164 Chapter 164 - Parting

In the end, Joshua did not manage to have his wish for a free dinner granted. The reason for that was because Madam Schroder was planning to leave Norland with the Black Swan Theatrical Troupe overnight.

When Joshua arrived at the mansion, the entire mansion was undergoing a ‘relocation’ process. It was extremely busy.

Joshua and Ciri were brought to Madam Schroder’s study by the middle-aged butler.

“In this city, I’m able to gain pleasant surprises every day.”

Madam Schroder was sitting behind her desk. She was not holding a quill pen. Instead, her finger had replaced her pen and was moving around in midair.

Even though there was nothing before Madam Schroder, Joshua was able to recognize with a single glance that she was using the magic network.

“Merely, I wonder if this pleasant surprise was brought forth by Mister Joshua.”

Madam Schroder materialized her computer interface. This grand duchess was an outstanding mage herself.

Ynor was not as diligent in updating his camp. Many of the updates were even made by Joshua…

But, the influence brought upon by ‘Beauty and the Demon’ did not vanish from Norland. Even now, the true identity of Belle’s ‘actress’ was still a mystery. It was even about to become a city legend.

Mages were people captivated by puzzles. Thus, whenever Ynor takes selfies or upload photos of sceneries or food, he would attract the attention of a large number of people to check out his camp.

Right now, the number of followers for Belle’s camp had surpassed nine thousand. Joshua was even thinking about calling Zenarth over some day and have him set up a camp too.

“I… must admit that this is an all-new means of communication. It is much more efficient than ball dances and meet and greets.” Madam Schroder managed to guess the reason why Joshua mentioned Belle.

He was trying to show her that Gallolei’s popularity could suffer should she remove her from the magic network.

This Grand Duchess of Blackwood was not an inflexible noble. Instead, she was like the young girl in Farucci’s famous painting ‘Revolution.’ She was someone who could accept all the new changes.

As long as it’s a good change, Madam Schroder will not hesitate to devour the change completely and convert it to her own.

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Unfortunately, Joshua’s background and identity was simply too ‘enormous.’ Madam Schroder was unable to ‘devour’ him. Because of that, she chose the best alternative — cooperation.

“With your talent, I am temporarily unable to think of a way to thank you. Because of that…”

Madam Schroder tossed to Joshua a key and an emblem. It was a gold-plated key. The surface of the key was branded with the words ‘Mansion of Luxuriant Flowers.’

Joshua remembered that Farucci’s mansion’s actual name was that…

To receive a villa in the city center just for filming a movie? But, when Joshua recalled the worth of ‘Léon: The Demon,’ he felt that he had been shorted…

Then, when he thought of how Madam Schroder had only handed him a key and not even the deed for the property, it became obvious that she was trying to tell him ‘You can consider this place your home in the future but it’s still going to be mine when I return to Norland.’

“This is a decent place. Although it is a bit small, I hope Mister Joshua will be able to accept it.”

Close to six stories tall and having an indoor garden too. Yet, it’s ‘a bit small?’ Joshua felt like gasping in admiration at how the nobles of the ancient were.

The conversation between Joshua and Madam Schroder did not last for long. It seemed like this Grand Duchess was itching to bring back ‘Léon: The Demon’ to her country and raise a real ‘revolution’ in Farucci.