Chapter 338: Rich one second, Poor the next.

Chapter 338: Rich one second, Poor the next.

[Battle Frenzy (Minor)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]

Deep breaths, deep breaths. Calm down my heart as best as possible. Need to get better at this. Better control if I want to prevent becoming alone one day.

My triple-colored flames were swirling around me like a slow twister. I had my eyes closed, but I could feel their warmth swirling around me. But, at the same time, I felt something pulsating through my veins and arteries. Energy, but also a primal desire for battle.

Yup, this was [Battle Frenzy] alright.

In the past, seeing this annoying abnormal status effect would have probably scared me, seeing as I could lose control and just hurt people around me. It happened once, no, thrice, where I simply lost full control of my body.

The first and second times, I lost complete control of myself and had to resort to my parallel minds to recover my lost memory. Those moments were after we finally left the Belzac forest and after Shiterno granted me his blessing. The third time was during the Griffonpeak attack, but I guessed I had matured enough to not lose consciousness there. Or, even worse, my greed, or wrath, to kill that demonkin wanted me to see him disappear before my very eyes.

The first signs of me wanting vengeance for Eshes death. Accepted and noted. But now, even thinking of the Yanderu Elusseuss or Eithalr made me angry. Revenge plots sure sucked ass.

As such, I needed to get stronger.

Kramps, Mother, and Neill already taught me the basics of my bloodlines power and also how to fight like a dragon. The foundation was set, you could say. Now, it was time I developed them properly.

And the next step for me was to pass the Lust stage of the [Battle Frenzy] training.

And, cool down. Upon command, cold, shivering air enveloped my body, forcibly slowing down my heart rate to the point I could deactivate [Battle Frenzy] without any delays. With the training over, the flames around my body and the white highlights in my hair disappeared.

Once again, such a short meditation session? I groaned in dissatisfaction, wanting to train just a bit longer.

Jeez, youre too impatient. This is a long process, as I said. Sis shook her head, looking annoyed at my comment. Yes, you can finally use [Battle Frenzy] but its only the minor stage. The purpose of you gradually getting used to using that rage in our blood is to prepare you for Lust. You wont advance to moderate, no; Im helping you prepare yourself from embracing the hedonist inside you.

Since I knew KleaHatma, the archdemon of lust, I knew full well what lust actually meant. The ultimate hedonist, to release every bit of your desire into the world to claim it all. It wasnt like gluttony or greed, which were need and want respectively, but stimulation of your senses until you couldnt take anymore. Full depravity, where you would act on any sort of whim, making you more like a wild card.

It is about fulfillment.

At least, that was what I understood from KleaHatmas and Kramps description of the differences between the trifecta of desires: gluttony, lust, and greed.

I agree! I needed more time! Running towards us from the side, Rita in her humanized form looked at us with glistening eyes, holding onto her wooden slate. You barely do your meditation practices! This is the first time I get to watch a whole session! I still need to document how all this even works with your blood and

Its final! Neill shouted at both of us. Haaa, Tasianna, I could really use some tea right now.

My apologies, Lady Fargryneill, but I still need to warm up the water. Tasianna smiled wryly, pointing at our outdoor tea cooking setup, using my catalyst to heat up the water. Maybe I should have taken up Murainas offer to use the guilds kitchen. Well, whats done is done. It should be ready in a moment.

Ha, maybe you're the impatient one, Neill. She just cooled me down, give her some time, I joked, causing Neill to shrug before helping me up.

We were currently in the mages guilds grounds in Griffonpeak, specifically at the training field they reserved for their university students. Mostly cause the ones next to the guilds building were preoccupied with other students. I kinda forgot how the guild had a whole plateau all for themselves and their university on Wintertalon mountain the geographic location which gave Griffonpeak its name.

But, we werent exactly here to make a spectacle of ourselves while I trained [Battle Frenzy]. Honestly, I would have preferred it if a crowd of mages and uni students was literally looking at us with stunned faces, as if we were some celebrities. Sure, everybody in Griffonpeak knew of me already but I havent even told Muraina Neill was my sister.

We were only here to pick up my [Crystal of the Divine System], but then Muraina, the Griffonpeak mages guildmaster, told us we had to wait due to some complications. She didnt seem nervous or anything, so I said it was fine. To pass the time, Neill suggested we continued my training, so I obliged.

Gathering all these people around us was just an annoying coincidence.

In any case, a couple of minutes later, after Tasianna finished our tea, Murainas attendant informed us everything was ready and we could finally pick it up. Our group today was a bit more barebones than usual, only having Tasianna, Neill, and Rita with us. The others were still in Elyonda, either sunbathing or looking into any problems.

I wanted to join the latter group, but I had some pretty important things to do in Artorias today. Good thing my match today was pretty lackluster, leaving me enough energy for what was to come after our visit here.

Welcome back, Lady Hestia. I do really, really apologize for sending you away, Muraina, a noble lady from the Empire and Aleistunum mage, greeted us as we entered the building, looking a bit wearier than before. I had some things to handle, and also Lady Thyra asked me to wait before handing you the crystal.

Konnichiwa~ Standing next to Muraina was my friend Thyra, waving her hand, instead of bowing. She spoke in Japanese, but it seemed Muraina didnt react to it, meaning she was using it so often nobody really minded it.

Thyra? Hold on, youre the director of the royal academy, why are you here? The school day shouldnt be over yet, I asked her, surprised at her sudden appearance.

Well, you dont come over too often. We barely ever have the chance for some tea, with how youre roaming the world, doing good, Thyra argued, making me question if I really was doing enough good to get such praise. My bad luck usually ruined things. Besides, Lady Muraina mentioned you had new companions following you! A human, and a dragonewt with black and purple scales. Ehe.

Ah, my name is Rita! Im not much of a mage, but I do very much love documenting events and information! Knowledge of the unknown guides us, eheh. Rita made a pretty good impression on the two Istari followers, earning her a warm welcome before both drew their eyes to my sister.

Neill had a deadpan expression, shrugging her shoulders. With an exasperated voice, she spoke, Fargryneill. Think whatever you want of me. Honestly, Hestia, you broke so many unnamed rules for the Adulthood Pilgrimage, you should be lucky you arent on one, right now.

Whos supposed to punish me, anyways? Neill waved her hand in dismissal, not replying. Instead, I smiled and shrugged my own shoulders. Well, its always good to see you, Thyra, but if this is about teaching at the academy, Im rejecting it once again. I dont have much time until I have to go to the palace.

Oh, dont worry. We already managed to hire a certified Aleistunum fire mage, who probably wont be a problem seeing as he preaches more about Goddess Crustacia than doing his lessons. Complaints aplenty, but no threat to our students.

I showed her a thumbs up, finding the image of a teacher giving a sermon during a fire magic lesson oddly interesting, but also unpleasant. If you were a follower of Danterno, the last you would want to do was listen to somebody preaching about another god. It sounded better than the last fire professor they had, though, who was such a Danterno zealot he egged a student into killing a noble, which caused his downfall into banditry.

With the pleasantries over, Muraina invited us all into her office. Seeing as this was a pretty costly transaction, we had to confirm everything was correct with the object. Wouldnt want to use the crystal during a dungeon dive, only to find it didnt work, right?

Hmm? When we entered the room, I noticed there was a near-empty cup of tea on the guest table, in addition to a crystal slate held up by small keyboard-like legs. Uhm, is that yours? It looks interesting

Huh? O-Oh, how embarrassing. Muraina clutched her head as she looked at the small mess on the table in exhaustion, before telling her attendant to clean it up and bring some fresh tea for everybody. It was business. The reason why I had you wait. Mhrm, if you want, you may appraise it. Certainly saves me time to explain it.

Lady Muraina, please, you should at least act a bit more involved in all of this. Stress or not, you are meeting with a princess. Then again, if you dont mind, then I wouldnt say no to this chance to see how this [Transmission Slate] works.The roots of this story extend from novell bìn origin.

Transmission Slate?

Oooh, ooh! Do you mean, this is the slate the technology guild of Aleistunums capital has been developing? I heard it wasnt even close to being finished yet! Rita expressed, being giddy with Thyra.

It shouldnt be! This has to be a prototype or something. The dwarves of Ankor-Nazta might be the forerunner of the evolution of manatech, but the mages of Aleistunum lead the world in the advancement of spells, enchantments, and alchemy!

Certainly putting them on a pedestal there. Mana Eyes.

Transmission Slate

An enchanted magic item used to transmit long-distance information to another transmission slate or crystal by displaying words written with mana.

Enchantments: [Long-Range Mana Transfer] [Vessel Acquisition: Water] [Vessel Acquisition: Wind]

Words? So, it cant transmit images, huh? Kinda curious what Muraina talked about, but thats none of my business. Hmm?

After appraising the item, I looked back up, ready to sit down, only for Thyra and Muraina to look at me with anticipation, whereas Rita was completely engrossed by the object. Looking over at Rita, who had already sat down, and Tasianna, all they could do was shrug to my confusion.

Uh, did I do something wrong? I asked.

Nothing. We are just curious what your opinion on it is, Lady Hestia, Muraina egged me onto something, but I wasnt sure what she meant.

Opinion? Well, I would like to see how it works but that is about it.

Thyra raised an eyebrow at my reply. Do you have no idea on how to improve it? I thought you would, considering your inventive nature. You were the one to create such an impressive feat of the arcane by creating your [Room] and also a teleportation method using those runes!

Just because I had an idea on how to make something doesnt mean I can figure out new things like a genius! I create things I need, and that demands time! From culinary to custom spells to my concert plans, everything required time, which was why my schedule was always filled to the brim. Even making my grenades required me to take some time to do them, as I couldnt mass-produce hundreds in a few hours.

Here! Muraina gestured for me to sit next to her for a moment, preparing to write something on the slate. As those two mentioned, Aleistunum has been trying to create a new method for long-distance communication, as manatech birds leaves a lot to be desired in that aspect. It could break down during the trip, leaving both parties unaware. This is why we need this to work. It could revolutionize communication for the whole world! Imagine being able to speak with an acquaintance on the other side of the continent!

Sounds like a job for space-time. It would make everything easier that way, I mindlessly commented, only for Neill, of all people, to chime in.

I dont think that is feasible, Hestia. Dont forget, void-touched people are rare, and if Aleistunum had such a mage, they wouldnt be having any problems at all thinking of such a method. However, if something like that were to work, I could imagine it being pretty useful for all sorts of things.

Yes, that is correct, Lady Fargryneill! Thyra agreed, irritating Neill as it seemed those two could already guess Neill was my sister. The black scales being iconic for a Kargryxmor dragon were too easy to deduce. It also didnt help that we were acting pretty close.

We cant rely on space-time magic, or would you want to help us create possibly thousands of these items, Lady Hestia? Muraina asked with a smirk, to which I shook my hand. With a chuckle she then began to write on the slate with her mana pen. Words written on this slate stay on them unless we erase or send them out. Once I am finished, I pour my mana into it, activating the enchantments inside.

The slate shone blue for a second before the words I am testing its function slowly dissipated into the air, disappearing completely from us. After what seemed like two minutes, a message came, saying -aina, ansut the drago

Drago? I eyed Muraina with suspicion.

She waved her hand, trying to make it seem like she wasnt at fault. You are becoming known, Lady Hestia. I didnt mention you anywhere, but they probably assumed the crystal would be for you. After all, you are a registered member of the guild, correct? Anybody can see your documents.

I guess that is correct.

Pfft! Neill let out a short chortle before slapping her face, shaking her head in disappointment. I didnt need to read her mind to know she was thinking you show your information to everybody, readily.

Aleistunum is curious about this new Kargryxmor, you see? Muraina stated, making me think she was talking about me just a moment ago with some mage. But, it is nothing you must worry about. However, youve seen how it works now. How do you find it?

She pointed at the slate with the sentence and its unfinished words. There were hints of mana alluding to them, but the letters were broken up like ancient text. I could see why this thing was a prototype. Despite the speed the message was delivered considering the person on the other side must be in Aleistunum, which was two countries away from Artorias the messages sent were inaccurate.

This would make it hard to get detailed messages, but its fast, I relayed my feedback to her.

Fast indeed, but as you could read from the enchantments, it transmits the words written through both the air and water, in this case the water droplets in the air. If we were to use it in a dry area like the great Evida desert, it wouldnt work at all. I nodded to her assessment, agreeing with such a weakness. The researchers also made one that uses both air and light as the vessel of transportation, but not only is it extremely slow during the night but the messages are even harder to decipher. The moonlight isnt enough.

They really gave it some thought, huh?

What about using dungeon core shards? Considering what you can do with a [Crystal of the Divine System] and how System messages are a constant companion to all of us, it should be possible, no? I suggested, but Muraina shook her head.

The cost would be ludicrous, Lady Hestia. You will know once you read the receipt.

Oh thats right, Miss Saori did tell me something about it when she made the commission, Tasianna spoke up. She told me she almost fainted after she read the full price and even felt like puking while signing the contract.

Urgh! I flinched back, stunned by the implications. Healing Saori reacting so badly to the cost was horrifying me, anxious what the cost would be.

I-In any case, as I said, I cant think of any improvements for your inventions just like that. If you want my help, then please compensate me like any normal mage, I told Muraina, who nodded and said Of course.

Although interesting, I still found it not as important to talk to for now. Besides, I didnt know much about how Earths phones and radio really worked. I had some knowledge, but not enough to translate those ideas into Peolyncas magic system. At the very least, I had to ask somebody tech-savvy like Daichi to explain these things to me first before I could do anything.

With that out of the way, we all calmed down and took our seats. Murainas attendants brought in tea for everybody while she readied the contract, receipt, and also the item in question. She showed us an ornamented chest, something you would put your most prized jewelry in, before opening it, revealing a pearl-like crystal ball sitting on a red cushion.

Oooh!

Crystal of the Divine System

An alchemical item created by melting a dungeon core into a condensed crystalline ball of mana. By performing a ritual in dedication to all six Origin Gods, this item is once again granted its Divine System functions to be used as a service.

Services offered: Job System, Tamer System, Quest creation

Woah. Tasianna and I stared at the crystal.

Hiehie, I am glad you like it, Lady Hestia. The wait must have been worth it, Muraina stated and we nodded. This is still a newly made crystal, so the three functions you see it has are the base ones every crystal starts with. If you wish to add additional functions, like ID creation, you will have to speak with the necessary officials. By linking your crystal to another one, you can obtain these services.

Okay, lets go parallel minds. Blah blah blah, Aleistunum commission, blah blah blah. Mhm, dungeon core shards, crystal, money, and mages guild. Muraina and Aurora Yeah. Seems alright, I guess?

I gave the contract a quick look over using my parallel minds, finding this thing actually pretty hard to read. Actually, it was as difficult as the papers I signed during the conference I had with King Drangleic and the Dukes. Jeez, one year of living in this world wasnt enough to fully learn this damn language.

Okay, receipt. Lets see O-Oh okay, two small goldite coins just for the mages guild alone? What? Why is Hold on, five LARGE SILVITES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE DUNGEON SHARDS?! Thats 50k Davi just to transport those stupid shards?! What Okay, okay, just calm down.

I took a deep breath.

Alright, alright, they did say this is expensive, but it cant get TWO LARGE GOLDITES FOR THE STUPID ALCHEMIST! Wh-What?! T-T-Two million davi, gone like that?! No, you gotte be kidding me! This is just the third field. How much does this crap cost anyways?! Da fu

My face froze up, eyes staring down on the two digit words with both trepidation and hollowness. My mouth was agape, slightly trembling as I pushed myself to read the number.

2 2

26 Large goldites, two small goldites, and two large silvites.

26,220,000 Davi.

Cuek!

Boom.

Lady Hestia!

S-Sis?!

The straw that broke the camels back. Just seeing the price itself was enough to knock me out. I fainted with my eyes open, at least allowing my parallel minds to see what was going on.

Yup, and I kinda want to fall down, too, Manager Mind commented, looking pale and sick. Thats 81% of our total money. Not to mention, we had to pay about 3% of our total funds for something at the pier yesterday. Thats 84% of our Davi gone, just like that. Gone, Poof I want to puke.

Oi, what have you done to my sister?! In the meantime while my body was kinda unconscious, Neill shot up from her seat, black flames around her fist as she threatened Thyra and Muraina.

W-Wait, hold on! We didnt do anything, Princess Fargryneill! Thyra tried to calm her in a panic. There is a reason why people borrow crystals and dont just straight up buy them! Especially if they have to buy the shards themselves. Read the receipt!

Oh, really? Huh? Do you really think I would believe something like that? Huh? If this is some sorta trap then Ill 26 LARGE GOLDITES! Cueeeek! Neill almost reeled back, but managed to compose herself. T-T-Thats an entire fortune! Enough to cover up a small to medium sized cavern in gold! H-How can you Cuek! Urghk!

Boom.

Another dragon defeated.

Oh dear. Tasianna mumbled.

And that was how I learned the real reason why people had to borrow these things. Even if organizations like the adventurers or mages guild could afford to buy crystals for their individual guilds, it was less expensive to just borrow them from rich mages.

This was the reason. You could become bankrupt pretty easily.

I didnt know how long I was actually unconscious, but it was still long enough for everybody to get worried. In the end, with tears in my eyes, I signed the contract and acquired the crystal.

Bam, bam, baaaaaaam Yay, happy acquisition music. Oh goodness

As planned, I also spent some more money to buy manatech tablets, used by attendants to note down information for their masters. I bought two with one manatech pen. One tablet was for Tasianna, while the tablet and pen duo was for master. In total, it cost me 5% of our money.

90%. Gone. Poof. We were rich at the start of this morning, now, we would have to build it up again. I honestly hoped Amelias shop will have a ton of success so we can earn this money back.

In the future, I need to have Tasianna and Ellaine create these stuff. Would save us so much money.

A note from AbyssRaven

Warning: Do not try this at home. Other dragons might just rip you apart for money. Beware to only use this technique against reasonable dragons of the Lawful Good, Neutral Good, or Chaotic Good nature. Lawful Neutral might also work, just no guarantee.

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