This was obviously for repaying the kindness of giving him the Morning Dew, or a claim to pay the favor so they could be even as fast as possible.
Leon was still lost in the world of wizards he just heard and wasn’t responding, until Count Eton woke him up.
Eton said, “I heard that Mister Leon will be going to Waterford next month, to officially inherit the title of a viscount. The Padt Family have been guarding the shoreline defenses and supplying the vanguard camps which is a great contribution towards the knights fighting against Heylan. If the emperor hears about this, I believe the travel to Waterford can be omitted.”
Of course. If the Morn Family said the word, Leon would have no problem becoming a hereditary count himself!
It should have been Mara’s personal favor, and apparently Eton was trying to make it otherwise—to cut the deal in the name of Morn Family. If Leon agreed to this, what Mara owed him could be considered clean.
Leon was young but not dull. The Morn Family was powerful, but it was only a big family of Goldspink Empire; Mara might be only one man, but another whole, amazing world stood behind him.
Naturally, Leon wouldn’t accept Eton’s suggestion.
Leon considered for a while. Before he could speak though, Angor gave him a gentle nudge on the leg below the tabletop. He looked aside and saw Angor trying to say something and kept hesitating.
Leon quickly understood and spoke to Mara, “The Morning Dew was originally my brother’s possession. I’ll let him make the decision.”
Eton raised an eyebrow and gave Leon a thoughtful look. Rumors had it that the two brothers of the Padt Family shared a bad relationship, which was obviously not the case. Leon must love his brother much because he just gifted such a priceless opportunity to Angor.
Since Leon made up his mind, Eton did not say anything further.
Now everyone had their attention on Angor who had been silent until now.
He didn’t show any hint of pressure even when all five people were looking at him. He presented himself as a completely noble gentleman. Besides, his teacher also taught him of the “men of virtue” in China, so now Angor not only stayed calm, his every expression carried a gentle temperament.
“Speaking of trouble, I’m not sure if my brother has any. As for me… I have two. A bigger one which has been bothering me for a long time, and a smaller one, which I just found out and is negligible,” Angor looked towards Mara. “If Mister Mara would help me with the big one, it won’t be necessary to look at the other.”
“Let’s hear about your big trouble then,” Mara asked.
On the inside, Mara felt eased when Leon directed the topic to Angor. A child grown under the protection of the family couldn’t possibly have any serious problems. Maybe he was in love with some lady and was too shy to speak up? Yeah that might be a big trouble for the kid, but everyone else would just think it as a fuss.
Leon on the other hand, sighed silently. The moment Angor mentioned “big trouble”, he knew what Angor was going to say. It seemed Angor had decided to give this great opportunity to his teacher, Jon.
As expected, Angor made it straightforward. “It’s about my mentor, Jon. My father accepted him into our family 20 years ago, and he has been teaching me knowledge and wisdom since then. But his health is getting weaker by the day…”