"Well, it's not bad. The images recorded on the slide card are not distorted. They basically record my handsome side truly."

The next day.

Duke then opened the "Daily Shenjiao Market" compiled by Mulali and admired his picture on the front page of the newspaper.

As for the smiling old man on the other side of the picture, he automatically ignored it.

This is not the first time Duke has appeared in newspapers. On the day of the bell-ringing ceremony at Faling Tower, he was interviewed by many reporters.

But this was his first photo published in a newspaper.

It's not as sharp as a photo. It's just that the light and shadow images recorded on the slide card are manually rubbed onto the paper, so there will inevitably be some blur and distortion. But he thinks he is handsome, and even if the pixels are lower, he can still distinguish them clearly.
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"Little Lili, what do you think?"

"Sir's photos are certainly beautiful, he is handsome and energetic." Mulali nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

Then he thought of something and asked: "Sir, do you want to send a copy of "Daily Shenjiao Market" to Ms. Kiliya?"

Duke tilted his head and said, "Hasn't she decided on her own?"

"Aren't I afraid that Ms. Kiliya won't have time to read the newspaper? She has been practicing so hard recently, and Aunt Jisi doesn't dare to disturb her practice casually."

"Then you are still going to disturb her?"

"I'm not here to help you, sir..." Mulali spoke softer and quieter.

Because Duke's face has darkened. He hates subordinates who make their own decisions, especially those who make decisions for him: "If you have nothing to do, go and learn how to repair cards."

"I understand, sir, I...I promise that I am determined to learn card repair."

"Go ahead."

Duke knocked on the little assistant who was a little distracted. Although Kilia Fury was a fair lady and a gentleman, he always upheld the idea of ​​​​letting nature take its course.

Right now, I focus on my career.

After all, arcane mages have a long lifespan. When they advance to a higher level, they will not have the chance to meet the beauties of heaven, not to mention the beauties of the Seven Towers Federation, but also the beauties of heaven from the eighteen countries in the entire Wilderness Continent.

With no one to disturb him, Duke was busy with his spiritual magnetic wave experiments and slide card experiments.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Mulali cautiously came over to report: "Sir, Team Leader Dras is ready to submit the completed materials of the research team to you."

"Have all the experiments on the project been completed?" Duke was a little belatedly aware of it.

This was a topic in the tower assigned by the instructor. After his mind wandered, he basically didn't care about the specific experimental operations. He just collected the data every day and asked Xiaoyi to help analyze and sort it out.

"Yes, it's done."

"Let him come here."

"Yes."

Mulali quickly brought in Team Leader Dras.

It was a simple project in the tower, and it ended within a few months without any accidents. Duke encouraged Delas and asked Mulali to arrange a celebration banquet in the evening.

This ended the communication with Dras.

Then he carefully read through the final experimental data and handed it over to Xiaoyi for processing.

Xiaoyi had already written out the paper without wasting even a minute, so Duke typed it out on the typewriter one by one according to what Xiaoyi had written.

Stay up until get off work time.

"Research on the substitution effect of Cuihai Valley's new spiritual materials in the spiritual energy release channel and spiritual energy infusion channel of the spirit storage card".

A 38-page, 47,000-word paper is freshly baked with the fragrance of ink.

"What limits my speed in writing papers is not my brain, but my typing efficiency... This old-fashioned typewriter is too complicated to operate, but it is more comfortable to type on a computer keyboard." Duke collected the paper papers together and patted them with his hands.

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Then he bound it himself and sent it to Assistant Vikas’ office.

Vikas was already getting ready to get off work. When Duke sent the paper, he simply put it on the table: "When the tutor comes back tomorrow, I will hand it to him."

A simple project in the tower took several months to submit the paper.

This is about the same speed as a normal level 1 arcane mage.

Assistant Vikas smiled and said: "Compared with the previous two papers, the speed of this paper is a bit perfunctory, Duke."

Duke smiled: "Drink a drink tonight?"

"No, today is my third daughter's birthday, so I agreed to go there."

"Okay, I'll go back too."

After saying goodbye, Duke took his assistant and entourage back to his villa by shuttle. As soon as he entered the villa, he saw a guest arriving early.

"I wasn't reading the newspaper, but I didn't know that Duke Qi was on the headline of "Daily Shenjiao City" and won the Outstanding Erudite Invention Award!" One of the visitors was Joanna Bobcat, "I knew you had

The talent for doing research!”

"Joanna, Margot...why are you here?" Duke was not very surprised.

Shangxingcheng Community and Beverly Manor are close to each other. The arcane mages living in these two communities often visit each other without saying hello.

"Come and have dinner."

"No problem, Butler Morris has arranged everything." Duke greeted the arcane mages one by one, "I'll go up and change clothes first, take a shower, and I'll be back soon."

"Go ahead, let's play cards for a while first."

The arcane mages who came here were either level 1 or level 2.

Arcane mages who have reached level 3 will build wizard towers and castles in the suburbs, and use spiritual spring water pipes to connect to spiritual springs. The entire family will live in the castle.

Only low-level arcane mages who cannot afford to build their own mage tower will live in the community.

By the time Duke finished taking a shower and changed into home clothes, the card game was over. Butler Morris asked him for instructions and immediately started dinner.

Everyone chatted while eating.

"Duke, are you going to develop in the Erudite Tower?" asked an arcane mage.

"There is no such plan."

"But your portable lamp has helped you win the Outstanding Erudite Invention Award, which proves your talent in the field of natural history."

Didn't wait for Duke to answer.

Joanna replied on Duke's behalf: "Imran, Duke is not only talented in natural history, he is also talented in the field of card making, and if he becomes an arcanist, he will also be fully talented.

He is a genius arcane mage."

"Joanna, you speak so nicely, but I would be a little embarrassed if you said that." Duke teased.

Perhaps it was because he followed Joanna and realized the Guardian and Mysterious Vine once when he went to the Union Tower, which made Joanna marvel at him.

Therefore, he pays special attention to Duke and gradually becomes a firm "believer" of Duke.

I firmly believe that Duke can go further in the field of spiritual arcana.

"I'm not exaggerating. Making cards is as easy as playing. You can write papers as fast as drinking water. You can win the Outstanding Museum Invention Award with just one idea... Everyone here, do you think Duke is the same as us?

?" Joanna is still praising Duke.

Everyone is basically used to it.

Imran cut the beef with a table knife and said casually: "Although I agree that Duke is a genius, this does not require Joanna to remind him every day."

Margot also said: "Yes, if you remind me like this, I don't like coming to Duke anymore. It's very stressful to stay with geniuses."

Duke said: "Actually, I am not a genius, I just sweat a little more than ordinary people."

"I sweat every day, but I don't think it's of any use." Fandral, another man who was very fat and had to wipe his sweat constantly after eating, muttered loudly.

The arcane mages who came here are basically consultants from the Shenjiao City Hotel.

Belong to the same small circle, a small circle centered on Joanna.

The relationship between Duke and them is not very close. The main reason is that Orianna admires him and often comes to see him, bringing the small circle with him.

Dinner is over.

Everyone also left.

Oriana was not in a hurry to leave, but instead enjoyed the cool air on the large terrace with Duke.

"That Vivian has a really nice figure." Looking at Vivian who was practicing fighting martial arts in the yard, Joanna praised, "If you can keep her in the villa, which one does your kid like? Or you?

That cute little assistant?"

"Well." Duke said truthfully, "I am already an adult, why should I make a choice?"

"Haha, you are so honest." Joanna was overjoyed, "I can't usually tell that you have such a personality."

"The me I usually am and the me I am now are both me."

"Okay, I guess you've lived a good life." Joanna took a sip of juice, "By the way, let's talk about your pretty neighbor."
To be continued...