My Maids are All Antagonists Novel! - Chapter 49
Chapter 49: The Newly-Developed Perfumes
The Newly-Developed Perfumes
At the current time in the Imperial Capital, due to Princess Faith’s escape, the entire city was under martial law.
When His Majesty the emperor heard the news, he was furious and reprimanded the Head of the Imperial City’s Guards.
The Head of the Guards felt that he was wronged.
If not for the order that disallowed any harm to be done to the princess, it was impossible for a rank-4 mage to escape their grasp!
But he didn’t dare to say these words.
If he were to tell the truth, the emperor might be infuriated that he would order his execution and had his head kicked like a ball.
He waited patiently for the emperor’s rage to subside.
“Find her! Go and find her! If you can’t find her, don’t come back either!”
Following this angry roar, the Head of the Imperial City’s Guards left dejectedly.
In an instant, the room returned to silence.
“Mage Mondo, Faith is so mischievous. Can you help bring her back?”
He wasn’t just talking to any random person, but the kingdom’s only rank-8 mage, Mondo.
This mage had a grizzled beard and was always seen with a walking stick.
However, his pair of clear eyes were still as shiny as before.
At a glance, it was obvious that his eyes were shining with wisdom.
Hearing this from the emperor beside him, Mondo only shook his head.
“Although Faith is my disciple, I don’t have the authority to restrict her freedom.”
“I’m just an ordinary mage. I don’t possess any tracking skills. That’s what assassins would know.”
Mondo only declined.
Seeing that he had received a tactful retort, the emperor knew that he couldn’t count on Mondo to help with this matter.
Thus, he snapped his fingers behind him and a black shadow appeared, swiftly and silently.
This was something that even Mondo was a little surprised about.
The black shadow knelt there, awaiting orders.
The emperor then spoke, “Send everyone in your assassin team out to investigate the whereabouts of the princess. If you find any clues, report back!”
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
A simple reply could be heard and the shadow disappeared into the dark.
Mondo’s eyelids twitched when he saw this.
This was the emperor showing off his strength to him.
No matter what rank a mage was, once these assassins got close to them, it would be a very troublesome situation.
At this moment, Mondo also recognized that this was an assassin group set up by the kingdom to protect the emperor.
Most of their members were women, and they only served the emperor.
The emperor usually let them handle some dirty work that he couldn’t do.
This time, he ordered them to search for the princess because he valued their tracking skills.
Most assassins were professionals at hiding and tracking.
Seeing that the assassin had disappeared, Mondo advised the emperor.
“Your Majesty, Princess Faith’s magic talent is extraordinary, naturally her future is limitless.”
“Rather than making her a victim of a political marriage, why not let her become a mage and continue her education? In the future, she might even be able to become a saint-rank mage.”
Mondo was Faith’s teacher, so naturally, he spoke for Faith.
More importantly, he did not want Faith’s powerful magic talent to be wasted.
The emperor sneered.
“Mage Mondo, do you really think that the possibility of Faith becoming a saint-rank mage in the future is high?”
This question was very piercing and very direct.
Mondo was completely engrossed in his magic research in the past. He was less familiar with other researches or subjects, so he was not certain what the emperor wanted to ask.
“Your Majesty, although the chances are slim, it is not impossible. In particular, Faith’s innate talent is certainly not inferior to mine in the future.”
Mondo’s words were indeed flattering Faith.
This was because, in the past twenty years, there had never been another saint-rank mage in the continent.
Many countries felt that the number of saint-rank mages had reached its limit and that there would no longer be any new saint-rank mage appearing.
However, saying that Faith’s future achievements would surpass his own was indeed overflattering.
Luck and strength were crucial to become a high-rank mage.
Just as Mondo finished speaking, the emperor replied, “There is a high likelihood that Faith may not become a saint-rank mage in her lifetime.”
“And the benefits that she would bring me from becoming a rank-8 mage couldn’t possibly compare to the benefits from a marriage alliance.”
The emperor glanced at Mondo and realized that he was a little dumbfounded, so he smiled.
“The other party has promised that as long as I would marry my daughter off to him, he would be willing to send troops to help our country of Langham when we are in danger.”
Hearing this, Mondo was speechless, because he knew that although mages’ power was very strong and they could wipe out a hill with a flick of their fingers, there was ultimately a limit to human strength.
Moreover, mages were naturally weaker against some professions.
It was just that mages were very effective in winning wars, hence their status was relatively higher.
If the other party would mobilize an army to help when the country of Langham was in danger, the benefits would no doubt outweigh that of an ordinary rank-8 mage, especially since it was highly uncertain whether Faith would be able to reach rank-8.
In that case, sending Princess Faith to a marriage alliance would indeed be the most rational and beneficial action for the country of Langham.
It was originally a win-win situation for both parties.
But because of Faith’s wilfulness, it had turned this deal into a farce.
The emperor felt that perhaps he had spoiled this little princess too much in the past, causing Faith to become so disobedient now.
Mondo observed the emperor’s current state and knew that this matter was already a foregone conclusion.
At this moment, he only hoped that his disciple could take the letter of recommendation and hurry over to the best magic academy in the continent to study.
As long as she arrived at the academy, even the country of Langham wouldn’t dare to be impudent there because there were indeed saint-rank mages residing in them.
…
Meanwhile, in the castle, Autumn came to Eddie’s room and asked him to go out for class.
When she saw that there were many newly developed perfumes on the table beside Eddie, her eyes lit up.
She immediately went to the table and wanted to try them.
At the time, there were red and blue perfumes on the table, as well as grey and cyan ones.
The various colors alone looked very pretty.
As soon as she inhaled it, a pleasant scent instantly entered her nose.
It seemed that this student of hers had made several more perfumes.
If the school’s magical pharmacy teachers found out about this development speed, they would definitely bring Eddie back to dissect and study him.
