Chapter 72: A Confusing Day (1/2)

I decided to stay ho to couess Mother and Ellie had developed soet hurt every time I left home

I knew that I had people to infore of pace, I was determined to spend time with my family, namely myup on irls Tabitha decided to tag along and after a rather brief discussion; they wanted to go shopping It was fairly apparent to h…

I could at least use that chance to take a detour, after, to Xyrus Acade to what my parents heard from Professor Glory, but I shouldn't keep them in the dark about what happened to me for an extra day I was also a bit worried about the condition of Tess's assimilation

I lost count of the many places we visited after the umpteenth store but I didn't dare show h the stores, I realized how ignorant I was The fact that the only time I'd visited the shops was a bit after I was first reborn into this world, struck me; this, coupled with the fact that I had no noteworthy equip new equip on Mother's back and got to see all of the small tents filled with merchandise back up in the tiny town of Ashber

Most of dom of Elenoir, more specifically, inside the castle Even the previous ti with the ladies, ent directly to the fashi+on district so nothing appealed to me There were some items with protective capabilities from either theirpowerful enough to catch my interest

"Aunt Helstea, are there stores where they sell so that can help me train faster?" I asked while we headed inside a store that exclusively sold scarves

"Have me a confused look as if I had asked some sort of trick question

I'd never used the elixirs here, but if they were anything like the drugs some practitioners used in o anywhere near them

"There's actually a small elixir and o take a look while we shop for some scarves…"

That was all I needed to hear before strategically bolting out the store

"Thank you! I'llout after carefully dropping the bags I was assigned to carry

"Kyuu!" 'Don't leave me!'

I saw Sylvie extend a paw out towards me in a desperate atteave her a look of condolence before running off

Your sacrifice will not be in vain, I saluted

After turning the corner as per instructions, my face crumpled up in bewilderment

This was a store?!

The corner I turned at ledunsuspecting passersby At the end of the narrow alleyas a dingy shack that even rats would find too revolting to live in The wooden planks that made up the store looked like they had been painted withtowardsout from the bottom of the store as if even they didn't want to be stuck there

WINDSOM'S POTIONS AND MEDICINES

I had to tilt n, which had been barely dangling on a single nail

Did they really sell potions and medicines there? I would be less surprised if they sold bottled diseases and poisons

"Spare soard voice startled me out of my stupefied state

Beside me sat a pale old man with a hand reached out towards me, palms up

I im my body with mana

How did I not sense this old ht next tolad I'e" The old man's face wrinkled as he revealed a pearly white sed state

"Ah yeah, sure" I reached inthe opportunity to take a closer look at him

With a thick, uncohtly hunched shoulders, he looked up at h, didn't coht, for some reason I could tell that this man was probably very handsome in his youth, which all thehinarled hands nirabbed the coin out of my hand with a speed that surprised ers was a coin that was silver instead of copper

shi+t! I gave him a silver coin by mistake! That was a hundred copper coins!

"Wait… I ain and when I made sure that this time, the coin in my hand was indeed copper, I looked back up to see that the old one

"What the f…" I stood there, bewildered for the third time in the last 5a helpless sigh escape my lips, I took a step forward towards Windsom's potion shack I reached for the handle of the wooden door that seemed like it would break upon mere contact when I felt a concentration ofers around the knob, preparing to turn it, when a stiff jolt coursed throughaway so I forcefully twisted the knob, opening the door

As soon as the door unlocked, the shock stopped as well Pushi+ng open the creaking door, I' indescribably horrendous The stench was so strong that it ihs from me

"Oh, a customer! What can I do for you?" a familiar voice welcoer at hier and confusion It was the sa s you in here?" He looked at hed in frustration "Can I just have my coin back? I need that money to buy some stuff I need… and besides, you said you were homeless" I stuck my hand out towards hied man Based on the environment where you met me and by my appearance and deer at"How about this, you can pick one item here for free as a thank you for the present," he continued in a naniers, ly

My broitched in annoyance but I calmed myself down and quickly took a scan around the sorry excuse of a store

"Are you sure there are even itee of frustration in it

"Of course! I don't give this chance to just anyone, you know You just have to choose carefully" The old a hand

I rubbedup inside of me

The elderly should be respected, Arthur

The elderly should be respected…