Chapter 35: The Dinner Party
It's been a long time since I've had dinner with my family, and I've been through a lot these days, Patrick has gone from being a fledgling mage to now owning a mage tower, participating in the Ranger Army's battle against trolls, and going deep into enemy lines to eradicate enemy camps.
After all, life used to be safe and peaceful, and Patrick would never have thought about war in his previous life. But now, when fighting trolls, he has fulfilled the responsibilities and obligations of an arcane spellcaster, and this change has made Patrick more integrated into this world.
It was still the former family restaurant, the arcane crystal lamps on the dome emitted soft light, the walls were still carved with beautiful oil paintings on wooden frames, and the magical music was like a light mist, gently surrounding the restaurant, and every corner was carefully arranged.
The magic lamps that supplemented the lighting around it emitted a faint yellow light, reflecting the wax on the mahogany floor, with a slight red glow, and the huge dining table was lined with many delicacies, and the reliefs on the silver tableware showed the luxury of the elves of Silvermoon City.
The table is lined with juicy pork chops, poached salmon, a smorgasbord of bush stews, creamy mushroom soup, and Patrick's favorite steamed black-clawed lobster, from Storm Bay on the continent of Kalimdor and sold to the elves of Quel'Salas as an expensive ingredient.
At the banquet, my father, Phil Sr., stood up and raised his glass to everyone: "First glass, toast to my son Pat." The father drank it all, and everyone responded.
"The second cup, a toast to the appearance of the first six-ring mage in the Cabolon family."
Old Phil was overjoyed, the Cabolon family finally had a six-ring mage, the youngest son Pat was so young, and he had a better chance of hitting the level above the master, and the Cabolon family might finally enter the Silver Moon Council, the apex institution of the Quel'Salas Kingdom, in the future, instead of guarding against the merger of the big clans of the Council all the time, and the intrigues of other small clans, the high-ranking people did not understand the hardships of the life of the middle and low-level people.
The news of Patrick's presence in the Forest of Life had just arrived, and Old Phil had received an olive branch from Master Seignol Sunwing the next day. The master in charge of government affairs and Old Phil discussed and cooperated, and the alchemy potion industry was jointly produced by the two companies, and the external sales of the products could use the sales channels of the Riyi family, and the Riyi family would produce materials, venues, etc., and the Kabolon family only needed to send an alchemist to make the potion, and the profits from the outside alchemy potion transaction would be divided into six or four parts, the Cabolon family was six, and the Riyi family was four.
Such a "sincere" condition made Old Phil frown, this condition seems to make the Cabolon family cheap, but in fact, if Old Phil agrees, it will indeed allow the Cabolon family to obtain a large amount of gold coin income in a short period of time, after all, there is no need to pay those basic costs, technology shares still account for the majority, if it is for those ordinary mages, it is simply pie in the sky.
But Master Seigno-Sunwing didn't say everything, he didn't say who was in charge of this alchemy industry, after all, the Sunwing family had the lion's share of the cost, and the external sales of the potion were also controlled by the Sunyi family, that is to say, in the future, the entire Cabolon family's alchemy production would be working for the Sunyi family.
Once the alchemy formula in the family is obtained by the other party, the Cabolon family will become a vassal of the Sunwing family, and they will be under their control, and the Carbolon family will become a member of the Sunwing family as if it was annexed.
At that time, after Master Señol put forward this cooperation plan, Old Phil noticed that something was wrong, so he politely rejected the master's "kindness", and now that Patrick has entered the Sixth Ring, there will definitely be more and more similar things, so the main purpose of Old Phil's banquet this time is to discuss countermeasures with the whole clan.
When Patrick heard what was happening in his family during this time, he muttered and said, "Father, I want to develop the family's key industry outward, preferably to the land of ghosts, where the influence of the council is weak, and I want to start developing our family's herbalism there, which is the foundation of our alchemy, and this must be mastered by ourselves." ”
Patrick looked at his father's expression and continued: "Aurelia will set up a camp in the Forest of Life, where we will partner with the Windrangers to develop, the pressure is relatively small, and the other businesses in Silvermoon City, if the pressure is too great, it is not impossible to give up. ”
"Sebwasa, I went to the field to confirm, it is indeed very suitable for the growth of alchemy herbs, the little uncle is very discerning, I plan to plant all the herbs on the west side of Sebwasa, on the issue of herb cultivation, you can seek the help of my teacher, the botanist Frevin, he has research on all kinds of plants, but it is not the caster that causes his status in Silvermoon City to be a little embarrassing, but if we can give him a free place to study, I believe he will not refuse." Sister-in-law Nasalan said her thoughts, after all, she was only a herbalist, and she was embarrassed not to be a spellcaster in Silvermoon City.
The sister-in-law, Nasalan Cabolon, is very optimistic about the future prospects of Sebwasa, and can also find her master, the botanist Frevin, for the problem of plant cultivation, the Cabolon family is now in an unstable time, and it is not impossible to move the family business out.
Old Phil nodded in agreement, and Old Brother Patterson asked, "My brother, what do you have in mind for the future?" ”
"I plan to enter the Royal Arcane Academy to make a name, so that I have the opportunity to obtain higher-level arcane knowledge, the arcane supermagic skills above the six rings of Quel'Salas are basically monopolized by the Silver Moon Council, and only by looking for the Royal Arcane Academy can we go further in the study of the arcane."
"Second, if we hope to obtain the protection of King Anastarian, our King will definitely support us, after all, the power of the Council is too great in Silvermoon City, and His Majesty has always needed elves who are only loyal to the Sunstrider." Patrick has absolute confidence in this.
As the king of a country, when he is completely elevated, I am afraid that the heart of disobedience has already arisen, but since the Sun Chaser alone controls the sunwell, other clans can't do anything. After many years of parliamentary operation, the king has always been ruled by the Silvermoon Council, and power has been handed over to the Silvermoon Council.
In order to stabilize their royal power, the Sunchasers still attracted many talents, such as Garcios, the martial arts chief of the royal court, Velles-Deep Shadow, the leader of the underground intelligence department of the royal family, "Fire ** Seal", and Salorian-Morning Seeker, the first melee powerhouse of Quel'Salas, are all out-and-out hardcore kings.