402 Return to the Station

"My Lord, in truth, there are some Magic Schools over in the Imperial Capital preparing to withdraw and merge. If you need it, you can pursue further cooperation with the Tower of Purity." At the dining table, Mage Befen Klein sensed that the topic had taken a bad turn and hurriedly steered it elsewhere, making it clear that the Imperial Capital had more teaching aids, and more complete ones. "We can even provide aid in the form of some teachers."

"Would I need to do anything for that?" Landen himself had no particular thoughts about historical anecdotes, but when he heard that he might be able to get equipment from the Imperial Capital for free, he was a little tempted too.

"Of course. Aside from meeting certain necessary requirements, we hope that your side can assist in training some apprentices from within the Tower of Purity." Befen smiled as he spoke. "As for the costs, you need not worry. We can discuss the cost of training apprentices between us."

"Mage Befen, let me put it this way. At present, seventy percent of the magic potions in our territory are purchased from outside. Every additional child increases the demand for magic potions by another share." The moment he heard that the costs could be discussed, Landen planned to shear some wool off the Tower of Purity.

"That may be rather difficult." For the Tower of Purity, the purpose of jointly running schools was precisely to use the partner's magic potions to train the Tower of Purity's apprentices. Befen spoke with considerable difficulty. "My Lord, when I say costs, I mean the teachers' salaries. The teachers from our Tower of Purity are all mid- to high-level mages, and the leader of the external support team is even an Archmage. These are all