Chapter 180: The player (3)
When they left the Duplain palace, the sun was already slowly setting.
Dereck was exhausted to the bone after spending the entire day reviewing the academy’s construction schedule, inspecting the buildings, and conversing with the head of the family.
Was the life of nobles always like this?
As he left the residence of Duke Duplain, his expression had grown even more indifferent than before.
During the time he had remained in the north, his magical aptitude had improved, and he had repeated his training until he brushed against the threshold of five stars.
It was a cold and harsh environment, but for Dereck, sitting amid those snowy plains in the residence of the Duke of Rochester had been a far more fulfilling and meaningful phase.
Even so, in this era, one could not renounce the authority granted by nobility in order to become a high-ranking mage.
If all the plans he had set in motion began to bear fruit, perhaps Dereck would not remain at the rank of baron and could rise even higher.
Whether that would be beneficial for his life or not was something he still could not know.