The Truth Behind the Banquet's Timing

Iris watched the two mages leave. Without saying anything, he pulled Fran into the room and closed the door.

Roderick came back to his senses from the interrupted scene and put a smile on his face.

"Is this Master Lai?" Roderick raised his hand, palm forward, slightly stretched in the direction of Fran, and then retracted it.

Fran nodded slowly and looked at Iris's mentor. Her first feeling about him was that he was really too old.

That kind of oldness is not just in appearance, but from the mage's Mental Power to body movements, it all looks Roderick too old.

The mental fluctuations between him and Iris were similar, which was probably due to the fact that Miracle Alchemy had practiced it. It was only here that Fran realized that this alchemy that was purely based on luck actually had a complete inheritance.

The difference from Iris is that Fran can even feel Mental Power of Roderick leaking out involuntarily, with a turbid smell.

She could feel the pressure from these leaking breaths. If Mental Power wasn't already close to the third level now, then it's very likely that she would be pressed to the point where she couldn't raise her head.

"Tutor, will Legendary come tonight? I want to take Lai to meet him."

Iris directly stated the purpose of their trip without answering Roderick's question.

Roderick exhaled a breath of turbid air before slowly answering:

"No, Legendary probably won't be here tonight. I have something to do tonight, and I can't reveal what it is specifically."

"Okay, then we can go back tonight." Iris said with some regret.

She didn't ask too much, because based on her current situation, if Roderick didn't keep School a secret, it would be fine if they couldn't even land Floating City.

Although she is Fourth Order, on a large level, she is completely out of touch with Alchemy School.

"There's no need to leave in such a hurry. There are still many people you can make friends with at this party, little Iris."

Fran lowered his head and pretended not to hear Roderick's affectionate address to Iris.

And Iris looked at Fran, and then said with a slight embarrassment:

"I don't think it's necessary... They won't support my career..."

This is what she really thinks. Even though there are many mages who do not object to her approach, due to School's tradition and a few radical conservatives, she doesn't get much help at all.

What's more, she is used to being suppressed by School or a certain society. The fact that she must establish a society in Northlands is the epitome of this.

Although now, Northern Lands Society's momentum has grown, and most of the mages who previously jumped out to accuse Iris of doing something wrong have disappeared.

Master Preston is the best example. He was the most popular at the beginning, but he was also the first one to disappear from public view.

According to the Alliance's records, Master Preston is still near Abyss Mouth, and he doesn't know what he is doing. Anyway, there is no news.

"No, Iris, you don't need their support, and Northern Lands Society doesn't need their support either. What you need is that they won't oppose you."

Iris raised his head and blinked, a little surprised why Roderick said these words at this time.

Roderick said calmly:

"Now Northern Lands Society has exported Paper of Territory Mage, and also brought out..."

Roderick raised his hand in the direction of Fran again.

"Such a person who is extremely talented in research direction, doesn't this illustrate the value of the Northland Society itself?"

"You have shown that your direction is correct, so will the opposing forces change their direction?"

"Now you can step back to the back road to leave space for yourself and them."

Iris's face immediately turned cold. She knew what Roderick meant, which was to make her compromise.

This is a great good thing for Northern Lands Society, because as long as this is done, many institutional things will be easily solved.

This is another attempt by Roderick. He wants to see if he can convince Iris like this, but Iris has refused many times.

"Should I go to the hall now to gather everyone and say that I am willing to launch an academic review system at Northern Lands Society?"

Seemingly knowing Iris's attitude, Roderick could only wave his hand and continued:

"Then just pretend I didn't say it, little Iris."

Iris's tone softened, but it was as calm as water, as if there was no extra emotion.

"Teacher, are you okay? If not, I have something to do tonight."

"Don't worry, can you let Master Lai go out and wait while I say a few words to you?"

Iris glanced at Fran, then moved closer to Fran and said softly:

"I have something to do later. Since that Legendary is not here, you can go back first."

Fran blinked, then nodded and responded:

"Okay, I actually have something to do, so I'll leave first."

Fran knew that he couldn't interrupt the conversation between the two, and despite Iris's bad expression just now, Fran estimated that the friendship between the two of them must be very good. If these two people wanted to talk, Fran would certainly not ask for trouble.

After Fran left, Roderick continued to speak, as if he didn't make Iris look unhappy just now and said:

"Little Iris, what you are going to do next is not going to discuss Mana Communication System, right?"

"Yes."

"I heard that the security of this system is not very good, and the transmission rate is really poor, so Alchemy School was not installed."

Even though he knew that Roderick still refused to give up and wanted to make Iris change his mind by belittling this system, Iris rarely agreed with what Roderick just said.

"You are right. This system is like a wall full of holes protecting a small water pipe. It is inefficient and full of dangers."

Iris paused and then said:

"However, I only have this choice. The mages of various School are mixed together. It is difficult for me to classify School. It is also difficult for the front desk to understand the situation of each School and cannot provide the mages with the information they want."

Each major School will have some highly respected old mage serve as the front desk. When a mage needs Paper in a certain aspect, the old mage will draw out the corresponding Paper based on memory and understanding.

"Besides, I don't actually need to wrap up my house and leave an airtight wall. If other School mages want to see it, then they can."

"I just hope they can make the capacity of Mana Communication System larger this time, and this system can stay in Northern Lands Society for a longer time."

Iris looked at Roderick with a smile, so Roderick could only put his hands on the table.

"Okay, it seems you have made arrangements... Now it's time to get down to business."

Roderick straightened his expression and continued:

"Originally I didn't want you to join. After all, the fewer people who know about this plan, the better. However, we are still quite short of manpower..."

"The reason why we can only hold the banquet until ten o'clock in the evening is because we need to leave enough time for the participating mages to act."

"This is about Cult of the Sky Dragon... not their Floating Isle island near our Number Nine Floating City."

When Fran arrived at Roderick's room for the first time, the male and female mages they met were walking in the corridor. A dark curtain lit up around them, which was what Soundproof Barrier looked like.

"Who were those two people just now? Do you know them? Why did they come to Roderick." The female mage asked.

"I know them, they are all Alchemy School's hope for the future."

The female mage stopped and opened her mouth wide after hearing this unexpected reply.

"You can actually use a benign word like 'hope'... Can you tell me who those two people are?"

The male mage answered immediately.

"The tall one Fourth Order Mage is the Iris of Northern Lands Society. She is the most promising among us to be promoted to Fifth Order, not only because of her extremely young age, but also because she is determined to follow her own path."

"The former can give her more room for error, while the latter is a small path that only she can walk."

The female mage seemed to think of something when she heard this, and suddenly realized it, but she didn't speak.

"As for the little one..." The male mage wanted to explain Fran's Order according to the previous template, but when he carefully recalled the mental fluctuations in Fran's body, he hesitated for a long time.

"She is very extraordinary. She is not an ordinary second-level person. She seems to be approaching the third level."

"And her name is Lai. I don't know Talent in terms of spells, but I know that her Talent in terms of research far exceeds everyone present just now."

"Even now, her academic achievements are much better than half of Fourth Order Mage."

After listening to this, the female mage put her hand on her chin and said slowly:

"High praise, but why didn't I hear about this Lai when I woke up in the last cycle?"

"It only took her less than a year, which is how long it took her from her first recorded Paper to now."

The female mage opened her mouth wide and was stunned for a while before saying:

"Then she is really Talent. Maybe next time I wake up, I can see her become Fourth Order."

The male mage stiffened and said:

"Thirty years is a bit short, it shouldn't be so fast... There's no need to remind me of the time, I know it's time for me to rest."

The female mage smiled and said:

"That's good. I think after ten years, you may be a little resistant to falling into deep sleep... But during sleep, your consciousness will not go blank, but will repeat your memory fragments. At least you will not feel bored."

The male mage subconsciously grabbed his head.

"I know, I have not forgotten this. I can still remember that thousands of years ago, before I died, Eternal Vessel Experiment participated in this Eternal Vessel Experiment as Fourth Order Mage who was about to expire."

"How long is it until the experiment? I almost want to die."

"Not even one-tenth of the time has passed." the female mage replied.

"That's too bad. It hasn't taken this long to form the main body of the Alliance, right?"

Although he realized that he might have lamented this matter countless times, he still sighed again.