Chapter 104: Slyff (1/2)
”Alright, I'm going to brew potions.” Elora stood up after hearing his explanation.
Zelie also stretched and followed behind her before speaking. ”If I sit here a little bit more, I'll bore myself to death.”
Kadyn was alone in the shop when the duo left. He slouched in his chair in boredom and closed his eyes. In just a few minutes he dozed off.
A voice of footsteps came from in front of him after an unknown amount of time later. He opened his eyes and wiped the crust out of them and blinked a few times to adjust his eye-sight. A man. No, not man. A boy around the age of eighteen stood in front of the counter, looking all about in the shop curiously. Left and right. Back and forth. His eyes were filled with eagerness.
”Can I help you, sir?” Kadyn voiced, attracting the boy's gaze towards himself. He had a handsome but innocent looking face, without a single whisker, plain and smooth like a child. His pristine brown eyes were beautiful and wide in interest, his nose was small and his lips red. He was tall though, and had black hair.
”Oh, oh, I just wanted to check out.” The boy flushed. ”I-I don't have any-any money. You-you don't need to ask your guards. I would get lost myself.” The boy said and scrambled. Before Kadyn could speak, he had already dashed out of the shop.
Kadyn opened his mouth wide to speak but then swallowed. The boy had already vanished from his sight. Then he curled his lips. ”What an interesting guy. I wonder what's his name.”
”Very interesting indeed.” A voice sounded in his head out of nowhere, frightening Kadyn out of his wits as he jumped from his chair. Then, he realised whom that voice belonged to.
”Hey, don't speak like that?”
Silence.
”What do you mean by your previous words?” Kadyn asked curiously.
”I would suggest you recruit that guy.”
”Why?”
Silence.
Kadyn sighed and looked towards the gate languidly as he stood from his comfortable chair and walked out of the shop. The system never interferes with his decisions, no matter how stupid they are. Now he asked him to recruit that guy, it can't be for nothing. He found Khrom outside and asked. ”Did you see a boy running out?”
”Yes. Did he steal something?” Khrom asked.
”Do you think that boy is capable of stealing something from my shop?” Kadyn rolled his eyes at him. ”I need you to find that boy.” As he said the quest window appeared.
[Quest Name: ?]
[Reward: 100 Energy Points]
[Do you want to accept the missions? Y/N]
Khrom looked at Kadyn pleasantly. He had never received a mission that could give him even thirty energy points but this mission was worth 1oo. Kadyn was also surprised. That boy must be special if the system has offered such a huge reward. Kadyn himself didn't have many energy points; a hundred was a big sum even for him. From the last deal, he earned just 200 energy points.
”Why there is a question mark at the place of quest name?” He asked in bewilderment. It had never happened before.
”You'll know when you recruit the boy.”
”Alright, you can go now.” Kadyn waved his hand towards Khrom. ”The sooner you find the boy the better.”
At this moment a figure walked out from the other side. Kadyn eyed the newcomer and said. ”You came at the right time. Accompany Khrom and help him in his search.”
Dion didn't know what it was all about, but he still nodded.
Khrom didn't waste his time and dashed out of the shop with Dion. Hundred Energy Points would let him learn some weaker Rank 1 spells. He might even be able to find a way to advance inside the library. Though he wasn't Rank 1 himself, he had the confidence to become in the future. The more time he spent in the shop the more shocked he became. There were so many mysteries surrounding Kadyn.
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At the centre of the Orddono City stood a castle. Large and beautiful. The dome that was far bigger than Kadyn's shop could be seen from miles away, though half of it was obscured — or it appeared to be as if it was from a distance — in the mist and clouds. At the four corners of the castle, stood four towering snow-white pillars, poking a hole into the clouds.