A few meters away from the Academy gate. Inside a market area, even though it was past midnight and the beautiful moon was shining beautifully in the sky, the market streets were bustling with all kinds of activities. A lot of stalls, restaurants, and shops were lined up in a disorderly manner.
A group of four boys wearing regular clothes were walking around the market streets while talking to each other.
The group was attracting a lot of attention because the one leading was very handsome with blue hair and deep black eyes. The other three walking beside him also had their charm but one of them was wearing a black color hoodie, that’s why half of his head was hidden. Suddenly a small redhead popped out from the youth hoodie.
-‘Just why do I need to suffocate inside your hoodie!’
Bia shouted with irritation as she looked around the bustling market. She wanted to enjoy as well but Kyle forced her to stay hidden.
Kyle used his index finger to push the head back inside his hoodie that just popped out again.
‘I told you to stay inside the dorm. I agreed to come out because we are only visiting the market present a few meters away from the Academy.’
‘I know it is not dangerous around the Academy because the area around the Academy is guarded but still we should stay cautious after what happened outside the Tower.’
Bia grumbled but in the end, she just stayed inside the hoodie while peeking out from time to time.
Kyle glanced around the market. He didn’t like crowded places but under the illumination of so many lights, it looked beautiful. The sky was dark but the market was bright and filled with colors.
Carcel was walking beside him while Alec and Nine were talking non-stop in front of him.
They looked around for a while before stopping in front of a weapon stall. The weapons weren’t bad because the lowest Rank weapon was (E)-Rank while the highest (D)-Rank but the group only looked around for fun as they already had their weapons.
Kyle gazed at the weapons and picked up a bow. It was brown, two blue gemstones were embedded in each corner of the bow.
Carcel saw the bow inside Kyle’s hand.
“Do you want to buy it?”
“No, I just got curious because of the gemstones.”
The stall owner was a middle-aged woman. She looked at Kyle who was holding the bow with a business smile and tried to sell it but Kyle just placed the bow back.
He liked it but it was useless because he always used a sword as his weapon.
‘I will try using one in the future. Maybe.’
The stall owner was happy when she saw the group of handsome boys arriving in front of her stall but soon she became annoyed because the boys were only looking around without buying anything.
Kyle’s gaze was on the weapons but from the corner of his eyes, he saw Nine was fiddling with a finger-sized bead.
Nine wore the usual carefree expression as he picked up a maze from the stall but one could see after he fiddled with the bead his expression turned cold for a second.
Kyle didn’t think much about it but then he noticed Alec was secretly glancing at Nine. The gaze was very subtle but Kyle instantly noticed it because after putting the bow back he was standing behind the trio.
‘Hmm?’
Kyle frowned but then suddenly Nine stepped back with a proud smile.
“Guys, I need to talk to my girlfriend. The communication crystal is buzzing inside my storage ring hehe.”
He pointed at a nearby restaurant.
“Let’s eat something good. Wait for me in the restaurant I will be back shortly!”
Kyle clicked his tongue when Nine was shamelessly flaunting about his relationship.
“Alright.”
After getting the affirmation, Nine smirked and disappeared inside the crowd.
Carcel and Kyle went to another stall but Alec’s meaningful gaze lingered on Nine fading back.
‘Well, he will take care of it.’
He joined the duo and after annoying another stall keeper they went to the restaurant Nine pointed.
It was small yet filled to the brim. Many customers were sitting around the round tables while enjoying their food.
When Kyle, Alec, and Carcel entered the restaurant an old lady approached with a polite smile.
She guided them to a corner where the only empty table was present and handed them a paper menu.
“What would you all like to eat? We serve monster meat as our best dish but there are other specialties as well. Take your time to decide.”
After giving a polite nod the lady left them alone.
“I want to eat meat!”
Alec said while looking at the menu. He wanted to pick all types of meats but when he saw the price tag his eyes widened.
“Why is it so expensive!”
A single plate of monster meat was worth 100 gold coins! It’s because unlike normal meat monsters meat was delicious. It can also slightly recover consumer energy.
Carcel and Kyle gazed at Alec’s expression with a chuckle.
Then they looked at each other, no more specifically they looked at the storage rings present on each other hands. Carcel was wearing a gold-colored ring that had a lot of gold coins and mana stones. As a prince, he wasn’t poor at all but when he saw so many rings on Kyle’s fingers he raised his brow.
Kyle had three rings on his fingers that were filled to the brim with many mana stones and weird-looking gold coins. Even though the coin’s shape was different from the normal shape, it was gold nevertheless!
It seemed the only poor guy present here was Alec who was almost on the verge of crying after seeing the prize of the monster meat.
Even though both Carcel and Kyle could pay for the food easily an evil smile appeared on their face.
While Alec was busy looking at the menu. Kyle mouthed at Carcel.
‘How about dine and dash?’
Carcel chuckled and mouthed back with a grin.
‘The idea is not bad.’