Afterward, he took Rivis back to continue training. He also summoned their butler, George, who soon began reporting their expenses over the past few days.
"My lord, we sold a total of 45 potions, including 26 medium-grade potions and 3 high-grade potions. The rest were inferior-grade. Altogether, we took in 314 gold coins. After deducting twenty percent for costs, our net income was 251 gold coins. My lord, here are the detailed accounts."
George handed him a thick ledger, but he only glanced at it before handing it back. "George, your 5 should have been included in the costs too, right?" George nodded respectfully.
Then he asked, "Has anything happened outside lately?"
George thought for a few minutes before answering, "My lord, nothing major has happened lately. Balo, Dalaran's master of evocation, recently received a nomination for the Kirin Tor's Supreme Wisdom, apparently because he published a paper called 'Improvement of Magic Bombs.'"
At first, the news did not seem like much, but he soon noticed something. Didn't Master Balo specialize in Evocation Magic? Why had he suddenly started working on magic bombs?
Before long, he stopped thinking about it and asked George, "Have you heard anything in Dalaran about Stormwind City in the south?"
George told him a few things about the orcs, but he already knew all of them, and the news was several months old.
After that, he asked no more questions and hurried straight to the Association. Perhaps there would be more recent news there.
But the result was unexpected. Dalaran seemed completely unconcerned about what was happening on another continent. They did not even know what orcs were.
Disappointed, he was about to leave when the attendant beside the entrance handed him a letter, saying it had just arrived.
Once he returned, he immediately opened