Chapter 35 - Blood (2/2)

Suddenly he noticed something interesting.

One of the buildings had a sign that was very different from the previous ones. It was made of more expensive material, but the most important thing was the text - ”For Magicians Only”.

Evan was curious about it. However when he approached the building he did not see a landlord.

When he inspected the sign once more he noticed that it had an indentation in the shape of a palm. He was surprised, but he quickly understood what he had to do - his experience with the card in the library helped him with that.

Whoosh.

Evan put his palm to the hole and began to infuse mana. The sign glowed brightly and then went out. At the same moment, Evan felt that he could no longer infuse mana.

”Huh, they use magic almost everywhere. I'm starting to like this world more and more every day.”

He was pleased. After all, if magic is so heavily integrated into society, it meant how meaningful and multifunctional the magic of this world was.

”I guess I'll just have to wait a little while...” Slowly Evan muttered looking at the house.

...

About ten minutes later, a short girl with short red hair approached Evan. She was dressed simply and her face shone with a slight smile.

The girl bowed slightly: ”Sorry for the wait. Do you want to rent a house for a while or do you want to buy it?”

”To rent for one month, is that possible?”

Evan didn't ask about what was inside the house, since the most basic information was written on the sign. All he wanted was privacy and nothing more. Furniture, garden or decor didn't concern him.

The girl nodded and quickly said: ”That'll be three gold pieces. Will you pay cash or by card?”

Evan was surprised that such a seemingly ordinary girl knew about such a thing as a card. He didn't answer anything, but simply pulled a black card with a gold border out of his pocket.

The girl glimpsed it and then pulled a small wrapped scroll from her leather bag.

Whoosh.

The girl unfolded the scroll, ”Please, you may read the contract.”

Evan took the scroll in his hands and read it quickly and nodded. There was nothing interesting in it, the most usual terms and nothing more.

The girl nodded, and to Evan's surprise pulled a sharp, silver needle from her bag. Without blinking an eye, she pricked her finger and a crimson drop of blood fell on the bottom corner of the scroll.

She carefully wiped the needle with a silk handkerchief and offered it to Evan.

”Oh, I'm sorry, you probably have your own needle, that was extremely rude of me.” The girl said hastily. The stunned look on Evan's face confused her. She couldn't imagine he saw such a procedure for the first time.

The girl was about to take the needle away when Evan suddenly stopped her. With a wide smile on his face he said: ”No need, it's okay.

”Sorry, I was just thinking.”

Whoosh.

Evan took the needle and the next second a drop of his blood fell on the scroll. The girl nodded approvingly, and stowed the scroll in her bag and pulled out a stone plaque. It was exactly like the one he'd seen at the librarian's.

Evan held the card to the stone plaque and three gold coins instantly disappeared from the account.