Perhaps the Magic Air Conditioner had impressed them. After Xu Yi led them on a tour of the two workshops, nine of the thirteen mages immediately expressed their willingness to stay and join the Xinfei Merchant Guild.
To Xu Yi's great disappointment, however, Elwin and Bob were among the four who declined.
"Sorry, Xu Yi. I'd really like to work alongside you, but..." Elwin looked a little embarrassed. "My dream since childhood has been to become a powerful mage. I'm still young, so I don't want to give up on that yet..."
Xu Yi asked in puzzlement, "You can study magic here too. Look, even Rooney stayed, and his mage rank is higher than yours."
Elwin scratched his head and chuckled. "Compared with staying here, I'd rather improve myself through adventuring. As for Rooney... his family isn't well-off, so he's always wanted a steady income. He's different from Bob and me in that respect. For my sake, I hope you'll treat him well."
Seeing that Elwin had made up his mind, Xu Yi could only sigh helplessly and nod. "All right. I'll look after him."
After seeing off the four mages who had decided to leave, including Elwin and Bob, Xu Yi had no time to dwell on his disappointment. He took the remaining nine mages to find Sebas and signed employment contracts with them on behalf of the Xinfei Merchant Guild.
From that day onward, these nine mages became official employees of the Xinfei Merchant Guild. Their job was to set up the magic arrays on various pieces of magic machinery.
Although there were only nine of them, they were full-time employees, so they could work at the Xinfei Merchant Guild for far longer each day than the students from Baron Rector Magic Academy. Moreover, they had studied magic