193 The Expensive Books (1/2)
Chapter 193: The Expensive Books
Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion
In the metallic silver hall of the congress tower, Lazar had been laughing for quite a while, and he said to Lucien, ”Hahaha… Did you see Ms. Lawette’s face? It was purple! Purple! Haha…” Lazar’s own face was now red from laughing too hard, ”It’s just like… like a hundred arcana credits were given to her but, in the next minute, the credits were taken away again because it was given to the wrong person, haha… You know how many people don’t like her? Haha…”
”I just don’t really get it,” said Lucien, smiling. ”Why did she want to give us a hard time? I mean, she didn’t have to.”
”Ms. Lawette is one of those sorcerers that I mentioned before who did not want to make any progresses anymore in their lives. Those people hate other people who are still striving for a better life.” Lazar gently patted his chest to calm himself down. ”I hope I won’t be like this in my sixties.”
”We can try.” Lucien laughed. ”It’s quite hard for me to imagine you with Ms. Lawette’s disgruntled look on your face, Lazar.”
”Try what? How?” Lazar was confused.
”You can lend me your thirty arcana points, and I’ll try my best to not pay you back, haha.” Lucien joked, ”Let’s see if you can still be this patient with me.”
Lazar rolled his eyes at Lucien, ”Come on, thirty points to you is nothing. By the way, you’re going to meet your students again, and that’s quite nice, isn’t it?”
Among the five magic schools in Allyn, Douglas ranked the best magic school, whose strength was in the school of Force, Electromagnetics, Astrology, and Element. Following Douglas were the two schools named Allyn and Pesancho. The former was known for its subjects of Necromancy and Summoning, and the latter was good at teaching Transformation and Illusion. Besides these schools, Trident was the school known for their researches in the latest three magic fields: Electromagnetics, Thermodynamics, and Light-darkness, and many students who wanted to study Alchemy, Element or Thermodynamics would also go to Alborg.
Of course, the schools all provided courses covering all the fields, despite the fact that each had its own strength.
”It’s surely nice, however, I need to buy a storage bag first, which means spending money. Right now, spending money doesn’t make me happy,” answered Lucien.
”Then our next destination, Wasim!” said Lazar cheerfully.
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”Level three storage bag, mass produced, middle-ranked, ‘Shrink’ enchanted. You can shrink and store your belongings to one sixteenth of its original size in this bag with only twenty percent of its weight. Magic wave covered. Four hundred arcana points,” introduced the owner of the store.
Lucien’s heart was bleeding. This bag just cost him three Wave Stones, fifty-eight Thales and six arcana points, and right now the palm-sized pouch was already half filled with Lucien’s books, notes and materials.
Seeing Lucien’s desperate look, Lazar comforted him, ”Come on, my friend, stop feeling heartbroken. If it wasn’t from mass production, you probably need to spend a thousand arcana points on a level three storage bag! Before, this bag was way more expensive. Besides, the bag is a must to you, and you’re not wasting your money.”
Lucien nodded, but still felt that he just suffered a great loss.
”By the way, next time when I need Wave Stone, can I buy some from you with a bit lower price?” Lazar tried to distract Lucien, ”Anyway, when your paper is published, I’m sure lots of people will cite your paper to improve your spell. At that time, you’ll have lots of arcana points, trust me.”
”Lazar… Is your magic robe also from mass production?” asked Lucien.
”Forget about mass production…” Lazar was amused, ”Where shall we go next then?”
”Library! Basic Arcana Library!” Lucien suddenly cheered up.
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”What?! Pay before read?!” asked Lucien, feeling shocked.
The old librarian grinned, ”You are still too young and naive, boy. Soon after the library was built, many sorcerers with great spiritual power and memory were coming here to memorize the books in the library. Later they even created some tricky magic circles to copy the books here. Everyone knows knowledge is wealth, and no one can get knowledge for free.”
Although the librarian’s hair was half white and was pretty short, he was still a good-looking man with graceful manners. However, Lucien did not like him at all.
”But… But if I don’t glance the books over first, how do I know these are the books that I’m looking for?” Lucien was still trying.
”I’ve been hearing this all the time, young man,” the short librarian waved his index finger a bit in front of Lucien’s face, ”always the same reason.”