Chapter 48

Chapter 48: Super Benefits

Roland felt that his blood was freezing when he noticed their looks . He wondered if he was some sort of lab rat .

Thankfully, Roland saw admiration in their eyes, which relaxed him .

“In any case, Mr . Roland, please register first . ” Claus directed Roland to the counter . Then, he sat down and said, “Please tell me your information . ”

“Roland, human . ” Roland thought for a moment and continued, “Seventeen, male . No bad habits . Favorite activity: reading books . ”

At this moment, everybody looked at him strangely .

Seventeen… Claus rubbed his face and heaved a sigh, as if he were disappointed .

“What’s wrong?” asked Roland, finding it odd . “Is there anything wrong with my age?”

“You look young, but you’re quite mature in the way you talk and walk,” said an old man slowly . “We thought you were at least twenty-five and didn’t know that you’re only seventeen . ”

Roland was briefly stunned . His actual age was twenty-four, but all the Golden Sons were set to be seventeen in the game . He simply said his age accordingly .

He did not expect them to figure out his real age with their instincts .

“Your guess is not wrong . ” Roland thought for a moment and said, “My physical age is seventeen, but my mental age is twenty-four . ”

Everybody looked at each other but still shook their heads .

Roland found them weird, but there was not much he could say at this point .

“Roland, let’s forget your age . ” Claus handed over a piece of delicate paper that had unique gray patterns on it . He said, “According to our chairman’s instructions, you will become our acting chairman when you join us, effective immediately . ”

“Acting chairman?” Roland had always considered himself a calm man, but he was still slightly surprised . “You’ve giving me so much power? Is it appropriate? I don’t deserve your trust yet, do I?”

“That’s why you’re only the acting deputy chairman . ” Claus stood up and said with admiration, “But I have no doubt that you will become the real chairman soon . You have all the power of the chairman except the right of recall . Most of the resources in the magic tower are at your disposal . The library is open to you, too . The magic apprentices are not allowed to enter the library . ”

The library was what Roland was most interested in .

Books were less important in the information age . After all, the Internet was too unbelievable .

But even so, books were still important for the dissemination of knowledge . In this game world that had no Internet or newspapers, books were the only means to store knowledge . Roland joined the Association of Mages partly to communicate with local Mages and partly to borrow the books in the magic tower .

He did not know that the magic tower was much wealthier than he imagined . It even had a library .

He did not intend to work as the acting chairman, but he changed his mind .

“All right, I can be the acting chairman . ” Roland knew that the opportunity would be gone if he did not seize it .

All the magic apprentices were excited now that Roland accepted the offer .

Grinning widely, Claus handed over the paper to Roland again . “Acting chairman, I’ll have to call you that now . Here’s your name list . Please keep it well . ”

Roland took it over, only to be stunned by the curly pictograms on it . In embarrassment, he said, “Well… I can’t read your language . ”

Huh… The magic apprentices’ jaws almost hit the ground .

Claus shouted in surprise, “Then why can you speak it… Wait, Language Proficiency!”

Almost all the magic apprentices realized this . They were shocked and thrilled . Different from Aldo, as magic apprentices, they did not notice the buff on Roland .

Language Proficiency was not useful in a fight, but it was significant for Mages . As a level-two spell, it was as intricate as the level-three spells .

Most official Mages would not try to learn Language Proficiency until they reached the elite level, and only the Mages capable of Language Proficiency were qualified to travel the world .

Otherwise, the Mages wouldn’t be able to understand the hundreds of languages and dialects spoken in other countries even if they were the best linguists .

At this moment, only Language Proficiency could help them .

Therefore, even if a Mage was not capable of fighting, he would be an esteemed guest to all groups and organizations as long as he knew Language Proficiency .

There were few Mages in the first place, and still fewer of them were above the elite level and had grasped Language Proficiency .

Language Proficiency was a prophetic spell, or rather, a consequential one .

After one cast Language Proficiency, they would reach a “consequence,” which meant that they could perceive other people’s utterances in their mother language .

Prophetic spells were the most difficult spells of the nine classes of spells, followed by spatial spells .

Different spells required different talents . Some of them simply did not have what it took to pick up prophetic spells .

Now, Roland proved that he was capable of Language Proficiency, which indicated that he was a genius .

With such a mentor, they would make progress much faster .

Thinking about that, the magic apprentices were even more passionate .

“Mr . Roland, I’ll have to introduce to you the benefits of being acting chairman . ” Claus felt that he had to tie Roland to this magic tower . He said, “You can appoint a magic apprentice as your assistant, who will listen to your instructions and cater to your needs . Personally, I recommend Vivian . She’s a pretty girl in every aspect . ”

One of the girls among the magic apprentices smiled shyly . But she was apparently happy and showed no intention of refusal .

Thumbs down!

A woman is sent at the very beginning… Readers would definitely abandon the book if this were the plot of a web novel . Roland waved his hand and coughed . “I’m more used to catering to my own needs . Anything else?”

“You can choose one of the top three floors of the magic tower as your personal residence,” said Claus . “One of the floors belongs to the chairman, but he doesn’t like heights and has moved out . ”

Not bad! Roland nodded . He had a place to live now . He couldn’t stay in the inn all the time, could he?

Claus thought for a moment and said, “Besides that, for your hard work, you can claim ten gold coins every month . ”

Roland did not know how to react after he heard that!