary person inside, cursing and swearing.

"What kind of crappy shop is this!? Twenty gold coins for a single flower? Why don't you just go out and rob someone instead?"

"And you only sell one type of flower? If you're going to scam people, at least put some effort into the packaging!?"

Ron, with his handsome and gentle features, lay lazily on a recliner with a book in his hands, showing no intention of paying the man any mind.

The man eventually grew tired of cursing and stormed out of the Flower Shop in a fit of rage, spitting out a few more profanities as he left.

"This is beyond being easygoing..." Professor Hicks raised an eyebrow in surprise, "He simply has no temper at all..."

Failure's Diary: There is a newcomer in the group today who started with 100 first-chapter subscriptions and now has an average of over a thousand. If he hadn't revealed his stats today, I still wouldn't believe it. I vaguely remember him hanging out with us failures during this time, joking around with the big shots in the group, and mocking his own book as trash, saying he didn't even have a decent hater. Yet today, I discovered that even this thick-browed, big-eyed guy has betrayed the revolution! Wuwuwu...