Doctor of Science's Journey into Another World

Like other noble territories, Campbell Territory is divided into the inner city and the outer city, of which the outer city is the largest area, followed by the inner city.

The inner city of Campbell Territory is generally inhabited by many minor nobles and most of the wealthy businessmen. Most of the wealth of Campbell Territory is concentrated here, so most of the houses in the inner city are built high, with exquisite and neat appearance, and the roads are clean and flat.

The outer city of Campbell was inhabited by poor civilians and some noble serfs. Although they were not ragged in the wealthy Campbell County, most of them still worked hard all day to feed themselves.

In this life, after inheriting the title, Earl Cullennan Campbell implemented benevolent policies at home, reduced taxes on civilians in Campbell Territory, and promulgated many laws, which greatly restricted the exploitation of serfs by the small nobles in Campbell Territory.

Countess Campbell was deeply trusted and favored by Earl Cullennan, so she was able to take charge of the military and political power of Campbell. Elsa Campbell made many major reforms in education and the military. The funding of civilian mages to enter schools and the reform of the legion system were things that other noble lords could not even imagine.

The Earl and Countess Campbell, one engaged in foreign business to accumulate wealth, and the other carried out internal reforms and development to reduce the loss of wealth. Therefore, although the Campbell Territory reduced tax standards and corvée labor, the wealth of the Campbell family continued to increase day by day.

In the early days of the reform, although the Earl and Countess Campbell were supported by the vast majority of civilians, they were also unanimously opposed by many small nobles and wealthy businessmen in the territory.

However, due to the terrifying power of the great magician class of Elsa and the increasingly powerful and stable Campbell Legion, the smaller nobles never dared to act rashly. As time went on, many nobles would even take the initiative to curry favor with Earl Campbell for business cooperation.

After more than ten years of development, the Campbell Territory, which already had a rich and powerful foundation, has become even stronger under the management and construction of the Campbell couple, and has become the richest aristocratic territory in the Omo Empire.

Shortly after Bai Hao was born, Earl Cullonan, who was rich in economic and political foresight, relied on his strong family background to start business cooperation with the surrounding aristocratic territories and even extend loans.

Some noble territories were not very wealthy or even poor for various reasons, but under the lobbying of Earl Cullennan, many noble territories would jointly run certain businesses with the Campbell family in a manner similar to shareholding cooperation and long-term loans.

The most classic of these is the Earldom of Capet where Kalia is located. Due to successive natural disasters and plagues, the Earldom of Capet had a very difficult time in the years before and after Kalia was born, and sometimes it was even difficult to maintain the appearance required for the Earl's travels.

In order to survive those difficult days, the Capet family had many long-term business collaborations with the Campbell family, and Earl Campbell was the Capet family's largest creditor.

Although it was not difficult for the shrewd Earl O'Neill to see that the Campbell family made the most money from many cooperative matters, what else could he do? He could only hope that his little daughter, Kalia, would be able to have the same status in the Campbell family as Elsa today.

Although O'Neill and Cullennan both hold the title of earl, at this time his Capet family is more like a vassal noble of the Campbell family. Even though the pride of the earldom makes him unwilling to do so, the Earldom of Capet can no longer be separated from the Campbell family.

Therefore, Kalia's status in the Capet family is definitely second only to Count Capet. Just as the Campbell family cannot lose Bai Hao, the Capet family cannot lose Kalia either.

O'Neill is over fifty years old. He firmly believes that Count Cullennan is an excellent businessman, and Calia will be an important guarantee to prevent Cullennan from exploiting Capet to the end.

O'Neill knew that he was no longer young, and the turmoil in Capet in the past decade had exhausted the old earl. He was glad that he brought his wife to the Campbell family to seek marriage when she was pregnant, and he was also glad that he had unwaveringly extended a helping hand when Earl Campbell had not yet established a firm foothold. O'Neill firmly believed that these were the precious wealth he left to his eldest son.

When Kalia was a child, she always felt strange when she returned to the Capet family every year, even though her father, mother, and brothers and sisters had always been very kind to her since she was a child.

The young Kalia once enjoyed this feeling very much, and even often talked about it complacently in front of Bai Hao and Xing Lili.

But as Kalia grew older, she gradually began to feel something was wrong. Kalia felt that the Capet family had become strange and cold.

Kalia accidentally discovered that the way her father looked at her brothers was the same as the way Aisha looked at Bai Hao, but she had never felt that way before, even though her parents and siblings were all very kind to her.

Until one day, Bai Hao was caught by Elsa getting into trouble, and Kalia saw Elsa scolding Bai Hao fiercely. At that moment, Kalia finally understood what was wrong with her feeling in the Capet family.

She, Calia Capet, as the daughter of Count Capet, was like a distinguished guest in the Capet family, a distinguished guest visiting from the Campbell family.

Kalia knew that her talent for magic was ordinary. She would get into trouble and make mistakes in casting spells in the Capet household, but she had never been reprimanded. However, her younger sisters, who were younger than her, had been scolded by their father more than once.

By chance, Kalia heard the idle chatter of her servants, who sarcastically commented on Kalia using unpleasant words such as "a gift from the Capet family to the Campbell family", "a business gift", and "the pet of the young master of the Campbell family".

Kalia broke down and rushed into her father's study, destroying the room indiscriminately, but her father, who was strict with his other brothers and sisters, just smiled and comforted Kalia.

The next day, Kalia never saw those chattering servants again. From that day on, Kalia began to hate returning to Capet County and spent more and more time staying in the Campbell family.

Kalia was often confused about who she was. Was she a tool for the Capet family to stabilize their business, an dispensable existence for the Campbell family, or a pathetic ordinary wizard without any magical talent?

Kalia just celebrated her twelfth birthday not long ago. She is only a few months younger than Bai Hao. As her first graduation exam draws closer, Kalia becomes more and more anxious.

Although Brother Bai Hao promised to help her train within these two months, Kalia was very clear about her talent. In case she failed to pass the graduation exam, would Brother Bai Hao still wait for her for a few more months?

Kalia lay on the bed thinking pessimistically: No, Brother Bai Hao attaches great importance to his magic research and has already planned where to go. He and Sister Lili will leave me behind and set off first.

Perhaps, in a few years, I will pass the exam as smoothly as an ordinary magician, but where will Brother Bai Hao be then, and how should I appear beside him?

Kalia has been unable to sleep since leaving Bai Hao's room, tossing and turning in bed.