Wizard: My magic facility can be upgraded!

Chapter 153 Nelson and Rodney

Chapter 153 Nelson and Rodney

Looking at the brother and sister clinging to his legs on either side, Li Ang felt a headache coming on. He tried to explain, "According to the rules, I can only choose one follower. If you two have to stay together, I'm sorry—"

"My lord, choose my sister!" Nelson shouted immediately.

"Choose the older brother, he's more capable!" Rodney shouted almost simultaneously.

Seeing the brother and sister who were still thinking of each other at such a moment, Li Ang was deeply moved.

But rules are rules. He hesitated for a moment, just as he was about to speak up and choose his older brother Nelson, who seemed more capable of handling things, when a gentle yet authoritative voice came from the side: "Captain Leon is here. I heard you've recently taken on the responsibility of managing the herb garden? It's true that those who are capable are often burdened with more work. Thank you for your hard work."

A wizard dressed in a blue robe walked over at some point. Li Ang looked at him and felt that he looked familiar. He should have seen him somewhere before, but he couldn't remember exactly where.

But Li Ang couldn't show that he didn't know the other person, so he had to put on a surprised yet slightly embarrassed smile.

"Hey, what's with all this talk about 'the capable do more work'? It's all about making more money."

The green-robed administrator immediately bowed respectfully upon seeing the blue-robed wizard, saying, "Sir, you've arrived."

The man in blue robes nodded slightly to the administrator, then looked at Li Ang with a warm smile: "Rules are rules, but people are flexible. Captain Li Ang is very busy, managing both the enforcement team and the herb garden. One attendant is indeed not enough. In that case, we will make an exception this time. If Captain Li Ang finds these two young fellows agreeable, then take them both. I will handle the formalities."

Li Ang glanced at the brother and sister, whose eyes were filled with extreme longing and fear, then at the blue-robed steward who had stepped in to help them out. After a moment's thought, he nodded and said, "In that case, thank you very much, Steward. Please process the long-term employment procedures for the two of them."

After signing the employment agreement, Li Ang left the management office with his two newly recruited followers.

After they left, the administrator dismissed the remaining disappointed followers and couldn't help but whisper to the blue-robed steward, "Sir, do you know this wizard, Leon?"

The blue-robed manager glanced at the administrator, his tone tinged with helplessness: "I'm not trying to be mean, but after all these years here, your knowledge is still so limited. You don't even know Li Ang? He's someone all three faction leaders value! Offending him is no different from offending all three faction leaders at the same time! You really are oblivious to what's going on around you!"

Hearing this, the administrator broke out in a cold sweat, feeling terrified and thankful that he hadn't said anything he shouldn't have.

Li Ang was naturally unaware of these outrageous rumors circulating outside; he was secretly rejoicing that he had met an easy-going person in charge.

He walked ahead, with Nelson and Rodney on either side, carefully following behind him.

The courage the two had previously shown in clinging to the powerful had vanished without a trace, leaving only fear and unease in the face of their unknown fate, lest they do something wrong and offend the young wizard.

After leading them back to the First Special Operations Group's base, Li Ang sat behind his desk, looking at the two nervous little guys who were almost jumping around, and tried to keep his tone calm: "Don't be afraid. According to the agreement, I will be responsible for your food and lodging from now on. I've set your food allowance at 10 copper coins per person per day. With me, I can at least guarantee that you'll be full, and you'll have meat at least once a day."

Upon hearing this, the two little ones' eyes lit up instantly, and their throats involuntarily bobbed in unison.

They couldn't remember the last time they had eaten meat.

The two men bowed deeply, their voices choked with emotion, "Thank you—thank you, sir, thank you for your generosity!"

Li Ang waved his hand and continued, "From now on, I will occasionally give you some guidance. Now, tell me about your mental strength talents and elemental affinity attributes."

Nelson, the elder brother, answered first: "My lord, I have a level one talent, and I have—I have fire affinity."

Rodney, the younger sister, whispered, "Me too—I also have a level one talent, and it's wind attribute—"

Li Ang nodded. This was within his expectations; most of his followers possessed such low-level talent.

He hesitated for a moment, then decided to speak frankly: "You must understand that with a level one talent, condensing star particles and embarking on the path of a wizard is extremely difficult, and it's very likely you'll never succeed in your lifetime. Why then do you choose to stay in the Wizard Tower?"

Nelson's eyes dimmed for a moment, but quickly hardened again. He replied, "Sir, my sister and I come from a merchant family. After our mother died, our father remarried and had a younger brother—there was no place for us in the house anymore. We heard that the Wizard's Tower was—a good place—so we secretly boarded the ship that came here—"

His voice lowered: "On the ship, we were almost thrown overboard as stowaways—luckily, we met a kind-hearted supervising wizard who made an exception and tested us, saying we had at least a little talent, and gave us a chance—"

However, even after reaching the shore, we were unable to condense any star points and could only become followers.

Li Ang sighed and finally uttered a question that had been weighing on his mind for a long time: "Do you guys still think this is a good place?"

Nelson was taken aback; he didn't know what the wizard meant by asking that question.

He wanted to curry favor with the wizard, so he said, "Yes, sir, it's wonderful here."

But she finally choked up and said, "For us—at least in the Wizard's Tower—we can live a few more days. It's just—"

He glanced at his frail younger sister beside him, his voice filled with heartache: "But my sister is still so young, and she only gets one black bread a day—I can barely manage, but for my sister—"

Rodney mustered her courage and said, "Well—it's not like we're starving every day. If—if a wizard hires us temporarily that day and is satisfied, we can get two extra loaves of bread when we get back—"

Li Ang knew that this was how the tower used this method to make these low-ranking followers work their hardest for the wizard.

He felt a slight tightness in his chest, but this deeply ingrained system was not something he could change in his current state.

He nodded, no longer continuing the topic, and changed the subject.

"From now on, your daily tasks will be to clean the base and training room, and help me with some miscellaneous tasks. You will not be responsible for the medicine garden for the time being."

The brother and sister immediately stood up straight and said in unison that they understood.

Li Ang stood up from the sofa and said to the two little ones, "Come with me, I'll show you the route."

The two lackeys did not slack off at all and immediately followed behind Li Ang, one on the left and one on the right.