Chapter 177 Black Lives
In the afternoon, the freshmen basically stayed in the dormitory and cleaned with a sad face. Rob had nothing to do. He slipped to the school's library and picked up a few books of information related to the school and read them. As he expected, the school's library had less than a hundred years of school history records.
During this century, Siamus had four principals, the longest in office for more than 40 years. Finally, because he was too old and in poor health, the shortest was only six years. The record only made a vague statement, saying that it was because the school's financial situation was poor during his tenure. The current principal was named Foreman, a sixth-level quasi-magic. He was originally just a little lecturer in Siamus who taught defensive magic. Later, for some reason, suddenly rose to the position of vice principal in just three years. Then, as soon as the previous principal stepped down, the fifty-three-year-old Foreman took the position of principal legitimately, and he was supposed to have been for twenty years.
After reading Foreman's resume, Rob felt that he had grabbed something faintly, but when he thought about it carefully, he lost his mind. The great magician was not in a hurry. He stretched his waist and picked a novel with a thin and thick one from the bookshelf. He stalked under his arm and walked to the public garden in the center of the college. He found a bench that could bask in the sun, and put the novel under his head and took a nap.
It was dusk when he opened his eyes again. Rob was awakened by the playful sound of the couples around him. He looked up at the sky, put away the book and slowly swayed back to the dormitory.
When he opened the door again, the scene in front of him was very different. Not only did he no longer have the pungent strange smell and garbage all over the ground, but the mouse hole in the corner of the wall was blocked. Even the two wooden beds and the round table were reinforced and repaired. Although it was still simple, it could at least be occupied.
"How is it, are you still satisfied?" The girl who was responsible for receiving him was sitting on the only wooden bench in the room and gnawing on an apple.
The great magician looked around and nodded, "It's pretty good."
"Then you just sign here. I will hand over the reward of a silver coin to the person working tomorrow at the latest." The girl took out a power of attorney from her body, pointed to the blank space below, and waited for the boy to sign the letter, but the girl was not in a hurry to leave, and said generously, "Hey, let's get to know her. My name is Lois, the archer. If you need to issue any entrustment in the future, you can come to me directly."
"Um?"
"Rob, right? Look at you, you should be a newcomer to the Swordsman Department this year. Don't think wrong. I have no other ideas about you, but you are quite generous. The student union stipulates that half of the 10% commission fee needs to be submitted, and half can belong to the contact person. So I earned a total of five copper coins from the commission you just now. This money is of course just a drizzle for me, a gold medal contact person. After all, cleaning is just a small commission. In comparison, what I value more is the potential of each client."
Lois patted the boy on the shoulder, "Those who are willing to spend a silver coin to clean are either lazy people who are too lazy to death or are dandy who are not short of money. I am lucky, you look more like the second type. I have a premonition that we will have opportunities to cooperate in the future. I come here to say hello to you first. If there is a big deal, don't forget me."
"According to this, I have a commission now, but I don't want to follow the student union process. Or say that, I want to investigate some things but don't want to leave any traces. The fewer people know, the better. The reward depends on the final result. The time is tentatively set to one month, and the starting price is only one gold coin."
"Oh?" Lois raised his eyebrows, "Heihuo, if heihuo, the handling fee is 20%. Let's talk about what you want to investigate first."
Faced with this generous reward but revealing a strange commission, the girl neither accepted nor opposed it at the first time, but asked questions about details patiently. It seems that Loyce can become a gold medal contact person for the Student Union not only rely on her beautiful face and keen eyes, but also a calm mind.
The great magician admired her professionalism very much. It was always worry-free to cooperate with such a guy, and went straight to the topic without being polite. "I want to check where Principal Foreman lived when he was a lecturer thirty-two years ago, where he usually was in, and who he communicated with more. There were also Hobson, the head of Andre's family, sixty-eight years ago, when he was invited by Principal Bain of Siamus, to live in the school for a while. Similarly, I also want to know where he lives, where he usually works, and who he has socialized with. I know that the latter is difficult, and it has been a long time. As long as you try your best, I will decide the final reward based on the results of the investigation."
After slept in the Central Garden, Rob finally thought about the key point that he could not grasp before - it was Hobson. After reading Forman's resume, Rob always felt familiar. Forman's situation was very similar to Hobson more than 60 years ago. Both were at the lowest point of life. One was a young lecturer who was not valued by the school, and the other family that had just taken over was experiencing a crisis. What's interesting is that soon after, the fate of both of them had changed drastically. Forman quickly rose to vice principal, and then naturally took over the position of principal. Hobson quickly resolved the crisis in front of him, led the family to expand territory, and at the same time gained a sincere relationship.
Coincidentally, they had been in Siamus for a while before this. Is it possible that during this time they met someone or discovered something that eventually changed their destiny?
At present, Rob prefers the latter because Hobson and Foreman have a span of more than fifty years. If they are humans, this time period is a bit long. What's more, the secret of the Saint Laurent Brothers Magic Academy should have existed more than nine hundred years ago. The longest-lived race known to be the Giants, with an average lifespan of about eight hundred years, and the dragon is slightly worse, about seven hundred and fifty years. Nine hundred years is still too long, and no one can live that long.
However, the sample is still too small at the moment, and it is not ruled out that all this is just a coincidence. However, if there are no more clues at the moment, we can only start with the place of residence and range of activities of the two during that period. As for the interpersonal relationship, the great magician was actually just added by the way. This is the first time Rob and Loyce's cooperation. The future Super Magician also wants to see the other party's quality and reliability.
Chapter completed!