Chapter 26: First Step.

Chapter 26: First Step.

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[Adam POV]

Leaving the white items on the list for the guild to collect under a contract, and the orders of Makarov, Gildarts, and I broke the remaining items between the two of us to collect.

Ten dangerous items.

Five for each. Ñ00v€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.

The items or ingredients I had to collect were the following.

The Feathers of a Phoenix, at least five.

Two Urns of Apathy.

One Rod of Flesh... I won't even question what that even is...

Five Prosperous Jars.

And last but not least.

Two Gems of Apedemak.

I sighed, that was quite the list. It wasn't so much that I had many items or ingredients to collect, cause I didn't, it was more that some of them were pretty far away from one another.

On that note, how the hell does Porlyusica know where every single item is?

I mean, she doesn't know the precise location, but she still knows enough to map every item out. That was impressive as fuck.

"What are you doing?" Mavis asked, materializing out of nowhere, her form slowly taking shape as she phased through the floor.

"I thought you were gone," I replied, looking at her.

Mavis pouted. "You are mean."

I was?

"I meant no insult, I just... honestly thought you were gone, I mean, it's the first time in months you leave me for more than a few minutes," I replied, hoping she would take the hint and leave me alone for the time being, as I needed to concentrate.

Wait a moment...

Mavis is a walking talking library...

SHE CAN HELP ME!

My head snapping in her direction, I noticed Mavis' cheeks turn flush, and her eyes were blazing as she crossed her arms over her chest, defiantly declaring, "If I'm not welcome here, then I'm leaving!"

"You are!" I shot back.

Mavis's eyes twinkled as a sly smirk crept onto her lips. "You need me, don't you?" she purred in pure evil.

I could pretend that was not the case.

But time was of the essence.

"I do," I nodded.

The corners of Mavis's mouth tugged upwards, even more, her eyes sparkling with even more mischief than normal. "I could help you, but---"

I already knew what she wanted.

"I will answer all of your questions for twenty-four hours if you help me," I replied, cutting her short.

"Deal!" Mavis exclaimed, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

"Good, in that case, ready to go out on an adventure, Mavis?" I asked, with a friendly smile.

Mavis looked up at me with a wistful smile, her eyes twinkling with memories of past adventures. "When have I ever not?" she replied, her voice melodious and soft.

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With the help of Mavis, the First Master of Fairy Tail, as my personal guide, I embarked on my journey following the order Mavis had set for each item on the list.

She had ordered the items in order of success. As in my chances of getting them.

Prosperous Jars. - 92% chance of success.

Revealing inside, several glimmering phoenix feathers shone, like stars trapped in the darkness.

I looked at Mavis, who simply nodded, confirming they were the real deal.

I'll be damned, the guy wasn't trying to trick me, or attack me.

"So, what ya think?"

"I think I would like to know how much are they?" I asked, holding my breath. For obvious reasons, honest merchant or not, he needed a bath, a few hundred of them.

The musty smell of cigars filled the air as the man leaned forward and said in a gravelly voice, "One million each." I felt my stomach drop and a cold chill crept up my spine.

One million each?! That was well out of my budget, and I mean that by a lot.

I might as well try to make a deal with him if that's the case.

"I will be honest with you, I don't have that kind of money with me right now," I replied, taking a deep breath as I saw the man frown in disapproval.

"But?" The man pressed. "I feel a 'but' coming, so out with it."

"I'm part of the Guild known as Fairy Tail, and if you agree to let me buy the feathers with credit, I promise to pay an additional five percent per feather over the agreed price," I replied, hoping the sleazy merchant would accept.

"Hmm," The man hummed, looking at me up and down. "Ten percent, and we have a deal."

"Six percent," I replied.

"Eight, and I won't go any lower," The man replied, crossing his arms in an ultimatum.

"Then we have a deal," I smiled at him.

The smoky stench of cigars and whiskey wafted off of the greasy-haired man as he snorted at me. "Not so fast, kid, let's go talk to the folks at the Business Bureau and make this deal official."

I...

I suppose that makes sense.

I guess I will see how long I can hold my breath today.

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After two minutes of dealing with the bureaucratic process of making the deal with the merchant official, I left the capital with a warning from the merchant that explained why Porlyusica had marked the items I had bought in the capital as dangerous.

"A piece of advice, brat. Don't trust anyone, the reason why those things are so expensive in the market is because bandits and dark wizards alike are always after them, willing to do anything to get their hands on them..."

This pretty much explained why Porlyusica had deemed these items dangerous to acquire.

I wasn't worried though.

Be that as it may, I would keep my guard up at all times to avoid anything.

"The last two items are in Alakitasia," Mavis reminded me.

Alakitasia.

The western continent, where the Alvarez Empire resides.

I chuckled, it's like I'm a magnet to overly dangerous situations.

If I wanted to succeed there, I would have to keep a low profile. While I was sure, The Spriggan Twelve of right now couldn't possibly have all their members, as I was older than some of the ones that would join in time to their ranks.

The ones I was sure were already part of the Spriggan Twelve, were more than enough to... kill me as I was now.

Irene Belserion.

August.

Jacob Lessio.

Larcade.

And Bloodman.

They were the only ones old enough to be part of The Spriggan Twelve.

If found, I could probably avoid any sort of confrontation with August, seeing that out of all of the names above, he was the most reasonable.

As for the rest?

I would probably be captured or killed on sight if deemed a threat or an intruder.

From this point forward, I can't make any mistakes.

The funny thing was, that even though this was crazy dangerous I found myself enjoying the prospect it offered.

I guess I'm crazier than I thought.