Even within Black Sail, many Wizards are exhausted just trying to gather the resources needed for cultivation, with almost no savings left.
The people Duke knows, including Simon, are like this; Simon recently advanced to become an Official Wizard but incurred quite a bit of debt in the process.
He even refused Duke's financial support, insisting that he could solve these problems and that earning money would be faster after advancing to an Official Wizard.
Simon is not only earning money for himself but also for his two companions, taking on all kinds of work and tasks as long as it can earn magic stones.
Wizards like Duke, who possess exquisite magic potion abilities, are always a minority; more common Wizards don't even have the capital to master magic potion skills, as it requires too much investment.
