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nChapter 4 Heart's Household

nAuthor: M_W Cancer

nGrammar Checker: M_W Nomral

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"Young Master!

" Butler Xiao suddenly barged inside Leo's room in a panic.

nButler Xiao immediately panicked as he quickly rushed upstairs the moment after hearing Leo's loud shout. Though it sounded like his Young Master was excited, or was that just imagination...? Since he won't know unless he asked him personally. So, he quickly charged upstairs towards Leo's room to inquire about it.

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"Oh, what's up, Butler Xiao!

" Leo greeted, followed by a short laugh. Obviously, he had already expected such a reaction. Well, his voice was indeed a little bit too loud...

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"I heard your shout awhile ago, so I hurriedly went to your room to check if there is any problem, but it looks like nothing is wrong...

" Sizing up his Master from head to toe, Butler Xiao became confused as he realized that nothing was wrong with his Young Master. 'What was that shout all about, then?'

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"Umm, about that...

" Leo was pondering whether he should tell Butler Xiao or not about him having the affinity to become a Mage now.

nFinally, after a few seconds of pondering, Leo decided to just tell Butler Xiao the truth. There was no use in hiding it anyway, since eventually all of the entire Heart city will still know that he had the affinity to become a Mage now.

nLeo put his hand in front of Butler Xiao as he showed the latter the Mana stone, which has turned into an ordinary stone at this moment.

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"The Mana stone... What happened to it?

" Butler Xiao became stupefied while looking at the ordinary stone. That was obviously the Mana stone from before, but now it had turned into an ordinary stone.

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"I absorbed the Mana in it!

" Leo said, puffing his chest proudly.

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"What... But how? Wait... It's not a question about how, but doesn't it mean you... You have the affinity to become a Mage now?!

" Butler Xiao said in shock.

nLeo nodded his head while smiling brightly,

"Hehehehe...

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nWith Leo becoming a Mage, the thought of finally being able to have the chance to make his family's dream to come true quickly surface in his mind. Though he knew that it was still far for him to be able to achieve such a dream, but with him earning the affinity to become a Mage now, it also implies that he had finally made the first step towards it.

nLeo can't help but hug Butler Xiao in joy.

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"Young Master...

" Butler Xiao was also feeling thrilled and joyous, a slight trace of tear had even appeared in his eyes.

nButler Xiao's family has always been the Butler of the Heart's family for many generations, and he, as Leo's personal Butler, had also long known about the dream of the Heart Noble Household after being transported into the Celestial World with them. After knowing that Leo has the affinity to become a Mage now, he can't help but also feel the same emotion as the former.

nExcitement!

nHappiness!

nJoy!

nLeo's family has fought hard on the battlefield so that they can achieve their dream. But sadly, they still failed, which had cost their lives. But with their son Leo now earning the affinity to become a Mage, the dream of making the Heart city a shelter for the Humans and a place to calm the Humans' hearts would now be slowly coming true!

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"Young Master, you having the affinity to become a Mage now is such a joyous event! Hence, it needs to have a grand celebration to complement it!

" Butler Xiao happily suggested.

nPulling himself from the hug, Leo quickly shook his head and said,

"No need! Let everyone take a rest today. Tomorrow, let's go to Silver city to buy some books related to Mages.

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"But...

" Butler Xiao wanted to persuade his Master, but he was interrupted.

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"Let's not waste any money anymore, starting today. Being able to have the affinity to become a Mage doesn't really mean that I would automatically become strong. I still need to learn some Magic spells and other related stuff to officially become a Mage. And this stuffs would surely cost us a lot of money. Both of us already knew that with how small the Heart city is, the income we earn from it would just not be enough to support any Mage.

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nDespite really wanting to celebrate, Butler Xiao didn't continue the argument anymore. 'What the Young Master had said was indeed true!'

nHeart city was indeed really poor... It's even to the point that Leo has never used the money he had earned from the city for his personal interest, even once. Instead, all the money earned from the city's tax was immediately thrown back into the development of the city as soon as he receives the money.

nAll the soldiers in the Heart city were also aware of such situations. After all, they knew that the pay they received every month was actually the money that Leo had earned after selling the Magical Beast that was hunted from the wilderness instead of the money from the city taxes.

nSome soldiers have even refused to receive their pay and had instead just suggested to only be given some rations and some other things so that they could somewhat help Leo ease his problem. The majority of those soldiers though were the loyal men of his parents and brother.

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"Now, let's go to the kitchen to eat some wolf meat! The others should have been waiting for so long already.

" Leo said to diverge Butler Xiao from its depressing thoughts.

nAs soon as Leo and Butler Xiao reached the kitchen, three people sitting on the chair around the table immediately greeted the two.

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"Young Master, I heard you shout so loudly awhile ago, did something bad happen?

" A 30 years old muscular man asked Leo in concern.

nThe muscular man was Kevin, the Head of Leo's personal guard. Kevin was an orphan who was adopted by Leo when the former was still a teenager. He had grown up alongside Leo and has always been acting as Leo's personal bodyguard. So, he was finally given the role of the Head of Leo's personal bodyguard when he grew up old and strong enough for such a role.

nAlso, Kevin was talented in being a leader. In fact, Leo was even thinking of promoting the former into a General once he can successfully establish an army for his city.

nMoreover, Kevin was one of the people who refused to receive any pay from Leo and had only insisted that Leo would allow him to keep on serving him until his death to repay the kindness given to him.

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"Nothing much, I just earned the affinity to become a Mage, that's why...

" Leo replied acting nonchalantly as he sat down on his chair.

nThe three were immediately stupefied hearing such a claim.

nA mid 20s slender man quickly followed up while letting out an awkward laugh,

"Young Master is really good at joking, hehehe...

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nThe slender young man was Van, the Head of the Finance Department of the Heart's city. Van was a subordinate found by Leo while he was escorting a merchants' caravan. At that time, no one has ever discovered Van's ability in mathematics and in handling distinct types of business yet. Van was also very good with the abacus, even he was shocked at Van's calculating speed.

nAfter finishing his mission of escorting the merchants' caravan at that time, Leo immediately offered Van to become the Minister of the Finance Department of Heart city, which the latter gratefully accepted.

nFrom time to time, Van would also follow Leo to hunt Magical Beast, aiding the former's financial crisis.

nVan was also one of the people who refused to receive any payment from Leo and had instead suggested allowing him to live in the Heart Manor for his service and just some other random stuff to be given to him.

nApparently, Van was extremely grateful for Leo after being hired as a Minister of the Finance Department at Heart city. Based on what the former had said before,

"From the very beginning of my life, only Leo has ever shown appreciation and trust to my passion for mathematics!

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"No, I wasn't joking,

" Leo said as his right hand grabbed the wolf meat on the table while his left hand showed everyone an empty Mana stone. He had been carrying the ordinary stone for a while now so that he can use it to explain to the others.

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"After arriving, I immediately started researching on how to use the Mana stone that I had found during the hunt. And just three hours ago, I had successfully absorbed the Mana stone.

" Leo let out a brief laugh before taking a bite from the piece of wolf meat on his fork.

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"Then, such a thing deserves a celebration!

" A fat youth the same age as Van immediately suggested.

nThe fat youth was called Fatty Ben. The fatty in his name was just something he had accepted since everyone likes to call him that way due to his fat body. Fatty Ben was in charge of the Logistic Department. He was also Leo's brother's personal attendant at first, but after his brother's death, Leo then assigned Fatty Ben to the Logistic Department. Aside from the purpose of supporting the day-to-day operation of the Heart city, the Logistic Department was also in charge of collecting all important information throughout the entire Silver Kingdom, hence allowing Leo to keep being updated for a lot of important matters.

nIt was Fatty Ben though who had suggested such spy-like operation to be implemented. According to him, Leo's brother didn't die on the battlefield but was assassinated by a fellow Human Noble when the former was returning to the Heart city.

nLeo also agreed on Van's claim because he had received a letter from his brother when the latter was returning to Heart city. So, he can say for sure that his brother didn't die on the battlefield but was purposely killed by someone. In fact, he even knew who it was...

nAlong with Butler Xiao, the three people made up the entire whole of the Heart Noble Household. Simply put, they were now the people that helped Leo achieved everything, and were now treated as a member of the Heart Noble Household.

nLeo shook his head in reply to Van. He just left the explanation to Butler Xiao. He really needed to sleep early today since they were going to Silver city tomorrow and he was also very tired from his hunting.

nThe dinner proceeds as usual, and after finishing his dinner, Leo hurriedly went back upstairs to his room to take a bath and sleep.

nTomorrow, they would begin doing a lot of stuff....

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