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Reji saw several parents directly kneeling in front of Trite and him at their doorstep, their faces full of excitement, shouting "Lord Executor", looking grateful as if they had won a five million lottery.
And the surrounding neighbors also cast envious and jealous glances, several of them getting angry and sighing at their own children, wondering why they weren't chosen.
After all, if even the nobles attached great importance to this "selection", these commoners were even more so.
It could be considered one of the traditions of the Mage Nation.
Although the magical talent of the commoner children was obviously much lower than that of the nobles before, this was very normal. Except for a very few who truly had innate talent, the proportion of most "white" or "blue" talents was largely determined by acquired nutrition and education.
But even if the proportion was low, the base number of commoner children was far greater than that of nobles. It was not difficult to recruit fifty. Among them, there was room for manipulation.
Now, Reji and Trite were standing at the door of a commoner family. The detection token emitted a white glow on a little girl, indicating that she met the minimum standard to became an "energy".
The parents of this family were also stunned at first, then overjoyed. Even the mother burst into tears of joy. From their appearance, the father, a carpenter, was also extremely excited, his calloused hands trembling non-stop.
But now, the faces of these parents showed a worried expression because Trite told them that although the little girl passed the test, if they wanted her to be selected...
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Pay money.
Although the benefits from commoners could not compare to those from nobles, even a mosquito's leg was still meat. Taking the opportunity to squeeze some value from these commoners was also one of the components of the "executor's" benefits.
This "bribe" money was obviously a huge amount for this already not wealthy family, as could be seen from the carpenter father's tightly clenched fists.
And the little daughter of this family also seemed to see her parents' difficulty. She looked at Trite with some fear and then said softly to her mother, "Mom, I... I don't want to go. I want to be with Dad and Mom..."
Unexpectedly, the mother suddenly became extremely flustered. She first hurriedly glanced in Reji's direction. Seeing that the Executor seemed not to have heard, she breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly took her daughter to the inner room.
Then...
Slap!
Although the door was closed, Reji could see with a little perception that the mother inside had slapped her daughter, scolding her with an extremely angry expression for having such thoughts.
-"Do you know how rare such an opportunity is?!"-
-"If you dare to say such stupid things again, I'll tear your mouth apart!"-
Thinking of this, Trite still had to harden his scalp and softly explain to Reji in advance, just in case.
"My lord, we can't take all this money. We have to leave a portion and the goods to be delivered to the Crown Prince's governor. Only then can we keep our official positions."
"The governor also takes a cut?"
"Yes my lord. I don't even have the heart to take money from those commoners, but there's no choice. If we give too little to the governor, we'll all suffer!" Trite still had to create a kind persona for himself.
"So how much does the governor's side take?"
"A 30-70 split." Trite quickly said.
"30%? That much?"
Hearing Reji's words, Trite was a bit sweaty. He hurriedly shrank his neck and said softly to Reji, this villain, "30% is ours, and 70% is the Lord Governor's."
Reji laughed when he heard this.
"So after you went through so much trouble to buy this official position, it was just to help others collect money?"
Although Trite was very dissatisfied, he still had to say in a conciliatory tone, "Yes, but my lord, you don't know how many people are fighting to come to this position."
Trite's implication was obviously that 30% was not bad.
Reji didn't come here for money.
He didn't say more to Trite. In the carriage compartment, in a place Trite couldn't see, a certain shadow moved. The Shadow Demon Reji had sent out earlier had brought back the intelligence.
Previously, Reji had let Trite maintain the original state and continue the executor's mission, going around to find children. This was actually to attract attention and release the news.
And now, Shermen, who was monitoring the entire city of Stoneheim, had found the hidden teleportation array built in Stoneheim City.
This array should be the way for the Crown Prince's "governor" to come and collect the goods.
It seemed that seeing Trite's side collecting children and having collected enough, Shermen had just sent a message that there were fluctuations in the teleportation array. That governor was about to arrive.
Reji looked up at the darkening sky as the sun set.
Hmm, just in time.