In the City of Arcana, in Maximus' Manor:
Maximus severed the spiritual connection with the mechanical puppet.
Doran and the others would still need to report to the Etherium Embassy before his kingdom could officially become an empire.
Before that, he still needed to settle his children.
Coming out, he saw his children already asleep.
"Let's do it tomorrow," he thought.
...
The next day...
"Dad, where are mothers?" Lily asked during breakfast.
"They are still training."
"Then when are they coming home?"
"They will come home once a week."
"Oh..." They sighed.
Yesterday, they only played by themselves, and without their father and mothers, it was somewhat boring.
"Don't worry, I'll take you to school today," Maximus cheered them.
This is also why he was in a hurry to settle them in school.
Now he didn't need to attend a class, as although he was already an official student, he was only given its privileges in advance.
He still hadn't passed or selected a course.
As for his wives, they were also busy with training. Either in the Celestial Ascent Path or in Arcana Library.
When the time comes maximus and his wives will not have time to take care of their children.
"Hmmm," they just nodded like a withered plant.
They already missed their mothers, even if it was just one day.
As for their father, he is often busy, so it's alright if they didn't see him for a week or two.
"Quickly eat your breakfast so as not to be late."
...
Lumina Chrysalis Guild Hall:
In a large hall, a bunch of people with children come and go.
Together with 11 of his children ranging from 7 years old to 5 months old, Maximus entered.
"Look, so many," a man whispered to his wife.
"Hiss, who is the mother of these kids so fierce?" The woman said with a hint of jealousy.
"Mama, they're so fierce," the kid with them imitated.
"Shhh, let's go register our kid," the husband said as he dragged them.
They were seekers in the Origin Arcana Institute.
They had been here for more than a thousand years, yet they only had a child now.
But looking at Maximus who had an army of 11 children, they didn't know if they should be jealous or amazed.
After all, the higher the strength, the harder it is to give birth.
This is also the fault of the system; Maximus' seed is so fertile that it's easy to get pregnant.
Maximus and his children became a dazzling spectacle as they walked toward the registers.
"Dad, why do they look at us?" Max said while looking around.
"Maybe it's because your brothers and sisters are handsome and cute," Maximus excused.
He also didn't know what caused such a reaction.
Is it rare to have eleven children in a row?
Fortunately, there is no line, so he quickly came to register.
"Hello, I would like to register my children in the guild."
"Alright, sir, please come with me."
They were then led to a spacious private room.
As they were seated, the steward addressed them with a smile.
"Are you already familiar with Lumina Crysalis Guild, sir?"
"No, can you tell me a bit about it?"
"Of course, our guild was established hundreds of epochs ago."
"Currently, we are ranked 96 overall and rank no. 1 in our industry."
"The guild was established by Madam Aurelia, a tier 9 apex sovereign."
"Hmm, can you tell me the process of registering my children?"
Maximus already knew that every top 100 guilds had at least one or two tier 9 apex sovereigns in their midst.
Otherwise, they would not have survived until now.
"The students are divided by grade and rank," the steward explained.
"We have grades 1 to 9, ranging from a few months old to a hundred years old."
"We teach children up to a hundred years old until they pass the Origin Arcana Institute."
"For ages 3 and below, it's grade one; grade 2 is for ages 4 to 10," the steward said as he looked at Maximus' children, who were mostly below 10 years old.
"Hmmm, what about ranks?"
"This is for you to consider, sir," the steward replied.
"The rank determines the quality of education and resources that will be used to teach your children."
"We have three ranks: Nebula, Star, and Celestial Class"
After that, the steward explained each individual rank and its pros and cons.
Usually, the Nebula class is where seekers' children stay, as it's more affordable, but the problem is that it's crowded.
The Star Class is for official students, which is a bit more expensive but offers more comprehensive courses and focus.
Lastly, there's the Celestial Class, a special class targeting big and wealthy families.
It's a top-notch class with everything needed, and it's said to even surpass the official student education standards in the Origin Arcana Institute when it comes to children.
Furthermore, there are a bunch of tier 8 mentors teaching all the time, which is extraordinary.
It's like having a bunch of Nobel Prize winners as full-time teachers.
"How much does the Celestial Class cost?"
"It's 30,000 credits for grade 1 and 100,000 credits for grade 2 each year," the steward said slowly.
"Well," although he was prepared for the expensive price, he was still somewhat shocked.
There are three ways to get credit points, first is direct exchange of wealth, second is doing mission, and third is various rewards.
Credit points are equivalent to high-grade magic stones, which are 10,000 times the value of low-grade magic stones.
Currently, he has five children suitable for grade 1 and six children suitable for grade 2, which costs a total of 750,000 credits.
Converted to low-grade magic crystal is 7.5 billion yearly.
But thinking about the future of his children, he gritted his teeth and thought of a plan.
Currently, he only has 477,838 credit points.
He also had 2.8 billion low-grade magic crystals.
2.6 billion coming from the shop in Silver Leaf City during three months of trial.
And 200 million from his previous money, along with the money he just converted into the system when he came back to his kingdom.
Converted to credits, it's 280,000 in total, plus his remaining credits, which is barely enough for their tuition.
"How is it, sir? Are they going to be enrolled in the Celestial Class?" the steward smiled widely.
It's rare to have such a big customer, who has 11 children and is still willing to enroll them in the Celestial Class.
"Let me convert some credits for a while," Maximus nodded.
Then he manipulated his token to contact Edward and transfer money.
After that, he went to the institute exchange system and converted 2.8 billion low-grade magic crystals to credits.
[+280,000 credits]
[Maximus Shadowcrest
Course: Pending...
Credits: 757,838]
After that, he turned his attention back to the steward.
"Then I would like to enroll my children in the Celestial Class."
"Gladly!" The steward said as he began to register his children.
"Can I get your tokens, little sir? little miss?" The steward said to his children, who had been sitting quietly until now.
"Here."
"Here is mine."
They then handed their tokens one by one as the steward registered them, fearing that Maximus might change his mind.
After all, this is a big commission for the steward, who is only a seeker at the institute barely getting by.
As for worrying that Maximus couldn't pay?
It's not a problem, as the steward knew that Maximus is an official student.
Sooner or later, he can get enough money for the tuition fee.
"It's done," the steward said as he gave back their tokens.
"When will they start? Are they late for class?" Maximus said as he manipulated his token to pay.
[-750,000 credits]
"Tomorrow, sir. Although the class already started 2 days ago, the mentors are good, so don't worry that they will not catch up," the steward said as he saw Maximus paid in full.
"By the way, there is a special vehicle that will take them to and from school and your house, so you don't need to worry about transportation and safety."
"There is also their itinerary code, so you can know what they're doing anytime, anywhere," the steward said as he gave Maximus a code that can access the activity of his children at school remotely.
Seeing that the steward had nothing else to say, Maximus stood up.
"Let's go shopping and prepare for your school tomorrow," Maximus said as he looked at his children.
"Yay, shopping!" The originally withered looks suddenly became lively.
They knew what shopping is, but they hadn't experienced it.
In the kingdom, all their needs were basically met.
Furthermore, Max already supplied all their needs through the system, so they didn't need shopping.
But this time, they will use it openly at school, so he can't just buy system products and be done with it.
He will also take this time to look at what kind of products they sell here, compared to his system.
After all, even though he already gone to shops like EGCC, he only buys and sells things directly without browsing.
"Let's go!"
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