"By the way, since you're a county governor, you must've prepared a very unique gift for the province governor, right?" Satchel thought for a moment and smiled coldly before deliberately trying to put Severin in a hard spot.He believed that Severin did not have much money after only being appointed not too long ago, and although the county mansion had great potential for development, all of that was speculative income. Out of all the county governors he had met, he believed that Severin was the one who had taken up office the most recently.Severin knew that Satchel was trying to make him look bad on purpose, so he smiled slightly and said, "It should be decent, I suppose. This is our first time here, after all, so we can't be stingy now, can we?""Haha, how about we head on in then? We shouldn't be standing in the way of everyone at the entrance. It'd be better if we headed to the waiting lounge for now." When Regan saw the situation, he knew that there was something amiss about t
Although the people kept their voices down as they were chatting with each other, Severin could still overhear their conversation as soon as he entered the door.He could not help but smile as he led Diane and others to find a place to sit.However, he did not expect that Satchel would overhear the same conversation too. Satchel immediately made a loud announcement to introduce Severin to everyone. "May I have your attention, please? I'm sure all of you are curious about the identity of the newly-appointed head of South County Mansion, so allow me to introduce you to him!"He then looked right at Severin, grinned cheekily, and then began his introduction, "That's right, this man right here is Mister Severin, the South County's governor! As you can tell, he is a young and promising individual who is only in his twenties. He mentioned that this is his first time attending the province governor's birthday, and the gift he plans to bestow to the province governor is said to be one that
Meanwhile, Satchel had an ugly expression on his face. Despite initially wanting to put Severin under public scrutiny, Severin was able to turn the situation around with eloquence and successfully strengthen his relationship with Timon.To everyone's surprise, an old man came forth with a smile and said, "You're both right. As the four county governors under Skystream Province, we must always help each other whenever we encounter any troubles. We mustn't emulate those with questionable characters who like secretly playing tricks behind one's back."Severin could discern the presence of a deeper meaning behind his words, and he immediately nodded at the person while asking humbly, "May I ask who you might be?"Regan hastily explained, "This is the West County's governor, Fonzo Shanahan."Severin immediately said, "Mister Fonzo! I am pleased to make your acquaintance today!" Severin then glanced at Fonzo's legs and could not help but frown. "What happened to your leg?"Fonzo had to
After her initial bewilderment, Mae-Lynne noticed that Severin seemed to be telling the truth, so she asked him tentatively, "You're not kidding, are you, Mister Severin? Will you be able to heal my dad?"Severin smiled and said, "Do I look like the kind of person who would joke about such a thing, especially in the presence of so many mayors, county governors, and patriarchs of aristocratic families watching? Wouldn't I just be embarrassing myself in this situation if I did that?"After hearing what Severin said, Fonzo could not hold back any longer and said in a trembling voice, "Is that true, Mister Severin? Will you really be able to cure me?"Severin smiled and said, "Of course. I can give you some dry needling treatment right now and refine for you two of the pills that I mentioned earlier. It won't take much time anyway.""Perhaps it's best not to have put too much hope on this, otherwise we'd only be setting ourselves up for greater disappointment!" Mae-Lynne thought about
Despite Severin's convincing statement, Fonzo did not dare to put too much hope on Severin for fear that he might be disappointed."You flatter me. Let's have a seat over there. I'll do some dry needling with you for the moment!" Severin smiled slightly, walked over to the sofa, and beckoned Fonzo to sit down.After Fonzo had taken his seat, Severin took out a small box with a wave of his palm. Then, he rolled up Fonzo's trouser legs and examined the man's condition. Once the examination was over, he opened the box, took out a silver needle, and inserted it into a point on Fonzo's legs.Many people were curious after seeing what was going on. Since most of them had nothing better to do at the moment, they decided to watch and see if Severin was genuinely capable of healing the legs of a man who had walked with a limp for nearly ten years.Further away, Kroan and Satchel exchanged glances and had an exceedingly ugly expression on their faces. Their initial intention was to humiliate
"Not bad! I never thought I would get the chance to witness a demonstration of alchemy here! It's our lucky day today." Some of the mayors who had never seen alchemy before were intrigued when they saw that scene.The alchemists of several families who attended the birthday banquet smiled too, and one of them said, "A pill that can cure diseases is probably not very high in terms of their grade. It's very likely to be one of those lower-grade pills."Riken, however, made a sudden observation and his eyes lit up instantly. "Is that a first-grade spiritual tool? If my eyes don't deceive me, your alchemy furnace is a spiritual tool!""What? It's a spiritual tool?" Several alchemists gasped when they heard that.Even the alchemy furnace used by Riken was only a ninth-grade mystical tool, and it was already considered better than most. Though the spiritual tool used by Severin was just one grade higher than Riken's, it was still much better than the mystical tool that Riken owned.More
Such pills were not used very often, so Severin could not have refined it that many times. One could still justify the situation if the pills Severin refined aided attainment, since it was understandable that he might have refined those countless times already.However, Severin was refining a pill that could cure diseases, specifically one that helped with leg problems. There was no logical reason why a person would train their technique by refining those pills because it would only have been a complete waste of materials for him to do so.It could thus be inferred that Severin's alchemy level was certainly much higher than that of a first-grade low-rank alchemist, perhaps even higher than that of a first-grade medium-rank alchemist. He estimated that Severin was at least a first-grade high-rank alchemist because Severin could still demonstrate proficiency in refining an unfamiliar pill."His mastery of the fire is truly incredible!" After further observation, even Riken—whose skill
"He's incredibly strong! This is the first time I've seen a six-lined pill in my entire life!" An old man said excitedly."Yeah, this is the first time I've seen something like this too. I've seen an elite-quality pill before, but it was a two-lined pill that Mister Riken refined," a middle-aged man blurted out. As soon as he said that, he realized something and could not help but sneak a glance at Riken from the side.As he had expected, his misspoken remark had left Riken looking gloomy, and it was obvious that Riken was in a very sour mood.After all, Riken liked to show off in front of them whenever some elite-quality pills had been successfully refined. One could understand that Riken was not in a good mood after being compared to a brat.A thought then came to the middle-aged man's mind and he immediately explained, "Of course, there's no point comparing them with each other. After all, Riken is now a second-grade medium-rank alchemist who is soon to reach second-grade high-r