The Wizard: Starting by Scamming the Demon God

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Moreover, this is an extraordinary world where the upper limit of individual strength is far greater than in the previous life. Naturally, the methods of physical training are also far superior to those in the previous life.

Chapter 150 Witch? Little Chef!

Back at the castle with Lorna, in the council hall, Isaac smiled as he looked at Lorna's flustered state: "Don't be nervous, you didn't do anything wrong, but don't worry about it. I won't leave them in the territory, I'll release them sooner or later, so there's no need to worry about their discipline."

Hearing this, Lorna breathed a sigh of relief. She hesitated for a moment, then asked cautiously, "Then why did you buy them?"

"Emmm, how should I put it? You know what a sorcerer is?"

“I know, spellcasters who wield the power of the demon god.” Speaking of arcane mages, Rona frowned, a hint of worry in her voice. “You want to make them arcane mages? Isn’t that too risky? That’s the power of the demon god!”

"Don't worry, there's no danger. Let's not talk about that. Tell me about your magic; I haven't had a chance to learn about it yet." Isaac waved his hand, changing the subject.

Although the existence of the flesh-and-blood dimension wasn't a secret to him, it was still quite complicated to explain.

Hearing Isaac's words, Rona was still a little worried, but since Isaac had already made up his mind, there was nothing she could do. So she carefully sat down to the side and began to introduce her magic.

Through Rona's explanation, Isaac gradually came to understand Rona's magic.

Rona's magic is indeed related to dragons, and is called Dragon's Child. In addition to allowing the caster to transform into a dragon and use dragon spells unconditionally, this magic is most importantly a conceptual spell!

In the eyes of all the dragons, Rona, who possesses this magic, is their child!

Yes, them!

No matter what kind of dragon it is, even if it is just a sub-dragon containing dragon blood, when it sees Rona, it will regard her as its own child!

Conceptual magic!

Isaac was stunned when he heard this. What kind of incredible magic was this?

However, this concept isn't actually as powerful as Isaac imagined, because of the dragons...

They don't really have much of a concept of family. They only raise their children for a few years at most, and then let them fend for themselves.

The same applies to Rona. After being abandoned by her biological parents, she was found by a giant dragon and raised until she was about seven or eight years old before she went out to wander alone.

Of course, the part about her parents is Isaac's speculation. From Lorna's perspective, she was raised by a dragon and didn't know who her biological parents were or why she was a wanderer.

As for why she ended up in such a miserable state...

Lorna didn't say anything because she herself was confused about it.

However, Isaac could guess a little; it was probably the influence of Daenerys Targaryen that made her instinctively reject her own magic.

Such things are not uncommon among witches nowadays. Self-control is an extremely important part of a witch's training; otherwise, she will eventually lose herself in magical power and become a lawless madwoman.

only……

The restrictions seem a bit too harsh...

"Huh? Can I use magic freely now?" After Isaac's reminder, Rona pointed at herself with a bewildered look.

"It should be fine. You're sixteen this year, right?"

"She's already seventeen! Daenerys said so."

“Well, then there’s no problem. But I’m curious, can you summon dragons?” Isaac asked curiously.

It seems that only half of Rona's Dragon Child is currently capable of combat; the other half, while appearing to be a conceptual ability, doesn't seem to be very strong.

If it could be used to summon dragons, that would be awesome!

"This... I don't know, probably not?" Rona thought for a moment, then shook her head and said.

If they could summon Daenerys Targaryen, she wouldn't have been captured by Remy and enslaved.

"Is that so?" Isaac nodded. "Then I think we can develop in this direction. You should be advancing to the second tier soon, right? There should be some new changes after that."

"Yes, yes! I'll tell you as soon as there's any change!" Rona nodded quickly.

If Isaac doesn't need that many people, then her only value here becomes the subject of experimental observation, and she has to actively fulfill this obligation!

"So, young master Isaac, when will you start studying me?" Rona asked expectantly.

"..." Isaac was speechless. How could this kid be so silly? "There's no rush. Studying your magic requires some specialized equipment. We'll talk about it after the mage tower is built."

After a pause, seeing the somewhat unwilling expression on Rona's face, Isaac decisively changed the subject: "The mage tower will soon begin construction. Do you have any needs for the laboratory?"

"Need? No, and magical research... can I do it? Wouldn't it be a waste to give me a laboratory?"

“You are also a spellcaster, so you can naturally do magical research. You just don’t know what to do right now. Well then, your laboratory will be built to the standard of a spell practice room. Use it to practice your spells first. The more you use it, the more you will know what to research next.”

"Yes, I'll do whatever you say, Young Master Isaac!"

"Tsk~ Just call me Isaac..." Isaac grinned. Although Rona's voice sounded quite sweet, he felt a strange unease, partly because of the witch kingdom behind her, and partly because of her Dragon Mother.

Although it seems that her Daenerys doesn't care about her life or death at the moment, what if she does?

What if it was just that the dragon happened to have some issues, which led to Rona being captured by Remy?

If she comes over then and hears Rona calling him master or young master, wouldn't that be the end of her?

Calling him by his first name won't hurt him, and Isaac is the kind of person who's above petty concerns; he won't get carried away by someone's respectful address.

“Yes, Isaac… sir!” After hesitating for a moment, Lorna still didn’t dare to call him by his name directly, but added a title after him. After speaking, she looked at Isaac cautiously.

“…Okay, fine.” Isaac was a little speechless, but he still waved his hand and said, “Let’s take it one step at a time.”

"Let's go eat first." Isaac waved his hand, got up, and led Rona towards the restaurant.

Rona hurriedly and cautiously followed behind Isaac, which made Liuli, whom they met halfway, frown slightly and look at Rona with more hostility.

Of course, all of the above changes in expression are Liuli's inner thoughts. On the surface, her expression is still cold and aloof, and the changes in expression are not noticeable at all.

Although it wasn't obvious, Rona still felt a chill, and her body trembled involuntarily as she cautiously looked around.

Unfortunately nothing was found.

After a long while...

"Uh... I'm eating this again today?" In the restaurant, Rona looked at the food in front of her with a shocked expression.

"What? Not to your liking? Want to switch with me?" As he spoke, Isaac pushed his untouched lunchbox toward Rona. Since he didn't know Rona's tastes, he directly ordered the restaurant's signature dish.

"No, no, no!" Rona shook her head vigorously, looking at the lavish meal in front of her with a conflicted expression. "It's delicious, but it's too expensive! I just need bread!"

"You like bread? No, that's not right... You think it's too expensive? It's okay, it's not much money. You can't eat bread all the time, you'll run out of nutrition."

"But..." Rona's face still showed some hesitation, "Eating this every day...it's too expensive! I can cook for myself!"

"Hmm? You can cook?" Upon hearing this, Isaac and Smith looked at Lorna seriously.

"Um... I know a little... When I was with Daenerys, I always prepared the ingredients myself. Later, when I was a wanderer, I worked in the kitchens of many taverns because they provided meals!"

Isaac and Smith looked at Lorna with more pity; the child's life... was truly pitiful...

Most importantly, she could easily use her magic to steal it, and there's a very high probability that there would be no risk involved. No one would be willing to offend a witch for a few bites of food.

Therefore, it is truly remarkable that Rona possesses this personality under such circumstances.

"Huh? Is it because no one knows how to cook that you're eating this?" Rona was taken aback.

Smith shook his head: "Yes and no, only the young master among us knows how to cook."

Lorna was taken aback, then immediately understood. That's right, Isaac was a young master, how could a young master cook for a servant? So she said with a happy expression, "Then how about I cook from now on?"

Finally, she's starting to be of some use!

However, the delighted Rona did not notice the subtle furrowing of Smith's brow. In this era, not just anyone could be a cook, especially a nobleman's cook.

This is Isaac's food, after all. What if she poisoned it? The consequences...

However, since Lorna is currently Isaac's companion, although he was somewhat worried, he didn't say anything and just looked at Isaac.

Some things are not things someone of his status should say.

Besides, perhaps the young master wouldn't care...

"Okay, then let you try it. That way we can save some money."

Sure enough, Smith sighed slightly.

"Don't worry! I won't let you down, Lord Isaac!" Rona said with great fighting spirit.

Isaac smiled slightly and said nothing. The reason he agreed was not really to save money. In his current state, he didn't really care about that little bit of money.

However, he noticed Lorna's hesitation and unease. She had suffered too much in the past, and although it sounded a bit boastful, Isaac believed that he had treated Lorna very well.

This treatment is a huge contrast to her past experiences, and it would be fine if she didn't want to stay, but she wants to stay, so she feels uneasy about it.

Because the effort and the reward are not proportional.

If this continues, she might develop some psychological problems, so it's necessary to find something for her to do.

As for poisoning...

Although they spent very little time together, Rona had left a good impression on him, so it shouldn't be that bad. Besides, even if she had poisoned him, it wouldn't matter.

As a great wizard, there are not many poisons in this world that can still work on him, and colorless and odorless ones are even rarer. Moreover, as a half-potion master, he has enough confidence in his ability to identify poisons!

Smith, who was standing to the side, still had some opinions after Isaac spoke, but he could only sigh and keep them to himself, deciding to discuss them privately later.

However, Liuli looked at the overjoyed Luo Na with even more hostility.

After dinner, Isaac went to check on the Holy Lord's arcane training program. The progress was quite encouraging. It was estimated that in another week, these people would be able to master several basic arcane arts and become true arcane masters!

At that time, they will also gain their freedom and leave Isaac's territory as free citizens to gather intelligence for him and teach his secret arts to more people.

He had actually considered forming a group of arcane mages. Although arcane mages had many shortcomings, they were still noble mages after all. Before they were completely corrupted by dimensional power, they were still noble spellcasters.

The group's combat capabilities are not weak.

Although he doesn't need it, he can outsource it and hire it as a thug for other forces, such as his own family. The cost of this thing is very low, but the benefits it brings are huge!

Even among the mage guilds and high-ranking nobles, very few can afford to keep one of these.

But after careful consideration, Isaac abandoned this seemingly tempting idea, because mages are not proper spellcasters after all. Others may not know that these mages' power comes from their dimension, and even if they did, they might not believe it.

In this era, the power of the demon god represents danger, and very few forces dare to hire his mage corps.

Of course, Caesar would believe it.

But there's no need. Firstly, after the eldest sister's promotion to Grand Archmage, Solomon already has the foundation to build his own mage corps, and the cost will be lower than other forces. The Grand Archmage's appeal is undeniable, and there are plenty of young wizards joining, so there's no shortage of people.

Secondly, he is a mad witch. Although his elder brother Caesar did not intend to distance himself from him, both his father and elder sister made it clear that they did not want him to be too closely involved with the territory.