As soon as the mages left the room, Gillian turned to Ghislain, puzzled.

“My lord, what do you mean by a personal mage? Weren’t you originally just planning to hire some mages?”

Gillian, along with Belinda, had known about Ghislain’s plan to hire mages because he had briefly explained it to them before. Still, neither of them had expected the negotiation to succeed as it did.

“Well, it’s just an added benefit. They couldn’t provide the full ten mages, so I’m getting something else in return.”

“The elder implied that she’s not much of a talent and mostly does menial …