"All present and accounted for!" Rand shouted back.

　　With Rand's reply, the horse came to the group.

　　The two people on the horse dismounted, and the man patted the horse's arse to let it return to the academy on its own, before turning his head to look at the few people, and a gentle smile appeared on his face as well, saying.

　　"Gentlemen, I'm Yashiborn, the issuer of the private mission for this magic pet is me, if I catch the Red Snow Bat, I will pay each person ten magic stones, the mission is very simple, I believe that with everyone's strength it will be easy to complete."

　　"Ten magic stones? Are you serious?"

　　Listening to the remuneration spoken by the man named Yashiborn, the Negative Energy Department Nicholas beside him froze, then asked incredulously.

　　"Of course, I'm as good as my word, so let's pay you half of it upfront now as I promised before." Albercien revealed a hint of a smile at Nikla, then took out a black bag from his waist and threw it over.

　　Nicholas who received the bag directly opened it, inside the bag was a black magic stone, a glance swept through twenty to thirty.

　　This let the other several people immediately understand, in front of this seemingly frivolous man said is true.

　　Freyja, who was next to him, was not surprised by this, because she knew the man's identity since he reported his name.

　　Ashburn, full name is Ashburn. Bennifin, is the grandson of the second elder of the Bennifin family, this is in the Elgrim Academy belongs to a genius like character, he became a third class apprentice at the age of fifteen, is this year's most hopeful promotion of the official wizard of one of the elite.

　　It was rumoured that this person had a cold and cruel character because of his experiences since childhood, but in the current view, this person did not match the rumours.

　　Although his appearance was a bit frail, both his speech and behaviour carried a sense of sophistication and maturity.

　　''I didn't realise that the friend Rand was talking about was him?'' Freya narrowed her eyes slightly at Ashburn who was standing there blandly, not knowing what she was thinking in her heart.

　　Soon, five magic stones per person were distributed to the individuals.

　　Freya solemnly received this magic stone into her belt pouch. Although she didn't know if this Eichborn really simply wanted to capture the Red Snow Bat, but now that half of the money was in hand, even if there were any accidents. It was also not a loss.

　　"Alright, it's getting late now, the place we're going to is the Geocentric Lake within the academy area, so if we delay some more, we might not be able to come back for another day." Ashburne looked at the several people who had all received their magic stones and said indifferently.

　　These words immediately left the crowd a little speechless. If it wasn't for waiting for him. Several people would have already set off at seven.

　　Only, Ashburne ignored the eyes of the crowd and pulled Lena directly towards the carriage in the back.

　　The employer had already boarded the carriage. The others were not in a good position to stay, and got into another carriage as a way to separate from Ashburn.

　　Fortunately, the carriage had a lot of space, and the five people sitting together didn't seem crowded.

　　With a strange yell from the rabbit guardian driving the carriage, the carriage began to move slowly.

　　Except for Freya, the other four people all knew each other, belonging to the relationship between friends.

　　At this moment Rand was introducing the two boys to Ashburne's true identity. By the time they knew where he came from, both of them revealed different degrees of surprised expressions.

　　"I didn't expect that guy's origin to be so big, Rand why didn't you say so earlier?" Nicolas said with some grumbling.

　　Although he was also a third class apprentice, it was not enough for Ashburne's status, and he had questioned Ashburne just a moment ago, which made him a bit embarrassed.

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　　"I can't help it. Eichborn told me not to tell you guys about his identity yet before." Rand spread his hands. He said in a somewhat helpless tone.

　　"It's you who's stupid, who's to blame?" Lal of the plant department gloated and looked at Nicolas. He then turned to Rand and asked "However, just catching a Red Snow Bat and giving ten magic stones, is this person a fool with too much money? Or does he have an ulterior motive?"

　　"It should be true, because I heard in the family that he has his eyes on Miss Filia of the Bellus family, who said she wanted a cute magic pet at the last ball." Rand said as he rubbed his chin in thought.

　　"Miss Filia? That's the woman with the title 'Icy Flower'?" Lar looked at Rand curiously "Could it be that Ashburne belongs to the category of masochists? And I see that one in his arms is just fine, and trying to touch ice..."

　　"I don't know about that... "Hearing Lal mention Lena, Rand's face slightly stared, then as if he thought of something unhappy, his mood became low.

　　Sitting on the side, Freya quietly listened to the three boys' small talk, and next to her, Lenny had taken out a black notebook and looked at it carefully ever since he entered the carriage, with an undisturbed look.

　　Frya slightly glanced at the notes and found that what was recorded on it was just some simple principles of spell models, and looking at the handwriting it seemed to be handwritten.

　　She knew that as the level of the sorcerer rises, the degree of mastery of knowledge also needs to be raised, but the memory of the human itself is not always fixed, some things that have been learnt will automatically fade away after a period of time, and they need to be taken out again to refresh themselves before they can be remembered again, so from the time of contact with the knowledge of the sorcerer, some people carry a notebook with them as a record book of the main points of knowledge so that if they forget, they can flip through it at any time.

　　This kind of habit actually includes formal wizards will also have, just Freya for actually this kind of thing will not be necessary, because of her special brain thinking, even if some of the knowledge that she does not understand can be written down through rote memorisation, and through other ways to understand, and also has the ability not to forget.

　　I believe that if Freya published this kind of her memory which was considered a special ability, it was expected that someone would soon want to bring her in for dissection and research.

　　Although on the way, Rand deliberately tried to find Freya to chat with her and let her integrate into his circle, but Freya really couldn't mention the nature of their small talk, and even if it was some academic topics, she couldn't pick up the conversation because of her own department's bias, so that she slowly fell silent.

　　Rand saw her like this, and did not force it.

　　In such a dreary atmosphere, the two carriages entered a small town in the region of Elgrim at noon.

　　After a brief lunch and rest, they set off again.

　　Around five in the afternoon, the two carriages arrived at a canyon.

　　Because of the narrow road with many trees, this place was no longer suitable for carriages.

　　Therefore, everyone got off the carriage.

　　Freya was the last one to get down, and just as soon as she got off the carriage, her leather boots stepped on the crispy rotting leaves and immediately made a ''cha-ching-ching'' crunching sound, and some black bugs quickly ran out from under her feet.

　　She scanned her surroundings, noticing that the temperature within this canyon was like a degree or two higher than anywhere else, and in the distance there was also a foggy, slightly damp, sulphurous scent.

　　''It seems like this place is very close to the Geocentric Lake.'' She thought in her mind.