I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

Roland waited for a long time, but the senior sister didn't come to kill him, so he had to continue cleaning up with a belly full of thoughts.

'Damn woman, when I'm stronger than you, I'll tie you up!'

He planned to clean the room, inscribe some demon-sealing arrays, and then bury the Ballet Ghost under the floor.

But today was destined to be restless. Before long, the crystal ball lit up again.

This time it was Wallace.

Compared to the morning, Wallace's face seemed extremely haggard, probably because of the recent events concerning the young lady, which were troubling him.

He originally wanted to ask about the Ballet Ghost, but this blabbermouth chatted with Roland and let slip what happened to Catherine after she returned to her family.

"Don't say I told you, Roland," Wallace said somewhat nervously. "The young lady doesn't want you to know about this. No, she doesn't want to tell anyone about this. She just plans to talk to the elders about it."

After listening, Roland finally understood the whole story. He thought to himself, 'No wonder she has to keep picking on me and hurting each other with me.'

He asked with some doubt, "Wallace, did you read the newspaper at noon? What did it say?"

Wallace frowned, got up, and left his seat. A moment later, he sat back down, holding a newspaper in his hand.

He read aloud, "The Aleya family returns to the wizarding world. Millennium Oath. Miss Alexandra abides by the family's promise and has changed her surname."

After reading it, Wallace cried out in distress, "Oh dear, how did things get so big? Who spread it out!"

After hearing the news, Roland felt a bit complicated.

Senior sister paid a heavy price to solve the problem of the Yellow Bracken Forest. The Holy Grail was a comfort to her.

But this comfort had to be given to the White Queen.

She only sought a moment of peace, but she couldn't get it.

In the end, she had to use the oath with the Aleya family and her identity as the heir to prevaricate the White Queen.

Originally, the oath with the Aleya family was just an excuse. Neither the elders nor the White Queen would spread it out. So, after a period of time, when Catherine passed her growth stage, no one would bother her anymore.

Throughout the whole process, Catherine would gain peace. Roland would also rise to power on the platform of the Alexandra family. Gaining the resources and status of a large family, he could do many things with this platform.

Afterward, Catherine would definitely give Roland some benefits, such as a good wizarding territory. If Roland wanted to follow Catherine, they would still play together. If he didn't want to follow anymore, Catherine would give him some more benefits, and they would part ways amicably.

Originally, things would have ended here.

But now, suddenly, there was news!

Now the whole world believed that the most noble heir of the Alexandra family had eloped with some poor boy! To marry him, she even gave the Holy Grail to the White Queen!

Roland rubbed his forehead and thought to himself, 'No wonder senior sister is like this today. If I publicly said, "I never said I wanted to marry her," senior sister would have to jump into the lava river of hell and relive her life. Most likely, she would drag me into the lava river with her!'

'How did things get like this? How did it spread out? Originally, senior sister and I were cooperating privately, and everyone was fine. Now it's caused a lot of trouble.'

"Roland, something's not right. Something's a bit off," Wallace suddenly frowned and said, "How did this get out? Neither the family elders nor the White Queen wanted people to know about the oath. They couldn't wait to dig a hole and bury the matter deeply. How could it be in the news?"

He looked at the news again, and his face suddenly turned pale.

"Cough, Roland, have you mentioned your name to anyone?"

Roland's heart thumped, and he quickly said, "What name? I don't know. Did you mention it to me!"

"No, I didn't!"

Wallace wiped his cold sweat and said, "Damn it! There must be a traitor in the family!"

The two of them cursed the traitor fiercely, and then looked at each other with sweat on their foreheads.

"Cough, Roland, the young lady will find out the two traitors soon. They can't escape. The young lady will hunt them to the ends of the earth," Wallace said meaningfully to Roland.

Roland was also sweating profusely. "What should be done with those two traitors now?"

"Don't worry, she won't kill them for the time being. She needs one of the traitors to play the role of her fiancé, and the other traitor to help her arrange a major event... But the two traitors didn't handle things well..."

Roland wiped his cold sweat and said, "Those two traitors have to do things well."

Wallace looked at Roland solemnly: "Roland, I don't have any major problems here, but you do... The young lady plans to completely resolve this matter in the upcoming 'Academy Cup' between the various major factions. We will help you arrange the Academy Cup, ensuring you get a good ranking. But before that, there is a small matter you may have to deal with."

Roland, feeling guilty, knew that he had to deal with this matter. He asked, "What exactly is it?"

Wallace said, "Participating in the Academy Cup requires credits and a record of completing an important task. I can help you with the credits, but you need to do an important task... You have a good convenience, which is patrolling the forest. Patrolling the forest counts as an important task!

Roland, you don't need to make any achievements. As a low-level apprentice, you just need to walk around in the low-risk area and complete 30% of the patrol work, get a rating of 30 points, and I'll help you fake some things behind the scenes, and that's about it.

Of course, if you happen to be collecting herbs and need to go to the dangerous area, you can also check the pollution level there. After all, there are high credits to be earned. And credits can be exchanged for formulas and potions that are not available on the market."

Roland nodded, and at the same time, he became a little more cautious.

It seems that he must explore the Black Forest. Of course, he had planned to explore the Black Forest anyway, so this didn't conflict.

He couldn't help but think of the group of Black Abyss School guys he had encountered.

He thought to himself, 'Monsters and the like are secondary. I have a map so I don't have to go to the dangerous areas. But if I run into people, it'll be a bit troublesome.'

'Why can't the Book of Demons control the Ballet Ghost? If I can find a way to control it, or even just restrain it a little, not only will patrolling the forest not be a problem, but I'll also have an extra trump card when fighting people.'

Two hours later, the messy house was cleaned spotlessly. Even the mold on the walls and the holes in the ceiling were cleaned and repaired by Roland with magic.

The dilapidated old house was brand new.

"It's really good. If I have time, I'll go outside and buy some furniture to make it even better. Well, the hall on the first floor is so spacious that I can even dance on the carpet. It's just too empty for me to live alone. It would be nice to have a female roommate to make it cozy."

Roland suddenly remembered something. He had a roommate: "I almost forgot! It's still in my arms!"

Roland hurriedly went to the basement, found a shovel, and ran to the front yard outside the house. He buried the Book of Demons.

Afterward, Roland drew a demon-sealing array in the front yard so that when it came out to dance, he could directly seal it back into the book.

After finishing, Roland sat on the pile of wood next to the house, watching the forest and sighing.

It was afternoon, the sun was very bright, and outside the house was a beautiful forest with very fresh air.

It's just that there were some undead attracted by magic outside, occasionally making whimpering sounds, which seemed to spoil the scenery a bit.

"Not bad. This place is very suitable for containing the Ballet Ghost. With these undead around, even if the Ballet Ghost comes out to wander around, I'll have time to put it back in the book."

At this moment, Roland noticed a floating red shadow in the forest. She was so conspicuous in the forest.

Seeming to sense Roland's gaze, the red-clothed female ghost glanced at Roland gloomily and disappeared.

Looking at the disappearing red shadow, Roland's pupils suddenly shrank.

That was a 3rd-tier monster, a high-level apprentice's strength!

'How could there be such a thing living nearby? How am I going to go out and patrol the forest in the future?!'