27 New Work (1/2)

Chapter 27: New Work

Translator: winniethepooh, Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion

Lucien didn’t go directly to the market after leaving. Instead, he went back home for his wood stick and started practicing basic fighting skills as usual. Since Lucien’s spirit was not strong enough, being physically strong was also very important.

Besides, the stronger the person was, the more likely they would successfully get improved by the Crying Soul Potion.

An hour later, in the market.

It had been five days since Lucien came here last time. The market area was busy as usual. Human and other kinds of humanoid creatures were walking around and bargaining. The assorted shops and stores were like colourful mushrooms in the woods.

Lucien was very careful when he was walking on the streets. The gangsters would probably take revenge on him. But Lucien was pretty sure that with his good perception he would notice if anyone tried to attack him.

However, until he finished buying the materials and was ready to leave, not even a single gangster came to bother him. In fact, the gangsters on the street were in much smaller numbers than usual. They were often in groups of two or three, but today most of them were hanging around alone. Lucien was pretty confused.

No matter what happened, Lucien still had to be careful and try to master all the apprentice spells as soon as possible. Although these spells were not very powerful, Lucien believed that they were already enough for dealing with a bunch of gangsters holding daggers.

It took Lucien more than three hours just to buy three of these materials. Worrying that his shopping might bring any suspiciousness, he was very cautious and decided not to buy anything that was not used for common tasks.

He bought some sulphur, which was very useful for disinfestation in the Month of Fire; nightstar, a type of plant that could promote sleep quality; and icestone, that could be used for keeping stuff fresh.

For the materials that could be found outside of the city, Lucien definitely wouldn’t buy them.

The shopping cost Lucien a Nar and twenty Fells, which represented half of his savings, but what he bought was only enough for about a hundred experiments. Among them, the most expensive one was nightstar, followed by icestone, but sulphur was the cheapest, as expected.

Lucien sighed, “I’d better be careful with these experiments… I really can’t afford to waste any material.”

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Spells like Acid Splash and Freezing Rays would definitely mess Lucien’s place. And he was afraid that someone would notice it during daytime. So he decided to find a new place for practicing, the sewers.

At two o’clock in the afternoon, Lucien started his study on time at Victor’s house.

An hour later, the class was over. After Renee, Colin and Annie left, Victor asked in a gentle voice.

“Lucien, do you have a job now?”

There were only four students left in the living room - Lott, Felicia, Herodotus and Lucien.

Shaking his head, Lucien answered with slight depression.

“No, sir… I lost my job for some reason. I’m… I’m still looking for a new one.”

It was kind of embarrassing for Lucien to admit, but he was also a bit excited. Did Mr. Victor have a job offer?

“Studying here from two to six in the afternoon everyday can be quite demanding for you. I know you gotta support yourself. Even if you can study here for free, I guess you’re still facing a pretty big challenge with your living expenses.” Victor tried to be careful with his words to avoid undermining Lucien’s self-esteem. He asked Colin and Renee before, so he knew that a poor guy like Lucien had to work at least ten hours a day to barely support himself.

“I know a relatively easy job. You work four hours every morning and you get ten Nars every month. What do you think?”

Lucien felt so touched facing this kind offer. Although he had been through many difficulties and bad things before, Lucien felt he was so lucky to have many kind people helping him like uncle Joel, untie Alisa and Mr. Victor.

“Yes… Sure. That’s awesome. It’s very kind of you.”

“You don’t even know what kind of work it is.” Victor smiled, “It’s a job in the association library. They are short of hands now. Another good thing is that when you work there, you can have access to many music or theory-related books. I think it’ll be pretty helpful.”