Chapter 186: Flat Trouble

Chapter 186: Flat Trouble

"Sound barrier! I need to make a few of those!" Gerald suddenly remembered.

It was a quite useful spell, but it was quite a hassle to make it into a spell scroll, although the principle was simple.

The sound was just the vibration of molecules moving through a medium like air. To prevent sound from escaping you just had to freeze a layer of air around yourself and that's pretty much it.

Although holding gasses in place was not easy, the energy required to do that was minuscule. It just required a bit of imagination.

While he racked his brain on how to make it work, he decided to make the spell scrolls more user-friendly.

Currently, they were just a mess of runes, completely unrecognizable if you didn't know what they meant.

So, for the sake of convenience, he drew a symbol for each spell on the other side of the scroll. He used white paint on the slightly brown paper, making it stand out and be easily recognizable.

He also made his own book with the blueprints for the spell scrolls he created, in case he wanted to teach it to the girls later.

Although he had a lot of work, he enjoyed it a lot. A whole bunch of new discoveries were made in just the last week and his knowledge of magic deepened.

Sebas brought him more resources today, and Gerald now had chests full of all sorts of monster body parts and herbs for potions. It was great.

"Mmnnn" Gerald performed a few stretches for his neck and arms that were feeling tight and uncomfortable from all the sitting in the same position for hours.

"I need to take a break" It was only just late morning, the warm sun was shining bright and it was a perfect day to go for a walk.

"Hey, I was thinking about it and we never went to explore the city together, who's up for it?" Gerald asked the ladies who were lazing around in the back garden.

"We finally get to do something? Count me in!" Sera immediately jumped up.

Elly lifted her hand and quietly said, "I never saw much of the city I'll go too!"

"Wah!" Qiona looked at him in excitement, "Can we get some candy too?"

Gerald squinted his eyes, gave her a warm smile, and patted her head, "Sure! Today we get to have fun! You can get any candy you like, you deserve it!"

Needless to say that Xilia was also excited to finally get the opportunity to properly explore the city with her sister.

They were all smiles as they chatted and left the front gates.

But then, just as they went past the guards, a man wearing the Auction House servant attire came running. Read latest chapters at novelhall.com Only

"Young master Gerald!" he called after seeing his target.

"Hm?" Gerald turned to the man, still with a smile on his face.

Arthur made an apologetic expression and defended himself, "I had no choice! Lying to the King is a capital offense, I could lose my head for it!"

"Seriously?" Gerald frowned, "This was supposed to be my day off, you know?"

Arthur smiled wryly, "I'm sorry, but it's the King's order. I'll make it up to you, I promise! But please just come meet him with me, it won't take long!"

Weighing the pros and cons, Gerald really didn't want to meet the King. There was nothing good that could come from it in his opinion and he would probably be forced to give up his potion recipe.

Also, he wasn't sure of the true power structure in the nobility circle so he wanted to avoid meeting anyone important for at least a few more months while his strength grew.

But on the other hand, he felt like the trouble would come to find him even if he avoided it. A King was someone you couldn't refuse, and if he wanted to have relative peace in Auralba, he would have to go.

"Fine" Gerald eventually capitulated to Arthur's nagging. "But they are coming with me," he pointed at the girls that came with him.

"Oh, um I guess that's okay" Arthur stammered. His job was to get Gerald to meet with his Majesty, nothing else. In the worst case, his friends would just have to wait outside.

They went back downstairs where a group of warriors was crowding around the entrance. A few of them gathered around the front desk, seemingly there to buy something.

"Oh, how can I help you, young sir?" the receptionist asked.

"I'm here to buy a few Potions of Focus for my sister over here" the young man answered. A young girl stood by his side, dressed in a flowery dress and adorned with sparkling jewelry. She had a pretty face, and a nice figure, though her chest was somewhat lacking.

The receptionist quickly reacted and pointed them in the right direction where they could get what they wanted.

"Oh, Tabbris Northendark! What a coincidence! Welcome to my humble Auction House," Arthur stepped forward and loudly greeted the leader of Phoenix Knights. "What brings you here at this time?"

As Arthur spoke a few words with Tabbris Northendark, Gerald casually scanned the room with his gaze, and his eyes landed on the young lady beside him.

The girl also looked at him and their eyes meet for a moment, but then she turned away, uninterested.

"Huh" Gerald lifted his eyebrows in surprise, "What a coincidence indeed!"

Aster Northendark heard his casual comment, and she suddenly turned to look at him again, this time with an expression of disbelief.

Her eyes opened wide and she pointed at him with her finger, shouting, "It's you!"

"What's happening, Aster?" Tabbris asked his sister after hearing her shout.

"Brother it's him! He's the one I told you about, the one that attacked me!" she said through gritted teeth, pointing at Gerald with visible anger.

Tabbris looked at Gerald, from top to bottom, and frowned, "Are you sure it was him?"

"Yes! I remember his Mana signature! I don't notice it at first, but now I'm 100% sure!"