Early in the morning, having spent the whole night awake, reading, Jason set down his book at the knock of Gerard.
“You didn’t open that little door, did you?”
Upon entering the room, Gerard began looking around, and after not seeing Dennise’s figure, the overseer of Hans Port looked at his cousin’s face with thick suspicion.
He assumed that Jason must have just come back from Dennise’s room.
Unfortunately, his upbringing guaranteed he wouldn’t open the bedroom door to check.
As for the books in the study that were open?
There was no need to hide such a fact.
Because Jason was well aware that in the days to come, he would display the power of the Mystical Side.
When the main quest changed from “Arrive at ‘Hans’ Port before the 26th and attend the wedding” to “Attend the wedding postponed by one week” at sunrise today, Jason knew what he would be facing in the coming week.
The scene from last night was clear enough.
The seemingly calm Hans Port was, in fact, fraught with undercurrents.
Too many forces had their eyes on this place.
And as Gerard’s cousin?
He was naturally targeted as well.
Only if he gave up the main quest.
But that was impossible.
Jason would never face the unknown punishment.
Therefore, he would cooperate with Gerard as much as possible.
Only then would they have a better chance of success.
When Gerard heard the expected answer, his eyebrows furrowed slightly.
“That makes things a bit troublesome.”
According to his wish, his cousin should start from the basic Griffin Swordsmanship, Griffin Shooting Technique, and Griffin Combat Technique, then learn the Griffin Body Refinement Technique while simultaneously studying Charles Burning Technique, Blair Exorcism Technique, and eventually learning the Ritual Summoning of the Griffin.
However, once Jason had already learned other secret techniques, this plan was undoubtedly disrupted.
At least, the learning of the Griffin Body Refinement Technique needed to be cautious.
And if the Griffin Body Refinement Technique could not be learned, naturally, the Ritual Summoning of the Griffin would be impossible.
But then, Gerard’s frown relaxed almost immediately.
He did not want Jason to infer anything unfavorable from his expression.
His cousin had suffered enough.
He should not have to bear more.
“I know about the conflict of secret techniques,”
Seeing Gerard’s frown relaxing so quickly that his eye corner almost twitched, Jason said with a smile.
“It seems you know more about the Mystical Side than I do,”
“But don’t worry, I’m here,”
Gerard looked at his cousin’s unconcerned smile and felt an inexplicable pang of heartache.
What kind of suffering had he gone through to have acquired such openness?
Therefore, the overseer of Hans Port decided in the next moment:
“Even if there’s a conflict with the ‘Griffin’, there’s bound to be one among ‘Cat Hole’, ‘Bear Tower’, ‘Wolf Fortress’, ‘Snake Den’, ‘Eagle Ridge’, ‘Tiger Mountain’ that won’t conflict!”
“And if none of those work?”
“Then we’ll find a single powerful secret technique that doesn’t conflict!”
“We will tailor a set for Jason!”
Thinking this, the overseer of Hans Port also began to smile.
Hans Port, the ‘Jewel’ of the Federation, had a characteristic that all Federation Lords and new Nobility could not ignore or help but envy: wealth!
Controlling the seaport that handled shipping.
Endless spices and sugar flowed into Hans Port like a constant stream of gold.
If money could solve the problem, then there was no problem.
And if money couldn’t solve it?
Gerard looked at the black warhorse being led by the stable manager and walked over with a smile.
The tall warhorse glared defiantly at Gerard.
Even restrained by reins, it still wanted to bite him.
Gerard signaled the stable manager to release the reins, and then, turned to Jason and said: