Actually, Russell had not ignored the matter of a botanical garden.
The reason he and Carpenter had kept the Magic Garden at its current size was mainly because there were only the two of them, and they likely would not be taking on any additional hands for a very long time.
Whether it was him or Carpenter, finishing the coursework their great teacher had assigned them within one or two centuries would already be a miracle. How could they possibly have time to teach students?
Before, they might have considered bringing over a couple of children with Mage talent if the family could no longer survive in the Black Enigma Tower... not to teach them, but to let outsiders know that Russell and Carpenter still maintained close ties with their family.
Although everyone understood that Russell and Carpenter, who had not fallen out with their family and still had direct blood relatives within it, could never possibly stand by and let outsiders deal with their family.
But there were always some self-proclaimed geniuses who judged others by themselves and believed that the two who had gone to live in the Astral Plane would surely no longer care about the family that could not keep up with them.
In this world, such people did not think that way without reason. Thus, after discussing it, Russell and Carpenter had decided to wait and see what the Black Enigma Tower would do before making a decision.
But the current Black Enigma Tower was already destined to belong to the Russell Family.
On some level, it could be considered another case of something returning to its rightful owner... the world built by River Styx believers had ultimately returned to the hands of the Styx Messenger's family.
Those children of the Hainalson Family with relatively