Chapter 36: Precautions (2/2)
Elijah looked at me as if I had misspoken while even Jasmine raised a brow at my idea
"I'et into the school? I round Even the fact that I'et into the school"
Putting an arainst ,brother take care of the s brother? You realize that I'ht? And what does 'nerd' ht jab atto school with somy life with those antisocial dwarves?"
Just to sweeten the deal, I added, "You know, Lucas is going to be attending Xyrus Acaderee with Ar…Note You can always go back to being an adventurer later" Jaslanced around to see if anyone heard the mistake she almost slipped out
"Okay!" he relented as I squeezed hio! Besides, so Lucas on the first day of school!"
"Good! Jasmine, can you take Elijah back to Helstea Manor? I have souys!" I pushed them toward the portal just a bit ahead
Jasmine nodded wordlessly and led Elijah away After they were out of sight, h
"Come out," I called out calmly
With a swish, Kaspian appeared beside me with his sheathed rapier tied to his waist
"I a the two of thely
"Thanks for getting the judge to play along with the act Lucas shouldn't be suspicious anytime soon," I replied with a nod
"My pleasure At this point, I'" Kaspian chuckled, but I sensed his words were serious
"I'lad you think that way," I answered
"Anyway, here's a little parting gift fro s, opening the red sack he had given h to make a countryside boy like me faint
However, I reift As I turned and walked away, Kaspian called out from behind "I advise you to use it to take appropriate precautions, Mr Note It'd be unwise to let your guard down, thinking you've cleared theback, I raised an ar towards the teleportation gate myself with Sylvie perched onXyrus Academy wouldn't draw too much suspicion Jas her vouch for Elijah would seem natural I would make sure not to dran's Ballad whenever I ith Lucas on the journey The only problenize Sylvie; he'd seen the small, feline form of Sylvie back at Guild Hall, after all
"Sylvie?" I asked in concern as a bright glow e her offonce more
Her pitch-black scales turned white as the horns sprouting from her head had completely receded The scales on her lizard-like tail extended like fur as the scales on her body thinned out as well As the bright glow subsided, I looked in surprise to see that my bond had once more taken on a complete transformation The feline-lizard forht, replaced by the forh her back, I could feel a soft pelt where her scales once were Upon closer inspection, I could see that her fur was actually incredibly thin scales that took on the appearance of a soft coat over her body Sylvie's body was almost completely covered in a snohite pelt as her nose, paws, and the tips of her ears remained black
'Is this better, Papa?' Sylvie's voice rang in my head as she curled up in e into?" I asked, astounded
'I don't know, but I'ht'
"Y-Yeah… Good night, Sylv," I muttered aloud, still baffled at her ons have the ability to alter their foron, like the one n at the dungeon, but being able to change her color and size even
I couldn't help but let out a wry sest proble into the town the teleportation gate was in, I casted a weak electric current into the air tospied on like I had been earlier After confir that I was alone, I re
Reaching the small town that looked more like an outpost, I weaved my way around the crowd of heavily-aroods that they had collected Clutching htly, I made my way to a random merchant and quickly sold my worn and chipped short sword for a few silver coins Dawn's Ballad, htly across h the front doors of an artifact shop
"Welcome to Ecvius Artifacts," the store clerk said on i atalong I shookthe sweat offfor him since we're about to leave town"
"A," the woman cooed behind her desk "How old are you?"
"Eleven," I replied, flashi+ng an innocent s on errands by yourself?" she smiled
"Well, I haveup Sylvie, already getting tired of acting like a kid
"I see, well how can I help you?" The store lady clasped her hands eagerly
"I'e artifact," I answered, surveying the tidy little shop filled with trinkets
"Oh…" The store clerk looked at me in surprise but she quickly went to the back rooht out a small box filled with a few cases "This is where we keep all of our di the box "Was there a particular size that your father wanted?"
As she opened containers one by one, bracelets, rings, necklaces and other accessories sparkled froems that adorned them
Just like the books I had read about the die artifacts, they all seemed to be accessories that one could easily carry around without it being suspicious This was because these particular artifacts had the ability to store and preserve itehly-valuable dion's worth of storage inside and its weight wouldn't even change
The prices of these iteoods all the time, it orth it for them
None of the books I had read really went into detail on how you could actually create one since enerations, but one e space in a particular di multiple lesser artifacts out of it
"I just need one big enough to store this," I replied as I held up Dawn's Ballad for her to see, my eyes still focused on the few dimensional artifacts she had out
"H should do it," she said, picking out a particular ring I looked down to see that she had chosen an extravagant gold ring with a diaems
"Do you have any that are less fla back to her
"Hh the box once more "Aha! How about this?"
I opened the siven 's storage capacity is actually better than the gold ring I showed you before, but the s in this plain state This ring probably has enough space to fit your stick and a large luggage bag inside," she declared proudly, flashi+ng me a very business-like smile
I didn't waste any ti with the insistent woed to buy it for a handful of beast cores that I had picked up over that past year along with two hundred gold coins—and that was only because that was how s now consisted of a few silver coins and the S class elderwood's beast core that I had already partly used I let out a deep, depressed sigh, re of the times when I could live happily with just a couple of copper coins back in Ashber Town If Kaspian hadn't given old coins to use to 'take precautions with' as I left, I wouldn't have had enough to even afford one
After slipping the ring into ers, I willedand ot sucked up into the ring I did the sa and proceeded towards the teleportation gate Jash at the center of the town