7 In The City 2

'I think I went a little to far...' I guiltily thought to myself as I gazed at the seemingly hollow shell of the foaming weasel-man.

The weasel-man had tried a few tricks to con me out of my money during the short-time we had been playing the game, but I simply called him out on the tricks, earned an apology, and continued to get win after win. Eventually, I think the unrealistic situation became too much for the weasel-man as he began to practically foam at the mouth in anger and sorrow. Even the greedy group of men began to drool entire oceans as they gazed at the many large sacks of gold in my possession.

'If only I could store this easily-' I was interrupted by a message.

[Would you like to activate the spatial-storage skill <Inventory> for the first time? YES/NO]

'What?! I've had this type of skill the whole time... convenient. Whatever this space is, will this really fit though?' I questioned as I decided [YES] in my mind.

Immediately, the wooden table that threatened to give way to the weight of the coins was relieved of the pressure.

[Gained : 500000000 Bronze (1000) -> 500000 Silver (100) -> 5000 Gold (10) -> 500 Platinum]

'Platinum? Wait, does this mean my <Inventory> can convert currency into forms of the same or different currencies?' I wondered.

The reason I asked myself this was because I was paid in Gold, but the system says it has been stored as Platinum, which is a conversion of 10G per platinum coin. Sure enough, I tested it real quickly by willing a platinum coin to appear in my hand, and it worked. It also worked when I tried to call out bronze, silver, and gold coins as well. This saves me from having to approach a bank and explain to them why a kid has so much money in the first place... Nana taught me well in economics.

'As for converting it into currencies of different countries, I'll have to leave that for later because I have to figure out a way to get away from the group of greedy looking men, then find somewhere to wash up-'

As I was thinking about what to do next, and how I'd do it, a scream escaped from someone that saw me store the gold using the <Inventory> skill, "SPATIAL MAGIC?!" A crowd of shocked and skeptical people formed around me very fast... the perfect cover to slip away from the sight of the suspicious and greedy looking group of men.

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[Erin's POV : Just outside of a clothing store.]

'Whew.' I exhaled as Asuna and I walked out of the store.

Asuna went all-out on buying clothes for us three, insisting, "We have to present ourselves well," and, "Ruto did give us ALL of this gold to buy clothes..." I tried to convince her not to, as two 5 year-olds using all of that gold to buy clothing would attract attention, but her stubbornness and innocence kept her from accepting that this may cause problems. I guess Ruto and I are pretty mature and independent for our age... uh-oh.

The first thing we see as Asuna and I walk out of the store is a large crowd of people screaming, "Spatial-Magic!" and, "There is no way a normal kid can use Spatial-Magic! It has to be the apostle of Laxyus, the God of Magic!" And the one person I see slipping out of, andaway from, the crowd was Ruto. Ruto looked around, to make sure no one noticed him slipping out, then made his way quickly to Asuna and I.

"Hurry! Let's get away form here..." He ushered us away.

"Huh, whats going on Ruto-" the adorably clueless Asuna tried to probe Ruto for questions, but she was met with a "SHHH, hurry!" from Ruto.

*

After a few minutes of running, Ruto stopped in front of us and signaled us to stop.

"Alright, we should be far enough away, so no one will recognize me here..." Ruto said this, then explained what had happened, "Although, I don't know why they said it was Spatial-Magic... it was a skill."

Asuna looked on in blissful ignorance, but I... I don't even have words for how I am feeling at the moment, "Spatial-Magic in and of itself is practically extinct, save for in magical artifacts, which are only possessed by rich noble families... The only 'Modern' Spatial-Magic is the kind used by the ARCH MAGES ASSOCIATION! PEOPLE THAT CAN WIPE ENTIRE PROVINCES! And now, you are telling me you have skill that can replicate that kind of magic without mana cost?" Ugh, I could feel a headache coming on.

Ruto nonchalantly responded with a nod, while Asuna held onto Ruto's arm shaking. Ah... I probably shouldn't have yelled, but the situation is ridiculous... and the only reason I know anything about this is because Nana would read to the loser of our sword fights books about magic, and I was usually the loser. Maybe she knew this would happen and that I'd have to keep Ruto from getting in deep trouble.