69 Unwanted Residen (1/2)

Morning Road, Delmar City

Walking on Morning Road to Hunter's Bizarre with much vigor in his step was Desmond. Yesterday he had just finished carving out the final rune into his core officially making him an intermediate apprentice mage. This advertisement brought with it greater control over his mana, a larger mana pool, and the ability to cast intermediate spells for apprentice mages.

Desmond couldn't cast intermediate spells before because he didn't have enough mana in his body to do it. Plus casting spells above your grade has more cost than benefits so Desmond never even dared.

Things have been going well for Desmond lately besides advancing he has also been able to successfully create a magic scroll. He enchanted the spell illumination on to the scroll it was nothing fancy, but it was his first success of soon to be many.

Desmond had not been able to utilize the advanced branch of enchanting yet where he can give life to his enchantments in picture form. While he was patient Desmond was eager to try out an idea he had in his head with that enchantment technique he's learning. If what he is thinking succeeds than he will not only make a lot of money but also become someone super annoying to fight even more so than an illusionist already is to people.

While picturing his enemies playing in the palm of his hand, well mostly the Mirror Man Desmond found himself at the entrance to the Hunter's Bizarre then entered. Inside he saw Ragnar wearing a blue vest with his long wild bed hair unrestrained, displaying his bare chest full of battle scars as usual.

He was watching a popular drama TV show in this world called Mechanical Heart. It is set in a world where everyone is human, but their world is a bleak one. Their entire world is toxic and the pollution that the factories produce and dumb into the few clean water sources and onto the common folk don't make things any better. The world has become so toxic that people being born with weak hearts have skyrocketed. Even the people born before the problem arouse were suffering from it as well.

This caused the death toll to increase exponential the solution that the people in that world came up with was to replace everyone's hearts with a stronger mechanical one. This stopped one problem, but it also created new ones as well. While the rich at the upper ring of society lived long healthy lives with hearts that could keep pumping for hundreds of years.

The lower ring of society didn't bask in the same glory their new hearts while better than their old ones were not as good as the wealthiest members of society. So with their inferior hearts, they eventually experienced problems, but unacceptable to afford the tune ups and spare parts their hearts broke.

A faulty heart could cause problems with the mind making a person act out in strange ways or go crazy. It's only when a person's heart breaks do they actually die. Seeing the state of the lower ring a mechanic from the upper ring came down to fix the hearts of those who needed it. He even gave people who needed it piece of his own heart to keep theirs working. The man gave away so much he could started to suffer problems until he could no longer feel love.

Desmond found out about the show through his friends when they all got together to enjoy the meal Roy brought over for them. The meal was quite good the different flavors and styles surprised Desmond, but not as much as finding out that even someone born in such a fantasy world could still dream like that.

He wasn't born into Desmond's depressing world where you only live to work yet he dreams of a different sky. Maybe its because this is the only world he knows making this his norm the reason my he dreams of something more while not knowing how good he has it.

Desmond didn't linger on the matter since philosophy wasn't his style instead he walked towards the counter where Ragnar was and chatted with him.

”My word Ragnar do you own anything else besides a vest its all I ever see you wear”. Desmond said in a joking manner, he has been to their shop so many times in the past couple of months it was hard not to become acquainted with someone like that.

Ragnar was deeply engrossed in the show he was watching and didn't want to miss a thing ”shh ... It's a new episode just take your book, leave money and go”.

Desmond knew Ragnar got like this, but he was a decent guy despite how he treats people.

Desmond was going to search for the things he wanted when he heard hurried footsteps coming from down the hall the look of fear on Ragnar's face as he uttered: ”why are these walls so thin”.