LV.7 Jia Xiu's Time Stop Series
"Junior Brother, are you sure signing contracts with so many farms and only taking that stuff nobody wants won't leave us holding the bag?"
At the Aurelius Mage Tower, Senior Brother Juan—who had not appeared on Saint Dero's campus in a long time—had finally returned.
Having already resolved to "take fewer detours," he figured that, given his talent, advancing to Legendary rank in this lifetime was probably out of reach. Being a mage was for making money; doing business was also for making money, and business would most likely earn even more.
That was why he had not even been at school during finals week. He planned to return when he had time to arrange a leave of absence. Dropping out altogether was not impossible either.
Perhaps once his business grew big and strong, the school might award him something like honorary alumnus or honorary professor. That would count as graduating by another route.
Juan, who was not taking exams, Jia Xiu and the other two, who had finished theirs early, and the other senior brothers and sisters, who were all in the library, made the Aurelius Mage Tower one of the few places on campus with no finals atmosphere whatsoever during these past weeks.
As he spoke, he calculated the total accounts. In order to seize, with maximum efficiency, all the farms and slaughterhouses in the major cities across the continent—or, more precisely, in the cities with the largest Vampire populations—he had not stopped moving all day.
Teleporting here, teleporting there, and in order to cut down negotiation time, offering prices in the contracts that no one could refuse.
Over the course of the day, Juan had seen looks from countless bosses as though they were caring for a fool.
And he was