After getting the reward for the quests in the Adventurers’ Guild, Diana and I leave, but on the way out we pass Prince Drago de Cartoza.
I was startled when I saw him but forced myself to keep an expressionless face, I also warned Diana about our connection to her being my Familiar to act like she doesn’t know who he is.
After we left the Guild Diana and I walked back to the mansion while we talked.
“What was he doing there? And why didn’t he stop staring at me?” (I)
“Do you think maybe he recognized you?” (Diana)
“I don’t know, he looked surprised but also confused, I don’t think he can recognize me as I don’t think I left any kind of lead for him to follow.” (I)
“Maybe he asked Carlos for some information or maybe his reason for coming here is something different.” (Diana)
“You may be right, but for good measure, I’m going to ask Kira to look for information on what the prince has been up to since the ambush so far.” (I)
“Let’s go back to the mansion.” (I)
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As soon as we arrive at the mansion I gather everyone in the room for the day’s meeting.
“Let’s start the meeting with you today, Anton.” (I)
“I don’t know if the others spoke to you when they arrived, but we found a monster today that part of its body can be used to make swords.” (I)
“Irius spoke to me after he arrived, he said you guys defeated some Serpent Swords.” (Anton)
“That’s right, we brought your swords with us, I planned to leave them with you.” (I)
“These swords are very easy to work with, as they already have a sword shape and are very sharp, it doesn’t need a lot of work.” (Anton)
“All I’ll need is to remove some impurities, sharpen the blade a little more and make a grip.” (Anton)
“How many can you make a day?” (I)
“I can do ten a day easily, if you want it faster I can get fifteen.” (Anton)
“You don’t have to work so hard, do ten a day if you have time after you’ve finished everything delivered to Nira.” (I)
“Yes.” (Anton)
“Then someone will take it for you.” (I)
“Nira, do you know how much these swords can be sold for after they’re finished?” (I)
“This sword is the most common on the market, as Anton said himself, this sword can be mass made and has a good durability.” (Nira)
“In this town, it is sold for 70 silver coins each in the shops, if you want to sell it to the Commerce Guild then maybe you can sell each one for 40 or 45 silver coins.” (Nira)
“We don’t have a shop, so sell to the Guild.” (I)
“Diana, for when the sword blade can be sold in the Guild the way we got it in the Dungeon.” (I)
“The way we got it we could have sold it to the Adventurers’ Guild for 1 silver coin each.” (Diana)
“So we’re making a big profit the way we’re going to do it, but we’re not going to do it all the time.” (I)
“As we go deeper into the Dungeon, we’ll find better monster materials that will make more money, so I don’t plan on hunting the same monsters over and over again.” (I)
“That’s the kind of mindset every adventurer has, master.” (Diana)
“Become stronger to hunt stronger monsters to sell their materials to the Adventurers Guild, that way we adventurers can achieve fame and fortune.” (Diana)
“I don’t need fame, but fortune is always welcome, many kinds of problems can be solved with money, but fame only brings unnecessary attention.” (I)
Sigh
“Well, we’ve already solved almost everything.” (I)
“Kira, I need you to do something for me.” (I)
“What do you need, master?” (Kira)
“Today Diana and I saw Prince Drago at the Adventurers’ Guild, I want you to get information on why he’s still here and when he’s leaving.” (I)
“I will do this tonight.” (Kira)
“But it’s not too surprising that he’s here in town, he’s probably staying here while he investigates the ambush, he’ll also want to make sure he doesn’t get ambushed again when he leaves town.” (Kira)
“Your guess about him makes a lot of sense, but I’ll still want the information to be sure.” (I)
“I will deliver this information to you tomorrow.” (Kira)
After talking and sorting all this out there’s only one thing left that I realized today, so I look at Diana.
“Diana, after exploring the Dungeon today it’s clear that we’re not going to get the kind of battle we need on the first five floors, so I plan on exploring all the way to the tenth floor.” (I)
“I don’t plan on facing the Tenth Floor Boss yet, but it’s very likely that we’ll be facing the Intermediate Boss of the First Ten Floors.” (I)
“You’ve been an adventurer for a long time, you also come from a family of adventurers, so I want to know your opinion.” (I)
“Want to know what you think about that?” (I)
“I agree with the DM, it’s clear that the monsters from these first floors pose no threat to us, so I think we can do it the way the master said.” (Diana)
“But we shouldn’t face the Chief of the tenth floor yet, we have to train a little more to get used to fighting as a team.” (Diana)
“Fine by me, before facing the master of the tenth floor I want Ibuki to evolve once more.” (I)
After discussing this subject that has been on my mind all day I don’t think there is anything else to discuss.
“Does anyone have anything else to say?” (I)
After seeing that no one else had anything to say and having finished everything I needed to say I ended the meeting.
“With that, I think we end the meeting.” (I)
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After the meeting was over we all went to eat some delicious food made by Freya and Caryna, after that, I waited for the girls to finish their shower, and then I joined Irius, Leo, and Nolan.
After the shower I went to my room, I needed to meditate to integrate the levels I gained today and then I would need to change my work.
It took me about thirty minutes to integrate my levels, it was easy as I got used to doing it.
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After finishing everything I went to the balcony of my room, it was still late afternoon, but I decided to lie down there to watch the sun’s setting.
Meanwhile, I was wondering if I should change my job now, but I decided to do it tomorrow, I’m too lazy to do it now.
That way I spent the entire afternoon on the balcony of my room relaxing until a small demonic being came to disturb my rest.
“Master, master, master, I’m getting hungry.” (Layla)
Layla was flying in circles in front of me, I don’t understand why she came to order food for me and not Freya.
“I already heard, why didn’t you go to Freya to order food?” (I)
“You don’t understand master, this kind of food is tasty, but it’s not what I need, like a fairy my body is made of energy, so the best kind of nutrient for me is energy too.” (Layla)
“As a hired fairy the best thing for me would be to eat the master’s mana.” (Layla)
“What did you eat before you met that Necromancer?” (I)
“The memories are kind of fuzzy, but a Fairy can only support herself in the fairy world without having to eat mana, eat mana from nature, or eat monster cores.” (Layla)
“The stronger the Fairy, the more food she needs.” (Layla)
“That’s why the Fairies make contracts, that way we can walk this world with an inexhaustible source of food with our Contractor close by, we also don’t need to fear death, if we die our souls are pulled into our Contractor where they enter his body, so our bodies are gradually rebuilt or healed using the Contractor’s mana and some of his life energy.” (Layla)
“…” (I)
“I don’t remember you telling me this before, this is very important information.” (I)
“As I said, my memory is really fuzzy, sometimes I remember things sometimes I don’t, when I got hungry after we left the dungeon I remembered that.” (Layla)
So that’s why the Fairies make contracts, to be able to enjoy this world and maybe become stronger without the risk of dying, I imagine it must be the same for the Spirits.
“Okay, I get it.” (I)
“You just need Mana, don’t you?” (I)
“Yes.” (Layla)
“Do you prefer pure mana or mana from some specific element?” (I)
“I can only eat mana pure or from an element I own.” (Layla)
“So let’s take this time to find out which is your favorite, I’ll give you a little of each for you to try.” (I)
“Let’s start with pure mana.” (I)
I sit up and open my hand up, then use my mana control to make a small portion of my mana gather into a small translucent sphere in my hand that Layla snatches and pops into her mouth.
She opened a big smile, so later I made more of these Mana spheres, each sphere had a different color depending on the element, after eating I realized that Layla was very happy.
I asked her what it tasted like and she said it depended on the element, the fire was spicy, the earth had a sour taste, the light tasted sweet and the darkness was like an alcoholic drink, she even got a little dizzy.
This was an interesting experiment, she said that pure mana has a unique flavor belonging only to the person, she said that my mana was the most delicious, and then her eyes looked at me like a predator while she had a slight smile on the face, it made a frightening shiver run through my body.