After driving away the soldiers who came to make trouble, Yana looked at Claire with admiration and said, "You are so awesome."
Claire looked at the soldiers who left, not feeling happy after solving the problem, but on the contrary, they were still a little worried.
"It's not that simple."
Yana was a little confused and asked, "Isn't it already solved?"
"It's solved, but not completely solved."
Sure enough, as Claire expected, after the conflict that day, a rumor began to spread in the city.
"Do you know what happened a few days ago?"
"What's going on?"
"Some people from other troops went to the warehouse to ask for an explanation. They said that the person in charge of distributing the medicine had enriched himself and replaced the good Healing Potion with inferior Healing Potion."
"Really?"
"Of course it's true. Many soldiers lost their lives because of using inferior potions."
"That's really scary. Aren't our potions also of poor quality?"
"Go back quickly and let the captain check."
Good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. Rumors about this spread throughout the city in a few days, and the soldiers inside all heard the rumors to a greater or lesser extent.
Even when Claire was distributing supplies, he heard some soldiers discussing and cursing behind his back.
However, Claire didn't care and took the initiative to explain. He knew that it would not be of much use.
People are more willing to believe what they believe, and even if they explain it, it will only be regarded as sophistry.
Only Yana couldn't help but go forward and argue when he heard others saying bad things about Claire, but the result was often not that good. Either the other person's family members talked too much and couldn't get in the conversation, or even if they said it with reason, the other party would only say perfunctorily: Ah, yes, yes, yes.
"Dong dong dong!"
Claire was lying in his room when he heard a knock on the door from outside.
He stood up and said to himself, "Who is it? Yana shouldn't be knocking on the door."
Then after opening the door, he saw a soldier standing at the door, holding two things in his hand, a box and a letter.
"Lord Claire, this is what Sword Saint Hubert gave you. This letter is from the royal capital."
Claire After saying thank you, he took the two things, closed the door and returned to his bed.
"Hubert told me it should be Blazing Flame Potion..." Claire muttered to himself and opened the box. Sure enough, there was a test tube containing a blood-red potion. It should be because the main material was Blazing Flame Essence Ore, and Blazing Flame Essence Ore happened to be blood-red.
Claire lifted it up to look at the luster of the eye drops, then opened the cork and smelled the liquid. Just a slight sniff, and you could feel the magic power surging in your body. It was true that it could increase the chance of promotion.
Then Claire took another slight taste and quickly obtained the approximate data of the potion based on his level of refining potions.
When a mage apprentice is promoted to a low-level mage, the probability increases by 40%. The higher the level, the lower the probability. When promoted from High Mage to Archmage, the probability is only 65%.
However, this probability is already ridiculous. Many people did not advance just because they were so far behind. As a result, they formed a knot and were stuck in the same place for the rest of their lives.
Although the probability of this potion being able to assist in advancement is not as high as that of the Magic Plant that I planted in the Rona yard, it can't hold back his large amount. The total number of large and small fruits produced can only be a hundred or so at most, but the amount of Blazing Flame Essence Ore mined every day in Blazing Flame Plane can produce at least thousands of potions, which is incomparable in terms of quantity.
But even if there are thousands of them, it has nothing to do with me. It would be nice to have one for free.
After just a brief analysis, Claire put the potion back into the box, and then collected it into Spatial Ring, to use it as a reward for the knights in the viscounty territory when he returns one day.
Then he tore open the envelope and shook out the letter paper inside. Claire's face became even more ugly not even a minute after he laid his eyes on the letter.
In the afternoon when the envelope was delivered, news about Claire's resignation spread throughout the city, and the soldiers who did not know the situation were still cheering.
"Have you finally transferred that person away? Then you won't have to worry about using inferior potions anymore."
"Let me tell you, if you even dare to embezzle the supplies given to the army, such a person should be beheaded in public."
"He is related to the August Family. It would be great if he can be transferred."
"Huh, what a bullshit family. They only know how to suck our blood in the rear. It's not as important as our soldiers who are working hard on the front line."
Speaking of these topics, the soldiers began to angrily curse the royal nobles of the kingdom. This kind of hatred towards the powerful existed no matter in any era.
When Claire was packing her things in the room, Yana burst in. She had just learned that Claire might be leaving her post.
After coming in, Yana directly grabbed Claire's hand and asked anxiously, "Is what they said true? Do you really want to leave?"
She really couldn't bear to leave Claire. She had stayed here for more than two months. Claire was her only friend here, and she also felt very unfair for Claire. This was obviously a rumor made by others!
Claire stopped cleaning up and nodded slightly, "Yes, I will leave soon. Lady Sophia will send a new person to replace me."
"Why!" Yana asked in confusion.
Claire picked up the envelope placed on the table and showed it in front of Yana, saying, "His Majesty asked Lady Sophia to personally give the order."
Yana still had a look of disbelief on his face, "Is it because of that thing! How could they not believe you? No one with any brain would think it was you who did it! What are you trying to do, just a few broken potions? You don't earn more in a month."
Claire took a deep breath to relieve the depression in his heart, and explained, "Of course they don't believe it, but it would be nice if someone believed it."
"We are now in the preparation stage for the decisive battle with Blazing Flame Orcs, but at this juncture, such news came from the rear, especially for matters related to their own interests such as Healing Potion. Those soldiers are naturally very concerned about it, so even a little suspicion may cause panic."
"The soldiers naturally don't want to use inferior potions, so whether it is true or not, as long as someone believes it, it is true. In order to stabilize the morale of the soldiers, the best way is not to explain to the soldiers and tell them that I will not replace the potions, but to replace me directly."
Yana was speechless listening to Claire's analysis. It was indeed just as Claire said. In this situation, no one would care about the feelings of others. As long as there is no problem, anyone can be sacrificed.
When Claire explained, his tone was not so calm. Once he left office, the conditions Sophia could promise to him would be affected, such as the title of earl and the powerful official position in the capital. These were all things that really touched his interests.
Those who are not shareholders of Mite Bank or partners of the August Family can be decided by Sophia alone, otherwise she would not have sent Claire here just to earn a certain amount of merit. With those, she can help Claire ask for titles and official positions from Norris.