Leo said, "I have no interest in these. I will not take a single one of these knights' Magic Stones."
Pruss looked surprised. "Lord Wizard Leo, then what do you need?"
"I have already taken what I needed. I have no interest in what remains. However, seeing you has given me some ideas."
After speaking, Leo sized Pruss up with his gaze.
Pruss immediately felt restless and ill at ease.
He only felt that Leo's gaze carried the air of someone inspecting merchandise.
He silently cursed himself for not leaving directly just now, instead coming here to seek out Leo.
Leo suddenly said, "Wizard Pruss, I once owed a favor to a Wizard from the Tannier Gathering. Now that I have met you, I will repay a little of that favor owed to the Wizards of the Tannier Gathering."
"From now on, have them hand all the Magic Stone income from these knights over to you."
Wizard Pruss's eyes immediately widened.
How had a pie fallen from the sky onto his head?
Leo asked, "Of course, I do not need you to do anything for me. This is not a transaction; I am merely repaying a favor."
"Are you willing to accept these Magic Stones?"
Pruss pondered for a moment and could not detect any flaw.
Though pies falling from the sky were hardly likely, the scene before him seemed to be real.
Pruss asked, "Lord Wizard Leo, is there truly nothing you need me to give?"
"No. Just come here every month as usual to collect the Magic Stones. I will have the knights give you all the Magic Stone rewards they obtain."
A struggle flashed through Pruss's mind.
Whether what he says is true or false, I only need to come and collect Magic Stones as before.
*It